Stimulus Simulation

Well, here is my theory of what we should do . . . chances are, that it is an amalgamation of many theories, melting into one pot and trying to cook up something good with leftovers . . . and first of all, i think we are going backward by trying to fix what is broken the same way it got broke . . . and broke may be a key word here . . . . welcome to the United Mistakes in America!!!!!!

now i think we should fix it all from the bottom up . . . all these high falutin numbers that we can barely wrap a computer around, never mind our noggins, are only going to print more money of less value and leave us in the same hole . . . now these politicians and businessmen that cannot run their own businesses toss out a billion like it's some cool piece of change that we all get . . . a perspective!

1) a billion seconds ago it was 1959!

so as the gang all wings around billions to fix something that doesn't work, why don't we put all the money into what will work . . . alternative sustainable energy sources . . . wean ourselves from what has already become peak oil . . . build jobs, retool factories, detroit windmill and solar . . . and if we're bailing them out and it works then we own a big piece of the pie right!

2) a billion minutes ago Jesus was walking the planet

so another novel concept would be to rebuild the country the way it got built in the first place . . . hard work, local contact, support your local business and bite the bullet that it's going to cost more (we already have haven't we?) if we need to take back the country then we can do it one person at a time . . . same way it got started

3) a billion hours ago our ancestors were living in the stone age!

if we started making more of everything here, it would rebuild the balance of trade, after all, we are the worlds largest debtor nation, although we would have to wean ourselves from wanting new made in china cheap everything and start making things last and it would probably be the demise of Walmart . . . it would be a long and painful process but right now, it is fast and painful!

4) a billion days ago there were no beings on the planet walking on two feet

and we could be headed back in that direction faster than we think . . . although we can forestall the inevitable by building sustainably . . . and i think some of our best ideas locally are contained in the Scoping Plan for California's Global Warming Solutions Act! this thing is filled with a bunch of great ideas, a bunch of people that understand you need to tweak them as you go . . . they'll keep getting better . . . check it out at http://www.coolplan.org   

5) a billion dollars ago was only 8 hours and 20 minutes, at the rate our government is spending it!!

now i am going to do some more studying, and see if i can figure out what myself and my little band of salvagers can do to help fix this wagon!

my best to all of you

Bugaroo! 

The Time is Now!!

First TV Commercial

here is the Bugster, BooBoo the Scottish Longhair and a lovely little ditty filmed by good  friend Beau Bouverat , video whiz extraordinaire of Tin Bike Productions   . . . check him out at http://www.tinbike.com

cheers

Family Deakin

I travelled to Birch Bay Washington and reveled in the bosom of my family for 4 days . . . celebrating Mom's birthday and getting to have coffee and good morning kisses from all my sisses . . . i drove north and south with the sterling Na Na's and we had a blast!

High Hopes and High and Dry

As we set our site on a new year and a new president and a new feeling of hope among the rubble of the great American Free Market system . . . can we fix the economic crisis the same way we broke it? Will printing more money after bad devalue what is rapidly becoming a "pass the buck"

In the toasty Riviera like climate of January California i think to myself . . . gee, the first parts of global warming sure are pleasant . . . but what will we do when Lake Sonoma is dry in June??

I have successfully removed my holdings from that big box bank of A and am most happily ensconced in the circle bank . . . we shall see what down the road may bring!!

i am embarking upon a radio program to see what i might do to change our advertising route . . . i am jumping in to the River (not the Petaluma) but the radio station and also beginning a series of bug  rants videos . . . we will then be strutting our stuff on you tube and matching it to facebook and merrily blogging along

IT WILL BE A GRIND!

Re-incarnation, re-purposing, re-using, re-treads . . . people deny reincarnation because they cannot recollect their past lives . . . absence of memory is not sufficient proof of non existence . . . nor should absence of memory deter us from re-using and re-purposing and recycling all we have stashed in our garages, storage units and closets . . . the rampant consumerism of America will be curtailed by her economic woes, although through the holidays i noticed Walmart is still as busy as ever as everyone shops for the cheap stuff made in China which is exactly the opposite of how we should be righting our economic ship in turbulent seas . . . now is the time to spend quality money at your local mom and pop store and drag those things out of storage and fix'em and use them again . . . same as we will all do with our cars!

Happy Holidays and be Happy!

Full Circle

I recently made a banking decision that has made me so damned happy . . . i will just have to share it with you!

i got so tired of Bank of America and it's impersonal largeness that my desire for community drove me to research circle bank!

if you visit this site, you will feel their personal touch! https://www.circlebank.com

pictured is Lisa Raffi, our personal contact at the branch in Petaluma, who is counting our pennies because the dollars will follow!! 

it is so refreshing to be supporting community and banking too! and i have not even attended the branch yet!

IO SATURNALIA!