Today I note that the stores in the mall, are void of shoppers, no one is out and about, spending money. The Interstate is noticeably empty of automobiles, strange for a Saturday. I suppose with the current cost of gasoline and the recession, it is now a time to conserve, hang onto what it is that you have left, if anything?
Earlier in the week, I was in a business office, and I noticed that none of the telephones were ringing. That is not a good sign, not a good sign at all. They are ringing, in Singapore, Bombay or perhaps Indonesia, but they are quiet here. Speaking of telephones? Ma Bell is now charging you $2 to pay your bill in person, saw it on NBC tonight. Woman went into the store, used a representative to pay her bill and was charged $2. What a bunch of parasites these people are. I hear a call to 411 is now close to $3 …..
Tonight on the news they said “Mcain uses the “R” word.” How stupid is that? We hear it all the time, the “N” word, now the “R” word, I have a WORD (well actually it is TWO words) for you. Another attempt at “dumbing us down” … Call it what it is, or shaddup is what I say. Just like this immigrant stuff. First it is illegal aliens, then Hispanic, Mexican, Latino’s, Chicano’s, what in the world? All this political correctness is starting to blur out reality anymore.
When your gross national product flat-lines worse than a patient in an ICU, then that is a “Recession” boys N girls, I don’t care what you call it. When your neighbor loses his job, that is a slow down, when you lose yours, that is a recession.
Most of the stores now resemble a funeral home in most cases. Like a big gator down in Florida, this sorry state of affairs has grabbed us, and now we are in the death rolls in the bottom of the river. Kind of like being snake bit, it is taking a little while to die. The slowing American Economy has started to take its toll on Mexico.
Cash sent home by Mexican workers in the U.S. to the families back home has dropped sharply over the past year the Mexican government stated this week. Paradoxically, the reduced cash flow could even promote MORE illegals coming to this country. As there are NO jobs in Mexico, even this depressed American economy looks good to those who want to make the trip north.
There goes their $36 billion dollar second economy, right down the drain. Like Ol Ross Perot used to say … A gigantic sucking sound …. Whoosh. (Which is short for LaVita Loca Amigos)
The Bush administration is about to pitch a new climate change strategy, which is a hoot, as if they ever had one to begin with. Wonder what they will NOT call this one … It might be the “E” word. I guess we have a divarication over how to handle this environmental thing Dubya, try and cut that one down to just one letter.
Two ducks are floating in a pond, one duck is reading the paper and he says to the other duck: “The paper says that the Bush administration is about to pitch a new climate change strategy for the country.” The other duck looks at the one reading the paper and replies … “We’re toast.”
Perhaps we could learn a thing or two from our “Unfenced Neighbors to the North.” A recent study found the average Canadian walks about 900 miles a year. Another study found Canadians drink, on average, 22 gallons of beer a year. That means, on average, Canadians get about 41 miles to the gallon.
It’s good to be an “outpatient now” kind of nice to get outta the house. Ran into my doctor at the SuperCenter the other day, kind of strange, you never think of your doctor, having to purchase groceries and staples. He says “How you doin’?” and I reply, “Uh, guess I am doing alright. Can’t stop humming the Green, Green, Grass of home.” So he says to me, “That sounds like Tom Jones Syndrome.” So I inquire, “Is that common this time of the year?” And he said, “It’s not unusual.”
A little shot of sunshine on a dreary day. Saw a girl sitting on a bench, talking on a new cellphone and she was smiling, a nice smile. When it comes to cell phones and anything telephone connected, it has been awhile since I have felt like smiling about anything.
Take care, have a good weekend. Don’t take life too seriously. You are never going to get out alive anyway. Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant. Don’t compromise yourself … You’re all you’ve got.
I have to go, time to play “Peek-A-Boo” with the grand-daughter … Poor thing; she still doesn’t get it …. it’s always gonna be me.
Check please! I am outta here.
