Can somebody explain this to me?

Preferably in small words and with pictures?

We throw a $700 billion blank check at the financial industry (that got us INTO this mess), and we're balking at around $50 billion in LOANS to the Big Three? What's up with that? We're willing to let 75,000 people lose jobs in this economy while we make sure BearStearns executives get their golden parachutes?

SOMEBODY'S priorities are outta whack...

Now, THIS is pretty cool, too...

There's a company that is also working on turning ocean waves into electricity. You can click on the adsense link above if you see one that says "Ocean Energy Converter". If not, click here.
(Frankly, I'd rather you use the ad link - I get paid a little for that...)

ANOTHER time I made a total fool of myself...

This was last February on a Carnival Cruise - they have 3 Vegas-style shows each week, and the last one (last night of the Cruise), their show is "Carnival Legends". In this, passengers who've auditioned in the Karaoke bar over the course of the week get to play one of 10 parts - James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Elton John, Britney Spears, Madonna, Garth Brooks, Ricky Martin, Gloria Estefan, Elvis Presley, and Frank Sinatra. The video is of "Elvis", and yes - that idiot in the Elvis suit is me.
GOD, that was fun!

NOW you're in trouble...

As I've said, I occasionally perform at my Church, Unity of Fremont: this is one of those times.

ASTOUNDING energy discovery!

A new discovery could let us harness curent from the oceans and slow-moving rivers. To say this could revolutionize everything would, IMHO, be in the running for "Understatement of the Century"!

From The Telegraph of London:

"The technology can generate electricity in water flowing at a rate of less
than one knot - about one mile an hour - meaning it could operate on most
waterways and sea beds around the globe.
Existing technologies which use
water power, relying on the action of waves, tides or faster currents created by
dams, are far more limited in where they can be used, and also cause greater
obstructions when they are built in rivers or the sea. Turbines and water mills
need an average current of five or six knots to operate efficiently, while most
of the earth's currents are slower than three knots.
The new device, which
has been inspired by the way fish swim, consists of a system of cylinders
positioned horizontal to the water flow and attached to springs.
As water
flows past, the cylinder creates vortices, which push and pull the cylinder up
and down. The mechanical energy in the vibrations is then converted into
electricity."