{"id":162,"date":"2011-08-21T19:22:13","date_gmt":"2011-08-21T19:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stashreport.com\/?p=162"},"modified":"2011-12-01T17:22:58","modified_gmt":"2011-12-01T17:22:58","slug":"the-irritated-observations-of-a-cranky-old-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stashreport.com\/?p=162","title":{"rendered":"The Irritated Observations Of A Cranky Old Man"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stashreport.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/facebook-button-plugin\/images\/standard-facebook-ico.png\" alt=\"Fb-Button\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/stashreport.com\/?p=162\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"225px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p><strong>Hey, How Ya Doin\u2019?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The market is up&#8230;<br \/>\nThe market is down&#8230;<br \/>\nBut there is one thing that I have found:<br \/>\nThe brokers always make their money.<\/p>\n<p>Bulls and the bears&#8230;<br \/>\nDouble dip recession&#8230;<br \/>\nInvestors fighting bottom line depression<br \/>\nBut bankers receive bonuses&#8230; isn\u2019t that funny?<\/p>\n<p>Politicians give speeches&#8230;<br \/>\nMore spins than dancers.<br \/>\nLotsa talk but they have no answers.<br \/>\nAre they incompetent or <em>something<\/em> worse?<\/p>\n<p>Their one goal:<br \/>\nGetting reelected.<br \/>\nThe greater good is being neglected.<br \/>\n(Loyal only to their pocket and purse.)<\/p>\n<p>Phantom inflation&#8230;<br \/>\nThe price of gold&#8230;<br \/>\nThings will get better, or so we\u2019re told.<br \/>\n(Rome is burning and our emperors fiddle.)<\/p>\n<p>Savings account?<br \/>\nInterest at half per cent&#8230;<br \/>\nOoops, there goes my retirement.<br \/>\nOnce again, we\u2019re the ones stuck in the middle.<\/p>\n<p>Shared sacrifice.<br \/>\nThat\u2019s what they say&#8230;<br \/>\nBut why is it me who\u2019s got to pay?<br \/>\n(Things were bad but they\u2019re getting worse.)<\/p>\n<p>I won\u2019t give it up&#8230;<br \/>\nThis dollar of mine&#8230;<br \/>\nEven if it\u2019s only worth a dime.<br \/>\nAs for politics&#8230; please grant me a divorce.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stash<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey, How Ya Doin\u2019? The market is up&#8230; The market is down&#8230; But there is one thing that I have found: The brokers always make their money. Bulls and the bears&#8230; Double dip recession&#8230; Investors fighting bottom line depression But &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/stashreport.com\/?p=162\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stashreport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stashreport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stashreport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stashreport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stashreport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=162"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/stashreport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":217,"href":"https:\/\/stashreport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162\/revisions\/217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stashreport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stashreport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stashreport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}