Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Catch Up

My biggest fear in starting a blog was that I would not keep it up.... Do I know me or what. But I will always try harder. Last post was late July... Oh Boy what has happened since then. Notable-

Went to the big island of Hawaii and had a blast. Just the wife and I. We did not kill each other which was good. Lots of lounging on the beach- food was lacking, I tried to get my drink on but my wife wasn't in to it so that was sort of lame.. Wasn't much nookie to be had but it was alright. Lots of awesome sights. Some things I would do differently- I would Scuba Dive, I would deep sea fish, and I would surf. I really enjoyed the Waimea area- up in the mountains very cool and pleasant. I would live there.

Got back and went to work. Took a few weekend trips out on the boat which was a blast. Funny story we have this big towable raft that we bungeed in to the back of the truck. On the way home it blew out of the back and on to the highway. I thought Holy shit there is going to be this 20 car pile up - I hope nobody got my license plate--- But no pileup, somebody stopped and dragged it out to the side of the road.

Been in Columbus , OH a portion of the month of August and early sept. Nice place, I would live there if I had to.

Hurricane Ike has been the big deal the last week and a half. Our house ended up with two trees down on the roof-- that would not have been a big deal but it punched two wholes in the roof at the same time. I called a removal company but got the bright idea to cut it down and save myself some $. I bought a chainsaw and within five minutes had got the chainsaw stuck in a tiny limb, sliced a chunk of my index finger, and had to disassemble the saw, put on a new chain, and cut out the old chain. I ended up paying a guy $1200 and had two additional trees removed. Just waiting on the ol' insurance to pay up.


So now for what really got me back to the ol' blog--- I want to maintain a clear account of the events leading up to the new America. I have a tendency to be a melodramatic doomsayer- I really get excited/anxious about the prospect of seeing the US totally fall on its face-Sort of like watching a train wreck or car wreck. I really think it would be an awful experience for us, I really dont want me and my family to go through this but I think it is inevitable. I think the government is propping up this economy. I am not an economist but here is how I see it. Americans have racked up trillions in debt. Enough people are paying towards their debt, but look at the hiccup- a SIGNIFICANT enought number of people are not paying their exotic mortgages- blip on the radar screen. Another blip hidden beneath the headlines is along with people struggling with exotic mortgages, some of the people with REGULAR mortgages that are just too much for them are defaulting- beyond the normal defaults we would expect to see. So what happens if enough of us stop paying?

Russia- WTF are we really heading back in to conflict with them? I say absolutely we will be rebuilding outposts in Europe within two years. Russia is collaborating with Venezuela- Can you say the real life "Red Dawn"

I am getting tired, I will rant on this soon...