This isn't funny

Let me see if I understand this: Oodles of people and businesses have paid AIG insurance premiums, and now we must have some of our tax dollars go to rescue the MAJOR CORPORATION. Just think of the folks who have/had AIG who are actually winding up paying twice. If AIG manages to nurse itself back to health, will we get our tax money back with interest?

Any bets on how bad this week will end up being for the DJIA? How many shoes are there, and who keeps dropping them.

Political Question and comments.

If it is appropriate for a politician to boast about the activities of one of their children in the armed services, is it also appropriate to discuss the less savory activities of another one of their children?

Also, at the very least, it was STUPID to use any cliche involving farm animals and lipstick. I know this is old news, but...

My mom was a "hockey mom", drove herself to work, and cooked meals for the family, so where is her nomination?

Why are the Republicans getting major kudos for doing what the Democrats did TWENTY FOUR years ago, and why are the Democrats too chicken to point this out?

Dog dishes and what goes down...

It felt a touch cool in the house this morning and even cooler when I went to fetch the morning paper. There appeared to be some frost on our roof so I made a point of checking the thermometer. It read 34 degrees. Since the sun was up, and the air was warming quickly, I wondered if it froze overnight. I went outside to feed the dogs, and there it was...a very thin layer of ice on the water dish. It was too thin to support the weight of a housefly, but it was there. Freezing in the middle of September? This usually doesn't happen till the END of the month. There seems to be a feeling of folks in Flag that we are going to have another longer, colder, wetter winter. COOL!! In other news... For our daily family bike ride today, our daughter wanted to ride to the convenience mart in our neighborhood. The ride is only a little more than a mile each way, with about 30+ meters difference in elevation between our house and the store. I kept warning her that the ride down is great, but the return trip can be a doozy because the elevation difference is spread over only half a mile.(Don't you love mixing imperial and SI units?) She wanted to do it anyway. I again warned her that after we ride down, we need to ride UP. On the return trip, our daughter wound up walking her bike half the way up the hills. Suprisingly, she is willing to do it again. Yes, the steepness of the hill makes for great fun when the roads are icy.

ODe to Automobiles

Oh, driver of the cherokee
Why did you turn in front of me?
I left a pretty skid,
I did.
Skipped a beat, did my heart.
And now I can not fart
Because puckered is my ass
And my language is crass.
It must be a strange sight
To see a bike
In the BIKE LANE of a college town
Even one that almost laid down
You, dear driver, owe me a whiskey
To keep my nerves from being frisky


(In your defense, a city bus had just passed me.)
(In my defense, there was PLENTY of time for you to see me.)

(note the most commonly accepted spelling of the beverage)

The Power of Thought

Yesterday while we were treating our daughter to the high quality nutrition that only McDonald's can provide, a McCain-Palin rally came on the television. Another patron asked if we were Republicans, and was quite pleased at my wife's response, but dissapointed to find me to be an independant. He said "That's too bad, you should be a Republican." Although I said "Oh, well.," I thought why should I be a Republican when I can be something else and think for myself. In reality, I also have problems with the Democrats - stay tuned for my jabs on them.

The weekend

Ahhhh, Saturday. Relaxation, fun and sleeping in until 6:00, or even 6:30. Life is good.

When Dyslexia Strikes

Okay, so I haven't blogged in a few days, but the wife and daughter have been using the laptop and I have been watching the DEM and REP convention speeches and all. I am speeched out! I am more jaded than ever, and am sick of the misinformation, lies, and nonsense told by all speakers at both conventions. I think as punishment that McCain should be forced to run with Biden, and Obama should be forced to run with Palin. For added effect, they should shift positions on the ticket. As an observation, the font/graphics on the McCain/Palin comes across as either McCain - Pain or McCain - Plain when the posters are waved around. Am I the only one to have noticed this?