Economic Crunch

Ok, So I'll openly admit it! I probably spend way too much money on things that are way unnecessary. But hey, so does the government, and they get away with it.

So I was riding home yesterday, and as I was passing by the gas station the people there looked funny. As if they new something that I didn't. They all looked as though they were the only human entities that had watched the midday news, or knew that this "pseudo-glorious" bill that our governor inacted almost a month ago was to expire on Friday 8/30/05. You see Sunny Perdue, God bless his soul, removed the gas tax for the state of Georgia due to the Hurricanes in the gulf. This was to help ease the pain of the pockets for Georgians until the gas situation was sorted out. Little did he know, God, aka Mother Nature was one step ahead of him (RITA). So now the 2nd hurricane has done it's damage, and in the aftermath, Georgia hits the cut off for this remarkable Tax Break! So we Georgian's are getting hit double time with the gas increases. So back to my gas story. I pull into the station and everyone is filling their tanks. There aren't any lines or anything, but a few people actually have gas cans!!! Strange situation I tell you. Needless to say I filled up my tank! All $15 dollars worth, since I was already half full. I know I know, I'm aiding the problem! Next....

So I've gone through this period, in my "weight loss" campaign where I took a bad direction. I was at 211 at one point...well on my way to the glorious 200lbs again! I dunno what happened, but I stepped on the scale, and it clearly read 220lbs! WHAT! I looked down at the shoes I had on....took them off, as well as emptied my pockets, jumped my happy behind back on the scale, and lo and behold ......215! I'm taking the wrong steps evidently. I was trying to lose weight, now I'm gaining.....I think it's the governments fault.

Why you ask?

So I was walking to get lunch today, and I decided to go to this place on 14th street called "My Friends Place". It's a nice "homie" little mon & pops place. I got some soup and a half a turkey sandwich, and was on my way back, trying to beat the rain. Well as I'm walking backup the hill, it hit me....Why don't vendors place the associated calories on their packaging. I think that should be an inacted law! Everything food and drink item sold in the U.S. should have the associated caloric count. They have to do it in grocery stores, so why not in fast food restaurants? And for dining out, I think that it should be required on the menu to have the caloric count there too! We always talk about how "large" Americans are getting. I think this would make some people thing twice before they by another pound of pasta.

But that's not really the question. The question is why won't the goverment do it? Economics 101 I tell ya! They know that if they do, people in America will clearly stop buying as much food! Point Blank.

side note before I close:

So I redid my budget the other day, because clearely the previous one has been shot to death. I think I've gotten everything accounted for. One thing I was trying to get rid of was this "Crunch" membership. I've found that I can lose more weight by doing the things I do outside of Crunch, so why pay them $44 to do so? Little did I know, they have all of these clauses that state how you can and can not get out of your contract. But I'm sure I asked him to put in a clause to cover the $50 buyout I asked for......I think I'll haev to do some more research on that one....

Anyways, back to the grind.....

God, thanks.

KJD