Posted on 28/12/2008 by Grumpa Joe
I don’t believe the liberal press and their treatment of Caroline Kennedy. One would think that after the way the press kissed Obama’s butt they would welcome Caroline with open arms. I could understand their treatment of Sarah Palin, but not Caroline. Sarah presented a major threat to the Messiah and they had to annihilate her. [...]
Filed under: Characters I knew, Election, Government, Manufacturing, Motivation, family, politics | Tagged: Barack Obama, Caroline Kennedy, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Harvard, lawyer, Liberal Press, Pareto Principle, Peons, rich, Sarah Palin, Small Governement, Speech Therapy, taxes, Ted Kennedy | 1 Comment »
Posted on 26/12/2008 by Grumpa Joe
One of the greatest gifts a grandfather can receive is the realization that his grandchildren are maturing into fantastic human beings. On Christmas eve my Dana gave me a piece of her work. I hadn’t realized that she is a poet. Fourteen year olds are not usually very poetic. To my amazement, she is; she is [...]
Filed under: Characters I knew, Garden, Lions Club, Memories, Motivation, Music, Travel, Warm and Fuzzy, Writer, family | Tagged: grandfather, Poetry, Pride, Teen | 1 Comment »
Posted on 23/12/2008 by Grumpa Joe
As good as I felt last Sunday after our Lion Club food basket distribution, I am in a Bah Hum Bug mood today. It’s two days before Christmas, and I have the blahs. Maybe its light affective disorder, or something like that. It has to be a hormone gone wild to make a person feel [...]
Filed under: Election, Funk, Lions Club, Motivation, Writer, family, grief | Tagged: baby step, Bah Humbug, blahs, Charles Dickens, Christmas, dark side, darth vader, depression, Election, family, liberal, Lions Club, love, Motivation, negativity, Performance Appraisal, positive, Scrooge, Snow | Leave a Comment »
Posted on 21/12/2008 by Grumpa Joe
The temperature outside is minus six, the wind chill brings it to a cozy minus thirty three. I drove six miles through open farm country with a thirty five mile wind blowing powder snow across the road making it slippery as heck. Why then was it such a feel good day? I joined twenty of my fellow Frankfort [...]
Filed under: Election, Funk, Government, Lions Club, Manufacturing, Memories, Motivation, Warm and Fuzzy, Writer, family | Tagged: Christmas, Complacency, Easter, Families in Need, Food Basket, Lions, Redistribution of wealth, Service, Thanksgiving | 1 Comment »
Posted on 15/12/2008 by Grumpa Joe
As angry as I am at GM, Ford, Chrysler, and the UAW, I have decided to speak up for the bridge loan. It is so simple, yet I almost blew it. If these companies suddenly go out of business, we will be forced to buy foreign. Think about that for a minute. Where will all those cars [...]
Filed under: Government, Manufacturing, Travel, family, politics | Tagged: Audi, BMW, Bridge Loan, Chrysler, Fiat, Ford, General Motors, Honda, Hundai, KIA, Mercedes, Nissan, Supply and Demand, Toyota, UAW, Volvo | 2 Comments »
Posted on 12/12/2008 by Grumpa Joe
About ten years ago, Barbara and I started a tradition in our family. Every year at Christmas, we take a trip downtown to have breakfast in the Walnut Room under the big tree. When we started, the Walnut Room belonged to Marshall Field’s Department Store. Their tradition began many years prior. On one of our [...]
Filed under: Memories, Motivation, Travel, Warm and Fuzzy, family | Tagged: Chicago, Christmas Tree, Daley Plaza, Fairy Princess, FAO Schwartz, Grant Park Garage, Macy's, Marshall Fields, Pedway, Randolph, State Street, Tradition, Walnut Room, Washington, Wind Chill | 1 Comment »
Posted on 12/12/2008 by Grumpa Joe
What a marvelous opportunity for the Illinois Republicans to make a major step forward in the state. That is, if there are any professed republicans in the state. The arrest of the current governor, Rod Blagojevich, opens the door for exciting new things to happen. Blago got into the position only because the previous governor, Republican [...]
Filed under: Election, Government, politics | Tagged: Barack Obama, Chicago Fire, Chicago Machine, Cook County machine, George Ryan, Governor, Illinois, Judy Baar Topinka, Republican, Rod Blagojevich, State Government | Leave a Comment »
Posted on 05/12/2008 by Grumpa Joe
News Flash. “Barney Frank Takes Over the Reins of GM.” Why not? He did a great job with the housing market. He would probably work wonders for GM. The first thing he could do is to present legislation called the “Transportation Revitalization Act.” This law would force lending institutions to make subprime car loans to [...]
Filed under: Government, Manufacturing, Motivation, Travel, Writer, family, politics | Tagged: bailout, Barney Franks, Cars, Chrysler, Ford, General Motors, Manufacturing, Transportation Revitalization Act, United Auto Workers | 2 Comments »
Posted on 04/12/2008 by Grumpa Joe
What a joke to watch the Big Three CEO’s squirm on Capital Hill today. They gave the Senate an earful. Basically, we would have gotten off with a bargain had we accepted the 25 billion bailout the carmakers asked for in November. Of all the jokers who spoke before the Senate, I thought the guy from the [...]
Filed under: Government, Manufacturing, Motivation, Travel, family, politics | Tagged: bailout, Chrysler, Competition, Concessions, Congress, Ford, General Motors, Honda, Japs, Korea, Nissan, Quality, Toyota, union, United Auto Workers | 3 Comments »
Posted on 01/12/2008 by Grumpa Joe
I just couldn’t resist this. A freind of mine sent me this anecdote by e-mail. I know it’s been around a few times, but I laugh at it every time I get it. While cutting the hair of a 75 year old rancher, the barber struck up a conversation with the old man. Eventually [...]
Filed under: Election, politics | Tagged: Barack Obama, Barber, Campaign, John McCain, Joke, President, Rancher, Turtle | Leave a Comment »
