:: Ray's Periodic Rantings ::

:: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 ::

Hi Mabel!

Say hello to Mabel, the newest addition to the fleet of vehicles that have found their way to me over the years. Mary and I wondered how we would get to Burning Man this year, but now all we have to do is find a suitable SUV companion for Mabel, and we will be traveling in style.



Mabel is a 1964 Airstream Globetrotter. She is showing her best side here (most of her skin is oxidized and will need polishing), but she is in good shape for her age and is raring to go camping as soon as her dream date appears.
:: Ray 1:57 PM [+] ::
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One of the best non-vulgar insults I have ever read.

From today's Paul Krugman column (reg. req.) in the New York Times, regarding the Bush administration's plan to "privatize" social security:

"If Mr. Bush were to say in plain English that his plan to solve our fiscal problems is to borrow trillions, put the money into stocks and hope for the best, everyone would denounce that plan as the height of irresponsibility. The fact that this plan has an elaborate disguise, one that would add considerably to its costs, makes it worse.

"And maybe the fact that serious financial experts, the sort qualified to be Treasury secretary, understand all this is the reason why John Snow has just been reappointed."

Gotta love that Paul. He calls it like he sees it, and with the crap this administration keeps pulling, it ain't pretty.
:: Ray 4:39 PM [+] ::
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