We really need to fire all of Con-Gress and the Senate

And start new.

I got this from my buddy Phil;

This cuts thru all the political doublespeak we get.

It puts it into a much better perspective.

Lesson #1:

* U.S. Tax revenue: $2,170,000,000,000

* Fed budget: $3,820,000,000,000

* New debt: $ 1,650,000,000,000

* National debt: $14,271,000,000,000

* Recent budget cuts: $ 38,500,000,000

Let's now remove 8 zeros and pretend it's a household budget:

* Annual family income: $21,700

* Money the family spent: $38,200

* New debt on the credit card: $16,500

* Outstanding balance on the credit card: $142,710

* Total budget cuts so far: $3.85

Got It ?????

OK now Lesson # 2: Here's
 another way to look at the Debt Ceiling:

Let's say . . . You come home from work and find there has been a sewer backup in

your neighborhood and your home has sewage all the way up to your ceilings.

What do you think you should do ? ? ?

Raise the ceilings . . . or pump out the sewage?

Your choice is coming Nov. 2012.

The game was fun.

"Oakland takes surprising A's to heart". Photo ripped off from the San Francisco Chronicle

That picture is mild compared to the real rowdies.

I watched the entire game while cooking dinner for the Spousal Unit. It was looking pretty ugly in the third and fourth innings, when Texas was up 5 to 1. Then there were some crucial errors that Texas made which wrapped up the game at 12 to 5, Oakland. The tv channel even skipped commercials during the last pitching change to show the rowdy Oakland Fans acting up in the seats! I think that Oakland may see a bit of social peace during this election time due to everyone supporting an underdog team instead of promoting the class warfare which usually occurs during an election season.

Oakland and Berkeley are the hometowns for Communist activism, after all. The struggle of well to do "Students" trying to bring down a Nation and make us all equally poor in the interest of "justice". But even many of those socialist activists are A's Baseball Fans. Which is fine with me.

Fun Fact; 40 years ago, the Oakland A's faced Detroit Tigers for the American League Championship and that worked out really well. This may happen again. We will have to see what the post season schedule brings, but I sure would like to see my old favorite team make it all the way,  just like 1972.

We have a House Divided in this matter; The Spousal Unit is pulling for Detroit, which is right and proper. I would be rooting for Detroit, too, but not against a baseball team that I followed so closely back in my youth.

The Oakland Athletics are an unlikely team in this post season. They are the most underpaid and mostly have the least experience compared to the big clubs. Detroit has the finest hitter in 45 years, Miguel Cabrera, (First triple Crown winner in 45 years!) who was a big part of the 2003 Florida (now Miami) Marlins in their successful chase to a Championship. Nothing like success to breed more success.

Now's a good time to review the film "Moneyball" and give it a happy ending. Billy Beane is Da' Man!

It's also nice to see a bunch of young players who have united in quest of the almost impossible against all odds; A Championship.

Classy:
The A's took a lap around the Coliseum to high five the fans who have supported them.

A's players high five fans in the stands after the A's defeated the Texas Rangers. The Oakland Athletics won the American League West division after they defeated the Texas Rangers at O.co Coliseum in Oakland, Calif., on Wednesday, October 3, 2012. Photo: Carlos Avila Gonzalez, The Chronicle / SF

Watching the A's, Live!

I am so pleased that Oakland is actually on the verge of winning the American League West, especially when they were supposed to be playing badly this year. So I am actually watching the game which is on MLB channel in Jax. Live and available to us on the east coast.

Unbelievable! I hope they win and go all the way, because I am rooting for the old home team. And against the Yankees. Always.

Have a good evening!

New Cruising areas for the Barco.

Ahh, Monday.

Going through the bills, I noticed a renewal for the boat insurance and for a change, I actually read through the policy. Seems that the Boys in Bloomington have changed the cruising area for our boat in the Bahamas. The old rule was the Northern Bahamas, to include Grand Bahama, Andros Is., Abaco and New Providence Is. were the only places for our boat, the rest of the islands would leave us uncovered.

Ta-Da!

The new policy extends the cruising area from 23N to 27N and 75W to 80W and that area looks like this;

But Rum Cay and San Salvador Is. are out of the boundaries but Cuba is almost included. Good news, regardless. All we need now is the time to actually visit these islands, right?

Whatever. Nice to see the insurance company is actually trying to make sensible changes for the Florida Boaters.

Great weekend was had, I got walloped at the dock walloper party. The nice thing was that some business opportunities may be arising from the boating front and maybe even resurrecting my Insurance License in the areas of commercial dwellings and the like. We will see.

Have a nice week.

Friday morning warmth

Cruising the morning web, I was visiting twitchy and saw
the Rob Lowe tweet. Hollywood types like Rob Lowe,
Gary Sinise, Chuck Woolery, Tom Selleck and  a few others
who are very notable in their quiet yet powerful support of
our wounded veterans. We need to keep supporting those
films and tv shows that hire the actors who keep up good work
such as this:

Rob Lowe

• ✔

@RobLowe

With American hero and #Giants fan, Army Ranger Cory Remsburgpic.twitter.com/zcMvYz1

I stole the photo from Twitchy.com
Let us all hope for more healing for the soldier, too.

Social activities are scheduled tomorrow, the Club has a "Dock Walloper"
party with live music on the shore of the St Johns River. Here's hopin' the
no seeums stay away for the evening, my ankles need to
heal (get it? Bad Pun.) from last week's dining out for insects.

Have a nice weekend.

Brought to you by someone else who has always thought of others...

I hear she dresses much better, nowadays.

About the same time period. I wish I knew then what I know now!

Done with the paperwork and it is submitted.

The Coast Guard needed $145.00 for evaluating my application and issuing a license. The Agent needs $250.00 to look over my application package and once ready, to walk it over to the Boston Coast Guard Center and turn it in. UPS wanted $55.00 to carry my package to Boston... $450.00 just in handling charges.

Everyone involved must think I have Obama/Romney cash laying around because I go out boating a bit...

The weather on Saturday was gorgeous, I was in and out of my CPR/First Aid course in less than an hour. $75 bucks for that little bit of heaven! Anyway, got the Barco set up and ready and we were underway at 1300, heading Southward into the Florida afternoon, enjoying the slightest cooling breeze within a couple hours. It was just nice to be moving on an empty river with our friends Bill and Kelly. We were at the Six Mile Creek at the crack of 1630 where we met a few other friends from the Navy Jax and Florida Yacht Clubs.

We tried to tell them we resigned from Navy Jax but nobody believed me.  So, we had a number of beers and glasses of wine and went on having a nice time.

The newest Member of Florida Yacht Club was present and he generously paid for the Barco Crew's dinner and drinks. Thanks, T.J.!

We told sea stories, ate and drank until sundown. T.J. and his lovely bride had to leave so the Barco Crew returned for sunset rum. Which lasted until the designated daughter arrived at 2300 to take Bill and Kelly home. It was a late night!

Up and at 'em at 0700, we lingered over coffee and fruit while enjoying the quiet and cool Florida morning, with the rising sun just penetrating the thick oaks and cypress of Six Mile Creek. What a great time of year to be on the water in our sunshine state!

We took no photos of this trip (to protect the innocent?), actually I forgot my camera in all the packing and rushing about to get underway. Next time, we promise to have cameras.

See you all later...

Hello again, Sports Fans!

The Captain of Blowhard has been hard at work today, writing up the sailing resume. Day by day, not counting charters or short trips on friends boats I come up with 1261 days of boating since 1991. There are more, but I'm not counting my at sea time with the Navy and also, I'm not counting any time that I can't prove or find the owners of boats going back to 1990 and before. The Coast Guard requirement for One Hundred Ton Master is 720 days of sea time logged. I will have to document the size and tonnage of the vessels I sailed, too. Busy next couple of days, for sure. I'm hoping the Authorities don't kick back too much of my time. The Navy time is in excess of four years onboard and underway at sea but I'm sure there are reasons why they don't allow me all of that time.

I found three respectable citizens to write letters of recommendation for me. I won't be able to see those letters, so I hope I don't get too much of a verbal flogging.  I will keep LL  in mind from out in the Occupied California Republic.

Pizza at Moon River is the plan for tonight, we will be with a local Boat Broker. Maybe I can get a line on some future deliveries!

See you all, later.