Well…it was another nice day yesterday but they are coming to an end later in the week…it still is not going to be as cold as it should be for this time of the year….okay, now I’m doing the weather? I just can’t come up with anything original right now…it was just one of those normal days that seem to run together with every other one and I guess it is better that it’s nice outside and I can go out and ride….I am going to do more later but as always lately, there is no flow so I’m going to have to come back and try again…
Okay…guilt is a pretty good motivator..when I brought up this site and saw how little I’ve bee writing lately…I wouldn’t blame you guys for not coming back…but, I am going to try harder today and make it worth your while…one thing that I do need to share is the fact that I have lumpy half and half….just made coffee and poured a cup, and the half and half I poured into it is lumpy…not something you want to see when you are craving coffee…and, I think I like milk in it better anyway…going to read the papers and come back…ole Mitt has a whopper about light bulbs that I want to comment on…after I’m done shaking my head in disbelief…
Well…haven’t been able to write much lately and I’m not sure what the cause is just yet….it could be spring fever…who knows? What I did want to talk about today is the misconception that the repubs are trying to sell that the Obama administration has expanded government regulation more that any president in history and is taking away our freedoms and strangling business…blah, blah, blah…when the opposite is true. Just compare the the costs of the last three years of ole GW’s to the first three years of Obama’s and you’ll see that the regulatory costs and the sheer number of new regulations was significantly higher under ole GW…costing business and individuals billions of dollars and piling on the red tape. I know that none of this means anything to the fact-challenged repubs…they think lies repeated often enough magically turn into the truth….and how can you argue with that?
Well…it was a long day yesterday and I didn’t sleep at all so this one is going to be short for now…I did lose at pool but don’t feel bad about it….okay…not working…back later…I’m back and feeling somewhat better after some water and thinking…but the brain is still not working as well as I like so this could get interrupted when it stops working completely…it was an okay day again yesterday and I did another 30 miles on the bike with no damage to show for it so I guess that is something….won’t go that far again today since I think I’m going to alternate 15 and 30 mile days….didn’t make coffee this morning and I may live to regret that later in the day…I may go out to read the papers tomorrow since this staying in here is getting boring…and I can sit outside at the coffee shop which would be neat…have to take a look at the weather and see if it’s going to be warm tomorrow…more later…
Well…it was a day of basketball yesterday and not much else…the Wings lost their fourth in a row and then just look slow and unengaged…oh, well…not much that I can do about it….it was a gorgeous day out on the bike, though, and the 30 miles I did yesterday was not special…and that is a little disappointing…it’s suppose to be a big deal going that distance but I’m just a little sore today….and I wasn’t even tired when I got done…I think I’m going to try to do the 30 every day for a while…at least it’s something to do…not much to do today…it may be a pool day with Tom and K may come to hang out if she gets back form Chi-town in time…I’ll try to get back for another one…but it’s the weekend and you know how that goes…
Well…it was a day yesterday that was filled with disappointment when Michigan lost in the first round of the NCAA’s but, at least the Wings didn’t play so another loss didn’t add to it…I’m running as late as I ever have, I think, and there is no reason for it other than I had to load up the slow cooker and get it started…I have gotten through the papers and the only coffee cup that was clean is this huge thing that is almost as big as the pot…so it only takes two cups to empty it…don’t know what that means other than it’s a lot of coffee…I am going out on the bike early today since it is already over 60 but I am going to get back into the normal routine for the weekends…it is going to be a no sprint day today but I may do 25 miles or so…not sure yet….I am going to try to get back here for more today even though I’m way ahead for the month…the repubs have a death wish attacking Medicare late this week that I do have to comment on…but, right now, Everton is playing Sunderland and it is tied so I need to get back to that…
Okay, just a quick update…it was so nice out there on the trail, and the Pink Floyd sounded so good that I did decide to do the route twice for almost 30 miles….just a little sore but I bought myself being able to eat whatever I want without any guilt today….so, I’m going to do just that…have ribs in the slow cooker for later and pork loin for lunch…
Well…just a short one to comment on the jaw-dropping new bill that is being passed in Arizona concerning women’s access to birth control….this new bill would make women prove they are not using birth control for non-medical reasons…like for contraception before their medical plans would cover this necessary medicine….and the worst part is that it would allow all employers to not cover birth control without any reason….and, depending on the interpretation, may allow employers to fire women who use it….I’m not making this up people….this is what the US is going to look like if the repubs win the White House this fall….I just have nothing more to add to this one…just can’t believe we are still talking about this nonsense in 2012…geez…
Well…I promised I’d get back to take on the placeholders from last night..the first one is the repubs going into full attack mode on the proposed release of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to try to bring down oil prices…and, of course, the repubs don’t want to hear it, trying to tar this attempt to relieve prices for the middle class “just politics” and vowing to fight it….but, I have a different take on the whole thing…first, what’s wrong with spanking the speculators that are driving up the price? Every analyst says there is plenty of supply and the Saudi’s have said that there isn’t anyplace to put any increased output….so, the only reason that oil prices are soaring is the speculators are betting there will be a rise in prices which fuels the rise in prices…pretty neat for the speculators, huh? Second…why not sell of oil that was purchased at 20-70 dollars a barrel for 128 dollars? It wouldn’t hurt to sell off 10 million of the 177 million barrels in the reserve and even using the top price of 70 dollars, that would make a profit of almost 500 million dollars that could be used to reduce the deficit….I threw that last part in kind of tongue in cheek…500 million would be smaller than a drop in the bucket against the deficit but I wanted to say it before some politician. The only reason the repubs don’t want this release is that their oil company masters love it when prices soar…just more profits for the oil companies and campaign contributions for the repubs…geez…
Well…I know there is a placeholder down below but I wanted to get to this one first…weird thing..split my heel open last night and now I have blood trails on my carpet…didn’t notice it until this morning so I have some cleaning to do today…it was a cocktail night last night watching the basketball so I do feel a little slow but okay….there is a really thick fog outside that I hope holds until it gets light so I can go ride in it this morning…the dew on everything makes it look so cool…not much else to do today….more b-ball but that is about it…I will be back for the placeholders in a few but right now I need to go back to the couch and drink some water…
Okay, I’m back for a few minutes to add to this one since doing another one on my routine, daily life just seems like cheating..but I did want to comment on the bike ride…went out early today to get into the fog that was quite thick and it was just so cool…it looked like the world had shrunk down to about 30 yards across and even the sound was different…and the dew that collected on my hands made the fine hairs on them look like I was turning into some kind of werewolf….all in all, one of the best rides of the year so far…
One last thing….I’m having trouble choosing which gear to wear today…Michigan or the Wings…okay, it’s Michigan….maybe if I don’t wear my Wings gear they’ll win tonight…
I need to put a placeholder in to remind me to talk about oil prices and the possible release from the SPR….cost now versus costs then….oh, and Mitt and the dog to his callousness about dogs and people…
Well…just a short one on some little known developments in the Keystone pipeline dustup…with the repubs continuing lies on where the oil coming through the pipeline is going to go; making the statement over and over that it will help reduce our dependence on foreign oil and all of the other nonsense they continue to shout, we had Ron Wyden, the senator from Oregon offer to help get the pipeline approved if the repubs would agree to legislation that would mandate that any oil that comes through the pipeline would be sold in the US. Seems to me to be a reasonable compromise, but the repubs went nuts and started their normal screeds that the government shouldn’t interfere in business, yada, yada, yada…..to any thinking person, what this means is that the repubs are lying again…even the pipeline company has said that most of the oil will be sold into the world market and will be used to “correct” the oversupply in the midwest; resulting in higher prices there. So, anytime you hear the repubs talking about Keystone (or Exxon for that matter in the new ads they have out), they are lying…lying about where the oil is going to go and lying about how many jobs the pipeline will bring….geez…