Walking stats since the last post are poor but at least I kept some level of exercise in my sch1.654 on schedule.
November 11, 2008 through November 15, 2008: None, none-left for Shreveport for a couple of days of R&R. Used a little pedometer and measured 1.044 on Mon., 1.654 on Tuesday that we were supposed to leave. Bad storms rolled in and dumped over 2 inches of rain in 24 hours. The storms covered most of our western route home so we stayed in Shreveport for an extra day. As luck would have it we had enough offers for a free room and meals for the extra day. Our fortunes changed and we managed to break even for the whole trip. Turns out we're glad we stayed an extra day for another reason, safety. There were so many accidents in the town and surrounding area that the EMT people were overtaxed and had to go from accident to accident. A city bus even lost traction and plowed into a building! Now while I don't want that sort of thing to happen here in Austin, we sure could use the 2 inches or so of rain. On with the walking stats now. 1.001 on Wednesday, and then back home on Thursday I did 2.163 and 3.218 on Friday.
Don't know how I feel about HRC for Secretary of State. She'd make a great one no doubt but I sort of wanted her to be head of the Senate. Hopefully whatever decision is made will be the right one.
I'm really not a fan of all these bailouts. If you run a business into the ground you should pay the price. The taxpayers can't bail everyone out. Greed got the country, indeed the whole world, into this mess and those that profited by deceptive practices should buck up and bear the loses. I'm not naive enough to think that the super rich will suffer but to see Ted Turner lose 7 billion is mind boggling but to know that he still has billions left is mind blowing. Let the companies fall and then regroup and start again. They'll wind up hiring the people they let go for the 'new' venture and things will go on as before. We'll survive.
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