http://dewittpetroleum.com/blog Intelligent Petroleum Solutions Mon, 14 Nov 2011 16:04:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://dewittpetroleum.com/blog/2010/10/15/r-i-p-my-dear-nozzle/ http://dewittpetroleum.com/blog/2010/10/15/r-i-p-my-dear-nozzle/#comments Sat, 16 Oct 2010 00:20:02 +0000 Mary http://dewittpetroleum.com/blog/?p=361 Does anyone have a bugle?  I need to borrow a bugle, take some lessons, grab the music for Taps and then off to our cardlocks where today we laid the hold open latches on our gasoline nozzles to rest.  As you stand, next to your car filling it up with the world’s cleanest gasoline, you can [...]

]]> http://dewittpetroleum.com/blog/2010/10/15/r-i-p-my-dear-nozzle/feed/ 0 http://dewittpetroleum.com/blog/2010/09/27/charley-will-you-marry-me/ http://dewittpetroleum.com/blog/2010/09/27/charley-will-you-marry-me/#comments Mon, 27 Sep 2010 22:05:15 +0000 Mary http://dewittpetroleum.com/blog/?p=353 Well my older, wiser sister (pick your own emphasis) kindly pointed out that part of last week’s blog was a little cryptic. So rather than try to explain what I meant, I thought I would let you read the article I referenced for yourself.  I am a fan of Charley Reese.  He says he is [...]

]]> http://dewittpetroleum.com/blog/2010/09/27/charley-will-you-marry-me/feed/ 0 http://dewittpetroleum.com/blog/2010/09/20/it-just-never-ends%e2%80%a6/ http://dewittpetroleum.com/blog/2010/09/20/it-just-never-ends%e2%80%a6/#comments Mon, 20 Sep 2010 21:55:38 +0000 Mary http://dewittpetroleum.com/blog/?p=350 I read an article recently that explained why our state and nation are in debt and businesses are failing and people are losing jobs. It did so in plain, simple, non partisan-gasp- English. Essentially, the people we have elected into office want us to be. They set the budget, they pass the laws that create regulations, these things don't just magically appear. We need to elect people that don't think this is the way to operate. Here is an example of one, do you know any others?

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