Well….the stock market tanked today and the damage is spread across the world….since the tea party terrorists started the whole debt ceiling nonsense, the dow has lost almost 20% and you and I and everyone else that didn’t vote for those idiots have paid real money for their ignorance and stupidity. How do you folks that voted for these idiots feel now? The entire blame for the damage done to our country should be laid at the feet of these so-called patriots and we need to ensure that they are all one term congressmen….or impeach the lot of them for malfeasance and for shirking their oath to the constitution. I am almost speechless…nope, I am speechless…geez…
Another trillion dollar tea party tax…
Well….I hope you’ve had a chance to see that what I predicted last week with interest rates rising for the first leg of the tea party tax on the middle class has happened and there is a new leg to that story that is occurring as we speak….the Dow is down almost 400 hundred points and that means any of us that have 401K’s or IRA’s (and that is most of us) have just paid another trillion dollars for the tea party nonsense that held up raising the debt ceiling. Yep, but you shouldn’t be surprised…the republicans are always wrong on the economy…every fricking thing they do is the exact opposite of what should be done…and remember, it was the tea partiers led by Michelle Bachmann that wanted the US to default on it’s obligations and truly believed that there would be no effect…what do you say now Michelle?…what do you say now Cantor? Geez…what idiots….
Oh, one last thing, where are the jobs Boehner?
August 8th
Well….another Sunday but it was better than normal…went out to have a couple with K and had fun….it looks like no waves for today so I’m going to get back to the normal routine….feel crappy today and I’m losing my motivation to work out and ride…I wonder if I can take the day off and just veg here and watch a movie…nope, that doesn’t work for me, as you know, the guilts work quite well for me and I’d be thinking of nothing else…not much to do today…I really should keep cleaning this place up but I’m not motivated to that either…oh, well….I’m already one behind for the month so I do need to get moving on that….more later…
August 7th
Well…it’s about 7:45 and I am trying to get going so I can get the bike ride in before the fog burns off….not much of a night last night with just hanging out here but I guess that’s what it is right now….so, I’m going to come back later and build on this one….
Okay…I’m back…had to get the bike ride int an get lunch started…making some Texas style ribs in the foil pouch and it smells good in here…even got some work done…had to clean the shower grout and I wonder how they expect you to use cleaners to do that when you aren’t supposed to have them touch your skin….I feel like I did some damage to the bottoms of my feet since I had to stand in the tub to clean…do they make feet gloves? Hey, I may have just invented something new….the fog was already gone when I went out so it was not the neat visual I was expecting but it was a good ride….waiting for the storms to come here in a few minutes but it look like they are kind of dissipating as they come across the lake….I may have to take a trip out to GH tomorrow if the waves are going to be the 8-10 feet they are predicting…even though I’m getting older, I still love to play in them….
Another trillion dollar transfer to the rich…
Well…by now you’ve heard that S&P has downgraded the US credit rating and I can’t figure out if the tea partiers are the most stupid bunch of politicians in the history of this country or they are the most brilliant…running the longest and most Machiavellian con ever on the American people. With this downgrade, the cost of borrowing for everyone who has a mortgage, credit card, or car loan is going to go up with the cost to the entire economy being almost a trillion dollars over time. Now you could call the tea partiers stupid for making this happen with their antics on the debt ceiling debate (and the failure to consider raising taxes was one of the primary factors in the downgrade)….but I see a darker theme….and I’m going to wade into the swamp of conspiracy theory here for a lark. What if this is what they planned all along? Who benefits from higher interest rates? The rich and corporations who make money lending….so the tea partiers won’t have tax increases on the rich, then with their nonsense in the debate, they essentially raise taxes on everyone else by the higher interest rates that result from the downgrade. They’ve taken another trillion dollars out of the middle class and given it to the rich and corporations….now who is going to buy the goods and services that keeps the economy moving? Stupid, Stupid, stupid….
August 6th
Well…yeah, I know, I’m early today but I’ve been up for 15 minutes and I’m already bored so I thought I’d do this before I go out to get the few groceries that I forgot to get Thurs….not much to do today after that, though,….maybe this wasn’t a good idea….I’ll be back in a while….
Okay, got the bike ride in and feel a little better…I think I may have a bug of some sort…I’ve been quite tired lately and only feel good when I’m on the bike….maybe it’s the heat…who knows? I did get another one done and if you’ve been here before, you know that is really unusual for a Saturday…but I had this weird idea pop into my head when I was out riding and had to get it down before I forgot it….looks like another event at the church behind me and there will be noise all day….may have to run the air…more later…
More and more wandering…
Well…I really haven’t been able to come up with a topic that will fill a whole one of these so I think I’m just going to wander around a bit again….man…I didn’t want to be right on the economy, but with what we’ve seen over the last month or so, with the Dow losing almost 10% and growth down to 0….it looks like my prediction of a double dip recession is coming true…not good for someone still looking for work. The gridlock in Washington isn’t helping and with the crazy right wingers calling the shots, there will be no more stimulus and the layoffs are going to start on the state and local levels….nope, too much doom and gloom….have to stop so I don’t go over the edge….
What else? Hmmmm…can’t think of anything right now but after I watch Jon Stewart here in a minute, I may get my brain stimulated enough to add….so, come back for a sec later and see….
Okay, let’s just call it a day…nothing’s working…I think I may just have come to the point of bad news overload and railing against it will take more energy than I have so I am going to bid you adieu for the day…..but, who knows…inspiration may strike again and rally me from this ennui…I will probably have to start using placeholders again if this block doesn’t break….
August 5th
Well….it was a long day yesterday and I do feel a little crappy today…I did get to have a couple with T and that was fun….nope…not feeling it…just too depressed about the economy…going to the couch for a minute or longer and will be back later…
Okay…I’m back…got the bike ride in and feel 100% better…I still don’t have much to say right now so I’m going to start lunch, get some stuff done, and read the online papers….I will be back later with more than this….trying to stay current with the count this month…
I may have been a little harsh…and other things..
Well…I may have been a little harsh in my assessment that the Post wanted stories that were more desperate than mine….but, my story is not the typical one of unemployment that most people face. So, that’s the last time I’ll talk about that. I did want to say “I told you so” with the steadily worsening economy and the Dow down almost 300 points today…something I predicted in the last week or so. Not something I wanted to see since I am losing money like crazy and I don’t have a lot left but maybe it’s something that needs to happen to get rid of the repubs and their nonsense on the economy….the strange thing is, the repubs are always going back into history to justify their positions and then they ignore it when it doesn’t fit…oh, it’s not a strange thing, they cherry pick everything and lie about everything else….man, I am losing my edge…but, back to the historical significance of where we are….it’s just like 1937 when Roosevelt bowed to repub pressure and made drastic cuts to spending while the economy was idling; sending it back into a recession that was only broken by WW II. I will predict that is what is going to happen in the next few months….geez….
August 4th
Well…another normal night here at the homestead and I feel a little crappy today but I earned it so I don’t feel that bad about it…there is a lot of political stuff going on and I should be commenting on it and I just might do that later…after all, that’s the purpose of this thing…I did hear from the Post why they dropped me but I still don’t understand it…it was because I write this thing everyday and having it already gives me a “voice” that others don’t have….but everyone has a Facebook page that has much more exposure than I get daily…I really don’t fit into the “poor me” that they were looking for for the series and I think I would not have added to the story they are trying to tell…not much to do today…what do I normally do Thursday? Groceries, of course, since I don’t have any food in the place and I may meet up with T for a minute but that’s about it….I will have more later so come on back…