The Democratic National Convention (DNC) is coming to my area.  This is a good thing, I’m told, because they’ll bring money to hotels, restaurants, brothels and convenience stores.  Money, in an economy that is supposed to be so bad that the wealthy keep getting wealthier and the poor keep getting poorer, will help keep the poor wealthier and the wealthy hiring.  I’m not much for politics any more, not since I figured out that politics is about man’s solution to man’s problems without ignoring man’s real problem.  However, its nice that they’re coming to the Denver metro area as well because our roadways are designed for slightly less people than currently drive them, and the new crowds of drivers will help keep the price of gas high as gas station owners have figured out that they can pretty much charge as much as they want and we’re a captive audience.  I think that’s a mixed metaphor.

There are some genuinely good reasons to have them in town and one of them is that a reader of this very blog will more than likely come into town to support her husband who will more than likely rule the world before its all said and done, and I’d like to have him in my pocket be in his pocket have the right connections.  The financial impact that is suspected to come with this national convention is roughly $160,000,000.00 in currency influx.  They’re expecting a huge crowd at the Bronco stadium (branded Invesco field) for  B. Obama’s acceptance speech.  Big money, big names, and they bring them in with enough people to populate the town I grew up in.  Which, if it were to be receiving the Democratic Nation Convention, would self implode.  Lets hope that the Dems bring money, but its not debt money, we don’t need that in Denver, Colorado or the US Government

Editors note: this is a weird post, I’m sorry.  Read it with more humor in mind than seriousness.  I’m really not trying to be a jerk, just funny (think Steve Martin)

I think prostitution is abhorable for various reasons, but this article about prostitution being paid for with gasoline cars puts the gas price debate into a weird perspective: Sex for Fuel.  We’ve not found ourselves using more or less gas at this stage in the game simply because we don’t do as much driving as the average household.  I work from my basement most of the time and our gas prices are usually just slightly under the national average.

Now that Bill Gates has stepped down as chief officer of whatever at Microsoft maybe he can put forth some of his humanitarian efforts in some petroleum related way.  I don’t know how that would help alleviate pain and suffering in third world countries, but it would at least reduce first world pain at the pump.

OK, not exactly, but one of the contributing factors has got to be theft. Today as I was filling my gas tank I looked over to see teenagers taking turns tapping on the fuel selection button about twice a second as the tank filled. Fuel came streaming out, but the price stayed at zero. I need to call the gas station and alert them to the fact. I didn’t know what was going on until after I had filled mine up and was driving off.

Slick, but sick.