Daily Archives: 02/20/2009

Blackberry & iPhone Repair

(Community Matters) AT&T wanted $160 (after rebate) + 2 more years to replace my Blackberry b/c of the failed trackball. 

www.allwirelessrepair.com on Research Blvd & Burnet (nxt door to Honeybaked Ham) fixed it for $45 – in 5 mins. Posted from my blackberry with a new trackball.

Talibaning Morality

(Community Matters) Good gosh, we can’t have high school students talking about HIV/AIDS, homosexuality, drug use or sex.  Of course they won’t if we say don’t.  


even Bristol Palin is acknowledging abstinence programs don’t work, not to mention all the recent studies.  This musical certainly doesn’t encourage drug use, theft or immorality.  It does include respectful, thought provoking discussion and conversation. Can’t think of a beter forum for this and our kids.  Yes, I realize the idea of a “respectful” conversation about homosexuality is enough to raise objections in some quarters. These people lost the election and can . . .

Subsidizing Greedy Fools

(Community Matters)


To stabilize that communal landscape, sometimes you have to shower money upon those who have been foolish or self-indulgent. The greedy idiots may be greedy idiots, but they are our countrymen. And at some level, we’re all in this together. If their lives don’t stabilize, then our lives don’t stabilize.


How Long in Recession

(Community Matters)  Krugman in today’s NYT column points out his concern about the duration of this recession, or more specifically, pointing out that there is no obvious catalyst to spur us out of the recession, a concern that resonates.

There are those, however, who predict the pent up demand for investment of dollars – i.e., idle money (previously existing and the trillions recently printed) sitting on the sidelines awaiting investment opportunities – and the swift deployment will spur the economic recovery and growth.  hmm, I hear this and it sounds plausiable.  
Yet, if consumer spending drives our economy and consumers had been driven by their increase in wealth . . . . the fact that the 17% gain in American household wealth between 2004 and 2008 turned out to be a mirage (Fed) and that we’ve lost 3.2% . . . that over 30% of family assets were in paper profits. . . .  and that we have to increase from a ZERO savings rates . . . Who’s going to be spending money & when?
The Feds estimate we’ve lost $12 trillion in wealth since 2006 – poof, gone, evaporated – $6 trillion in housing wealth, $6 trillion in stock gains.  Should we expect much of the stock gains to be recovered?  If so, over what period of time?  The housing wealth?  Maybe over a much, much longer period of time, if some of that ever.  
I’m certainly not an economist and the one who normally sleeps on the other side of my bed is currently in Amsterdam, so I can’t ask.  Nevertheless, I’m stuck with Krugman wondering what’s going to spur growth and spending.  I continue to think investors, bankers & managers should think long and hard about good money after bad (politicians too if they can: our automobile industry for instance).

Aerial Hog Hunts

(Community Matters) Whatever it takes.  This is a huge problem and these are not cute, cuddly creatures.  They are vicious.  My parents have property on the Brazos River.  The hogs are so bad you don’t want to walk out in the tall grass alone. Children certainly cannot. here

Even in Texas, Judge Keller

(Community Matters) Good gosh, feels as if some normalcy may find our state’s judiciary. here  Still, I’ll believe it when the skinny guy sings.