Loose Laces

The economy hit us another blow today; two jobs Carolyn has had for many years are cutting back by fifty-percent on her service. They are both credit union branches, and their customers are having problems making mortgage and car payments. Another credit union cut her back just last week. A rumor has it that some banks she has are up for sale, and if so, she will stand a good chance of losing them. She has had their accounts for 10 years.

I am going to raise just about every account of hers, some because they are past due being raised, and all will have an increase for motor fuel. Two-and-one-half years ago was her last raise on any of her accounts, and our monthly gasoline bill was about $400. Now, it is nearly $850. She will probably lose some more buildings, but I am trying to convince her to retire completely in September anyway. She still wants to hold on to enough to make about $1,000 per month and still draw full SS.

The type of "Big Business First" economy that all recent Republican Administrations insist on have never helped the middle class or poor in the long run. We gladly swap our future for short-lived tax rebates and high military spending. The spending isn't only costing huge amounts of money, but also American lives to a misbegotten war, not to mention the prestige of a once great and envied nation.

Every two-bit scum-bum cousin to a Sheik in the mid-east owns more prime property in the United States than any middle class tax paying American can ever think of having. Damn it America, wake up!
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The weather looked crappy this morning so I didn't go for waterfall photos. Maybe spring will be here one of these months and I can get out then. Making pics of items on my desk isn't really my cup of tea.
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Well, the Vols are officially #1 in the Associated Press basketball poll, but I fear it will be a short lived reign. They face arch-rival Vanderbilt tomorrow night in Nashville, and the Commodores have one of their better basketball teams.