An Irish, Belgian and a German….

OK, this is not a “walks into a bar joke” but it is what I ended up drinking this week. It started when I was on my way to Brussels once again and had a 4 hour delay at DFW on the Frankfurt leg of my trip. So I stopped in at the very nice Irish pub near gate D20 at DFW and proceeded to drink way too many Guinness’. But I couldn’t help it because I found a bartender that actually knew how to poor a Guinness. Once on the flight I switched to Scotch… which was a real mistake because I felt like crap the next day, but when in First….

Once I finally got to Brussels I was so damn tired and late that I was not able to make my usual trip downtown to enjoy the many café’s and great beer so I opted to just enjoy a local bar near the hotel. Once again the beer was wonderful and I actually ate a Belgium hamburger. Not bad, but not American.

Went to my meeting the next day and then to the airport for my trip back to Frankfurt to overnight there before my trip home. The hotel I was assigned in Frankfurt was in the middle of nowhere so my only option was the hotel bar. But it was crowded and fun and had some good choices of beer. I actually drank a wheat beer which I never like, but this one was actually tolerable.

Short trip and not much to tell.

Once last question, why do they only allow women who eat tennis balls to go to the restroom at the BRU airport?

Clinton vs. Bush - The Rumble in the Jungle

OK, so I had another one of those bar discussions where my liberal friend issued some statements that quite frankly I could not refute because I did not know the data. So I looked it up. I love the internet.

The very typical liberal statement made by my friend was name 1 thing that is good about the Bush years.

I quickly responded that despite what the media would have you believe that the economy is doing quite well. He scoffed and pointed to the recent recession which he was correct there was a short recession that the U.S. economy recovered from very quickly. Now I know that broad policy is the only affect the President has on the economy but you canÂ’t tell liberals that. Regardless, he stuck to his guns and said that the economy was MUCH better under Clinton than it is under Bush. I decided to do a little research and find some pretty pictures that he could understand (just kidding, he is a very smart man, ignorant at times, but smart)

Statement 1: Unemployment is worse, people can't find jobs.
Fact: Unemployment did get worse during and right after the recession and 9/11. But it has made a very nice recovery.



Statement 2: If they can find a job it is at minimum wage and you can't support a family on that.
Fact: Wages are up... way up.



Statement 3: Even if they do make money, everything is so expensive.
Fact: Sort of true.. especially if you consider energy cost. But the cost of goods and services have remained steady over the last 10 years.

End of the World?

This made me laugh! I often feel this way after reading the paper or watching the news but it is good to know that I have a group of friends that will never allow me to enter the "End of the World" box without beer.