Random thoughts

I have been working a lot of hours the last couple of months, so I am having trouble with deep thoughts at the moment. So let's try some random ones.

Why are people surprised when something doomed to failure fails? Stock prices can't continue to go up, they must eventually fall - yet people are surprised when they do. Housing prices can't continue to go up, yet people were surprised when they fell. I have seen several companies try to implement software that their own tech people say can't work, yet they are shocked when it doesn't work. Sometimes I wonder what these people use for brains.

Speaking of failure why do people continue to build houses in flood plains? Why do the local governments let them? Sooner or later there will be a flood. Why set yourself up for a disaster?

Gun prices have become more than extravagant since Obama was elected. Everybody is expecting another assault weapons ban so they are stocking up. The price of ammunition is up too. It is indeed possible that there will be another weapons ban or restriction. Another silly piece of legislation. Even if the government went totally Hitleristic and banned all guns and ammunition people would still be able to have them smuggled in from other countries. It would just cost more. They outlawed cocaine and you can buy it on any street corner. If they outlaw guns it will be the same story. Every time we outlaw something people want we just make more opportunity for criminals to profit.

The Detroit Free Press will soon stop home delivery of papers every day. They will instead deliver on weekends and give subscribers access to an online version. Since I can get the same information from MSNBC or any of several other free sources I will be cancelling my paper soon. Which will of course mean they will cut back even further, which means even more people will cancel, and eventually they will either stabalize or go out of business. I expect some people will continue to get the paper just to line their bird cages.

I think I have run out of randomness for the moment. Maybe my next post will be more coherent. I have hopes that the frantic work pace will slow back to normal, while still keeping me employed.