Stim City

Sorry if I get my titles from the Daily Show.

The House passed the stimulus bill today with zero Republicans voting for it. Have they all become dittoheads (followers of the comic Rush Limbaugh) and are hoping the economy will get even worse so they can say they didn't vote for the "bad" economic stimulus. Reminds me of a bad joke where some thugs draw a circle and tell a fellow to stand in the middle of it while they bash his car. When they are done he is laughing and they ask why and he says that while they were away he stepped out of the circle. One of the things that was eliminated was money for family planning. And maybe condoms, but not sure.

Rach opened her show tonight talking about infrastructure and how a million people are without power across the east because of a winter storm. She also said that the American Society of Engineers estimated 2 trillion is needed to repair various infrastructure. Seems we started not maintaining things during the Reagan administration.

John Stewart was going on about half a billion of bonuses being paid to Merrill Lynch employees. As if they earned it.

BOA bonuses are being deferred to future years and it seems this cash flow problem is cramping a few lifestyles. Guess the Griswolds will be getting jam instead of that new pool.

We went to Reno today and discovered that both the VW service department and a body shop can take your car at any time as they have a dearth of customers. We also saw Slumdog Millionaire at a midday showing and can report that some old people are still going to the movies. Slumdog was difficult for me to watch as I am not entertained by human brutality, however, I recognize it as an important serious work that is deserving of all the praise it is getting. It is educational for Americans to see a film like this as I am sure most of us are clueless.

The World Economic Forum in Davos has commenced and it's payback time. China and Russia are looking for a few changes in the world order.