WEAKLY COLLUM # 0428
FOR MONDAY 02/04/2008
DR SIMMONS WEAKLY COLLUM IS A WEB COLUMN OF AN ADULT NATURE. IT IS NOT INTENDED TO BE READ BY ANYONE UNDER THE AGE OF 18. DR SIMMONS WEAKLY COLLUM IS THE PROPERTY OF DR SIMMONS. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ANY UNAUTHORIZED USE OF HIS WEAKLY COLLUM IS PROHIBITED.
I GOT GOOD NEWS. EVIL SPENDOCRAT JOHN EDWARDS HAS DROPPED OUT OF THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE. GOOD! I HATE HIS SOCIALIST ASS. HE TALKED ABOUT TWO AMERICAS IN HIS CAMPAIGN ALLUDING TO THE WELL OFF AND THE NOT SO WELL OFF. HE WANTS TO HELP OUT THE HALF THAT ARE NOT DOING TOO WELL. HE LOOKS WITH DISDAIN AT THE ONES WHO HAVE SUCCEEDED IN THIS ECONOMY, AS IF HARD WORK, SUCCESS AND NOT NEEDING FINANCIAL HELP FROM THE GOVERNMENT MAKES THEM LESSER PEEPLE.
HERE IS MY TAKE ON THE TWO AMERICAS. THE ONES IN THE SUCCESSFUL AMERICA ARE MORE LIKELY TO MAKE AN EFFORT TO LEARN IN THEIR SCHOOL YEARS. THEY ALSO DON'T SKIP WORK AS OFTEN, ARE WILLING TO LEARN ON THE JOB, GET ALONG BETTER WITH THEIR COWORKERS AND CUSTOMERS, AND DON'T SHOW UP TO WORK DRUNK OR HIGH. THAT IS WHY THE GET AND KEEP BETTER JOBS.
MANY ARE CHOSING TO BE IN THE LESSER AMERICA BY NOT GETTING OFF THEIR ASSES TO GET A JOB. MANY CHOSE TO BE IN THE LESSER AMERICA BY NOT BEING FUCKING MOTIVATED TO LEARN NEW SKILLS. THEY WANT GOOD JOBS AND BIG RAISES, BUT THEY DON'T WANT TO IMPROVE THEMSELVES AS WORKERS. BUT THESE LAZY ASSES ARE EDWARD'S HEROES. HE WANTS TO GIVE THEM GOVERNMENT MONEY WHICH COMES FROM TAXES ON THE PRODUCTIVE IN OUR SOCIETY IN ORDER TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO KEEP UP THEIR BAD WORK HABITS. I HATE THE MOTHER FUCKER.
I DON'T WANT TO OVER GENERALIZE, BUT A LOT OF PEEPLE ARE POOR BECAUSE THEY ARE DICKS. THEY INTERACT NEGATIVELY WITH CUSTOMERS AND COWORKERS, MORE SO THAN THE ONES WHO HAVE GOOD JOBS. JOHN EDWARDS WANTS THE MORE SUCCESSFUL ONES OF US IN THIS COUNTRY TO PAY HIGHER TAXES TO GIVE THEM GOVERNMENT BENEFITS SINCE THEY CAN'T EARN A GOOD LIVING FOR THEMSELVES BECAUSE THEY ARE DICKS. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS MAKES JOHN EDWARDS A DICK; BUT IT SURE MAKES HIM A DICK ENABLER. GLAD HE IS FUCKIN OUT OF THE RACE.
LET ME SEGWAY INTO A DIFFERENT TOPIC BY MENTIONING THAT BOTH AMERICAS ARE HAVING TROUBLE RIGHT NOW. WE PUNCHED OUR TICKETS TO A RECESSION AND THE TRAIN IS HEADING FOR ITS DESTINATION. WE GOT BANKS LOADED WITH BAD DEBT, MUCH MORE THAN HAS ALREADY BEEN EXPOSED. IN FACT, THE ENTIRE ECONOMY FROM TOP TO BOTTOM IS SATURATED WITH MEGATONS OF DEBT. THAT IS THE FAULT OF THE CITIZENS (YOU) AND THE POLITICANS (THE REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS WHO YOU VOTED FOR). I GOT MY SHORT SALES ALREADY PLACED. I'M GONNA BE RICH. I'M GONNA BE RICH.
THE FEDERAL RESERVE CUT INTEREST RATES AGAIN, A BIG 3/4 POINT MOVE. THEN A WEEK AND A HALF LATER, THEY CUT BY ANOTHER HALF POINT. THEY ARE PANICING. THEY ARE FUCKING PANICING. THEY DON'T KNOW SHIT ABOUT THE ECONOMY AND ALL THEY CAN DO IS KEEP LOWERING INTEREST RATES TO GET US TO TAKE ON EVEN MORE DEBT AND HOPE SHIT HAPPENS FOR THEM. FUCKING PATHETIC! THAT IS WHY THIS COUNTRY IS SO GOD DAMN IN DEBT. THE REST OF THE WORLD OWNS US AND THEY ARE STARTING TO TAKE OWNERSHIP BY BUYING BIG MULTI BILLION DOLLAR CHUNKS OF STOCK OF MANY OF OUR LARGEST COMPANIES. I BELEIVE THE DECLINE HAS A LOT FURTHER TO GO; SO THESE FOREIGN BUYERS WILL BE LOSING BIG TOO.
FOR AN ECONOMIC PARALLEL, JUST LOOK AT JAPAN. THEY WERE ECONOMIC MONSTERS IN THE EIGHTIES. THEY WERE KICKING OUR CORPORATE ASSES LIKE CRAZY. BUT THEY BIT IT TOO BECAUSE OF TOO MUCH DEBT FUELED SPECULATION. ONCE THE JAPANESE STOCK MARKET STARTED GOING DOWN BECAUSE THE STOCK BUBBLE AND THE LAND BUBBLE WERE POPPED, THE BANK OF JAPAN LOWERED INTEREST RATES TO ALMOST ZERO IN ORDER TO FIGHT THE DECLINES WITHOUT SUCCESS. THE STOCK MARKET IS STILL MORE THAN SIXTY PERCENT BELOW WHERE IT PEAKED AT IN 1989.
YOU KNOW THAT LAND VALUES LOST MORE THAN TWO THIRDS OF THEIR VALUE IN JAPAN BECAUSE OF THIS SHIT. HOUSING PRICES ARE GOING TO DROP BIG TIME HERE TOO. THEY JUST WENT UP TO UNSUSTAINABLE NOSEBLEED LEVELS. THE MOMENTUM WHICH LED THEM UP IS GONE. LOWER INTEREST RATES AINT GONNA REVERSE THE TREND WHILE THE MARKET IS STILL HEAVILY OVERVALUED. MORE PAIN AHEAD FOR OUR FINANCIAL SYSTEM. FUCKIN NEWS UPDATE. THE STOCK MARKET HAS MADE A DRAMATIC RECOVERY IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS. FINANCIAL SHARES WHICH DR SIMMONS SHORTED HAVE BEEN LEADING THE WAY UP CAUSING INTENSE PAIN FOR HIM AND OTHER SHORT SELLERS.
SHIT! THAT SUCKS. I ALREADY HAD THE MILLIONS THAT I WAS GONNA MAKE SPENT IN MY HEAD. THIS IS RATHER INCONVENIENT TO SAY THE LEAST.
I GUESS I AM LOSING SOME MONEY IN THE SHORT TERM HERE. THAT BITES. I MAY HAVE TO CUT BACK ON MY LAVA LAMP PURCHASES UNTIL THE MARKET STARTS GOING MY WAY AGAIN. MAYBE I SHOULD START DRINKING CHEAPER BEERS FOR A WHILE. ACTUALLY I AM DRINKING SOME PRETTY CHEAP BEER AS IT IS. I'VE TRIED DILUTING THEM WITH WATER IN THE PAST WHEN I WAS IN A BIND, BUT I ENDED UP DRINKING TWICE AS MANY. HOPEFULLY THE STOCK MARKET WILL TURN TO SHIT AGAIN SOON SO THAT I CAN GET ON WITH MY LIFE. COPYRIGHT © 2008 DR SIMMONS ALL RIGHTS RESERVED