Tough....... (insert word)

Tough... Times.

Yes, we are in the middle of a recession. No it wasnt W.'s fault. People are quick to point the finger at the other guy, but lets face facts.
Greedy bastards are why you cannot buy a gallon of milk for less than a gallon of gas. Greedy bastards are why farmers are told not to grow grain and why a loaf of bread costs $3.00. Greedy bastards are the reason why our gas prices are so high, they feel that the greedy Americans should finance their $60B luxury yacht. Greedy bastards would rather bail out a bank, than bail out a school district.

Tough.... Shit.

Its high time we stop using our voices to complain, and start using our votes. We need to let congress know that there should be term limits for the House and Senate. No more life terms. No more pork barrels. No more earmarks. No more bullshit. We need to tell our representatives to start putting out, or get out!

Tough..... Cookies.

Now hows this for bull. A girlscout in North Carolina is being told she cannot sell her cookies. The reason? She has an unfair advantage because her father is a web developer and made her a website where local people can order the cookies. Some schmuck who's daughters stopped being girlscouts some 10 years ago complained that this was unfair. I thought that selling girlscout cookies was supposed to teach the girls about economics and marketing? If e-commerce isnt 'fair' then maybe the hasbeen dad needs to learn HTML.

Tough.... Love.

My nephew was sent to my mom's for a few stunts he pulled in Texas. Sadly after promising not to do the things he did down there, he started getting involved with a few kids around here that are guiding him to do the very things he got in trouble down there. My mom, in an effort to provide a good home to the kid got him a cell phone, against my recommendation. When he came to Iowa, and I got to talk to him. I told him that as long as his grades were good and he did what he was told, and didnt have any bad marks against him he could hang out. He screwed up. BAD.. then had the audacity to tell mom that I was going to come get him to take him to see a movie. Bullshit I said. So it looks like this weekend I go down to moms and have a few words with my nephew. Hopefully I can control myself and not beat the living tar out of him. wish me luck.