Well…reading the news today was a little boring until I came upon this little nugget of weirdness out of Indiana…the governor there has decided to create his own “state run media” so that small newspapers there will be able to get the “news” from the government without sending poor reporters to do that job….it’s goal, stated by the governor is to create pre-packaged “news” stories about what’s happening in the government and to break “news” exclusively on this new website/press release machine without having to have all that messy interaction with the media. I wonder if these idiots have ever read history or anything about the constitution and a “free press”? This whole thing seems to be modeled on the Soviet Union’s “state run” media which was basically the propaganda arm of the state…even more so than fox news is for the repubs on a national level. So, they can’t afford to fix their schools, or their roads, of feed their poor, but they have plenty of cash to pay a bunch of “journalists” to create propaganda that will no doubt say how wonderful things are in Indiana and how great the governor is and how terrible the “libruls” are….I cringe at the tone deafness and stupidity of these folks…geez…
Oh…there was one quote that I forgot to share by a commenter over at Kos…”George Orwell, the author of 1984, is spinning in his grave screaming “1984 is supposed to be a cautionary tale…not a how to manual”…pretty funny….
Well…I thought I’d seen the low that the repubs could sink to and then ole Boehner goes even lower…in case you haven’t heard, the repubs have now started to meddle in foreign policy by inviting Bibi Netenyanhu to speak in front of the House next month to try to undermine the nuclear negotiations that are underway with Iran. Nevermind that ole John has come out today and petulantly said “I have the right to do it”…this kind of crap has never been done before in the history of the country…and even Fox news has said that it is bad form and has savaged ole Boehner for this bone head move…and there is no secret whey he is doing it…the right in this country are really pissed with the results that Obama has been getting with negotiations when all the repubs want to do is start another war with Iran to reward their military suppliers with more no contract profits and to “show up” Obama…even to the point of committing treason or maybe “treason lite” to do it…there is no end to the things these idiots will do to hurt this country just to score political points….how much more anti American can you get? Geez…
Well…running a little early today and it is because I’ve been up since 5 or so with a really, really crappy night of sleep…worst one in quite a while and I’m not sure why but I guess that doesn’t matter….it was an okay day yesterday and I got a little bit done so that was cool….the Miata gave me a little cough starting this morning so I think I may have to take it out for a drive today…it has been since Saturday since I ran it at all and the battery needs to be charged but I’m not sure if I have any errands to run that would help that….still have the lung junk going on and it is starting to concern me…with the breathing problems from Saturday and now this lingering cough, I am hoping that it is not something serious…if it is, I’m screwed since I can’t afford to be sick…..not much to do today….going to clean some and then get outside for a walk or something just to get some exercise in….feeling like a slug and need to do something…more later….
Well….I’m not sure if you’ve been following the events in Greece lately but I have an find them to be really, really interesting. what has happened in the election held over the weekend is that the conservative government has been thrown out to be replaced by a progressive one that has promised a wholesale change in how the country is run, starting with reversing the austerity that was forced on them by the EU and which is responsible for the Greek economy shrinking by more than 25% in the past year. But, the biggest target of this new administration is to get rid of the crony capitalism that has allowed the rich to not pay any taxes since before world war two and to operate to government for the benefit of all Greeks, not just those who have connections, money, or power. The people of Greece are just fed up with their 1% stealing everything and leaving nothing but crumbs for the rest of the country. Sound familiar? That’s why the title….if one country can make such a radical change, why can’t we? The same type of nonsense is happening here in the US with the rich taking all of the gains in the economy that have happened for the past 40 years and rigging the game so they will continue to take it all….I just hope that Greece was the first domino to fall to be followed by many more….the world needs to change…I just hope it happens in my lifetime….geez…
Well…it was an okay day yesterday but I didn’t get much done…pretty much vegged it all day under the new blanket from T…slept crappy again and I am really disappointed I’m getting back into that pattern…but, what can you do? I feel a little better today but my lungs are still inflamed from something and that is getting annoying…but, I can breathe today and I don’t feel like I’m drowning so that is a little improvement….and, the teeth are only hurting a little today so I may delay the ibuprofen until after the workout and just see how bad they will get….I think the pain is from grinding them this time so I think it may just go away….not much to do today…it is cold outside so I may just hibernate a little and clean today after sending the resumes….more later….
Well….as you know, I’m a big soccer fan and I have written about it a few times here when something happens that I need to talk about. This weekend in the FA cup (the English Football Association), one of the many tournaments that the BPL and other European teams play in, there were happenings that made me grin like an idiot…not that I don’t look like that all the time. I wonder if it is wrong to root against teams that oppose your favorite? If it is, than I was really, really wrong this weekend…and really, really happy. that is because both Chelsea and Manchester City got beaten by teams from the lower leagues that are part of the contest….I guess I should explain how the leagues work there…they have tiers of leagues just like our A, AA, AAA, and the major leagues in baseball, but in this tournament they play each other…so you can have the analog of the the Tigers playing the Whitecaps in a win to move ahead tournament. But, that’s not what I wanted to talk about…just wanted to be happy that Man U’s nemesis all lost this weekend and they are still in it….yeah, I know, doesn’t mean much to you but it does to me….
Well…haven’t been thinking at all today but a thought just popped into my head and I thought I’d do some musing on it…with all of the abortion restrictions and government interference into women’s health decisions that have been written into law by the repubs across the country, I guess the 14th amendment doesn’t apply to women. As you know, the 14th amendment deals with equal protection under the law and that no laws can be written or accepted that only apply to select set of the citizenry…but, all of the mischief that the repubs have done since Roe was decided is directly opposed this amendment…when did the repubs ever write a law that interfered with men’s health decisions? I think the next challenge to these laws need to be couched in the language of the 14th to make the courts affirm that yes, women do have the right to control their own bodies just like men do…and put this repub nonsense to rest forever…geez…
Well…it was an okay day yesterday but I feel like crap again this morning…have been coughing and wheezing since last night and I’m not sure what the heck is going on…it almost felt like I was drowning last night and had to work hard to just get enough oxygen….it’s better this morning but there is still something wrong…seems like another bug…didn’t sleep well at all with the breathing problems but that can be rectified later today with a nap….had a nice dinner out with friends last night and it was good to get out and have some fun but it was hard to spend money on eating out….not much to do today…just realized I’m 4 behind for the month so that will be a goal for the day to get caught up…and do it with things that are not just fillers…that may be harder than it looks….more later…
Well….running late today with the internet being down and then the computer giving me fits this morning…it was an okay day yesterday and I won at pool so that was cool….had a really nice lunch with T, catching up from her trip to the Bahamas and other stuff that has happened in the past 3 weeks….got a couple of presents from her that were pretty thoughtful and I am still smiling from that this morning….it’s good to have her back in town…other than that, I didn’t do much yesterday but fix the teeth and run around and today looks the same…not the teeth since they barely hurt this morning…but I have some errands to run and then out to dinner for a friends birthday at Ichiban that should be fun…then back here for a relaxing night…more later…
Well…it was an okay day yesterday and I did get a few things done so that was some small accomplishment…but the damn tooth hurts again this morning and I am getting really tired of it…need to get the taxes done so I can have them fixed soon or I’m going to go crazy…slept okay last night but I feel kind of crappy today and it’s my fault…I did talk to one of my sons last night for a while and that was cool…just a neat person and so much fun….it looks like I am just going to try to endure the morning and then out to lunch with T later…and pool today but that is about it….I hope the ibuprofen kicks in soon….more later…