http://realthought.us Real thought on politics, news and culture for real people. Sun, 23 Aug 2009 21:31:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en After leaving Smuggler's Cove, we were on an eight hour run to Avalon, Santa Catalina Island.  Our course took us far outside the shipping lanes and outside of Anacapa Island.  The weather was fair, with a two to five foot swell and small craft advisories.  We heard many vessels complaining ... http://realthought.us/2009/08/23/summer-cruise-part-2/ Well, we left on July 31 with near perfect weather conditions.  After getting underway from Napa at 1830, I went below for some rest as I had the watch from 2000 to 000.  We passed under the Golden Gate at about 0100 in the morning and headed south under an ... http://realthought.us/2009/08/16/summer-cruise-2009/ Our former Vice-president was before Congress testifying that if the United States does not institute draconian restrictions on CO2 emissions through  so-called "cap and trade" legislation we will leave this planet a uninhabitable, overheated rock.  First, let me say this, if the government legislates maximum CO2 emissions levels, who is ... http://realthought.us/2009/04/25/a-modest-proposal/ FOXNews.com - Ship Captain Rescued From Somali Pirates - International News | News of the World | Middle East News | Europe NewsPosted using ShareThis http://realthought.us/2009/04/12/foxnewscom-ship-captain-rescued-from-somali-pirates-international-news-news-of-the-world-middle-east-news-europe-news/ OK, I get it, the joke is over.  Someone put a REAL president in the White House and give Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid their cookies and warm milk and tuck them in. http://realthought.us/2009/04/01/april-1-2009/ The Dow is off by 200 some odd points.  Finally, someone in Washington had the guts to shoo the autoo companies away from the Federal slop trough and it is going to be a beautiful day here in northern California.  What amazes me is that so many people in our ... http://realthought.us/2009/03/30/ugggg-monday-morning/ What will it take to make the idiots in Congress, the White House and at the Tresury Department to understand that spending money the government hasn't got, driving us deeper into debt and printing money is not the way to get the country out of a recession?  There is only ... http://realthought.us/2009/03/25/ok-i-have-had-enough/ The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished up at the end of the week.  From the reaction in the media you would think that we have all regained all the money that we lost and that happy days are here again.  Here is the problem, a year ago the DJIA was ... http://realthought.us/2009/03/14/yippee/ Very simple.  Cut the corporate and personal income tax rate to 11%.  Raise the personal exemption to $35,000 per person.  Allow everyone to take a automatic 10% deduction for charitable donations.  Eliminate all other deductions.  Eliminate the AMT, capital gains and estate taxes.  Make all investment and interest income tax ... http://realthought.us/2009/03/04/my-recovery-plan/ The only two sure things in life unless you happen to be a high ranking Democrat.  Currently we have a President who promised to restore the people's trust and have the highest ethical standards of any administration in history, yet it seems that several of President Obama's early erstwhile appointments ... http://realthought.us/2009/02/03/death-and-taxes-2/