I had a green job | Fox News

Government can not create jobs.

"Real wealth and jobs are not produced by means of subsidies extracted by force from helpless victims by the Obama administration, but by rational free people acting under their own initiative."

I had a green job | Fox News

Romney Understands America - Dennis Prager - National Review Online

Romney Understands America - Dennis Prager - National Review Online

Construction Season Strikes Back

There are a few constants in life: night and day, death and taxes, warm weather and road construction.  A motorist can hardly traverse purple mountain majesties and amber waves of grain – much less urban jungle sprawl – without encountering the sound of jackhammers chewing up winter scarred pavement.  Such was the case on my usually uneventful journey towards my friendly neighborhood fitness emporium.

Old roads abounded with familiar summertime landmarks: orange construction barrels replete with conveniently matching, sequentially blinking orange hazard lights.  Opposing traffic, much like me and my late model American made import sedan, hugged the yellow center line fearing the compact lane dimensions narrowed by industrial strength construction implements consuming valuable shoulder space to make room for future lanes, one would hope.

Hope springs eternal as Spring warms the earth; flowers, trees, Bambi-cute baby deer, and feelings of optimism bloom.  Hope, however, won’t replace my passenger side mirror which exploded on impact as I sideswiped one of those infernal barrels.

I’ve always found a parent’s warning about having eyes in the back of their head more intriguing than threatening and not just because of the potential for administering swift parental justice.  That sort of visual omniscience would have been useful in this instance as the barrel sticking into my lane would have been much easier to avoid had I seen it.

Bang!  Shattered glass in every direction.  I wasn’t sure at first what had happened.  Did I hit an animal?  Did a rock or other piece of road debris hit me?  A million thoughts cascaded through my mind in an instant before I even realized I had been struck in the arm by the damaged mirror or what was left of it – a mirror shaped plastic panel rocking gently to a stop in the passenger seat.  Specks of glass sparkled in the sunshine like glitter.

Fortunately I was not hurt.  Strangely enough I did manage to sustain an injury to my left hand, on the other side of the car opposite the obliterated mirror, which I did not notice until after I had bled all over the steering wheel.  A nice future reminder, to be sure.  I can also take comfort that I hit an inanimate object rather than another car carrying who knows how many passengers speeding towards me at 45 miles per hour, also hugging the center line to avoid its own orange barrel obstacle course.

What’s a work zone weary driver to do?  Road construction is everywhere!  It’s the Department of Transportation’s version of a drug store on every corner.  As in the case of a bird flu pandemic (or is it swine flu now?  I’m never sure which means of impending doom we’re supposed to fear at any given moment) holing up at home is an option and Amazon.com will happily ship almost anything and everything the modern hermit lifestyle requires.  Not the most sociable option, however.  I’ll recount the simple admonishment my parents gave me when I learned to drive: Be Careful. 

A $1200 repair bill is a powerful reminder.

Strassel: The President Has a List - WSJ.com

" If Mr. Obama isn't going to act like a president, he bolsters the argument that he doesn't deserve to be one."

Strassel: The President Has a List - WSJ.com

Typical Obama Voter?