Well…have been reading quite a bit today….okay, I do that everyday so I guess it’s not unusual…in that reading, I did find a couple of tidbits that shed some light on the effects that ole Mitt’s economic proposals would have if he were elected…first…the WAPO has a new series going on where they ask noted economists whose plans will have the best effect for the economy if implemented…so far, they have all come down on Obama’s side saying that Mitt’s plans to cut spending and lower taxes for the rich will make the economy worse….since those spending cuts will result in real job losses across the economy and tax cuts for the rich will explode the deficit. One of the other planks of ole Mitt’s plans is to continue to deregulate everything in business, but an interesting story in the Trib today shows how drug companies, in the part of the industry that is not regulated, have been stealing billions from you and me by paying generic drug manufacturers to not introduce generic versions of their cash cows…in essence colluding to fix prices…and ole Mitt wants more of this? Oh, yeah…that’s right, he has gotten the bulk of the campaign funding from this industry…I guess they are trying to ensure there is no competition in the presidential race, too. No wonder ole Mitt doesn’t want to reveal any details of his plans, stupid as they are….geez…
Monthly Archives: August 2012
August 6th
Well…it was a long day yesterday and I am feeling it this morning…so, I’m running late and that’s my excuse so this one will be short for now….I did sleep okay, I think, and the weather has finally gotten cooler so that is something…I did win at pool, too, but it was a hard fought match and that was fun….I do need to go out today and get some soy sauce…okay…I’m leaving now and will be back later for more…
Okay, I’m back after getting the bike ride in and washing the car…now I have to still do the glass and interior so I should get to it…the bike ride was a nice one today with the temp and humidity both down…and the bike is almost as good as it has been all year so that made it even better…it looks like I’ll be out for a while later for a couple with G so that will give me something to look forward to…okay….need to finish the car before I come back here to read more news and get another one out…
August 5th
Well…it was an okay day yesterday but I didn’t do much but watch the Olympics and sweat with another over 90 day…but, there is no global warming…to quote George Will “it’s summer!” and that’s the reason that most of the country is baking and in drought. Okay, not supposed to talk politics here…I do need to accomplish something today…but, what that is, I don’t know…I am getting ready to get out on the bike and it appears to be a cooler, glorious morning out there so I should get going…not much to do today…pool with Tom but that is about it…I will try to come back for another but I am caught up and it is Sunday, after all…
Should talk about the Olympics…
Well…it has been a day and I have grown weary of attacking ole Mitt, so I thought I talk about other stuff for a change…and, since I’ve been watching the Olympics almost non-stop since they started, it seems they would be a good topic. One of the things that has surprised me is the gaming of the games that have been going on, starting with the badminton scandal, I thought you were supposed to always try your best, not try to use the rules to avoid having to. But, that just what we got with some of the Chinese badminton players who clumsily tried to lose so they would get an easier opponent in the next round…I’m not sure they should be banned since the rules were there to be used but doesn’t anyone adhere to the spirit of the contest anymore? Then, there has been the atrocious refereeing and judging of boxing, leaving fighters who clearly won their fights the losers with it getting so bad that at least two of the results were overturned on appeal, something that is virtually unheard of. But, I still love the two weeks when the games are on..it gives me a chance to forget being broke and unemployed and root for the good old USA.
August 4th
Well…I am running late today but I guess it’s not really late since it’s Saturday…it was a good day yesterday with lunch with T and the laughs that come with it and then back to the Olympic overload that I have been suffering the past few days…but it is fun to see all of the sports that just never get on tv anymore. Slept okay last night but I am getting tired of the heat again but it looks like a change is going to happen tomorrow so that is something to look forward to….it is one of those rare, no wind days today so I need to get out on the bike right now…will be back on an hour or so…
Mitt is just an idiot…
Well…I laughed my butt off today when I saw the latest pivot from ole Mitt…since his meme that his business experience makes him qualified to be president has been widely discredited by the Obama campaign’s attacks on his years at Bain, we now have ole Mitt changing his focus to his time as governor and the supposed great things he did then. One of the lines that he used in a recent speech is that “he created more jobs than Obama has”…I guess no one in the repub party reminded him of their talking point that government can’t create jobs…what is it, Mitt? Does government help create jobs or not? This just exposes the lie that ole Mitt bought into and shows that he has flip-flopped again. One other point that he made in the same speech was that while he was governor, housing prices went up…of course they did, moron, they went up everywhere until the crash of 2008…now he’s taking credit for it? I am just exasperated that this guy is still in the race…the only way he was ever successful was when he started ahead of everyone else…in money, name recognition, and connections…we all should be so lucky…geez…
Can’t let this one go…
Well…I rarely repeat myself here but today I really feel the need to, I need to go back to Romney’s tax plan and the fallout of the Tax Policy Center’s analysis of it. I just love the fact that Obama has finally found out how to take some wind out of the “trust me” crap that Romney is peddling and is forcing him to respond to facts…something that the repubs really can’t do since they don’t believe in them. To recap, the TPC has stated that there are only two outcomes possible form ole Mitt’s plan, either he will raise taxes on the middle class and poor to pay for his tax cuts for the rich, or he will explode the deficit. Ole Mitt’s campaign has complained that the TPC’s analysis is flawed since it doesn’t have the details of his plan included but they have a problem since they have not released the details of the plan, instead doing what all repub candidates do; lie or stay vague so the real effects of the policies can’t be determined by the voters…just like ole Walker did in Wisconsin and like Snyder did here in Michigan. So, I have to applaud the new Obama tactic of calling him out on this vagueness since once the real effects are known, no one but his base will vote for ole Mitt…maybe there is hope after all…
August 3rd
Well….it was a day yesterday and a cocktail night so I’m running a little late and slow today…they dis shut the air off upstairs yesterday so I had a night with no earplugs and that was good….I do feel a little crappy this morning but I may have something to look forward to with lunch with T possible…okay, going back to the couch to watch a show..back later for more…
Gonna pick on the Fed a little today…
Well…this one is going to be something that probably very few really care about…that is the inaction of the Fed to do anything to get the economy moving again. I wonder if they understand that one of their jobs is to try to ensure full employment? With inflation falling to almost deflationary levels, what the hell are they waiting for? Before everything in government became politicized, the Fed would have looked at the anemic job and GDP growth a few months back and done some easing to put more money into the economy, but this fed, and Bernanke seem more concerned that they look like they are favoring one party over the other which leads to inaction on their part that is unconscionable…they should have their foot on the pedal until inflation hits at least 4-5% and we have a sustainable recovery…not the fake recovery we have been in for the last two years. Can’t anyone think anymore? I knew what to do after my basic econ class in my first year of college…what’s their excuse? Geez….
August 2nd
Well…it was a long day yesterday waiting for the maint guy to come and he never did so I am a little irritated about that…so, that meant another night of fitful sleep with getting up at 4:30…so I am worn out today and will need to take a nap later..or not…almost the same thing happened yesterday and there was no nap but I still stayed up until after midnight. What the heck does that mean? Nothing, really,…I did get this place cleaned up waiting for the guy so that was a plus…but it does disrupt my day and I didn’t get a bike ride in so that is making me a little cranky…and I do need to do the grocery run today and that is going to happen early so I can come back here and wait some more….not a good outlook for the day but you have to do what you have to do…more later…