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The buck doesn't stop here; it just keeps falling: Crumbling value of the dollar resonates through slumping economy

As gas was $20/barrel in 2000, I love to think that our dollar has become 1/7th of its former strength (that is, before Bush came into office).

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General Motors may bring new mini car to U.S. -- This is something I would have wanted to see in the US a decade ago. Note that the car would not be manufactured in the US.

Honda grows while U.S. auto industry falters: Japanese automaker kept focus on smaller vehicles, not trucks and SUVs

Today, according to NPR, is the "birthdate" of the Model T.

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The earth is a head, and we are drilling into it for oil. (For some reason, I'm reminded of the movie Pi.)

I think of oil as dinosaur blood.

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I just battled against this machine for eight hours, as it was going at a glacial pace.

I love wasting an entire day. *sigh*