Well…it was kind of a busy day yesterday after starting off quite slow….did go out with G last night and lost 15 bucks playing Keno. Today I have to get this place cleaned up…yeah, I know I’ve been saying that for about a week now but I will get the spiders cleaned out of the bathroom and clean my shower. Have to go out and get some supplies, too, since I have to do some farming later. Whew…my brain is not really working right now…so I’m going to end here….more later…
Monthly Archives: July 2010
A new low for these hypocrites….
Well…I’m sure by now, you’ve heard the new repub spin on the failure to pass extensions of the unemployment insurance that has expired for millions of Americans…that it is the Democrats fault since the repubs will vote for it if they cut the money from somewhere else in the budget…which, on it’s face, doesn’t seem like a bad idea. But, the question I have to ask is, “why didn’t they have to cut other spending to finance the Iraq war?” Why didn’t they have to cut spending to pay for the trillion dollars of the Bush tax cuts? It is the sorriest sense of hypocrisy that deficits are so important to them now when they had no problem giving oil companies billions in subsidies when they were making record profits but they can’t allow any increase in the deficit to help American families continue to eat. And the Obama haters go on and on and on with their lies and distortions….I hope these idiots get laid off and then there will be no money to help them….
July 19th part two…
Well…had a pleasant surprise today when T called and wanted to have lunch after coming back from her vacation..it’s always nice to talk to her and we do a lot of laughing…thought today was going to be kind of a bore but I had the inside mirror fall off the car again so I had to fix that along with taking care of some more duct tape that has peeled off the A-pillar on the way over to Greydon’s yesterday….at least it gave something to do. and, I think I have G later for a couple of beers if she feels like it so I need to take a short nap since I’ve been up since 5 again…and the perfect movie to do that to is on…2001, I love everything that Kubrick did but this one has a slow pace to say the least and is perfect for lying on the couch and drifting off to….so, that is what I’m going to do…not much happening in the world for me to comment on so I guess it’s going to be time tomorrow to start laying out my philosophy about politics and life in general….have been thinking about that for a while but who knows if I’ll get to it…I guess I should, huh?
July 19th
Well…had a sunday funday for the first time in a quite a while that was fun….but it is really hard on me to start at 3:30 in the aft and continue all night…just getting too old for that I guess….so I’ll spend another day feeling kind of crappy…it was weird to come home after the storm and find my patio chairs scattered around the lawn and branches down everywhere…over on the north end, it barely rained. Not much to do today….have to go over and get some supplies but that is about it…and clean this place up…I think it will be bathroom day later since I have a new crop of spiders that are everywhere…hmmmm….that’s about it for now..I should have a good post for later…
July 18th
Well…it’s 9:07 and I have everything that I wanted to do done….this is going to make for a boring day but there are some races on later so that will be okay. I think this post is going to be kind of stream of consciousness since there are just so many disjointed thoughts in my head right now. The first one is just weird….you know how I think “Dark Side of the Moon” is perfectly suited to riding early Sunday morning? Well…when the phrase “run, rabbit, run” came on, one did come out of the bushes and ran….I laughed out loud at the sheer absurdity of the moment.
Damn…all of the thoughts that I had on the bike have abandoned me….so I’m going to stop here for now and read a few newspapers online…more later….
July 17th
Well…see, you got some outrage early today but it started bubbling when I was out on the bike and I had to get it down before I got distracted with making lunch and the other important things….a big ole slab of ribs with fries….yeah, I know, not too healthy but damn, it tasted good…I’ll make up for it with a salad later. Trying to figure out what to do today but I’m not having a lot of luck…didn’t think of it until too late but it would have been nice to go out to GH today…but it is the weekend and way too many people…maybe I’ll wait until Monday…but that doesn’t help today does it? so, I think I’ll go sit on the couch for a minute and ruminate on this dilemma. More later …..
It’s the Boehner and King show….
Well…I hope you looked at the news yesterday to hear the latest from the repubs…I would laugh if I didn’t think there are people out there that are listening to this crap. First, there was Boehner, holding a new conference to propose that we have a moratorium on any new federal regulations to give companies some “breathing room” to make huge profits and take chances that ruin our environment and economy. The only thing I could think of when I saw the news conference was that he was just checking off a box that his owners told him to so he could get the next payment from the financial industry and BP. How can he stand there with a straight face and say that not regulating the oil industry, financial industry, and insurance industry is in the best interests of regular Americans? This is what you get if you elect repubs this fall….
Then, there is Peter King, I think a house member from Pennsylvania, whe was on a talk show the other day and he revealed that the repub strategy for the fall elections is to not tell anyone what their plans or platform is going to be….and he even admitted they would get destroyed in the media if they said they are going back to tax cuts, tax cuts, tax cuts, and giving the country back to big business.
Doesn’t any of this trouble you? It should since they are advocating returning to the policies that got us into this big hole we are in…geez…..
July 16th part two
Well…I know, I’ve been lazy today and the topic that I thought was going to be a good one just didn’t grow in my head so that’s why there hasn’t been more today. I’m still struggling with the whole idea of getting toward 60 and the existential angst that comes from it…so I’ve really not had any energy to go after anyone, or to reveal more of myself. I will say that the feelings of abandonment that I have are real and I know that I have to do something about it…but I don’t know what that is yet.
Not much going on this weekend as far as I know…might take the bike downtown for the “Bikestock” event tomorrow and see a few bands…but I would be tempted to have a beer at the beer tent and beer and biking just don’t mix well for me. And, it’s going to be hot again so by the time I got there I would be soaked and that is never a good look for anyone…let alone an old guy.
So….I’ll try not to bore you the rest of the weekend…I promise a topic for tomorrow…so come on back….Oh, maybe a Red Wings update since there is starting to be news there…
July 16th
Yeah, I know, I’m late this morning…feel kind of crappy and had a lot to do..it is grocery day after all and taking care of G’s and T’s while they are gone takes some time. I am a little disappointed that only three people remembered it was my birthday yesterday but I had fun out with K for drinks….but now I guess I can ignore everyone else. Not a lot to do today but I need to get on the bike in a minute so I’ll end here…I do have some comments for later so check back….
Videotaping police illegal?
Well…had to comment on this piece from the USA Today….they have a point-counterpoint type of editorial every day where the paper takes one side of an issue, and a guest columnist takes another. The topic of the day was that a man was charged with a felony for video taping an officer that had stopped him for reckless driving. That, in itself, is disturbing, but the defense that the union of police officers uses to justify the charge is even more disturbing since they seem to want to place police officers on a different plane when it comes to their rights versus the rights of those they interact with. They argue that videotape needs a context for it to be reliable for evidence against police officers; using it to hold officers accountable for their actions but doesn’t when it is being used as evidence against the public. And, they go on to argue, that no one except a police office can interpret what is on the tape….well..tell that to Rodney King and the myriad of other who have been abused by the police…I think they are just angry that they will be held accountable for their actions and can’t place themselves above the law anymore….geez….