I sent my final check in to Capital One today and now the Subie is free and clear. I have no other debt. No student loans. No credit card debt. No Mortgage. I feel like a free man, and, damn does it feel good.

One of the reasons It feels good is because I'm not directly contributing to the fiscal disaster that's facing this country. My fellow citizens (and American persons) owe more than 1 trillion dollars to the credit card companies. Who knows what untold dollar amount is owed to banks in underwater mortgages. And worst of all, the US is like some piss poor debtor country with almost 10 trillion in debt.

This is the legacy of Reagan, Bush, and that retarded chimp that now occupies the White House. Thank you, Republicans. Fucking morons. Thanks for caring more about the unborn children of other people and frozen embryos than our balance sheet. I'm putting all my money in euros and pounds.

Here are some details:

• U.S. National Debt Clock
• America's Total Debt Report
• When credit cards put you in jeopardy

Posted by andrew at 05:07 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Another Reason I Don't Keep a Gun in the House
by Billy Collins

The neighbors' dog will not stop barking.
He is barking the same high, rhythmic bark
that he barks every time they leave the house.
They must switch him on on their way out.

The neighbors' dog will not stop barking.
I close all the windows in the house
and put on a Beethoven symphony full blast
but I can still hear him muffled under the music,

while the other musicians listen in respectful
silence to the famous barking dog solo,
that endless coda that first established
Beethoven as an innovative genius.

Posted by andrew at 04:26 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)