the emptiness of it all

so this incompetent president uses his bully-technique (which btw can no longer be used in schools, yet bam-bam, once again, pulls his "do as i say, not as i do") to shakedown bp for $20 billion - like the money is the biggest issue here? I thought plugging the hole was the biggest issue, first and foremost.

bp is well aware that they are going to be socked to high heaven with lawsuits - perhaps to the point of bankruptcy - and don't forget 40% of those shareholders are AMERICANS - moms & pops, employees, etc., invested for their retirements and pensions. so, it would be wise not get to far down bp's throat.

if anyone thinks that the $20 billion shakedown by this unqualified president is going to do anything to stop the oil leak, they are nuts. he's just making his l'il nest egg to abuse his power even more - and we will probably see much of these monies used/abused or the november elections - which have nothing to do with the oil leak.

if anyone thinks that the people of the gulf coast that are suffering from this disaster, will see one thin dime of that $20 billion, they had better do some homework. chances are pr'E good that they will NEVER see a dime of that money and IF they do, it will probably not be until the year 2013 or 2014. those that are damaged and broken because of this oil spill will have to go through all the fucking federal red tape at their own expense to recover a pittance amount, if any, of the $20 billion.

but dear ol' bam-bam - all he has to do is pull one of his thug bully tantrums and stomp his feet to bypass federal law. i'll betcha that will not work for the folks that are suffering from the effects of the disaster and who are the ones that really need it.

http://abcnews.go.com/WN/bp-oil-spill-ken-feinberg-promises-money-abc/story?id=10956385

""We'll decide who will get paid," he promised, saying "we're going to get them paid immediately. [...] A matter of days." really? "a matter of days" ??? hmm, i wonder what "days" actually means to a pay czar -- maybe the correct spelling should have been "daze."

a semi-busy time

ah summer. gotta love it out here in hillbilly country ... the torrential rains, the ever-constant tornado watches and warnings, the invincible grubs that eat anything with a root, and, oh yes, the friggin' moles with the steady plowing of dirt to get to the grubs. such is life in the ozarks.

i was back in arkansas last weekend at the capt'n and shar's. we did a garage sale. i'm thinking it will probably be the last one we will do there. even with great signs, we just did not get the traffic - which was actually kinda nice, cuz i got to spend even more 'un-demanded' time with them.

it seems when shar and i get together we manage to come up with something else to do in the future. i told her that on my last gambling excursion with my friend from high school, i managed to throw enuf in the machines to warrant a free night's stay in the hotel. well, shar just so happened to also have some free nights. so we booked ourselves for the 20th. yes, father's day.
hence, my gift to the malemate is, he will get the bed at the house to himself that night - cuz i'm going for a night at the casino ... happy father's day malemate! kisskiss

once again, i am going through 'glasses fiasco' this year. i ordered new specs a couple months ago. they came in and the lenses were too big for this pinhead of mine. so they ground them down. well, they were still too big. so, we are now about 9 weeks since first ordering and monday they tell me that i have to start all over with the selection process. this may not seem like a big deal, but they have 3,000 frames in there - so yeh, it is a big deal.
an hour and a half later, i had made my decision and of course i want them done by monday so i can pick them up on my way home from the casino, so i will have them in time for the trip to iowa the following weekend.

pushybitchRme ... and just a tad proud of it.

yeh, it's back to the ittybitty hometown in iowa on the 24th. i have not been there since september 2009. it is the all-alumni reunion, which has been done every 5 years since 1985. to say i am dreading spending time with so many from the past, is putting it mildly. i fear what incident may come up. i plan to spend a few hours with the classmates and then most of the time will be spent with family and ... avoiding/hiding/whatever. i knew this event was coming up and thought i was going to get out of it - but then things changed and obligations took over. so, hopefully "the incident" will not come up and all will go well.

another friend got me started on the dirty martinis, once again. seems the scotch and i are having a bit of a migraine problem - well i am having the problem - the scotch could care less.
so, i'm sipping a dirty martini garnished with a blue cheese stuffed olive. sounds tasty, eh?
trust me, it is.