Re-election season is upon him, so now he’s going to take a look at all the hullabaloo that these peons he’s supposed to be representing are worried about:

Obama expresses concern about slowing economy*

From the article:

“…our task is to not panic.”

What a good frood he is.

Chat ya later…

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* – link is to azcentral.com. They are notorious for not providing permanent links. If the story disappears, please accept my apologies, but there’s nothing I can do about their lack of professionalism. Heck, even my links don’t disappear after a while, they just kinda hang out forever …

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1918 – Gunnery Sgt. Dan Daly (USMC) led the 5th Marines in the charge on Belleau Wood. For this action, the French awarded the 5th Marines the Fourragere:

1928 – the day before my mother was born in West Allis, Wisconsin. She would go on to marry a Marine, give birth to seven children, bury her husband and her third daughter, and then slip from us at the tender age of 81 1/2.

1944 – D-Day – Allied troops storm ashore at Normandy, on the French Coast, to begin the sweep to remove Hitler and his allies from the continent. The beginning of the end, as it were, of World War II.

What has happened in your history?

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This has felt like a very long short week. Four days of work, but it just feels like longer. Today marks the fifth day, third without the other manager who is on vacation, but it is a Saturday – which is always fun in the toy store. No freight, great customers, and if it’s slow and the store is recovered, we try out the games and toys ourselves – in the name of product research for better selling, of course!

This is ramping up towards the industry conference that the boss lady is taking me to – it’s in Anaheim, running from the 18th to the 23rd – and this is the big one. This is when the Christmas season toys are discussed, and the catalog for The Good Toy Group is finalized. New toys, new games, meeting people you only talk to on the phone – this should be fun and educational. Oh, and darn it, I have to play the new games and with the new toys while I”m there …

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As my regular readers know, I’ve been trying to keep the Road Rhino (1998 Infiniti QX4, 170k miles) in a somewhat reasonably reliable running mode. As I type this, the smell of cleaner and soap is still on my hands after replacing the starter. This is another reason I wish to kill some automotive engineers. Or at least make them work on their own creations.

I have replaced the starter on this vehicle many times. I think, but I’m not sure, that this is number four. You would think that after the first three times I would remember that the bolts holding the starter to the tranny case are 14 mm and the electrical connection is a 13 mm, but you would be wrong. You would think that I would remember how to worm the starter out from next to the lower control arm on the passenger side without jamming my fingers or slamming the starter against the palm of my hand and then wedging said hand against the still warm exhaust pipe, but again, you would be wrong.

One thing I have noticed, though – I have to raise the passenger side of the vehicle higher every time I change the starter. I think the suspension is slowly going bad, and that side of the SUV is sitting lower to the ground.

(not mine, but almost identical – same color, mine doesn’t have the rear wind deflector. oh, and my paint has all kinds of aftermarket scratches … )

A big thank you to Harry, for helping procure a new starter at less than I was able to find one.

Chat ya later…

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“The End Of The World As We Know It” – at least, according to Harold Camping. (pardon the slowness of the linkl, they seem to be receiving a lot of traffic today [May 20, 2011])

Mr. Camping, your billboard advertisements say that you have “Biblical Proof” that the world will end at 6 pm (local time! local time? which local?) tomorrow, May 21, 2011.

Well, Mr. Camping, I have Biblical Proof that you are a liar and a false teacher:

But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.

That was written by Matthew. It is a transcription of words from the very mouth of Jesus, the risen Son of God. It can be found in Chapter 24, verse 36. In the New Testament, Mr. Camping, in case you missed that part. You see, I believe the Bible to be the infallible word of God. You know what infallible means, Mr. Camping? It means true, without reproach, and unwavering – you know, as in non-contradictory.

Since the Bible, in fact, Jesus himself, says that no man can know when God will return to the earth in Judgement, then there may be a little problem with your claim that you can prove, with information from the Bible, that the world ends tomorrow. Either that, or Jesus lied. And, if Jesus (the risen Son of God) lied about this, then He cannot be trusted about anything. Which means that all the Christians in the world, throughout history, have been believing a lie.

Frankly, I have much more faith in Jesus’ word than in your word, Mr. Camping.