This much madness

 is too much sorrow,

it's impossible to make it today. ( N. Young)

sure feels that way sometimes........everything  is going up, up, up............property taxes, home insurance, transportation, you name it ...UP......and still the simple minds buy the simple lines.......an opportunity economy.....well unemployment is historically low....so opportunity is there.....the problem we have a govt that spends like a crack addict....trapped in the moment without regard or concern for tomorrow.

The demoralizing part is when you live in a country with a spending problem and still nothing gets built or improved....we gave  65 billion to the Ukraine the past 2 years and then a cat 3 hurricane cuts through North and South Carolina knocking out power to millions.... where is the investment in American infrastructure ?  our energy grid is vulnerable and we still have power lines above ground on termite infested telephone poles....politicians refuse to invest in the mundane boring upkeep and improvement of out cities and rural communities unless their is a photo Op or a ribbon cutting ceremony.......Our transit systems are worse than 3rd world.........Friday Amtrak launched an ad campaign for their new DIRECT SERVICE between Chicago and Miami........take a deep breath....this is not meant to be funny....they are advertising this as a great new option...they are proud of this.....the trip takes 47 Hours (if it is on time) and the ONE way fare for a single bedroom is $1,600..........by comparison.......a one way flight between the 2 cities costs $300-400 and takes all of 3 hours....... to all the Green Agenda people that want to save the planet by outlawing styrofoam cups ....i ask you, where is the plan for high speed electrical trains to reduce the number of planes in the air ? 

All the money that is pissed away and still we have veterans that were used as cannon fodder , sleeping on the streets......Frank Siller and the private sector are the only ones that get things done.....the T2T are buying shuttered motels  and converting them into communal private housing for homeless Vets....God Bless a guy like Frank that took a tragedy and turned it into  lifetime calling of helping others...nobody else was gonna do it....certainly not the government.

On that note i am disappointed with myself for not participating in the Tunnel to Towers the last few years....i am a coward.....that race at the end of the painful month of September just became too much for me on the mental and psychological side .....i was in a deep depression in the days after the race..and on race day i found myself struggling to contain my anger at most of the people around me as we waited for the starting gun...mostly at the teenagers and college kids that came out for a fun day and were not somber enough for my liking...i liked it better the first few years when there weren't many people.....just like i do with most bars......i still donate...and i may run one more time in the future......but i just couldn't handle the emotions...and that's my own fault.

let's end this on a positive note.......The Squids of Navy and the Black Knights on the Hudson are both 4-0....they sit tied atop the American Football Conference and both teams have a formidable passing attack and spirited defense......let's get both of these teams back into the Bowl picture......and there is a plan B for the Big game this year.......if my house is unavailable,... we had a skater step up and offer to host......hint.....we may be drinking icey cold Heineken from a Keg that day....

2+3=BEEEER

You take my hand, I'll take your hand
Together we may get away