It's Time

Now the blog is coming together I feel it is ready to talk about something big, that kinda requires a focus that I struggle very very hard to get a hold of, and that biggggg thing is this whole recession business. So they (the general media, who consistently jump on their own bandwagons) don't stop telling us that this is THE END OF THE WORLD and that we are also going to DIE from STARVATION. True, if we were Zimbabweans we would be facing death due to the economy, or cholera, or both every single freaking day. But we're not. In fact, i'd quite like to argue (cautiously obv.) that we're pretty damned lucky. We haven't had a recession for 15 years, which means we did succesfully quit the whole decade boom-bust thing. And although we enjoyed a great few years, everyone will admit that some did get a bit too greedy for their, and everyone else's, good. In fact the way I look at the whole recession thing, in relation to the economy, is that it's just a detox (and everyone needs one of those from time to time. Even my father manages to give up alcohol annually. Trust me, it's like world stops moving. And he goes a little more crazy each time. But still it's the effort right?). So right now we're just kicking the economy back into gear.

I also would like to say I truly believe we have some great politicians looking after us (and even if we didn't think that it's tough we're just gonna have to deal with Gordy's voice for a little bit longer), although I do agree that they reacted way too late to the whole situation. But weren't we all willing to bury our heads for as long as possible? Since they admitted we might have a problem our government has been giving it a damn good try, top marks for effort and all that. Point in case is this. Least we have some fighting talk, even if we're severely lacking in fighting walk. And try and name someone else who could do it better. Basically, we're all being very British about the whole thing. We're just enjoying having a good old moan - god knows I enjoy it.

There is a way to genuinley amuse yourself when regarding your own economic circumstance: that is to calculate inflation (your own). My family have an annual inflation rate of 12.4% (I blame the addition of an extra wage-earner) but, even worse, my personal rate was 18%. I was horrified! So, having lectured you all on how we need to be positive I'm now gonna go and overhaul my entire financial system. Terrifying stuff.



Some lighthearted Obamarama to finish things off and, shock horror, the prez. 2.0 is even more of a normal guy than previously assumed. One does have to wonder when this stuff will stop actually being classified as 'news' though.