Category Archives: Rant

100 Calories x 2

I am disgusted this week with what’s happening in Washington so I decided to take refuge in my room with the latest edition of The Weekly Standard and a package of chocolate covered cakes.  So as I settled in to read, I broke out a package of the 100 calorie cakes.  Obviously the cakes are enlarged on the package because they are teeny tiny.  They are bite sized.  Three bites and I am done.  I don’t normally watch my calories, but instead of eating 100 calories I ate 200.  I would much rather eat two regular sized cakes and be done.  I had to exert more energy by going and getting another package of these 100 calorie cakes.  I guess I should be glad that I only ate two packages, I could have continued to eat all six packages while I was reading about the new Treasury Secretary’s failed attempt at explaining the bailout situation or Obama’s newest addition to the Faith Based Initiative Board who has very close ties to the infamous Rev. Wright.  By the way, the cakes were delicious and could only be enhanced by a Dr. Pepper.

Seriously Folks…

What the heck is going on?  Do the people that have been elected or in some cases appointed to Congress even know what they are doing?  According to Nancy Pelosi, every month that a stimulus bill is not passed 500 million Americans (yes, 500,000,000) will lose their jobs.  The last time I checked there are only 140 million workers so we will now have minus 360 million workers.  How could that be? According to the Census Bureau’s PopClock as I write this there are 305,758,335 Americans.  Is Nancy Pelosi insane? I want to say yes.  The stimulus bill that is currently in the Senate is not a stimulus bill.  It is a spending bill with every thing that the Democrats wanted to do over the last eight years, but didn’t get to do.  There are doorbells for $100,000 in Laurel, Mississippi, there is a proposed shelter for prostitutes in Ohio for $1.5 million along with a dog park in Chula Vista, California for $600,000.  These projects are just some of the pork that is going into the bill.  How about $400,000 for prevention and treatment of STDs.  Isn’t that already happening? Aren’t there already programs that address this?  What about money for a no smoking campaign?  Wait, didn’t the tobacco companies get sued and the money paid out was to be used to help people stop smoking?  The majority of restaurants, malls, etc… are non smoking areas.  Many states, cities, counties have a no smoking ban.  I don’t think we need to give, I think it’s $7 million, for this.  Plus in this bill many of the government buildings like the Department of Commerce need some renovating so let’s do that too.  What kind of stimulus is this?  None of these projects and there are a lot more like them are going to do anything to help the person that just got laid off or may be facing foreclosure.  A wise Pioneer told me that this is a stimulus bill because it has stimulated me to write to my elected officials and say What the ….? Please, please let your voice be heard and write, email or call your elected officials. Let them know how you feel.  We don’t answer to the government. They answer to us — the American people.

It’s the end of the world as we know it

And I feel fine.  This REM song has been going through my head through the last couple of days.  It kind of started out as a joke between Bill and me.  He says I am a right winger, but I am not.  I am conservative, but there are many issues I am a moderate.  I think that most of the country is in the middle.  President Obama was, according to reports, the most liberal senator.  Now as he begins his four years as leader of the greatest country on earth, he has been more in the middle.  I hope he stays that way.  I hope that he doesn’t listen to or bend according to the will of Nancy Pelosi or Harry Reid.   I  know the democrats in Congress were jumping with joy when Obama was elected.  I am sure their dreams had come true.  They can do whatever they want, but wait there have to be checks and balances and I think Mr. Obama knows this.  He may have spoken one way to one crowd and said something different to another when he was campaigning, but that is all over now.  He has to be a straight talker and know that American people aren’t going to sit back and let our country become something we don’t want.  I intend to continue to stay informed on the issues and I will let my elected officials know what I like and what I don’t like. I hope that you, dear reader, will do the same.  Make an effort to find out about your elected officials and their voting records.  Let them know how you feel.  Just because they were voted into office doesn’t mean they get a free pass when they get to Washington.  It’s our duty as citizens of this great democracy we call the United States of America to stand up and let our voices be heard.

Musings and Rants

I have another blog which is solely for family happenings, etc…  I don’t use that blog as a place to rant and rave about things that I think about.  It’s just not the right space.  However, I have been thinking about things lately and I since I spend most of my days at home doing domestic duty I feel I need an outlet to vent my frustrations with things, so musings of a banana is born. The name Musings of a Banana just seems to fit since some people have called me Jana Banana on occasion.  This blog may feed my “journalistic” need.  I was very much into reporting, etc… when I was in high school and college and I am a news hound.  I often think that maybe I am a bore so what better way to find out then to start a blog. So here we go…..