Wednesday, March 28, 2018

The trade wars and "Biffs" behavior and something much more important

I don't really care what a celebrity does because it generally never affects my life....but when a celebrity starts making decisions that directly affects millions of people's lives then it's time to draw the line.

Let's first look at the facts regarding President "Biff" and his ladies.

That infamous video tape, released before the election, with Billy Bush, let everyone know who HE was and yet it was completely ignored by millions of voters. 

Getting upset with women who signed waivers not to talk but now are deciding to talk is really not an issue.  
But I do think that they should return the money.

The main issue here is that celebrities can get away with many things that a non-celebrity can't.

So we watch questionable behavior and read about irresponsible actions and then gossip about how crazy celebrities are.....and then we turn the page and get back to our lives.
BUT WHEN A CELEBRITY 
BECOMES PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
ALARMS
MUST
BE
SOUNDED

THIS PRETEND PRESIDENTIAL SITUATION HAS GOTTEN OUT OF CONTROL

THE NON-EXISTENT STABILITY ISSUE REGARDING THE ADMINISTRATION HAS GOTTEN 
OUT OF CONTROL

THE ENTIRE 14 MONTHS SINCE DONALD J. TRUMP HAS BEEN IN THE WHITE HOUSE
HAS
BEEN
A
JOKE
and
IT'S NO LONGER
FUNNY

When you stop and think about his slogan "Make America Great Again" and suddenly realize that he could actually reverse our position and make us less than we were when he started this ridiculous exercise in ego gratification.

HE IS AN EMBARRASSMENT and that truth reflects on the America people and our Great country.
(why people let him downgrade America with that stupid campaign slogan always baffled me)

The trade war, which officially gets underway this week, will only affect the average middle and lower class consumer.

IT DOESN'T TAKE A GENIUS TO UNDERSTAND THAT COMPANIES AFFECTED BY TARIFFS SIMPLY PASS THE INCREASE ON TO THE CONSUMER.

IT ALSO DOESN'T TAKE A GENIUS TO REALIZE THAT THE UPPER MIDDLE CLASS AND WEALTHY PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY COULDN'T REALLY CARE LESS IF PRICES INCREASE.

And then this entire Russian investigation just raises more questions then the average person can handle...and generally it gets overlooked.

There's no way that the present clown in the White House can survive one term.

My only real concern is that he doesn't take the rest of us down with him.

I still can't get over the fact that Donald J. Trump has somehow made George W. Bush look like Albert Einstein.

VERY VERY WEIRD!

BUT...and it's a big BUT.....

TOMORROW March 29th 
is the beginning
of
the
2018
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SEASON
and after the great season the Dodgers had last year
(only one team had a perfect season)
It's very exciting to see if they can either repeat 
or take it one step further.

Getting to the World Series is the goal of every team in the spring.
Winning the World Series is a huge bonus 
and while everyone thinks 
Houston is the team to beat 
one must always remember that it is very hard to repeat in baseball.  
Probably the hardest of all the team sports, because so many things
can affect a season..... 
and 162 games is a very l   o   n   g season. 
One key injury can derail a team.  
Two injuries to key players and it's wait til next year.

Politics doesn't seem to have that problem.  Multiple injuries take place and replacements just simply appear and take over and then more injuries and more replacements and the beat goes on.

I feel sorry for those people who don't have a favorite team to root for......it truly takes ones mind off the bullshit game that politics has become.  

Some might say it's always been a bullshit game but I think the bar has been set at a new low.
But of course that's just me
you see.

GO DODGERS
( By the way, the D on the hats just doesn't work like LA)

Michael T. McAlevey


Wednesday, March 7, 2018

I'm not ignoring the guy.....it's just that I'm bored with the chaos......

It's been awhile since I pounded on the "Biff" Presidency and it's not from lack of wanting but instead I've come to realize the repeated chaos from the current administration, to put it mildly, is ......simply boring.

Everyday there's an issue of some sort that just makes me think we (i'm pretty sure you understand the we that we are) don't need to interject any outside contrarian opinion or influence because the guy just does it to himself....over and over and over and over.

As he tries to turn back the clock and recreate industries that have no chance competing with low wage countries it becomes  very clear on one, and of course there are many, of the main differences between this administration and the previous administration......

For eight years we had a President who was telling people that the creation of new jobs would come from new sources and that the future would look different than the industrialized America that was constructed after WW 2, and that people would have to adapt and change.  People who worked with their hands would have to learn how to use computers. The previous guy stressed the fact that jobs would be created in a wide range of Eco-friendly industries and technology and that the sooner workers got on board the better off they would be.

The new guy wants everything to be the way it was in 1952.   As an example The United States was the world leader in steel, auto and furniture manufacturing and great cities were built around those industries and a powerful and vibrant middle class was formed and prospered for 30 years, with hardly any competition except for the Japanese and their well built automobiles in the early 70's.  

Then countries without middle classes and possessing huge body counts realized that America loves to do one thing.......SHOP.   And of course when one loves to shop one loves to get the best deal and getting the best deal means being able to save money.

How in the world can the American steel industry complete?  Even if they retooled every steel plant in the country the wage barrier alone would never allow for the best deal.  And if the retooling were done properly then automation would virtually eliminate any need for human hands.

In order for the United States to compete with the wages of China, Viet-Nam, and India salaries would have to be reduced by 75%.

THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.  

Reducing salaries by 20% is not going to happen.

Our Middle Class consumer is the backbone of our country.  There will always be a certain amount of people who shop at Nordstrom's but compare the numbers to Costco and Wal-Mart and you see the reality.

It's nationalism versus globalization and without another World War there's no going backwards.

WE ARE THE INNOVATORS AND WE MUST ACCEPT THE FACT THAT OTHER COUNTRIES CAN BUILD BASIC GOODS CHEAPER THAN US.

LET THEM USE THEIR WORK FORCE AND CREATE THE PRODUCTS WE DESIGN.

WE WILL THEN BUY IT AND USE IT AND BUY SOME MORE.

BUT THAT CAN'T WORK IF WE DON'T FIGURE OUT NEW WAYS TO CREATE REVENUE FOR OUR MIDDLE CLASS.

AND 
WE CAN'T LET THE WEAPONS INDUSTRY EXPAND TO A POINT WHERE THE GOODS THEY MAKE ALL HAVE TO BE USED...... SO THEY CAN MAKE MORE.

RENEWABLE ENERGY
ECOLOGICAL AWARENESS 
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY
SUPERIOR ENTERTAINMENT
UNEQUALED SERVICE

These are just a few of the avenues we can dominate but with our current leadership there appears to be no interest 
other than
expanding Twitter, trying to invent Clean Coal 
      using up fossil fuels as fast as possible
           stopping any progress related to health care
....and of course the main problem....
reversing any previous attempt to improve the quality of our
air
and
water.

By the way it's been 14 months since he took office and the amount of changes and legal issues in his administration have set records that will never be broken.....AND HE'S JUST GETTING STARTED.

I'm bored with his entire agenda and I'm simply hoping that the American public feels the same way.
Mid-terms are approaching and that should tell us something.,,,unless the GOP redistricting dealio has taken over completely

Michael Timothy McAlevey