The Matrix

Vonage has a very serious support problem

There is a growing attempt on the part of some political “leaders” to build a casino in the gorge. The gorge has incredible natural beauty as the magnificent Columbia River cuts through the Cascade mountains with views of Mt. Hood, Mt. Adams, and Mt. St. Helens. We don’t need a casino in this historic area. […]

Poter Goss, director of the CIA, said recently (in a TIME interview) that he has an excellent idea of where bin Laden is, but that that part of the difficulty in capturing bin Laden was “sanctuaries in sovereign nations.”
There is no sanctuary as far as terrorists are concerned. To quote Bush (and a line […]

Vice President Dick Cheney, speaking recently on Larry King, said, “The insurgency in Iraq is in the last throes” . He also predicted that the fighting would end before the Bush administration leaves office.
Yeh - and I’ve got a bridge I’d like to sell him. Besides, 2008 is way too long to wait […]

Toyota responded to our letter (see comments) by letter and telephone. Very impressive letter. They assured us they will NOT raise prices to “help” the american car industry. We’ll see.
Meanwhile, Congress is phrasing out the tax deduction for the hybrids by the end of this year (token deduction remains next year). What’s the matter? […]

When you participate in your government - by letters, phone calls, emails, and blogs, you are embracing the true concept of democracy. When you don’t participate, you are following visions and goals set by others to a future set by others - one with which you may not agree.
Here is a great resource for getting […]

Major inflation is already dogging the heels of American trapped in an economic depression. Gas prices have been the primary engine of the inflation, yet President Bush and company have done little and seem to know little about any solution or even the basics of economic reform. Both the President and Dick […]

After the Viet Nam war was over, Colin Powell wrote some basic rules so that such an engagement and loss of life and our economic structure would not happen again. This is now known as the Powell Doctrine. In short, you can find a good overview of this at:
Powell Doctrine
The basic principles are: Never […]

Congress just passed a 2.6 trillion dollar budget that includes a deficit of 382.7 billion (House Budget committee). This is totally irresponsible. If I lived like that I’d be put in jail.
We have major inflation now. The major driving force for this is deficit spending. The government prints more dollars to bid against our […]

To: Hiroshi Okuda, chairman of Toyota Motor Corporation
Recently Kyodo News reported that Toyota Motor Corporation’s chairman, Hiroshi Okuda, reported that Toyota was thinking up raising the prices of its cars sold in the United States as a way of helping its ailing U.S. peers. Faulty logic – Toyota needs to be smarter than this. All […]