We can talk about prostitution, race, gender, politics, heaven forbid annexation( ok, that is my local soapbox which I am adamantly opposed to for the record), but our President just can't seem to bring himself to say the "R" word. Does he think that Americans have not noticed the vacant homes in their neighborhood that have been foreclosed on, or the shrinking job market or the rising costs of food or the price of gas? The truly ironic part of this is that this economic tunnel vision seems to be selective, because someone noticed pretty quickly when Bear Stearns let on that they were in tottering on the brink of financial ruin and the Calvary is riding in to the rescue them as I write this blog. In case you are not familiar with Bear Stearns they are a large Wall Street securities firm who found themselves suffering from a serious lack of cash(sounds like a page from my life), but unlike me, Bear Stearns got emergency funding on Friday from the United States Federal Reserve and JPMorgan in the largest government bailout of a US securities firm in history. The Fed acted to prevent the failure of the second-biggest underwriter of US mortgage bonds and forestall a potential market panic as losses by banks and brokers reached US$195 billion and stocks plunged last week. However, back on Main Street everyday Americans are struggling to hang onto at least one of their ends, because they have given up on the ends meeting. Why is there no cavalry for our friends, family, neighbors and people who work hard everyday. Oh yeah, I forgot it's not a recession, it's a $195 billion bump in the road. Governor Sonny Perdue (R. Ga) was quoted in the Macon Telegraph (3-11-2008) as saying "As we see the economic clouds gathering over the nation, I think we can expect these will not miss our state" Maybe it is just me (have you seen the Georgia foreclosure rate lately), but it seems that it is already raining in Georgia, Mr. Governor and in my humble opinion, it might be a good time to at least think about looking for a umbrella.
As an aside, with all due respect to Mayor Reichert, I believe that the City of Macon is using this same strategy to cure the financial ills of the city by annexing parts of Bibb County and Jones County. This is the "I can't pay my bills so I will annex some people to help me" strategy. Sorry, I digress.
Saturday, March 15, 2008
In case no-one told you...We are in a Recession
Monday, March 10, 2008
This Hissy Fit is For Gov. Spitzer's Wife
So the breaking news as we know it is that Governor Spitzer of New York has been caught with his more than just his hands in the very expensive cookie jar. While I must admit a certain naughty interest in what a woman can do to make her cookies so sought after at the rate of $1,000.00 per hour I won't digress down that road. (but feel free to let a sista in on the secret). If you happen to know a Southern woman she can explain the concept of a Hissy Fit and in fact Mary Kay Andrews wrote an adorable book about a woman having one. For those of you who may not be able to find a Southern woman to consult on the topic, I will offer my definition based on my personal experience. Hissy Fit: a state of being in which you feel yourself going through all of the stages of a psychotic break. You carefully contemplate the amount of time you might serve if you slap the offending party upside the head. Usually severe bodily harm while contemplated is not actually inflicted.
On behalf of Mrs. Spitzer I am having a hissy fit. I am so sick of these male public figures misbehaving in such shameful ways and then dragging their poor wives on to the stage to publicly support them. A prostitute!!! Did he give any thought to his family, to those four beautiful women waiting at home for him. What is the message that he was sending to his three daughter....I am such a powerful man that I can publicly humiliate your mother and it will be okay. I know Mrs.Spitzer wanted to slap her husband upside the head with that microphone and prepared press release and I for one was cheering for her. He didn't take her with him to sample the working girls treats, so why should she now be dragged along to help deflect his shame. Step out into that bright light of disgrace the same way you stepped into it....alone.
