Sick and Tired

I am sick and tired of being sick. This winter has been a bugger. It seems like the cold that I caught before xmas is still hanging on. Everyone that I see and work with is dieing of colds and flue. Sore throat which is the worst for me and then cough so hard I thought my head would blow off. Take drugs be the hand full and for what, nothing worked. People show up to work when they should be home, bloody heros. The place wouldn't run without them. Let me tell you it would and will so stay home and don't spread your germs to the rest of us that are trying to get better.

Flu shots..... bah humbug. based on last years flu they were usless again.

Like my wife says WASH YOUR HANDS. Something like over 90% of colds and flues are transfered by touch.

Mom says she will be happy when winter is over as she can feel it. Hell I can feel it too. Here's to spring whenever it gets here.

On the bright side the crappy winter is great for the salt business and working at a salt mine is about as safe as it gets in today's shitty economy.

The Big 3

The question is, Should the big three get bailed out. A lot of people say no but I think more say yes. Although I think that they have done this to themselves they still should be bailed out because there are too many jobs at stake here and the hit to the economy both here and south of the border would be devastating.

The big 3 screwed themselves with their big trucks and suv's and if anyone tells me that they didn't know that gas prices were going to go up and hurt their sales, they are on crack. Gas has been going up for years and no signs of going back down. Now of course the price of gas has dropped again but it is too late. People are now scared that they might go back up again and you can see dealers yards full of trucks that they can't move.

Unfortunately the actions or the lack thereof by the head offices including sales, marketing and design have cost thousands of jobs and threaten thousands more. The current outlook shows that even with a bailout there will not be a big 3 at the end of next year. One or more will be gone. Chrysler is the best target. Chopped up and sold off in pieces with more jobs gone after 50 billion has been given to them. The big question is, will the government attach strings to the money like keeping jobs, fat chance. They will hand it over just like they did to the banks. No strings attached and away it will go.

Maybe they should give them the 50 billion on the condition that they use it to come up with electric cars. Lets see how fast they could bring something to market then. none of this 5 or 10 year crap.

The worst thing is that with all 3 in such bad shape a recent poll showed that 80% of people asked would not buy from the big 3 due to worries about them going under. It will take billions and years to get the confidence of the people back.

Does the big 3 have that long?

Obama

Well history was made last week. The reaction of the American people was a pleasant surprise. They were happy and peaceful. I, along with a lot of other people wish him luck. Unfortunately he is going to need it. The states is in a mess and he is being handed it on a platter. Two wars, economy in the tank, jobs, banks, crooks (oops I repeated myself there)

I think he can do it but it will take all of his first term to get it done if then. If he can pull it off he will get a second term np.

His choice of staff will make a big difference on how well he will do and his first appointment of Rahm Emanuel is a hot one. A pit bull that will keep everyone in line including the Democrats in congress and the senate who think that because they have everything in control it is a blank check to pork barrel heaven.

Now if he can do the same for the Sec of the Treasury and kick the banks in the ass, he will win great favour with the American people. If there is one group that is universally hated now it is the fat cats on wall street. Any measures to curb their excesses will win him points with everyone. (except those fat cats)

I think that the thing I like the most is the fact that he never said he was going to do anything. It was always "We". That's why his "Yes we can" was so well embraced and repeated. It made the American people think that they can overcome the current problems and they can live their dreams.

Good luck and congratulations President Obama

US Election Votes

I can't believe that this is still not fixed. After 8 years since the voting screwup in Florida and they still can't come up with a system that will work. The new voting machines that were built in response to that mess are a disaster. Check out the link.

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080919/1553112317.shtml

If you google these things or search techdirt you will find lots of articles on the companies that make these machines. The worst was the fact that this company sued another company who's job it was to test the machines to make sure that they worked as advertised. The reviewing company found serious problems and when they tried to release their report they were sued and gagged.

The US - the bastion of democracy, :-}~~~~~

I feel bad for the people who just want to vote and have their say. They wonder why their turnouts are so low. People think that their votes don't count or will get screwed up so they think why bother.

8 years and they have not fixed the problem because they don't want to fix it. Our last municipal election here in Ontario used a new ballet that you filled out and then was scanned into the system. You got to see that the scan was good and the results were in 5 minutes after the polls closed. Worked great.

I bet that the company building the new evoting machines have friends in the Republican party.

Politics

I can't make up my mind who's campaign is worst. Ours or the one south of the border. Saw this though and I can't agree more.

Say what you want about Bill but he didn't run the country into the ground like the Republicans did. Our conservatives are not much better. The Liberals got the fiscal house in order and now they are coasting on all that work. Paul Martin might not have been the best prime minister but he was a very good finance minister.

Gas prices Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Tell me we are not getting screwed!!!!!

Today oil dropped to 101 a barrel. The last time it was at this price was the end of March and guess what the price of gas was then? 1.02/L

What am I paying today with oil at 101 a barrel??? !!!! 1.22/L

Tell me we are not getting screwed.