A Year Later or So

Hello everyone! It's been awhile since I last ranted on here. It certainly hasn't been for a lack of topics, since this never seems to be a problem. I just have been busy trying to stay employed in this dismal economy. I'm sure some of you are in the same boat as well. UNEMPLOYMENT DOWN? Bullshit!!! This is just the political rhetoric that they are trying to get us to believe. They didn't bother to tell you how many people have exhausted their unemployment benefits did they? I bet that that number was equal to or greater than the jobs added. Unemployment shrank because the benefits were exhausted not because jobs were magically created. Don't believe the rhetoric that the media is force feeding us. To them, we are all in utopia. I don't think so. Gavin Rossdale said it best, "Everything Zen, Everything Zen, I don't think so"

Update

Well it just seems to be getting better and better. After waiting for KC Transportation for three months, I finally was able to get an answer from them after a phone call. I was second on the list and everything was go just three months ago. Then I get told that "sorry they wouldn't be hiring me"....Thanks KC Transportation for wasting my time! You could have told me in a phone call or email instead of jerking me along! Thought that they were an okay company but now I know better. Silly me. Things are looking up. I'm waiting to hear from a company that seems really eager to get me on the road with them. Not the best pay rate, but it's a start! Maybe I can impress them enough to deem me more valuable than first thought. Keeping my fingers crossed. I really miss traveling all over this great nation of ours. Still haven't won the Mega Millions or Powerball lottery, so I still want to be a working man. It's what I am.

Nothing Yet!

Well here it is another month later and I still haven't found a job. Come on KC Transportation! I have waited long enough and am getting very angry that I haven't heard from you. I'm ready to go there and go "postal" on a certain someone. Looking at maybe trying a different market for my skills since being so experienced it makes me higher paid than "newbies". Nobody wants to pay for experience anymore. It seems that most trucking companies are not hiring anyone from Michigan anymore. What gives? Is this "regional profiling"? Things had better get better quick...I have bills to pay and mouths to feed! Hopefully you and yours are doing well in this environment. Be grateful for what you have and thankful.

Down we go & up we go

Well the Canadian dollar, or loonie as they call it, is now almost at par with the US dollar. It won't be long before it is worth more than our money since they seem to be coming out of the recession sooner than we seem to be. The unemployment rate for my hometown is now 15.3%, which is not very encouraging. I am unlucky enough to be one of those that are unemployed but I have a line on a job but am 3rd on the list. I was 6th about a month ago so I'm optimistic about my chances. Shame on all you employers that do not respond to job seekers! Is it that hard to acknowledge the people that are trying to get hired by your company? I'm looking at some other companies and plan on sending them a resume soon. Unless I hit the Mega Millions jackpot this week. It's 200 million or rather 102.8 cash option. Then it would be hard to decide what I'd be doing with Kathy. Working or retiring. Staying here or going somewhere else. Just have to cross that bridge if we come to it. Lets hope that the good news starts flowing some time before the end of the year. Keep your chin up and smile. Don't sweat the small stuff and it's all small stuff.

Good News Anyone?.....

Does anyone have any good news that they could share? Just a little something that might add some light to this dreary landscape? Please?..!..

It's hard to be cheery when all the bad news keeps flooding in. Please post some good news. Nothing to dramatic. Let me start. HOW DO YOU LIKE MY NEW BEARD?

Another Year and a new President later.....

Anything changed? Economy still in the toilet? Jobs  disappearing faster than George Bush after Obama's oath of office? People losing their homes, jobs, medical care, and sense of humor still the norm? Enough Already! It's starting to look like Lord of the Flies out here. Can't we all just get a break? Come on Congress. Billions to your corrupt bank and finance buddies isn't working. Try a check for say maybe $100,000 to each and every American that is over 18 years of age. That is what would stimulate the economy and get this country back on track. Not this crap of government intervention into more and more of our lives. WE DON'T NEED YOU! Less government would be more prudent during these hard economic times not the hiring blitz that you seem to think. Term Limits need to be put in place on all elected officials. Time to put these old windbags out to pasture. Maybe they can get a job at Wal-Mart as a greeter. We need young minds that are not corrupted by the political machine. A grass roots movement needs to happen all across this great nation.  Less Government not more. Smaller government less taxes. That would be nice right? The only way to get there is to get these old bums out!

I think that this sums up what we all suspect. Merry Christmas everyone! May the new year bring us more stuff to rant about.(I'm sure it will)

Sorry, I just can't keep up with all the schemes and treasonous acts that are going on. So many things just not enough time to explain it to you in a way that you will be able to understand. Back to filing the ACLU complaint, so everyone stand under the mistletoe. A little smooching is what we all could use right now. These days kisses are a bargain, they're FREE. No bailout money needed.