So this week I was away at a trade show and international Swat team competition. this is a pretty interesting show. One thing was very evident this year. The economy sucks. There were far less teams competing and far less foot traffic at the trade show. All the vendors were commenting on this and expect things too be tough for some time. The only dealers that are seeing good to excellent sales are dealers selling high powered rifles like the AR. A lot of people expect some kind of crazy shit to go down in the near future.
Well it looks like the auto industry is going to get a bailout, finally. They need it because they actually make something we use and need as a country. They are much more important to the United States than AIG and the others who have received our tax dollars.
Here is Jon Stewart's take on this. It really is the truth in the whole thing.
http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=212877&title=autoerotic-explanation
Although the case was a bullshit case it looks like OJ is getting his payback for committing murder. Now maybe all this can finally go away.
I saw gas tonight for $1.59 a gallon. How low can we go? I hope it goes lower so I can take more roadtrips. :)
With gas getting low when will we see food prices start to drop. It does not seem like that is happening. I bet they stay high. Will the grocery stores will just take the profits and leave prices high.
That's it for now. I actually watched very little news this past week and am much happier for it.
Friday, December 5, 2008
Monday, December 1, 2008
Off again
So I go home from Thanksgiving late on Saturday and now I am off again for the next four days.
I am headed to Orlando for work. We are going to the http://www.swatroundup.org/ . We set up as vendors here and do tons of business. These are very long and busy days. I hope this the last one I have attend. Hopefully I will have a different job next year.
So anyway I will be back to regular blogging late Thursday or Friday. Hope you all have a great week.
I am headed to Orlando for work. We are going to the http://www.swatroundup.org/ . We set up as vendors here and do tons of business. These are very long and busy days. I hope this the last one I have attend. Hopefully I will have a different job next year.
So anyway I will be back to regular blogging late Thursday or Friday. Hope you all have a great week.
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Monday, November 24, 2008
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Saturdays Drive
So yesterday I put about 500 miles on my truck driving to north Florida taking pictures. Although it was mostly driving. I went from Tampa up 301 to the Georgia line and came back. It was a great day. The weather was great and in north Florida it was perfect. When I stopped and was out and about you smell people fires. The sky was bright blue with hardly a cloud around.
It felt like the perfect fall day the further north I went.
If gas prices stay low I will be doing a few more of these trips and going to areas of the state I do not get to that often. Who knows what I will find.
It felt like the perfect fall day the further north I went.
If gas prices stay low I will be doing a few more of these trips and going to areas of the state I do not get to that often. Who knows what I will find.
Refreshed
I took a few days away from blogging and here are some observations and questions I have.
Why has gas gone down so much? Do you really believe that demand world wide has dropped so much that a barrel of oil is now below fifty dollars. I think the price was manipulated up to its high and it is being manipulated now. I hope oil companies are storing up reserves so the next time prices are out of control the market can be flooded with cheap oil.
How come the leaders of AIG and the others who have recieved the bulk of the bailout were not asked how they got to Washington. Do you think they flew commercial? How come they did not ask them to come back with a plan on how they plan to spend the bailout money they were going to recieve?
Why do the democrats have chickenshit leaders like Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid leading the party in the house and senate? They have no guts and they actually act like republicans.
They do not stand up for the common man and if they do not get off their ass they will voted out of office next time. I bet if you take a poll of democrats around the country and asked "Do you think Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi are doing a good job leading the party?" the answer would be a big NO. They are both big wind bags who are masters of spinning and lying.
Some of us are starting to wonder where the "Change" is in the Obama administration. Seems like a lot of the same old people to me. I could be wrong. I and many others were hoping that the cabinet would be a mix of new and old.
Why has gas gone down so much? Do you really believe that demand world wide has dropped so much that a barrel of oil is now below fifty dollars. I think the price was manipulated up to its high and it is being manipulated now. I hope oil companies are storing up reserves so the next time prices are out of control the market can be flooded with cheap oil.
How come the leaders of AIG and the others who have recieved the bulk of the bailout were not asked how they got to Washington. Do you think they flew commercial? How come they did not ask them to come back with a plan on how they plan to spend the bailout money they were going to recieve?
Why do the democrats have chickenshit leaders like Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid leading the party in the house and senate? They have no guts and they actually act like republicans.
They do not stand up for the common man and if they do not get off their ass they will voted out of office next time. I bet if you take a poll of democrats around the country and asked "Do you think Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi are doing a good job leading the party?" the answer would be a big NO. They are both big wind bags who are masters of spinning and lying.
Some of us are starting to wonder where the "Change" is in the Obama administration. Seems like a lot of the same old people to me. I could be wrong. I and many others were hoping that the cabinet would be a mix of new and old.
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Opinions Rants and Raves
The U.S. should have loaned Iceland the 6 billion dollars it needed for their bailout. The goodwill generated from this would have proved to be very valuable.
The world needs to get their Navy's together and go over to the Somalian coast and put an end to all those pirates. How do we let this continue?
How do we continue to let Darfur happen?
We need to lift the embargo against Cuba. We can do business with China and have an Embargo against Cuba. The last vote to keep the embargo was 179-4. Voting to keep the embargo are, The United States, Israel, Palau and the Marshal Islands. What the hell do Palau and the Marshal Islands have against Cuba. I guess maybe if the vote against the U.S. they can have any more shows on Survivor.
Why isn't Florida one of the states leading the way in solar technology. We are the Sunshine State.
How come the United States completely ignores all the very poor people of rural America?
The reason the economy is such a mess is, allegedly, because of the credit crunch. Well if that is the case then why are we trying to fix things so people can get more credit. Maybe if credit is not easy to get then people will not spend money they can not afford to spend. More credit right now leads down the credit crunch path again. I say very soon.
I think housing prices need to fall all whole bunch more before they are actually at the right level.
Why are some so paranoid they are buying guns and ammunition at alarming rates.
Why are there so many rude people?
Why is Kmart open on Thanksgiving? Oh yeah, they do not give a shit about their employees.
The world needs to get their Navy's together and go over to the Somalian coast and put an end to all those pirates. How do we let this continue?
How do we continue to let Darfur happen?
We need to lift the embargo against Cuba. We can do business with China and have an Embargo against Cuba. The last vote to keep the embargo was 179-4. Voting to keep the embargo are, The United States, Israel, Palau and the Marshal Islands. What the hell do Palau and the Marshal Islands have against Cuba. I guess maybe if the vote against the U.S. they can have any more shows on Survivor.
Why isn't Florida one of the states leading the way in solar technology. We are the Sunshine State.
How come the United States completely ignores all the very poor people of rural America?
The reason the economy is such a mess is, allegedly, because of the credit crunch. Well if that is the case then why are we trying to fix things so people can get more credit. Maybe if credit is not easy to get then people will not spend money they can not afford to spend. More credit right now leads down the credit crunch path again. I say very soon.
I think housing prices need to fall all whole bunch more before they are actually at the right level.
Why are some so paranoid they are buying guns and ammunition at alarming rates.
Why are there so many rude people?
Why is Kmart open on Thanksgiving? Oh yeah, they do not give a shit about their employees.
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
$1.99
Hooray, I paid $1.99 a gallon yesterday for gas. It has been some time since gas has been that low. It will be interesting to see where the price of gas goes during this financial mess. Hopefully it will stabilize instead of going up and down all the time. I think it will stay low for a while, unless OPEC manipulates production. Anyway it is good prices are low during the holiday season.
Monday, November 17, 2008
You better think twice
UAW President Ron Gettelfinger is saying that they will not give anymore concessions to the auto industry. Well Ron that may turn out to be quite prophetic. Many of your workers will most likely end up losing their jobs very soon because you have failed to give any meaningful concessions.
If you want to be part of the solution here I think you may want to reconsider where you and your members are at. Your members would much rather give back to the companies than lose their jobs. Of course you will still have your job.
If you want to be part of the solution here I think you may want to reconsider where you and your members are at. Your members would much rather give back to the companies than lose their jobs. Of course you will still have your job.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)