What is lacking in my new digs is a good nearby BBQ joint. It is with fond memories that I link to the best BBQ ribs in Southern California. Of these, #1 is probably Phillips at Leimert Park in South-Central Los Angeles. There is a chance of getting shot, carjacked, or both, but I’ve been there at least three times when I used to drive from Torrance to Pasadena. However, since I lived closer in OC, it was better for me to frequent Blake’s Place in Anaheim, which received good reviews from OC Weekly.
In a vote likely to haunt him for the rest of his public career, McCain voted against 1983 legislation establishing the third Monday in January as the federal holiday marking King’s birthday.
I guess we can blame this on McCain’s youthful indiscretion when he was a 48-year old fossil.
Leave it to the Japanese to take an American invention such as the Segway and make it cheaper, smaller, and cool-looking. The best ideas and innovations still come from small American companies but it takes large Japanese conglomerates to make them profitable and available at Walmart:
All the things the Bush administration has done has come down to one conclusion to make us all shudder - America is going down the path to a socialist economy, and there is little doubt that the remainder of the Bush presidency will help ensure that future, no matter who becomes the next president.
Government is not just simply overseeing businesses and entire industries, but is setting itself up to be the provider of last resort. Taxes, inflation, and prices will all rise - the question is what kind of recession should we prepare ourselves for - 1974 or 1929?
