So the "super" committee fell on its useless butt and proved to be a gigantic waste of time, but is anyone surprised? This thing was designed to fail, just the presence of John Kerry proves that. Now we have to contend with the draconian cuts to the military that should leave us wide open to the next terrorist attack.
Based on the supposition that even a broken clock is right twice a day, there is no way that B.O. is doing this by accident. He wants to gut the U.S. military and make us more dependent on the UN. He wants us not to be exceptional, he has said as much. He would really like to see our days of world leadership come to an end.
I keep holding my breath (as much as I can, anyway) and waiting for the next guy in the White House. I only hope that he doesn't screw it up too much.
Why couldn't this committee go over the budget line by line and remove the stupid stuff. Do we really need to subsidize all the ridiculous research that we do? How about that "loan" to Solyndra? Could we start with some of those things and go from there?
With all of the opportunities to save money, there is no way to believe that this group was sent there to succeed. I hope that people wise up. I believe that we need to make it more difficult for the incumbents to continue keeping their snouts in the government trough.
Did you know that it is not illegal for members of Congress to use insider trading to enrich themselves? Why do you think Harry Reid and Ms. Pelosi are so much more wealthy now, then when they got elected? There should be no crime that doesn't apply to our elected officials. Call your elected officials and ask them how they feel about this. You'll thank me later.
Monday, November 28, 2011
Monday, November 21, 2011
What Are You Thankful For?
I've been thinking about this for quite a while. I like to think that I have been more fortunate than most, I have healthy happy children, I no longer have to waste my weekends watching would be race drivers turn left and crash, I am mostly fortunate.
I was reading that the things the poor have are actually pretty nice things. I am glad that we are all managing to do well at all, when you consider things. In a little less than a year, we will have the opportunity fix a horrid mistake made almost four years ago.
I am thankful that my children are healthy. I am thankful that they are intelligent and that they don't take after their Father very much. (Speak the truth and shame the devil) I am also very thankful for the friends that I have, especially the ones who have stood by me through thick and through thin.
I wish that people weren't so complicated, but I am thankful that the things they teach me make me a better person.
I am thankful for my dog Calliope.She has a thing for stealing tomatoes and bananas, but overall, she is a wonderful dog. I hope that we will all be better off in a year, I hope that every need we have is met. Hold your loved ones a little closer, smell their hair and love them. You never know what is coming. You'll thank me later.
I was reading that the things the poor have are actually pretty nice things. I am glad that we are all managing to do well at all, when you consider things. In a little less than a year, we will have the opportunity fix a horrid mistake made almost four years ago.
I am thankful that my children are healthy. I am thankful that they are intelligent and that they don't take after their Father very much. (Speak the truth and shame the devil) I am also very thankful for the friends that I have, especially the ones who have stood by me through thick and through thin.
I wish that people weren't so complicated, but I am thankful that the things they teach me make me a better person.
I am thankful for my dog Calliope.She has a thing for stealing tomatoes and bananas, but overall, she is a wonderful dog. I hope that we will all be better off in a year, I hope that every need we have is met. Hold your loved ones a little closer, smell their hair and love them. You never know what is coming. You'll thank me later.
Monday, November 14, 2011
FactCheck.org=annenburg project=B.O.
I get very annoyed when someone tells me to check the truth of something by running it past FactCheck.org. I don't agree with most of the "answers" that they provide, and I really don't care for the political spin that they give their answers. I went looking to see who pays the bills over there, much like I was curious about who was paying for the astroturf movement over on WallStreet. You know, "the purely organic, spontaneous group"* who want a minimum wage of twenty dollars, forgiveness of all credit debt and free college educations for any one who wants one.
So I did a little online research (thanks algore) and found that the organization known as FactCheck.org gets the majority of their money from a foundation called the Annenberg Project. This Project is formally known as Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University Of Pennsylvania.
Guess who ran the Chicago branch of the Annenburg Project? I big cigar to the first person who emails me the name Barrak Hussein Obama. Does anyone else see the connection?
Think about this the next time you check some random fact with FactCheck.org. They have an agenda and you need to know what it is. You can thank me later.
So I did a little online research (thanks algore) and found that the organization known as FactCheck.org gets the majority of their money from a foundation called the Annenberg Project. This Project is formally known as Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University Of Pennsylvania.
Guess who ran the Chicago branch of the Annenburg Project? I big cigar to the first person who emails me the name Barrak Hussein Obama. Does anyone else see the connection?
Think about this the next time you check some random fact with FactCheck.org. They have an agenda and you need to know what it is. You can thank me later.
Monday, November 7, 2011
We Overpay the Post Office
I got up early this morning so that I could remember to mail something. It's not that unusual, my memory being what it is, I write myself lists all the time. I set a piece of mail out to go first thing this morning. Here is what happened:
The postal carrier did not pick it up. When I called the Auburn, Indiana Post Office, I was told that if I don't have mail to be delivered, the carrier does not stop to pick up the mail. When I complained, he laughed at me and told me a different version of "good luck with that."
What are we paying for? The Post Office needs to be scrapped and replaced with a private company that will not lose 4 billion dollars a year. So then I went online to get a number to call the Post Office and (surprise!) got a machine and was asked to leave a message. After I did that, I went online to get a number to speak to someone. I was asked to call back because his system wasn't working. I was on hold for almost 15 minutes before someone picked up my call.
When did the Post Office quit working for us? They have the nicest benefits package around, and the salary they receive is pretty dang nice. also.
When ever I go to the Post Office to stand in line-I love wasting 20 minutes in a line when there are 8 people standing around behind the screen-it's the same routine. Long line spanning out the door, one person taking her sweet time to wait on customers, 8 other people standing or walking around.
If the Post Office does away with Saturday delivery, they may as well shut the door. The cost of a stamp has gone up 340% since I was little, and the service is horrid. The mail carrier I am cursed with must double back almost every week to give me my mail that he forgot. I was waiting for an important package that he simply did not deliver for three days.
Thank God for the web site that allows you to track your packages. It was through that that I found out my package had been delivered to my local Post Office at 3 that morning. The carrier did not give me the package because I did not have any mail to pick up I guess. Either way, I made a call to the local branch, and after explaining that I KNEW it was in, the useless carrier circled back around and gave me my package. What was he going to do with it? Of course, being the same carrier that couldn't deliver my mail correctly when I moved EXACTLY ONE BLOCK NORTH, I do not expect much.
So far, I have been on hold for over forty minutes, and have been given a false number to continue with my complaint.
It turns out that the crap about not stopping if you don't have mail to be delivered is a lie. Golly, lied to by the Post Office, who would have thunk it!
Call your elected officials, ask them why this monument to incompetence is still in business losing your tax dollars hand over fist. You'll thank me later.
The postal carrier did not pick it up. When I called the Auburn, Indiana Post Office, I was told that if I don't have mail to be delivered, the carrier does not stop to pick up the mail. When I complained, he laughed at me and told me a different version of "good luck with that."
What are we paying for? The Post Office needs to be scrapped and replaced with a private company that will not lose 4 billion dollars a year. So then I went online to get a number to call the Post Office and (surprise!) got a machine and was asked to leave a message. After I did that, I went online to get a number to speak to someone. I was asked to call back because his system wasn't working. I was on hold for almost 15 minutes before someone picked up my call.
When did the Post Office quit working for us? They have the nicest benefits package around, and the salary they receive is pretty dang nice. also.
When ever I go to the Post Office to stand in line-I love wasting 20 minutes in a line when there are 8 people standing around behind the screen-it's the same routine. Long line spanning out the door, one person taking her sweet time to wait on customers, 8 other people standing or walking around.
If the Post Office does away with Saturday delivery, they may as well shut the door. The cost of a stamp has gone up 340% since I was little, and the service is horrid. The mail carrier I am cursed with must double back almost every week to give me my mail that he forgot. I was waiting for an important package that he simply did not deliver for three days.
Thank God for the web site that allows you to track your packages. It was through that that I found out my package had been delivered to my local Post Office at 3 that morning. The carrier did not give me the package because I did not have any mail to pick up I guess. Either way, I made a call to the local branch, and after explaining that I KNEW it was in, the useless carrier circled back around and gave me my package. What was he going to do with it? Of course, being the same carrier that couldn't deliver my mail correctly when I moved EXACTLY ONE BLOCK NORTH, I do not expect much.
So far, I have been on hold for over forty minutes, and have been given a false number to continue with my complaint.
It turns out that the crap about not stopping if you don't have mail to be delivered is a lie. Golly, lied to by the Post Office, who would have thunk it!
Call your elected officials, ask them why this monument to incompetence is still in business losing your tax dollars hand over fist. You'll thank me later.
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