Putting lipstick on a pig.

The writer of this article would have you believe that black is white and Bush is the greatest president ever. I think not.
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Hidden inflation

In the same vein as Andy Rooney I'm seeing a sneeky route of inflation coming into our stores. Andy did a piece a few years back about how companies not wanting to raise prices merely cut the quantity of the product. Have you noticed it? The one pound can of (fill in the product) is now 15 ozs. The once 16 oz. package went to 15.3 then to 14. The 12 oz. package went to 9.5. The type of packaging has changed as well. At one time milk came only in glass bottles delivered by truck in the early morning hours. Then came the wax paper cartons that were not good as imperfections would cause a 'leaker'. Not a good thing to have on your breakfast table. Oh, and they were not easy to open. Then came the plastic jugs. Easy to open easy to pour but only one drawback, they don't keep the milk fresh for very long and with energy costs going up a gallon will far out pace gas.
Another thing I've noticed is where things are made. Just noticed a lot of candy bars are now made in South America. I don't have a problem with products being made out of the country, but these companys have made their reputations as American institutions. It's fine if they'd export products here that were native to their culture. But, shipping jobs overseas creates fewer consumers here.
It will be interesting to see what happens in a few years when the Chineese become the major comsumers of the world. Maybe the jobs will come home to roust.

Economy heading South?

It looks like our economic situation is starting to unravel. Wall Street is down over 200 more points today. I'd look for a small up tick in the next day or two followed by an even bigger downward spiral. Amazingly the fed has been dumping money into the system at a rate I've never seen. The presses are cranking out cash like never before. Hyperinflation is just around the corner. As I've mentioned before the real effects from housing won't be felt until March or April of 08 when the poop hits the fan, so hold on to your wallets, rough times are comming.

Money down the drain

I'm back!

As I said in an earlier post my computer was giving out. Well yesterday it did. The power source gave out and left me in the dark internet speaking. The biggest hastle is that I now have a ton of stuff on a hard drive that needs recovered. Luckily I went to my local Apple store and they will transfer all the info to my new computer at no charge, but it'll take two days. No biggy because I figure it would take me two months to try and do it myself. I wasn't planning to buy a new machine until later next year but oh well. They even threw in a printer scanner copier at no charge as well. Merry Christmas to me.

Happy Thanksgiving

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Thinking about what to be thankful for this year there isn't a whole lot. We've had many of our constitutional rights taken away. A president who thinks he's a king and has spent our economy to a looming depression, but in keeping with the season I'll forgo any more negative issues right now. I will say that I'm thankful for having a roof over head food on the table and clothes on my back. I don't have to worry about being blown up when going to market or a band of government forces come to burn my village and run me off at least not yet. Looking at the holiday spreads, a thought comes to mind, the last good meal a prisoner has before the execution. Sure hope I'm wrong on that. I guess after 6 years I've become a pessimist. At any rate like a sailor on leave let us enjoy the moment while it lasts. To all... peace...

Impeachment maybe

I've been out of the loop lately with work and home matters but did manage to come upon this news item: New John Dean
On further investigation it looks like MSM as well as the publishers are trying to quell this story as usual. I just hope Scott lets more details come out in the weeks to follow. And a note to Pelosi "wake up and smell the roses" not much is going to be accomplished until the critters are removed from the now dry swamp.