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Tuesday Night Grab Bag O’ Thoughts

It’s the Election Day Night edition of the ‘Grab Bag’. Here’s what I’m thinking:

1.  Smooth talking + saying anything + hundreds of millions of dollars + the media on your side = getting elected as our next President Of The United States Of America. The most qualified man for the job doesn’t always win.

2.  I’m a realist. I’m also a statistician. We’ll find out during the 9 PM EST hour for sure that Barack Obama has clinched the 270 electoral votes required to win the Presidency. When all is said and done I really believe that Barack Obama will take between 35 and 40 ‘blue’ states and win in a MASSIVE landslide.

3.  One party in control of the House, the Senate, and the White House – the Democrats – is the perfect antidote for the ailing Republican Party. We need a few years to reorganize and get our act together. We need to find and equip the next generation of young Republicans. Sarah Palin is an excellent start. Let’s work from there. We need something better for 2010 and 2012.

4.  If John McCain were to pull off the miracle upset and win this thing then we would have the same problem that we’ve had since the end of 2000. That would be bitter Democrats who actually believe that the election was stolen from them – only this time the bitterness would be racially-motivated. It’s harder to run this country and set its agenda for the next four years when half of the country disrespects you from the very start. President George W. Bush was obviously the most disrespected President in modern United States history. The same would happen to John McCain as well. A Barack Obama presidency would begin the healing process. I just hope that the media has the guts to report both sides of such a presidency – not just the ‘feel-good’ positive news.

*** ALERT *** – This final thought has absolutely nothing to do with politics.

5.  There’s a new breed of driver here in Homestead, and this breed appears to be multiplying. It’s the motorist that drives a bit below the posted speed limit (by as much as 5 to 7 MPH), yet still fails to come to a complete stop at stop signs and red lights. These are the ones that will pull out directly in front of you after plowing through a stop sign at no less than 10 MPH, and then slowly proceed up to a steady speed of perhaps 35 MPH – in a 40 MPH posted speed limit zone !

Those are my thoughts on this Tuesday night. Thanks for your time in reading ’em.

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Monday Night Countdown

This past Summer when gas prices shot past $4 per gallon I told everyone that listened to me that gas prices had peaked, and that they would plummet by as much as a dollar per gallon before Thanksgiving. Everyone laughed at me. As it turns out I was only half right. Gas prices have actually dropped by more than 50% in many locations, and we’re now getting nearly two gallons of gas for the same price as a single gallon cost just 4 to 5 months ago. In fact gas prices are now at their lowest levels since the Spring of 2005 !

Florida is currently 25TH in the nation (right in the middle) as far as gas prices are concerned, but the Miami area is actually the 28TH most expensive metro area in the nation to buy gas.

Here are the TOP 5 metro areas in the U.S. where gas is the cheapest:

5.  Wichita Kansas – $1.985 – Never been there. I’ve never set food in Kansas.

4.  Corpus Christi Texas – $1.974 – I’d like to visit this place. I think I’d like it.

3.  Kansas City Missouri – $1.937 – Never been there. I’ve seen it on “Cops” a lot.

2.  Des Moines Iowa – $1.936 – Never been there. What’s there ?

1.  Tulsa Oklahoma – $1.932 – Never been there. Been to Oklahoma City though.

Source: GasBuddy.com

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Tuesday Night Grab Bag O’ Thoughts

With this edition of the flagship weekly series on this blog we begin the 2ND year of all-new thoughts on a Tuesday night. Who said this wouldn’t last more than 3 weeks ?  Often imitated but never as durable I present this to you:

1.  The rainy season has officially ended aqui en el Sur de Florida, and now we can look forward to delightful winter weather that residents of 48 other states (excluding Hawaii) can only dream of while we take it for granted. Having stated that – and how ironic – but we can expect occasional showers and perhaps even a stray thunderstorm or two at any time between now and Saturday night. The high humidity will return as well, but then on Sunday look out – sunny, much cooler, and definitely drier !

2.  FINALLY !  AT LONG LAST !  I am seeing political ads on TV for the other half of us, and they are being presented by the Republican Jewish Coalition. I’m actually cheering these ads on (loudly) when I see them because I’m just happy to see anything for my side now after having been blasted by negative attack ads from the other side for way too many months now.

3.  I’m hardly ever in a hurry when I drive from here to there, so I typically drive pretty close to the posted speed limit (unlike the other 8 out of 10 of you). Having stated that it just seems like whenever I do need to get from here to there just a little bit faster than normal everyone around me has decided that would be the perfect time to drive way too slow (below the posted speed limit) and box me in. Just my luck.

4.  I may look like I’m 22, but I usually feel like I’m 32. I’m approaching 42, but this past Monday morning I actually felt like I was closer to 52. This was after a weekend in which I nonchalantly sprained my lower back while playing air hockey at Dave & Buster’s, got very little sleep on Saturday night, cut open my right index finger on Sunday morning, and then got very little sleep again on Sunday night. Oh yeah I also slept improperly so my entire right arm aches a bit when I try to raise it. This weekend I’ll be relaxing and recuperating peacefully anhd quietly at home.

5.  Phil introduced me to Little Max (a Maltese dog) on Monday morning. Dogs don’t like me, but I think that Max did. P.J. and A.J. encouraged me to hold M.J., and once I hesitantly did so he wanted to take a quick nap in my hand. Max is lovable, but I could never be a master of a canine. It’s been about 33 years since my last dog was taken away from me. It was one of the most traumatic experiences of my entire childhood.