Just checking in

Not that it matters to most people but I thought I’d stop in to mention that I have been sick for half of June. In fact I am still sick. That’s a big reason why I haven’t been around here.

I hate summer colds, especially these days. Plus it really cuts into what I can get done.

Oh well, we’ll see how July goes.

Somebody get me a Santayana clue stick

During the Great Depression, the FDR administration began some serious programs to bring the country out of the economic hole that it was in. The plan worked. Then in 1937 conservative pressure lead to a reduction in the spending that had been so successful. The result was a drop in the recovery that was only fixed by increasing spending.

Today, the Obama administration and Congress are talking about cutting spending and reducing the deficit. These are the same mistakes made in 1937, only this time we haven’t had more than three years of serious economic growth to help us first.

So this time around we get the same mistakes with none of the benefits.

What’s in a name?

Is Anthony Weiner an idiot? Of course he is. He’s a public figure, a politician and an elected Representative. Anyone who does what he did when they are under that much scrutiny is an idiot. It will never stay private. So yes, he’s an idiot.

There, we’re done. Can we get back to Medicare, Social Security and Jobs now?


Oh, yeah. He lied about it. Is anyone surprised? Especially considering the specific circumstances. Does this really disqualify him as a politician?


By the way – how did these pictures become public? Who had the right to distribute them? I’m a little curious about that.


Now, what about jobs?

Ya know

Whatever you may think of the latest plan to kill Medicare, it does nothing to control costs.