Well…it seems to me that the repubs never learn…even with the smackdown they got in this last election, they are still up to their right wing nonsense here in Michigan…with the new bill that has been introduced in the legislature here that would grant a tax credit to fetuses…never mind they took away the tax credits to actual children, these idiots just want to continue to try to take away the rights of women to make their own health decisions…thinly veiled attempts to eliminate abortion here in Michigan by making it unaffordable…all I have to say is keep it up…the people started to see through your nonsense in the last election and this will make it even easier for us to take back the state house…the days of the right wing repub party are numbered and I can’t be more happy to see a return to respect for everyone that lives here and to legislate for all of us…not just the loonies on the right..geez…l
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November 27th
Well…it was another recovery day yesterday but I did get back on the bike and it was cold…came back with frozen fingers and toes but it was nice to be out again…and I do feel a little better today…I am confused that I still have some throat problems, not sore but still swollen…I hope that starts to go away today and I continue to make improvements…I do have lunch with T today to look forward to and I am excited to see her….did sleep okay for the second night in a row and I had dreams but don’t remember them at all…and I was good for the second day in row but I think I ate too much so that will have to be corrected today…not much to do today…I am going to try to get back on the bike today but that will have to wait for later….and I will be back for another of these later…
Keep it up repubs..
Well…I am today still marveling at the gall of the stupid repubs and their delusion that they have any leverage in the fiscal cliff negotiations….they really don’t, but they are acting as if they have a mandate when they got their asses handed to them in the last election. But, you’d never know it listening to Boehner and Cantor…who has put forth as their plan the exact Romney plan that was rejected by the voters…they still want tax cuts for the rich and benefit cuts for everyone else and again, ole Eric came out today and said that Obamacare and Medicare have to be on the table or they will stamp their feet and hold their breath until they get their way. All I have to say to these idiots is “keep it up”…and we will control everything in 2014 and maybe we can even send ole Eric back to wherever he comes from…I do have one message to Obama…don’t compromise with these folks…we won the election an the majority has spoken…tax hikes for the rich and breaks for everyone else…and leave Medicare and Social Security alone…geez…open your ears and listen for a change…
November 26th
Well…getting an early start on the day today since I remembered to come here this morning…I was good yesterday trying to get over the bug that has been hounding me for a couple of weeks and I’m not sure if it is working…still coughing but the sore throat seems better…I did sleep okay and had some dreams that included tree cutting, overhead wires, college roommates, and vintage clothes…yeah, a pretty good combo and quite realistic…and the first one in quite a while…going to keep up the being good for the week I think and take the time to heal….not much to do today…still going to lay low for the day but may do the full thermasuit and try to get back on the bike for a ride today since I have been off for three days…and I do feel better when I ride….and I will be back later for another one of these since I am running out of month…
Wasted days and wasted nights…
Well…it has been one long, wasted day today and I have done absolutely nothing except rest and watch movies today and I may be feeling a little better…still have the chills and am sweating like crazy but the throat is better, I hope, and that may be cause to have some hope…I did want to write about the whole Susan Rice hypocrisy and the comparison to what Condi Rice did during her time in GW’s administration…okay I will…as you know, the repubs have been screaming conspiracy about the whole Benghazi nonsense, and they have been vowing to block Susan Rice’s nomination for sos just for her reading the talking points that were given to her by the intelligence folks…what about the approval of Condi Rice when she deliberately lied to the American people about Iraq’s ability to make a nuclear weapon when she had been told that the intelligence was faulty and she used it anyway. Now, which is worse, reading a paper or lying to the American people? And getting us into a war that cost us trillions of dollars and got over 4,000 Americans and countless Iraqis killed? I think you know the answer to that…so when you hear the hypocrites McCain and Graham (who helped push Condi Rice’s approval through the Senate), just think hypocrite, hypocrite, hypocrite, and stop listening to these idiots…they don’t deserve it…
November 25th
Well…as always, late again on the weekend and today it is that I feel like crap and I am having a hard time getting moving…the bug has not retreated at all and I don’t know when it will happen…frustration with the whole process is starting to get bad and I am so damn tired I don’t know what to do…so, I don’t think I’ll do anything right now but have another cup of coffee and watch a movie…and the F1 race that starts at 11…I am going to try to come back for another one today but there is nothing in the news that I want to write about right now…
Walmart the “welfare queen”….
Well…was doing a little reading this morning and came on an interesting article in the WAPO that really opened my eyes to how much of Walmart’s profits are due to them offloading employee costs to you and me in the form of government subsidies to their workers. In the last year alone, driven by the low pay and benefits that Walmart workers get, you and I gave the company almost 2.6 billion dollars of our tax money since many of their workers make so little that they qualify for food stamps, medicaid, and other subsidies for the working poor…and this money that they don’t pay goes straight into the pockets of the owners, making Walmart one of the biggest corporate welfare queens in the US…no wonder they can out compete others in retail. When you break this subsidy down, Walmart gets almost 460,000 dollars in subsides per store, an amount that I’ll bet others will now start to look at and take out of their workers as well and will continue the downward spiral in wages that Walmart started. The big problem here is that not one of the people running companies like Walmart, Papa John’s, and others think there is anything wrong with offloading costs to the general public while railing against the “welfare state” and the dependency that they perceive people have…the only reason that these folks have their companies and their riches is the same workers that they seem to hate so much…and the only reason they have to take advantage of government subsidies is the slave wages that these companies pay…so, I salute the protesters at Walmarts across the country…keep up the good work!
November 24th
Well…it was just another day yesterday and I still feel like crap…don’t know what is going on but I do know I’m getting really tired of it…the rest of the day was okay with getting some work done and then some rest…and there are a few movie channels that are on for free for some reason and I got to watch “Moneyball” yesterday aft and that was a pleasant surprise. Slept okay, I think, but I didn’t get to bed until 1 and then back up at 6 so maybe I’m wrong about that…I do feel tired today but that may be the cocktails talking and not the bug…I prefer to blame it on the bug….not much to do today…Man U plays at 10 and then Michigan at noon so at least a few hours are taken…and I do have one that I am going to do right after this one on Walmart…you’ll like this one…
A good sign…
Well…I have been heartened with the small labor uprising that has been focused on the labor abuser Walmart…and the press is starting to take the whole meme of the abuse of workers that makes the owning class filthy rich seriously…I mean, how can Walmart justify constantly squeezing it’s workers when they made 9 billion dollars in profit last year? Even if they gave every one of their workers good health insurance, it would only cost them about a half a billion dollars of that profit….or maybe they could pay a living wage? I think the Occupy movement has done this country a favor by highlighting the income inequality that is getting worse…and, any time you can piss off the ole Rushbag…he went off on his show today that all those of us on the left do is take, take, take…basically saying that it just tough crap that his class has control of everything and winning the election should be enough for us and to quit complaining…I am still laughing at that one….so, keep it up protesters…maybe this time we can start to change the attitudes of Americans and make them understand that rebuilding the middle class will help everyone…even the rich, since if there is more money to spend in the middle class, the owner class will make more money…really easy to understand…
November 23rd
Well…not as late as normal today and I think it may be from boredom…it was an okay day yesterday…I think I overcooked the turkey since it was a little dry but it was still good…no one showed up for the meal but that was okay, too…I did get this place cleaned up and it looks pretty good so that was a plus…I think today is going to be a total veg day since it is so cold and I really don’t want to go full thermasuit on the bike today….and with the wind blowing about 30 just make it way too brutal….I do need to go over to Meijers so I should get going…more later…