The outlook has changed a lot in the past two weeks. Rick Perry is toast, and the market is up. Europe is out of denial and Rajaratnam got 11 years for corrupting fellow southeast Asians in furtherance of outrageous insider trading. The updated jobs data for July and August is better. I’m starting to get the sense that the economy is on an upswing. Dividend-paying stocks are becoming in vogue since we’re still seeing market swings. I expect to see little shoots of life everywhere in the economy, despite the Republicans in Congress and their attempts to kill the economy to prevent OB1’s re-election. Well, like many other things, that is clearly going to backfire. Isn’t it interesting how a post about the economy can morph into one on politics? Remember Che…the art of the possible…hard to control the possible…

BTW: I wrote this post on my I-phone using the WordPress app John told me about – so when inspiration strikes, I don’t have to wait to get to my PC to bloviate – aren’t you glad?