Mouthing off: Actually, I saw this a.m. that I lost one of my Twitter followers - don't know which one but since I don't know any of the names by heart (except my son, of course) it doesn't matter. Why did I lose one? Considering the group that I twitter w/are all professionals and I see almost all of them on tv, some have radio shows, some are journalists and are guests on tv, all but lowly me! But, who cares.
Keith Olbermann, formerly of MSNBC, who is actually the reason that I watch MSNBC, has a new job and that is Chief New Officer of Current TV (hope I get it on my tv) which was founded in part by Al Gore. Started in 2005 and is now also in U.K. , Italy & So. Africa. He will also receive equity in the station and hopefully it will work out. Won't be until later in the year. Will check today if we get it.
Saw something very interesting yesterday which kind of explains why there are no jobs here and the economy is so bad
(bad for the middle class, anyhow. The super rich are getting richer and richer as we speak) Caterpiller Co. - big company - has more than quadrupeled their income because of a surge in demand overseas. They are located in Peoria, IL. In 2010, they hired 19,000 new people but only 7,500 in US. They are going to build 8 new facilities on only 3 in US. They get our tax break and do more of their business overseas. This is what is happening.
We are w/Time-Warner cable. When you call for a service call you speak w/someone usually in Colorado, which is ok. But sometimes you call and get someone w/an accent. One day I couldn't understand a word she said and I asked her where she was and she said "Aryentina" (that's how it is pronounced) and I asked to speak w/someone that spoke English. There is a movie w/Albert Brooks - not new and I can't remember the name but he has to go to India on business and he is in India, one of the big cities, and walking in a hallway in an office building and you can see into the office he is passing and a bunch of ladies are on phones, that's all it is - phones. And you hear someone say "You have reached the White House. How may I direct your call". It was very funny - however, it is also sad. Most of the companies you can, say, for instance, Expedia, I think it is for making reservations for vacation or whatever, I remember when they moved their offices to India. It really makes me sick. I realize they do it so they can pay them peanuts and can't do it here. However, there are many small towns here that do not cost as much to live in as say, NYC or L.A. and they can set up in these small towns and pay minimum wage which would be better than these people being out of work as there are no jobs in their town. Maybe I don't fully understand, well there is no maybe - I don' t fully understand but it still bothers me. And the Republicans never address this situation. EVER!!!! Where are the jobs, Mr. Boehner? They are only worried about abortions, same sex marriage, those are really important issues! GIVE ME A BREAK!! How about this one - some idiot congressman in - I believe - the south (of course!) came up w/this one - a woman that is raped should not be called a victim - she should be called an "accuser". Can you believe this. They spoke about the reason (if there really is one) but I couldn't listen. And what about Law & Order SVU (Special Victims Unit for those of you who don't watch) They will have to change their name to Special Accusers Unit (SAU) OMG!!!!!!!!
Pres. Obama spoke to the Chamber of Commerce yesterday. He said he was just trying to be neighborly, so he walked over from across the street. Said he guessed that when they moved in (the Obamas) they should have come over w/a fruit cake!
He does have a sense of humor. They have trillions of dollars they are just sitting on and could create jobs which is what he was asking but I think they just want to see him out of office and that's that! We shall see if they do anything except give $$$$ to Republicans that are running for office. Speaking of which, 4 Dem. Senators are going to be most likely breaking w/the White House on several things - one of which is Health Insurance - as they are up for re-election in 2 yrs, and are in Red States and they don't want to lose their jobs. One of them in Claire McCaskil from Missouri and I remember when she won and it was by the skin of her teeth! Very important for these people to win, I think 22 (it was 21 but one or two retired) Dem. Senators are up for re-election and only ll Republicans (or maybe 10, not sure) which means there is a real chance the Dems can lose the Senate, also. Bad!
Speaking of bad, George Bush, remember him? Had a speaking engagement (he gets paid big bucks for these speaking engagements) in Switzerland and they cancelled him as they found out he is a criminal! Yes, he really is! He admitted to oking waterboarding and all other kinds of torture and he is in trouble. Well, there went his paid vacation!!!!!!
By the way, Pres. Obama was interviewed by Bill O'Reilly, he of Fox News, prior to Superbowl game. Not a long interview.
However, O'Reilly interupted Obama 43 times! 43 TIMES!!!!!
Obama never finished a sentence and it was a terrible interview! Can you imagine being interupted 43 times!!!!!
I will leave you with that image.