Today is Friday, September 28,2012 - another beautiful day in the great state of Iowa. My stats: 10 minutes of yoga and a walk of 46 minutes = 2.5 miles for a September total of 56.7 miles. My weight was 162.0 pounds.
QUOTE from Hipponax The Satirist: "Throw plenty of mud and some of it is bound to stick"
MY THOUGHTS ON THE ABOVE QUOTE.
This quote is very fitting to the Romney-Ryan ticket. They are telling one lie after another about Obama hoping one of them will stick.
Some political HUMOR today:
Friends were surprised when Harold, a Congressman, and Millicent, his gorgeous secretary, broke their engagement, but Harold had a ready explanation:
"Would you marry someone who was habitually unfaithful, who lied at every turn, who was selfish and lazy and sarcastic?"
"Of course not, said a sympathetic friend.
"Well," said Harold, "neither would Millicent."
Friday, September 28, 2012
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Pete's BLOG-Day 26,346. The same old hate.
Today is Thursday, September 27, 2012 - it is a perfect fall day. My stats: 10 minutes of yoga, 10 minutes of the exercise ball and 46 minutes of walking = 2.5 miles for a September total of 54.2 miles. My weight was 162.8 pounds.
QUOTE from Seneca: "Whom they have injured they also hate."
My THOUGHTS today have to do with hate. Leonard Pitts had a column in Sunday's paper entitled - Again, see the same old hate. A Florida woman named Venassa wrote to him - she had seen a bumper strip that said -"2012 Don't Re-Nig." She wrote - "I'm stunned by the fact that some people believe it's appropriate to flaunt that sentiment-and that it's not a source of shame."
Pitts wrote that he was not nearly as shocked as she because the sentiment expressed has been part of the Obama narrative since he took office. White people see America changing and they want "their" country back. Pitts gave other examples of white people's hate;
-one-fourth of the Americans question his birth place.
-Tea Party members denounce health care reform as "reparations."
-Rep. Geoff Davis calls Obama "boy."
-Rep. Joe Wilson yells out "you lie" in a presidential speech.
-Rush Limbaugh says Obama's election means it's open season on white kids.
-Obama is called a terrorist, a "food stamp president" and a "Chicago thug" - so why should "Don't Re-Nig" come as a surprise.The "white skinned haters" can't do lynchings anymore so these are other ways for them to express their hate.
Pitts concluded with these words: So this is the paradigm of our age - self delusion on the one hand, a guy trying to govern on the other, while hemmed in by race, defined in crude, stereotypical imagery, yet unable to fight it, talk about it, or evern admit he sees it, for fear of compromising his effectiveness, being dismissed as, God forbid, "an angry black man."h
QUOTE from Seneca: "Whom they have injured they also hate."
My THOUGHTS today have to do with hate. Leonard Pitts had a column in Sunday's paper entitled - Again, see the same old hate. A Florida woman named Venassa wrote to him - she had seen a bumper strip that said -"2012 Don't Re-Nig." She wrote - "I'm stunned by the fact that some people believe it's appropriate to flaunt that sentiment-and that it's not a source of shame."
Pitts wrote that he was not nearly as shocked as she because the sentiment expressed has been part of the Obama narrative since he took office. White people see America changing and they want "their" country back. Pitts gave other examples of white people's hate;
-one-fourth of the Americans question his birth place.
-Tea Party members denounce health care reform as "reparations."
-Rep. Geoff Davis calls Obama "boy."
-Rep. Joe Wilson yells out "you lie" in a presidential speech.
-Rush Limbaugh says Obama's election means it's open season on white kids.
-Obama is called a terrorist, a "food stamp president" and a "Chicago thug" - so why should "Don't Re-Nig" come as a surprise.The "white skinned haters" can't do lynchings anymore so these are other ways for them to express their hate.
Pitts concluded with these words: So this is the paradigm of our age - self delusion on the one hand, a guy trying to govern on the other, while hemmed in by race, defined in crude, stereotypical imagery, yet unable to fight it, talk about it, or evern admit he sees it, for fear of compromising his effectiveness, being dismissed as, God forbid, "an angry black man."h
Pete's BLOG-Day 26,345. Are we better off?.
Today is Wednesday, September 26, 2012. My stats: 10 minutes of yoga, 10 minutes of lifting weights and 48 minutes of walking = 2.6 miles for a September total of 49.6 miles. My weight was 164.0 pounds.
QUOTE from Lyndon B. Johnson: "Being a president is like being a jackass in a hailstorm. There's nothing to do but stand there and take it."
My THOUGHTS today. Romney has been asking if we are better off than four years ago? Well. there are many stats to prove we are - her are a few of them.
*Household income hasn't improved but household balance sheets are very quickly moving in the right direction. The soaring stock market has restored 401(k)s to their former levels.
*The value of homes are creeping back above the waterline in some areas and booming in others.
*We are approaching "historic lows" in delinquency rates on consumer credit-card debt and auto and appliance loans.
*The auto workers are back making cars with good pay checks. If you remember Romney said in 2009 "let them go bankrupt."
* We've had around 27 months of job growth. Obama took office facing the the greatest economic castrophe the U.S. has had since the Great Depression of the 1930s. It took a year for Obama to get things turned around before the employment rate switched from job loss to job growth.
*We are not seeing our soldiers getting maimed or killed in Iraq.
*Our gays can now serve honestly in our armed forces.
* President hasn't had shoes thrown at him, that's a change.
The 47% who are free-loaders have behaved reponsibly since the 2008 crash
QUOTE from Lyndon B. Johnson: "Being a president is like being a jackass in a hailstorm. There's nothing to do but stand there and take it."
My THOUGHTS today. Romney has been asking if we are better off than four years ago? Well. there are many stats to prove we are - her are a few of them.
*Household income hasn't improved but household balance sheets are very quickly moving in the right direction. The soaring stock market has restored 401(k)s to their former levels.
*The value of homes are creeping back above the waterline in some areas and booming in others.
*We are approaching "historic lows" in delinquency rates on consumer credit-card debt and auto and appliance loans.
*The auto workers are back making cars with good pay checks. If you remember Romney said in 2009 "let them go bankrupt."
* We've had around 27 months of job growth. Obama took office facing the the greatest economic castrophe the U.S. has had since the Great Depression of the 1930s. It took a year for Obama to get things turned around before the employment rate switched from job loss to job growth.
*We are not seeing our soldiers getting maimed or killed in Iraq.
*Our gays can now serve honestly in our armed forces.
* President hasn't had shoes thrown at him, that's a change.
The 47% who are free-loaders have behaved reponsibly since the 2008 crash
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Pete's BLOG-Day 26,343-44.
Pete's BLOG-Day 26,343 and 344. Sleep, Shakespeare and Ronald Reagan
Yesterday was day 26,343, Monday, September 24, 2012. My stats: 10 minutes of yoga, 10 minutes of lifting weights and 38 minutes of walking = 2.0 miles for a September total of 47,1 miles. My weight was 163.4 pounds.
Brad and I took on Paul P. and Paul L. in best shot was won by a score of 40 to 41.
Today is 26,344, Tuesday, September 25, 2012. My stats: 10 mimutes of yoga, 10 minutes on the exercise ball and 38 minutes of walking = 2.0 miles for a September total of 49.1 miles. My weight was 164.4 pounds.
My THOUGHTS today. I haven't slept well for 4-5 nights and I feel like crap today. I need to take a nap this afternoon and get a good nights sleep tonight. As I'm gotten older I've had a harder time sleeping through the night - the reason is 2-3 visits to the bathroom.
QUOTE from William Shakespeare: "O sleep, O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse."
HUMOR from Ronald Reagan. Reagan said: "I have left orders to be awakened at any time in case of national emergency, even if I'm in a cabinet meeting."
Yesterday was day 26,343, Monday, September 24, 2012. My stats: 10 minutes of yoga, 10 minutes of lifting weights and 38 minutes of walking = 2.0 miles for a September total of 47,1 miles. My weight was 163.4 pounds.
Brad and I took on Paul P. and Paul L. in best shot was won by a score of 40 to 41.
Today is 26,344, Tuesday, September 25, 2012. My stats: 10 mimutes of yoga, 10 minutes on the exercise ball and 38 minutes of walking = 2.0 miles for a September total of 49.1 miles. My weight was 164.4 pounds.
My THOUGHTS today. I haven't slept well for 4-5 nights and I feel like crap today. I need to take a nap this afternoon and get a good nights sleep tonight. As I'm gotten older I've had a harder time sleeping through the night - the reason is 2-3 visits to the bathroom.
QUOTE from William Shakespeare: "O sleep, O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse."
HUMOR from Ronald Reagan. Reagan said: "I have left orders to be awakened at any time in case of national emergency, even if I'm in a cabinet meeting."
Sunday, September 23, 2012
Pete's BLOG-Day 26,340-41-42.
Pete's BLOG-Day 26,340-41-42. It's tough when the Hawkeyes lose.
On Friday, Spetember 21, day 26,340, I did nothing but play a round of golf with Brad, Paul Pinney and Paul Pinney.
On Saturday, September 22, day 26,341, I went with Brad to the Hawkeye versus Central Michigan game at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City. The Hawks lost 32-31 on a 47 yard field goal with 3 seconds left.
Today is Sunday, September 23, day 26,342. I did not enjoy reading the sports page in the Gazette this morning. Most everybody was pretty hard on Ferentz and the Hawkeye football players. We play Minnesota next Saturday - they are 4-0 - the Hawks are 2-2. If we are to beat the Gophers we have to play better than we have been.
Brad and Dave Thiher (Carron's friend) are playing golf this afternoon in the Lutheran Golf Tournament at the Fawn Creek Golf course.
FOOD for THOUGHT: After getting beat by Central Michigan yesterday I had the thought that life would be so much easier if I didn't care if the Hawks won or lost. But on the other hand I've had so many joyous times when they've won many big games. Life is a bunch of ups and downs and this season might be one of those where there are more downers than uppers. Oh well, the sun will keep coming up every day and that's more important than a football game (but not nearly as exciting as a Hawkeye victory.)
On Friday, Spetember 21, day 26,340, I did nothing but play a round of golf with Brad, Paul Pinney and Paul Pinney.
On Saturday, September 22, day 26,341, I went with Brad to the Hawkeye versus Central Michigan game at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City. The Hawks lost 32-31 on a 47 yard field goal with 3 seconds left.
Today is Sunday, September 23, day 26,342. I did not enjoy reading the sports page in the Gazette this morning. Most everybody was pretty hard on Ferentz and the Hawkeye football players. We play Minnesota next Saturday - they are 4-0 - the Hawks are 2-2. If we are to beat the Gophers we have to play better than we have been.
Brad and Dave Thiher (Carron's friend) are playing golf this afternoon in the Lutheran Golf Tournament at the Fawn Creek Golf course.
FOOD for THOUGHT: After getting beat by Central Michigan yesterday I had the thought that life would be so much easier if I didn't care if the Hawks won or lost. But on the other hand I've had so many joyous times when they've won many big games. Life is a bunch of ups and downs and this season might be one of those where there are more downers than uppers. Oh well, the sun will keep coming up every day and that's more important than a football game (but not nearly as exciting as a Hawkeye victory.)
Friday, September 21, 2012
Pete's BLOG-Day 26,340. The Flip-Flopper.
Today is Friday, Spetember 21, 2012 - it is cool and rainy. My stats today: 10 minutes of yoga, 10 minutes of lifting weights and 45 minutes of walking = 2.5 miles for a September total of 43.1miles. My weight was 161.4 pounds.
QUOTE from Frank Dane: "Any man with a fine shock of hair, a good set of teeth, and a bewitching smile can park his brains, if he has any, and run for public office."
My THOUGHTS today concerning Mitt Romney and the 2012 presidential campaign. To me Romney is one of the biggest hypocrites ever to run for president. He has flip-flopped on nearly every issue in order to please. He stands for nothing. Here are some of the main issues he has flip-flopped on since he was governor of Massachusetts.
-abortion rights
-support for Planned Parenthood (to which he and wife once wrote checks)
-gun rights (he supported the Brady Bill in the 1990s)
-Grover Norquist's "no tax increases" pledge (which he refused to sign as a candidate for governor)
-immigration
-don't ask, don't tell
-and most famous of all is health care (he promises to repeal Obamacare on his first day in office even though it is identical to the health care bill he signed into law in Massachusetts)
FOOD FOR THOUGHT; We tell lies when we are afraid...afraid of what we don't know, afraid of what others will think, afraid of what will be found out about us. But every time we tell a lie, the thing that we fear grows stronger.
QUOTE from Frank Dane: "Any man with a fine shock of hair, a good set of teeth, and a bewitching smile can park his brains, if he has any, and run for public office."
My THOUGHTS today concerning Mitt Romney and the 2012 presidential campaign. To me Romney is one of the biggest hypocrites ever to run for president. He has flip-flopped on nearly every issue in order to please. He stands for nothing. Here are some of the main issues he has flip-flopped on since he was governor of Massachusetts.
-abortion rights
-support for Planned Parenthood (to which he and wife once wrote checks)
-gun rights (he supported the Brady Bill in the 1990s)
-Grover Norquist's "no tax increases" pledge (which he refused to sign as a candidate for governor)
-immigration
-don't ask, don't tell
-and most famous of all is health care (he promises to repeal Obamacare on his first day in office even though it is identical to the health care bill he signed into law in Massachusetts)
FOOD FOR THOUGHT; We tell lies when we are afraid...afraid of what we don't know, afraid of what others will think, afraid of what will be found out about us. But every time we tell a lie, the thing that we fear grows stronger.
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Pete's BLOG-Day 26,339. The 47% people.
Today is Thursday, September 29, 2012 - a beauty of a day in the 70s and sunny. My stats today: 10 minutes of yoga, 10 minutes on the exercise ball and 45 minutes of walking = 2.5 miles for a September total of 40.6 miles. My weight was 161.2 pounds.
QUOTE from another so-called expert - this one from Edward Teller, 1950. "How do we know? Nuclear fallout may be good for us."
My THOUGHTS today have to do with Mitt Romney's comments about the 47% of Americans who he says do not pay taxes. Most of this info comes from Todd Dorman's column in the morning Gazette. I agree 100% with what he says.
Romney made these comments to a $50,000 per plate fundraiser in Florida in May. He didn't know he was being videotaped. He smeared nearly half of the American people and they do not deserve to be smeared. Romney and many other hardcore Republicans don't seem to realize that they do not owe a federal income liability because they might be old and have finished working, or are very young and just starting out, or they are in school, or are disabled, or are working at one, maybe more, low-wage jobs, or are unemployed amid this economic downturn or they happened to receive various tax credits approved by Republican and Democratic administrations in the last 30 years.
Of the 47%, 61% paid payroll taxes (Social Security and Medicare) in 2012. That means they work. Another 22% are elderly. That leaves just about 17% who aren't paying income or payroll taxes amid the worst economic downturn since the 1930s. But all 47% of these people still pay sales tax, gasoline taxes, road use tax, real estate tax, city taxes, etc., (DESPITE THEIR LACK OF RESPONSIBILITY).
It is obvious Romney has contempt for President Obama's economic policies, and apparently he has contempt for 47% of America's people and those who have suffered the most.
HUMOR for today: William Jennings Bryan (the three time Democratic candidate for President in 1896, 1900, and 1904) was giving a speech in a jam-packed auditorium to about 500 people. But there were another 500 outside who couldn't get in. An aide told Bryan about this. Bryan told the aide, just find something I can stand on and I'll address them when I'm done inside. All the aide could fine was manure spreader. The people laughed when Bryan got on up on the spreader but he was equal to the occasion.
"My friends," Bryan began cheerfully, "this is the first time in my life I have ever spoken on a Republican platform."
QUOTE from another so-called expert - this one from Edward Teller, 1950. "How do we know? Nuclear fallout may be good for us."
My THOUGHTS today have to do with Mitt Romney's comments about the 47% of Americans who he says do not pay taxes. Most of this info comes from Todd Dorman's column in the morning Gazette. I agree 100% with what he says.
Romney made these comments to a $50,000 per plate fundraiser in Florida in May. He didn't know he was being videotaped. He smeared nearly half of the American people and they do not deserve to be smeared. Romney and many other hardcore Republicans don't seem to realize that they do not owe a federal income liability because they might be old and have finished working, or are very young and just starting out, or they are in school, or are disabled, or are working at one, maybe more, low-wage jobs, or are unemployed amid this economic downturn or they happened to receive various tax credits approved by Republican and Democratic administrations in the last 30 years.
Of the 47%, 61% paid payroll taxes (Social Security and Medicare) in 2012. That means they work. Another 22% are elderly. That leaves just about 17% who aren't paying income or payroll taxes amid the worst economic downturn since the 1930s. But all 47% of these people still pay sales tax, gasoline taxes, road use tax, real estate tax, city taxes, etc., (DESPITE THEIR LACK OF RESPONSIBILITY).
It is obvious Romney has contempt for President Obama's economic policies, and apparently he has contempt for 47% of America's people and those who have suffered the most.
HUMOR for today: William Jennings Bryan (the three time Democratic candidate for President in 1896, 1900, and 1904) was giving a speech in a jam-packed auditorium to about 500 people. But there were another 500 outside who couldn't get in. An aide told Bryan about this. Bryan told the aide, just find something I can stand on and I'll address them when I'm done inside. All the aide could fine was manure spreader. The people laughed when Bryan got on up on the spreader but he was equal to the occasion.
"My friends," Bryan began cheerfully, "this is the first time in my life I have ever spoken on a Republican platform."
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