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Saturday, February 21, 2009
To Spend, or Not to Spend....
That really is the question I am faced with right here, right now.
Last year I bought a little fishing boat--a 16" flats boat. Nothing fancy, it just does the job for me and it allows me to fly fish where very few others can. The problem is that the way it is tied in the water, well...it takes a fucking pounding. Last year a spring and bow line broke during a nor'easter and the little fucker smacked up against a piling for a good 20 hours. A few months later I got to witness a squall come flying in out of nowhere and waves actually break over the bow. I decided then that I had to find a better solution, and I did. Drive on Docking, which will allow me to drive my boat, the same way you would a jet ski or ski-do, out of the water by going up a ramp and coming to rest on top of a floating dock. It's fucking sick. The whole boat will sit on floating rubber cubes. But it costs some $$$$$$$$. To me, it seems very reasonable and it is well within the figure I had in my head when I began to look into it.
My old man says that the world is coming to an end (he JUST figured this out) and I should save every penny I can. He passed on throwing me a few shekels to build it out a bit bigger and allow us to tie up another boat or kayak or whatever off on the side....
So there is the dilemma. Do I spend or do I save...and does it really fucking matter?? I constantly am thinking of the play, Annie. I swear to fucking God. Believe me, I am not Daddy Warbucks..I don't pull down 7 figures, that is for sure..but I remember the irony of how he lived during the depression and how the rest of society did. I am feeling very weird about the whole thing because I save my money and I don't have debt but I don't want to spend. I feel like if I spend, karma will fuck me faster than 2 monkeys in heat.
Now throw in one more twist. The markets are going lower. There is NOTHING going on out there. Next week starts the conference beat...where every firm that is left standing gets these lying retards, err...CEO's to come out from under their desks, stand erect rather than turteling under their desks, and then try to coyly tell the attendees how bad or good things are. My guess is that people will be running from the rooms about midway through the presentations screaming "SELL" into their cell phones.
So the tape is going lower, my conscious is saying not to do it, BUT I REALLY FUCKING WANT THIS!! I work hard, and dammit why am I getting fucked again by this whole shit bag financial mess???
Ugh...so I put up the poll to the right. Go ahead, cast your vote. Help me make a decision here.
Last year I bought a little fishing boat--a 16" flats boat. Nothing fancy, it just does the job for me and it allows me to fly fish where very few others can. The problem is that the way it is tied in the water, well...it takes a fucking pounding. Last year a spring and bow line broke during a nor'easter and the little fucker smacked up against a piling for a good 20 hours. A few months later I got to witness a squall come flying in out of nowhere and waves actually break over the bow. I decided then that I had to find a better solution, and I did. Drive on Docking, which will allow me to drive my boat, the same way you would a jet ski or ski-do, out of the water by going up a ramp and coming to rest on top of a floating dock. It's fucking sick. The whole boat will sit on floating rubber cubes. But it costs some $$$$$$$$. To me, it seems very reasonable and it is well within the figure I had in my head when I began to look into it.
My old man says that the world is coming to an end (he JUST figured this out) and I should save every penny I can. He passed on throwing me a few shekels to build it out a bit bigger and allow us to tie up another boat or kayak or whatever off on the side....
So there is the dilemma. Do I spend or do I save...and does it really fucking matter?? I constantly am thinking of the play, Annie. I swear to fucking God. Believe me, I am not Daddy Warbucks..I don't pull down 7 figures, that is for sure..but I remember the irony of how he lived during the depression and how the rest of society did. I am feeling very weird about the whole thing because I save my money and I don't have debt but I don't want to spend. I feel like if I spend, karma will fuck me faster than 2 monkeys in heat.
Now throw in one more twist. The markets are going lower. There is NOTHING going on out there. Next week starts the conference beat...where every firm that is left standing gets these lying retards, err...CEO's to come out from under their desks, stand erect rather than turteling under their desks, and then try to coyly tell the attendees how bad or good things are. My guess is that people will be running from the rooms about midway through the presentations screaming "SELL" into their cell phones.
So the tape is going lower, my conscious is saying not to do it, BUT I REALLY FUCKING WANT THIS!! I work hard, and dammit why am I getting fucked again by this whole shit bag financial mess???
Ugh...so I put up the poll to the right. Go ahead, cast your vote. Help me make a decision here.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Not McLovin The Un-Brave New World -
What a bunch of cowardly, weak, spineless, impotent fools we have running the show right now. But the biggest weakness of this administration is slowly but surely being exposed; their lack of understanding of what Americans actually want and don't want.
See, you Obama fans think you can win over the rest of the country with pathetic handouts and rhetoric about saving us from impending doom. And you think we really want to be dependent on your for money and love.
But what you are missing is that all you are doing is attacking the rest of us as failures and helpless and in desperate need of your support. We aren't pleased to get 20 bucks a month off of a new mortgage. We are insulted that you think you can fix everything with your soon to be vanished mandate.
We don't want your money. Because, you see, it's not your money. It's our money. And if we wanted you to spend it for us, we would voluntarily pay more in taxes every year. But we don't. In fact we spend millions on accountants to find every loop-hole just to avoid paying you anything at all.
Why?
Because we believe we know how to take care of ourselves better than you could. And in the event that we fall on hard times, we have pride and self-respect enough to not stick our hands out and beg for your mercy. We rely on family, friends, and most of all our own abilities to pull ourselves up.
So take your New Deal and shove it up your ass.
We would rather be poor than lose our dignity and self-respect. Don't underestimate our ability to CHANGE! This time, we are going to change as people at the core of the problem. We will learn to put off instant gratification in favor of personal financial security. And guess what? We don't need you for that. I know that kills you because if we don't fear death and beg you to save us, you will feel un-wanted. But I point you to Ronald Reagan, who spent 8 years reminding us that Government was the cause of the problem, not the solution. Remember the 80's? Good times.
My prediction stands: Obama will be sub-50% approval very soon, divinely placed in office or not.
See, you Obama fans think you can win over the rest of the country with pathetic handouts and rhetoric about saving us from impending doom. And you think we really want to be dependent on your for money and love.
But what you are missing is that all you are doing is attacking the rest of us as failures and helpless and in desperate need of your support. We aren't pleased to get 20 bucks a month off of a new mortgage. We are insulted that you think you can fix everything with your soon to be vanished mandate.
We don't want your money. Because, you see, it's not your money. It's our money. And if we wanted you to spend it for us, we would voluntarily pay more in taxes every year. But we don't. In fact we spend millions on accountants to find every loop-hole just to avoid paying you anything at all.
Why?
Because we believe we know how to take care of ourselves better than you could. And in the event that we fall on hard times, we have pride and self-respect enough to not stick our hands out and beg for your mercy. We rely on family, friends, and most of all our own abilities to pull ourselves up.
So take your New Deal and shove it up your ass.
We would rather be poor than lose our dignity and self-respect. Don't underestimate our ability to CHANGE! This time, we are going to change as people at the core of the problem. We will learn to put off instant gratification in favor of personal financial security. And guess what? We don't need you for that. I know that kills you because if we don't fear death and beg you to save us, you will feel un-wanted. But I point you to Ronald Reagan, who spent 8 years reminding us that Government was the cause of the problem, not the solution. Remember the 80's? Good times.
My prediction stands: Obama will be sub-50% approval very soon, divinely placed in office or not.
Monday, February 16, 2009
The President is Toast!
I screwed up. After months of hating Obama and pleading with people that Obama was going to destroy the fabric of capitalism and bring an extreme left ideology to the Oval Office, I blinked for two weeks. I think it was the week prior to and after inauguration when it sounded like the guy actually had ambitions to be a middle of the road President with a focus on fiscal restraint, hawkish national security views, and a willingness to shut out the extremes of both parties to forge bipartisan agreements.
WHOOPS!
I am back to the thinking the pre-inauguration Obama, the one that had coffee's with Ayers and broke bread with extremists (That would be Palestinian Liberation buddy Khalidi) from any and all walks of life, is back with an even more aggressive approach to taking America on a course from which it may be hard to return.
Lets look at the evolution of the Green Energy and Infrastructure Stimulus Bill. About $800B all in. Green energy and Infrastructure don't even crack a quarter of the bill's total. And when anyone dare's to question the amount of pork in the bill or why we are rushing into such drastic action, we are quickly told that this isn't actually Obama's idea. In fact, this is the idea of "TOP ECONOMISTS." Well now I'm comforted. Our President is using pretty basic negotiating tactics to scam American's into believing its spend or bust.; HIDE BEHIND THE 'EXPERTS.'Chuck Schumer is telling us that American's really don't care about what's in the bill, just as long as its big. And Obama is threatening us with a "get behind me or die" approach that is reminiscent of McCarthyism. Round up the disloyal in hold them accountable. And thanks, Mr. Biden, for letting us know your scientific approach to the bill where there is a 30% chance we "might get it wrong." Well said.
What strikes me as even more hilarious is what people are saying when told Obama is fear-mongering his way into a massive spending bill; "Well, fear is the same approach Bush used to get us into Iraq." HA! When we tallied up the votes based on intelligence info presented to the Senate, nearly 100% voted in favor of the right to use force. But when the Dem's shove close to $1T in untimely, un-targetted pork onto the agenda, the vote was nearly 100% on party lines. Hey folks, guess which party actually as moral fiber?
Now, let's look at Timmy Geithner's down 400-point introduction and follow-up commentary about the bank fix. So it basically sounds like he is re-wording TARP, executing the same plan, but he gave it a name. That's brilliant. The guy supports Lehman going under, saves everyone else, and can't figure out tax day is April 15th every year..yes, even in a leap-year! Sounds a lot like McNabb not knowing there are tie's in football. Either he's a liar, or an idiot. I am going with liar, since he is way too smart to be an idiot.
SMART, btw, doesn't mean much. I was taught my first month on Wall Street that "brains are a dime-a-dozen on Wall Street, but very few people make it big. When you figure out the difference, you will make it." The difference, as best I can tell, is intangible but involves pride, self-respect, grit, anger, ego, and relentless pursuit of goals. Geithner has none of these traits because if he did, he would've either let ALL the banks failed and just gotten through the pain already, or he wouldv'e saved ALL the banks and just accepted that the next 20 years marking the "wasted 2 decades" as we un-wound layers of government spending that completely crowed out any private sector investment. What is it with these politicians? Always half pregnant. Spend and cut taxes, raise taxes and spend more. But never committed to any discipline that ever works.
Write this down - Republicans having finally found a purpose again and I predict that, as soon as structurally possible, Republican's will be back in power in Congress and Obama will be a one and done President as unemployment creeps into the double digits and the Chinese follow up on their displeasure with the Stimulus Bill and refuse to fund our deficit further.
WHOOPS!
I am back to the thinking the pre-inauguration Obama, the one that had coffee's with Ayers and broke bread with extremists (That would be Palestinian Liberation buddy Khalidi) from any and all walks of life, is back with an even more aggressive approach to taking America on a course from which it may be hard to return.
Lets look at the evolution of the Green Energy and Infrastructure Stimulus Bill. About $800B all in. Green energy and Infrastructure don't even crack a quarter of the bill's total. And when anyone dare's to question the amount of pork in the bill or why we are rushing into such drastic action, we are quickly told that this isn't actually Obama's idea. In fact, this is the idea of "TOP ECONOMISTS." Well now I'm comforted. Our President is using pretty basic negotiating tactics to scam American's into believing its spend or bust.; HIDE BEHIND THE 'EXPERTS.'Chuck Schumer is telling us that American's really don't care about what's in the bill, just as long as its big. And Obama is threatening us with a "get behind me or die" approach that is reminiscent of McCarthyism. Round up the disloyal in hold them accountable. And thanks, Mr. Biden, for letting us know your scientific approach to the bill where there is a 30% chance we "might get it wrong." Well said.
What strikes me as even more hilarious is what people are saying when told Obama is fear-mongering his way into a massive spending bill; "Well, fear is the same approach Bush used to get us into Iraq." HA! When we tallied up the votes based on intelligence info presented to the Senate, nearly 100% voted in favor of the right to use force. But when the Dem's shove close to $1T in untimely, un-targetted pork onto the agenda, the vote was nearly 100% on party lines. Hey folks, guess which party actually as moral fiber?
Now, let's look at Timmy Geithner's down 400-point introduction and follow-up commentary about the bank fix. So it basically sounds like he is re-wording TARP, executing the same plan, but he gave it a name. That's brilliant. The guy supports Lehman going under, saves everyone else, and can't figure out tax day is April 15th every year..yes, even in a leap-year! Sounds a lot like McNabb not knowing there are tie's in football. Either he's a liar, or an idiot. I am going with liar, since he is way too smart to be an idiot.
SMART, btw, doesn't mean much. I was taught my first month on Wall Street that "brains are a dime-a-dozen on Wall Street, but very few people make it big. When you figure out the difference, you will make it." The difference, as best I can tell, is intangible but involves pride, self-respect, grit, anger, ego, and relentless pursuit of goals. Geithner has none of these traits because if he did, he would've either let ALL the banks failed and just gotten through the pain already, or he wouldv'e saved ALL the banks and just accepted that the next 20 years marking the "wasted 2 decades" as we un-wound layers of government spending that completely crowed out any private sector investment. What is it with these politicians? Always half pregnant. Spend and cut taxes, raise taxes and spend more. But never committed to any discipline that ever works.
Write this down - Republicans having finally found a purpose again and I predict that, as soon as structurally possible, Republican's will be back in power in Congress and Obama will be a one and done President as unemployment creeps into the double digits and the Chinese follow up on their displeasure with the Stimulus Bill and refuse to fund our deficit further.
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