Some changes

Hello guys, I tried to invite the both of you to be able to post things on the blog. Let me know if you have any trouble. Also, as you can see I changed the layout a bit to something I thought was more readable. Dad, I hope you are enjoying the snow, and Darren, we miss you!

Excuse me? What did he say?

OK, so I'm sitting here listening to the State of the Union. Please help me understand this if I am misunderstanding it. Large banks that were "bailed out" AND have paid it all back now have to pay a "fee", beyond traditional taxes, to the government because they are successful enough to pay for bonuses for their executives!? That is freaking ridiculous. I don't like the big bonuses but this sets a horrible precedent. The government should not be able to just take money from any business whenever they feel it is justified because of popular demand. If there is now all of this guilt from the government over the bonuses then they should have acknowledged that the bail out was only going to reestablish the status quot. - JW

On a lighter note...

I don't want to take away from the last post but I also don't want this blog to be just about the serious, and at times depressing, state of the world. So on a more light-hearted note...

What are you reading right now? I am on a Stephen King kick. I am listening to book 2 of his The Dark Tower series. I listened to the first book of the series in about a week. I'm also reading a book of his called The Dragon's Eye or something like that.

Much love - JW

An experiment in family communication

Ok, so I am sitting here, watching Conan's last Tonight Show episode, and I was thinking about how much I enjoyed the back and forth between us on the e-mails. I've never done a blog before, and I don't know if it will even work, but I thought it might be fun to give it a try! So the premise is pretty simple. Just like with the e-mails, someone brings up something to discuss and we just talk about it. Who knows, this might grow into something that will be fun! We have to at least keep it going at least a month because my wife thinks I'm not cool enough to start a blog. So here is the first topic!

It seems despite the Democrats controlling the house and senate, the Republicans have seemed to have a lot of things go their way this week. (1). The election of Scott Brown in Mass. (2). The recent ruling in the Supreme Court about limiting, or lack there of, corporate giving to campaigns. (3). Pelosi admitting that Health Care reform will not pass. (4). The possible elimination of cap and trade. Is is just me or does it seem like the Democrats just can't hack it. Even if you like their ideals they seem totally incompetent at getting anything done. Thoughts? -JW