GREED

A word or two on travel through Canada.

Get used to an unfair exchange rate, unfair and inconsistent.

Some will exchange dollar for dollar on American but many

have their own formula not based an actual and very public

exchange rates. The American dollar as of this week is stronger

than the Canadian by about 5 cents but many along the Alaska highway

seem to think it is opposite of that. Then they say that their banks levies

a fee for exchanging American to Canadian-a fee that they claim wipes out

any difference and they are only too happy to pass along.

Consider that they signed the NAFTA and you wonder why the

hassle of exchange rates at all but you can't argue with clerks who have

no clue.

I am still trying figure President Obama's grand plan for his own advancement. I don't think he is

content with the Presidency anymore than he was with the U.S.Senate. I believe now that he has aims on something bigger-if not the United Nations Secretariat then perhaps heading the looming North American Union. To make the North American Union a reality he first must shape the USA into such a mess that the people won't resist such a change. To do that he must bring our economy to a place somewhere between Canada and Mexico. To a place where we start raving over the Loony and the Toony and not look upon the Peso with such disdain. I don't think he is far away.

They have already designed the Amero with which to replace the Dollar.

Operation Iraqi Freedom

The latest news that the last combat units have crossed from Iraq and into Kuwait have captured the attention of many. This was followed with some questioning whether our efforts in Iraq were successful or not.

The regime of President Obama would like to further snatch defeat from the jaws of Victory by second guessing what so many of our soldiers, airmen, and sailors have paid the ultimate for.

To contemplate success or failure you have to look at the goals going in and the outcome of having gone in. I say success was ours and Victory was honorably achieved.

The rest and the future of Iraq is entirely up to the Iraqis-we have given them a prescious gift of choice-and they must choose whether to continue with the Democratic government they have established and whether they consider it worth doing so at all costs. I have no doubt the blood

of American servicemen and women was not spilled in vain.

Here may the answer to operating a tour bus

in a green world. I can bus service provided

by Greyhound using these-Hah. We are going ladies and gentlemen exactly 30 miles.

Thats it 30 miles to the next outlet. That

Toyo however is pretty slick....put running boards on and you have an Al Capone car.

Now if you want economy the horse drawn version is by far wiser. As for this other-he will look real good with this buried up a moose's butt.

Can these be used to replace commercial vehicles as we know them now? Here is a flatbed version and a

cargo version perhaps. Hell put fifth wheel on the flatbed version and you might be able to pull a little red wagon. Of course there is still that 30 limit between recharges. And deliveries will tak a bit longer with that 25mph max. Then the restrictions to roads posted less than 65 will require some rerouting. I don't think I can do one of these on the Alcan run. Not enough outlets and no sleeper.

After some additional research I can see and maybe we should see the Anchorage Highway Patrol doing the Glenn Highway in these. Hell I think I could outrun it.

Shortly after arriving back at the home terminal in Anchorage I noticed

one of these in the staging area with Park Service decal. I assume since this will only do 25 mph and has a range of 30 miles per charge that it will be loaded on a flatbed for shipment to Denali. Who in their right mind in the federal government would order these for Alaska. Their purpose-none I can think of. It is not even streamlined enough to be inserted up a mooses rump.