I’m feeling very lousy today. I’m stuffy and achy and I have a headache. I am, however, glad that I don’t live in the Galveston/Houston area. There is going to be a lot of flood and wind damage from Hurricane Ike. Get out while you can.
If I feel a little better, I’ll write something. Did you know we spend $10 billion a month occupying Iraq?
Feel better, BooMan.
As to Iraq, we’re spreadin’ democracy there, no cost is too great. < choking sounds >
If you took 10 Billion $1 dollar bills and laid them end to end they would go from the Earth to Moon and back twice.
Do this every month for seven years and you would have built a bridge of dollar bills six feet wide from the Earth to the Moon.
Careful or Palin will get an earmark for that too!
Well, at least this would be a “Bridge To Somewhere“.
That certainly beats hers all to hell.
Get well quick, BooMan.
That $10 billion per month is really only what they will admit to, and is only the tip of the iceberg.
I used to live in both Galveston and Houston; I was in Galveston when Alicia hit in 1983 and I’ll never forget it. Downtown Houston is 50 miles inland and what with all the flying glass from supposedly storm-proof skyscrapers, it looked like a war zone for a month afterward. Ike looks like it’ll be worse due to the storm surge, especially in Galveston where a lot of cynical developers have built outside the Seawall in the last 20 years. I still know folks down there; I hope they’ve gotten out. Scary stuff.
It’s sounding really bad. Some forecasters say it could end up being the most destructive hurricane in history because of its size. It’s also apparently one of the weirdest ever. If you want to follow the news on it, Houston CBS outlet KHOU is on it 24/7.
I suggest a cup of hot honey tea with lemon and fresh ginger, a tablespoon of overproof spike optional. Then take a snooze.
Be Well. Lots of hearts here.
Hot tea and brandy is the still the best cure. 😉 Go lie down and relax. We’ll need you back in form soon!
There is nothing better for a cold than a tea made from dried limes – called numee Basra in Iraq. Adding Brandy makes it even more effective. You can buy it in any Middle East grocery. Keeps forever, too. Slightly crush two or three of the dried limes, put into a teapot, steep, and drink. Add sugar or honey if you don’t like sour – then it will taste a bit like hot lemonade.
Ooops – I forgot that you have to add boiling water – of course.
hold McCain to account:
watch the video
sarah Palin no friend of Mother Nature
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQobIUE1zTU
I hope you feel better soon! But my thoughts below, sad to say, won’t help:
We all know Queen Sarah is flavor of the day. My non-political email lists have been sprouting Sarah threads like weeds.
So it comes as a concern to me that, twice in the last 24 hours, I have found myself listening to fellow Democrats — Obama voters both — who have vented extensively about Sarah, but then Couldn’t. Remember. Biden’s. Name.
Really. They groped for it and I had to prompt them.
Gawd.
At least they knew enough of the right things about Caribou Barbie! I am not kidding when I tell you that I have heard from a number of otherwise sensible and reasonably sophisticated people who thought she did OK in the interview. That scares me a lot.
Hope you are feeling better Today Booman.