Well…I didn’t get back to the first post yet since this has been a recovery day for me…mostly from not eating enough yesterday…but, I did read an interesting article in the Guardian UK that states that the rich have gamed the system across the globe so much that they have been able to hide 21 trillion dollars from being taxed anywhere…yep, that’s trillion with a t…more money than the entire US economy with Japan thrown in for good measure. So, the next time you hear the rich start bitching about paying too much in taxes, you know it’s a lie….the tax rate on the upper income folks is at an 80 year low right now and where are the jobs these low tax rates are supposed to create? Not here in Michigan that I can see…geez…
July 23rd
Well…it was a day yesterday…a long one to be sure but I did win at pool so that is something…and, as you know, since it was a pool day, I feel pretty crappy this morning and the brain is not working so this one is going to be short….it is already 8 so I need to get going and have coffee and the papers…I will be back for more later…
Okay….I did come back for a few minutes as you can see from the post above…I am feeling much better after the bike ride but I’m still not eating enough…only 3 tacos today and I just don’t have any appetite again…so it looks like another day of little energy tomorrow since I don’t feel like cooking anything and I don’t have anything to cook anyway…maybe fast food? Nope…I do have a frozen pizza in the fridge that I guess I can do…not much to do today…I’m taking the day off from everything so I think I’ll get back to it…
The republicans are still idiots…
Well…read a couple of interesting articles over the past couple of days and a few thoughts have been jelling, so I thought I’d try to make some sense of them…first, if you’ve been following the news at all lately, one of the attack lines ole Mitt and the other repubs have been using is the tired old idea that government spending can’t create jobs and the stimulus program was a failure because of that “fact”….and they go on, and on, and on about it almost every time they open their mouths…so I find it increasingly funny that the repubs in the house are issuing dire warnings about what will happen to Virginia and other heavily military dependent states if the cuts to military spending are allowed to happen the first of the year. The repub governor of Virginia even went so far as to say that the “hairdressers, restaurants, hardware stores, and all other businesses” will be hurt if spending drops. Okay, let me get this straight…government spending can’t create jobs but when it stops it can destroy jobs? Logic would seem to dictate that these jobs must have been created by government spending if stopping the spending will destroy them….oh, I almost forgot, the repubs don’t use logic, just gut feeling and fairy dust. I am so disappointed that some reporter hasn’t gone up to ole Mitt and asked him to explain this conundrum…I wonder if it only the government spending that the repubs like that creates jobs? More nonsense from the nonsense party…geez…
July 22nd
Well…running late again this morning since I wanted to get the caffeine cycle completed before I got down to this…you know…drink coffee, get jittery, ride bike to burn off the caffeine and then come back here…it was an okay day yesterday but I didn’t do much but clean the bathroom and do laundry…oh, and watch the Tigers win another one that puts them into first place in their division…not sure why I’ve gotten back into baseball this summer but it has been something to do…not much to do today…it is a pool day so that will be for the aft but that is about it…going to do a political one right now so stay tuned…
July 21st
Well…it was a shocking day yesterday and I am still trying to process the whole tragedy in Colorado….it was a cocktail night so I am a little slow today but I will be getting out on the bike right after F1 qualifying so that will help…and the three cups of coffee might be a bit much but that will burn off on the bike…slept okay but no dreams so nothing to report there and I miss them…I think I may have eaten enough yesterday but I have this taste for tortillas; at least until I looked at how many calories are in them…160 calories for a small one when I can have three hard taco shells for 150…so, I guess I’ll just have to go back to the normal stuff….okay, the third round of qualifying is getting ready to start and it is in the rain so I’m going to go back and watch that…more later…
I’m in shock…
Well…not going to do a political one today…it just doesn’t seem important with the massacre in Colorado…I just can’t figure out stuff like that….what can drive a person to do that? Not much else to say….
July 20th
Well…it was an okay day yesterday with the heat breaking a little and finally getting some rain…I do feel a little crappy since I had the first cocktails of the week but I took it easy so it’s not too bad….slept okay for me but that is not saying much…I think I may have eaten enough yesterday so I hope the energy levels will be up over what they have been…I did get the kitchen cleaned yesterday so I feel good about that…that’s about it for now…may meet up with T later today so I am looking forward to that…more later…
The arrogance of the Romneys…
Well…this is going to be a short one on the astounding arrogance of ole Mitt and his wife…who will not let any opportunity pass to make sure we all know they are our betters…and that arrogance has run through this entire election campaign and I just need a couple of quotes from Ann Romney to cut through the nonsense that they are just like the rest of the 99% of us. The first happened a few months back when Ann was asked why Mitt should be president and her answer was “it’s our turn now”…It’s our turn now? Just like their lives that have been built on crony capitalism…these folks have the same feeling that runs through the rich, that they have earned everything they have and now feel that because they have been good 1%’ers that they are owed the presidency. But, even worse..ole Ann was on one of the morning talk shows this week and asked about releasing more tax returns to meet the standards of every other candidate since ole Mitt’s father…and her comment was ‘we’ve given you people all you need to know”….basically saying that you are beneath us and how dare you request anything more of us. This is the arrogance of the rich in this country…and I, for one, don’t need to hear any more of it from them….geez…
Maybe John McCain is regaining his soul….
Well…this is going to be a short one on the jaw dropping assertions by Michelle Bachmann that a muslim aide of Hillary Clinton’s is connected to the Muslim Brotherhood and is, in effect, a traitor that is trying to bring Islamic rule to the US. Yep, in the world of Bachmann crazy, this one is even crazier than most and just shows how stupid and biased these folks are. But, then, along comes John McCain (who lost his soul in the last election and is entirely responsible for unleashing Sarah Palin on the US) to rise to a full throated defense of this woman, calling her a great American for her service to the country and slapping ole Michelle for her normal nonsense….now, if he could just do the same to the tea party idiots that he helped get elected so we can get back to some sanity in the national discourse…geez…
July 19th
Well…it was a long day yesterday but it appears that the weather has broken for at least a little while with it raining right now and some comfortable temperatures….I’m still running on empty but I know it’s from trying to survive on 1,000 calories since I still have no appetite…I may have to try some really spicy foods to jump start my taste buds but nothing even remotely interests me so that is going to be problem….I have been good the past few days and I don’t feel any better for it…well….I do feel a little better but the boredom of the nights kind of cancel that out and I’m not sure if I want the trade off….it a conundrum that I will wrestle with until I have to go to the grocery store this morning….not much to do today…it may be good if it continues to rain…might skip the bike ride and let the legs heal again…but, probably not….more later…