Well….another night of staying home and it is getting to be quite wearing not having anything to do….I did have weird dreams that had guns, bombs, and lots of weird birds in them and it was kind of odd that I was able to go back to the same dream every time I went back to sleep. It was kind of entertaining, though, and nice to finally have some after there being none for so long. It looks like rain this morning so I might have to take the day off from riding and that might not be a bad thing…I have been having pain in my left leg and I think it may be that the nerve is being pinched by the seat….not much to do today….I do need to clean this place up….my fridge looks like a war zone and needs a deep scrubbing so that will be the plan for the morning and I have to fight the ant invasion I’m having….I am so disappointed in Obama that I will need to write about that later so come on back…I may even make sense today…
The economic know nothings win….
Well…it looks like the economic know nothings in the congress have won and we are headed back into recession with the trillions of dollars in cuts that are included in the bill… the repubs keep saying that these cuts will stimulate the economy but it has never happened in the history of modern economies and I guess it just like everything else with those guys; the have faith that they are right and that’s all they need. As I’ve said before and as every econ 101 student knows, demand is what drives economies to expand and this bill will lower demand from both the government and individuals…it’s what I learned in my masters program…you can’t cut your way to growth…and this slack recovery is the direct cause of business squeezing their workers to the point that it’s hard to make ends meet on two incomes nowadays; it used to be that you could do it on one…this gutting of the middle class has reached a tipping point that I think will doom us to a permanent recession or stagnation…you reap what you sow…
Now, all that’s left to do is wait until the crash hits and vote these nuts out of office and repair this damage…
August 1st
Well…it was a cocktail night last night and I don’t feel that hot today…so the promises that I made yesterday of increased lucidity and relevance will have to wait until later today when I feel better….the first of the month is always the worst day since I have to write the check for the rent so I think I’m going to just try to repair the wounds and veg. I don’t have a lot to do today anyway….might even skip the papers and coffee… I am going to try to stay on track for two a day so come back later and there will be another one….
Okay, I’m back…
Well…it has been a day…my nice young neighbor moved out today…back home to her parents in Indiana since she lost her job and it was a little hard to see her go since she was the quietest, nicest neighbor I’ve had since I’ve been here…but things change and I have to accept that they do…had a nice day today…won at pool and now I’m waiting for 7 to come to have a cocktail and relax for the rest of the day…no political stuff today…I’m just waiting for the debt deal to be done before I comment on it and there really hasn’t been anything else that has grabbed me today….I am still a little chagrined that the Post dropped me from the unemployment project without any reason…I would think they would have let me know what the disqualifier was but that’s life…sometimes you don’t get to find this stuff out…I’ll live through it….it was nice to get to my goal for the month and there were no placeholders to inflate the count…so, a new month starts tomorrow and I’ll try to be more lucid and relevant..but, you know me….I try but I can be really inconsistent….see you tomorrow…
July 31st
Well…another month gone and I really don’t remember where it went…it is my youngest son’s birthday today and I will have to talk to him for a minute…and I do have pool with Tom today and it’s nice to have something to do…I am going to cook some ribs this morning in the foil pack while I’m out on the bike but I have the F1 race to look at first and since it is a wet race it should be fun. I will be back later for more…
It’s been a bore…
Well…it’s been a bore of a day and I’m just waiting for 7 o’clock to come so I can have a cocktail and watch Man U and Barcelona play a friendly match…I have been working on a political one today but the nonsense goes on with the debt ceiling which is crowding out all the rest of the political news….I just can’t believe that these guys are wasting so much time on this non issue when the economy is heading back into recession…just like I said it would if government spending was cut while the economy was still fragile….I hope the tea partiers are made to pay for their nonsense in 2012 and they send them back to ignorantville where they came from….
One of the things I find funny about the tea party and its masters is how they act just like the totalitarians that they say they hate…in the old Soviet Union, threats were a way of life to those in the government and was the way to keep them in line and we see exactly the same thing from the tea party leaders…promising to “primary” any member of congress that doesn’t do exactly as they say; no matter if their idiocy will result in irreparable damage to the country…these folks just don’t give a damn about anything but the money men from the Heritage foundation, Club for Growth, and the Koch brothers…..it’s just un-American that 80 people out of the congress can take it upon themselves to ruin this country…
Where are the jobs Boehner? Where are the jobs Cantor?
July 30th
Well….running late this morning just because I decided to have coffee and read the papers first…it was an okay day yesterday but didn’t do much….it does look like I’ve been dropped by the Post for some reason and it would have been nice for them to let me know why…oh, well….it looks like a gorgeous day outside and I’ve already been on the bike…not for the long ride but to get the papers…it has been such a good summer for that with the warmth and lack of rain…just read an article about average temps here in GR and they are almost 1.5 degrees higher on average than they were 20 years ago….but climate change is not happening….not much to do today…might meet up with T for a bloody this morning but I haven’t heard from her yet so I’m not planning on it…going back to the couch to watch the rest of F1 qualifying….I will be back later for at least one more……
Obama needs to lead?
Well…this is just a short one to comment on some of the statements from the right coming out of this debt ceiling debate…one of the common refrains is that Obama needs to lead on the issue and is not doing enough to solve the crisis. But, the only place they want him to lead is in their direction, to give them all of the tax cuts, spending cuts, and gutting of the social safety nets they want and they consider anything else a dereliction of duty. I just can’t believe this nonsense…
Told you it was going to be a short one…oh, and I got to sixty for the month…yay…but, I really need to get 62 since July has 31 days….damn…
A few things…
Well…It’s been a long day already and I am a little disappointed with the turns today…I did get a bike ride in but I am so frickin sore that I can barely move and I can’t understand it…okay, I know, I can go take a couple of ibuprofen and I’ll be better but I just don’t want to have to go buy more…yeah, that’s as stupid as it sounds….but I have been feeling like that lately. Another month has gone by and I still haven’t done much this summer…I can’t afford to do much but there should be something to do that doesn’t cost a lot…
I still don’t understand this whole debt ceiling nonsense….it has been raised 47 times under repub presidents and now it can’t be done because we have a dem administration. Didn’t these guys understand that they have to govern after they got elected not just posture for their base? I am really glad that I’m getting older…I don’t want to see this once great country hijacked by the know nothings that dominate the repub party…they are the worst sort of true believers who see their election as a crusade and you take no prisoners in a crusade…some of these guys have even said they don’t need to do anything since god will take care of them and the country….geez…
July 29th
Well…I’ve got to stop getting so up when glimmers of good things happen….I did it when I got the phone interview for a new job and now when I got a response from the Post for the unemployment project…I don’t think I’m going to hear back from them after the disclosure that I do this every day….but, I couldn’t lie and have it come out later so I’ll live with the consequences. I did have a nice day with going to celebrate the start of K’s vacation at Logan’s so I do feel a little crappy today….but that’s all right…I anticipated it and even welcomed it after being good for a few days….not much to do today…it is Friday so I don’t have to work out but I will do a bike ride later in the morning….and maybe meet up with T for a minute but I’m not holding my breath…I’m almost at 60 for the month and it looks like I’ll make it….