Well…I’m running so far behind this month that I don’t know if I can catch up but I’m going to give it the old college try….it’s been a weird couple of days and I have been resisting putting the air on since I’ve already told you I see dollars leaving this place every time it comes on….but, I just couldn’t stand it today since it’s 95 degrees outside and almost 85 in here…maybe I’ll just cool it down for a while and then turn it off…I might have to meet up with T later and that is going to be fun opening up the car after having it bake in the sun all day…I will be soaked by the time I see her but what can I say? I did have to re duct tape the windshield pillar today since the old stuff had kind of melted in the sun….and I think I have another exhaust leak that is going to cost another 300 bucks that I don’t have…these little drips, drips, drips of cost are going to drive me nuts unless I find a job soon….I think I’ll stop here for now and come back later if I can think of another topic….
All posts by James DeVol
Another day….more stupidity…
Well….before I get to the political stuff…I do have to relay one bit of trail weirdness…well…maybe not weirdness but coolness let’s say….there must have been a huge hatch of those little blue butterflies yesterday….there were hundreds of them on the trail and when I went through the swarms they looked just like blue snowflakes blowing in the wind…just the coolest thing…
Okay, now on to the stupidity….there is so much crying on the repub side about deficits that they want try to pass a constitutional amendment to limit the governments ability to respond to slowdowns by codifying the percentage of government spending to an average of the last thirty years….basically saying that they can see the future and know what is going to happen 10, 20, 30 years down the road. They didn’t even see the crash coming in 2008….how can they now believe they are prescient? Just another bunch of stupidity by the party of the know-nothings who are proud of their ignorance and who willfully confuse ideology with good policy and who choose ideology over the needs of the citizens of this country…geez….
July 20th
Well…just a short one this morning since I was not good last night and feel a little crappy today but I think I’m back to not eating right that is compounding it….just can’t bring myself to eat enough…is that an eating disorder? Yeah, probably but I’m not that concerned yet….I did have an okay day yesterday but the heat kept me from doing a lot…I do normally like it when it’s hot so I don’t know why I’m avoiding it…not much to do today….it’s raining right now so no bike ride right now…I think I’ll go back to the normal routine today….more later…..
A couple of other things….
Well…had to get out on the bike early today to avoid the possibility of heatstroke and I was amazed at all of the people out at 7 in the morning…but I still came back soaked through…might have to be the pattern for the rest of the week since it is so hot out there right now…that’s not what this is about, though…I just love the latest poll that shows that people are starting to tire of the obstructionism of the repubs with 71% feeling that the they are responsible for there not being a budget deal. Now, I just hope the Obama and his guys take this as a reason to stiffen their spines and stop giving away the store.
Then, we have Paul Ryan stating today, in essence, that he is completely willing to crash the economy if the repubs don’t get everything they want…can’t we all agree that this is nonsense and is not how American government works…and we have the Koch brothers to thank for this crap….they will not rest until they own the entire country and use it as their personal plaything….oh, that’s what they are doing now in Wisconsin…how did that work out for you up there?
One last thing….I think we need a “pledge” for the repubs to sign that when elected, they will have to take at least a 100 level economics course that will give them a rudimentary understanding of the economy and that it does work to the theories of Keynes and just because they don’t “believe” in them, it doesn’t make them invalid…I have had just about enough of ignorance that passes for depth with the repubs these days….
A couple of things….and it’s politics…..
Well….Where the heck do the repubs get the people that are running for president on their side? The party of the constitution (as they say it…it’s not true but they say it) is running at lest one person that does not even know what the first amendment is, let alone that it prohibits government interference in religion. But, this past week, we heard Herman Cain…one of the tea party darlings, come out and propose that cities have the power to deny Muslims from building mosques since they are not really religious structures but their purpose is to promote sharia law. And the Christian churches aren’t there to promote biblical law? Just another instance where these folks will distort or ignore the constitution unless it can be used for political gain…don’t they ever get ashamed of this hypocrisy? Oh, obviously not…geez…
The second thing I wanted to talk about is this whole debt ceiling nonsense, again, and the latest proposal from the repubs to give Obama the power to raise it on his own when necessary…and these folks thinks this is a big coup that they will be able to use to hurt Obama in 2012? Man, I can come up with about a dozen attack ads right off the top of my head to go after the repubs with…and if I were Obama, I would say bring it on and let’s get the country’s business done….how dense are these repubs? Playing to their 20 percent tax cutting, tea party base? Good luck with that strategy….
July 18th
Well…a fun afternoon yesterday with quite a few people coming out to hang for a while…I did lose at pool again but it was a close fought match so I don’t feel bad about it…..I was really good when I got home so I feel okay today but had one of the worst nights of sleep that I can remember in a long time….I think I got a total of about three hours and that was in a span of 7….I may have to go back to the otc sleeping pills for a couple of days to just get the clock reset….we’ll see…not much to do today…going to meet up with T later but not sure when….and then the resumes etc…just like always….maybe a couple with G later but I’m not sure about that….
Okay, I’m six short for the month…
Well…I don’t think I’ve been so far behind in numbers here since I started this thing so I guess I’d better get my butt in gear and get a couple more out today….it was a tiny bunny day out on the trail today and I was really amused how they would never just cross the trail in front of me but would cross then run down the trail for a few yards…they are much faster than they look…I was going 15 and they were keeping up….just a bit of trail weirdness…
I did want to get to the nonsense that Bachmann and her ilk are peddling on the campaign trail about the stimulus package…their contention being that the stimulus did not work at all and it was a waste of 700 billion dollars…well, Michele, the stimulus was almost half tax cuts so what you’re saying is that tax cuts don’t work to stimulate the economy, right? So, why are you and the rest of the nut job right continuing to push more and more tax cuts? It just shows that these guys don’t give a damn about the economy except how it can be used to benefit the rich and connected….geez….
July 17th
Well….okay, yesterday was a bust if you came here to read something but I think it is just a part of the overall beat up feeling I’ve had for the last couple of weeks where I hurt everywhere…could that be impacting the brain? I think it is since I haven’t been able to come up with anything to say….I did take the day off yesterday…well…not really, I took a brain day off but, like an idiot, I went out on the bike for a long one but didn’t hurt as much after so maybe I didn’t do as much damage as I thought…will probably go out this morning for a leisure ride since it is just so nice out there….could exercise be an addiction? I feel so guilty when I don’t go out that I don’t want to eat since I didn’t burn the 600 calories that I normally do….yeah…a small window into the morass that is my head….there are things to do today….pool of course, and I think C is coming into town to hang out for a while…and I have to watch the women’s world cup…I am concerned with Japan since they looked so good beating Germany….okay, it’s 8 and I am already bored so I need to take that bike ride…..more later….I will really try to get another one out before I go out for pool…
July 16th
Well…I was right…it is a painful morning but not as bad as I expected….especially after starting at 1:30 in the aft and not stopping until I went to bed….as you know, that means I really can’t write too well…as least not now so I’ll come back later after the bike ride and try to make some sense….
July 15th
Well…It’s my birthday and I already feel kinda crappy…started out the birthday celebration with a couple with K and then back here for some cocktails….so this one is going to be short while I lick the wounds and drink a lot of water….then I’m going out to hit some golf balls…and meet up with K at Logan’s later for nachos and more beers….I’ll try to come back later…
Okay…I think I’ll add to this one as the day goes on…nearly just a little bit of irony on the bike ride…damn near got run over by an idiot woman that ran a red light to make a right turn…that would have been the ultimate in irony,huh? Especially since I was going to take the day off riding to let the legs rest…but, I survived it and there will be more later…bad luck, huh?
Back again…had a lot of fun out with K at Logan’s and won some money at Keno….she brought me a bottle of wine to have with my steak for dinner but I couldn’t wait until then so I’m having the wine right now…this is shaping up to be a really painful day tomorrow but I just don’t care…..might be back later…