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Screw OPEC

" Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people " Eleanor Roosevelt Tesla Roadsters , running the 1/4 mile drag strip in 12.4 seconds, 121 mph; Hagerstown , MD. Next time you fill up your car with gas, think about where your money is going. We send 6 Billion dollars a month overseas for oil! They are building indoor ski slopes in Dubai with your money . 70% of the oil we use goes towards transportation. We need to shift our transportation to electric, it's in our national interest. Plain and simple. I really don't care much about all the tree hugging, greenhouse gas, pollution part; but it's so clearly in our nation's best interest to quit using more oil than we can produce ourselves. Patriotism is not putting a little yellow sticker on the back of your SUV, it's about doing something that helps your country. This weekend my Dad and I went to the electric car show and drag race in Hagerstown , MD . Apparently electri

Still Floating

“Great occasions do not make heroes or cowards; they only unveil them to the eyes of men. Silently and imperceptibly, as we wake or sleep, we grow strong or weak; and at last some crisis shows us what we’ve become.” - Brooke Foss Wescott This quote doesn't really have anything to do with the post, but I read it this morning and liked it. I know, I know,.... I haven't updated the blog in a while. We've just been real busy, and haven't travelled anywhere and this was originally a travel blog. That's my brother Mike holding up a double hookup of Croaker, which we slayed last weekend fishing around Gwynn's Island. We've been catching plenty of little croaker, but not much else. If only the water were a little more clear --------------> <*)))>< We've been hard at it, trying to find steady work to keep this champagne lifestyle running on our beer budget. Times are tough everywhere, and Deltaville isn't exactly a metropolis, but it's a grea