Musings of a Dumb Ass

Musings of a Dumb Ass.....While we stagger under the pressure of skyrocketing costs, as expected the government posts low inflation figures for the first quarter. Today I read figures of 2% inflation for the first 3 months of 2006. To be fair, there was a statement that excluded food and energy as a part of that figure. I guess that means that part of life is to be ignored in the rape of our pocketbooks. Even excluding food and energy I think it's a major stretch to convince anyone with enough brains to button a shirt that 2% is a reasonable appraisal of that portion of our cost of living increase. The Opec oil suppliers shrug their shoulders as they say they have no control over the cost of crude, (their cost today is very close to the 1980 cost of extracting a barrel from the desert sand) , the American oil companies are reporting such huge profits we cannot imagine how much money it really is, and saying a large part of the problem is supply and demand, and at the same time saying the refiners can't keep up. What? Then how come every oil company isn't breaking ground to build super refineries with some of these huge profits they're enjoying? The President and Congress are shrugging their shoulders while looking at the cameras helplessly and proclaiming "We just can't find any evidence of price gouging or wrong doing"....... what?.....What?.....WHAT? An inflationary expanding economy full of hyperdinkel crammed with gobbledygook is something that makes huge amounts of money on paper but consistently chips away at any gains made for the guy who gets up and goes to work each day. Most of America isn't able to get past the "WOW !! I'm making three, sometimes up to ten times what My Daddy made!!", while they're signing a lease to rent a car they will never own that Daddy bought on a three year contract in his day, and living in a home they have mortgages on for several times over what Daddy paid for his, also not likely to ever be free and clear, dropping their spouses off at work while Daddy's spouse stayed at home and lived comfortably off of Daddy's income, making what we nostalgically refer as 'the good old days'. There are so many telling comparisons to be made that it would take days for a Dumb Ass like myself to list them. But what would be the point? Most of the populace is crouched down in the comfortable shadow of government regulation believing their best interests are being served, satisfied in having their wits scared out of them about everything and only waiting for a darker shadow to arrive that they can be safer and more secure in. Most of my Republican friends believe things would be much worse for us if the Democrats had been voted in while my Democrat friends are happy to point the finger of blame on the Republicans and swear things would have been much better and the mistakes and silliness we've been victimized by would have never happened if only the Democrats had gotten in. This is indicative of our inability to look at who done what with honesty. They were all there while everything was being done folks, and took part in taking your independance, wrecking your economy, regulating you into submission and scaring you to death. Let those who are unable to see beyond the Democrat/Republican balderdash remain with their mindset. Let the rest join together with a new party that is representative of sensibility and freedom and be unafraid to mark a ballot accordingly when its time to send those who have and are destroying us home. Next question..... Who, and what party? I don't know. But one will show up. When it does, don't be suckered into being afraid, and do the right thing.......................