MrsObvious's Blog

Hello to all of NE Wisconsin this fine day.

Does anyone fear the appearance of an increasingly socialistic government that seems to be forcing itself upon us? It seems to be global at this point...just this morning UK announced they've taken over three major banks...aka 'nationalized'.

Perhaps my political education is not what it should be, but is anyone else concerned about this trend to nationalizing the financial institutions? Seems to me that our independence is being taken away, a dollar at a time, and government is forcing itself deeper and deeper into our everyday matters. I have no answers, only questions about it all. Seems as if the trend is toward 'nationalizing' health care, and I don't think the citizens understand the dark side of it all. There's only a certain amount of money to be spent on health care. When the care is nationalized, you may not get the extraordinary care you need....ie: In Britain, if you need a kidney transplant due to kidney failure, you can't have one if you're over 55. They'll certainly offer dialysis or comfort care, but you're not going to get a new kidney if one is available. They'll go to people younger. In Canada, if you need a hip replacement you may not get one for a long time due to expense and allocation of money.

It seems, to me anyway, that in a capitalistist economy and society, if you have the money to purchase what you need you'll get it. No matter the age or circumstances. If you don't have the money or means, it's 'too bad for you'. In a socialistist economy and society, the best medical care and expertise will be given to those who are younger, more able to serve the socialistic structure for a longer time and those who are no longer able to contribute to the structure or economy are out of luck. It's a way of weeding out those who are deemed no longer able to contribute to the society as a whole.

If we are going to save our democratic footings, we need to sever our dependence upon government to 'save' us from ourselves. Unfortunately, we seem to have become a nation of people who are increasingly looking to the government to save us. The entitlement programs choke the economy, and that's because we've grown dependent upon Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security and the like. We've listened to the call of marketing experts who offer easy credit, loans for this and loans for that and have imbedded the theory of everything is available to everyone, no matter if you have the ability to pay for it or not. Now that the borrowing has overwhelmed savings, we find ourselves in a quandry of debt with no hope. We have created multiple generations of families who are dependent upon welfare, food stamps and subsidized payments to enable them to live as they, seemingly, put forth little to no effort to be independent and hard working. Why work when the government will put food on your table, provide you with healthcare and a roof over your head? Why go without anything when you can go to Titleloans and take out a quicky loan to cover the cost of something, that in years past, you'd have gone without or saved for?

I'd like to retire soon, but I can't now that my savings and investments have puked. I never did count on Social Security, but I wish it had never existed and created generations who count on it and never saved because they knew it would serve them. It's been a long time in coming, but to me, it's OBVIOUS that we've gotten lazy, careless and stupid. Now we have to pay the price. And it's not going to be pretty.

How many of us are watching our life savings wither and blow away? How many of us are getting ready to cash in the penny jar to buy groceries? If you're like me, you're worried about this mess. VERY worried.

HOW did the boys in Washington let it get to this point? And where were we? Why did WE allow this to happen? I know I don't pay as much attention to the goings on in Washington as I should, but I'm paying attention now. I wish I'd have seen or heard more news stories on the warnings that have been issued about this current financial catastrophe that we're in right now. I wish I'd have been more proactive with my representatives and challenging them more on the financial state of the union. For now, all I can do is call my financial rep and pull out of the stock market and hunker down with low paying CD's that will at least stop the bleeding. For now, all I can do is become angry at being fooled again by the high powered CEO's, their complicated and greedy method of creating prime investments out of subprime borrowers. All I can do is hope that Barney Frank and the rest of the Democrats who pushed for 'housing for ALL Americans, no matter how lousy their credit or inability to pay a mortgage' find themselve on the outside looking in. And soon!

I'd LOVE to have someone address the country...perhaps it should be ME and tell the citizens why credit has dried up. id: Supposedly why no one can get a loan. Folks...it's not US who can't get a loan. It's the BANKS. And, the banks won't loan to each other because they're unsure of their solvency. The banks don't trust the other banks. That's how crooked they've all become. And the banks won't loan to big business now because they're unsure of big business' ability to pay in their credit shutdown. McDonald's can't open another 15000 coffee bars due to lack of credit. They can't get the loans. Whoever their bank is can't borrow the money from another bank as the banks are now depositing this 700 billion bailout in their own accounts to protect their own cash assets. They're not loaning it to each other which is what the entire bailout was designed to do...they're tucking it away in their own vaults.

Hey...guys in Washington...I"m sure glad THAT plan worked!! What ya got cooked up next? Buy up all the mortgages on the books for pennies on the dollars and reduce the financial worth even more? And, when you start to (supposedly) earn money on this investment, will you put the funds elsewhere rather than back into the budget for the overwrought and overworked taxpayer? I suppose they could use some new hand carved Italian marble bidets in the Congressional toilets....

WHEN are they going to stop raping the middle class and the taxpayer? WHAT are we doing to have to resort to....? Mobs in the street smashing bank windows? If Wall Street, the White House and Congress don't get their act together, that is going to be what happens. It's OBVIOUS to me.

I wonder what our highly esteemed, elected officials will do today when it comes time for a 'vote' on the financial rescue plan. I can't help but wonder if they are voting what is truly in their hearts, or are they pandering to their constituents to sustain their electability.

One of the radio pundits yesterday announced that few Americans trust their government any longer. I have to agree. We find ourselves being cheated, pushed around, taxed to death with increasing loss of independence and personal responsibility. I must admit, that I feel we wouldn't be in the mess we're in now if credit standards had been kept where they were. I also understand that the more financially challenged should be given a hand up as well. But, when it comes to credit you either have to be able to pay it back or not. There shouldn't have been any of this monkey business with customized loans, ARMs, and the sense of entitlement that was pushed into the American consciousness. Credit calls for personal responsibility, and if that had been stressed rather than 'you're entitled to a house just as nice as your neighbor even though you can't afford it.' I truly feel we wouldn't be awaiting this 'rescue plan vote'.

Due to the negligence of the financial industry and their greed and avarice about making money off those who truly couldn't afford to spend it, the rest of us are digging even deeper to help them out of their self induced mess. I don't know what the answer is. Maybe we should just allow the credit flow to dry up and force ourselves to be more resilient and self reliant. But, I fear it would cause thousands of jobs to be lost. I don't feel we have a choice in this matter. I think it's a huge step in the wrong direction. I think we're becoming a socialist nation with this latest fiasco of mismanagement, unbridled greed, no regulatory oversight, and forced dependence on the government to 'fix' the problem.

The social lines are being drawn between the 'workers' and the 'leaders'.  The 'haves' and the 'have nots'. I think this country is facing a scary future if we don't do something about it.

I can't help but wonder what, exactly, is going on behind the closed doors of Washington DC as our elected leaders hammer out a 'plan' to rescue the overextended moguls of Wall Street. I've been trying to figure out who this 'bailout' is supposed to benefit, but so far, I can't make sense of it.

If I have my facts straight, it goes something like this: The lending industry, as well as the housing industry was under pressure to create more avenues for the average working American to own their own home. Credit rates remained low as housing values inflated with the demand. More and more homes were sold to people who truly couldn't afford them, but they were sold with ARM's at incredibly low rates to make it even more attractive.  In the meantime, those who had equity in their homes took out HELOC's (home equity loans or second and third mortgages, actually) to purchase additional real estate so they could participate in the housing boom.  The holders of the mortgages bundled them up and sold them as 'investments' to the Wall Street investment guys who figured the incoming loan repayment dollars would give them a sustainable revenue stream. Then, the jobs started to leave the country, no loans could be repaid, the mortgages went sour, the housing market deflated as demand withered and now people are stuck with mortgages that far exceed the true value of the real estate.

That's how I understand it, anyway. So....now Congress, led by Secretary Paulson and President Bush, is putting together a package that would BUY these bad mortgages? I'm just trying to understand this all....in essence..the US govt. would become the landlord of those teetering on becoming homeless and bankrupt? Are the Wall Street titans going to sign over the titles to the numerous properties involved, or keep the money and give Main Street, USA the finger as they pop a bottle of wine and dine upon truffles and moan about the 'little people'.?

Another concern: If the government is your landlord, isn't that a bit like socialism? Communism? Are we being steered away from democracy and more toward a socialist state? Alot of our right to privacy has been taken away already due to the 9/11 attacks, and I understand the necessity of keeping the country safe, but this latest move is confounding me.

The doors are closed. No one is talking about what's going on. No one is addressing the reporters questions of WHO this 'bailout' is supposed to benefit. It's OBVIOUS that things are not quite kosher, and that Congress is lost and confused and can't agree on how to help the citizens of this country. I can't lay the entire blame on George Bush, but he deserves most of it. His legacy will be one of ineptness, inefficiency, egotism, inablility to lead and the guy who crashed the economy.  The fact that Congress is milling about, unable to decide what to do is proof of ALL of them being inept.  Maybe it's a good thing that doors are closed so we can't see them at their worse.

Anybody? .... Anybody.....? (Bueller...?)

If so, I have a few questions I'd like to pose to you. How do you sleep at night knowing your car cost more than the majority of your employees make in a year? How can you look at yourself in the mirror knowing you lied to the shareholders about the strength and integrity of your corporation/company? How can you possibly justify an annual income that is obscenely filthy rich to a regular working class person?

Due to your diligent stewardship of the economy and your ethical attention to the needs of the future generations, we are now indebted and sold to the highest bidder. You have enabled a creation of class that will not cease or stablize for generations to come. Let's see...we have the CEO class, like you. Wealthy, provided for, stable and secure. Then we have the middle class, which is no longer regular working people, but people like doctors. After them, comes the working class, who is at the mercy of their employer. The working class that owns the average home, drives an older vehicle while paying taxes and supporting their families. Then, we have those who don't have a job any longer. No health insurance. They're forced to sell their homes, or lose them due to not being able to make payments. At that point, you dangle 'easy credit' in front of them...'go ahead...take out a second, third, even fourth mortgage, consolidate your bills and we'll make  it even EASIER to extend MORE credit and as you fall into the pit of relentless debt.'

Due to the current conditions of the economy, I would say that it's caught up with you. You managed things in a reckless manner that the most basic of working people would never do. All the financial institutions drooled at the thought of the working class making 'easy' monthly payments with astonishing interest rates as you paid squat to your shareholders. Responsible fiduciary stewards would have tromped on the easy credit wave that swept through the country , but noooooo...you encouraged it and looked forward to the millions of dollars flowing in on billions of dollars worth of loans that would ensure a revenue stream for years to come. I guess you didn't factor in NAFTA, and the wholesale loss of jobs. I guess you forgot that people need to support their gas guzzling cars and trucks, and feed a family as they strive to save for education and health needs.

I thought Ken Lay (late CEO of Enron) was the poster boy for corruption, lack of integrity and total ravaging of his employees, but you guys today.....you win the prize! And now, you need the Federal government, who is backed by....ahem...the working class taxpayers....to BAIL your sorry behinds out because things have caught up with you.

How much more are we supposed to shoulder? How can we pay more than we're already shelling out? Where is the money to come from when the jobs are leaving faster than underage kids at a busted beer party? Do you guys actually BELIEVE that New Page, in Kimberly, will actually reopen their mill when things are better in the general economy? I know that's what you tell each other, and the employees who are now facing financial ruin and an end to the lives of work they've crafted.

It's about time someone made you face the facts. It's time you pay for your reckless behavior and inhumane treatment of the working class. Of which, I am a proud member. I vote, but for what? It seems once they're in office, they forget about their neighbors, their former co-workers, their former budgets and living within their means.

I'm tired of it.

I haven't always been a fan of John McCain. When he went to kiss the backside of the late Jerry Falwell and his ilk, I was especially annoyed. He is, however, a man who is sure of his principles and his desire to make the USA a better place for Americans.

GW Bush has destroyed the Republican party, it's ideals and standards. He's made a mockery of independence, sustainibility and management. He's appointed people to positions of power and authority who had no right to be there. (uh....can anyone say Don Rumsfeld...? Paul Wolfowitz....? ) He's destroyed the economy with greed, corruption and power brokering. He's allowed his cronies at Haliburton to rape the American taxpayers with billions of dollars of profit with no bid contracts in Irag. The average taxpayer can barely afford gas to get to our jobs, if you still have one, that is.

McCain will bring back national pride, independence and integrity. Sarah Palin will do a fine job beside him. I think Barack Obama has some good ideas and he can surely talk a good game, but he has no experience in management, making tough decisions or creating a plan to acheive his future goals. McCain has proven himself with 22 years of experience in the Senate, and his choice of Sarah Palin as his running mate proves that he's out to make a difference. Obama's selection of one of the most inside 'insiders', Joe Biden, proved that he has no inclination to change things.

If you don't agree, that's fine. But, make your choice be known and VOTE in November. It's the only way we'll find out what the American public truly thinks of the candidates.

Greetings to all the Packer Fans in NE Wisconsin this fine morning. Ah...what a beautiful day. And what a great game Aaron Rodgers played yesterday.  I didn't see ONE interception from our boy...that's not to say they won't happen but so far, he's been fairly accurate with his passes.

I feel that the Packers are going to do very well under his leadership, and I'm glad to see it. I know alot of us were worried when Brett decided to retire, UNretire, RE-retire and then demand a trade and finally, he trotted off to the Jets. I'm glad that Ted Thompson and Coach McCarthy had the future of the Packers firmly in mind when they made such a dramatic move in releasing Brett.

Rodgers IS the future of the Packers. So far, he's doing a great job.

GO PACK GO!!!

What a head shakingly sad story about John Edwards who admits he became drunk with attention and had an affair even as his wife battled incurable cancer. This is the same politician who shook his finger at Bill Clinton and condemned him for his actions while in the White House. This is the same policitician whose primary appeal was his devotion to his family and his purported morality.

We see this happen time and time again. Not only to politicians, but to men of God, CEO's, low level managers in huge corporations. It's almost as if the human being can't withstand the influence of having power: any kind of power... no matter how insignificant, or no matter how great.  Is it the society we live in....are we, as a society, without a moral compass in this day and age? What has happened to us, to our civility, our credibility, our inherent moral beliefs? Some of the more pious among us would lay it all at the feet of those who don't go to church, or preach their belief often or loud enough. I don't feel that's the answer as it seems the clergy is just as guilty of moral turpitude as the unwashed masses.  Some people lay it at the feet of the media who seems to sensationalize sex, glamor, relationships and instant gratification.

People get divorced at the drop of a hat and don't even bother to remain together and struggle through issues together. They want the instant gratification that is flashed in front of them all the time and go forth in their quest for personal happiness as they allow their marriage and children to fend for themselves as they pursue the holy grail of 'happiness'.

CEO's drain their companies of assets and profits and then claim ignorance of accounting practices as they jingle the keys to their  multiple homes in their pockets. Volunteers drain the funds of local soccer clubs or youth groups and blame it all on some type of addiction of one sort or another.

Have we, as a society, allowed the lessons of 'consequences based on actions' to totally escape us? Has the government interfered too much and made business responsible for our own carelessness and moments of utter stupidity? Why else would there be a warning on your steam iron about 'Caution! Do not wear clothing while ironing as it may cause serious burns.' Whatever happened to personal responsibility? Have the defense lawyers created too many Twinkie Defenses that have allowed us to shrug off responsibility for our actions and blame it on something else rather than ourselves?

I admire John Edwards for taking responsibility for his extramarital affair. I do not admire his attempts to lie his way out of it, however I do understand it. There used to be a time when we could claim integrity, responsibility and character strength as personal attributes of internal and spiritual strength, but those words are seldom heard this day and age.

The more powerful we become, the weaker we become as an individual, and less willing to accept responsibility for our own actions. Our moral compass becomes clouded with potential instant gratification and the knowledge that no matter what we do, someone will agree it really wasn't our fault and that everything will be okay.  I don't know how to bring it back. I don't know how to stop it. But I do know that it deeply bothers me.

How quickly the fired up newly acquired Jets fans forget who and what the Green Bay Packers are about. Favre was a very important piece in the entire GB mystique, but the team and experience is much more than merely Brett.

The majority of Packers fans are remaining quiet as they are so relieved that, finally, all of this contrived and highly over dramatized circus is over. Brett is gone. Off to another team. And, it's all of his own doing. On one hand, I feel sorry that Brett didn't get the open armed welcome that he expected. On the other, I'm happy the Packers management stuck to their guns and treated him like any other adult who insulted his employer and was forced to deal with the consequences.

Aaron Rodgers behaved admirably and didn't say or do anything that could come back and bite him in the butt. He didn't  do anything but indicate he was focused on his job and that was all he was going to talk about. The rest of the team was equally professional and said nothing about either side that would cause damage or harm. THESE men are the Green Bay Packers. Not Brett Favre.

Brett was a great player, but not the only one. He's the one who launched the first shot and is now gone to another team, in another division, because he played his hand poorly. He speaks in circles and riddles, and in a roundabout way indicated he handled the entire thing poorly. Packer management is not blameless,either. His feelings are hurt and he can't get over it. Packers management is upset that he expected them to toss out thousands of hours of planning and strategy and take him back for what....three or four more years at best? Then what....would the Favre backers be screaming that management screwed them over ~again~ by NOT planning for Favre's eventual loss?

These are the same people who gripe about everything that pops into their heads. Nothing is ever right and they're never wrong. What they don't know for sure they make up as they go along. Contrary to popular opinion, Brett's departure is not the result of a conspiracy cooked up in management offices, nor was it the secret agenda of Ted Thompson. It's just what happened when Brett couldn't make up his mind about what he wanted to do with his future and it's nobody's fault but his own. Simple as that.

GO! PACK! GO!

Okay, folks...nothing to see here. Go on home and go about your business now...he's gone. Off to New York. The Big Apple.

Brett Favre is a tremendous athlete who can play with pain, personal loss and tremendous personal stress. He's a wonderful man on and off the field. However, he likes to lord his importance over the Packer management and this year, he lost the staring contest. Realistically, how can you expect the Packers to take him back, right before the start of training camp when only a few months before that he had gone on TV to sobbingly announce his retirement. What don't you die hard Favre fans see in this picture? You must think it's acceptable to keep an entire organization holding off to meet the mercurial mood of one player. Yes, he was an important player, but not the only player.

Boycott the Packers? Stop going to the games? Sure, why not. I can assure you, you won't be missed. There are people who have been on the waiting list for season tickets for years and if you return yours, it's just more for us who'd love to get them. If you're not around, perhaps it'll be a little quieter in the surrounding taverns and we can have a seat at the bar and relax before the game. Without you, there's more parking spaces, less wait time for the bathrooms, and less jostling in the bleacher seats.

I think you'd fit in quite well with the constantly angry and frenetic pace of the New York fan who'd rather throw a punch at you than pass you a beer. Go on....bye bye now.  If you run you may be able to catch that bus to Jetland. The rest of us Packer fans will be quite fine without you.

My oh my...this Brett Favre division is giving quite a few fans a bad case of the bulging forehead veins, the bugged angry eyes and calls for mob action to run the management out of town.

Before they rally the villagers to run around with a pitchfork in one hand and a torch in the other crying for revenge and death, let us take a deep breath and remember one simple fact about football.

~It's a GAME!!!!~

and the people who manage it, play it and work in it get paid handsomely for it, but that doesn't change the fact that ~it's a GAME!!!!~

If people would get this worked up over who's running for office and what they do once in office, this country would be a much better place.  The economy would be stronger and we wouldn't be suffering through one massive job loss after another.

Hey...did I say that we all need to remember....~It's a GAME!!!!~

I feel sorry for Brett. He made a power play to get traded on his terms and he got skunked.  What else can you say about a weeping professional athlete who sobbed last March that 'I have nothing left to give' and then decides a few months later that to never mind that, he's ready now. How can you go from being wrung out, exhausted, tired, burned out to being full of fire and enthusiasm in short a short time? It's OBVIOUS it can only be if you're trying to play mind games with the Packer management and trying to manipulate them into trading you.

Brett is an emotional mess, and I truly feel badly for the man. He doesn't know what he wants, he knows he wants to play but not for the Packers, who have idolized him, made him wealthier beyond any of the fans dreams, and given him absolute star power.

He now has the trade he sought through subterfuge, dishonesty and confusion. He also has lost the respect of alot of the Packer TEAM fans. Yes...he was fun to watch and you never knew what he was going to do, especially this slap in the face to the fans who devotedly defended him.

Brett...you didn't handle any of this as an adult, a professional or a gentleman. I know a crybaby when I see one, and a prima donna. You've kept your fans swinging with your indecision about playing for years with your self indulgent, drama queen ways, and I'm tired of it.

GO PACK GO!

Hard to imagine the incredulousness that must have gone through the minds of NewPage employees when being told their jobs are being eliminated, and that the mill will stand empty rather than being sold.  Hard to imagine the increasing cynicism and mistrust that is building in them as they recall the promises that mill management made to them after the first round of 125 layoffs that that was the end of it and they'd be fine from that point.

I understand that we can't rely on our government to employ us, or keep our jobs viable or maintain our standard of living. What galls me is the reaction of the local elected officials who seem to shrug and discuss that maybe they can develop the property into retail or condo's. That was the reaction when PH Glatfelter in Neenah was closed. I didn't see one local official who seemed distressed at the loss of over 200 high paying, tax producing jobs. In one interview, the Mayor of Neenah seemed almost gleeful over the potential 'development' of the water front propery. I witnessed the same when the President of the Village of Kimberly was being interviewed. He didn't express remorse for the loss of 400+ jobs, but seemed rather eager to move along with potential water front development.

This may seem OBVIOUS to myself and the rest of the 'working class', but without jobs, WHO is going to go shopping....or live in waterfront condo's? WHO is going to pay the taxes that will support this fantasy development? The people of Wisconsin are being taxed to death now, and it's only getting worse. Now Mr. Doyle is going to sign a bill reducing Wisconsin's greenhouse emissions by 22% over the next 14 years. I think it's a noble effort to help our planet and those of us who inhabit it, and is also necessary if our descendants are going to have a quality life free from pollution, poison and waste, but is he putting equally strong action into KEEPING jobs in our fine state? Is he, and the local govermental leaders equally committed to discovering and nurturing alternative industries that will allow a healthy percentage of the population to prosper and raise their families and contribute to their communities? I must admit that if Doyle and Co. keep on their present path, it's quite OBVIOUS our greenhouse gases WILL be reduced as none of will be driving because we can't afford gas. We'll be heating our homes with renewable resources, such as wood we find in our yards, as we won't be able to pay the light and heat bills any longer.

It's sad when the officials that we elect to office on the premise of serving the taxpayers, and being good stewards of the economy and general welfare of the community, appear to be more eager about potential development than to save existing, family sustaining jobs. How many more jobs are we going to lose, and how long are we going to continue electing officials who don't really seem to care?

I, for one, am weary of the continued glum outlook for the economy, stories of CEO's making millions of dollars for running a corporation into the ground, and the only response the local government has is barely concealed glee at the potential for 'development'.

I've been around the Packers and the fans for a long time. It always seemed the fans revolved around the team in a cohesive and unified fashion. I've never seen such division and hostility as is being displayed now. Everyone has their own opinion on the Favre soap opera. The rabid Favre fans want their superstar QB back, and that is very understandable. Other Packer fans want their team to be a unified and goal driven unit that will operate well under the management of Ted Thompson and Co.

No one can argue the fact that Brett always played off the cuff and dealt with the issues that faced him at the very moment he would decide to toss an underhanded shovel pass or roll away and then run for the goal line himself. It's a great way to play football. It's not so great when it comes to organizational planning, stability and revenue. It's not so wonderful when it comes to retracting promises and assurances because he now perceives the playing field has changed.

The Packers organization has done alot for the community, the businesses surrounding Lambeau and the spirit of the city of Green Bay. It's harmful and divisive when Favre and Only Favre Fans are screaming how they're done supporting the team. How they're done supporting the Packer franchise. How they have no use for Thompson and McCarthy. I support the entire team. I support the team goals. Not just one individual player. For those who are threatening to pull their support of the Packers because of Brett's inability to make a decision and stick with it, perhaps the rest of us are better off without you in our midst screaming that you get your own way and to hell with the broader visions and goals of the team. I won't miss your confrontational and argumentative ways. I think alot of us won't.

Hello Sports Fans!

What will today hold in the ongoing Brett Favre melodrama of, "As The Retirement Unretires And Retires Again"?

As a long suffering Packer's fan I've thrilled to the antics of Brett on the field, cried with him through personal crises and wondered why he threw most of the interceptions he'd rocket to the arms of the opposing team. 

However, he's kept the fans swinging back and forth with his inability to decide what he wants to be when he grows up. I'm not speaking for all Packer fans, merely myself, but I've had enough of the Brett Favre Circle of Indecision. He wants to retire, no wait...he's coming back for one more season.....then he'll retire..no wait....ONE more season and THEN he'll retire. Okay....THIS year he's resigning for sure.....oh gosh...he's crying so hard he can barely speak...oh dear...this must be IT. He's REALLY retiring...no wait....now he wants to come back after the team has made other plans.

Puh-leeze! We all know he expects the Packers to jump if he so much as snaps his fingers because his name is Brett Favre. He expects them to shelf everything they've planned out and prepared for, and make room for him because his name is Brett Favre. He plays a hell of a good football game, but lets be serious here...he can't cure cancer, he can't walk on water, and he sure can't play in the Wisconsin cold anymore.

Time to wave bye bye and let the pseudo humble Mr. Favre take his old gray haired QB skills to others who will fawn over him and toss rose petals at his feet. Rumor has it he's going to go to Tampa Bay. Good for them if they feel he can be an asset. Now we just have to see if he'll go. Maybe he'll change his mind and stay retired....ooooooo the drama of it all.

I've had enough of him.