Well..it just pisses me off when one of the 1% starts to lecture us on what, in his warped, privileged mind, is wrong with society today. He is lecturing us on entitlement? Romney, who was born the son of wealthy parents who has all the best in life with no struggle to pay the rent, put food on the table, or send the kids to college? I’ve had enough of the elites and their rich buddies faking that they even give a damn about anyone but themselves and then continue to steal what rightfully belongs to the middle class, without who the rich would not be rich…the only sense of entitlement here in the US belongs to the rich who think they got to where they are by hard work…and that is just nonsense…they got where they are with the connections and old boy networks that do not operate on merit…they operate on cronyism and the winks and nods that come with a rigged system. Mitt, why don’t you just go back to Bain Capital and ship some more jobs overseas…that is the only thing you are good for….geez….
Monthly Archives: December 2011
December 21st
Well…it was an okay night if a little boring with no Wings game…but I was good so I feel okay today and that is good since I do have some things to to today…okay, not some things but a thing…I have to do the grocery run this morning so I won’t be out in the stores again until after Christmas…as I’ve always said, my favorite day of the year is the 26th of December when all of the holiday stuff is over and I can get back to my normal routine. I did have some dreams last night which included some woman wrecking my 65 Galaxie but that’s about all I remember…not much to do today…oh, already did that….might have drinks with T and that would be fun and there is a game on later so that will be good…but the ten o’clock start is way too late….more later…
Oh, did get to 2800 miles yesterday…yay, a new record…here’s todays lyric: “I never thought I meet someone like you…welcome to my canoe…”
Tax shenanigans….
Well…if it wasn’t so sad, watching the repubs try to justify not continuing the payroll tax holiday for middle class workers without getting a new pipeline for their oil company owners would be funny. But, it really isn’t…it just another example of the sad state of affairs in the modern republican party that is dominated by the tea party. One of the really sad things is that, even with the claims of Rick Perry and some of the other repub candidates that the pipeline is really a jobs program since it would create between 100,000 and a million jobs, none of that oil is even going to be used in the US since we have become a net exporter of refined oil products. So, what is this pipeline about? It’s about more and more profits for the oil companies who don’t really give a damn that the pipeline will run across one of the largest aquifers in the central US, and that independent analysts have said will create maybe 500 new jobs; if that many. This is what happens when business owns one of the two parties here in the US and will never be better until we take their money out of the equation….and get the repubs back to representing the people who voted them into office not the corporations that bought them their seats in congress…geez…
December 20th
Well…another night and I am tired this morning for some reason…could be the cocktails but only had one so that’s probably not it…I did lose at pool again yesterday and that makes it four in a row…need to start trying harder…or not…the Wings won but I didn’t make it through the game since it was a west coast one and they just start too late for me….I’m just kind of winging it this week and I think I’ll have a couple of rest days thrown in for good measure…I did get the rib roast that I’m going to make this weekend and it was a deal…almost 6 lbs. and only 22 bucks….need to figure out what to make with it, though but I’ve got all week…not much to do today….the routine but not much else….so, I will try to get political later on…more later…
More nonsense from ole Newt…
Well…I don’t know if ole Newt is just an idiot but there are so many recent statements that I am heading toward that direction with his attack on the courts one the weekend talk shows last weekend. In case you haven’t heard, ole Newt said he would abolish federal courts that rule differently than he thinks they should and even send federal marshals to arrest judges to make sure they appear before congress if requested to explain a ruling that the party currently in control of congress did not agree with. This nonsense is so breathtaking in it’s ignorance of the constitution and the separation of powers doctrine that has been the foundation of our justice system that it just shows the true contempt that the repubs have for America and our laws and traditions. I just can’t believe that any of these idiots that are running for the repubs can compete with Obama…
Talking a little sports…
Well…I just can’t get the outrage machine working today so I think I’ll talk a little sports instead…first, I was just about in shock yesterday when the Lions came back to win it in the last few minutes…but, as I said earlier, they are going to give me a heart attack if they don’t stop this nonsense. I mean, if they can score two touchdowns in the last 5 minutes, where the heck were they for the first 55 minutes? I guess the only thing we can do is just go along for the ride and hope it continues. Then, we have the Wings who have been playing so hard lately that even when they lost last week, I was still pretty happy with what was going on…so darn entertaining that I hope they keep it up…especially now that they are third in the Western Conference and making a run at the top. But, this
west coast swing is going to be tough on the watching with the games starting at 9:30 at the earliest…especially after a couple of cocktails…but, it’s a bad problem to have….more later…
December 19th
Well…it was a lazy day yesterday and I didn’t really do much but watch the Lions…and the had another one of those late comebacks that is going to give me a heart attack at some point….slept okay but no dreams again so that is a little disappointing but there really isn’t anything to do about it….not much to do today…oh, I do have things to do…going to get my hair cut and then out to get a rib roast that is on sale for 3.99 a pound…or some ribs that are only 99 cents per pound….okay, so I don’t have a lot to do…but, that is something…more later…
December 18th
Well…I’m running late again but that’s how it always is on Sunday so you shouldn’t be surprised…I has such a fun night last night at G’s for the annual holiday dinner but I think I may have been a little obnoxious at the end of the evening..oh, well….I don’t get out much and my social skills are a little rusty…I should feel a lot worse than I do so that is a plus, though. I did stink this place up yesterday making the dish I took and it may be quite a while and a lot of Febreeze before it gets better…there was so much smoke from a spill in the oven that I had to open the doors and windows to clear it…not much to do today…I am going to get on the bike after it gets above freezing to prevent the shifter freeze up debacle that happened last time….and then there are the Lions that might just have a chance today…maybe they can be like the Wings and their great win last night…more later..or not…who knows?
The republicans are at it again here in Michigan…
Well….if you didn’t know it, the culture wars are alive and well here in Michigan with the passage of a couple of bills that were proposed here by the repub controlled legislature….the latest nonsense comes from the supposedly business friendly Snyder and his team who are now targeting private businesses, making it illegal to offer health benefits to non married partners and same sex couples. Why are these idiots still fighting this culture war when even businesses and their owners don’t see this as a problem? It’s just another example that the Michigan Taliban (aka the republicans) are all for freedom and individual choice when it is for someone they agree with but will use the full force of their government position to punish those they don’t. How is this making Michigan more competitive? How is this creating jobs? If governor Snyder is serious about making Michigan more competitive, he should veto these bills…geez….
December 17th
Well…it was a good day yesterday with the car getting fixed and a nice lunch with T but I am still kind of puzzled how I lost yesterday’s post. Had the funniest thing happen on the bike ride yesterday…after I ran through a puddle, the shifters froze up and I had to ride it back 4 miles with it stuck in a low gear…but that wasn’t the weirdest part…when I got back here, I had been running the dryer while I was gone and there was a lot of moisture in the air, and when I got the cold bike parked ice started forming and dropping off it onto the towel I parked it on. Strangest thing I’ve seen in a while…I guess I’ll have to make sure it’s over freezing when I go out…no dreams or anything to report but I was up at 5 or so and that is starting to become a habit I don’t like too much. Not much to do today…I do have the big party at G’s at 5 that I am making shrimp fettucine for and it is always one of the most fun parties of the year with way too much wine and laughing…plus the Wings are on tonight so it should be a good day. I will have another one here in a couple of minutes…