NM62's Blog

I was watching Bill Moyers Journal the other day.  I like that porgram.  He had an economist on therethat said we had an economy with holes in it.  Any I found myself thinking, "Yeah, you could drive a truck through it."  He said he thought that Barak Obama would have to make the holes bigger.  I have to agree.  But with a little luck he has the people with him that can help him do it right.  And you better believe that re-regulation of the banking industry is coming.  And some of us find it a little unbelievable, but true, that a lot of this started during the Carter administration.  But I am suprised to see that no one is talking to ex-President Carter about it.  It is also suprising that no one is talking to ex-President Clinton about the parts of it that got started in his administration. 

At any rate, I think it will take a long time to fix it.  Obama says two years.  I should think more like 10.  And that is only if we bite the bullet hard enougn.  At any rate it is good to know that the Saudi's are actually trying to help us.  That is why the lower oil prices.

Just a little bit to say about the economy.  I was watching George Stephanopolis this morning.  George Will was on as he is all the time.  He said that what we are facing now is the possibility of deflation.  He seemed very worried about that and thought it was a bad thing.  Apparently our dollar is actually becomming worth more in terms of what it will buy.  It will actually buy more goods and services for us. 

Of course they also talked about the economy and what Predisent elece Obama will do to stimulate it.  I have a friend at work who has been talking about this stimulus package and thinks that she is going to get another check out of it.  From what they said on TV this morning, not so.  They say it looks like the Federal government will send the money to states and other local governments.  I hope that they do.  They seemed to think that these governments will use the money for exactly the thing I suggested some time ago here, that they use it to repair bridges and pave roads and put our local citizens to work again.  I think that would be a great idea.  But to get it done I think we need to send letters and e-mails and phone calls to our Senators and Congressmen. 

Think of it this way, you got out there and voted for them,  They are there to be used.  Wether you agreed with me that the people we had in there now were doing a pretty good job or not, use them.  Tell them, the things that you want them to do and not do.  Tell them about wether you want the auto industry bailed out, or wether you think they should take some lessons from the Japanese or not.  Japanese auto makers built their factories in this country so that they could be changed from one model of car to another easily.  Ours don't to that.  That gives them a lot of flexibility to change from one model to another if demand for one should drop suddenly.  I think the times demand that. 

I have some suggestions about the budget.  Now that the price of gas has gone down hiow about putting back the taxes that some localities took off the price of gas to help the poor.  These taxes could be used to help fund things like infrastructure repair and maintence on our state and federal highways.  That would help with the unemployment problems around  here.  Those same taxes could be used to help fund transportation services like the bus and light rail.  That way all the preparations to expand light rail would not go to waste.  People seemed to not mind spending $3.00 a gallon for gas, so lets put some of those taxes on and raise the price up again.  This is also good for the environment and the air that we all have to breath.  It encourages people to ride those buses more and use more fuel efficient vehicles. 

This is to all the people who like to read my posts.  Tomorrow is election day.  If you don't get out and vote or haven't votyed early, I hope you like doing what I tell you to do.  I do get out and vote.  So I do things like saying who the leaders are going to be.  I also do things like raising taxes.  And I can raise some peoples taxes without raising the taxes I pay buy simpl;y voting for an increase on things that I don't buy, like cigarettes and gasoline, I ride the bus. 

So if you don't get out and vote on election day, I hope you like doing what I tell you to do.

This message is for Beth and Bill because Halloween is coming and these subjects are popular to discuss at that time.  First I want you to say to Bill  "Area 51".  Everyone know that has to do with UFO's.  Then I want you to say to him. "White Sands,"  Then sit back and watch his reaction.  The explaination for Area 51 is this.  It is the place where the missels that are test fired out of White Sands are landing. 

I discovered that one day when a reporter was doing another story on UFO's.  He wanted to get into the area, but was denied access.  So he found a place along the fence and did the story.  On the fence behind him was a small sign with two words on it that could just be made out.  Apparently the reporter was unaware of the sign.  The words were "White Sands".  That explained the situation to me real fast.  After all those missels can miss, and if they hit a human being, I hate to think of what would happen. 

Dear Fox 10 News Team

I have heard that the City of Phoenix is planning some budget cuts, but not a lot about what they decided to do.  Could you cover that a little more.  I also have some suggestions for how the city can save some money.  I agree with across the board hiring freezes with the eception of police and fire protection.  I think the city could put some of their street repair on a longer cycle for resurfacing.  What I mean is if they are planning on resurfacing a particular street every 2 years how about doing it every 4 years.  This would also discourage more drivers from speeding because if they did they would be far more likely to have an accident.  But I think at the same time they should encourage citizens to become more involved with their city.  They might volunteer to help the fire department, the police department and for neighbor hood watches.  The neighbor hood watch does far more to discourage crime then most people know and, when done right, is not nearly as dangereous as some people think.