Good News, Bad News

Long time, no blog.

In the time since I was last here, much has happened – a very mixed bag of good news, bad new. Being the eternal optimist that I am (though you would probably never believe it based on some of my rants!), the good bits are worth mentioning first.

The Good

America has voted in somebody who looks as though they actually give a shit, which is a novelty in this day and age. I felt particularly happy for Jesse Jackson – what he’s done throughout his life is worthy of respect from everyone.

I was also quite happy to see my former rector at Inverkeithing High School, Lindsay Roy, win in the Glenrothes by-election. Even though he’s "friends" with our useless leader, he’s a good man who has done alot of things that I don’t think people fully appreciate.

Finally, I was glad to see that the price of petrol has returned to near-enough normal. As long as OPEC don’t try any funny business, I can see it staying at these levels for some time to come.

The Bad

Sadly, it appears as though we are heading into an abyss that there is no way out of. This would be the case if you believed everything that you saw or read, but reality paints a very different picture.

I personally know of at least two companies who were ready to make big-ish investments into companies, but put the plans on hold until some of the doom-mongering blows over. You can see why they’ve done this, as being seen to spend a crapload of cash in a bad economy might seem a bit odd.

I think that we’ll see many big and small companies disappear over the next year, although this could actually be a good thing. Many will go out of business as they are badly run, not because of the economy – which gives those who actually do things well the opportunity to capitalise on the idiocy of others.

There’s much more I’ve got to say on this, but I’ll wait until tomorrow to blabber a bit more.

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