Showing posts with label Politics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Politics. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Republican...
I am not an out spoken political person at all. I keep my political views to myself. It is a private matter for me. For some reason I ended up a registered Republican. I have no clue as to how this may have occurred. Every so often I will get an 8x10 glossy of President Bush and his lovely wife Laura. This disturbs me greatly. I would rather just have a picture of Laura but no, darned ol’ Bushy has to jump into the picture. I wish I knew how I ended up a registered Republican, I really do. How do I go about changing this? I feel unclean. I feel the need to bathe in holy water but am afraid I my skin might fall off do to my sinful ways. Ugh.
Anyway, I thought it funny that “informed voters” were headed to the polls during Super Tuesday two weeks ago. The Texas primary is not until March 4th. People were complaining that there were no candidates on the ballots. Well of course not you yahoos. If you had been informed as much as you say you were then you would have known. There was an election on that day but it was for state and city-wide issues.
Anyway, I thought it funny that “informed voters” were headed to the polls during Super Tuesday two weeks ago. The Texas primary is not until March 4th. People were complaining that there were no candidates on the ballots. Well of course not you yahoos. If you had been informed as much as you say you were then you would have known. There was an election on that day but it was for state and city-wide issues.
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Polishing a Turd...
There was an article this morning in The Times about businesses in New York City accepting Euros instead of U.S. Dollars. Due to the increasingly weak dollar (which is practically worthless) businesses are struggling. There are businesses here in Texas, some even here in Dallas, that accept Mexican Pesos as well as places along the U.S./Canadian border that accept Canadian Dollars. You know, I am all for this!! I have always believed that a universal monetary system would be much better than the one we have now. Of course, there are people who believe that I am crazy but so be it. I have about £60 and about €25 ($117.00 and $36 respectively) tucked away. There is no point in exchanging them since they have lost more value now from when I bought them.
Of course the U.S. is headed into a recession. Our “Brilliant” President has decided to give Americans more money in early summer. They are trying to prevent a recession. More money given out, the FED keeps lowering the prime interest rates, etc. This is ok to a certain point. I believe some of this is going to far. Recessions are historically cyclical. A recession will happen regardless of the things done to prevent it. They keep skirting the issue here. They are calling this period of time “a slow down in our economy.” Um, right…this is called a recession. It is like polishing a turd. No matter how much you polish the turd, it is still a stinky piece of poo. No matter how much you cover up a recession…it is still a recession. If you look back through history you will find that the economy will enter a mild recession during a presidential election and other times of uncertainty. But I think that this is going to be bigger and last longer than usual. God forbid…don’t use the “R” word.
Of course the U.S. is headed into a recession. Our “Brilliant” President has decided to give Americans more money in early summer. They are trying to prevent a recession. More money given out, the FED keeps lowering the prime interest rates, etc. This is ok to a certain point. I believe some of this is going to far. Recessions are historically cyclical. A recession will happen regardless of the things done to prevent it. They keep skirting the issue here. They are calling this period of time “a slow down in our economy.” Um, right…this is called a recession. It is like polishing a turd. No matter how much you polish the turd, it is still a stinky piece of poo. No matter how much you cover up a recession…it is still a recession. If you look back through history you will find that the economy will enter a mild recession during a presidential election and other times of uncertainty. But I think that this is going to be bigger and last longer than usual. God forbid…don’t use the “R” word.
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