Pirates

I have a suggestion...blow the bastards out of the water, no questions asked, if they get too close. Sink their damn boats and be done with it.

Invasion

In addition to the heat being bit of a problem, leaving the windows open presents another problem as I have been invaded by the Culiseta longiareolata the past three nights? What is that? A rather large mosquito whose flying ability leaves something to be desired at times. Fortunately I was able to attack it before it attacked me so I was able to send the critter on its merry way out of town.

Showing a profit?

With several banks now reporting showing a profit I am wondering if the stimulus package is really working or not. Were the banks or are the banks now "cooking the books"? With such severe losses during the past year I found this sudden turn around a little hard to believe.

Pocketful of Notes

I see where John McCain has chastised President Obama for permitting pork barrel projects, as if the Republicans did anything effective to stop them during the Bush years, and he goes on to promote free market solutions to economic and environmental problems rather than solutions which rely on central government control. Well, Mr. McCain, a free market economy would only work if we got rid of all the crooks in big business. Fifty or one hundred years ago it was much easier to have a free market economy but today there are too many insanely rich people who want even more from Bernie Madoff on down. In fact, recently the daughter of A.P. Giannini, the founder of Bank of Italy, said publicly that her father would be rolling in his grave if he knew what was going at the bank now.

As for the pirates off the coast of Somali, we have Ron Paul, a former candidate of president, suggesting that we permit "Letters of Marque" similar to those issued during the Revelutionary War and the War of 1812. These would authorize private citizens to keep the proceeds if they capture the pirates.

I must meet some of my fellow Red Sox fans of my age some day so we can cry in our beer together. One letter writer to the SF Examiner this morning compared our Red Sox of the fifties with our Giants of the present time. Both teams showed a lot of promise on paper and some individual players are undoubtedly good but as the weeks roll on they are playing sub-500 ball. I remember one game I attended at Fenway Park in which the Red Sox pitcher was giving up hits left and right and the manager did not take him out of the game until the score was something like 15 to 1. Fortunately the Giants' manager doesn't wait that long but still it is a struggle some days to get good pitching here. And then how much did they pay for the "big unit" Randy Johnson? So far he has performed below expectations. Even our ace Lincecum as well as Cain have been struggling. What the heck has been going on guys?

This is enough to drive a person to drinking and I would but it is too early in the day for that right now. Ha!

Turmoil in Bangkok

These red shirted protesters are asinine and stupid. They say they want democracy but what they are doing is creating anarchy. They have no idea what democracy is and they are bringing the whole country down with their violent and selfish acts.

Partial Truth?

Well, the truth is starting to come out now from former PM Thaksin.

Paid Protesters

It is extremely disheartening to me to continually read about protesters (red shirts as well as yellow shirts) in Bangkok and Pattaya, Thailand, who continually protest and act like spoiled brats because they did not get their way at the previous election. They continually call for new elections but why should we think that the results of the next one will be any different?

Personally, I think some of these protesters are being paid by a very rich person now living safely in exile to disrupt the government at any cost. It also disturbs me that the police and the Army seem incapable or unwilling to step in to stem the violence. I wonder why! Could it be the same reason that these protesters are on the streets in the first place?