Well…a fun day yesterday but a late start…out for pool with Tom and won for the 7th week in a row but it’s not me….and then more cocktails back here so I feel a little crappy today…and went overboard with the texts so I have to look at the phone to see how bad it is…T texted me this morning so I guess it couldn’t have been that bad…okay….have some things to do and I need water so I’ll be back later to add to this one…
Boycott “Top Gear”….
Well…I am outraged at what Jeremy Clarkson said yesterday about the workers striking in the UK to try to maintain their pay and pensions…this idiot came out and said that the strikers “should be shot in front of their families” and that they have gilt-edged pensions while he has to work for a living. Given the fact that the taxes of these strikers pay his salary through the parent company of his tv and radio shows; the BBC, and that he makes more than a million dollars a year just screwing around with cars, I think he should just shut the hell up and go back to his privileged life…I know I’ll never watch “Top Gear” again….and I think no one else should, either. Geez….
Okay…have thought about this for a few minutes and I do have to protect this idiots rights to say what he thinks whether or not it was a joke…it will still make me less likely to watch his show, though…..it’s what makes a free society and to be consistent to my beliefs on this subject I need to support his right to be an idiot…
Do you need any other reasons?
Well…the true colors of the repubs continue to seep through their carefully crafted conservative coats….this week, another layer was peeled off of their hatred for the middle class when they refused to back the continuation of the payroll tax holiday that primarily benefits the middle class. These hypocrites are back on their same old tired mantra that any continuation of these tax breaks for workers must be paid for by additional cuts to the programs that benefit the middle class…in essence saying that workers can have tax cuts if they pay for them. But they never said that when they cut taxes for the rich or corporations, of started two wars that were not funded….when are we going to tire of this nonsense? When are we going to call these idiots out on this naked grab of middle class money that is then given to the rich in the form of tax cuts? I know, you guys are getting tired of hearing this but who else is going to hold this corruption up to the light?
Do you need any other reasons to never vote for these crooks again? Geez….
December 1st
Well…another month gone and I am trying mightily to keep moving forward…I guess that’s what everyone does, huh? I am running late today but there really isn’t any reason for it..just watching some British tv to get the escapism going early and kind of ease into the day….there were dreams last night but they were too weird for me to even make sense of..or even to relate them to anyone, so I won’t….the first is always a hard day when I have to pay the rent and realize that with each day, I come a little closer to being broke…and another day closer to death….yep, stole that one form Pink Floyd…so don’t send me any letters….not much to do today..I do have to buy some groceries since I only have soup and one piece of pie left and that is just not enough…still waiting for Brian to bring me the salmon he promised and I am really looking forward to that…oh, and I have to try to get the car in again but I may have to start looking for another place to do it….I did make it to 60 for the month last month so that is something…more later…
Oh, one last thing…I did get back on the bike yesterday…fully suited up and I am sore….but it wasn’t that cold…it looks like as long as it is 35 or better, I can take it out and keep riding as long as it doesn’t snow….
The state of the republican party…
Well…lots of stuff going on in the repub primary races and, to me, points out a lot of the hypocrisy that is rampant in today’s repub party. The front runners in the party of “family values” are either serial cheaters and liars (see Newt Gingrich) or they are serial sexual harassers ( see Herman Cain) of they are serial flip floppers (see Mitt Romney) who will do or say anything to garner votes; no mater that what they say today is 180 degrees the opposite of what they’ve said in the past. Let’s try to remember why ole Newt isn’t in congress anymore…the fact that his ethics violations were catching up to him and there were severe sanctions on the horizon…but the worst of it is that he is the embodiment of what is wrong with the revolving door politics that runs between congress and K street. where even a disgraced legislator can continue to slop at the trough and make millions and millions of dollars shilling for the companies that elected them. What happened to the republican party that had principles? We can see that principles don’t matter to them anymore, just power and influence and money….geez…
Okay, one last thing…now, I’ll trash the dems in the senate, too, for their misguided bill that would allow the indefinite detention without trial or other recourse to terrorism suspects on US soil….now I think these folks have never read the 4th amendment to the constitution or they would know that this bill would be overturned by the supreme court…so, shame on you dems, for this piece of political nonsense…our court system is plenty robust to take care of these folks through normal channels…
November 30th
Well…another month gone and still no bites on the resumes but that has become the new normal here so I guess I’ll just have to get used to it….it was a no cocktail night last night since I do need lots of energy for today…taking the wreck in to have the exhaust fixed and then going to clean this place up so I can feel a little better about it…other than that, not much to do today…I am going to have to figure out some new exercise since I haven’t been able to ride the bike and I am getting cranky…and fat…I just can’t figure out how I can gain weight so fast even with only eating about 1,000 calories a day…I guess I have to cut out the cocktails until I start to ride in the spring….or not….who knows? I will be back for one more later since I need it to get to 60 for the month….
Okay…a little curve for the day with the car…they can’t get to it today so I’m taking it in after hours tomorrow and I’ll just wait while they fab the pipe and install it…that might work out better anyway…so, I need to work out and then clean a little…then try to figure out what to eat today since all of the turkey is gone….
Let’s add this nonsense from Kansas…
Well…this is really going to be a short one but again, I felt I had to comment on some repub nonsense…this time from the governor of Kansas, Sam Brownback…it seems that the governor’s staff took issue with a tweet from an 18 year old high school senior that was not complimentary to the governor…and then proceeded to contact the principal of the school who then called the young woman in to his office to try to force her to send a written apology to the governor. Now, there are so many things wrong with this that I don’t have to state them…let’s just say it’s another instance where the repubs have no idea what is in the first amendment to the constitution or how that amendment protects even students rights to speak freely and express their opinions…aren’t you getting tired of this nonsense…I sure am…geez…
More nonsense from Michigan Republicans…
Well…this is going to be a little short one…just wanted to make you guys aware of the nonsense that has been added to the rest of it that has been perpetrated on the people of Michigan by the republican majority. With all of the suffering and joblessness that has spread across out state, we have the repubs in the Michigan senate taking on one thing that will get people back to work…a bill that would require that schoolchildren say the Pledge of Allegiance every morning. Yep, that is going to put thousands back to work…maybe printing the pledge? Are these guys just stupid? There have been numerous court cases, including at least one that reached the Supreme Court, that have held that making the pledge mandatory is against people’s first amendment rights. It just shows the repubs contempt for the law when they are trying to push their far-right agenda on the American people…why do they hate the Constitution so much? Geez…
November 29th
Well…a busy day yesterday with taking the car in to have it looked at to have the exhaust fixed…but that won’t happen until wed…then, I had lunch with T, HH with K and K, then out with G for a few…needless to say, I am a little tired today and may skip going out for coffee. I am running behind on the posts this month and I will need to get caught up today so you’ll get a few of these….but I do have some things to do today but they are all here so I may not have to go out…okay, not feeling it right now so I’ll quit and try again later….
Okay…I know I shorted you on this one so I’m back for a while to try to make it better….well…longer, anyway. It has been a total veg day here and I think I needed it to finally get completely over the bug that I had last week…just watched a little tv and sent some resumes….I did have lots to do with the newspapers piling up again and my bedroom in need of a teardown and cleaning but I am saving that for tomorrow when I will be without my car for the day as they fix the exhaust….so, no cocktails tonight to rest the liver and to have a lot of energy for the cleaning…..it has been a little discouraging lately with no bites on the resume but I just have to push forward…
November 28th
Well…a pretty slow and easy day yesterday…stayed in and just vegged since I’m still getting over the bug but there is light at the end of the tunnel…it was strange not having any sports to watch other than the F1 race…not even any soccer but I did keep the boredom at bay by watching bad tv shows on Netflix and I did find that the British do make bad shows, too….not much to do today…I do have to take the car in to see if I can get the bad pipe fixed but that is about it…it will be nice to get back to the morning routine of papers and coffee for at least a couple of days…and the politics thing, too, but it has been a slow cycle lately and my outrage tank is empty….but, I’ll try later…