Happy Fleet Week!

So, as I do every year, I took this morning off to see the ships come in for Fleet Week.

It was amazing as always. We were a little shorted on aircraft this year, but the F-18s are always great. Also, and I always say this, could someone PLEASE figure out how to include at least one Marine Corps raid demo in NJ? Is it too much to ask?

Anyway, here is the schedule of events. As always, remember to say thanks to the service people running around New York City and Hoboken.

I have more pictures posted here.

Who Is Telling the Truth

Big Oil was back on Capitol Hill today, getting grilled about the sky high price of oil and their mind numbing profits. As usual, this is how they explained it:

"The fundamental laws of supply and demand are at work," said John Hofmeister, chairman of Shell Oil Co., acknowledging it is something the oil industry has been saying for some time and that the explanation may sound "repetitive and uninteresting."

However, OPEC sees things differently:

However, Chakib Khelil, president of Opec, said he did not expect output to be increased, adding that “current prices are not based on supply and demand."

So the question then becomes who is telling the truth?

Debate Wrap-Up

The New Jersey Herald ran an article covering the debate they sponsored last night with The League of Women Voters.

Abate at Ramapo

Camille Abate will be at Ramapo College next Friday for an interview with Rachel Maddow.

Here are the details:

Ramapo College Sharp Theater
505 Ramapo Valley Road, Mahwah, N.J. 07430
May 30th, 9:30 to 11:00 a.m.

Clinton: Damn the Rules

Here's something to think about: Senator Hillary Clinton is saying she'll take the fight for Michigan and Florida to the convention floor. They broke the rules Clinton had agreed to, and so the votes were tossed.

Does America really need another President so comfortable with bending and breaking the rules?

Debate Tonight

The New Jersey Herald is one of the sponsors for the debate tonight between Camille Abate, Roger Bacon and Dennis Shulman. I can't make it, but if anybody takes a video I'd love to see it.

Challengers for the congressional seats representing Sussex County will face off tonight in a debate in Sussex County Community College's new Performing Arts Center.

The debate at 6:30 p.m. will showcase the Democratic candidates running for the Fifth and 11th congressional district seats in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Veterans History Project

This from the latest Garrett Gazette:

IMPORTANT NOTICE: CALLING ALL VETERANSI am hosting an event kicking off our Veterans History Project onMonday, June 2nd. This exciting project, created in 2000 by Congress isaimed at collecting oral history interviews, memoirs, letters, diaries,photographs, and other original materials from veterans like you. Thekick off event will be Monday, June 2nd at 10 am - 12 pm. at SussexCounty Community College, 1 College Hill Road, Newton, NJ 07860 in thePerforming Arts Center. If you have questions regarding this event orwould like to sign up for an interview, please call my Newton office at973.300.2000. Additional information can be found at http://www.loc.gov/vets/