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When I first heard that Tareq Salahi had reported to police that his wife, Michaele, might have been kidnapped, my initial reaction was the two of them were such publicity hounds that perhaps authorities ought to look for her on a balloon in Colorado. But no, she just left him for another guy.
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If beating a dead horse doesn’t work, a typical reaction from many government types is to add more dead horses. President Obama’s jobs bill is pretty much more of the same as the stimulus cargo (it was too big to be a package) of a couple of years ago. Plus the President wants to pay for it with new taxes, so one of two things is possible. Either the President doesn’t remember the battle over extending the national debt ceiling earlier this summer, or he’s introduced the bill believing it will not pass the House and intending to campaign against the Republican majority as being against jobs.
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I believe both parties want to create jobs, but each thinks that what they’re doing is right, and what the other party is doing is counter-productive. That’s why it’s so hard to get anyone to compromise on this issue.
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Whether you approved of Bill Clinton as President, you’ve got to admit he is, and was a master politician. He ran once on the slogan, “It’s the economy stupid.” So, on the theory that imitation is the sincerest form of imitation, a candidate for President, either Republican or Democrat may be able to win next year’s election simply by running on the slogan, “It’s the jobs, stupid.”
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I will now be cold, probably until sometime in late April, or early May. I hate being cold!
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I found another store, this one a supermarket, within a couple of miles of my house that sells Good & Plenty candy. But the market only sells the six ounce boxes, not the eight ounce bag. At least, if I had the box, I could pretend I’m the engineer on a steam engine, like Choo Choo Charlie used to do.
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In the same supermarket, a one-pound bag of pretzels costs $3.29. I maintain that if you live long enough, all prices are ridiculous. I don’t think I’m there yet, but I remember when steak cost less than that.
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I’m doing my part to increase consumer spending. I rolled up all the coins in my change jar, cashed them in, and injected $85 into the local economy.
