Well…when I was working out this morning, watching the little tv that is next to the weight machine, I saw an ad by Justin Amash, the idiot tea party rep from west Michigan that goes on and on how he is proud to still be fighting to take people’s health insurance away by repealing Obamacare…but, there is one really funny part of it that made me smile…he has one of the people at his town hall meeting get up and say how scared he is that Obamacare is going to take away his healthcare….but, this guy must be 70 so he is already on Medicare and Obamacare has nothing to do with him….and, if he thought at all, he should be scared that ole Justin wants to end Medicare and turn it into another giveaway to the insurance companies…because that is what ole Justin has said he wants to do…what a frickin idiot…geez…
Almost trail weirdness…
Well…haven’t done a trail weirdness one in quite a while since I haven’t been on the bike since Thanksgiving, but I saw something this morning that was so weird that I just had to comment on it…first, though, what the hell is it with drivers today? I was waiting to make a left into the complex on a green light when a woman in a Lexus comes up from the other direction to make a right into the same street…and stops on the green and just sits there so I can’t make my turn…almost 20 seconds..then, she turns and then goes 10 all the way into the complex…but, that’s not the weird thing…coming down the road into here, I saw a group of wild turkeys sitting in a sumac tree feeding on the berries…have never seen that before and it certainly rates a trail weirdness….
February 13th
Well…it was a long day yesterday with the computer problems I fought all morning but those are fixed so that is a good thing…slept okay last night but I wish I could get this low level bug gone so my head would stop hurting….didn’t get much else done, though, so today has to be better….I do need to cook today since all the leftovers are gone and I am not going to do the grocery run until tomorrow…not much to do today….I do need to work out since I skipped yesterday morning but that is about it…should wash the car and get the salt off it since it looks like it will be warm enough so the doors won’t freeze….more later…
One last thing I forgot this morning..happy birthday to Peter Gabriel who turns 64 today…
Just trying to stay current…
Well…I have still not recovered from the day yesterday but I have started to feel guilt about not getting things done here so I am back for another one…it is funny how the right has gone off the rails today with ole Boehner having to use the dems to get the clean debt ceiling bill passed…the right is calling for his head since they want to keep fighting and being asses and he had a brief bout of sanity….and it is just so funny that sanity is the one thing the right just can’t tolerate…and the fact that he took this club away from the neanderthals until after the next election later in the year….I am still waiting for ole “Carnival Cruz” to try to make mischief while Reid tries to get it through the Senate….should be fun to see…
February 12th
Well…have been having problems with the internet and computer this morning so I’m really late…and I need to try a few things so I’m going to end here to check that this is working again…more later…okay…got it all fixed…I think it was my Twitter account that got hacked that was doing all the mischief…after I reset my password, everything worked again so that was cool…it was a long day yesterday with going out for lots o drinks with G…and then having a cocktail when I got home…so the computer problems were really not appreciated…didn’t accomplish much else other than going out yesterday so there is not much to tell…and, there will not be much to tell about today, either, since I am heading to the couch for some rest and a lot of water….more later…
Isn’t this illegal?
Well…int he runup to the union vote at a VW plant in Tenessee, the righties are out in force basically threatening the workers and even VW if they approve UAW representation. My question is: isn’t this illegal? Almost every repub in Tennessee has weighed in…threatening VW that they will never get another tax break if they go along with the unionization…even though VW has seen how well the “works council” relationship has worked in Europe and really do want the same kiind of relationship with their workers here in the states…but, have also threatened workers with retaliation if they vote for the union…now, I am pretty sure this is against the law and I can’t wait until a complaint gets filed with the NLRB and the lawsuits start to fly. These idiots in Tennessee have said that they will not approve any more tax breaks for the expansion that VW is planning…so, let me get this straight…if their workers vote to improve their work lives, the repubs will attack workers just to spite them and drive any new VW plant to Mexico? This just shows you again that the repubs don’t give a damn about the workers in their states…just about the ideology that cuts workers wages and say in the workplace…but, this time, they don’t even have the support of the company in question…why don’t they just leave them alone and let the company do what it thinks is right? Geez…
Let’s not be stupid, folks…
Well…it appears that there will be a vote on a clean debt ceiling increase tomorrow and I am starting to get irritated with the left starting to frame the action as”caving” by Boehner…who really cares what the reasons are behind it or what it looks like? If you have any feel for politics, the first thing you should be thinking is that we got what we wanted but we don’t have to further poison the waters by rubbing his nose in it. We should be thanking Boehner even if it’s just for show…everyone knew he had to get to this point with a clean bill but it also helps our side if we try to reward him for this behavior…one of the basic tenets of psychology is that you get the behavior you reward for…so, let’s take the long view and reward him for it…you never know, it might make his base so pissed that he gets a primary challenge this year…we can only hope…
February 11th
Well…it was another wasted Olympic day yesterday but I did get this thing re-vamped so maybe that is something…not much, but something…I do have a new bug that is making me cough like crazy so maybe I have an excuse to watch the games now? Slept okay last night but it was still another one of those 5 hour nights that may start to catch up with me later in the day…watching curling gives me the chance to get here early and then I won’t have to agonize over not doing this until later….not much to do today….going to get a few things done but no pressure….more later….
As you can see, there have been some changes..
Well…as you can see, I have been noodling around today trying to update the look of this place and I thought I’d give this a try…not sure if I’ll keep it or not but it does look a little more modern…and, it is the only thing I’ve gotten done today…got sucked into the Olympics again and just vegged the day out…I really do have to try to get better tomorrow and at least get some resumes out….but the Olympics start again when I get up…I am torn….
Oh, just went out and looked at the mobile site and it looks much better than it did so I may have to keep the changes for a while…
Olympics update…
Well…it’s happened again….I’ve been getting sucked into the Olympics again and it is really getting me off stride…don’t want to work out, don’t want to eat, or sleep when there are events on…not sure if the competition is as good as Canada 4 years ago, but it is still fun to have something to watch and take my mind off the rest of the world…and there have been some performances in ice dancing, slope style snowboarding, and many other events that have been pretty cool…and, I am getting geeked about how good the USA womens hockey team has been playing….but, the USA women lost in curling this morning and I am waiting for the USA mens to start….I finally have gotten past the part that the US has to win for me to enjoy it, too….so…there will be more updates as the games go on and I will even be lucid…I hope…