Well…I am laughing quite hard today as I watch ole Mitt put his foot in it again and show that he does not have the temperment or the intelligence to be president; especially when it comes to the diplomatic nuances that are necessary to operate in a complex world. In Israel the other day, while he was trying to raise foreign money to support his campaign, ole Mitt gave a long, rambling answer to a question on the economic success of the Israelis versus the poverty that most Palestinians endure basically saying that it’s the Palestinians fault that they have not had as much success. Now, does this guy even understand that everyone can hear him when he spouts this nonsense? Does he even understand that, god forbid he gets elected, that he has to deal with everyone not just the friends of the US? In one fell swoop, this idiot has destroyed any goodwill that we may have garnered and has set the middle east peace process back 50 years since the Palestinians will never trust a Romney administration. This is just like all of the repubs, though, they only care about those who vote for them…everyone else can go to hell….geez…
Just catching up…
Well…as you know, when it gets to the end of the month, I usually have to play catch up and this month is no different…I have been watching lots of olympics and I’m not sure I’m so happy with how NBC is is putting the games on…I really have to avoid watching any other sports channel since all of the prime time events take place during the day and they tape delay them but the results run across the bottom of the screen and it takes the suspense out of it for me…and, the inane interviews with the competitors and families can be discarded all together…but, I’ll keep watching…what else is there to do when you don’t have a lot of cash? I’ll come back to add to this one later….hey, where have you heard that before?
July 30th
Well…as you can see..I wasn’t back for more yesterday but I have an excuse…met up with K and V over at Logan’s and then stopped to see T for a while, and then when I got back here, I really was distracted by the Olympics and beer so I took the rest of the day off…so sue me…it was a fun day so I only feel a little guilty but today I’ll get back in the groove and get caught up…have been having jaw problems from grinding my teeth and that is starting to wear on me with the almost constant pain…and that is compounded today by the fact that it was a cocktail night and I feel a little crappy….so, this one is going to end here for now…and come back later for three…
July 29th
Well….running really late today since I got out and got the ride in early and now I have to run an errand so this one is going to be short….it looks like I may have some things to do today so that will be fun…back later for more…
July 28th
Well….it was a crazy day yesterday with the phone dying and having to go out and buy another one…I did get a smart phone with a data plan that only cost me 49 bucks so that was okay…and the internet on the phone is kind of cool…but I couldn’t get a real keyboard for texting so that will take some getting used to…but, this one has voice to text which is kind of weird but works okay…I was going to get an Iphone but wasn’t going to spend 200 bucks…the olympics started last night and the opening ceremony was pretty cool but way too long…okay…going back to coffee and F1 qualifying so I’ll be back later for more…
Okay…so it’s late in the day and I haven’t done anything but watch the olympics all day…I did find out one good thing…I can see the screen on my new phone even in direct sunlight and that is so cool compared to the last one…I am starting to like it and probably will like it a lot once I get to figure out how the thing works…I can text and make phone calls so far…and get on the internet….got into my twitter account today on the phone….
A little sports for a change…
Well…with the eve of the Olympics upon us…I am getting excited for them to start just like I have for my entire life so I thought I’d talk about them and some other sports instead of a political one for today…so, one of the things I really hate about nbc running the show this time is the fact that they have at least half of the events on channels that I don’t get; just like when they have hockey on their sports channel that I won’t even mention because I just hate their announcers…and they hate the Red Wings. It is pretty cool to root for the US again…with the olympics you don’t have to think who you’re for, it’s always the US…there is another hierarchy that I have in my head for when the US isn’t playing but it would take too long to explain here and it changes daily so even if I did explain it, it wouldn’t be valid tomorrow…
There are other sports, too, and I am looking forward to the sports car race that is at Indy at 4 today and the other two races that happen over the weekend and there are the Tigers, too, but Verlander looked like crap last night and I was really disappointed…but, they are still near first place so I shouldn’t complain too much…okay, that’s it…I’m going to go do something else…not sure what but something…
July 27th
Well…it was a tough day yesterday and I felt terribly crappy all day…but, I feel much better today even with having cocktails last night…slept okay but didn’t get to bed until late and got up early again but, as I said yesterday, I think I’ll just start to live with it and stop thinking about not sleeping…man…the brain is not working right now so I think I’ll stop here and come back in an hour or so after coffee and the papers…
Okay, I’m back for a few more minutes after coffee, papers, and the bike ride….I got utterly soaked on the bike today when a small pop up shower caught me about 4 miles out…well…more like a deluge but it really was fun to ride in the rain with it being warm…the last time I got caught out was when the weather was about 45 degrees and that was just miserable…the bike is nice and clean and so am I…more later…
Almost forgot this one…
Well….I really laughed at the stupidity of the Romney “advisers” the other day when they made a comment before ole Mitt’s trip to England that Romney would be a better friend of England since they “shared an Anglo-Saxon heritage”…basically code words that it’s because ole Mitt is white and Obama isn’t. I laugh because there is a thriving community of citizens of color in England but I guess the repubs think of England just like they think of the US…that if you’re not rich and white, they don’t have to think about you and they have no use for you…especially if you are not a fellow repub…and, there was another thing that happened that shows that ole Mitt can only talk to his base and has no clue about how diplomacy works…as he was interviewed before the trip, he expressed concerns that England had the capability to pull off the games and insulted every Englishman in the process….do we need this idiot supporting the stereotype that Americans are stupid and full of themselves? I just can’t believe that anyone that has made so many mistakes is even close to Obama…maybe no one is paying attention….geez…
At least they’re consistent…
Well…this is going to be just a short one to comment on the whole “you didn’t build that..” flap that has been used by ole Mitt and his folks to attack Obama as being against business and businessmen. The whole idea of the repub attack is that individuals, not government create jobs and they roll out a small business owner that crows that he built his business on his own, without anyone’s help…the problem is he didn’t…this idiot got small business loans from the SBA and the last time I checked, the Small Business Administration is part of government and the loans were “government money” that the repubs just know can’t create jobs. This just reminds me of the tea partiers at their rallies waving around signs saying “keep your government hands off my Medicare” and it makes me laugh just as much. At least ole Mitt and his folks are consistent in their lies…in fact every time they open their mouths, they lie…I don’t think they can help it…especially since it works when the press doesn’t pay attention…geez…
July 26th
Well….it was a long day yesterday but I won at pool again so that was okay….I feel like crap today, though, and I know it was the new otc sleep aid that I took to try to get at least a little sleep…won’t do that again since I feel like I’ve been walking around in cement all morning and have been drinking the whole time….I wonder if I should try some of the natural ones they have? That could not possibly be as bad as this one…or maybe I should just get used to the fact that I just don’t sleep as much as other people…after all, I got through college with only 3-4 hours a night…maybe I just don’t need as much. As you can see…I’m running late today with having such a problem getting going and then making the trip over to G’s….not much to do today…the Olympics have started so that will be the primary focus for the next couple of weeks…I do have to get a ride in, too since I need to burn off this sleep stuff…