It is yet another day in the life of BCarol. I know you may think how hard can that be? After all she is a reasonable being. She leans to the right, likes vodka and thinks that extremes are impractical and inane. Still I find that my moderation in things or is that moderation in life is not enough. I find that while in my own little corner of my own little room life is lovely however when I walk out of my sanctuary I am stunned into silence, resentment and melancholy.
Let me start with Hitler. Hitler a name that should never be used nor should anyone be referred to as. I was not an admirer of G.W. Busch but never did I think of him as Hitler nor would I ever speak such a thing. The same hold true for Obama. As a historical figure we have much to learn from Hitler as in what not to do. The United States is in its own mess but there are still check and balances. Everyone let it go. Stop using something so hideous, distasteful and repugnant. “Are you ready for some football” will never be the same to me. I do recognize that everyone has a right to their opinion. Have it, share it, but own it and do not back peddle. Think before you speak you can never take it back. Also when appearing on cable television dress for success not the local all you can drink beer buffet.
I have suffered some major setbacks of late which have sent me speeding down “the what the hell happened to me” highway. These are setbacks that will affect me for many years to come. My burden is mine to carry. Then I listen and watch the news and see Manning and the potential end of his career. End of his career?
The man is 35 years old. He has completed the following.
11× Pro Bowl selection (1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010)
5× First-team All-Pro selection (2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009)
3× Second-team All-Pro selection (1999, 2000, 2006)
4× AP NFL MVP (2003, 2004, 2008, 2009)
6× AFC Player of the Year (1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009)
Indianapolis Colts All-time leader (Career Wins, Passing Touchdowns , Pass Attempts, Pass Completions and Passing Yards)
Pro Bowl MVP (2005)
Super Bowl Champion (XLI)
Super Bowl MVP (XLI)
Fastest ever to reach 50,000 yards passing
Fastest to 4,000 completions
NFL 2000s All-Decade Team
This is pretty damn serious football. Yes, he is a great Q.B. Yes, he has a very serious injury. This injury could cause him great pain and who knows what else. Why risk it? I look at so many who have lost their jobs and careers. I look at those whose homes are gone...the children who will not attend college…the many juggling illness and treatment against a shrinking checkbook. Then I look at Payton. I do feel for him. His life has been this game. He has work every moment of his life and now it could be and will most likely disappear. It is sad.
Then I think. You have a Super Bowl Ring. You have your name in the record books. You have made a great deal of money doing what you love. Get over it! Retire. Go back to school do something else. Start your own business. Hell! Invest well and be a leader in some worthy cause. It worked from Jimmy Carter. Sympathy is something that I am giving away by the boat load and Payton you are at the back of the line. Yes, even Payton Manning has to step to the back of the preverbal sympathy line.
Then after working a 12 hour day I was listening to NPR (Market Place). As you know I have suffered a foreclosure. I tried everything I could think of to make good on my debt and stay in the home I loved. Didn’t work. I lost it. Then I heard this ….
Alisa Roth: Almost 3 million homeowners who are facing foreclosure have sought help from the government through a TARP-funded program. Only a quarter have managed to get their mortgage payments reduced.
“It was -- ironically enough -- three years ago today that the TARP went into effect, the $700 billion bank bailout that was supposed to bring the economy back from the brink, which it did, and help struggling homeowners, which it really didn't.”
“The program offered cash incentives to mortgage servicers to reduce mortgage payments for borrowers. But the conditions made it hard for a lot of homeowners to qualify. The government has spent only about $2 billion of the $50 billion the Treasury set aside.”
This is the link to the entire story. http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2011/10/03/pm-on-third-anniversary-tarp-mortgage-aid-lags/
I was one of those home owners who called the TARP funded programs. I sat on hold for hours. Never did I receive the same answers twice and my lender could give a ___________ (you fill in the blank) about my situation. Now I know why I was on hold for hours at a time. Hold is the place you send people you can’t help and hope and pray to God they hang up. The desperate do not hang up. After all if someone is calling you for assistance to save their home they are more than likely unemployed. The unemployed have nothing but time…lots and lots and lots of time. How much Judge Judy can you watch after all?
“Making Homes Affordable” was a lovely public relations campaign. It did not work but it made for a snappy jingle and lovely video of happy people standing next to buildings that represented homes. Now do I blame President Obama? Do I blame G.W. Bush? Do I blame Congress? Hell, yes I do! The powers that be are so busy trying to be re-elected, toadying to special interests that the needs of the common American are well shall we say unimportant and even distasteful? I do have one comfort, TARP did work for the country’s financial institutions after all they are able to give bonuses now. Just because your business was on the threshold of nonexistence is no reason to think hmmm maybe these idiots do not have a clue and they should earn the bonuses they deserve! Let us start with less than nothing and move down from there.
My mother wonders why I go to therapy maybe she should read my blog? Then again it may be best that she does not. After all Congress has deemed me…I may turn out to really be unimportant and distasteful!
