HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE
NUMBER 12 VOL 14
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 12TH 2008
WEATHER; COOL, HIGH HUMIDITY, 71/87 DEGREES
SORRY ABOUT BEING LATE WITH THIS CHRONICLE BUT THE INTRNET WENT DOWN YESTERDAY AND WE JUST GOT IT BACK! PLEASE BARE WITH ME! HOWARD
NOT MUCH DOING TODAY! MOM WENT IN TO HELP SHANNON GET READY FOR HER FOOT DOCTORS APPOINTMENT! I WENT OUT AND WALKED UP AND DOWN ON THE RAMP, ACCORDING TO THE WEATHERMAN WE’LL BE GETTING THE RAIN AND WIND FROM IKE LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND ALL DAY SATURDAY SO IT’LL MEAN STAYING INSIDE! I DO WALK UP AND DOWN THE HALL A COUPLE OF TIMES A DAY! THE OKLAHOMA HOME NURSES SET IT UP FOR ME BUT I HAVEN’T BEEN DOING IT MUCH BUT NOW MY LEGS ARE STARTING TO STIFFEN UP SO I’M GOING TO DO MORE WALKING! IT’S TOO HARD TO WALK ON OUR DRIVEWAY AND WHERE WE PARK BECAUSE OF THE ROCKS SO I’LL DO IT IN THE HOUSE AND ON THE RAMP!
SATURDAY
WE’RE STILL WAITING FOR THE WIND. WE STARTED GETTING THE RAIN ABOUT AN HOUR AGO! MOM HAD TO GO IN TO MEET TIM AND THEY’RE GOING OVER TO GET KONNER FROM THE BABY SITTER WHO HAS BEEN TAKING CARE OF HIM SINCE SHANNON HAD HER SURGERY! I’M NOT SURE JUST WHAT HAPPENED BUT IT MUST BE SERIOUS FOR SHANNON TO CALL TIM TO COME UP TO GET KONNER!
WE JUST HEARD THAT GOVERNOR PERRY OF TEXAS HAS GOTTEN OVER 100 CALLS ABOUT PRICE GOUGING! IT’S PROBABLY ON GAS BUT WHEN A DISASTER TAKE PLACE YOU CAN BET YOU’RE GOIUNG TO HAVE THOSE WHO TAKE ADVANTAGE AND JUMP THE PRICE OF FOOD, FOUL WEATHER GEAR, CAR TOWING, EMERGENCY ROAD SIDE CALLS AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT PEOPLE NEED TO SURVIVE!
IF I WAS THE GOVERNOR I WOULD CLOSE THEM DOWN IMMIDATELY TILL THE PROBLEM IS SOLVED! I’VE SEEN THIS IN CALIFORNIA AND LAS VEGAS! IN 1954 THERE WAS A HEAVY DOWN POUR IN THE CHARLESTON MOUNTAINS NORTH OF LAS VEGAS. I WAS SETTING AT THE STOP SIGN ON 2ND STREET AND CHARLESTON BLVD! I LOOKED TO THE RIGHT AND SAW A WALL OF WATER ABOUT 5 FEET HIGH WITH TREES AND BRUSH MIXED IN IT COMING TOWARDS ME DOWN CHARLESTON BLVD! . I MANAGED TO GET ACROSS THE INTERSECTION AND PULLED INTO A CAFÉ ON THE POINT! AS I WAS SETTING THERE WATCHING THE WATER COME UP IN THE CAFÉ I DECIDED I BETTER GET TO HIGHER GROUND! I GOT IN MY CAR AND HEADED DOWN THE STRIP AND PULLED IN TO A UNION 76 STATION JUST AS THE GUY WAS ON A LADDER CHANGING THE PRICE ON HIS GAS, UP 20 CENTS ON REGULAR AND ETHEL! HIS HELPER WAS BUSY CHANGING THE PUMP PRICES! I CALLED THE LOCAL RADIO STATION AND THEY SAID THEY COULDN’T SAY ANYTHING SINCE UNION OIL COMPANY WAS ONE OF THEY’RE CUSTOMERS! I CALLED THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD LOOK INTO IT! BY THE NEXT MORNING ALL THE SERVIC STATIONS IN LAS VEGAS WERE UP 35 CENTS A GALLON! THE WATER RECEDED TWO DAYS LATER AND OVER NIGHT THE PRICE WAS BACK DOWN 35 CENTS! AS FAR AS I KNOW NOTHING WAS EVER DONE ABOUT THIS WHICH SHOWS THE POWER OF THE OIL COMPANIES WAY BACK THEN! THE AVERAGE MAN/WOMAN DOESN’T HAVE A CHANCE AGAINST THOSE BASTARDS!
IT’S GOING TO BE ITERESTING TO HEAR WHAT MCCAIN AND OBAMA HAVE TO SAY ON THE SUBJECT! I’M HOPING THAT ONE OF THEM WILL TAKE THE BULL BY THE HORNS AND LAY INTO THE OIL COMPANIES! THIS ISN’T JUST IN THE AREA WHERE THE HURRICANE HIT, IT’S ALL OVER THE COUNTRY! THE BAD THING IS THEY’RE RASING THE PRICE ON THE GAS THEY HAVE IN THEIR UNDER GROUND TANKS THAT THEY BOUGHT AT A MUCH LOWER PRICE! I SAY, SHUT ‘EM DOWN AND TURN THE OPERATION OVER TO THE NATIONAL GUARD TILL IT CAN BE RESOLVED! MOST OF THE MEMBERS OF THE GUARD HAVE THE NECESSARY EXPERIENCE TO RUN A SERVICE STATION! LET THE OIL COMPANY KEEP RUNNING THE CONVIENCE STORES! JUST GET THE GAS END OF IT OUT OF THEIR HANDS!
ACCORDING TO CNN THERE WERE 36 OFF SHORE RIG WITH MINOR DAMAGE AND THEY WILL BE BACK ON LINE BY MONDAY! THE REST OF THEM SHOULD BE UP AND PUMPING BY MONDAY TOO! NOW, WHERE IS THE PROBLEM? CNN REPORTED THE REFINERIES WERE NOT DAMAGED OR IF THERE WAS SOME IT WAS MINOR! YOU WATCH, THE OIL COMPANIES WILL SAY IT’S GOING TO TAKE 9 MONTH TO BRING THE REFINERIES BACK ON LINE!
I HATE TO SAY IT BUT ALL THE LOWER PRICES WERE JUST A GIMMICK TO LULL US INTO A FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY AND THINKING THE PRICE WOULD LEVEL OUT SOMEWHERE AROUND $1.50 TO &1.90 A GALLION YOU CAN GET READY FOR $6.00 TO $10.00 A GALLION NOW THAT HYBRIDS AND FULL ELECTRIC CARS ARE COMING ON THE MARKET, PRIUS, VOLT AND TESLA! AND THE PEOPLE CUT DOWN ON ENERGY USAGE SO THE OIL COMPANIES ALL OF A SUDDEN HAD A SURPLUS THEY HAD NO WHERE TO STORE! ALL THE UNDER GROUND TANKS ARE FULL, THE SHIPS THEY KEEP OFF SHORE FOR STORAGE ARE FULL! AND CAN YOU BELIEVE MCCAIN WANTS TO STAR DRILLING OFF SHORE WHEN THERE’S 68 MILLION ACRES ON SHORE THEY CAN DRILL IN! BUT, WHAT IS HE GOING TO DO WITH IT, WE DON’T HAVE ENOUGH REFINERIES TO KEEP UP WITH THE DEMAND NOW! WE’LL HAVE OIL RUNNING IN THE STREETS CONTAMANTING THE ENVIRONMENT!
THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE
HOWARD
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