Well…it was an okay day yesterday but didn’t do much with recovery from the small bug I had taking up much of it…have been feeling better as the days go by so I have hope today will be better and I will even accomplish something…am still coughing, though, and I hope it’s not allergies since I don’t want to start taking allergy stuff again….I do want to get out on the bike early so I am going to keep this short…the damn thing started to squeak again so I need to find that before I go out…more later…
The 40th time is the charm?
Well…never in my lifetime have I seen a political party that isn’t; like the repubs are now, evidenced by the 40th vote, yep that’s right, 40th vote to repeal the ACA. When are these idiots going to get thrown out of congress for wasting the time and money of the American people? Over on the senate side, you have the same damn thing going on with Canadian Cruz vowing to shut down the government if the ACA is not defunded as part of the debt ceiling deal….he is willing to crash the entire world economy just to prevent some people, like me, from being able to get affordable health insurance, and to prevent people with pre-existing conditions from ever being able to be insured…in what twisted vision of America is that good for the people? I have just had enough of the tea partiers trying to shove their fascistic view of life on the sane ones here who believe that we need government to protect us from the Ayn Randian version of capitalism that they love so much….and the bitch of the whole thing is that the people who will benefit from the ACA continue to vote against their own interests…and for these bat shit crazy repubs…geez…
August 3rd
Well…as you can see, I didn’t come back for another one yesterday and I have a good excuse…felt like crap after pool and did nothing but hit the couch…I’m now sure it was a bug of some sort with the coughing and crap in my lungs…feel much better today even with having a couple of cocktails last night so I’m hoping the worst is over…both Tom and I were tired of shooting pool and left it with a tie, which never happens….but that is okay…my stomach was so bad that I couldn’t have kept going…slept okay last night but still have a little heartburn that I am going to treat in a minute before I get out on the bike…I was hoping that the fog was going to stay until I ride but I needed coffee first and it has mostly lifted so maybe next time…I will be back for more later and to get caught up…..more later…
August 2nd
Well…it was an okay day yesterday and I did get a lot of stuff done for a change so I feel okay about that…slept okay, too, so even with the cocktails last night, I feel okay today….don’t have a lot to say, though, so this one is going to be kind of short…I still hurt everywhere and I’m not sure if it is just the same as last year or not…it does seem to be centered in the elbows this year but my right knee still gets some twinges on the bike, too, but nothing bad. I did have one of the headrest speakers quit in the car yesterday and they are only a year old…but, it started working again and I’m not sure what that was about…I did open it up and look at it but the connections were tight so I’m not sure what the problem is…I did keep the ones that came out of it so I will have a spare if it quits again….not much to do today…it’s raining right now so I have to wait to get on the bike….so, I’ll have the second cup of coffee and wait…more later…
Still don’t understand it…
Well…I still don’t understand the adamant refusals to help Detroit out of it’s financial difficulties in any way…starting with, of course, repub senators, but then all the way up to Obama…what makes Detroit different than the bailouts that are regularly given for natural disasters? If the country can afford to give 60 billion dollars for repairs after Sandy, why can’t we afford a few billion to help the transition in Detroit? I contend that what has happened in Detroit is just a slow motion natural disaster that has unfolded over a few decades but it is no less devastating than a hurricane…and the people there deserve no less support than Florida get every year during hurricane season. What the hell is wrong with us as a people if we can’t help our fellow citizens in their time of need….isn’t Detroit as deserving as Iraq, or Israel, or any other country that we give foreign aid to? I just hope that we can smarten up and help…geez…
August 1st
Well…another month starts and it is my least favorite day of the month…I just hate paying my rent…but I’ve got to live somewhere…it was an okay day yesterday but I felt like crap all day…not sure what it was but I feel much better today even with being out with G for a couple last night….but, I still think there’s a bug going around and I may have one sow we’ll see how today goes…slept pretty crappy again but that is the new normal and I promised to not bitch about that anymore….I am sore everywhere even with skipping the bike ride yesterday so I do need the ibuprofen before I get started working out…not much to do today…I do have some errands to run and then some work around here but that is about it….I will be back for a political one later…
Last one for the month…
Well…can’t really come up with anything earth shattering but I do need to do one more to make it to the goal for the month….I do still feel like crap today but I think it may be from not eating enough yesterday…didn’t get out on the bike today since it is raining and I just don’t have the ambition to go out and get wet….and I don’t have anything in my head that I need to get out…so, this one is going to be short for now…I will come back to add to it later…maybe….
July 31st
Well…it was an okay day yesterday with meeting up with T for a nice, long HH but I was not good when I got home so I feel a little crappy today…slept okay but the otc sleeping pills are taking a lot out of me and I think I’ll have to stop taking them…I think the clutch finally needs to be fixed in the car but with the rain today…it’s not going to happen for a couple of days…not much to do today…it’s a recovery day, after all, and that means I’ll be taking it easy…after I work out and ride the bike that is…I do need to eat more today since I only got to about 1300 cals yesterday and that is not nearly enough….more later…
Schuette is still an idiot…
Well…with the bankruptcy filing in the city of Detroit, I was extremely surprised to hear that our AG, Bill Schuette, has come out to say that the state will defend the public sector pensions of the retirees of the city. Must have been a really hard thing for this tea party idiot to say since he normally picks and chooses which laws to enforce and almost always lets his personal beliefs dictate what those laws are. The thing is, though, the courts always slap him down and tell him he is wrong, and that is a good thing….and, I am going to make a prediction in this case that his true colors and his hatred of unions and the middle class will shine through….here’s what I predict: he will present a half-hearted defense of these constitutionally protected pensions; making sure that he he screws it up just enough so that the courts will slap him down, again…then, he will call a press conference to say that it’s not his fault…that it is the big, bad federal government that is taking the pensions and he will then go on to rail about socialism, Obamacare, and the fascist in the White House…typical tea party talking points and he will get what he wants…more talking points on how bad unions are since they can’t protect your pensions so you shouldn’t trust them or join them….I may be giving him too much credit for having the smarts to pull this off but with their drive to eliminate any power for the middle class, I would not be surprised….geez…
July 30th
Well…it was a somewhat interesting day yesterday…had a bee invasion through my kitchen window…got stung, and then whacked one of them on one of my blinds in the living room…the shade just shattered like glass when I hit it…must have been from the sun exposure…had to go out and buy a new one since it looked so ghetto with 5 slats broken…slept okay last night with it being a no cocktail night and that will continue through Thurs….and there were weird time-travel dreams that had Steve Jobs in it…which was fun…there was also a zoo and other places in it and California….I am sore today from the bike ride….after taking sun off, my legs were okay but everything hurts today….but, I will be out on it again after it warms up a little…not much to do today…may meet up with T later and I do have to clean my kitchen but that is about it…more later…