Well…it looks like I missed the life update yesterday and I can’t figure out how…so, I’ll have to do two of them today…it was a pretty good day yesterday…I won at pool but was not good when I got home so I am running late and feeling crappy today…Brian, who works here, just dropped of a bunch more salmon and his recipes for the brines you need for smoking…it will be fun to do that Friday when I replace the wheel bearing out at Tom’s….okay, need to get going and take a shower so I’ll stop here….more later….
Let’s stop this “visionary” nonsense…
Well…just a short one about the plaudits that have come in for ole Ryan after his nomination…first, let’s look at the effect of his budget plan…and I am going to be blunt…to follow his plan…that won’t balance the budget until I’m long dead…in the 2040′s….we will need to cut 91% of all spending that is not military…yep, you heard it…91% of all government spending on everything that makes a government and a society, schools, safety nets, unemployment insurance, job training,….you get the idea…his vision is that the US will be a military with a little bit of government thrown in….and, to top it off…ole Mitt will pay less than 1% in taxes on his income…while you and I will continue to pay 30%….it you think this is the path this country should take…vote for these guys..if you do, you are all idiots…geez…yep, I said idiots…please comment…I’m waiting for it…
A few things…
Well…I wonder what the reason was that ole Mitt picked the idiot Ryan to be his VP? It appears that he did it to solidify the base behind him since those on the right never really warmed to Mitt…but I just can’t see where Ryan will appeal to anyone but the base…remember this is the guy who holds Ayn Rand in such high regard and espouses that her ideas of radical individualism are what he believes in…that there is no role for government to play and that people should live or die on their own efforts with no safety net to ensure that the elderly and children don’t starve if they have the bad luck to not be connected to the old boys network. Remember this, too, for a guy that hates government so much, he has spent his entire adult life in government…getting the pay raises and gold plated healthcare that he feels that no one else deserves…but that is the pattern of the repubs…play to the crazy right by hating government and then using government to enrich themselves at the cost to the rest of the country. One last thing, I’ve read stories that ole Ryan is an “intellectual” and one of the big thinkers on the right….but, to me, it doesn’t take a big thinker to cut, cut, cut, when it’s not coming out of your pocket…geez…
August 13th
Well…I am kind of glad that the Olympics ended yesterday…I was getting really tired of watching them but felt somewhat obligated since they are only every 4 years…so, it was a wasted day yesterday and I didn’t do much…today looks to be mostly the same but I do have some errands to run…can’t get motivated right now, though, so I think I’ll try to get in the shower and get out to read the papers and have some coffee…more later…
Mitt’s just a hypocrite…
Well…this is going to be a short one about an article that I read this morning that makes ole Mitt not just a liar but a hypocrite as well…I’m sure you’ve heard of the controversy over ole Mitt not releasing his tax returns…or only one year…but today, we find out that in vetting his vp picks, he asked for multiple years of theirs…so, the American people don’t need to see ole Mitt’s returns but he needs to see the vp picks? What a hypocrite….but I still want to thank him for picking Paul Ryan and making this election a choice for the future….the gift that just keeps on giving…
August 12th
Well…running really late today since I decided to get out on the bike first…and it was a good idea…I’m feeling so much better after sweating out the toxins…it was another bore of a day yesterday with nothing but races and Olympics and I am getting really tired of it…but, what can you do? I did see a kite eating tree up in the park today that made me laugh but there was little else on the trail of note so I won’t note it….and, on that note, I am going to read the online papers and have my last cup of coffee…more later…
Romney’s gift to the Dems…
Well…just got back from ordering a part for the car and got the news that ole Mitt has picked Paul Ryan to be his VP candidate and I just can’t stop smiling…of any of the possible picks, this is the very, very best one for the dems…to pick the most radical, teapartier to be his running mate, it just makes it so much easier for the dems to pick up the independents who may have been listening to the fiscal nonsense that has been coming out of the campaign. In case you don’t remember, this is the guy that is the supposed “serious” one on the right who proposes just more of the same…tax cuts for the rich and program cuts for everyone else…Medicare will be gone, social security will be gone, healthcare will be gone if these idiots get elected and the polls say that over 70% of the people want none of that nonsense…so, thanks, Mitt….your gift will be appreciated…geez…
August 11th
Well…running normal today but I lost my sunglasses and I am really bummed about that…not sure how that could have happened since I never take them out of the car…oh, well….I’ll have to look better to see if they are there…it was a total veg day yesterday with the rain and I didn’t even ride the bike…okay…the coffee is done so I need to go have a cup and read the papers…
Some good news delivered by Fox?
Well….this is going to be a short one about a couple of new polls that came out today showing that Obama is growing his lead as people get to know ole Mitt. One of the most surprising ones was one that came out of Fox News…yep, that Fox…the propaganda arm of the repubs who no one should ever trust…but, their poll shows that Obama is leading Mitt by 49% to 40%, the largest margin in any of the large polls. This makes me wonder “are they manipulating the poll to show Mitt farther behind so their base will be more energized?” It wouldn’t be the first time something like this has happened at Fox and probably won’t be the last….but, not being a person that is normally into the conspiracy theories, I compare this one to the others that came out that have Obama up by 7-8 points and think that maybe it may be close to accurate. The trend that I like to see is that the lead is growing as people get to know Mitt and his gaffe fest…along with the crazy assed ideas on the economy…maybe people are starting to pay attention? Hope so…
August 10th
Well…it was a long day yesterday and with going out to shoot pool and then cocktails here, I feel like crap today…so bad that I am going to skip going out for the papers today and just stay here and lick the wounds while I drink a lot of water and hit the couch….so, on that note, I am going to stop here and come back later for more…
Okay, I’m back and feeling a little better so I thought I’d add a little to this one…it has been raining all day and it looks like it is going to continue into tomorrow so I gave myself the day off from riding the bike but that has made the recovery go slower than I had hoped…I did lose at pool yesterday and that was okay…I can’t remember a run of winning that was this long but I think I used up my Keno luck on all of those wins…so, maybe I should go out and buy a ticket….I am going to try to get a political one out later in the day but, with not going out to read the papers, I don’t have as much to choose from…I have read the normal papers on my phone but it just isn’t the same…more later..