mike's common sense

Welcome to black Monday. The Dow Jones lost 500 points today, reports state that gasoline will soon be back over $4.00/gal, and is headed for $5.00. A five pound bag of potatoes costs $5.00, and a single tomato is going for $2.00 a piece! While there are no bread lines yet, there soon will be.... Sign in to see full entry.

There's an old saying, "where there's smoke, there's fire". Well, there's this huge tinder box of excitement, that's smoldering, and ready to take flame. Palin fever is running rampant here in the USA. Two weeks ago in "Hot For Teacher" I predicted how Ms. Palin would be very popular with the guys,... Sign in to see full entry.

Its Friday, TGIF and all. Throughout this great country of ours, one sound reverberates around it. POP! That's the sound of a beer bottle or can being opened. Let's face it, we Americans like to drink. Come to think of it, so does everybody else! Let's see, I know the Irish do, the Germans, the... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday morning on my way to work, I was listening to Coast to Coast AM with George Noory. I often listen to this show on my way to work, because they always have great guests, and great subjects that no other radio show will feature. Well on Monday they had a guest on talking about the new HUGE... Sign in to see full entry.

When our founding fathers started our great country, it was based on the tenet that all men are equal regardless of their religion, or creed. This is something we all outwardly want, nobody wants someone else to tell them what to believe. The problem is that there is way too many of us who have no... Sign in to see full entry.

How neat would it be, if we could change the world, by everyone learning to follow two simple rules? That's right, if we could learn two simple rules, and teach them to our children, we can change the world. Sound crazy? Maybe, but I am going to try to show how. Richard Mayberry, in his book... Sign in to see full entry.

I don't go out much, I pretty much like to hang out on my back porch, drink beer, sip bourbon, smoke cigars, and watch my favorite sports shows on Tivo. You might think that I live a quiet, boring life, but I am plenty happy to just relax when I'm not at work. However every two weeks I like to get... Sign in to see full entry.

Here she comes!...Or is that he? Whatever, Ike is Miami bound. He has a "Miami Or Bust" sign on his outer wall. What to do, what to do. Well actually there is a lot to do, as evidenced by the long gas lines, the long grocery lines, and the long lines at the liquor store. Everyone wants to make sure... Sign in to see full entry.

Here we go again. After narrowly skirting the last two hurricanes, we now have three more knocking on our door step. Hurricane Hannah, is expected to slide past us here in South Florida, causing nothing more than pleasurable breezes, and an occasional shower, then slam into Georgia, or the... Sign in to see full entry.

Well, I have been a Blogit member for one month as of tomorrow, and as I have not put a stop on them from taking $12.99 out of my account, you will be lucky enough to read my prose of gold for one more month. I wish to thank those of you who read me. I earlier reviewed some of my previous posts, and... Sign in to see full entry.