Well…this is going to be a shorty since I’m over my quota for the month and really don’t have a lot to say today…but, I did want to get to one thing…all of the repub candidates jobs plan consist of more and more of the same…tax cuts for business and the rich hoping that the largess heaped upon them will “trickle down” and create jobs; never mind that tax cuts have never created one job when there is no demand for the goods or services that job will create. Even business leaders are saying that it is not the tax burden that is holding back the economy but it is the lack of demand that comes from the falling real wages of everyone but the rich….on this point, there is plenty of blame to go around and the question I have for these same business leaders is “why would you expect rising demand when you keep cutting the real wages and benefits of your workers by outsourcing and not sharing the rise in productivity with your workers?” The real problem here is who goes first? People won’t start to spend again until they are comfortable that their rising wages will make it feasible to buy things again and business won’t raise wages or hire until demand is rising. So, as always, we’re stuck in a “Catch 22″ without any visionary person or company that will make the leap of faith necessary to break the gridlock…and on it goes….
Monthly Archives: October 2011
A pleasant surprise…
Well…got a nice little surprise this morning when I got a call from the guy I did a phone interview with Friday saying that he is going to set up an in person one for this week…and that set a bunch of stuff into motion…had to go and get my suit pants fitted and altered…they will be done tomorrow so I’ll be ready to “suit up” for the interview since my sport coat and other dress clothes don’t fit anymore. If things pan out, it will be nice to have money coming in for a change and to be able to get back into a normal routine…don’t know how that will impact these yet…I might just have to get up earlier so I can get one out before I go to work…that even sounds strange…go to work…so, I’ll keep you up to speed on the developments…..and I’ll be back later for a political one and the lyric…
October 31st
Well…it was a long day yesterday with pool in the aft then meeting up with J for one than back here for a couple more….and I did win at pool again so that was okay…but I do feel kind of crappy today and part of it is that I didn’t ride the bike or eat enough…so, I am going to go back to the couch and have some ice water…back later for more of this once I feel better and start having some thoughts…
Okay, the thoughts have started again…kind of…so I thought I’d come back for a few minutes while I wait for the temp to come up enough to go out on the bike…it was another long weekend with no one in town to hang out with…well..shouldn’t say that…pool with Tom was fun and I made some shots that I never make which was a nice surprise…but we are coming up on another month and that always depresses me when I have to pay the rent…nope..this still isn’t working so I’m going to go eat something and read the papers for some political stuff to write about…more later…
October 30th
Well…it is a bad day when you have to warm the car up before you can go out and get the paper…there is so much ice on it this morning that there is no other way…so, that’s why I’m early today…waiting for the coffee to brew so I thought I’d do this now….it was another bad night for the Wings last night and I think I’ll stop watching them for a while…I do feel pretty crappy this morning but I knew that would happen with the night last night….but, I’ll live through it…maybe….and I may even come back for another one today…not completely sure but maybe…more later…
Okay…there are a couple more things that I wanted to mention today…turned the car over to 290 thousand miles this week..yep, that’s right…290 thousand….that’s about 120 thousand more than I’ve had on any car that I’ve owned…but the old Mazda is looking it with the foam and duct tape that is holding it together…so I do hope I find a job soon so I can retire it…and get the Miata that I’ve been wanting for quite a while now….it’s 8:45 and I’m already bored…at least there is pool with Tom later today that I’m looking forward to and the pool is free so that will save us 10 bucks or so…going back to the couch for a while…and I am over the 62 I needed for the month so maybe I’ll take it easy for the next couple of days…who knows?
October 29th
Well…as always, running late this morning for no reason other than I had to get the ribs in the oven so they can slow cook for almost 5 hours….I was hoping they would be done for the start of the Michigan game but that won’t be the case..oh, well…it was just another disappointing night last night…the Wings looked like crap again and I don’t know what is going on with that…there is another game tonight so maybe they can get back on track…I’m just sitting here now waiting for the temp to come up a little so I can get the bike ride in before the Michigan game starts…I wish they would have scheduled the State game for later in the day but it looks like I’ll have to wear out the remote flicking today…other than the games, not much to do today…I do need to continue cleaning since I have been making good progress here lately and I like having a clean place again…but that is about it…I will come back for another one later once the coffee and bike ride clear my head a little….
Here’s the lyric: “…on the counter, by your keys….is a book of numbers and your remedies….one of these, surely will screen out the sorrow…but where are you tomorrow?…”
Had to do an update..
Well…I am running late today for a good reason…had a phone interview for a job that went almost an hour and had a good laugh doing it….it was nice to get an interviewer who was older than I am and have the instant chemistry that comes from it…I think it went well but I thought that last time…at least this time I won’t run out and buy a suit for the next interview that may not come. It was nice to have someone show some interest and this would be a management position so that would be right up my alley. I wonder if I’m not taking these things seriously enough? Who knows? Do I have to change the name of this thing if I get a job? Nope, I’ve spent too long building this brand to do that…maybe I’ll just use it as a way to relate the travails of the working man….and politics won’t stop if I find a job…
Here’s today’s lyric: “when I was just a little boy..standin to my daddy’s knee…my poppa said son don’t let the man get you…and do what he done to me…”
More Snyder taxes on the people…
Well…the latest move by our gov here in Michigan is another slap in the face for the working people here…in case you haven’t heard, his latest proposal to transfer all of the tax burden here to the people of Michigan comes in the form of a proposal to pay for all of the road improvements that are sorely needed by raising the fee to register a car here by $160 per car. Yep, you heard it right…he wants to install another regressive tax on individuals in this state that can’t even afford what the fee is now…and this will be in addition to the current fees that can run upwards of $200 per car. All of this to raise 1.4 billion dollars that is necessary to fix our roads….all this after he raised the taxes of everyone but corporations…all of this after he gave away 1.3 billion dollars to corporations to create jobs…and guess who doesn’t own cars? So, all of the damage being done to the roads by trucks that carry to goods for corporations is going to be paid for by you and me? What does he want next….for us to build factories and offices for them? Oh, that’s right…we’re already doing that with the 1.3 billion in tax cuts that you and I are paying for….can you say class warfare again? Geez…
Where are the jobs Governor Snyder?
October 28th
Well…another night and I didn’t watch the world series…so I don’t know who won the game…hold on…I’ll go look…okay, the Cards won so it’s going to a game 7…still not that interested in it….I did get a call on a resume yesterday and I have a phone interview coming up this morning….kind of funny that I just sent the resume out yesterday morning and got the call in the aft….we’ll see how that one goes…not much to do today…after the interview it will be the normal day…out for coffee and papers and then back here to cook and clean…I need some water and the couch for a minute so I’ll be back later for more…
My heart broke a little last night…
Well…as I was watching the news as I do most nights, my heart broke a little with watching the footage of the police crackdown on the OWS protesters in Oakland, California. If you haven’t seen it, the protesters and police were faced off in downtown Oakland…the protesters standing in a group, not moving, not making any threats to the police, when one of the police shot a tear gas round at point blank range into the face of one of the protesters; knocking him to the ground and fracturing his skull. While this Iraq war veteran was lying on the ground, critically injured, some of the protesters gathered around him, trying to give him aid when one of the police, in the second row of their phalanx, behind barricades, and perfectly safe, tossed a “flash-bang” grenade into the people trying to provide medical attention. On the video, you can see this jack booted thug smirking as he pulls the pin and tosses the grenade; knowing full well that he could be doing great bodily harm to these American citizens who are exercising their constitutional rights. And, what has happened to this thug? The mayor of Oakland comes out and says that her police force acted to protect their safety. Oh, really, from what? Against unarmed protesters who are clearly not moving toward this thug? I am outraged and have had enough of the police thinking they are above the law, that they can abuse American citizens like the Egyptian citizens were terrorized and abused in Tahir Square…that the police have the power to “grant” us our constitutional rights and limit them in any way. All of us should be outraged at this abuse of power, at this usurpation of our rights…rights that are not limitable to what is convenient for the police but exist to protect us from this kind of behavior….geez…
October 27th
Well…another night and I was good except for a glass of wine with dinner so it looks like I’m going to feel okay today…at least for a while….I do have some things to feel good about…well…I have been pretty prolific lately and some of them have even been relatively lucid…but I know the economic one on Netflix was a little dry but I did need to exercise my brain and see if I could still remember the stuff I learned in college and in the 30 years I spent in business. Not sure if I can keep it up but I haven’t really been trying more than normal so it may be sustainable….not much to do today…it’s grocery run day and it is so sad that I look forward to that now…and I am going to continue to clean this place up….looks like there are showers in the forecast but I still have hope to get the ride in today…more later…
Okay…have to relay a little home weirdness that I saw when I pulled into the lot here today…there was a flock of over 20 turkeys just walking across the lot and on the lawn that really didn’t care that I was there….then. a few more of them came flying in over the row of trees that are out my slider….pretty cool to see…I wonder what they taste like?
Here’s today’s lyric: “say can I have some of your purple berries…yes, I’ve been eating them…six or seven weeks now, probably keep us both alive…”