Aloha Dump

There will be a total solar eclipse on August 1, the first total eclipse in about 2 years. Of course I am not in the umbra, again, for the 18th time in a row but fortunately for the people who live in the northern most shit holes of the Earth- like Greenland, the Arctic, Northern Canada, and the primo vacation spot Siberia- will get a spectacular view of the sun being totally blotted out by the moon. A total eclipse will happen somewhere on the Earth roughly every 1.5 to 2 years and if you can hang out in one spot for at about 300 years you will eventually witness a total eclipse. Before people really knew why the moon blots out the sun, it was left up to the folklore and superstitions to explain why. Many an advisor or witchdoctor lost their head for not being able to predict this lunar miracle. Today, we know that it is not a giant dragon eating the sun or an angry god punishing the Earthly denizens. The moon is phase locked with the Earth which is why we always see the same side of ...

I read an article by CNN Money.com concerning the recent lowering gas prices. Normally I don't read anything on the Communist News Network, but this was a generic article that contained some national pricing information. I have noticed that the gas has been steadily decreasing over the last few weeks. I can remember a peak on my way to work of $4.55 a gallon for the cheap stuff. Diesel was closing in on $6 a gallon. So now everyone is jumping up and down because prices have dropped almost 40 cents- I say BFD. My truck holds 21 gallons of petrol and a few weeks ago it almost cost me $100 to fill it up. I almost crapped my pants. With the current gas prices, my out of pocket cost to fill up is "only" $86.15, a savings of about $8.00 or two grande cinnamon dolce latte's from Starbucks. Using this comparison I get an extra 2 cups of coffee a week which doesn't seem like a bad deal. the bigger picture seems to elude a lot of people- I am paying $86 for a tank of gas...

On the front page of my Yahoo! homepage I read these two news stories one above the other. Only jalapenos grown in Mexico linked to salmonella, FDA says Three Pa. teens charged in fatal beating of Mexican immigrant To satisfy my curiosity, I read them both to see if they were related. Unfortunately, they were not. The beating story is really messed up and two honky's are in for a rude awakening. Of course, the hate crime allegations come up because the white boys called the immigrant an ethnic slur (any guesses to which one?) and proceeded to beat the shit out of him when he turned around to ask them if they had a problem. Dumbass, of course they have a problem or they wouldn't be harrassing you. There isn't anything to do in the shithole coal town of Shenandoah, PA but to harass illegal aliens. John Denver never saw this coming. On que, the lawyers are asking to throw out the hate crime allegations on the basis that they boys were just being assholes and calling this illeg...

I hate not being up on the news and then getting side swipped by something like this. I was in Vegas all weekend and didn't hear about Tony Snow's passing. He was only 53 and died of cancer. That is really depressing since I am creeping up on 40. I liked Tony and thought he did a great job as Bush's press secretary. He had an abmiance about him and if he did perpetuate some of Bush's bullshit you never would have known it. He was a very likeable person. Here is a write up done by AP. Bush attends funeral for Tony Snow

This is the greatest and most revealing caricature I have ever seen from that 'elitist' magazine. Here is the story: Obama punked

As the time gets closer to chose between a giant douche and a turd sandwhich, the Democratic nominee further distances himself from my vote (if he ever had one) by making the following comment in a town hall meeting in Powder Springs, Georgia yesterday: Instead of worrying about whether immigrants can learn English -- they'll learn English -- you need to make sure your child can speak Spanish. You should be thinking about, how can your child become bilingual? We should have every child speaking more than one language. So let me understand you correctly- I NEED to make sure my kids can speak Spanish? I will admit that being bilingual has its advantages, but why exactly should they NEED to learn Spanish, especially after this asinine comment: You know, it's embarrassing when Europeans come over here, they all speak English, they speak French, they speak German. And then we go over to Europe, and all we can say [is], "Merci beaucoup." Right? So, do I NEED to teach my kid...

I guess I have too much to say to totally neglect my literary works on Alohadump. I finally broke down and got a page on the biggest pedophile search engine in the world- MySpace.com. I have a lot of old Navy friends whom I can better keep in touch with using that service. This weekend is special for The United States because it marks the date when our founding fathers had enough of the bullshit coming from Great Britain and decided to do something about it. Contrary to popular belief (by most Americans), the Declaration of Independence was not signed on July 4, 1776, but rather it was adopted. Big difference there, and FYI the DoI was actually signed on August 2- at least by most delegates who were able put quill to paper. By the time the DoI was adopted, we had already been at war with Great Britain for about a year. Our relationship with the monarchy took a nose dive during the Seven Years War (that started around 1750) and involved a bunch of countries banding together to fight aga...