Time

Man do I feel like I neglect things. Between the blog and Flickr I always feel like I neglect my contacts and can never do the blog the justice it deserves. After being on the computer at work all day long sometimes I just want to hang on the couch. How does one find a balance?

Please provide me with an answer.

Thank you.

Who would have guessed?

Well the bailout package failed today and people seem surprised by this. Well it would have been a bigger lose if all the elected officials listened to their constituents. Most people do not want this because they would rather see Wall Street get out of the mess themselves and they also do not see any upside to the bailout. If we could see the upside to this as an average citizen then maybe most of us would be in favor of it.

The biggest thing for me is that is does nothing to address the mortgage failures that got us into this mess in the first place. The bailout needs to address this or the situation we are in today will rear its ugly head again in a few short years. The bailout needs to force banks to negotiate with homeowners so they do lose their homes. It is far better for the banks to have people paying a lower mortgage rate than have them paying nothing.

I say hold onto some cash. The ride is going to get bumpy.

Mayonnaise Army

Sarah this is painful

Sarah please stop speaking. Your answers are so painful to watch I almost feel sorry for you. Some of these answers are totally incoherent babble. They actually hurt to watch.

Whatever you say John

What a big load of garbage McMoron came out with today. Please keep your campaign suspended. It is a nice trick you are attempting to pull here but we see right through it. Since you have been losing traction with your economic policies you have decided to grandstand and show are a leader by going to Washington and sticking your nose into the bailout mess. Please do this. Most Americans do not want this package and we gladly encourage you to help pass this bad deal. Thanks for making things easier for Obama.

Now you want to cancel the debate. You have got to be kidding me. What the hell is that all about? Are you afraid of Obama or afraid that your answers during the debate will make you look like a fool. If there ever was a need for you to be able to get your ideas out to the American public now would be the time. You would have the attention of America, we are watching, we are listening and we are seeing who will emerge as the most viable candidate. By attempting to cancel the debate you look like a fool. The other thing with your debate mess is it would delay the vice presidential debate for a week or more. Is this your attempt to give Ms. Sarah more time to brush up on what is going on in the world? No, you would not do that

Times Marches On

Great song. Very fitting.

How about this?

All across the United States there are tens of thousands of homes, condos, townhouses and property that now sit abandoned because of the economic crisis. There are also many properties that have been abandoned for a variety of reasons and they just sit there with nothing happening to them.

I have a plan. Let people homestead them. If we as a society let people homestead these properties we could have a cultural shift in America. People all across the land would move to places that they desire to live in and be a productive part of that community.

There would be many details to work out but I think this would be a great way to let many people in on the American dream of owning a home and rebuild many communities across this land.

Would this ever happen?

So

So now that I own AIG will I be getting a stock certificate.

So now that I will be paying for poor bank management and poor financial decisions by home owners who did not deserve the mortgage in the first place can I have my choice of home to move into when they fail to pay their mortgage this time.

So now that we are going in debt to the tune of one trillion dollars what do I get for that. Higher tax bills and a smaller paycheck.

So now that all this has happened will the price of homes, cars, food, gasoline and all the things we need to live our lives drop. No. Nothing accomplished.


I keep hearing all the financial pundits on tv saying the economy will straighten out when homes start to sell again. They think this will happen soon. Well I have news flash. Homes prices are still way to high, overpriced, overvalued, pick your term. If home prices do not drastically drop and banks now fresh with cash start lending like crazy again we will be in the same situation with the real estate market we are in today. If banks do not start lending cash to people to buy homes then what have we done to our economy. Prices on homes across the U.S. need to drop another 10-20 percent before they can find a home that they will be able to afford. We are losing jobs, prices are on the rise and paychecks are not rising so how are we to live better than our parents.
Someone please tell me.

We are getting the shaft by the gov't and the financial world and we sit around and do nothing.
No matter what people say we are to fat and happy no matter happens. We need some good old fashion protesting like what happened in the late sixties and early seventies to wake the country up. Those protests brought about civil rights changes and brought the soldiers home from Vietnam. Those protests were started by people who many thought were "radicals", but they changed the thoughts of many mainstream Americans. It is that time again. The gov't needs to remember the country is "We the People". They do not remember that anymore and are ruining our country.

Your Day

You take and take and take
Your day will come

Laugh at us and smile
Your day will come

Corner us like an animal
Your day will come

You steal from us
Your day will come

You have forgotten us
Your day is coming

We are not invisible
Your day is coming

We are rising up
Your day is coming

Beware, we are here to rise up
We are here and your day is close at hand

Beware your day is coming

I am scared

Because all these big companies are failing. I am scared because there is nobody who has any plans to make this better. I am scared because we keep bailing out these companies. I am scared because my tax dollars are getting wasted. Because we keep borrowing money from China, because our leaders are clueless, because we are losing our place in the world, because people keep spending money they do not have and keep on charging everything. I am scared that the credit card crisis is the next problem. Then what happens?

I am scared because people just do not get it. We are in big trouble. Money and greed are the problems. The rich will still get rich while the poor and middle class become one group.

Keep some money under the mattress people. The shit is gonna hit the fan.

The Band with Emmylou Harris

How much better does it get? Two great artists from the greatest rock movie ever "The Last Waltz".

Its a money grab

So we get all this hype about the Hurricane Ike bringing the end of the world or something close to it and the rest of America gets screwed on gasoline prices. I cry foul. I got gas Friday evening at the cheapest place around for $3.54 a gallon and now today it is $3.69. Its a damm money grab. These places already have that gasoline in the tanks and have payed for it, now they are over charging us for it. What the heck it that. We know Ike did not bring the end of the world and we sure as heck do not know what damage, if any, it did to the oil rigs and refineries yet we the American public are getting screwed by big oil. Why do we put up with crap? End the oil companies subsidies. Give that money out in grants to people who are actually working on real energy solutions.

Time too brush up Sarah

So I caught some of Sarah Palin's interview and was a little surprised. The first thing is that like a politicians she was good at not answering questions that would compromise her earlier statements. She just turned those answers into "John McCain will do this or that" instead of actually answering. It also seems to me that she is not fully prepared to be able to handle the national press unless the situation is a controlled event. She seemed to stumble when the questions were out of her comfort zone. This does not bode well for her in the debate. I suspect the Dems will try to put a bunch of pressure on her and see if they can cause her to falter in the limelight.

On the other side she does come off as a personable candidate and that will win her votes not matter the outcome of the debate.

Stop the Bullshit

So instead of discussing the issues all we hear is crap about "pig lipstick".
This is not an issue and never will be.

The issues are: education, economics, war and peace, technology, health care, poverty, repairing our infrastructure, diplomacy, the emerging cold war.

You need to talk about the issues only. No more crap. This "pigstick' garbage falls right into McCain and the Republicans whole strategy. The less they have to actually talk about real issues the better off they are. The Dems better wake up and start pushing issues hard and fast. Start using all the millions of dollars for tv ads that point out the real issues and differences between the parties.

And why the F*** is there a Sarah Palin doll? Give me a fucking break.

Now we have Russia with two bombers visiting Uncle Hugo for some war games. Just what we need in our backyard.

And now Evo Morales, the President of Bolivia, wants our ambassador kicked out of the country because the Bolivian government suspects the U.S. is behind the demonstrations in the oil rich eastern parts of the country. Is he right, who knows. Our reputation for being on the wrong side of things in South America is well documented. We would do well to work with Morales and help his gov't out. This would weaken his ties with Chavez and gain us some respect amongst the average Bolivian citizen.

Just some thoughts.

Grateful Dead--U.S. Blues

I love this video. all seems so happy.

Warren Haynes

Time for an upgrade

When I was home in Ct. for vacation I met with a professional photographer who shoots ads as his primary business. He like my style of work and thinks I should be able to get a show in NYC.

I am doing a portfolio to send to him and he is going to get it to a contact in NY and see what happens. To that end I need to get a better camera so I can get sharper and larger prints. I think I am going to get the Nikon D60 or D80. How ever since I have no money I have to start selling some things I have collected over the years. I am going to put things on Ebay and let the money sit there until I get enough to get what I need.

Heck I did this when I bought property off of Ebay, so why not a camera

Would

Would you be able to live in torment and pain.

Would you be able to live without love.

Would you be able to live without loving.

Would you be able to accept a hug.

Would you be able to cry for a lost soul.

Would you be able to know where to turn.

Would you be missed if you disappeared.

Waves

Waves of smoke waft around.
Thoughts pondered, nothing found.

Waves of emotion drift in the mind
thinking thoughts very unkind.

Waves of hands twirling in the air
seeking smiles from the traveling pair.

Waves of heat rising from the dust
clogging minds, penetrating rust.

Waves of water roll from their eyes
seeking solace from above the sky's.

Joel Sternfeld

I just picked up this great book, Stranger Passing, by Joel Sternfeld. Got it off of Ebay for 10.00.

This is a first edition coffee table book. It has some great pictures of everyday people. The thing about the pictures is they are not fancy yet they all make you wonder the what, where or why.

Sternfeld has many great pictures, worth checking out. You will be please.

I have been wrong

After all these years I just found out I was wrong. Sarah Palin just told me that God and patriotism are the exclusive property of the the Republican party. How silly of me to think that God and patriotism belonged to all AMERICANS. Now I have to switch and become a Republican.

Not really. Those parts of the speech were strong and did exactly what they were supposed to do. Brainwash the base.

The whole POW thing this week is a little much for me. The Dems need to push back on this before it gains some traction.

She did give a very good speech and this is exactly what the republicans were looking for. I would say that she brought home a winning speech for her team.

I expect the money will start rolling in big time. The Obama bump from his convention will be gone in a day or two. Now we get down to real race. The debates should be fun.

Barak and Biden need to ratchet up the rhetoric real quick. The Republicans hit hard tonight and we need to punch back, now.

Ouch

That's the sound Obama is making from the back stabbing from his alleged "fellow" democrat Trader Joe Lieberman. You are a little turd bag. Remember in 2006 the Dems in Ct. did not want you anymore so you ran as an independent and screwed the state. Now it comes out that Christian conservatives did not want you as VP and McMoron was ultimately forced to pick Palin so they could could make the hardcore conservatives happy and use Palin to raise millions of dollars.

Then during the speech he praises Palin. Hey Trader Joe you don't even know her.

Now McMoron can make Trader Joe his secretary of state if he wins and we will never have any peace in the middle east. You know that he will be a cabinet choice.

Joe, when Barak wins will you do us a favor and leave the democratic party. Please.

One more thing Joe, please stop kissing the president in public.