BrakeBlog

Local photography, National rants, Zero navel-gazing allowed… Blogging from Hopkinsville, KY

  • Hopkinsville Tea Party photos

    Here is a selection of all the photos I took on Tax Day. The rest I am uploading to Picasa. I have video of two speeches that will be coming soon also.

  • Interest-free loans and Unicorns

    Again with the “interest-free” nonsense. The new middle school is going to be built with interest-free bonds funded with Federal stimulus dollars. IF THE DISTRICT HAD USED A TRADITIONAL BOND PROGRAM TO FINANCE THE NEW SCHOOL, THE FINAL BILL WOULD HAVE BEEN ROUGHLY 41-MILLION DOLLARS, BUT WITH THE 14-MILLION DOLLARS SAVED FROM NOT PAYING INTEREST…

  • Get Green, Go Broke

    A few years ago I got on the CFL bandwagon believing they were a good idea. Today, the house has been fully installed with CFL bulbs. They suck big time. CFL bulbs are not any brighter than incandescent bulbs. I don’t believe they burn long enough to be a cost saver. That’s the general problem…

  • Tax Day Rally in Hoptown

    On April 15, every taxpayer needs to show up and demonstrate their opinion of President Barack  Hussein Obama. Where: 216 West 15th Street, Hopkinsville, KY Parking Lot of Dr. John A McCubbin MD, Ophthalmology Date: April 15, 2010 Time: Around 5:00 PM till done Bring: A Creative Sign and a lawnchair Events: Short Speech then…

  • The United Socialist States of America

    Obamacare is not about providing better health care to anyone. It will be the vehicle through which the government gains control of everything including your own living body. Living under Obamacare will mean a bureaucrat decides whether your children will be born. A bureaucrat will decide what medical treatments you will receive. A bureaucrat will…

  • Forty Nine Dollars

    Seen at the Peddler’s Mall… It’s a suit of armor… uhmm, yeah. Nuff’ said. ;)

  • EM Interference with EnergyNet

    During July of 2009, I predicted I would have problem with radio/electro-magnetic interference using the HES EnergyNet Internet service. However, Energynet will suffer from the same faults of a crowded 2.4 Ghz band that includes routers, wireless phone handsets, and microwave ovens. This is definitely true for microwave ovens. The wireless is completely unusable while…

  • Peddler’s Mall Re-Opens

    The Peddler Mall is a flea market style business housed inside the old Wal-mart building. Independent vendors rent booths inside to sell whatever products they wish. The building stood empty for many years after the new Super Center was built while Wal-mart maintained ownership of it. In 2005, The first owner was evicted after he…