At first glance, DC looks like another shithole, filled with homeless men begging for money. At closer inspection, it is a splendid city with large, spacious avenues, luxurious stores and fine architecture. This all ties in with the impeccable cleanliness that seems to be the culture in DC. I wouldn’t ever live here. However, I’d stop here for a sandwich or two, on my way to finer confines.
The fourth of July festivities were pretty cool, minus the million people that attended, stinking up the place with ape-like body odor. All in all, it was worthwhile, especially the fireworks display—which was fantastic.
Tomorrow, I venture off to see more of this stupid place. As you must understand, my blogging activities will be light; however, I will be with you in spirit. I have no idea when I will head back to NYC, as I am in no rush to go home. I might venture further south to throw eggs at Woodshedder’s house, then plant a Saudi Arabian flag on his mailbox. Or, I might head back towards PA, where I can do all sorts of idiotic things, spend money, and generally waste my time. Ultimately, the market will have to wait for me—not the other way around.
Going into tomorrow, I am 60% cash and mostly cash in my personal/aggressive account. I am long TZA, ETFC, WNR, CLF and VMW, some stock, other calls. And I will buy this market, with great energy, when it dips.
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Call me. I’ll take a day off and give you guys a grand tour of Richmond, and feed you dinner, home-cooked, southern style, or course.
How long a drive from DC?
Depends on traffic. With no traffic, 1.5 hours.
RIR ( Richmond International Raceway) was cool.
Pork fat sandwiches I assume?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpMugPQC4ZY
Here’s an interview with Gaddafi’s son.
Thing will get interesting once he passes the Mason-Dixon. Interesting, indeud…
Oh, almost forgot… please go leave a flaming bag of dog-shit on Barry’s porch.
Hope everyone had a Happy 4th, thanks for everything Fly.
Fly – May I suggest an afternoon in Annapolis. Guided ferry ride, tour the US Naval Academy, nice little downtown for ice cream. Cool breeze off the water. Nice half day.
My brother was there (DC) last week. He said the shittiest parts of town have been repaved with fine granite curbing and stone flowerpots costing several thousand a pop. Thank you American taxpayer.
He said they have plenty of steel barriers that can be raised in an instant to stop personel or vehicles.
I haven’t been there for years, but from the sounds of it, it would seem that they are well prepared if Gen Cornwallis’s ghost troops lay siege to the city. Or perhaps they anticipate Greek -style torch & pitchfork revelers at some point. I don’t know why they would ever think something crazy like that, the recovery is proceding nicely.
Gonna be awfully hot on Tues & Wed …. I’d kill to be in the 50 degree clime of a coal mine … LOL
http://www.lackawannacounty.org/attractions_coal.asp
Then Steamtown USA and the Trolly Museum with a relaxing dinner/night at the Lackawanna Hotel … top shelf for Scranton PA, almost NYC sans the rats.
Avoid the bananas and say hello to Phoebe Snow ….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZZqnVYB4UA
http://www.nps.gov/stea/photosmultimedia/Steamtown-Scenes.htm
Why Boston and not Kamakiriad?
Kamakiriad is my fav Fagan/Dan CD … Boston is my town and as depicted by that gravatar, taking off just as the market is in liftoff.
Fly, I hope you take the family to the Jefferson Memorial. The view across the Potomoc River is special when standing in front of Thomas Jefferson. Also, it is worth taking the time to visit Arlington National Cemetary as well. I waited until last year when my kids were all teen-agers (19, 16, 13) before taking them to DC as I wanted to make sure they appreciated the history of our nation’s capital. It would take days to tour the incredible museums. At the Musuem of American History, my son showed me a picture of a black shadow on the steps of a Japanese building. The caption read: All that is left of a person after atmomic bomb hit Nagasaki (paraphrase). We loved DC and it is one place my kids want to go back. For a plebian dinner, we really enjoyed Famous Dave’s restaurant in Alexandria.
Oh, getting to Arlington National Cemetary was a real pain in the butt – we got lost tyring to find the exit as it’s tricky.
I can relate – “I have no idea when I will head back to NYC, as I am in no rush to go home.”
If you take the Bay Bridge route back to NYC, I agree with Moober that a brief stop in downtown Annapolis could be a kid pleaser with ice cream, Main Street heading towards the harbor. If your crew is hungry for a burger and see a nicely kept and busy Five Guys, that is a good choice.
My daughter lived in NOVA (North. Va.) and worked in DC for a couple of years so I had occasion to go to DC.
Plenty of great historical buildings and museums to see plus the train makes it easy to get around.
However, after awhile I start to get disgusted with the place when you see block long granite buildings that are monuments to ripping off the taxpayers and plenty of waste and fraud.
Many of those bureaucrats working and living in the Beltway have no clue what many Americans go through to survive these days.
I can tell you stories about the ridiculous pensions some of my friends are pulling down for working a 9-5 job, no risk of getting fired, and retiring at 52 years old.
There is a reason DC employment has grown during The Great Recession.
We need about half as many mindless bureaucrats as we presently suckle. All that many accomplish in a days work is to dream up new regulations which will guarantee them a job in the future.
Hitting the refresh button with another “Independence Day” may be the only way to correct the situation at this point.
Those bureaucrats are not mindless. They have Phds in dogooderism.
I really miss the USA, ESPECIALLY with the horrible President who denigrates our nation. Let’s hope in 2012 we get a new President who actually takes pride in America!
Yeah I can’t wait until a new president is elected and its all better. 🙁
Pride in America?, you fool. What’s there to be proud of? Were hopelessly in debt, the media is owned by the political elite, gangs of human waste roam the streets, life is cheaper than a cigarette, grandma is eating dog food and chopping pills in half, the muzzies want us dead, we bomb children in the name of corporate profits, psychotic soccer mommies control the household budget process, the the constitution has been shit on and burned, and the middle class is uncomprehendingly fucked. I am so tired of you polarized tards debating stupid shit while the USA gets sold off like a toothless whore at Mardi Gras. Remember all the negros and commie libs who thought they’d get hope and change when the 1/2black guy got in office? Bwahahahahaha! You fools. You think it will all get better when a white hoe or old white tard gets elected?
Don’t get your hopes up, all politicians belong to the “fuck the middle class” club and if you believe anything different you are a FOOL.
monkey w/ dont hold back,tell us what ya really think, lol…. u r not alone and the sad part is theres not much that we can do about it.
The only upside is I can laugh at the rhetoric coming from both sides. The fallacy of the two party system is the opiate of the stupid masses.
as we watch greese, i wonder how long before we get there…….ahhhhhhhhhhh, thats why i say rick santelli for prez, but theyd buy him or kill him
fuck the middle class club. i gave you a thumbs up just for that line monkey. i miss being middle class and paying 4-6 hundo a week just in taxes. this is not what we have to put up with anymore. this motherfucker POS that is the president will do the same, he will make all the blacks think they are gonna bet a bump if they elect his ass again. and in order to garner the hispanuals, ,he will seamlessly thread together a dream act,or shamelessly call for amnasty. this hustling mother fucker, will hustle every body again. and why this retard needs to have a billion in campagne funds to get reelected is beyond me.shit he should just give it all to the blacks like he made them think last time around
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpMugPQC4ZY&feature=player_detailpage talk amongst yourselves, america needs a better PR person….
LPL downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Goldman this morning – doesn’t look like it wants to go down though.. time to buy?
actually, let’s wait until open. Could still drop of course.