a gallon of gas rise to almost $5.00 a gallon...we paid $4.85
for about 10 days a few months back. Our country has gone
from the "King of the World" to the last guy out...turn off
the lights! We have our first Black President and a pretty
smart one by any gauge or color! We OC Voters voted in mass
Democratic nearly 48% for the First time since World War II.
It was pretty darn close to turning the invisable corner.....
and we are also guessing that if the current crop of Republican
Electeds at every level don't change their toxic ways......
"The OC" may have gone from "Reagan Country" to "Obamaland"
for now and foreseeable future!
A lot of very rich people have been hurt lately by should we
mention....other very rich people! Bernie Madoff took a quick
$50 Billion off his list of closest friends. There seems to be
a lot more Bernie's out there that we haven't found just yet.
They presumably will find us. The Government in the meantime
has been busy handing out a few Trillion Dollars to their very
closest friends as well. Do we know what it all means? Not
yet...but we will probably find out after all the Christmas
Sales are over and all the Retailers we have grown to know and
love have closed their doors forever!
Ah, but these are all just cycles in the never ending circle
of life....the old and wise might say. They knew how painful
it might be.....but they were kind enough NOT to tell us.
Well, President Elect Obama is pushing a big time "Stimulus
Package" approximately five times larger than the Bush Stimulus
that sent us $1200 a couple..only to have the IRS...later write
and ask for $2000....back! Hey, cum See, cum Saw.....it comes
in....it goes out! What the hay! The price of Real Estate is
headed down to 1995 prices. We thought 1998....but "they say"
even that number was too inflated for prime time!
The Government Bureaucracies, Public Employee Salaries, Pensions
and Retirement Funds are all headed for some sort of bottomless
pit! Guess the economy had to run out of gas eventually! (No
pun intended!) How about those Big Three Auto Makers? They
want money from the Government too! Well, why not....they have
moved 80% of their manufacturing facilities to other countries.
They need those Government loans to prop up their worthless and
overpriced domestic production labor and product facilities...
don't they?
Some good news is that the Price of Gasoline may be headed even
lower....around $1.50 for high test. Maybe lower for awhile.
The Saudis and Middle East Sheiks, Venezuelans, Malaysians and
even the Russians......are shaking in their boots. Wouldn't it
be poetic.....to lower the cost for a barrel of oil to $20 bucks
a barrel...when the cost is higher. Nah, the real cost to pull
a barrel of oil out of the ground is around $4 bucks a barrel.
The Saudis are probably paying the Somali Pirates to hijack
their tankers and keep them out of ports for a while. Sort of
like "rent"!
Here in Newport Beach, life goes on. Our houses are cute and
we continue to make it to Gelson's, Chronic Taco and Bayside
Cleaners without incident. We can be blessed that we are still
able to just go along to get along...as it were. We wish each
and every person that honors us by reading Newport Voices with
a prayer that their year ahead is fulfilling, renumerative and
happy! May God Bless each and every one with the ability to
help solve all the world's problems and be glad about doing it.
One last thought or two: Should Casey Anthony get the Death
Penalty........and should Manny Ramirez sign back up with the
Dodgers - even if it is only for two years?
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