sports, elections, recessions, a great comic
proving once again that i would make a very poor sports bettor; unlv did not beat byu, lsu got beat by kentucky (oh, that one did my heart good...i detest lsu for the sake of a couple of their fans who are on my list for all time assholes. so, go wildcats!!!). about two months ago you could have bet the rockies to win the national league pennant at 200 to 1 and the world series at 350-1. if you had bet that and then bet south florida to be in the top 5 in football you would be rich.
wood floors are in but tile is on hold while we do some plumbing work in the laundry room. the great dane is pissed because he has been banished along with his maniac buddy to the pool area while all the work is going on. he looks at me rather disapprovingly.....
i worry that hillary, if nominated, is the ONLY democrat that could lose the election next year. i also think that if al gore were to enter the race he would win the democratic nomination and would go on to win the presidency that he was denied in 2000 when the bush gang pulled off their little supreme court coup. gore is well respected around the world and would, in my opinion, make an excellent president for the times we find ourselves in. he has the experience and the intelligence to pull us out of the rut we are in.
speaking of which, the housing debacle is going to keep on spreading and we could very well find ourselves in a recession by the middle of next year. (remember, i am much, much better at predicting economic situations than i am at sports.) the layoffs in, not only the construction business, but all the related industries, lumber, mortgage bankers with all their support people, appraisers, home insurance companies, all the manufactors of nails, roofs, staples, dry walls, etc etc etc and so on and so forth will push the unemployment figures up to the 7-8% range which then throws more industries into disarray including all the require discretionary spending, restaurants, movies, night clubs and so forth. of course, if we are in a recession in the summer of 08 it will mean a democratic landslide in the elections of the fall. this is what has happened over the last two decades, a republican gets in, fucks up the economy royally and then the democrats have to come in and clean up the mess. ronnie reagan, the saint of the republicans, was a horrible president (but he was likable) and left the country in such a financial hole that bush the first had to raise taxes just to keep us afloat which cost him the election of 92. clinton came in and raised taxes on the rich (HORRORS OF HORRORS!!!) and the economy took off and we had, lo and behold, peace and prosperity for 8 years. and then came bush and with bush came war and debt and division and world-wide hatred of america.
speaking of republicans, have you watched fred, the new hope, in the debates? what a fucking joke. this is the guy the republicans were counting on? moving at the speed of a sloth with the intelligence to match, fred stumbles into the fray. jesus! rudy has one speech which consists of REMEMBER 9-11!, REMEMBER 9-11, REMEMBER 9-11. ask him about health care, he brings up 9-11, ask him about the economy, he brings up 9-11. hell, his kids hate him. his ex-wives hate him, the firefighters of new york city hate him. in other words, the people who know him best hate him. he is the republican leader. jesus! mitt, with all his hair, has one speech and that is calling hillary names. jesus! mitt even makes jokes about edwards hair. jesus! ron paul is the only republican that has any concrete ideas and the courage to tell the truth so he is unelectable. if you watched the republican debates you would never know we are in iraq. they all avoided that subject, prefering to talk about tax breaks for the rich and the evils of gay marriage. jesus!
i am working with a guy this week, andrew kennedy, who is a real hoot. if you ever get a chance to see him, do so. he is the real deal. i had never heard of him but it is a pleasure to watch his show. check him out.
gotta go, glad to have our computers back up. may peace come to all of us.
wood floors are in but tile is on hold while we do some plumbing work in the laundry room. the great dane is pissed because he has been banished along with his maniac buddy to the pool area while all the work is going on. he looks at me rather disapprovingly.....
i worry that hillary, if nominated, is the ONLY democrat that could lose the election next year. i also think that if al gore were to enter the race he would win the democratic nomination and would go on to win the presidency that he was denied in 2000 when the bush gang pulled off their little supreme court coup. gore is well respected around the world and would, in my opinion, make an excellent president for the times we find ourselves in. he has the experience and the intelligence to pull us out of the rut we are in.
speaking of which, the housing debacle is going to keep on spreading and we could very well find ourselves in a recession by the middle of next year. (remember, i am much, much better at predicting economic situations than i am at sports.) the layoffs in, not only the construction business, but all the related industries, lumber, mortgage bankers with all their support people, appraisers, home insurance companies, all the manufactors of nails, roofs, staples, dry walls, etc etc etc and so on and so forth will push the unemployment figures up to the 7-8% range which then throws more industries into disarray including all the require discretionary spending, restaurants, movies, night clubs and so forth. of course, if we are in a recession in the summer of 08 it will mean a democratic landslide in the elections of the fall. this is what has happened over the last two decades, a republican gets in, fucks up the economy royally and then the democrats have to come in and clean up the mess. ronnie reagan, the saint of the republicans, was a horrible president (but he was likable) and left the country in such a financial hole that bush the first had to raise taxes just to keep us afloat which cost him the election of 92. clinton came in and raised taxes on the rich (HORRORS OF HORRORS!!!) and the economy took off and we had, lo and behold, peace and prosperity for 8 years. and then came bush and with bush came war and debt and division and world-wide hatred of america.
speaking of republicans, have you watched fred, the new hope, in the debates? what a fucking joke. this is the guy the republicans were counting on? moving at the speed of a sloth with the intelligence to match, fred stumbles into the fray. jesus! rudy has one speech which consists of REMEMBER 9-11!, REMEMBER 9-11, REMEMBER 9-11. ask him about health care, he brings up 9-11, ask him about the economy, he brings up 9-11. hell, his kids hate him. his ex-wives hate him, the firefighters of new york city hate him. in other words, the people who know him best hate him. he is the republican leader. jesus! mitt, with all his hair, has one speech and that is calling hillary names. jesus! mitt even makes jokes about edwards hair. jesus! ron paul is the only republican that has any concrete ideas and the courage to tell the truth so he is unelectable. if you watched the republican debates you would never know we are in iraq. they all avoided that subject, prefering to talk about tax breaks for the rich and the evils of gay marriage. jesus!
i am working with a guy this week, andrew kennedy, who is a real hoot. if you ever get a chance to see him, do so. he is the real deal. i had never heard of him but it is a pleasure to watch his show. check him out.
gotta go, glad to have our computers back up. may peace come to all of us.
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