Like this guy will make it as president

Herman Cain has announced he's running for president. Aside from the fact that his ideas come right out of the Teabagger playbook that snowball has a better chance of survival. In looking at his background it appears he's nothing more than a corporatist and a bean counter.
So we have yet another clown to add to the circus parade.

In other news the end of the world didn't happen. At least I'm still here. Does this mean I'm not one of the "chosen"? Oh the shame....

Almost forgot 3 more banks hit the skids.

The Friday Beaver has been busy

Is it Friday already?

I don't know why they say busy as a beaver. Have you ever seen a beaver at work? Oops let me rephrase that. Have you ever seen a beaver actually building a dam? I've never even seen beavers in the wild as they must work the night shift doing the dirty deeds to trees at night when no one's around.

This week sure went by fast and much was done on my behalf but not for my own benefit other than a pay check.

Bank fails later.

I told you it's all about money

I'd love nothing better than to see a political ad with the bloviating senator or house rep. espousing his views just as an off stage miscreant stabs him with a syringe full of truth serum. It goes something like this.
Senator Blowhard: "The Social Security program is broken and "we" are the only party that can fix it."
Truth Serum talking: "The system is solvent until 2037. We just want to send it to our boys on Wall Street".
Senator Blowhard: "This is an "entitlement" program (subtext - is that it's some type of government giveaway)".
Truth Serum: "Entitlement means just that, you paid into the system as a supplemental income in you old age. You are therefore entitled to it".

Changing subjects

Senator Blowhard: "Giving tax cuts to large corporations creates jobs".
Truth Serum: Giving tax cuts to corporations only make them more profits and does not create jobs. If it did this recession would have been over a long time ago. The money seems to go to the top with yet more big bonuses and higher stock options. The investors get a few cents out of the deal but for most workers it's wage freezes and less benefits. Where does all that money get spent? They're either sitting on it or they are trying to figure out ways to ship the whole operation over seas where labor is cheap or free".

Senator Blowhard: "I'm all for a voucher program for Medicare and and Medicaid."
Truth Serum: "A voucher wouldn't begin to cover even a basic plan and no insurance company would be stupid enough to cover someone in their 80s or 90s with severe health problems. That would leave grandma to fend for herself. She'd either have to shell out some big bucks to the insurance companies to cover the difference or go without. That would leave the insurance companies free to cover only healthy people who don't use the coverage. End result: higher profits for the insurers". Wasn't the term for that called extortion?

What do they think we are suckers?

A little transparency might be nice

In school? No spud for you

Some uneducated congress critter is putting the fix in against potatoes in school lunches. Like fries with that boys and girls? Sorry but you may be out of luck in the near future if the nutrition police have their way. Hey, weren't these the same clowns who deemed ketchup a veggie some years back? Maybe they were different clowns. So what's the alternative you might inquire? Green leafy veggies and oh yes sweet potatoes are okay at least for now.
A thought did come to me. Rather than turn the schools lawn clippings into mulch or compost why not just add it to the menu? With massive amounts of the green leafy stuff it would effectively kill two birds with one stone. And even better cut food costs for cash strapped school districts.
And just what other starches would they slash if they got the chance? Are bread products next? I can almost see it now. The tray wielding tots facing hair netted lunch ladies slinging ice cream scoops of green stringy grass cooked in a kettle since 4 A.M. Willy did just mow the lawn yesterday so it's fresh grass for everyone. But what to go with this culinary delight? Is drywall edible? If so a little hot water just might make it a dandy substitute for the bread ration. And think of all the debris from all the foreclosed homes that are being demoed that wouldn't hit the land fill.

But back to the potatoes. The potato lobby is not going to stand for this nor the Council or even the kids faced with this option. I'm thinking poor Willy will be carting barrels of the green leafy goo to the dumpster.

What now potato heads?

What's more fun than a republican sex scandal?

Why exploding Chinese watermelons of course. Makes me wonder what other delicate treats they have in store for us as they play with agricultural science. But we are no less guilty with our very own Monsanto. When I think of Monsanto I think of plastic food engineered to precise specs for maximum profit and little nutritional value. Hell anymore that could be said for most of our food stuffs. Just eliminate the food and give us the cheap fillers and preservatives would you? Why bother with tiny details like side effects and health problems down the road. Now fork over that bag of Olestra chips and nobody gets hurt except my intestinal track. The mind boggles to think of what they could do with their prison population given the chance.

What's this new "green" food everybody's raving about?

What was you or your family's most unfavorite car?

For us it was this ugly green Ford wagon that the family dubbed "The pickle". When fully loaded the brakes would fail and need replacing on a regular basis. It was supposed to carry nine people or was it six adults and three small kids? Maybe in the late 50s when families didn't heft the tonnage they do today that would have been true. Not so now. When fully loaded and no where else to store the luggage a roof rack was required adding to the stresses on engine and suspension. Not uncommon to wear out a wheel bearing or two. So our wonderful "Pickle" would be in the shop for its' umpteenth brake job or bearing replacement. And the stock tires were no match for a family looking like the Okies headed for Calif in the 1930s when out for an out of state vacation. After some research I find that this wonderful machine was based on that notorious of all car models of the 50s the Edsel. This being Fords' idea of the cheaper family wagon model.

Okay so let's have your picks. Was it a pink Pinto, a vulgar Vega, or maybe an early rice burner that should not have been produced?

The late Friday beaver edition

I've been about as busy as this little guy the last few days and Blogger didn't help by being out of service. I knew something was going wrong when my moniker got changed on a blog post. Then I discovered a few minor glitches in another computer we have here at casa Demeur. After a bit of spring cleaning all seems to be going smoothly. If this is a Homeland Security ploy then you guys better be doing a better job of hiding your tracks. I could have tracked the source but won't waste my time doing that. And I must add that Macs are so much easier in dealing with such problems. I'll bet Windoze users spend more time fiddly farting with bugs than any other system. Well we all know what flies are drawn to don't we?

Bank fails later if I think about it.
Update: No bank fails this week.