These Financial Times

If you are wondering what exactly Congress is going to do with this "bailout plan" for mortgages, Reuters has a easily readable factbox that was very helpful.

A few months ago when I was reading news of the government helping mortgage firms, I thought, "ok, no big deal." But as the issues and facts surfaced I realized how crazily complex it was. It seems media assumes the public knows how the gears of financial buyouts work. The more I read, I concluded that taxpayers have no obligation to save these firms. We're getting a rough deal here. Why am I responsible for the bad decisions of a few greedy wall street execs? Why?

Consequences

Dear, Government
Why do you treat me so? I feel this relationship is no longer working. Our communication is gone. You no longer listen to me. Do you no longer care? Please, talk to me, tell me why you do these things?
I would love to go back to good times, but I'm afraid over the past 6 years you have been unfaithful to my heart. I cannot look at you the same way. You have lost my respect and my love.
Goodbye old friend.

She got fright, yo.

Palin scares me! She truly makes me shiver, while, also, making me embarrassed for her. A talented woman indeed. But having a person like that, with so many character flaws (important and necessary character flaws) one breath away from the president of the United States should scare every human being shitless!!!

Oh man! Do I really sound like this.

If being in-shape and living longer is something to make fun of then maybe I could get into that.

But seriously, I wish this were me.

Watch the first 1.45min.



Oh wait! Yep, I'm that guy, albeit foreshadowing cancer.

Nope, I am that guy.

"It's a good way to get exercise."

Where do we want to go?

A fear struck me as I read Joe Klein's newest essay in Time, and I thought, "Holy Lord! He is right!" The reality of our political future struck me: As a nation we always want our ideal self -- what we think our lives should be, not where they should be headed -- and thinking irrationally like that will give us time and time again the same results. The past.

I understand all individuals who vote want change. But, any look beyond the thin superficial surface can see that the change americans want is toward better times. Unfortunately, for most of us, that means the past, or some vision of the american past.

Mr. Klein makes several references to "small town america" and how Mrs. Palin represents this. When any empirical research shows there is no more small town america. It does not exist. We are suburban. We live in cities. Sure, many of us would like to believe we live in small towns, but we don't.

Who is Mrs. Palin talking to? An america that only exists in the past. An america that only exists in our heads.

Tactless?!

Luckily, I had class on sept. 11.
Ironically enough, my ethics professor asked if Hitler could take over in america today.
I thought it would be juvenile to respond immediately, so I waited in silent agony to reveal to the class my political fervor.



"Oh yeah!" I replied euphemistically. To be like Hitler all one would need to do is: 1)execute a false flag operation 2) Initiate an US v. Them propaganda. a.k.a. another race or religion is wrong. 3) action.

I'm not so callused or naive to make the Bush is Hitler argument.
All I'm saying is that the United States government had specific knowledge of events and individuals whom were complicit in the events.
The evidence is there.

My arguments were more accepted today than they were four years ago.
Thankfully, a man wearing an Investigate 9/11 t-shirt supported my ideas.
Time will only unveil more facts about the true events that happened that day, but unfortunately, by that time it may be too late to undo any actions this country has taken based on false information.

I'm not trying to bring down the government. All I want to know is what caused world trade center building 7 to collapse? Please, give me a plausible scenario. Anyone?

Late nights with my lovely.

I love design. I love messing around with type. But at some point the life can be bled out of any living breathing exciting hobby, or love in my case. College does this to everything. In fact, it is the purpose of college, to find something you love and want to do for the rest of your life and explore every facet of said field for as long manageable.

The conclusion I've come to after my fifth year in college is: I must not let college get in the way of my education. And it's true. If you really care about something, spend time with it, get to know it, spend late night alone with it. That's passion. Not a scheduled time in the morning with 20 other individuals.

Wow! It's so Hot.

One thing I know about habanero peppers is they are extraordinary in salsa, quesadillas and pretty much anything spicy that needs to be spicy-er (these days pretty much anything sold in a local supermarket needs to be spicier).

One thing I did not know about habanero peppers is they leave a microbial oil residue wherever they are cut or used. Thus, wash your hands and cutting boards.

Oh, the pain! I washed my hands once, but not twice. I, then, rubbed my eyes. The ensuing actions were completely involuntary. I ran to the sink, held my eye open and began splashing cold water on my eyeball. Oh, the pain! As if one hundred bags of one hundred doorknobs hit my face all at once. Again, I tell you, "Oh, the pain!"

Shall this post henceforth bear witness to the agony brought forth by hands twice washed and oily residue left by the delicious and necessary habanero pepper.

Enjoy!