I want you to know that in your attempts to be "down home" and "one of the average people" you have seriously offended me.
I am in the "Middle Class". I am married, own my own home, work a full time job, and honestly living the American dream.
I am NOT a mom, nor a do I like hockey. (nor soccer, but that was a different election) I'm NOT (nor is my husband) Joe Six-pack. We don't drink, we don't buy six-packs, and we don't subscribe to the stereo types that these 'labels' imply.
Labeling all of middle America as Joe six-pack and hockey mom, you are alienating a HUGE segment of the population. About 20% of the population is child-less (or child-free depending on how one chooses to look at it) More than a third don't drink at all!! (wow.. really? I always feel so alone when I say I don't drink)
Get out of your box. Look at America for what it is. It is a little more complex than your labels.
May I recommend a book for you to read?
I had such hopes when you joined the ticket. I gave you a chance, and another. But now I'm pretty sure I'm done. I doubt you'll change your views and open your mind. Live in your own little world, but I will not vote for you to run mine.
10.03.2008
10.02.2008
If I were in Michigan...
I'd be ticked..
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081002/ap_on_el_pr/mccain
"In major concession, McCain gives up on Michigan "
Ok, so you can't win, so lets now ignore an entire state.
Oh wait. I'm in a state with almost no say in the election. No one campaigns here anyway.. Hey Michigan, come join the "party"
*rolls eyes*
now this is why I wish we had a populous vote, instead of this stupid electoral college.
of course if we did.. how many more millions or billions of dollars would the campaigns cost?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081002/ap_on_el_pr/mccain
"In major concession, McCain gives up on Michigan "
Ok, so you can't win, so lets now ignore an entire state.
Oh wait. I'm in a state with almost no say in the election. No one campaigns here anyway.. Hey Michigan, come join the "party"
*rolls eyes*
now this is why I wish we had a populous vote, instead of this stupid electoral college.
of course if we did.. how many more millions or billions of dollars would the campaigns cost?
10.01.2008
the "bail out"
OMG.. I just read a post about the bail out and how this person thinks that the goverment should just give the money to people to pay off their mortages.. WTF? how on earth is that a good thing?
His thought was this would "free up" money in the banks for more loans.
Ok yes, I can see that, but how on earth am I (as a tax payer who is paying off this loan) going to get my money back??
I'm not! the only one who benfits from that are people who made bone headed decisions in the first place. The person who took out the loan and the bank that made it. and it gives them more money to make more bone headed loans. I, as a reasonable person who took out a loan I could afford, am going to pay for something I get no benefit from! that doesn't seem right to me.
I am for this bail out. Why? because all the economists Ive read are for it. Why? because we would be buying up a tangeable asset (loans) and that we could help the consumer out (lower interests) and we'd get the payments for those loans, so we'd still be making money now granted, chances are some people are not going to be able to make their payments no matter how low you make the interest rate. But lots will. By keeping people in their homes, you are going to help the housing market, and house prices will stabilize if not rise. So when those few loans default, we'll be able to sell those homes for most of the amount of the loan. We might be losing money, but we will not be losing the entire cost of the loan!!!!
too many people think this is throwing good money after bad. it is not! It is an investment.
Now I never agreed with the blank check request that was first made, with no rules or regulations or oversite. I'm all for the newer incarnations of the bill with it's stipulations not only for the oversite, but for the banks participating.
heck, while I'm on this soap box, let me talk about these "golden parachutes" that the CEOs have been making. I'm apauled. I hate them. None of the companies I am invested in has them. If they did, I'd be standing up and saying that a leaving bonus is fine as long as the company is in the same or better shape when when the CEO joined if the company is in worse shape, that leaving bonus should be forfit. Would be an incentive to the CEO to keep things going, or cut his losses and get out if he realizes that the company is in trouble and he can't fix it. Getting someone out who can't fix a problem seems like a pretty good idea to me. The share holders of these companies are to blame for not balking sooner. For agreeing to go along with these contracts from the get go. Companies have been using them for decades.. the shareholder should have balked long before this. They didn't. It is their own fault.
Now that the shareholders are ticked, I'm sure this is the last we'll see of them. It is too bad that it took this kind of fiasco to wake people up to these inane practices. I'm all for paying a qualified person a good sum for doing a difficult and demanding job, but to pay them to leave?? that just makes no sence!
His thought was this would "free up" money in the banks for more loans.
Ok yes, I can see that, but how on earth am I (as a tax payer who is paying off this loan) going to get my money back??
I'm not! the only one who benfits from that are people who made bone headed decisions in the first place. The person who took out the loan and the bank that made it. and it gives them more money to make more bone headed loans. I, as a reasonable person who took out a loan I could afford, am going to pay for something I get no benefit from! that doesn't seem right to me.
I am for this bail out. Why? because all the economists Ive read are for it. Why? because we would be buying up a tangeable asset (loans) and that we could help the consumer out (lower interests) and we'd get the payments for those loans, so we'd still be making money now granted, chances are some people are not going to be able to make their payments no matter how low you make the interest rate. But lots will. By keeping people in their homes, you are going to help the housing market, and house prices will stabilize if not rise. So when those few loans default, we'll be able to sell those homes for most of the amount of the loan. We might be losing money, but we will not be losing the entire cost of the loan!!!!
too many people think this is throwing good money after bad. it is not! It is an investment.
Now I never agreed with the blank check request that was first made, with no rules or regulations or oversite. I'm all for the newer incarnations of the bill with it's stipulations not only for the oversite, but for the banks participating.
heck, while I'm on this soap box, let me talk about these "golden parachutes" that the CEOs have been making. I'm apauled. I hate them. None of the companies I am invested in has them. If they did, I'd be standing up and saying that a leaving bonus is fine as long as the company is in the same or better shape when when the CEO joined if the company is in worse shape, that leaving bonus should be forfit. Would be an incentive to the CEO to keep things going, or cut his losses and get out if he realizes that the company is in trouble and he can't fix it. Getting someone out who can't fix a problem seems like a pretty good idea to me. The share holders of these companies are to blame for not balking sooner. For agreeing to go along with these contracts from the get go. Companies have been using them for decades.. the shareholder should have balked long before this. They didn't. It is their own fault.
Now that the shareholders are ticked, I'm sure this is the last we'll see of them. It is too bad that it took this kind of fiasco to wake people up to these inane practices. I'm all for paying a qualified person a good sum for doing a difficult and demanding job, but to pay them to leave?? that just makes no sence!
another weird dream
this one was a doozie.
I was walking down the street. It was a deserted section of some long ago left behind main street. There were empty shops and window boxes that only held dirt. As I was walking I was looking in windows and taking in the sites. I saw an old barrel planter that had a dead puppy in it. It look like he crawled in there to find a soft place to sleep and just didn't wake up. He had cob webs over him. I was shocked, but not horribly upset. Sad yes, but these things happen. So I looked in the window of the shop that he was outside of, and saw another dead dog, and then another. I moved to get a better look and saw a large aquarium with three dead tigers in it. Now I was shocked. everything looked like they were recently dead because of the good shape they were in, but the spider webs were everywhere.
All of a sudden, one of the dogs stirred slightly. I peered in the window harder to see if he really moved. I saw him move again, and then the tigers started moving. I was stunned, and then had to find these animals help. I pulled out my cell phone (no I don't own one in real life) and ran up the hill to call the police. I was trying to explain where I was and what was going on. I started calling off road signs and signs on buildings. none of them were recognizable to my real life, until I turned around and saw the playhouse. I called that off, and the person on the other end of the phone immediately knew where I was and was off to help. I was shocked at the recognition of the playhouse and woke up.
The site of starving and dying animals in my dream kept me up for hours. I watched Boston Legal. Could not get up this morning. *sigh* scale was not kind either. I had a 500 calorie deficite and some how I was up a pound. I'm really ready to give up. I feel like I'm trying to move a mountain.
Not like there are a hell of a lot of resources around here for help either. I went to a nutritionist, and she did not tailor anything to me. Just spouted off the already established nutritional information. makes me want to cry
I was walking down the street. It was a deserted section of some long ago left behind main street. There were empty shops and window boxes that only held dirt. As I was walking I was looking in windows and taking in the sites. I saw an old barrel planter that had a dead puppy in it. It look like he crawled in there to find a soft place to sleep and just didn't wake up. He had cob webs over him. I was shocked, but not horribly upset. Sad yes, but these things happen. So I looked in the window of the shop that he was outside of, and saw another dead dog, and then another. I moved to get a better look and saw a large aquarium with three dead tigers in it. Now I was shocked. everything looked like they were recently dead because of the good shape they were in, but the spider webs were everywhere.
All of a sudden, one of the dogs stirred slightly. I peered in the window harder to see if he really moved. I saw him move again, and then the tigers started moving. I was stunned, and then had to find these animals help. I pulled out my cell phone (no I don't own one in real life) and ran up the hill to call the police. I was trying to explain where I was and what was going on. I started calling off road signs and signs on buildings. none of them were recognizable to my real life, until I turned around and saw the playhouse. I called that off, and the person on the other end of the phone immediately knew where I was and was off to help. I was shocked at the recognition of the playhouse and woke up.
The site of starving and dying animals in my dream kept me up for hours. I watched Boston Legal. Could not get up this morning. *sigh* scale was not kind either. I had a 500 calorie deficite and some how I was up a pound. I'm really ready to give up. I feel like I'm trying to move a mountain.
Not like there are a hell of a lot of resources around here for help either. I went to a nutritionist, and she did not tailor anything to me. Just spouted off the already established nutritional information. makes me want to cry
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