http://harrisonlives.com Railing Against the Setting Sun Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:34:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 http://harrisonlives.com/2008/08/25/updated-unscientific-survey-of-voters-during-convention-week/ http://harrisonlives.com/2008/08/25/updated-unscientific-survey-of-voters-during-convention-week/#comments Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:35:52 +0000 Harrison http://harrisonlives.com/?p=69 In another informal poll conducted at the gym this morning, it appears the choice of Senator Joseph Biden as Senator Barack Obama’s running mate didn’t cut a very wide swath for those questioned.  The voters surveyed included Bob, a retired G.E. executive; Mario, a retired commercial fisherman; Paul, a retired house builder; and,  Hugh, a [...]]]> http://harrisonlives.com/2008/08/25/updated-unscientific-survey-of-voters-during-convention-week/feed/ 1 http://harrisonlives.com/2008/07/28/nature-abhors-a-vacuum-presidential-politics-today/ http://harrisonlives.com/2008/07/28/nature-abhors-a-vacuum-presidential-politics-today/#comments Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:19:08 +0000 Harrison http://harrisonlives.com/?p=59 In March of this year, Senator John McCain, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, traveled to Europe and the Middle East, attempting in doing so to appear more “presidential” than the then-primary embattled Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.  Recently, he took his tour to Latin America, acting very presidential in the process once again. His staff [...]]]> http://harrisonlives.com/2008/07/28/nature-abhors-a-vacuum-presidential-politics-today/feed/ 0 http://harrisonlives.com/2008/07/18/the-politics-of-push-me-pull-me/ http://harrisonlives.com/2008/07/18/the-politics-of-push-me-pull-me/#comments Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:09:55 +0000 Harrison http://harrisonlives.com/?p=56 In the game of presidential push me – pull me, Mr. Happy once again showed great stamina in this, his final year at the White House.  Down to 185 days, actually, and yet once again it was a week of weeks for him and for us.  After eight years on the job, he still has [...]]]> http://harrisonlives.com/2008/07/18/the-politics-of-push-me-pull-me/feed/ 0 http://harrisonlives.com/2008/07/15/kermit-capitalists-and-conservationists/ http://harrisonlives.com/2008/07/15/kermit-capitalists-and-conservationists/#comments Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:02:06 +0000 Harrison http://harrisonlives.com/?p=55 What do Kermit the Frog, capitalists and conservationists have in common? Not technically alliteration with the K in there, but they do share one thing among them – - it’s not easy being green. Each finds themselves under siege every day. The price of oil is at its highest level yet and bound to go [...]]]> http://harrisonlives.com/2008/07/15/kermit-capitalists-and-conservationists/feed/ 0 http://harrisonlives.com/2008/07/14/fooling-fewer-of-us-and-189-days-offshore-drilling-in-perspective/ http://harrisonlives.com/2008/07/14/fooling-fewer-of-us-and-189-days-offshore-drilling-in-perspective/#comments Mon, 14 Jul 2008 20:35:32 +0000 Harrison http://harrisonlives.com/?p=54 Wonderful news came from the White House today that Mr. Happy has lifted an executive order banning offshore oil drilling, an order originally signed in 1990 by his father, President George H.W. Bush. John McCain supports the lifting of the ban, while Barack Obama believes it should be left in place. Mr. Happy called this [...]]]> http://harrisonlives.com/2008/07/14/fooling-fewer-of-us-and-189-days-offshore-drilling-in-perspective/feed/ 0 http://harrisonlives.com/2008/06/30/an-unscientific-but-real-survey-and-204-days/ http://harrisonlives.com/2008/06/30/an-unscientific-but-real-survey-and-204-days/#comments Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:51:01 +0000 Harrison http://harrisonlives.com/?p=49 Oil prices have passed $143 in early trading this morning.  A poll released today by Associated Press-Yahoo News shows 9 of 10 expect the ballooning costs of everything to squeeze them financially over the next half-year.  Gas prices in this part of the country, Massachusetts, are in the range of $4.15 – $4.30, and this [...]]]> http://harrisonlives.com/2008/06/30/an-unscientific-but-real-survey-and-204-days/feed/ 0 http://harrisonlives.com/2008/06/23/mr-happys-scary-war-thinking/ http://harrisonlives.com/2008/06/23/mr-happys-scary-war-thinking/#comments Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:31:47 +0000 Harrison http://harrisonlives.com/?p=47 Some people’s thinking on the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq is downright scary.  War, itself, is unsettling enough as it is, but when you add in the thinking Mr. Happy has displayed and been persuaded by over the last seven-plus years, it’s scarier still.  Yesterday’s talking head Sunday offerings brought that to a new level, [...]]]> http://harrisonlives.com/2008/06/23/mr-happys-scary-war-thinking/feed/ 0 http://harrisonlives.com/2008/06/18/sacrifice-and-the-man-behind-the-curtain/ http://harrisonlives.com/2008/06/18/sacrifice-and-the-man-behind-the-curtain/#comments Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:30:47 +0000 Harrison http://harrisonlives.com/?p=45 It has been a measure of courage and patriotism trumpeted by Mr. Happy and so many others since the terrorist attack in September, 2001, that Americans should not change their daily lives or habits. “The terrorists will have won,” we’ve been told. “Don’t worry, Mr. and Mrs. America, we’ll take care of everything and [...]]]> http://harrisonlives.com/2008/06/18/sacrifice-and-the-man-behind-the-curtain/feed/ 1 http://harrisonlives.com/2008/06/09/a-sprained-ankle-for-the-team-mr-happy/ http://harrisonlives.com/2008/06/09/a-sprained-ankle-for-the-team-mr-happy/#comments Mon, 09 Jun 2008 14:28:39 +0000 Harrison http://harrisonlives.com/?p=41 Several months ago, Mr. Happy accused a reporter of liberal bias when the reporter asked a question about $4 per gallon gas prices in our future.  That was about the same time I began referring to POTUS as Mr. Happy, about the same time he was denying the reality of a recession. The least expensive gas [...]]]> http://harrisonlives.com/2008/06/09/a-sprained-ankle-for-the-team-mr-happy/feed/ 0 http://harrisonlives.com/2008/05/20/talking-heads-who-really-know-politics/ http://harrisonlives.com/2008/05/20/talking-heads-who-really-know-politics/#comments Tue, 20 May 2008 13:52:14 +0000 Harrison http://harrisonlives.com/?p=34 The price of a gallon of regular gasoline has hit $4 at a couple of local stations in my whereabouts, Massachusetts, and Memorial Day is almost upon us. We’re in a part of the state that relies upon tourist dollars, but with their SUVs now running $80+ to fill, those tourists barely will afford fried [...]]]> http://harrisonlives.com/2008/05/20/talking-heads-who-really-know-politics/feed/ 0