Well…it was a long, long day yesterday with going out for a few with G in the aft and then back here for cocktails to watch the Wings retire Nick’s number…so, I am going to take it really slow today as I recover…slept okay last night and I have found that I like using the earplugs even without the noise from the furnace upstairs…just sleep better so I think I’ll keep that up…I did get the car washed yesterday but it looks like I’ll have to keep washing it for a few weeks just to get the salt off it and get ready to put the summer tires back on it…but, that will be a couple of weeks since next week is back in the 20′s again…not much to do today…I am going to take it easy until I find out if we are doing pool and I do need to eat more since I only had a burger yesterday for the whole day….more later…
Monthly Archives: March 2014
Run. Bernie, run…
Well…with all of the pundits going with the conventional wisdom that Hillary is going to be the nominee for 2016 from the left, a small bombshell was dropped yesterday when one of my favorite senators, Bernie Sanders, said that he is thinking of running for president and I almost jumped out of my chair and cheered…if you don’t know Bernie, he is registered an independent but caucuses with the dems, but is the old throwback type of politician who is honest, and does not care who he pisses off be it the right, wall street, or even the cowardly dems who won’t stand up for the people who elected them…the biggest champion of the middle class going, along with Elizabeth Warren and someone who I could easily vote for and support…this man calls out the idiots and the afraid in congress to try to forge a new day for the middle class and is not afraid of taking on the money in this country…now, we just need to get Liz to run with him and we on the left would have our dream ticket….run, Bernie, run….
March 6th
Well…it was an okay day yesterday but I have been up since 5 so that sets up a low energy day today…and I have lots to do so it will be interesting to see how that works out…being up since 5 means I didn’t sleep okay…so the net is about 4 hours of sleep….but, I don’t feel too bad so maybe that’s okay….I did get a few things done around here yesterday but nothing of real importance…today looks much busier with doing the grocery run, getting fitted for the tux, washing the car, cooking, and then out for a couple with G later….and, today is the day they retire Nick Lidstrom’s number so I do need to see that before the Wing’s game….but, right now I think I’ll get some water and head back to the couch for a few minutes…..I am early, after all….and I will come back for at least one more of these since there is just so much stupidity coming from the right that I just have to comment…more later…
Diplomacy works…again…
Well…I am kind of laughing at the fits that right has been throwing over the Ukraine unrest calling Obama weak and howling for some show of military force to try to intimidate Putin into leaving Ukraine alone and not invading….and the comparisons of Obama to Putin…that Putin is a strong leader since he will not hesitate to use military force…and that Obama looks weak since he prefers to use all of the diplomatic tools in the toolbox first; leaving military action as a last resort (which, by the way, has been US foreign policy since the country was founded)… yadda, yadda. With the events of the past few days, and the fact that Putin has called his troops back to their bases defusing the situation somewhat in response to diplomatic pressure, we see that the right is wrong…again..or should I say as always? Diplomacy done right works in most cases…some thing that the chickenhawks on the right just don’t want to hear….where is the profit for their buddies if there is no more war? What I want to see now is Palin, Graham, and the rest of these idiots to apologize for their attempted undermining of our foreign policy for political reasons…and to admit that they don’t know what the hell they are talking about…but, facts don’t matter to the right so I guess I shouldn’t hold my breath…geez….
March 5th
Well….it was an okay day yesterday but I didn’t accomplish much…I did take the car over to wash it but it was too cold so it just froze into a huge block of ice and I didn’t really get it clean…so, I’ll probably have to do it again tomorrow…slept okay last night and had weird school dreams again and that is really strange since I am so old…feel okay today with being good last night and that will continue all week…I am still just depressed that there is no warm up in sight…it is supposed to be in the 50′s by now and I want to get the summer tires back on the car so I can get one more winter out of the winter ones….not much to do today…might meet up with G for one in the aft but that is about it…more later…
Isn’t this treasonous?
Well…as the Ukraine crisis unfolds, a thought has been rattling around in my head in regards to the constant right wing criticism of the president…isn’t it treasonous to try to undermine the president in time of crisis for purely political reasons? I think that this can be construed as giving aide and comfort to the enemy and making Putin’s position stronger by making the president look weak (not that he is weak)…what happened to the idea that was followed forever until these crazy-assed righties got to power that politics stopped at the waters edge? It just shows you that today’s right has no ideas in foreign policy that should even be listened to…their one and only idea is to use the military to attack no matter what the crisis…a one size fits all solution that fits the less than bright lights on the right…geez….
March 4th
Well…it was a nice, fun day yesterday with a road trip with T out to GH and lots of laughs and good conversation…and the snow piles out there are 30 feet tall…did get a photo of the Miata parked next to one and it is just funny…and, I found out that the car is a little too cramped with the top up, two people, a cooler, and warm clothes….will have to work on the logistics of it for the next one…..slept okay last night and I think some of it is from all of the traveling….and the walk out on the ice…can’t remember there not being any water visible….not much to do today…I do have some things to do around here but most of the day is going to be recovery from the busy day yesterday since I am still not over that damn bug I’ve had for the past month…more later…
Part two…
Well…it has been a long day today and I haven’t had the time to get to trying to find a political topic for the day…I do find it heartening that there is real pushback to the lies by the Koch brothers about the ACA…I just don’t understand why a couple of billionaire brothers give a damn if people can get affordable insurance…what is it to them? Do they feel better when they hurt other people? Or is it that they were given everything and lived a privileged life and have bought the idea that the rich constantly push that no one else deserves anything? Along with buying ads to try to destroy the unions and the middle class…don’t they have enough already? Why can’t they just leave the rest of us alone and stop making the country a worse place to live? I have had enough of rich people just taking, taking, and taking, and rigging the system with their money so no one else even has a chance…they should be careful…when the winds of politics change, we progressive will have long memories…how does a return to the 90% tax rates of the 50′s sound to you Kochs? Geez…
March 3rd
Well…it was an okay day yesterday and I was good last night so I feel pretty good this morning…didn’t sleep that well but that’s normal now and I’m not going to bitch about it…it’s another damn cold morning this morning and I need to fire the car up in a few minutes and let it run since it’s 7 below again…another new record for March and I am damn tired of it….at least the thing will start…I do have things to do today…have to get a haircut and then run some errands…then, it’s a road trip out to GH with T to have lunch and go out and look at the ice…the last time we did that was over 10 years ago so it should be fun….and, were taking my car…too bad it’s too cold to put the top down…so, I may not be back for another one later…who knows?
Obama derangement syndrome and the Ukraine..
Well…to hear the right howl and howl about the supposed inaction of the president on the Ukraine, you’d think he was drowning puppies or giving Putin Alaska to ensure he won’t invade. The only thing you need to remember, though, is this is just another instance of Obama derangement syndrome where the right will bitch about everything just because he is presidentin’ while black and, for the chicken hawks on the right, the only solution to any diplomatic problem is another war that will enrich themselves and their buddies in the war supplying business. One thing that pisses us off on the left is the fact that they call Obama weak because he is letting Putin push him around by not threatening war when ole GW let Putin invade Georgia and basically level the place….and without any squeak from the right saying that GW was weak….so, to me, these asses on the right have no standing to criticize when it is so nakedly political and devoid of any principle….geez…