I don't know whether you noticed in my Profile that Chess is in the second place right after art. Believe it or not, Yours Truly is playing chess! Serious chess. I go to several OTB (Over The Board) chess tournaments every year and although I won couple hundred dollars here and there I'm not good in OTB. So, years ago I started in Correspondence Chess, also known as Postal Chess. Low and behold Yours Truly started to do well. In correspondence chess I seem to avoid the blunders I usually make in OTB chess.
This year I entered the 2010 Colorado Correspondence Chess Championship and I was the second seed. Hopefully, I will make it into the finals. The reason I'm telling you all of this is to bring the correspondence chess to your attention. It is not a well known activity. Some people like to play chess but either they think they are no good or they do not have an opportunity to play competitive OTB chess. Correspondence chess is ideal for getting your feet wet and it can be played anywhere.
Thought you ought to know.
George
Saturday, May 08, 2010
Thursday, May 06, 2010
Project 365 Days 155, 156, and 157
June 4, 2010 - God's Acre
June 5, 2010 - Chateau Pruhonice near Prague
June 6, 2010 - Vaduz Castle in Liechtenstein
Project 365 Days 152, 153, and 154
June 1, 2010 - Blue Naked Man on the Beach in Costa Rica
June 2, 2010 - Blue Naked Short Man on the Beach in Spain
June 3, 2010 - Blue Naked Man in Hood River, Oregon
Project 365 Days 149, 150 & 151
May 29, 2010 - Two Nuts? No, Lemons!
May 30, 2010 - Blue Naked Man Suntanning in Cancun
May 31, 2010 - Maintenance Yard
Project 365 Day 146, 147, and 148
May 26, 2010 - Island City
May 27, 2010 - Old Monastery
May 28, 2010 - Colony Houses in Winter
Project 365 Days 143, 144, and 145
Greece and European Union
Today, we had a scare on the Wall Street. The Dow Jones dropped over 1,000 points at around 3:00 pm and then made up the loss a little bit so that we were down about 350 points for the day. The reason: Financial situation in Greece and other European Union countries. Greece is leading the way into the financial abyss. President Obama, Democrats and Republicans listen carefully and take notes. The dire situation in Greece was caused by the Greek government. The news outlets are telling us that the Greek demonstrators are targeting symbols of capitalism and even killing people. Why are they targeting the symbols of capitalism when the crisis has been caused by government is anyone's guess. Actually, there should be no guessing involved. Greek government like all European governments and now also United States are spending like crazy bestowing all kinds of benefits and entitlements on their citizens using money they do not have. Greek spending went through the roof so that Greeks can have everything they dream off and then some. Finally, the well ran dry.
The Greeks are looking at other countries to bail them out. Bailouts do not work. Let me repeat BAILOUTS DO NOT WORK. We can see it right here in the United States. President Obama and Democrats spent lots of money in the first few months in the office, much more than all presidents before him combined, and the results are nowhere to be seen. They can demagogue the issue any which way, the only result which is sure is that we are following in the footsteps of Greece and all European Union countries.....yes, to the proverbial financial abyss.
Situation in Europe is a lesson to be learned by our politicians. But I will bet anything that this lesson will be lost on them. Why? Because of their ideology! What exactly caused the crisis in Greece. Greece grew the government quickly just like President Obama is trying to do. The salaries commanded by the Greek government workers are staggeringly high. Add to that their benefits and you do not have to be a Harvard graduate to know that something will break sooner or later. The Greek government also bestowed unspeakable benefits and entitlements on regular folk and Greek workers. Everyone loved what amounted to a Change They Can Believe In. And they believed in it. The European mentality of "You Have It and I don't - Fork It Over" got better of the people. In order to be able to afford the entitlements Greek government borrowed heavily. They ran high deficits and national debt skyrocketed. How did they imagine they will be able to repay these loans is a mystery. When the bill became due, the Greek government did not have the money. So now, other, still little bit more wealthy European Union countries will bail out Greece to the tune of $145 billion. I wonder what will happen when Portugal, Ireland, Italy, and Spain default on their loans.
The United States has been put on the same path by President Obama and the Democrats with a tacit approval from Republicans. High spending, new entitlements, nationalization of the health care industry, increased taxes, regulation of everything that moves, climate control legislation, open invitation to illegal aliens to come and share the paradise such as it is, and other nonsense legislation and regulations will take us to the edge of the abyss and into it just like it happened to Greece. Our so called leaders cannot claim that they are too stupid to know better and not to realize that they are de facto sabotaging the United States with their policies because they are all graduates of Ivy League schools or other great schools, and there are numerous examples of what happens when they follow their foolish policies. Therefore, in my opinion, there is only one explanation left that explains the misbehavior of our "leaders", and that is that they are knowingly destroying the United States of America.
The Greeks are looking at other countries to bail them out. Bailouts do not work. Let me repeat BAILOUTS DO NOT WORK. We can see it right here in the United States. President Obama and Democrats spent lots of money in the first few months in the office, much more than all presidents before him combined, and the results are nowhere to be seen. They can demagogue the issue any which way, the only result which is sure is that we are following in the footsteps of Greece and all European Union countries.....yes, to the proverbial financial abyss.
Situation in Europe is a lesson to be learned by our politicians. But I will bet anything that this lesson will be lost on them. Why? Because of their ideology! What exactly caused the crisis in Greece. Greece grew the government quickly just like President Obama is trying to do. The salaries commanded by the Greek government workers are staggeringly high. Add to that their benefits and you do not have to be a Harvard graduate to know that something will break sooner or later. The Greek government also bestowed unspeakable benefits and entitlements on regular folk and Greek workers. Everyone loved what amounted to a Change They Can Believe In. And they believed in it. The European mentality of "You Have It and I don't - Fork It Over" got better of the people. In order to be able to afford the entitlements Greek government borrowed heavily. They ran high deficits and national debt skyrocketed. How did they imagine they will be able to repay these loans is a mystery. When the bill became due, the Greek government did not have the money. So now, other, still little bit more wealthy European Union countries will bail out Greece to the tune of $145 billion. I wonder what will happen when Portugal, Ireland, Italy, and Spain default on their loans.
The United States has been put on the same path by President Obama and the Democrats with a tacit approval from Republicans. High spending, new entitlements, nationalization of the health care industry, increased taxes, regulation of everything that moves, climate control legislation, open invitation to illegal aliens to come and share the paradise such as it is, and other nonsense legislation and regulations will take us to the edge of the abyss and into it just like it happened to Greece. Our so called leaders cannot claim that they are too stupid to know better and not to realize that they are de facto sabotaging the United States with their policies because they are all graduates of Ivy League schools or other great schools, and there are numerous examples of what happens when they follow their foolish policies. Therefore, in my opinion, there is only one explanation left that explains the misbehavior of our "leaders", and that is that they are knowingly destroying the United States of America.
Saturday, May 01, 2010
Just in case.......
Just in case you are wondering what the hey am I doing ...... I'll be away in May so I have to catch myself so I'm current when I get back.
Project 365 Days 140, 141, and 142
May 20, 2010 - Fish Stand
May 21, 2010 - House at the Other End
May 22, 2010 - Robert Brothers Over Saint Cloud, France
Project 365 Days 137, 138, and 139
May 17, 2010 - Castle Krivoklat
May 18, 2010 - Up the Creek
May 19, 2010 - Romanesque Church
Project 365 Days 134, 135, and 136
May 14, 2010 - Dusk in the City
May 15, 2010 - Town of Caslav
May 16, 2010 - Country Cemetery
Project 365 Days 131, 132, and 133
May 11, 2010 - Village II
May 12, 2010 - Big Farm
May 13, 2010- Medieval time
Project 365 Days 128, 129, and 130
May 8, 2010 - River Tow Boat
May 9, 2010 - Piazza di San Marco, Venezia
May 10, 2010 - 1933 Tatra V570 prototype, the future Volkswagen Beetle
Project 365 Days 125, 126, and 127
May 5, 2010 - Street Car No. 14
May 6, 2010 - Down by the Creek
May 7, 2010 - Steam Tow Boat
All ATC's are marker and colored pencil on poster board.
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