Well…this one is going to be short for now since I need to get on the bike right now before the rain moves back in…it was an okay day yesterday and I won at pool, finally, so that was cool….and I made some cash so groceries are in my future…but, I did have to go out late last night so that was not fun….and, as you can see, I am behind since I was lazy and didn’t come back for another one yesterday…so, that means I need to do two more today and I’m not sure what the topics will be…probably something on Syria…or maybe a sports on since the Michigan/ND game is on tonight and I am getting geeked up about that…more later…
Monthly Archives: September 2013
September 6th
Well…running late again today and the excuse is the grocery run…but, even without that, I wouldn’t have been earlier…it was an okay day yesterday but got nothing done but the bike ride and working out…and that looks like the same for today…other than shooting pool this aft that is….slept okay but that’s not really anything to talk about so I won’t…I have been sore all over and I think it’s from going so hard on the bike…averaged almost 15mph for the entire 15 miles yesterday and today I’m going to try to do it in under an hour…that’s the only goal for this summer and without any wind today, it just might be the day to try it….I do need to take some ibuprofen before I go since the elbow is still driving me nuts….more later…
Let’s burst the bubble of saint Ronnie…
Well…I am gagging at the new repub talking point that goes something like this: Saint Ronnie would have responded more quickly to any chemical weapon attack than Obama and would not have allowed anyone to use them when he was in office….and this comes from “top republicans” in congress….what a crock of crap. Do these people not even think of history when they open their mouths? Let’s burst this bubble right now with just a small dose of history that these idiots conveniently ignore…first, during saint Ronnie’s term…the administration knew that Iraq was using chemical weapons in it’s war with Iran and even used satellite photos to tell Iraq where the Iranian troops were…hundreds of thousands killed…second, saint Ronnie stood by when Saddam turned his chemical weapons on the Kurds in Iraq that were revolting against his regime…another 100,000 dead or maimed…saint Ronnie knew and did nothing. So, to say that saint Ronnie is the template for action on the use of chemical weapons is to laugh, and laugh, and laugh….what happened on his watch is so much worse than what is happening now in Syria that the repubs need to just shut up about it…not that they will…truth doesn’t mean anything to them when they think they are scoring political points…geez…
September 5th
Well…running almost late this morning and have decided to keep one newspaper for later this morning since I want to go out and get my hair cut in a few minutes…it was an okay day yesterday and I did get a few things done so that was good but I do need to get more done today…probably won’t, though, so then I need to not feel guilty about it….slept okay so that was a plus but I would like to sleep through the night just once more before I die…not much to do today…other than the haircut, that is…I did get the car glass cleaned but it is still streaky and I can’t figure it out…probably need more ammonia…more later…
No on Syria…
Well…with all of the wrangling that is being done on whether or not to attack Syria, I think we need to remember the results of our interventions over the past 20 years or so…in no particular order, just as I think of them…starting with Iraq…after a trillion dollars and thousands of Americans dead, along with hundreds of thousands of Iraqis…we still have half failed state with hundreds of people dying every day and little prospects for it to be better…then we have Libya….one of the places that seem to have fallen off the media’s map lately…a completely failed state with gangs of terrorists killing and maiming at will since the central government doesn’t have the power to do anything about it…Afghanistan…outside of the American controlled areas, the Taliban and other warlords are still in control and are just waiting for us to leave so they can re-impose their crazy brand of Islam on the country and continue to murder women and children….do I need to go on? I think sometimes we just need to let things play out and not play world police…these folks have been killing each other for thousands of years before the US even existed and there is nothing anyone has ever been able to do to make them stop….geez…
September 4th
Well…running late again and part of it is I had to comment over at Kos first to be able to get in on C&J…it was an okay day yesterday but I am still off on what day it is…holiday Mondays do that to me…back to sleeping crappy again and it is taking a lot out of me…not sure what to do about it, though….I did get a few things done yesterday but still need to wax and clean the glass in the car…should get to that today before I have to wash it again…not much to do today…I do need to get the new printer up and running soon so that might be something for today along with grilling some ribs…more later…
Not sure what to do…
Well…as you can probably tell…I have been struggling with a case of writers block or whatever it is when the ideas just don’t come…but, with over 2500 of these done, that just doesn’t make sense. I did want to comment on Syria a little bit…I do like the idea that there are some deliberations going on instead of just the knee-jerk use force reaction that has passed for foreign policy lately…not sure where it is going, though, when the WH says that they are not bound by any decision of congress…weird…why do it then?
The true nature of the repubs in Texas was clarified over the weekend when they refused to sign their LGBT National Guard up for the benefits that the Pentagon has said they qualify for after the demise of DOMA….basically saying that the bigoted hatred of gays trumps the service that these soldiers have done…so, the next time anyone on the right says they support the troops, think “they support the troops if they are heterosexual” and tell them to go to hell…okay…not feeling it right now so I am going to go and then come back later for more…I am one down already for the month…
September 2nd
Well…running late again today and it’s just because I can’t seem to get moving….but, I’m going to try..it was an okay day yesterday but it devolved into a veg day with all of the races that were on and I don’t feel guilty about it…okay, I do a little but what can you do about it? Not much, so I’m just going to get on with today and see what happens…slept okay last night but no dreams again but that is just the normal state of things now….not much to do today…I do have to go over to Tom’s later to hang out for a while and that should be fun and I just might have to wash the car today, too…but, to get there I need to get moving to work out and get the bike ride in….
September 3rd
Well…running late again today and it is because of computer problems…the thing is just acting cranky this morning and I’ve had to restart it…appears like is working okay now, though, so I can get this one out…it was an okay day yesterday but the holiday screwed up my time sense…feels like Monday to me…the races all day yesterday were cool and the dinner out at Tom’s was fun…first steak I’ve had in almost a year and it was yummy….and the ride back with the top down and the lights on was cool, too…the airflow is different with the barn doors up and it seems to deflect a lot of wind up and over the car….was a nice ride home…not much to do today….need to do the glass on the car and then just the normal stuff…I hurt everywhere again so first the ibuprofen…more later…
As you can see…the computer problems have screwed up my site and put the 3rd before the second…not sure what I can do to fix it…
Labor day and Snyder…
Well…this little thought popped into my head earlier today and I thought I’d put it down here before I forget it…if this year is anything like every year, Labor day will bring another walk by the governor across the Mackinac bridge here in Michigan…and with that, you will hear him lie and say that labor is the thing that built our country and is the most important thing that will get it moving again…just don’t believe a word of it coming from Snyder…he does not believe a word of it no matter if it’s true…this idiot is responsible for the biggest attack on organized labor in the history of the state; the right to work for less law that was rammed through the legislature in a lame duck session, and one that Snyder said during his election campaign that he did not support…just more and more lies that come out of the repubs here in Michigan…then we have the transfer of wealth from retired workers to the CEO’s of the major corporations with the huge tax cuts for them while taxes are raised on us, the workers…so, whenever you hear Snyder or any other repub talking about their respect for labor…you can tell it’s a lie if their lips are moving….geez…