LEAVE IT
TO PEEVER
It's about time
– Bumper sticker of the week: If you think nobody cares,
try missing a couple payments.
– Quote of the week: "First of all, I don't see
America having problems." George W. Aug. 10
"This
thaw .... took a while to thaw, it's going to take a while to unthaw."
George W., speaking about liquidity in the market. Oct. 20.
– Cry me a tear ($): Why is it that most doctors are
Republican? Your first clue should be that they figure a Republican president
will get them a better tax deal. After all, they don't want to lose a lot of
that hard earned money they stole from us and insurance companies and give it
to the government. Let the lower and middle classes pay for roads, bridges,
sports stadiums. They need big houses and a Mercedes, and front seats in those
sports stadiums. Probably the biggest reason they like to vote Republican is to
keep at bay universal health-care, which would threaten to regulate the amount
of money they could make. Oh Lord, would that be tough. And to think, now we
have a Democratic president and a Democratic congress. Keep an eye out for
those tears ($).
– On the Edge: My vision of life is not crystal and
clean. Maybe I've seen too much, read too much. Maybe I've listened to too many
stories of betrayal, violence, sexual misconduct. Even murder. Your innocence
leaves and you're stuck with reality. Democracy is not pure; religions will not
necessarily make you a better person; convictions come and go; governments will
not protect you from the Wolf; promises of a better tomorrow are not worth much
today. You get lied to, deceived, people take your money and give you a bill of
goods as long as your arm. They tell you that you won't amount to a hill of
beans, that you are from the wrong side of the tracks. You're the wrong color,
the wrong sex, your arm is withered, your eyes can't see, that your job is low
prestige or not at all. You see things others don't, you can't get out of the
chair, you hear voices that others can't hear. You're dirt poor, living in a
car, begging food at the local mission, ashamed to go to the emergency room
again. Life is not crystal and clean. Your hands get dirty.
– I wish I was Superman. I'd save as many people as I
could, but I doubt I could get around to everyone. Not even Superman could
correct our callous behavior towards human life. Medical mistakes, wars,
famine, hurricanes, drunken rages, murders, beatings, suicides, overdoses,
earthquakes, bombings, car accidents, torture. Man, I'd be busy. If only
I......
– The Past: We all got one. The Past that is. You have to
make of it what you will. It's not so much how the past shapes you, as how it
is you let it control you. In most of our lives, dark shadows linger right
along with the happier times. The question becomes: What are you going to do
with that past? The battle is to not let that question turn into: What is The
Past going to do with me?
– Election results: Let's see, I missed a total of none.
CNN called wanting an interview, but I declined. I don't think it's right to
make money off this gift (short of a couple of bets). By modern day standards,
a landslide. For Obama and most all Democrats. I had Obama by 5%. Obviously,
I'm very happy with the results. McCain was just more of the same, which we
definitely didn't need. Now the fun begins. What a mess Bush is handing Obama.
We are screwed up in exactly every facet of our collective being. If I were
Obama, on the first day I would undo any executive orders Bush has made over
the last 8 years. On day two I would have Colin Powell begin to get us out of
Iraq, in some kind of orderly fashion. On the third day I would order Health,
Education, and Welfare to begin drawing up a universal health-care plan. Day
four I would ask every leader of every country to come to Washington for a
party. It's a new day. On the fifth day, I would warn every business owner in
America that jobs are a commodity we need to keep in America, and that
unrealistic profits are a thing of the past. Say hello to regulations. As for
getting out of paying your fair share of taxes, cry me a river. Day six I would
appoint five of AmericaÕs top educators to draw up a plan to get America back
to number one in math, science, engineering, reading, and so forth and so on.
Day seven I would look around and say: It's about time.