The prolific Pulitzer Prize-winning US novelist John Updike, seen here in 2004 and whose books and short stories famously chronicled small-town American life, has died at age 76, his publisher Knopf said.
As far as I am concerned here is the part of the article that really needs to be explained:
Caterpillar, an economic bellwether and component of the Dow Jones industrial average, reported fourth quarter earnings of $661 million or $1.08 per share, on Monday, down from $975 million or $1.50 per share, a year earlier. Overall sales rose 6% to $12.92 billion.
If sales rose 6% where did that money and the other $314 million go? Isn’t it weird what accountants can do with the highest selling fourth quarter Cat has ever had? They sell more product than ever before in their entire history and somehow manage to lose money doing it? I don’t think so.
Every one of the 233 House Repuglicans voted against this bill. What does that tell you? It tells me the GQP is still far more concerned about party politics than they are about the welfare of our country and its citizens.
And they think that by voting NO they will get further consideration? I can only hope that by the next election the rest of those Americans foolish enough to vote for a Repuglican will come to their senses and vote the rest of the greedy bastards out of office.
People are losing their homes, jobs and lives while these jerks play political games. Were it up to me I would take them all out and shoot them.
Ben has been thinking he would like to be a biology teacher some day. His teacher is encouraging him to sign up for a Summer Research Program offered by the American Cancer Society. He would work full time for eight weeks and get $2,000 for the summer. Sounds like a great way for him to get some ink on a resume as well as have an interesting job this summer. We shall fill out the papers and see what happens.
Tracey is taking today off since she is working this coming Saturday. Unfortunately she is scheduled to work another double shift Saturday so she will be pretty well pooped out for the weekend.
Weekend after next she will be in sunny Mesa, Arizona to visit with Noah. Tracey is REALLY looking forward to this trip —— she misses her Noah.
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