I think that President Obama is a very intelligent man! I'm sure that he has read about the history of Afghanistan! I don't understand his reasoning about sending more troops to Afghanistan. Throughout recorded history, every country that has involved itself with Afghanistan's internal affairs has come out a LOSER! Why does Obama think that he will be able to come out a WINNER! Please, Mr. Obama, do not send our troops into a unwinnable quagmire! If I were making the decisions in Washington D.C., I would get out of Afghanistan as soon as I could! The leadership is corrupt and so is the culture! I think that the best way to help Afghanistan is through foreign aid, not with military strength. Educate the masses and let them decide how they wish their country to be governed. If the Taliban should come back into power we will be able to contain their influence abroad. If the Taliban is stupid enough to provide a safe haven for Al Quaeda, send in air strikes or missiles to eliminate them. Boycott all trade with Afghanistan if the Taliban comes to power! Within 10 years the people of Afghanistan will overthrow the Taliban with their own revolution! They are the only ones who can win! Mr. Obama, yes, I agree with your idealistic hopes for Afghanistan, but the grim reality of the situation should dictate that you extract our troops from this God forsaken country!

I'm usually a very optimistic fellow and I am somewhat concerned about something that has been cropping up in my mind on an almost daily basis for the past two weeks. It is a vile thought to be sure, but it can't be denied that homo sapiens' future on our wondrous planet will come to a terrible end if he doesn't find an alternative for using carbon based fuels for his energy requirements. Not only is he dependent upon carbon based fuels but within the next 50 years, he will find himself competing with the rest of the world's population for an ever shrinking supply of fossil fuel. The only way that this can be avoided is if the number of people on earth were radically reduced.

I have a beef with San Diego Gas & Electric and I'm going to withhold paying my closing bill until I'm given some sort of satisfaction. My complaint emanates from the fact that I am no longer a customer since my new digs come with gas, electric, water and sewer services included and so I called SDG&E to have them come out and read the meters on September 1st. I talked to the man who read the meters and he assured me that the gas & electric would not be shut off. It seems that SDG&E has a policy that keeps the service on until a new tenant changes the billing information. Due to the fact that my move had to be delayed because my new place wasn't ready on the 1st, it has taken me until today, September 14th, to complete my move. Since I wasn't preparing any meals at my new place, I had kept my perishable groceries in the refrigerator at the old place. Everything was fine when I left my old place last Friday afternoon, however when I arrived there this morning I was met with the pungent smell of spoiled food in the refrigerator. Not only did I lose about $20.00 worth of groceries but I was also faced with having to clean the refrigerator and sanitize it which I'm in the process of doing as I write this. I think that SDG&E should have given me a call to let me know that they were shutting down the electricity without my knowledge in order to avoid having something like this from happening. I think that SDG&E showed no concern whatsoever for me and their actions have caused me to have to clean a nasty smelling refrigerator that could have been avoided had they called! All they care about is being paid!

Hey! I put a google map photo of my blue Miata parked in front of my house!

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