Merry Christmas

I haven't posted in some time so here's wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and a great New Year. Be safe.

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The skipper sees rocks and charts a course toward them

Now that the government witch doctors have sold congress and the Prez on the 3/4 trillion dollar golden parachute for the rich phuckz on Wall Street, all that is left to do is the crying.

Skipper Bernanke has decided to steer the ship toward the rocks once more to try to give the goons a fighting chance of saving their tails

While the upside to all this meltdown is that the dollar has staged a comeback of sorts against other currencies. It has battled back in recent months as other markets have had to choke down their share of the mortgage derivative nonsense that has plagued the US market for the last 13 months.

What we have realized has been a relaxation of the unabated price escalation in fuel and some sectors of the food market. Corn, soybeans and wheat have dropped about 30%-50% since February and energy prices have moderated a bit as well. For most of us regular folks, that has been the only good news lately.

Now Bernanke has tossed about the idea of lowering the interest rate once again in an effort to stop the bleeding. Now, if I may ask, is this supposed to do to bring back investor and consumer confidence. If we keep feeding the populace that everything is gloom and doom, it will fuel the markets and everything related to follow.

We just forked over approximately $2333.00 for every man woman and child in this country to try to stabilize the market. It was supposed to take some time. 2 freaking business days isn't any time. Get a freaking grip already. I compare this to that time in the summer when the water moccasins are breading. STAY OUT and STAY AWAY until the frenzy is over. People are doing that and then stupid people are taking the hit and abandoning all their positions.

How about a little calm please.

Someone find a dirty sock and stuff it down Bernanke's pie hole so we can't hear him anymore. He is like an oncologist who walks in and says: You're gonna die. Gee fucking thanks Doc. I appreciate the uplifting message. You are most likely good at what you do but you obviously don't do motivational speaking engagements.

Things are going to be okay once again. Just don't panic sell everything you own. Keep making your payments if you can and keep a positive outlook. You and all the rest of us have a lot of money invested in this "plan" working.

What is going to have to happen is we are going to have to quit trying to milk the bulls and and feeding the bears. Everyone is confused. What is going to have to happen is that someone is going to have to take the first step and spend some money on a weathered but not broken stock. Someone is going to have to step to the plate with making money as their mission for the day. Bernanke needs to take a trip to the moon or something. Every time this goof speaks, confidence wanes and the general direction of everything is down.

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My favorite Far side cartoon.Nothing more needs to be said.

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[Interesting Article

I looked to see if anyone felt the same way as me on addressing the cause rather then the effect. I found this little lewel.

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The biggest piece of crap legislation

Known as the Enron Loophole, this piece of crap was the brainchild of the wife of Senator Phil Gramm and the Wife of Tom Delay.

Hopefully, there will be some action to repeal this scrap of legislation that has allowed to commodity futures markets to create their own self fulfilling prophecies. We are all paying a price when the market are creating shortages on paper that translate to higher prices for consumers but no real shortage of actual supply.

As tankers loaded with crude sit in the gulf of Iran waiting for someone to buy them, we are paying  brutally high costs for things that are supposed to be in short supply.

H. R. 5660

Dallas News -Oil Insider Manipulation by fear

ICE, ICE, Baby - Ed Wallace | Star-Telegram.com

ICE, ICE, Baby, conclusion - Ed Wallace | Star-Telegram.com

We should be really angry. I am.

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Didya ever feel as if some was trying to hoodwink ya?

I was at the bike shop last Saturday for a ride. I arrived early but on the way, I noticed I needed some chain lube. I was already down the road aways when I came to this conclusion. Anyhow, I asked if they would throw some lube on my chain. The shop manager did and I thanked him. It was what happened next that caught me off guard.

While my bike was on the rack, and him going through the gears with the shifter, he decided to try to sell me on a shifter overhaul. I wasn't sure what prompted that question may answer was: Why? Oh the shifter's seem a little soft, "the Ergo rings sometomes crack" when So and So's shifters get like that, he has me rebuild them right away. First, these are Campy Record shifters that I know inside and out. Second, the bike is on a rack not on the ground. Bikes do tend to behave a little different on the road than what they behave like on the rack. Next, the Campy shifters aren't "one size fit's all" like the other brand. I can use cable tension as a tool for adjustment available for on the fly adjustment at any time. I tend to run mine a little softer than others may do but that is just me. I just don't like listening to the heavy "clunk" of the shift all the time.

I took off on the ride and had a great time. What was more impressive was just how crisp and clean the bike shifted, just as it generally does, unless both g-springs are broken.

I guess this was just an attempt to drum up business.

Anyhow, after the name drop of So and So, I ran into So and So at the park the next day and mentioned the conversation from the shop a day earlier. Anyway, So and So said I would probably be rebuilding his shifters the next time rather than the shop. He was tired of getting hosed.

I got robbed!

Cyber-crime has struck me and I am pissed.

I got online this morning after a premonition and a conversation. I looked at my balance and said WTF happened to my money! I opened my account tab on the website and apparently I paid 820.00 to some company on the east coast for some web seminar. I hit the ATM this morning insearch of $20.00. I opted not to get a receipt, I usually do. As I drove away, I thought, what if my account had some fraudulent action on it like in 2006? I got online at work and found the little issue and just thank my lucky stars I was vigilant enough to catch such an issue.

After a few minutes testing the maze that is telephone customer service, I finally reached someone who could help me. I also called the merchant regarding the issue and after some questions they confirmed that the transaction was initiated from Ghana (in Africa) for those unworldly travelers, and that they would credit my account but it may take days.

Anyhow, I found the banks to not be open after 4:00 unless it;s Friday. That bites, I now have to take off early in order to get a new debit card. No ATM card at the moment and I feel DIRTY!!!!!!!!