MUSINGS...

What's worse than paying $1.89 per gallon of gas at the pump?

DRIVING BY THAT SAME GAS STATION THREE DAYS LATER AND SEE THAT THE PRICE IS NOW $1.77!

The recent dramatic drop in gas prices is not only an indicator of the current economic woes facing the country and the world as a whole, but also makes you wonder if there isn't some price manipulation by the oil companies and distributors.

Prices are now falling to below pre-millennium levels.....

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Is it my imagination or did Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson yesterday look-and-acted like an nervous schoolboy during the brief press conference held by (can-not-wait-for-him-to-pack-the-U-Haul-and-leave) President Bush?

What's with all of the nervous fidgeting?

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The current protests against the passing of Prop 8 in California is see as a re-energizing force of the GLBT community on current issues. This new movement is nick-named 'Stonewall 2.0' i.e. an updated version of the original Stonewall protest which saw the birth of the modern GLBT movement.

Some predict that Stonewall 2.0 will be the driving force to push not only the issue of same-sex marriage, but also federal recognition of non-discrimination of sexual orientation in the workplace and the Matthew Sheppard Act against hate crimes.