Well…it has been a long day today and I haven’t had the time to get to trying to find a political topic for the day…I do find it heartening that there is real pushback to the lies by the Koch brothers about the ACA…I just don’t understand why a couple of billionaire brothers give a damn if people can get affordable insurance…what is it to them? Do they feel better when they hurt other people? Or is it that they were given everything and lived a privileged life and have bought the idea that the rich constantly push that no one else deserves anything? Along with buying ads to try to destroy the unions and the middle class…don’t they have enough already? Why can’t they just leave the rest of us alone and stop making the country a worse place to live? I have had enough of rich people just taking, taking, and taking, and rigging the system with their money so no one else even has a chance…they should be careful…when the winds of politics change, we progressive will have long memories…how does a return to the 90% tax rates of the 50’s sound to you Kochs? Geez…
March 3rd
Well…it was an okay day yesterday and I was good last night so I feel pretty good this morning…didn’t sleep that well but that’s normal now and I’m not going to bitch about it…it’s another damn cold morning this morning and I need to fire the car up in a few minutes and let it run since it’s 7 below again…another new record for March and I am damn tired of it….at least the thing will start…I do have things to do today…have to get a haircut and then run some errands…then, it’s a road trip out to GH with T to have lunch and go out and look at the ice…the last time we did that was over 10 years ago so it should be fun….and, were taking my car…too bad it’s too cold to put the top down…so, I may not be back for another one later…who knows?
Obama derangement syndrome and the Ukraine..
Well…to hear the right howl and howl about the supposed inaction of the president on the Ukraine, you’d think he was drowning puppies or giving Putin Alaska to ensure he won’t invade. The only thing you need to remember, though, is this is just another instance of Obama derangement syndrome where the right will bitch about everything just because he is presidentin’ while black and, for the chicken hawks on the right, the only solution to any diplomatic problem is another war that will enrich themselves and their buddies in the war supplying business. One thing that pisses us off on the left is the fact that they call Obama weak because he is letting Putin push him around by not threatening war when ole GW let Putin invade Georgia and basically level the place….and without any squeak from the right saying that GW was weak….so, to me, these asses on the right have no standing to criticize when it is so nakedly political and devoid of any principle….geez…
March 2nd
Well…already getting behind for the month with being lazy yesterday but I had an excuse…I did get out to have a few with K and C and when I got back here, I was pretty burned out and didn’t feel like doing another one…slept okay last night but my back is giving me fits and that is causing some nerve pinching in my right leg that has the front of it burning….so, I need to keep the ibuprofen going to try to get the inflammation down so the nerves can rest…I did get a lot done yesterday with too may errands and stuff to do around here and today looks the same…with work around here, that is…still have some things to get done by the end of the day but don’t have to get started right now…going to have the second cup of coffee and hit the couch for some soccer…more later
March 1st
Well…it was an okay day yesterday but I lost at pool for the 7th time in a row and it is starting to get annoying…but, I made some cash so that makes it all better….after that, it was just a total veg day and I am starting to feel guilty about it…but, it is the weekend so I am not going to get too guilty…have been moving since 6 or so and have already been to Meijers and there will be more errands here in a few minutes so that is something…and, it looks like C is coming into town today so I may be meeting up with he and K for a couple this aft so it looks like a busy day…I do need to come back here for one more to get March off to a good start….and pay the rent but that won’t happen until later…
And the rich wonder why people hate them…
Well…just a short one on an article that I read in one of the papers this morning about how airlines are starting to put more space between first class passengers and the rest of the unwashed masses since surveys of these rich people made staying far away from normal passengers their top priority…it isn’t bad enough that first class passengers are first on and first off the plane, now they just never want to even see anyone who can’t afford to fly first class. To add insult to injury, Delta is changing their frequent flier program to award rewards based not on the miles you fly but on the COST of your ticket, essentially eliminating any reward for anyone but first class passengers. Just like their gated communities, skyboxes, and having servants so they don’t have to mix with us poor folks…every day the rich do everything they can to make sure the rest of us know our place in the world…and it isn’t in first class…geez…
February 28th
Well…got to the last day of the month and it is 9 frickin degrees below zero …and the record for the day was 1 below…just got the car started, but barely, was barely turning over but I just love fuel injection and how the car runs when it’s cold…it was an okay day yesterday but I didn’t do much but cook and clean but that’s okay…slept okay last night and, for some reason, I was not as cold as the other day…but after walking out to start the car in a t-shirt and shorts, I am now….not much to do today,,,well…I do have a few things, pool, of course, and I need to win one….and then back here to veg the rest of the day and get one more of these out to make the goal…more later….
Need to meander a little…
Well…I was trying to come up with a political topic for the day and have had no luck so I’m just going to meander a while and see what happens…so, this one will be filed in misc…I am exhausted today and I can’t figure out why….possibly because I was up all night or I haven’t eaten enough…take your pick….how about some sports? Manchester United looked so bad yesterday that, even with now getting the channel that they are on, I don’t think I’ll be watching anymore this season…they just look so bad….one bright spot…not with Man U….is that the Wings looked okay last night but should have taken the game in regulation but gave up the tying goal in the last 30 seconds…but, they did finally win one in OT so it will be interesting to see how they do tonight….another good thing is that, if they don’t remember to shut off NBCSN, I will get formula 1 this spring…and that will be a good thing….what else? I think I’m going to fracture if I have to go out in any more of this crap cold weather…it’s gotten to a high of 7 today and is going to get to 7 below tonight…and it is almost frickin March…supposed to be near 50 by now and melting my trails so I can get back on the bike….damn winter….
February 27th
Well…running really, really late this morning and I’m not sure why…I did make a grocery run today but was back here early…maybe the papers were thicker today? Slept crappy again and it was because of the cold…after going out to have a couple with G, I just couldn’t get warm when I got home and that carried into sleeping…might have to turn the heat up tonight with it forecast to be 9 below tonight…it is already too darn cold out…stopped to get gas this morning and it was just brutal out there…so, today looks like just a veg day where I will try to stay warm…I did have some dreams last night that included some kind of game show, Michael Buble and William Shatner doing “Rocketman”…just kind of weird….not much to do today…going to cook a pork roast for lunch and then clean some….and come back here for more later….
Breathtaking hatred…
Well…if you have been following the news lately, you’ve seen how the idiot repub governors across this country have basically abandoned the poor by refusing the medicaid expansion that the feds would pay for from savings that are contained int he ACA…but the idiot governor of Georgia has gone over the edge on his hatred….it’s bad enough that 4 rural Georgia hospitals have already closed due to un-reimbursed emergency care that would have been covered by the Medicaid expansion…but now, this idiot is showing his true colors and the true colors of most of the right. Nathan Deal, the governor, has proposed that the federal law, proposed and signed by
saint Ronnie, that requires hospitals to care for the uninsured be repealed…meaning that any hospital would be required by the threat of bankruptcy to not care for anyone who is not insured since they would never see a dime for that care….and would allow the sick to be turned away to die…the Ayn Randian winner takes all philosophy that treats the poor as disposable since they are the “takers” from society and have nothing to contribute. I am not really stunned or even surprised at this from the right these days…shame on you Deal…and your cronies in Georgia…geez…