Rambler 44

Bangkok: prisoners working in the kitchens at a local prison developed a bread recipe made from rice flour that is so popular that it is now being sold throughout the world. It is known as “Thai Con Dough.”

Because of a decline in their bank account, The Organization of Particle Board Manufacturers has asked its members to chip in.

The rapid retrieval of the diver because of the storm made him one unhappy cramper.

An item on “20/20” caught my attention. Apparently the campaign financing reform has been written in such a manner that registering to run has become nearly impossible (564 pages in the law). The whole reform was written in a manner that protects the incumbents (incompetents). Why does this not surprise me?

It’s too bad those writing mortgages weren’t wearing mores gauges.

I like Ben Franklin’s style. He wrote under a pseudonym and then wrote under his own name commenting about what the “other guy” said.

I need to add a P.S. to the comment about the Department of Energy in the last Rambler. Not only did food costs go up because of ethanol but subsidies were also provided. So we paid taxes for a Department that worked against us so we could pay more for food and more taxes so they could keep doing it to us. I think that would be called a “continuation” in pro basketball.

A new book about the abuse of the taxpayers is swiftly becoming a best seller: Gullible’s Travails.

Credit Card companies have combined operations in Owings Mills, MD.

New Zealand stopped all farm subsidies a few years ago in spite of heavy opposition and lobbying. Five years after the removal of subsidies, farmers were earning more than during the subsidies and food prices were lower. Is there possibly a lesson to be learned from this?

The reality of “Reality TV”-show producers don’t have to pay obscene sums to egotistical actors to put on the shows that we are dumb enough to watch.

There is a nationwide search underway. Volunteers are looking under rocks in streams and fields for future politicians. It is hoped that early gene splicing can instill: ethics, common sense, and stewardship before the next presidential election.

Was the Grim Reaper hired scythe unseen?

I always make sure I have an odd number of prescriptions. There is so much news about medicines canceling each other out, that I want to be sure there is still one prescription left to do something.

A company has developed a new diet that concentrates on proper mastication and exercise. Their mantra is: “chew, chew, train.”

The Immigration Department has moved its deportation operation to Welcome, MN