From what I can tell listeing to the news, the cost of a gallon of gas has evened out across most of the country. They say the average price for a gallon of gas is now about $2.59 a gallon most places. Of course, there are some places, like California, where the cost is a lot higher.
I’ve been hearing on the news, and reading articles about the many businesses that are laying off employees, closing stores and branch offices, and so many are just downright going completely out of business! It certainly makes the average consumer very uneasy about spending any money on anything that is not absolutely necessary!
I’m afraid that this is going to turn into a vicious cycle, with a downward spiral that is going to be really hard to pull back. I hope the economic stimulus package does the trick!
I was reading an article about how important it seems to be to a lot of people to define Barack Obama as half-white OR half-black or all black or bi-racial or whatever. What is IS is a very well educated political leader that has been elected to be the next President of the United States. The color of his skin should not make any difference. The races mixed in his blood should make no difference. What he SAYS and what he DOES SHOULD make a lot of difference. So I think we should all just get over this debate and wish him luck in fixing this country’s troubles, because he is going to need all the luck he can get!
I heard on the radio this morning that Volkswagen is planning to release at the end of 2010 a two-seater car that gets 234 mpg! I tried googling it on the Internet, but can’t find any information on it at all, which is discouraging because I love to look up stuff like that! Anyway, according to what I heard on the radio, it is an extra small car, the two seats are lined up one behind the other to improve the air dynamics. I’d love more information on that! I wonder how much trunk room there is for groceries!?????
I was really surprised to hear today that the China courts have sentenced two men to death, and one woman to life in prison over the tainted milk scandal in China. I had not heard much about the case recently. The fact that I had not heard much about it makes me realize exactly how much goes on in the world that we don’t hear about here in the USA. I don’t like feeling uninformed!
I wonder if that makes us egotistical? I wish we DID hear more about those types of things. I understand that we have a lot of important news going on here, but there are channels that dedicate themselves to news 24/7 and I have often watched them and just seen the same stories repeated over and over. I’m not talking about the “headline news” channels, either. I think we, as a country, could do better about that kind of thing.
