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Posted by TFG on 26th June 2005
The $2000, 5 year-old compressor on the downstairs AC has gone out. It’s currently 86° inside the house. As a cherry on top, I spent $70 on a 2-pole 50amp Stab-Lok breaker on the way-off chance that it was the problem. Nope.
I’m officially looking for a bridge…I can’t take it any longer.
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Posted by TFG on 26th June 2005
No, you really don’t.
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Posted by TFG on 26th June 2005
Note to Chuckles and any the other Wonder Bread Dems out there: white guys have been saying “mofo” for at least 35 years.
And please don’t tell mi madre — I’ve disappointed her enough already.
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Posted by TFG on 26th June 2005
Tom Barnett on the CNOOC bid for Unocal:
Threat or rival or opportunity? It’s simply better for China’s rising economy to become more connected to ours. They benefit. We benefit. The world benefits. My man Alan Greenspan is a long-time backer of the notion that China and U.S. must come closer together economically. Watch for him to dampen the typically idiotic response out of Congress to try and stop this bid, which could easily fail on its own because Chevron is already on the inside track to closing this deal.
I’m still queasy about CNOOC owning Unocal, and here’s why:
Unocal’s a successful private company. If they accept the CNOOC bid, it is effectively nationalized by the ChiComs. Now, do we have enough data on the mystery of the Chinese brand of Commie-flavored markets? Probably not. We do have enough data on Commie-run markets and Commie-run companies, though — they’re failures. Always. Can’t think of a single success. Maybe, though, the Chinese have it figured out…I guess it’s in the realm of possibility, despite all the evidence to the contrary. But if you’re a Unocal shareholder, do you want your shareholder value being managed by central-planning socialists? I wouldn’t. And if CNOOC do win the bid, I’d dump in a heartbeat. Just sayin’…
I’m still not clear, though, on where “We benefit.” Or even who “We” are.
And just so there’s no misunderstanding what I’m saying here: the US Congress and the rest of WDS don’t need to poke their nose in here, except maybe that international commerce bunch (can’t think of the name right now — they ruled on the IBM PC sale) to verify the deal’s square and we’re not giving away national security secrets somehow.
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