Going Down

Yes, I understand that there is only one President at a time. I also understand that President-elect Obama is still a U.S. Senator and putatively the new leader of his party, as well as the soon-to-be leader of the country.

Given that the stock market has declined pretty abruptly on every day save one following the election, it would seem like just maybe someone ought to get out of Chicago, back to Washington, and show some leadership in trying to put together appropriate legislation. Given that the financial markets generally abhor uncertainty, it would also seem like it might be a good idea for our President-elect to announce which version of tax policy he intends to call for sometime soon, because he hasn't said.

Unless, of course, the objective is to see exactly how bad you can help things become before January 20th through your simple inaction. I'd like to believe that's not the objective.

Doing something would be a good start.

Going Down

Yes, I understand that there is only one President at a time. I also understand that President-elect Obama is still a U.S. Senator and putatively the new leader of his party, as well as the soon-to-be leader of the country.

Given that the stock market has declined pretty abruptly on every day save one following the election, it would seem like just maybe someone ought to get out of Chicago, back to Washington, and show some leadership in trying to put together appropriate legislation. Given that the financial markets generally abhor uncertainty, it would also seem like it might be a good idea for our President-elect to announce which version of tax policy he intends to call for sometime soon, because he hasn't said.

Unless, of course, the objective is to see exactly how bad you can help things become before January 20th through your simple inaction. I'd like to believe that's not the objective.

Doing something would be a good start.

Books, Mr. Rico!

I just culled our hardbacks and have two boxes and two bags of books in my car's trunk to go to the USO book drive at WindyCon. With any luck, I'll be able to leave them there tomorrow night. :)

Books, Mr. Rico!

I just culled our hardbacks and have two boxes and two bags of books in my car's trunk to go to the USO book drive at WindyCon. With any luck, I'll be able to leave them there tomorrow night. :)

Creatively Ripped

I've now managed to get a new activation code for my software from Creative support and am in the process of ripping a CD to MP3s to transfer to my Zen player. So far, so good. :)

Creatively Ripped

I've now managed to get a new activation code for my software from Creative support and am in the process of ripping a CD to MP3s to transfer to my Zen player. So far, so good. :)