Rain on a Dark Night

OK, the whole world has been waiting for this blog entry. It has been 12 days since I have sent anything into cyberspace, and my devotees are drooling, so here we are again. I got busy with life activities, and world events have gotten so heavy I have been weak at sorting out what is happening. The world economic crisis is ongoing and the stock markets have taken some alltime dives, and outfits all over the US are throwing people off the payrolls, but fuel prices are going down into the 2.50 a gallon range, which is good, even though some "expert" today on NPR said that will be bad for the environment and people will begin driving more again than they were when gas was 4 bucks a gal. Screw NPR and All Things Considered. It appears that Obama has enough voters lined up to make him President, even though the more the guy talks the less I like him. That is my own opinion and I'm stickin to it. And Biden said the other day that he knows that sometime in Obama's first 6 months the Us will be attacked by somebody or some country that wants to test Ob's Resolve. Wish Biden would tell what he knows from secret sources. Only 10 days left till the election. Get the thing over with. The flap of today was that the Republicans have spent 150 thousand to style-up Palin's clothes and makeup to make her a stunner. She is supposed to be in Des Moines Saturday afternoon. I would like to see her downtown but may not get to. Will have to check tomorrow about getting a ticket to her show. I got a flu shot the other day and have been in a droop ever since till I get the immunity built up in me. A prelude to winter arrived in the midwest this afternoon and it has been raining dreary and the temp. has been dropping. Long pants in place of shorts are now in order and sweat shirts and flannel shirts are flying off the racks at thrift stores. So it seems that the national uniform of shorts and tshirts and sandals are to be put away or tossed out till next spring. It happens every year--the course of Nature on earth. Maybe next spring we will not have the tornado and flooding mess we had this year; can only wait and see what happens when next spring arrives. I have some opinions about the economic crisis that are not very nice and my attitudes about a lot of current happenings are very grouchy, so I will not inflict my readers with what I really think about a lot of things. My idealism I had back in the 60s seems to gone far far away. And I am getting more sour as I get older. That's just It, I guess. I think this is going to be all for right now, so you readers can get some sleep, as I need to too. You all take care. Di di mau!

More Crash News and other things

The financial crisis is now worldwide. In NYC the stock market closed today at c.8,400--down from c. 10,000 at the first of the week. Around here companies are already beginning to lay off people. A money expert was on the radio on KOA in Denver last week and he spent 2 hours predicting a total Depression coming, which could last till 2020. We will I suppose have to prioritize spending and necessities. In Des Moines yuppieness was getting out of hand anyway--too many people getting too rich too young too fast. I know that is a cruel attitude to have toward other people, because I could start feeling a retirement funds crunch myself. Watch who you accuse of w0rshiping the golden calf, because I have done a lot of it myself. A guy last night on the north side of town got an ear bitten off in a fight. And we have had really nice weather in this before-winter spell. I seem to be trying to function according to the lyrics of old songs from the early 30s. cuz we seem to be reliving the era just now. Not much money oh but Honey aint we got fun. I will not try to rehash the totality of the campaign and the Crash, which can be found on lots of news websites. Have been looking through youtube and found lots of music videos of all kinds of music and have been looking at Bollywood music and have discovered an Indian singer dancer named Helen, who is several really strange videos(dancing in a bottle et al) The whole of human endeavorness seems to be on the Web, and I should start putting myself on a schedule so that I do not spend all my waking hours sitting at the desk looking at the Web. But it is addictive. I guess I have not tonight sent anything into cyberspace of any importance to anyone else on earth, but this is My blog. Palin got her hands slapped by the Alaska legislature for firing her ex-brother in law, and Wm. Ayers has been made the big issue of the week. What did OBH know about him and did he approve of him being a violent bomber from the 60s? A number of TV news commentators do not seem to know what the Weathermen actually were. Since the Nam era was 40 years ago I guess a lot of people would not know the full details of everything from the period. Having been a little kid in the early 50s I do not know the full details of the McCarthy era, except that the older people I was around were suspicious of Communists and anything they thought might be Communism. This is going to be all for right now. If the Crash becomes Total very soon I will type something about it. So you take care. Di di mau!