Well…I have been getting ill with all of the crowing our gov here in Michigan has been doing on getting his agenda enacted and the normal repub crap of tax cuts for business on the backs of the retirees here, and their constant mantra of accountability…but the infuriating thing that I have railed about before is that whenever the repubs talk about accountability, it always for the people and groups they don’t like, like teachers, and food stamp recipients, etc. What about accountability for the 2 billion dollars they took out of the people’s pockets and gave to business here? When this idiot pushed the biggest transfer of wealth to the rich in the history of the state, there was nothing in the law that said that this gift had to be justified by any “dashboard accounting” of the number of jobs that were created…just more of the “trust us” nonsense that is the core of the repubs relationship with business. When a basic accounting is done, the estimates are coming in that say that job growth has not been affected one iota by this largess to business…with the majority of the money just going into corporate profits and executive bonuses. So, retirees here in Michigan, you have given up a vacation or a new car, or paying your bills on time just so the repubs you voted for can give that tax money to the already wealthy so they can buy the fourth or fifth car or the new summer home in Harbor Springs….I wonder if they will let you visit it? Oh, that’s right, you don’t have the money for the gas to get there…geez…
Monthly Archives: January 2013
January 16th
Well…it was a day yesterday and I had a little fun going out to hang with G for a couple and watching the Wings scrimmage on tv….and T is back in town so things are right again…I did sleep okay even without the Melatonin last night so I may try to go without it and just see how it will be…I was up at 5:30, though, so there may be a nap in the future since I didn’t get to sleep until about 1 or so…and Man U plays this aft to stay in the FA cup so that will be something to do…there was a weird smell coming from the car when I got home last night so I do need to check that out today…it could have been from another car…at least I hope it was…I guess I’ll find out this morning…not much to do today…I do need to get the summer clothes put away finally and get out some of the warmer stuff since there is a big cold spell coming later in the week….more later….
Obama’s testy and combative?
Well…I was laughing my ass off yesterday when the analysis clones were out in force calling Obama’s press conference “testy and combative” with nothing but attacks on the repubs and putting forth the proposition that he would get farther if he was “more friendly” to the repubs that have spent the past 4 years attacking everything about Obama and his administration; and doing their best to not cooperate. I think Obama’s combative nature in the presser was a reaction to all of the crap and lies he has gotten from the right…they never wanted to compromise in good faith and Obama is finally learning that you can’t reason with bullies, that you need to smack them in the mouth and then maybe they will change their behaviors. I, for one, am glad he finally said enough, enough to the hypocrisy that saw the repubs raise the debt ceiling for ole GW any time the country needed it and never held it hostage to the cuts that they are screaming about now…and there is no equivalency of the dems reactions back then to the repubs now…the dems never fillibustered or put silent holds on the bills to increase the ceiling..or even threatened to do so….and may of these same repubs that saw no problem with giving GW what he wanted are leading the charge against raising the ceiling now…and their only reason is their blind, naked hatred of Obama….geez…
January 15th
Well…it was an okay day yesterday but didn’t accomplish much…and I was good last night so today is starting out better already…it looks like it is cold outside so it will be a warm up day for the car…and I am running out of dimes so it looks like I may have to start using my debit card to buy the papers which I just don’t want to do…don’t want to go to nickles…60 nickles? Nope…not going to do that….but I’m not spending any other money so I could probably afford 3 bucks on the card a day….and I don’t want to give up the last thing that makes my life have a semblance of normalcy…not much to do today…I do need to get back into the fitness routine and get some cleaning done…and get rid of the papers, again…but that is about it…I will be back later for another one if I can get my brain working better…
A good quote…
Well…I didn’t watch the president’s press conference but I have been seeing the quotes coming fast on twitter and one stood out and made me laugh…it’s not really funny..only in an odd way that I would think it is…”the House GOP will not collect a ransom for not crashing the American economy…” basically saying that he is not going to cut more just to keep the crazy assed repubs from hurting the American people….and I do like that he put a stake in the ground that he wasn’t going to negotiate every couple of months to keep the government running like the repubs are proposing…good for all of us…these folks are just fricking delusional…and they keep saying that we have to continue to cut, cut, cut….when there has already been 2.4 trillion dollars cut…I think Obama should just say this one thing…”do your job, Congress” and then walk away and force them to…we can only hope anyway…
Yeah, I know…not much flow here…but I am trying….
January 14th
Well…it was a bore of a day yesterday but Man U won so that was okay…and I am running late today just like a weekend day and the reason is that it was a cocktail night and I just haven’t been feeling it yet today…I did sleep okay but no dreams but who cares? I do feel a little crappy today and might even skip the workout this morning and just watch a movie….other than that, not much to do today…the car was an ice block this morning and it was a pain to get the door open but that thawed so it’s okay…I will be back later for a political one or something else…
Okay…starting to get off the mark and feel better but I’m still not motivated for some strange reason…well..the reason is clear to me but I don’t want to whine about it here so I won’t…I am going to do a political one right now so wait a couple of minutes and it will be done….
January 13th
Well…it was a day yesterday that really didn’t have anything memorable in it…I’m even having a hard time remembering what I had to eat…so, is it my memory or is it that the days are still running together? Who knows? I am watching the Man U match right now and they are up 1-0 over Liverpool which is unusual for this year…they are normally playing from behind this year so this is a pleasant surprise…not much to do today…it looks like a soccer day and continuing to clean the kitchen that I started on yesterday and watching for the freezing rain that is supposed to happen later….wow….that just reminded me of “Dark Side of the Moon”…the same phrase was used in “Time”…how lame is that? For me, that is…not the song…
Okay…I know I’m lazy today…
Well…just sitting here waiting for cocktail time to come and thought I’d sit down here for a few minutes and try to be lucid…as you know, that’s been a little difficult for me lately and I think it’s being so broke…but, I’m going to try to not let that affect me as much…I have been easily distracted today with having HBO and Cinemax free previews going on all weekend so I haven’t gotten much done…didn’t even take the car out for a ride since I need the gas to warm it up if the weather gets as nasty as it’s supposed to and after taking it out yesterday, the point was kind of moot….I do like the car better with the top down, though….okay…this day just seems to be a total waste so I guess I’ll just give into it and look forward to Man U in the morning…
January 12th
Well…I had a somewhat fun day yesterday and I want the fun to continue today…I did have the top down coming back from Meijers so that’s a good start…I could live with this weather all winter but the depression is coming back with it getting cold again starting tomorrow…I am going to get out on the bike in shorts today and I have to remember that it is not summer and to enjoy the ride, not just endure it as happens sometimes in the summer…..but, right now, the coffee is done and I do want to read the papers and watch the rest of the match…more later…
Just an update…
Well…as I said earlier, I am considering a change to the subject of the posts here but I am such a political junkie that, realistically, politics will always be a subject here. But, I think I am going to give myself a break from the requirement of having to do a topical one every day…so, I did want to do just a short one on the day I’ve had so far…it was really cool to hear from T this morning and that she did get through her interview….and I did get out on the bike today with the legs feeling supercharged after having three weeks off…I’ll probably do 30 miles tomorrow since the weather is going to go downhill after then….I did get out for a drive with the top down, too, and it was not too bad…not cold at all with the heater on…even took some photos to post to the MOMM site…okay…not feeling it right now…I’ll try to come back for another one later….