Well…just got back to reading some of the papers and this little gem by ole Rick popped out at me for it’s stupidity…in case you hadn’t read, ole Rick came out a few days back and called Obama a snob for wanting every person to be able to go to college, faking outrage at this supposedly elitist comment. But, this wasn’t even the one that made me laugh the most…it was the comment that conservatives are “singled out” at colleges across the nation and that most people lose their faith under the indoctrination that happens there. As always, ole Rick is wrong again…I would think that Rick was singled out for his rigidity and contempt for anyone that doesn’t think just like him…just like the majority of the “conservatives” that wrap themselves in the flag and religion and shout down anyone who thinks for themselves. In the many years that I spent in higher education…not once was I singled out because I was a conservative…which I was at the time…I even voted republican in every election from Nixon to Bush 1…but I also was not an ass that thought I knew everything and what was right for everyone like ole Rick. One last thing on Rick’s faith claims…that indoctrination in college is making people lose their faith? I think it’s more that they are leaning to think for themselves and the childhood indoctrination in religiosity is being broken for the nonsense that it is….just my opinion, of course….
February 26th
Well…I’m here early for a Sunday and I don’t know why…this one is going to be short since the bottom fell out yesterday and continues today….just don’t have anything to say or the energy to say it….I may be back later if things improve but probably not…I just can’t see it….
Okay..it’s later in the day and things are looking a little better but not too much…the text talk with T today has brightened my spirits somewhat so I thought I’d come back and do a little more…it was an okay night last night but the Wings lost their third in a row and with it being a cocktail night last night, I did feel pretty crappy…still do a little but it’s getting better…with this being the 4th day off the bike I am getting a little crabby but there is a break coming so I may be able to get back on it tomorrow…going to try anyway…not much to do today…may meet up with C for a couple later if he gets his water heater fixed but that is about it with K being in Mexico…I may even feel good enough later to add another one…but, I am ahead for the month and only have to do 58…
Do we want five guys to decide the election?
Well…just a short one on some statistics that I find quite troubling…with the Citizens United decision and the unlimited money that it brings to the election cycle, another statistic caught my eye and emphasizes how the balance of power has shifted in the two years since. In the FEC filings that were released earlier this week, it was revealed the 5 guys gave over 25% of the money that that was raised for the repub primaries…that’s right folks, what used to be small donations from many, many people has become 5 guys attempting to buy an election…do you think they are doing this for fun? Not on your life…they are doing this to buy influence with their chosen candidate…do you think the candidates will listen to you when you can’t muster a 10 million dollar check to them? This corrosive effect has got to stop…or we are going to lose our democracy…maybe we already have…
February 25th
Well…as always, I’m running late today and there really isn’t any reason for it other than I read the papers and had coffee…the Roku just locked up for some reason while I was playing Pandora but it restarted so I guess it’s all good…I did have a nice night last night with K calling and going out with her for a couple before she and J head off for Mexico today….the weird thing is, I’m not really jealous but I’m happy that she is going to have some fun…while I sit here in Michigan in Feb….but that’s okay since it is going to be a huge sports day today with the Nationwide race this aft then Michigan, State, and the Wings playing later…I think there is even some soccer in there, too…I just might watch the Chelsea match this morning to see if they lose again….don’t know why I hate them but I do…drank an entire pot of coffee this morning so I do have to find a way to shed the caffeine overdose but I don’t know what that will be yet…with the snow, a bike ride is out of the question and it is too icy here to take a long walk…maybe I’ll just let it burn out on it’s own…it was a cocktail night after all and I guess I can use the lift….I don’t have to say not much to do today since I’ve already described it…I may be back for one later…okay, my fingers are dyslexic today and I’m going to stop here…
Boredom is a motivator at times….
Well…it has been another day and I have been trying to take the boredom and use it for good, not evil, and I have had some success today…I did get the bathroom cleaned and read some…then succumbed to watching a little tv…and I am now sitting here waiting for it to be cocktail time with the tv on in the background…should have Pandora on, I guess, but I listened to that for a few hours today and I am a little bored with it…there’s that word again…and I am going to have to figure out how to get through the weekend without spending any money again…I never understood how much I would miss riding the bike with the snow today and the trails being covered…okay…even I am bored with this one so I’m going to go and do something else…
A bunch of jumbled thoughts…
Well…just sat down here again without any big topic to write about so I thought I’d just get started and see where it takes me…this is a political one if that’s what your here for…if not, stay anyway, it’s always a crap shoot if any of this is going to make sense but sometimes I do…let’s go…..the first thing I want to talk about is the headlong rush to attack Iran that is happening on the right…I just can’t understand why anyone would champion doing that after so many years of war and a debilitated military that has resulted…can’t we just give our military a rest for a while? Maybe we can sell peace to the repubs by saying that we can give a tax cut to everyone if we don’t attack…and the idea that Iran would use a nuclear bomb even if they had one is almost as crazy as the idea of attacking is…Iraq would be turned into glass by the Israelis if they ever did so what would be the point of it? Let’s cool down for a while and let the sanctions work….
Man..to see how far the repubs have driven off the cliff to the right, all you have to do is look at the debate the other night where the candidates were attacking ole GW…it made me smile but shake my head at the same time…these guys are just crazier than hell and I just can’t believe it….and then we have Santorum saying that Satan is responsible for all of the problems in the US and his wife has said that it was a “call from god” that got her husband into the race…I don’t even know what to say about that….another reason to eliminate religion from the world…okay, that’s a little harsh but how can people believe this stuff? Oh, and for a religous person, Santorum doesn’t take the commandments too seriously…he’s lying away again today about his endorsement of Arlen Spector and the quid pro quo on Supreme Court justices….Okay….need to go put lunch on so I’ll go…pretty mediocre..but at least I got to it…counts for something doesn’t it?
February 24th
Well…this is going to be a short one…it was a cocktail night last night and I feel okay but not too lucid at the moment so I’m not going to force it…I am a little disappointed that the Wings lost last night but I can’t even work up any outrage about that…and there were no dreams or anything last night…I just feel so bland this morning and the snow overnight doesn’t help…won’t be able to get out on the bike for about a week until the snow melts and that is quite disappointing…so, on that note, I am going to go back to the couch and veg for a while……
Okay…I’m back for a few after reading and getting some coffee in me…did have to go out and clean off the car so I could move it for the plows but I did it in shorts so that woke me up some…need to do that again in a few minutes since it is still snowing and I am fighting the depression that comes with seeing all the white stuff…I had hoped we could get to March without a big storm but it is Michigan, after all, and this is to be expected…so, still being cashless, it looks like a veg weekend and staying in for me but that is okay…I’m starting to get used to the low-key days that brings me…I will be back for more politics later but I do have to clean the bathroom first…
This is just too funny…
Well…just wanted to get a quick one in here before I get to the races so I won’t be thinking about it during the race…I find the latest non-partisan scoring of the competing tax bills that have come out of the White House and the repub candidates just so damn funny that I had to write about it…in it, the economists agree that the plans of the repub candidates, to a man, will end up being worse for the economy and will increase, not decrease the deficits…and they all show to be much worse that the one proposed by the White House that will be DOA in the House. One of the telling things that was buried in the articles that I’ve read is the fact the ole Mitt’s plan will give massive tax cuts to the rich and raise taxes on everyone else….even the president of Bank of America has said that taxes should be raised on those making over a million dollars a year and should be even higher for those making 10 million a year, and the Murdoch owned right wing Wall Street Journal agreed this week. When the repubs are losing the banks and the Journal, who do they have left that thinks they know what they are doing? Not many, I hope…
February 23rd
Well…another night of boredom and no cocktails which makes it four in a row but I think I’ve reached the point of no return in feeling better for it….with the conserve cash mode in full swing, I haven’t even started the car in three days and it is going to smoke like crazy this morning…I do have to go out to get groceries but since I have to use the debit card, there are only 4 things on the list…and one them is cocktail fixing for the Wings game tonight…can’t deprive myself completely even thought I should…I did get the kitchen cleaned yesterday even though I was going to do the bathroom….it was just one of those things where you get started on a small thing and it explodes into a complete overhaul….so, today will be the same with the bathroom since I won’t be able to get out on the bike with the snow storm coming…other than that, not much to do today….I will be back for more later even though I’m ahead….there is so much political nonsense going on that I have to comment…
Okay…so I was wrong…there are things to do today…yay!….the twin 150′s from Daytona are on this aft and then there is a Wings game later…oh, I mentioned that above, didn’t I? So sue me….not really….still getting letters from the record companies…
A short one for those of us that see irony in history..
Well…I’m not sure what is going on in my head today but I’ve had quite a few ideas that I wanted to get down…and that is unusual to say the least, but bear with me…this one might just be worth it…I’m one of the people left in the US that still sees the importance of at least knowing history to make useful connections or see the irony that is frequently contained in it. I say this because I’m old enough to remember the furor over John Kennedy’s faith in the 1960 election; people then were concerned then that Rome and the Pope would call the shots through a Catholic president and the repubs used his Catholicism to try to paint Kennedy as a scary person who would check every decision with the Pope. Then, fast forward to today where we have ole Rick Santorum saying that all of his governance, if elected, would conform to his Catholic faith and the hard right that supports him cheers….ah….irony is lost on the idiots on the right…but it sure makes me laugh at times….