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Friday, November 14th, 2008
… Headed to Chicago for the weekend (technically I’m on a bus already), visiting a buddy from way back in college. Another buddy is meeting up too. Should be wicked entertaining.
… Word is (as of when I’m writing this on Thursday) that the auto industry’s desperate plea for cash is being denied. One can only hope this catches on and more idiot industries don’t ask for handouts. (Not that the first set of handouts didn’t work out just swimmingly.) Accountability is impressively lacking among those that should be held accountable.
… This weekend out of town is just one of many in the next few months. I’ve writ ad nauseum of the two major trips but I’m away from home eight of the next ten weekends. Ridiculous.
… And finally:
Why aren’t we realizing we need to scale things back? Why don’t we see the Iraq and Afghanistan fuckups as signs we should reign in the imperial empire? Why don’t we see major sectors of our economy (Credit, Housing, Autos) failing as a sign we need to rethink how our business structure is built? (Obvious answer: those making money off the current system are making a lot of money.)
Ah well. I’m reducing my spending and hoping maybe to get some money directly into the market by Jan01 so I can benefit from the baby boomers’ short-sightedness. Not everyone went broke during the Depression.