Let me repeat myself

I believe, if left to it’s own devices, history can repeat itself.  And sometimes, I’m not so sure if that’s good or bad.  Sometimes history can repeat itself in the worst way.  Especially if we ignore painful history. 

Certainly in these difficult times of retreating economy, house foreclosures,  and job layoffs, history has come back to visit.  And in the worst way for sure.  Nonetheless, ignoring the reckless past has presented itself once again.

What is happening now with our poor economy, bankruptcies, many out of work, and many becoming homeless was experienced several times in our American past.  All the classic signs from the great depression, Wall Street collapse, homelessness, and soup lines in the 1930s should have been hints for the present.  All the classic signs from back then were ignored during our recent financial, banking, and automobile manufacturing crash.  Simply put, we should have known better.  We took our eyes off the road.  We ignored 1930s history.  So, it came back in 2008 and bit us in the butt  once again.  My goodness, will we ever learn?

Never the less, this website takes a microcosm from the past, analyzes it, try’s to figure out what happened back then, and takes the wisdom and experiences and creates a better perspective for the present. 

The microcosm?  My Okie family.  The experiences?  Moving from the red dirt Plaines in 1941 from Oklahoma then Growing up Okie in Los Angeles.  The present?  Knowing what happened in the past in order to predict the future.  It’s almost magic.  It works.  We just have to learn to use it.  History is our crystal ball.  The weather forecaster if you will.

So, I dedicate this site for divining the present.  Know history and use it. And, for goodness sakes don’t ignore it.

You will notice the history I write is a little bit tongue in cheek but largely the truth.  My Red Dirt blog and Okie journal I try to represent the forgotten past and the sometimes regrettable present.  LOL.  My radio podcast are brief commentaries of culture, technology, and social issues.  Enjoy listening and reading.

All my best,

Chuck Ayers

It would be mad to take our economy into a U-turn.

The big problem with Barock Obama is he is too much of a nice man.  Giving the opposition the benefit of the doubt.  A negotiator and compromiser.  Knowing how to give and take. 

What he needs to learn is the partisan opposition is just that, Partisan and nothing else.  Hard nosed.  Stuck on one issue.  Dead wood starting to petrify into stone.  And in the mean time obstructing good government.  Unyielding politicians more than willing to take advantage of President Obamas democratic style of government.  Basically saying the conservatives will play by their own rules.  And turn around and expect you to play by the rules of normal fair play.

I would recommend to President Obama to become a bit political himself.  Holding his ground on certain issues of benefit for the American people.  Over look politics and go for good policies and laws.

There is no reason to debate why we are in this recession.  We know why people are out of work.  We’ve debated taxes.  We debated how to create jobs for America.

We just need to get past the rhetoric and lies and press for workable jobs programs.  Then ask the large corporations and wealthy individuals to pay their share of the rebuilding and recovery of America.

We tried the George W Bush approach once already.  We gave tax breaks for the rich.  We bailed out the banks and Wall Street.  We had relaxed banking and consumer rules and regulations.  All to discover not only did it not work but got us into this financial and job mess we are now in.  An economy spiraling downward and many out of work.  So, why would we want to go back to such destructive ways?

So to even think of any Republican as a potential president would be to continue the economic downward trends.  We would be nuts to think Rick Perry, Michele Bachmann, Mit Romney, or any of the other Republican candidates as good for our country.  Because as mentioned, they would continue the GWB policies of tax breaks for the rich  and basically give away our economic engine.  Absolutely back to the financial hole where we started from in 2007.  We don’t want that.