Watch the crack spread and how its hitting the US refiners

http://finance.google.com/finance?chdnp=1&chdd=1&chds=1&chdv=1&chvs=maximized&chdeh=0&chdet=1216090615531&chddm=12073&q=NYSE:VLO&

also look at:
frontier oil
tesoro
western refining
etc……

notice the similarity

http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/business/trnsport/PriceIndex.shtm

the price of asphalt has shutdown/cut back projects in NJ

“Asphalt shortage delays CDOT projects”
http://tinyurl.com/5fv3k8

SAS

The FA officer at Rutgers told my daughter this: First, your mom has to co-sign (PLUS) loan; once denied, then you will be eligible for other types of aid. The loan was 10K. I felt bamboozled. My agreement for both was I would pay for the first year of school only. They would have to do their part for the remainder. So, we did the loan (payable after 6 months) and I sat on it 6 months interest free, then paid it off with the funds I had set aside for her tuition. After this she became eligible for very low interest/ gov. & state subsidized interest loans, grants, etc. for the remaining costs.

That one Student Loan at 8% is going to look stellar next to all that rubbish on their balance sheet.

I hope the kid does well in school.

say goodbye to WaMu…say goodbye my baby!
(Billy Joel song)

;)
SAS

I remember the old location now, just never shopped at that location. You are probably right; it is unlikely that anyone at the market is old order Amish.

I grew up on the edge of Amish country on the Ohio/Indiana border. They were a lot less strict and varied in rules in that community. Many of the folks used power tools even in the 1970s. My uncle got a job as a carpenter with one group, and drove the crew to jobs doing home construction for 20 years. They didn’t drive, but had no qualms about riding in someone else’s car. BTW, excellent home builders.

He loved to work with them and it ended up being a good change of career after he got laid off from International Harvester in the last oil bubble.

Maybe there is Amish in our future :-)

RD

still the main point was just the description of how tar sands are extracted without commenting on the good/bad.

PS, i did not watch the video clip, but did read the article and flipped through the slide show.

Well go watch the video then ……
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=FOLBQxk72NY

Makes one want to brush up the resume, load up a Penske and point it toward Charlotte. Didn’t pret say Wachovia is still hiring?

My college GF’s dad helped design the Wachovia building in Charlotte. It was the biggest building in town for years. It might still be.

I bet that guy is still alive. I bet he outlives the bank.

“…look at LEH, dropped 10% in last 10 minutes.”

bi, right about now might be a good time for you to brush up on the Law of Inertia.

You know, that “bodies in motion tend to stay in motion” thingy.