Still cheating…

Well…still not having much luck with topics today…but I did hear that the repubs are using the same tricks that they always use to try to take control of the senate….that is…don’t tell anyone anything…and lie, lie, lie….just what ole Walker did in Wisconsin and what ole Snyder did here in Michigan….try to look moderate to appeal to the independents and then unleash the war on workers, women, and immigrants when they are elected. I think they forgot for a few minutes this past week that no one wants their policies except the idiots and the rich when they said they would come out with policies they would implement….and now they are walking that back so fast their shoes are smoking….but, this is how they always operate…they know everyone hates them so they just lie, and lie, and lie…I wonder why anyone still believes anything they say? Geez…

May 27th

Well…it was a kind f weird day yesterday but I already talked about that…slept okay but I am tired today, again, and I can’t figure it out…maybe I’ll feel better after the bike ride….didn’t get anything done since my energy level was low yesterday, too, but I hope to get past that today…the bathroom needs to be cleaned and maybe that will break the dam of complacency…not much to do today…just going to do the normal stuff and try to come back here for three more to get caught up….

You know what this is….

Well…getting to the end of the month so that means one thing…I need to cheat a little to keep the string going but you know that…had a weird kind of day today where nothing much happened…I did get out to see K and K for a couple and that was nice…but the rest of the day was a washout…I am waiting for some storms that look like they are trying to form up over the lake so that might be something for later….there appears to be a new Miata group forming up independent of MOMM that is going to meet up Wed night right near me so it might be cool to have some new Miata people to hang with once a week…might even post it to the MOMM site to see if anyone might want to join…or, maybe not…those folks are all a little stiff and these new ones seem to be a little rowdier….so we’ll see…

May 26th

Well…I thought I was running late this morning but I guess not…I started out late but must have caught up somehow….it was an okay day yesterday but I got bored with the races after Indy but there was nothing else to do so I watched the rest of them anyway…slept okay last night but no dreams to speak of…didn’t get anything done at all yesterday other than cooking so today I do need to do a bunch of stuff after the workout and bike ride…the bathroom needs to be cleaned and there is laundry to be done…but, I am having a hard time getting motivated today….think I’ll just have another cup of coffee and think about it for a while…more later…

Heartless bastards…still…

Well…just as I think that the repubs can’t sink any lower…they come up with a way to do it…just this past week, the house repubs that are working put this little stunner into the ag bill…first a little background…in many “urban” environments, most of the children there get free breakfasts and lunches during the school year since their parents make so little money…and, some of those programs have been continued into the summer to make sure the kids have enough to eat…what the nasty repubs have just done in the ag bill is insert a little clause that said that no “urban” areas will be eligible for funding for summer lunch programs but that rural areas will continue to be funded…basically saying that we are going to let your children starve if you live in an urban area since you don’t vote for us anyway and the reason your children are hungry is that you are a lazy “taker”…not like the rural areas where it is a lack of jobs that is keeping children hungry. This is just the latest manifestation of the Paul Ryan hatred and contempt for the people that live in cities since they are not “real” Americans like those who live in small towns or rural areas….my outrage can’t be overstated here…using the power of government to punish children for being born into the “wrong” families…heartless bastards…still…geez…

Another analysis says cutting taxes and austerity doesn’t work…

Well…read an interesting little study today where Doug Drake, the former head of revenue and tax analysis for the Federal Reserve, finds that dramatic cuts in taxes and spending  like those that have been done since the repubs took control here in Michigan do nothing to increase prosperity or create jobs….read that again, the only thing that the repubs know how to do, that they take for their religion does not work! I know I’ve harped on this before but I think we in the middle and on the left need to keep shouting it until these idiots stop this crap…until they stop making this country crumble with their tax cuts for business and the rich…until they stop allowing children to go hungry for those same tax cuts…until they actually use facts and not faith for economic decisions…this is malfeasance on a grand scale and they need to be held accountable for it…it is just like what I was taught in my masters program…that you can never cut your way to growth…doesn’t work in business, doesn’t work in government either…geez…

May 25th

Well…race day has started so this one is going to be short for now…it was an okay day yesterday but didn’t do much..slept okay but I am tired today for some reason…not enough food again but that will be rectified today with grilling chicken, making potato salad, and cooking some corn on the cob….I am hoping to get a bike ride in between Monaco and Indy around 10 or so it is so nice outside I really do want to go out…wasn’t going to but it is one of those mornings that it just too nice to miss…I will come back for three more of these today to get caught up but right now I want to go back to the race….more later….

Getting caught up…again…

Well…not sure how I got 4 behind for the month but I do know I need to get moving and get caught up…it has been a busy morning of running around and now I just want to stop and hang out for a while…I still don’t understand why Landon Donovan was left off the world cup team…I know he’s lost a step but he is still better than the guys that are going to replace him…I think Klinsmann is not the great manager that he is supposed to be…he’s had the team for over a year and where are the results? No better or even worse than the previous managers and I never know what team is going to show up and that is the manager’s fault….I don’t see us getting into the round of 16…or even winning a game next month….and I’m too old to wait for 4 more years for the next world cup….

May 24th

Well..as you can see, I didn’t come back for another one yesterday but I will try to do better today…it was an okay but long day yesterday and I am feeling it today…and, I lost at pool for a second week in a row…oh, that reminds me, I have to glue my cue…should get that done today….it was nice to get out and see K for a few minutes yesterday and invite her to the next wedding…want her to be able to meet all of the kids and that should be one of the last times we are all together…not much to do today..watching F1 qualifying right now then I have to run over to C’s to fire up the water heater and furnace for inspections Tues…then back here for the bike ride but that is about it for the day….more later…

May 23rd

Well…running late again today but there really is no reason for it other than doing a grocery run…slept okay last night but I am still tired this morning…probably from not eating enough, again, but I am going to try to fix that today…it was an okay day yesterday but I didn’t get much done other than going out for a couple with G…I did hear from T and I am concerned about her health problems…nothing I can do but I am concerned….the pollen is just getting worse and the car is yellow again this morning…even had to take something for it last night to get rid of the coughing….not much to do today…no, that’s not right…have lots to do with pool and then meeting up with K for HH…more later…