News Item: “WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe said Saturday that Congress was not told the truth about the bailout of the nation's financial system and should take back what is left of the $700 billion "blank check'' it gave the Bush administration.” Well, gee whiz, why am I NOT surprised??? I’ve been complaining long and LOUD that without any type of oversight, this kind of thing would happen!!! This is your money and mine that is being spread around to the fat cats in failed banks, investment firms, insurance companies, etc. Sen. Inhofe even stated that with the way the bailout plan is now stated, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson can even give it to his best buds! Hey, are you pissed off yet? I am. I called my state U.S. Senator (Richard Shelby) and vented. Yeah, I know it won’t amount to anything. But, it made me feel better! And just think, the US. Taxpayer just bailed out some fat cats in the S&L crisis back in the late 80s and early 90s to the tune of about $160 Billion. The U.S. taxpayer; the gift that just keeps on giving!

Ok, I know the Obama supporters won’t like this next one. But, there is a certain online blogging conservative mouthpiece who has been criticizing President-Elect Obama’s lean toward Socialism. In fact, he hasn’t let up since election night. Instead of referring to Obama by his proper title (President-Elect Obama), he is referring to him with the same signatory phrase as a certain dictator; Dear Leader. I’ll let you figure out who this is in reference to. But, I literally laughed at loud at that for some reason. It’s really not all that funny. I guess you just had to be there.

On the way to McDonalds for my morning coffee, a little red corvette ran a red light and nearly slammed into me. If not for me applying about 50,000 PSI to my brakes, I would surely have been slammed into on the driver-side of my little grey Honda Civic. She was doing a good 40MPH. That means I would probably be in the hospital in agony and misery instead of entertaining you with my amazing wit and charm. I hit the horn in anger for a good 10 seconds or more. The little red corvette just kept on flying down the road. Where the hell is the “singer formerly known as Prince, but now is called Prince again” when you need him?

Finally, I got some bad news late yesterday afternoon. I made a post back in the summer about a yellow feral cat that had taken up residence at my home in March of this year. He came to my home gaunt, malnourished and on the 8th of his nine lives. I had started feeding him, so he could get his strength back up. In fact, he had taken a liking to me right before he disappeared about six weeks ago. A friend who lives a couple of streets from me told me that he saw Animal Control Officers catch that same feral yellow cat (whom I had named Old Yellow) with “rifle netting.” Old Yellow hissed and fought. But, it was too late. I told him I wished he would have called me!!! I would have gone to the Animal Shelter and rescued Old Yellow. They had been trying to catch him for me for the last six months. And, damnation, when I DON’T want them to catch him…they catch him. I don’t know who pissed me off most; my alleged friend or the Animal Control Officer that caught Old Yellow. I’m sorry Old Yellow. I wish I would have known.