Pete Czech

So, people who know me would say that occasionally I have a speed problem.  Recently I was caught in a neighboring town going 16 over the limit.  In NJ, we have a point system and this ticket was worth 4 points.  That’s pretty big, most smaller violations are 2.
What most people will do is pay [...]

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The talk in the media right now is all about the price increases that are constantly going up.  And everyone is screaming “Get used to it!”.  Now, I’m not a professional futures trader nor am I in the business of oil & gas production but I do know trends – especially when they are obvious.  [...]

I have to laugh every time I drive by the local Valero* gas station.  I routinely see about 5 cars in line for each pump.  The cars go so deep that they stick into Route 17 and cause a traffic issue.  One time, since I took this route often, I did a test and waited [...]

Bush’s comments today on appeasement have tied nicely into a book I just started reading: You Can Negotiate Anything.  I don’t think there is any doubt that the appeasement process has failed us many times before.  Here are a few examples:

Chamberlain’s appeasement of Hitler lead to an agreement that handed over Czechoslovakia to the Germans.  [...]

Rarely will I rush to post a link to another article, but this one is great. I go to KenRockwell.com to check out photography reviews all the time, and sometimes he’ll post other items of interest. His article appears here:
http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/how-to-afford-anything.htm
I agree with most of what he says, with a few points of my [...]

I don’t think this is the newest theory, but it’s pretty solid.  I think this guy is right on but I did spot a few minor inconsistencies.  Such as, he thinks Eko’s brother actually flew to the island in that plane (not possible given the range).  Either way, its pretty good so read up and [...]