Heating up and is there a timeline for recovery?

I sometimes wonder if John McCain didn't intentionally pick Sarah Palin so as to guarantee his defeat.  I personally don't think he wanted any part of being President following the 2008 financial meltdown.

Obviously that's too simplistic for the average American to digest but it's not a freakin fact, just my opinion...but if you stop to think about everything John McCain knew in his position as one of the truly elite Senators in Congress, it's not hard to imagine.  The selection of Sarah Palin was one of the most incompetent political decisions ever made on the national Presidential stage and in truth if it wasn't a mistake then it becomes one of the most brilliant decisions by a person attempting to protect a wonderful legacy of public service.

If John McCain was President right now......a Republican might not be elected for the next 25 years.

Imagine President McCain trying to lead the recovery of the 2008 recession and trying to be reelected.

Most likely he'd be in the same position as President Obama......trying to explain why the recovery is taking so long.....and he would have to be validating the Republican administration from 2000 to 2008.

Republicans keep saying that Obama simply blames Bush and doesn't do anything to improve the present situation.  Republicans latest verbiage goes something like the following, when talking to a Democrat....."I don't want to hear all that crap about Bush; that's over...talk about why unemployment is still high and the economy hasn't recovered."

CAN A LEGITIMATE RECESSION BE FIXED IN 4 YEARS?......6 YEARS?......8 YEARS?

2008 WAS A LEGITIMATE RECESSION!

Is there a true time frame for recovery?

I'd like to clear up something from the liberal democratic point of view.

IT'S NOT GEORGE W. BUSH THAT WE KEEP BRINGING UP.

IT'S THE WALL STREET AND BANKING BIG BUSINESS GREED THAT WAS OVERLOOKED BY THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION WHICH ALLOWED EXCESSIVE GAMBLING ON THE PART OF MORTGAGE LENDERS AND BROKERS.

Now everybody knows that deregulation of the financial institutions is a prime reason for the fast and loose behavior.

Ronald Reagan was a champion of deregulation and Bush 41 and Clinton simply added fuel to the fire.

George W. was simply in position as it all came to a head, and his intellectual foundation just wasn't strong enough to stop the floodgates of greed and reckless behavior.

TAX BREAKS FOR THE WEALTHIEST AMERICANS SHOULD NOT BE A PRIORITY OVER HELPING THE DISENFRANCHISED.
and
ANYBODY WHO BECAME PRESIDENT ON JANUARY 21st 2009 WAS GOING TO BE FACING A HUGE
PROBLEM

I personally think that President Obama has given us stabilized foundation on which to progress forward.

I don't think we should still be in Afghanistan but that's another issue.

THE REPUBLICANS ARE ATTACKING HIM BECAUSE OF THE ECONOMY....of which he truly inherited AND WHICH BY ALL ACCOUNTS SEEMS TO BE GETTING BETTER.

Of course it's all based on who you listen to and what you read.

REPUBLICANS WANT US TO THINK WE ARE IN HORRIBLE SHAPE AND THE ONLY THING THAT WILL SAVE US IS ELECTING MITT ROMNEY.

We've been down the path of BIG BUSINESS CONQUERS ALL MENTALITY and we are trying to recover from the damage.

WHY IN GOD'S NAME WOULD WE WANT TO RE-ESTABLISH THAT PATH?

We needed health care reform and we got it....we needed to be  done in Iraq and we are almost there....we needed a leader who made the rest of the world respect our intelligence and we got that........we needed to catch Osama bin Laden and we did that.

I think we need to leave things alone and see if the economic recovery continues to take place, on a time table that nobody knows for sure, under the leadership of someone who appears to be morally and ethically honorable.

THE ELECTION IS NOW OFFICALLY HEATING UP AND TONIGHT MITT ROMNEY WILL SHARE THE MAGICAL UNDERWEAR AND REVEAL THE GOLDEN TABLETS
AND WE
SHALL
BE SAVED

or not

By the way......Please do not point out the poll jump after tonight...it always happens after every convention

Michael Timothy McAlevey

Seriously

This might be the best song I've heard in 20 years. 
Fills gaps in taste that I didn't think possible.

Did you get your share yet?

I just read an article this morning in the LA Times that had these exact words.........

"The Federal Reserve said that taxpayers ended up earning $17.7 billion from the central bank's role in bailing out insurance giant American International Group Inc."

TAXPAYERS
EARNED
$17.7 BILLION

TAXPAYERS
EARNED!

So, that earned money goes into the Federal Reserve balance statement and they turn around and issue payments to taxpayers of the United States?

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA

Seriously having problems being able to stop laughing

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA

I wouldn't be surprised to learn that Congress had set up a law which allows for ELECTED officials to receive a bonus from any government bailout that turns a profit....but of course that's just my personal paranoia prancing proudly down the highway.

TAXPAYER'S EARNED $17.7 BILLION

That's about as realistic as Todd Akin from Missouri getting elected to the House of Representatives for three consecutive terms.  OMG!

The other strange comment from that goofball was when he said...."There should be SOME penalty for legitimate rape." 

SOME?

THREE CONSECUTIVE TERMS STARTING IN 2000 FROM THE 2ND DISTRICT OF MISSOURI!

SOME?

TAXPAYERS EARNED $17.7 BILLION
and
SOME PENALTIES FOR RAPE

HUH?
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Nice to know FUN is still possible

I admit I don't listen to a lot of indie and alternative music but that's mainly due to the simple fact that it lacks a sensible rhythm that works in my frontal lobe where music gets processed into toe-tapping and ultimately..............dancing.

ALL INDIE, ALTERNATIVE AND HOUSE MUSIC HAS A BEAT....AND THAT BEAT IS REPEATED OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND ONANDONANDONANDONANDON.....

RHYTHM IS GENERALLY MISSING

I heard a group last night, from that genre, that absolutely got me toe-tapping and then dancing.......without being intoxicated or high.

These guys are  great and I'm probably way behind the eight ball on this discovery but I talked to four people last night that didn't know about them, so I'm ahead of some curve.  Of course I didn't talk to anybody under 40 so it wasn't a perfect sampling.

 Listen to a few songs. 

IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO KNOW THAT fun IS STILL POSSIBLE FOR THOSE OF US WHO HAVE CROSSED THE BRIDGE OF TIME.......

Nate Ruess, Jack Antonoff and Andrew Dost

fun
fun
fun
fun
fun

and a soft side bar......Happy 93rd Dad.....first time in my life I can't say it to your face.

MIchael Timothy McAlevey

Last few Olympic thoughts

On the Friday night before closing weekend Tom Brokaw did a one hour feature segment, as part of the Olympic coverage, called "OUR FINEST HOURS."

In my humble opinion it was the best ONE HOUR explanationsof how, why and when the United States decided to help Great Britain in their battle against fuckhead Hitler.  The Churchill/Roosevelt interplay was concise and poignant and while I've read and seen hundreds of hours on the subject, this was the best limited interpretation I've ever witnessed.

I was reminded quite deeply on how intertwined our two countries have been......and will continue to be..... as long as liberty and individual freedoms are treasured.

The royalty thing is bit over the top but that's another story.

Monday morning after the Olympics I was listened to Dan Patrick and he had Mr. Brokaw on as a guest.
It turns out the reason Tom was in London, working for NBC as a feature commentator, was in case a terrorists attack occurred he would be there to cover it.  They had a separate studio all set up and ready to go if something happened.

It's so nice to think that no one was needed for that type of story.

The Olympics and the Olympics alone stole the show and sometimes things do work out exactly as they were intended.

Thank God

Michael Timothy McAlevey

It just simply feels good

The sign of the times....I was going to write my Olympic wrap up during the final day of competition but decided I needed to wait until after the closing ceremonies just in case something got blown up.

It's now Monday morning and I'm still waiting for The Who to perform so maybe that's who got blown up.

The London 2012 Olympic experience ended yesterday and while I can name multiple moments that rocked my world, the main thing I will remember is....

IT SIMPLY FEELS GOOD TO WATCH COUNTRIES OF THE PLANET EARTH COME TOGETHER AND CELEBRATE THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL ATTRIBUTES OF THE HUMAN SPECIES.

The physical attributes are obvious....the mental attributes relate to the dedication and discipline it takes to achieve those physical levels of excellence.

By the way.......I'm wondering if Elton John feels snubbed......he is a Knight  and his record sales have to be larger than George Michaels.  

I'm still having problems figuring out why Argentina only got 4 medals.  The country has 40 million people and obviously no political commitment to athletic excellence.  Maybe they play too much polo.

Jamaica ,on the other hand, has 2.5 million people and they won 12 medals.

So I'm let to believe that smoking a ton a weed and running from the sheriff is much more conducive to winning Olympic medals than I would have previously thought.

Somehow I think Argentina's lack of medals is related to their harboring of German officers after World War 11 but that's just my twisted mental circuitry reaching for answers.

I have many favorite moments but if I had to choose one for best of show I would select the women's 4 x 100 relay.  They set a world record and they beat those Rastafarian chicks from Jamaica.

Usian Bolt seems to get the same reaction that Cassius Clay first got when he started mouthing off about how great he was.  Lots of people can't stand it when someone toots their own horn about being the greatest of all time........turns out that they were both right.  Now how funny would it be if Usian Bolt changed his name to Bob Smith.

Four more years to Rio and two more years to Soi????/ Russia.  As one gets older one simply thinks that it would be nice to be around for the next Olympics. 

Actually, looking at the world tension, I guess that hope could be a thought for any age.

And then we've got that December 21, 2012 fiasco to deal with.......

Sorry to end this Olympic experience on a downer note but truthfully I didn't create the paranoia. I'm just reporting the facts.......or am I reporting goofy perceptions by a group of highly intelligent animals that can't figure out how to live in peace?

At least the Olympics shows that lots of different people can spend two weeks competing without someone killing someone.

I'll take that reality to the medal stand and salute the human species for a job well done.

Michael Timothy McAlevey

First 7 days and Michael's world

Today is Saturday and the 2012 Olympic experience is half over. Of course my Olympic experience is limited to a 32 inch old style television that weighs about 100 lbs....and the Los Angeles Times. 

Attempting to avoid  news flashes throughout the day, so that I can watch the events on NBC's prime time telecast, is also a sport in its own right. Bobbing and weaving and turning the ears off has left me exhausted on certain days.  It's a contest every time I start a day trying to avoid the multiple people, both professional and personal, who want to tell me exactly what happened before the 8 PM broadcast.

Why NBC can't broadcast the glamour events live in the morning and then re-broadcast in Prime Time is the big question. It only last for two weeks and probably most viewers that would watch in the daytime would turn around and watch it again at night....but of course that's another entire story.

Back to the avoidance game I play everyday.....I lost the battle big time on the day that the Fab Five won gold in Gymnastics.  I avoided everything all day and at 7:45 pm I was watching the Dodger game....and suddenly my favorite voice in the world, Vin Scully, says the following....."it's a low outside fast ball for strike two and the crowd roars as the gold medal winning gymnastics team picture is flashed on the big screen in left field."

Seriously!

The girls were great but my only question is related to the night where they were all trying to qualify for the overall and Jordan Weiber lost by a slight margin and one of the things they pointed out was she stepped out of bounds by 6 inches on the floor exercise.  Gabby, on her floor exercise, almost went into the parking lot of Windsor Castle and nobody seemed that concerned.  Scoring was a bit harsh against Jordan and a bit soft for Gabby....but obviously this was Gabby's moment as we would discover two nights later when she became the third USA winner in a row to capture the all-around Gold.

GABBY

We've only had one previous famous Gabby and Hayes was his last name and unless one watches old western movies this Gabby is the first Gabby to shine in the arena of public adulation....and she will shine.

Gabby will be a one word explanation for kids all over the world.  A  two year old in Atlanta, Georgia will do a flip in the sand box and mom will yell..."that's a great Gabby honey, do it again."

If she gets caught smoking a bong in the next few months then she will learn how Michael Phelps felt after being the darling of the sports world following his Beijing EXPLOSION.

THE ATHLETE CREATES AN IMAGE BY PERFORMANCE AND THEN THE MEDIA JUST SITS AND WAITS FOR A MOMENT TO POUNCE.

There's actually a group of media employee's who help create the bad vibes from the very first minute of success.  When someone asks a person, who just won a Silver medal, what went wrong they are labeling them a loser.  I call it the Jim Gray syndrome. A few Olympics ago Jim Gray asked an American runner who finished second..."why didn't you run faster?"  The runner looked at him and walked away.

The woman doing the interviews at the swimming competition has the Jim Gray disease.

Dan Patrick should be the Interview Commissioner of SPORTS.  Anybody wanting to question an athlete should have to first be vetted by Dan. 

But in the meantime the London 2012 Olympics has allowed us another chance to see the greatest Olympian of all time.

I don't know what Michael Phelps did tonight in London, during his final swim on the relay team, but he could actually fall backwards off the starting blocks and probably recover fast enough to get another medal.

In our lifetime and in our children's children's lifetime we will never see another
Michael Phelps.

It's so amazing that at the beginning of this Olympics there were groups of people who claimed they didn't like him.......for whatever reason, including the fact that he won too much.  The personal attacks make no sense because he's a very private person so unless you hang out with him in Baltimore and have real time experiences then not liking him is completely nonsensical.

Anybody who follows any sport has to pause and acknowledge the simple fact that
Michael Phelps
might be
the greatest athelte who has ever lived.

That makes the London 2012 Olympics a true milestome event.

And we still have Track and Field....and I've heard rumors that Michael might anchor
the 1600 meter relay.



Michael Timothy McAlevey