Many pundits are starting to get on President-elect Barack Obama for appointing some Clinton administration officials to his new government. They rant that appointing these throw-backs aren't the change Obama promised.
Perhaps during the campaign the pundits mislistened. Yes, Obama promised change, but mostly change from George Bush and the Republicans, not change from competent government. Apparently, some will only be happy if we flush everyone from Washington, DC, then scour the front-porches of Arkansas, the barrooms of New York, rest homes in Florida and malls of California for new talent. I guess they envision a return to the yahoo government of the Jackson administration.
John McCain tried this and look where it got him!
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Saturday, November 22, 2008
The election is over. On to the crummy economy:
And the economy is in the dumpster. A month ago there was much hand-waving about a predicted collapse of the banking system. And there probably would have been except for a big infusion of federal cash into the biggest banks. However, after that some weird things started to happen.
Part of the purpose of the federal infusion of money was to convince banks to start lending to each other to restart the day-to-day of funds through the financial system. I bought into the idea along with anyone who didn't live in a trailer in South Carolina. It turns out that the banks, which are large, fat, conservative institutions, instead of lending money, acted like large, fat, conservative institutions. They have sat on the money, continuing to pay dividends, but aren't opening the dollar spigot.
Apparently the fear now is that the large banks haven't revealed just how bad their financial footing really is. They are pretending the whole mess will go away.
On top of that last week another set of large, fat, conservative businesses, the auto companies, went to Congress last week to ask for a piece of the federal bailout action. The sole argument of the auto executives was "fund us or we will go out of business and cripple the economy. " Their argument wasn't bolstered by the fact they all flew to DC in fancy corporate jets. (These are the same clowns who continue to advertised monster-sized trucks during football games.) Congress beat them up sent them away until they could come up with a better plan.
I don't this plan will included a General Motors version of the Prius anytime soon.
Perhaps Congress is starting to hear from taxpayers who are tired of large, fat, conservative corporations.
And the economy is in the dumpster. A month ago there was much hand-waving about a predicted collapse of the banking system. And there probably would have been except for a big infusion of federal cash into the biggest banks. However, after that some weird things started to happen.
Part of the purpose of the federal infusion of money was to convince banks to start lending to each other to restart the day-to-day of funds through the financial system. I bought into the idea along with anyone who didn't live in a trailer in South Carolina. It turns out that the banks, which are large, fat, conservative institutions, instead of lending money, acted like large, fat, conservative institutions. They have sat on the money, continuing to pay dividends, but aren't opening the dollar spigot.
Apparently the fear now is that the large banks haven't revealed just how bad their financial footing really is. They are pretending the whole mess will go away.
On top of that last week another set of large, fat, conservative businesses, the auto companies, went to Congress last week to ask for a piece of the federal bailout action. The sole argument of the auto executives was "fund us or we will go out of business and cripple the economy. " Their argument wasn't bolstered by the fact they all flew to DC in fancy corporate jets. (These are the same clowns who continue to advertised monster-sized trucks during football games.) Congress beat them up sent them away until they could come up with a better plan.
I don't this plan will included a General Motors version of the Prius anytime soon.
Perhaps Congress is starting to hear from taxpayers who are tired of large, fat, conservative corporations.
Friday, November 21, 2008
Okay, pussy, you woke me up in the middle night to sleep on our bed, then you howled to go out at 4 am. When you came back in, you meowed until we threw something into your food bowl.
Well, Cat. I'm home today and I am going to play the stereo loud, run the vacuum cleaner and occasionally stop by and rough up your fur and pet you on your head. Yeah, you are laying on the bed facing the other direction with your paws over your eyes, hoping I will go away, but no such luck for you.
Both of us are putting on a little around the middle, so we both need to run around a bit. If I have to do it, you can too. So, cat you can spend your day outside hiding from the duck or spend the day hiding from me. After that 4 am wake-up call you had better hide pretty good!
Well, Cat. I'm home today and I am going to play the stereo loud, run the vacuum cleaner and occasionally stop by and rough up your fur and pet you on your head. Yeah, you are laying on the bed facing the other direction with your paws over your eyes, hoping I will go away, but no such luck for you.
Both of us are putting on a little around the middle, so we both need to run around a bit. If I have to do it, you can too. So, cat you can spend your day outside hiding from the duck or spend the day hiding from me. After that 4 am wake-up call you had better hide pretty good!
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