The New York Times

Is going to a paid web site model, some time, er, real soon now, I received the email warning about it this morning to my free account email.  Everyone has been expecting this, it will be interesting to see how this plays out.

The Hand of God

Was hovering over me last Wednesday (March 9th, 2011) (OK, I have been remiss in posting). 

I had a flat tire;  Totally ruined the Left Rear tire on my truck, and the spare was flat. 

But, Wednesday night is the only night of the week anyone cares where I am, so was able to get a ride over to Wal Mart to buy a new one.  So my wheels are still functional.

Thank god for the people of First United Methodist Church Rogers.

And I must have lived in NW Arkansas to long, because I can mention the hand of providence like this with a straight face.

More Roads?

Seem to be the only "transportation" need the planners around here understand, the front page headline in the Rogers Morning News this morning (March 8, 2011) says "More Roads Possible" (Above the fold).

This is the second such story in a week, while gas prices are going up.

It's the intellectually challenged aspect of it that bothers me.  We as a culture have to get away from the automobile centered development policies.  Multi-million dollar freeway widening projects are paving our way into disaster.

Wal Mart Same Store Sales

Were down again (Domestically) last quarter;  No surprize, this is seven consecutive quarters.

Lot's of press about this, NYT, WSJ, front page of the local paper (Above the Fold), repeating the corporate bushwa about how it was all for technical and merchandising reasons.

Nah, I stand by my off the cuff analyisis.  They are up against the limitatations of shipping their own customers jobs to China.  When you don't have a job at the local plant, how can you spend money at WalMart on stuff you didn't now you needed?