I was sandbagged at the commission meeting yesterday, but it turned out that my recommendations were approved as a whole. The president of the chamber of commerce loaded the gallery with supporters that talked of the unfairness of the award compared to past years. This was during the public comment segment of the meeting. Four agenda items later I get my turn to talk. I made my recommendations to the commission and then addressed the comments. I dismissed all of them based on the fact that NM Lodger’s Tax Law details what is allowed in awards specifically prohibits the demanded uses.

The chair then ripped into the chamber president and tried to kill her award, but the other commissioners gave her what we awarded the chamber. What should have been a 5 minute presentation took 50 minutes.

A Mexican, an Arab and a Texas girl are in the same bar.
When the Mexican finishes his beer, he throws his glass in the air,
pulls out his pistol, and shoots the glass to pieces.
He says, ‘In Mexico, our glasses are so cheap we don’t need to
drink with the same one twice.’

The Arab, obviously impressed by this, drinks non-alcohol beer
(cuz he’s a muslim!), throws it into the air, pulls out his AK-47,
and shoots the glass to pieces.
He says, ‘In the Arab World, we have so much sand to make glasses
that we don’t need to drink with the same one twice either.’

The Texas girl, cool as a cucumber, picks up her beer, downs it
in one gulp, throws the glass into the air, whips out her 45, and
shoots the Mexican and the Arab.
Catching her glass, setting it on the bar, and calling for a
refill, she says, ‘In Texas, we have so many illegal aliens that we don’t
have to drink with the same ones twice.’

GOD Bless Texas!

Hmm… this is ‘interesting’…….Kind of adds a little ‘dimension’ to the topic-, like “the Rest of the Story”.

And pokes a bunch of holes in the ‘environmental’ platform!

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad owns all of the rail lines in the US connecting to western Canada, and they haul 80%+ of the crude from Canada to the Midwest and Texas, or charge other Short Line railroads a fee to use their tracks.

BNSF charges $30 per barrel to haul the oil, where the Keystone pipeline would cost $10 by the State Departments own estimates.

BNSF is owned by Berkshire-Hathaway whose chairman is Warren Buffet.

In the last 2 election cycles, Buffet gave extensively to democrat causes and candidates, including $40K+ to Obama in 2012. He also bundled and hosted numerous fundraisers for Obama.

If anyone here believes the pipeline isn’t being blocked by Obama on Buffets behalf, you’re totally wrong.

Buffet could stand to lose $2B+ a year if the pipeline goes in, and he makes that same amount every year it’s delayed.

So to protect his buddy Buffet’s coffers so the Democraps will keep getting checks, Obama is willing to let Canada sell it’s oil to China, and to hell with the Americans getting a chance to have cheaper gasoline prices.

This is crony capitalism at it’s finest, and what is making people mad at our government and capitalist system.

“And now you know…….. the “rest of the story.”

Scary, huh?

Anyway, I was watching the news and I saw mention of the fact that schools are starting in Albuquerque in 2 day. Why the hell are kids going back to school in the heat of summer. I remember going back to school in early September, not early August. I guess kids are not allowed to be kids anymore. Local schools go back next week.

I go before the county commission tomorrow. Just a lodger’s tax presentation.

Thinking of a bike trip this month.

The teacher asked the president if he would like to lead the discussion on the word ‘tragedy.’ So our illustrious president asked the class for an example of a ‘tragedy’.

One little boy stood up and offered: “If my best friend, who lives on a farm, is playing in the field and a tractor runs him over and kills him, that would be a tragedy.”

“No,” said Obama, “that would be an accident.”

A little girl raised her hand: “If a school bus carrying 50 children drove off a cliff, killing everyone, that would be a tragedy.”

“I’m afraid not,” explained Obama. “That’s what we would call great loss.”

The room went silent. No other child volunteered. Obama searched the room.

“Isn’t there someone here who can give me an example of a tragedy?”

Finally at the back of the room, Little Johnny raised his hand. The teacher held her breath.

In a quiet voice he said: “If the plane carrying you and Mrs. Obama was struck by a ‘friendly fire’ missile and blown to smithereens that would be a tragedy.”

“Fantastic!” exclaimed Obama. “That’s right. And can you tell me why that would be a tragedy?”

“Well,” says Johnny, “It has to be a tragedy, because it sure as hell wouldn’t be a great loss… and you can bet your sweet ass it wouldn’t be an accident either!”

The teacher fainted.

• Went for a ride in the Jeep today.
• Breakfast in SF and a small amount of shopping.
• A trip down to I-40 and a return up Rte. 3.
• Erin was at our house when we got there.
• Glad to see her. Still has all her teeth.
• Tori texted Nina and mentioned that Erin changed her name to Elsa. I guess that’s from a movie called Frozen.
• Nice relaxing day.

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Yesterday’s notary bike ride was a complete success. The lady was tiny and ancient and totally ready to die in her cabin. Mildred was her name. Anyway I’ve added my  mobile notary service to my business webpage.

Nice ride into the Pecos Canyon. Talked to Huey for almost an hour and I plan to visit with him more often. The trip in was easier than the trip out. Later in the day the weekenders started flooding the canyon.

The following conversation occurred in England where William and Kate, (the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge) were spending a weekend with the Earl of Grantham at his residence. The following is a conversation between The Earl (hereinafter shown as “EG”) and his Butler, Carson (hereinafter shown as “B”).

B. “May I ask you a question, My Lord?”

EG: “Go ahead, Carson,” said His Lordship

B: “I am doing the crossword in The Times and I have found the word aplomb, upon which I’m not too clear.”

EG: “Now that’s a difficult one to explain. I would say it is self assurance or complete composure…………perhaps I ​ can give you an example. Do you remember a few months ago when the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge ​ arrived to spend a weekend?”

B: “I remember the occasion very well, My Lord. It gave the staff and myself much pleasure to look after them.”

EG: “Carson, do you remember when Will plucked a rose for Kate in the rose garden?”

B: “Yes, My Lord. I was present ministering to their needs.”

EG: “Do I recall correctly that while plucking the rose, a thorn embed itself very deeply into Will’s thumb?”

B: “I witnessed the incident, My Lord, and saw the Duchess herself remove the thorn and bandage his thumb with
her own dainty handkerchief.”

EG: “I also remember seem to recall that evening the hole that the rose made in Will’s thumb was very sore. In fact, ​ I believe Kate needed to cut up his venison, even though it was extraordinarily tender!”

B: “Your memory certainly serves you well, My Lord.”

EG: “The next morning while you were pouring coffee for Her Ladyship, Kate said in a strong, clear voice, ‘Darling,does your prick still throb?’ And you, Carson, did not spill one drop of coffee. That my friend, is APLOMB!”