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$1,000,000,000,000!! Really 

                   Could the economy rebound on its own? Sure sending checks out to all Americans will make the new administration look pretty swell to everybody, not to mention what all else is being handed out in this package. But lets be honest folks, we do not have that much money to throw around. I mean what are we gonna do, borrow it from China? Or perhaps just crank up the old printing press and make some more money? Nancy is looking to call for a vote before the week is out. Is that enough time to thoroughly go thru the proposal? Of course it is never a good idea to blindly throw money at things. But that is what they are about to do.

                  Sure times are getting tough. The government is not exempt from tough times. Lets not spend what we don't have. Getting further into debt is not the answer. Never was, never will be. You do begin to prosper when you start to pay down your debt. Spiralling into deeper debt can only breed misery. Lets try getting our feet back on the ground and paying down the national debt and strengthen the dollar. That would be the best way to solve the economical woes, not a three hundred dollar check from the government. We are not junkies in need of a fix after all.

                  It is not payday for legislatures. It is time for the government to act responsibly,  not run around like children that have been deprived of a trip to the candy store. A more agreeable figure would be $0,000,000,000,000 Throwing money at problems does not solve them. Something to ponder. Let the our economy correct itself for a stable economy.

Ok so it is election day. I have voted. Folks say it does not matter who you vote for, just get out and vote. It does matter who you vote for. Don't be fooled. Those that may not think it does not matter most likely will not try to convince any one about the best candidate to vote for. Just a thought. Whats right is right, and whats wrong is wrong. Too many people have been trying to make things gray instead of black and white. There is a right and wrong, a black and a white.

Interesting the direction a life takes. If you just sit back and let it happen instead of trying to force it.

             Well this is certainly an easy thing to forget about. Life definately gets in the way. Blogging is definately something that needs some of your time. I have no gripes and no complaints. No one to talk bad about. What is the world coming to. So here I am with not much to say. Life is going swell. Well enjoy reading my lines of nothingness. After all aren't most blogs just that?? There is some good content out there, don't get me wrong. But I digress. Who am I to criticize. Exactly!! Perhaps someone can learn from others experiences. Generally speaking, don't we all have to learn our own lessons?? Some good things will come out of all this i'm certain.

When all else fails..................... Take it back to the store. I took my copy of Vista back to the store I purchased it from and they let me get another, no hassles!! So I am now running a copy of Vista I can keep. I had a windows vista capable PC and the only problem I had was with the sound card (it seems radeon is a little slow in getting to the table). So I bought a creative gaming sound card and all is well.

In their quest to avoid anti piracy, MS has assigned a validation key to all products. This is fine, if you assign the right key with the product. I have purchased an upgrade to Vista. Vista installed fine. My problem is the product key assigned to this version of vista is not a valid vista product key. Human or computer error has placed the wrong product key on my product. I have spent hours on the phone being out-sourced to god knows what country, all to no avail. I have 24 days left until Vista stops working. Microsoft, I need help. going online or you out sourced phone help is not working.

                As long as I can remember music has been in my life. Guess that would be so for everyone. I can remember playing my brothers beatles album when I was five (Here Comes the Sun). I used to play that over and over again. Makes me wonder if it was because I liked it, or was it just because it was the first song on the album. As a teenager i can remember listening to Kasey Kasem's weekly top forty. I can also remember having to sit through all the bad songs waiting for them to play a good song.

                Anyway, my point is, what is it with music?? We look at music like there is such wisdom in the lyrics. I can remember when I left my ex I quoted George Straight ( I'm leaving here a better man). I guess I always wanted to do that, LOL. More like i'm leaving here a bitter man. Breakups are never easy,and the world of music is full of them. Thus we have a songwriter writing from experience. But what works for one person, or what one has penned while upset is not all there is. I will not learn any life lessons from listening to music. It is merely entertainment and nothing more.  We spend way too much time on ways to get music cheaper and smaller (not to mention money).

                As I grow older with age and hopefully some wisdom of my own, I find more times to just sit and think without all the distractions. Life needs some time without distractions. I know it can be scary for some to be alone with their thoughts. But I believe it will make you a stronger person. You need to face your demons and put them to rest. 

   I stand corrected, NBC must have seen the error of there ways. So if you saw my last post
( I typed while upset ) kindly disregard. I have deleted that post due to me not not wanting to be considered a babbling fool. So am I now content?? Not exactly. We do spend way too much time with the idiot box. Hey I'm hooked, i'll not deny it. Are there any suggestions out there as to how step away from the need to fill your head with all the useless garbage on TV?? Sure we can hide behind the phrase " it's just entertaining oneself". Let's face it, it is all useless information. And filling your head full of it can do more harm than it ever will any good. Is this ever going to be solved?? Honestly I doubt it. In todays society of short attention spans, it would be extremely difficult to change one's habits!!

Never say never, all things are possible!!

           Happy Monday Morning. It is a good thing that i'm am  a not so serious sports fan.The Steelers took a whoppin' yesterday. I can take it all in stride and not miss a beat. I have already excepted the fact that they are not a happening team this year. Big Ben needs to take time off to heal. Nuff said!! We humans are a strange lot. Ben still keeps playing even though he knows he is not 100%.

           But then look at what we humans do. We laugh, but we also choose to hurt each other. What is up with that. Let's look at couples, we don't always consider our other half when making decisions and as a result end up hurting them. Guess there is too much (me) out there in the world. Instead of making ourselves a better person, we give. Give to charities. Putting money into the salvation pot at the store gives you a short lived warm feeling. Short lived being the key. Let's take some time and think of others rather than just the "ME" thing. Especially if you are in a relationship. Out in group settings we tend to puff ourselves up , ( look at me and the things I have ). Touching someone emotionally will leave a bigger impact. So lets not try to out do each other and spend some time just making friends. It is never too late to turn over a new leaf.

         A new year coming up. It seems that is always a good time to start something new. But why wait, relationships can last a lifetime. I am going to put into practice what I preach today. Life can seem slow at times but the truth is it goes by rather quickly. Life is not about how many toys you have ( sure it was a cute bumper sticker ) , but you will never find any meaning in it at all and you will never have enough. We rush to give toys to various causes during the holidays ( once again the short lived warm feeling ) . We as a society need to follow up on those gifts. Let's face it, Love does indeed make the world go 'round! 

                                                                  Hello All!

There are many things to blog about. Or perhaps just babble on about this and that. Since my mind is all over the place that is what it will be. Lets see, it is Sunday morning November 26 to be exact. A football day, I am a Steelers fan living here in California. Go Figure!! Not that I have ever lived in Pittsburg, I am just a fan of theirs!! On the baseball side  I go with the Dodgers. That is it for sports, if there was something better out there I would be doing it. I'm not terribly tied to sports so I could do without. I follow politics, podcasting, and life in general. The technology scene is a passion of mine (things your passionate about, something we all need to find in ourselves and explore). At least that is the current thinking of this mind I have. Also a thought I have is adding photos to this. Gonna be tough to find photos that make Bakersfield exciting, but I digress, I do travel about also so maybe I can find some cool things. I hope I can peek your interest. So come back often.