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Still Not Stimulating

Still Not Stimulating

October 2, 2009 Posted by John at 12:02 PM

Unemployment rose to 9.8% in September. Innocent Bystanders has been tracking the unemployment rate against the Obama administration's projections. In order to persuade Congress to pass the "stimulus" bill, the administration predicted what unemployment would be with and without the alleged impact of the stimulus. The reality has turned out to be far worse; I think it is safe to say that the stimulus bill has been a failure:

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New! Auto-expanding embeds for Lala.com, Viddler, and Google Video

I know its lame to post something from Posterous to Posterous, but where else would I be able to find it?

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Ghost Quilting

Aka my wife calls this working?
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Today's ride

Awesome. it was in the mid-80's (which is like a spring evening after the heat we have had), overcast and still. I sweat like crazy but it was nice not to have a head wind.
 
Caught up to some chick woman in Mercedes kit and talked to her for four or five miles. That Riding with someone else helps the time pass.
 
Ended up with 26+ miles for the ride. I think I might actually be ready come October!

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Herbie Hancock & Melody Gardot – Edith And The King-Pin

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I just rode in from San Antonio and, boy, are my legs tired

I have been feeling pretty run down all week. Even after not riding on Wednesday my legs have been stiff for most of my training rides. Curious...

 I am planning a repeat of last week's 44 miler unless I get a second or third wind. Then I will push it to 50 miles... Give or take.

 My first group ride is in Poth, TX in two weeks. It is 44 miles and that no longer scares me... Unless Poth fails to provide Starbucks at the 24 mile point. Tomorrow will be mostly about discipline and mental toughness. My short ride this week was on the order of 16 miles. If I can keep from burning my legs up on Toutant-Beauregard everything should be fine. Pain is temporary, glory is forever :)
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San Antonio Businesses on Twitter

Lately I've come across more and more San Antonio businesses on Twitter. Hooray! It's great to see San Antonio businesses take advantage of social media tools so they can reach out to the community at large as well as to their customers and prospe

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OK. One last summer IN SA photo and I am done

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This is San Antonio summer also.

OK this is an exaggeration. It is only 92F today. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

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This is summer in San Antonio.

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