Good bye Merc

Cute article from Time on the demise of the Mercury.  I guess I never saw much difference, except price, between the Mercury and the comparable Ford model, so I never owned a Merc. 

Federal Response to the Oil Spill

I watched the joint press conference today. Napolitano and Salazar said the same thing: 1. BP is responsible; 2. We will hold them responsible; 3. We are making it a priority mission for a group of government scientists to figure out just how much oil is spilled; 4. We've been on it since day one and have been to the coast 4 times; and 5. BP will pay.

This is about the dumbest conference I've heard. The Feds have no plan, no ideas and are doing nothing to move things along. The only plan they have is fixing the blame. Why do either Napalitano or Salazar have jobs with any responsibility?

Show me your papers

Rather bad press by the President and others. As a US citizen I carry and, depending on the situation, can be expected to show: driver's license, retired military ID, voter registration card, car registration, car insurance, fishing license, boat and trailer registrations and others. If I were illegal, could I get by with less?

Graduation

Last child graduated.  Absolutely beautiful, sunny day to enjoy the show.

A minivan trumps anything

But a ragtop of any kind. Car lust is a great website

Car Lust

Really neat blog on cars