The Nicssite Blogger

As I surf the net and read all of the latest happenings, I wonder, is life really as bad as the news makes it out to be? The economy has tanked. Sure, the market is around half of its all time high of 14 some odd thousand. it only took a year to get there. but then I think, in the last 12 months it was around 5,000. Now depending on the day its closer to 8k. Hell the last month has been the best month in like 7 years. Using that as my main indicator, do I feel that we have reached the bottom? Yes I do. is our economy as strong as it was september 07? not really. I think by summer of 2010 we’ll be back to near normal.Will the economy bounce back? it hasn’t let me down in the past, though I would be more worried about inflation when it bounces back with the trillions we have pumped into the economy. Though, with inflation there’s at least good interest rates.

Next, I want to comment on Iowa and homosexual marriage in general. First, Kudos to Iowa for legalizing it. granted it was a law that deemed unconstitutional. I honestly could care less who people marry. If its a choice to be gay then so be it. People should be happy. and this really doesn’t seem to have negative consequences on society other changing ideals. Now, do I think this should be forced down religious groups. Not one bit. if a church is not comfortable with a homosexual marriage, then fine, they don’t need to marry the couple. The can goto the courthouse and have a ceremony. Will it be as romantic? No. Maybe there will be an entrepreneurship thing that will allow a marriage company to cater to gay couples. Including proceding over the wedding.  Is the world going to end if gay marriage is legalized in America? No. The couples are still going to be couples, gay people will be gay, straight people will be straight. at the end of the day, its all about legal concessions and not what the church says.

Those two things have dominated the news recently. No matter what happens with either one, the sun is going to shine tomorrow. the times they are a changing. In the long run, we’ll eventually get things right. Bush kept us on far right for so long, I figure Obama is going to take us to the far left. Kinda like mother nature uses weather to keep things in check and balances. Next president will hopefully be in the middle. Thats when we will truely flourish again. Until then, no matter how bad thigns get, the sun is still going to shine tomorrow.

So I’m working on getting a suitable mobile site so you may view nicssite.com on the go.  Currently I have a pluggin from mippin installed. It’s ok, though not 100% what I’m looking for, I’ll keep updating here.

UPDATE
I have switched over to wordpress pda& iphone found from word press directory. I have also edited some of the code so I think it will look sleeker and operate faster on a mobile phone.  If you want to login, its at the bottom

For the admin part of the site I have switched to Mobile admin also from the wordpress plugin directory. I think I may go in and edit some of the code to make it more optimized on the mobile browser. However, compared to the default, I think its quite a bit better.

Any comments let me know,

Nic

 

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The White House still believes that General Motors can restructure without filing for bankruptcy. Of course the government wants this to happen. With the billions in tax dollar money on the line, I’m sure we all want them to achieve this.

I do not believe its going to happen. Number one they can’t sell any cars. They’re not making anything close to break even and hey are still burning through billions a month and running out of cash again.

Number two, the UAW still won’t budge to help them out. Keeping their workers at high wages and making it harder for a company to scrape money is better to them then having lower wages a company that will be able to employee union members for a long term

Then there is this perception that they make junk cars. While they certainly have had several bad models in the past, I don’t think that this is the case today, at least, not any worst than any other car manufacturer. Toyota has had problems in recent years. The other two of the big three has. It’s growing pains.  GM needs to work on getting rid of that perception. They certainly are trying with their ad campaign of how many cars get good MPG. Is it enough? I don’t think so. They need to get it so people realize you are not having to take your car to the shop every other week.

GM also needs to get more cheaper, stylish,  yet extremely reliable cars on the market. People want a car the feels luxurious but not at the high price. It’s the reason the Corvette was created. GM wanted a car that could go as fast and perform as good as the performance cars of the day. The Vette came out and people loved. Create a car with that mindset, and GM has a good chance of winning over the people.

However, with all the things GM needs to do, its going to take money and couple years. That is something GM does not have at this point in time. Can they claim bankruptcy and come back smelling like roses? Yes. Shed the debt, restructure and come back leaner, meaner, more aggressive. Is it going to hurt the tax payers? Yes, however, will it help in the long run? Yes, its what should have been done a long time ago.