Regarding the presidential political race, he said:
"For the love of god, I just want this to be over."
Does it strike anyone else how absurd the whole political (and governance) game has become? Yet the majority of Americans take this nonsense in stride, accept it as just the way it is.
I decided to listen to a bit of the debate last night, just to see if Obama would get his game on (one reader had suggested that he must have read my last blog just before the first debate, explaining why he was so off). What I heard was so full of ridiculousness on both candidates' part that I quickly switched it off. The process continues to be a tragicomedy. From what I heard on the NPR follow up Obama did get feisty. And that is what is making Democrats happy! Seriously?
Meanwhile we are getting more data on net energy flows to the economy that suggest this little seeming up tick in the US economy will be short lived and followed by a steeper decline in the next year. Things appear to be in stasis for the moment, and probably will remain so until after the election, or even until after the next term starts. If we go over the so-called "fiscal cliff" it will be even more interesting. Meanwhile I'm watching China and Europe as they react to higher energy prices, shortages in supply and other energy related factors that will push their economies lower still, in terms of growth.
Next week I will be attending the Fourth Biophysical Economics conference, this year in Burlington VT at the University of Vermont, Gund Institute for Ecological Economics. I will be participating in a plenary panel session on "Money, Energy, & Debt", presenting the rationale for using exergy as the standard for money and money supply. Stay tuned for my report.