Money, Money, Money X2

I know. I know. I’ve just posted on this. But this “Evil Corporate Greed is Causing Inflation” bullshit going on on Twitter is driving me crazy. How can you be so simple, single minded?

Hey, I’m not a big corporation fan. I worked for one for over thirty years and my thanks was a layoff and a severance that went straight to paying my bills. But the idea that Corporate Greed is the cause of inflation is just so one-celled thinking that I can’t stand keeping quiet about.

http://clipart-library.com/clip-art/whiskey-bottle-silhouette-21.htm

So, for a moment, let’s just pretend there is no such thing as the “Evil Corporations.” Heck, let’s just pretend we are back in 1890 and every business is individually owned. All we have are bars, general mercantile stores, and livery stables. You go into your favorite bar and you order a shot of whiskey. You’ve been paying 25 cents for that shot of whiskey for as long as you’ve been coming to that bar. But guess what, today whiskey is 50 cents a shot. Can’t blame it on evil corporations, they don’t exist in our imagined world. Well, it’s just that damned old bar owner trying to get rich. Aren’t we all?

March 16, 2022March 16, 2022

Naive Nukers

New Iran Agreement Would Let Russia Cash in on $10 Billion Contract To Build Nuclear Sites

Biden admin will waive sanctions so Russia can build contested nuclear plant

https://freebeacon.com/national-security/new-iran-agreement-would-let-russia-cash-in-on-10-billion-contract-to-build-nuclear-sites/

Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) meets with Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran on November 23, 2015. Putin arrived in Tehran for talks with Khamenei and President Hassan Rouhani, with the Syrian conflict expected to be high on the agenda. The one-day visit will also see Putin take part in a summit of gas exporting countries. AFP PHOTO / SPUTNIK / ALEXEI DRUZHININ / AFP / SPUTNIK / ALEXEI DRUZHININ (Photo credit should read ALEXEI DRUZHININ/AFP via Getty Images)

You know I speak my opinion, but I try not to get too Repub/Demo on here. But I’m just going to say it. If you buy into this shit, you are as dumb as a rock. None of these guys can be trusted. I’ve heard it the peace pleaders, they believe we should do anything for peace. Well, I think we should do a lot for peace, but not just anything. And I don’t think we should suspend belief for peace. Quite simply the only way you can believe that Iran will honor any peace agreement, is by suspending belief. They have proven it over and over. They have considered the US the Great Satan for years. They aren’t going to suddenly accept us.

Now, you have people saying that since we can’t use Russian oil, we’ll be able to buy Iranian oil after the nuke deal. Bahahah. Really? Like they would sell us a piece of bread if we were starving?

Well, if we make this deal, we keep them from having nuclear weapons. Really? The deal is to get them nuclear weapons.

And the idea that we have Russia, bed partner to Iran, negotiating a nuclear agreement for us, is beyond stupid. We are watching them invade a country that did nothing to instigate a war. How? Why? Under what circumstances could we ever trust them?

I say it again. If you buy into this shit, you’re a few beers short of a six-pack. When folks see you out and about, they say “There’s a village missing its idiot.”

March 12, 2022March 12, 2022

Let’s have a few words

Below are a few words which have been cast about by the media and politicians. They have been used as descriptive narrative with particular emphasis toward January 6th, Anti-Vaxers, Canadian Truckers, and individuals of particular political swing. Definitions provided are courtesy of Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary. I’ve used that particular dictionary because the 2022 form has been rewritten nearly daily as tech, politicians, and social hubs try to control the societal narrative. I present them without further commentary. Followed by a few quotes from a significant member of our founding fatherhood.

February 12, 2022February 5, 2022

Money, Money, Money

Hyperinflation-Germany-10 — http://www.oldpicsarchive.com/

They say you can’t take it with you, but you might as well use it to insulate your casket. That’s all it will be worth.

When hyperinflation hit Germany, before World War II it took a wheel barrow full of money to buy a loaf of bread – $4.6 million to be exact. From 1922 to November 1923 a loaf of bread went from 163 Marks to 200,000,000,000. The Weimar government printed too much money (Marks) in their effort to pay reparations after the French invasion in 1923. This was one of three key elements which caused their monetary value to collapse. The money was so worthless, it was cheaper to burn the money than to buy coal or heating oil for fuel.

January 29, 2022January 8, 2022

Fear Itself 2

It continues. Two years and we still have fear dominating our lives. Folks, it’s pretty simple.

http://clipart-library.com/clipart/kiKBg44ij.htm

You… Yes, You… are going to die. You are going to be boxed or burned. They’ll be tossing lilies at you. Shoveling dirt. Taking the big sleep. Feeding worms. You will look like the Crypt Keeper. You are a carbon based life form. Your inevitable end is only a matter of time. And time is the one thing you can’t control.

January 15, 2022February 5, 2022

Can We Have Another Word?

As a young boy, I often went up to the local coffee shop with my dad on Saturday mornings. There they had a string of tables all lined up together. The men of the community – farmers, business men, teachers, oil field workers- they’d gather there and drink coffee, discuss politics, solve the world’s problems, and tell stories and jokes on one another. There were Democrats, Republicans, Independents, and the uncommitted all around that string of tables. From time to time, the discussions would get rather heated, because as they say … Opinions are like assholes; everyone has one. Yet, when coffee time was over and it was time to go back to work, they were still friends, neighbors, members of the same community. They’d take turns buying each other’s coffee, sometimes even a cinnamon roll or breakfast. They’d laugh and pat their neighbor on the shoulder and meet back the next day. They didn’t always agree, but they always respected the other person’s right to an opinion. They tolerated one another.

January 1, 2022November 14, 2021

Gloom and Doom

I don’t mean to be all gloom and doom on you, but it might not hurt for you to become a little bit of a Prepper.

When you look at the supply chain issues we’ve recently encountered; when you experience the rising cost of energy for both your home and your car — you can’t help but wonder if there will come a time when you’ll wish you’d put some things away just in case.

December 18, 2021October 24, 2021

The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year?

I’m laughing at the moment. Christmas. The most wonderful time of the year. Is it really? It should be right? It’s supposed to be all about family, celebrating the birth of Christ – the actual reason for the season, and about generosity. But even in the best of times the Christmas Holiday season is trying. It’s much better for me these days. After 30 years of retail, literally striving to commercialize every aspect of the season, it’s nice to just try to enjoy it. Still, with the economy the way it’s been, supply chain issues, a virus that just won’t go away, a country that is dangerously divided, the happenings throughout the world – it just seems to make it harder.

December 4, 2021November 14, 2021

I’ll “Hand” It To Ya

You know these days, almost everything is under fire. Whether it’s someone’s opinion, political affiliation, church denomination, or haircut choice, it seems there is always someone who is upset about someone else’s business choices, decisions, words, or actions. Now it’s hand gestures.

http://clipart-library.com/clipart/580945.htm

It seems this almost international, universal symbol for “Okay,” “Alright,” “Gotcha”, “I understand.”, and “I’ve got It” is being maligned by the idea it is a racist, white supremacist symbol. I’m mean, come on; if you haven’t used this symbol sometime in your life, you were either born in the last ten years to parents so woke they slapped your hands in the cradle, or you simply have no fuc… uh …freaking fingers. I had a college professor who used this symbol a thousand times a day. He was so into the circle on the knee game, that he would hide around the corner standing on a chair just to put it in you face.

November 20, 2021November 14, 2021

Chill Of An Early Fall

One of my favorite George Strait songs in that title, but it was an early fall chill on that last Saturday when we worked the calves. They were rather large, and in a mood. There was more snorting and dirt pawing than ever. As usual the heifers were more cantankerous than the bull calves. They were zeroing in on everyone. Even though the majority were only being violated by a vaccine needle, they were still having none of it. Guess you could call ’em anti-vaxxers.

One Less Dog In The Hunt

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