Every time I look at that Janet Napolitano I am amazed that someone who is so incredibly dumb has been able to get as far in the world as she has. It's kind of like watching a real life, walking, talking Forrest Gump. I watched her on the Mexican border, trying to look like she gives a happy rat's butt about the illegal aliens that are flooding our country.
She rode around on a boat and looked at the places where the illegal aliens swim,walk, run across the border to steal jobs and drop anchor babies to continue leeching from us. Here's a crazy thought: DON'T GIVE AUTOMATIC CITIZENSHIP TO ANYONE BORN HERE!!! Most countries don't.
For that matter, make it a felony to hire an illegal alien. Make it a felony to rent to an illegal alien. Make it a felony to give benefits to an illegal alien.
Go to Juarez and try to get free housing, free food and free money. Better yet, try doing that without one single paper giving you permission to be there, or the ability to speak Spanish. Let me know how that works out for you, and I'll try to bribe a guard so that you can bathe once a week.
Do you know what happens if you are caught sneaking into Mexico from another country? Two words: bad things. You go to jail. You go to a crap box jail that will make you appreciate the slums in our inner cities. Why does B.O. and his pals allow them to come here? Why isn't he worried about our rights, our culture, our way of life?
Is there anyone in B.O.'s administration who is capable of doing a good job? From the top down, I don't see it. Anyone who has read more than two paragraphs that I have written know how I feel about him, and the Marxists, socialists,incompetents,tax cheats and enablers that he chooses to surround himself with. You can tell a lot about a person by who they decide to surround themselves with. This is a continuation of the go to bed with dogs, wake up with fleas theory.
The country better wake up soon. We don't have good choices running for the GOP nomination, other than Speaker Gingrich, I don't much care for the field, but anything we have will be better than what is there right now. B.O. stinks.
Pay attention to what is going on with our government, it is getting too big, too controlling, too intrusive. Stand up for your rights, or you'll bow to your new master. You can thank me later.
Monday, March 26, 2012
Monday, March 19, 2012
Bad Tenants or Why I would Never Hire Sniders Painting LLC
I am new to the world of rental properties. I'll admit that straight away, I suffer from thinking that most people are basically as honest as I am. Live and learn, I suppose. I recently had an eye opening experience with a couple of people. They are a young couple, with a small child. When they contacted me last year, they needed a place to live very quickly. The place they were in supposedly had a mold problem that the owner would not fix. Having been younger,once, I agreed to let them rent from me with a few caveats.
Now, not 8 months later, I am wiser by far. I had to practically evict the brother that was only supposed to be there for three months. Hint number one: never trust someone who always has an excuse for not keeping their word.
Second, I told them that I would be replacing some of the carpet over time. The stairs I would be doing sooner, the upstairs landing as I got to it. If this was a problem, I told them keep looking. I ended up replacing the stairs carpet and they took it upon themselves to remove the upstairs carpet themselves. I guess their dogs crapping all over it was a motivator.The brand new carpet that I installed in the dining room will be replaced again, it is frayed and ruined in six short months.
Thirdly, I will be painting the walls, as the turd green paint that they put up, while I okay-ed the color with the understanding that it would go back to white before they left, is put on so poorly that it doesn't even go all the way up to the ceiling in places.
I had contacted the BBB in my area to complain about the job that was done on my walls, as the tenant assured me he was a professional, he worked for Snyder Painting LLC. Long story short, the BBB closed the case because Snyder Paint LLC said that their son wasn't working for them when he did this. He just used their truck. He used their paint. He used their equipment. He used their other employees. But he didn't work for them. Right. So the BBB closed the case because he said that. I'll be linking pictures of the job that this guy who only used their equipment, paint, truck and employees-but doesn't work for them in this blog.
Lastly, the same understanding was in place for the pepto bismol nuclear pink that they put upstairs. Needless to say, the walls still glow. He was an employee for Snider Painting in Auburn, IN. If he is any indication of the work they do, check for another company. Contact me if you want pictures of the nuclear pink mess they made upstairs.
Jon Snider painted this. He used the truck, paint, equipment and employees of Snider Paint LLC, but he wasn't their employee. Don't bother with the Better Business Bureau. They mediate as well as Snider Paint LLC paints. You'll thank me later.
Now, not 8 months later, I am wiser by far. I had to practically evict the brother that was only supposed to be there for three months. Hint number one: never trust someone who always has an excuse for not keeping their word.
Second, I told them that I would be replacing some of the carpet over time. The stairs I would be doing sooner, the upstairs landing as I got to it. If this was a problem, I told them keep looking. I ended up replacing the stairs carpet and they took it upon themselves to remove the upstairs carpet themselves. I guess their dogs crapping all over it was a motivator.The brand new carpet that I installed in the dining room will be replaced again, it is frayed and ruined in six short months.
Thirdly, I will be painting the walls, as the turd green paint that they put up, while I okay-ed the color with the understanding that it would go back to white before they left, is put on so poorly that it doesn't even go all the way up to the ceiling in places.
I had contacted the BBB in my area to complain about the job that was done on my walls, as the tenant assured me he was a professional, he worked for Snyder Painting LLC. Long story short, the BBB closed the case because Snyder Paint LLC said that their son wasn't working for them when he did this. He just used their truck. He used their paint. He used their equipment. He used their other employees. But he didn't work for them. Right. So the BBB closed the case because he said that. I'll be linking pictures of the job that this guy who only used their equipment, paint, truck and employees-but doesn't work for them in this blog.
Jon Snider painted this. He used the truck, paint, equipment and employees of Snider Paint LLC, but he wasn't their employee. Don't bother with the Better Business Bureau. They mediate as well as Snider Paint LLC paints. You'll thank me later.
Monday, March 12, 2012
Women are Abusers, Too or Get Out Now Before She Ruins Your Life!!
I have many brothers and sisters, so no surprise I have many many nieces and nephews. I love them all, even the ones that I don't like. One in particular is causing me a great deal of concern, he seems to have lost his mind and married a controlling idiot.
This particular nephew- let's just call him Idiot Boy, is eighteen years old. He reminds me of something that my dad, used to say "Go out in the world now, while you know everything." Idiot Boy married a dandy. I have seen pictures, and while I try not to judge based on a person's physical appearance, I don't think she had many choices when Idiot Boy came along. She is a very domineering female, physically. She must outweigh him by about one hundred pounds. She is older than he is by about five years. Yes, you read that right. A 23 year old behemoth was dating my underage nephew until he was old enough to marry her without parental consent. Now here is where it breaks my heart. Within a week of being married, she is joined at the hip with him in every part of his life. He has no separate email, no separate phone, no separate life. This plus sized wonder is in every facet of his business-personal and private.
I understand that you get that when you are married, but I also know that when someone comes on that strong, wanting to dominate that much of your life, you are looking at trouble. So because this foul piece of trailer trash has systematically cut off all contact he has with his family, I decided to post the warning signs of an abuser. I hope that the nephew sees these and recognizes that he needs help. I also hope that he knows I have a spare bedroom if he needs to get away quickly, and that his Mother would do anything for him. The signs to look out for came from Ann Silvers and her website. Get out now while you can, Idiot Boy, you'll thank me later.
This particular nephew- let's just call him Idiot Boy, is eighteen years old. He reminds me of something that my dad, used to say "Go out in the world now, while you know everything." Idiot Boy married a dandy. I have seen pictures, and while I try not to judge based on a person's physical appearance, I don't think she had many choices when Idiot Boy came along. She is a very domineering female, physically. She must outweigh him by about one hundred pounds. She is older than he is by about five years. Yes, you read that right. A 23 year old behemoth was dating my underage nephew until he was old enough to marry her without parental consent. Now here is where it breaks my heart. Within a week of being married, she is joined at the hip with him in every part of his life. He has no separate email, no separate phone, no separate life. This plus sized wonder is in every facet of his business-personal and private.
I understand that you get that when you are married, but I also know that when someone comes on that strong, wanting to dominate that much of your life, you are looking at trouble. So because this foul piece of trailer trash has systematically cut off all contact he has with his family, I decided to post the warning signs of an abuser. I hope that the nephew sees these and recognizes that he needs help. I also hope that he knows I have a spare bedroom if he needs to get away quickly, and that his Mother would do anything for him. The signs to look out for came from Ann Silvers and her website. Get out now while you can, Idiot Boy, you'll thank me later.
These behaviors suggest a controlling relationship:
- Your partner continually monitors your time and makes you account for every minute (when you run errands, visit friends, commute to work, etc.).
- Your partner accuses you of having affairs with other men/women or acts suspicious that you are.
- Your partner is rude to your friends.
- Your partner calls you names or curses at you.
- Your partner belittles you for your race, age, gender, education, abilities, or ideas.
- Your partner humiliates you in private or in public.
- Your partner discourages you from starting new friendships.
- Your partner’s apologies are followed with retractions or fault finding: “I’m sorry, but you made me do it because you __________.” “I’m sorry, but I wouldn’t have done it if you hadn’t __________.”
- You feel isolated and alone, as if there is nobody close to confide in.
- Your partner tells you that you’ll never “make it” without him/her, or that no one would ever want you.
- Your partner is overly critical of daily things such as, your appearance, your posture, your income, your accomplishments, etc.
- Your partner demands a strict account of how you spend money.
- Your partner has threatened to kick you out, or call the police, your family, your boss, or Social Services, if you disagree or refuse to go along with what she/he wants.
- Your partner has blocked your freedom of movement, i.e. blocking a doorway, taking your keys, taking your distributor cap, etc.
- Your partner is disturbed by your working or by the thought of you working.
- Your partner pressures you for sex much more often than you’d like.
- Your partner becomes angry if you don’t want to go along with his/her requests for sex.
- Your partner has threatened to take the kids so that you’ll never see them again.
- Your partner has played “mind games” or made you think you were crazy.
- Your partner has treated you like a servant.
- Your partner has “gotten in your face” (yelling or threatening 2 or 3 inches from your nose) when angry.
These behaviors suggest a dangerous or potentially dangerous situation:
- Your partner’s moods change radically, from very calm to very angry.
- Your partner has gotten out weapons (guns, knives, etc.) to look at, to clean, or to play with when you are having an argument.
- Your partner has physically restrained you.
- Your partner becomes angry more easily if he/she drinks or uses drugs
- You have had to leave your home because you were frightened of your partner’s behavior.
- Your partner blames you for his/her own acts of violence.
- Your partner has struck you with his/her hands or feet (slap, punch, kick, etc.).
- Your partner has struck you with an object.
- Your partner has threatened you with an object or weapon.
- Your partner has threatened to kill either himself/herself or you.
- Your partner is obsessed with you, unwilling to let you go.
- Your partner follows you to work, to school, or repeatedly calls to check on where you are.
- There are holes in your walls, doors off hinges, or telephones ripped out of the wall.
- Your partner has given you visible injuries such as welts, bruises, cuts, lumps on the head.
- You have had to treat with first aid an injury from his/her violence.
- You have had to seek professional aid at a medical clinic, doctor’s office, or hospital emergency room for an injury caused by your partner.
- Your partner has hurt you sexually or forced you to have intercourse.
- Your partner is violent toward children.
- Your partner has choked you or pulled you by your hair.
- Your partner has been violent toward people outside your home and family.
- Your partner has thrown you, or tried to throw you, down, or into a wall, or into a kitchen counter, etc.
- Your partner has twisted your arm, tripped you, or bit you.
- Your partner has attacked the sexual parts of your body.
- Your partner has hurt or threatened to hurt pets.
- Your partner has intentionally destroyed your property.
- Your partner throws objects or breaks things when angry.
- Your partner has been in trouble with the police.
- Your partner has said that if he/she can’t have you, no one else will.
- You have called the police or tried to call them because you felt you or other members of your family were in danger.
Monday, March 5, 2012
Apologizing to the Wrong People
In the month of February, 2012, 24 people have died in Afghanistan, helping to ensure that these people have the freedoms that we enjoy. There was an unfortunate incident where U.S. personnel burned the Muslim Holy Book, the Qua'rn. They didn't know what it was, I guess they were too busy dodging bullets as they fought for the freedom of the Afghans to learn the language.
In true B.O. fashion, he apologized to the Muslims who were so offended that they rioted. This is standard procedure for our Apologist in Chief. I can only hope that he was bowing as he did it. That seems to be his preferred posture for the United States of America.
I don't expect the brave soldiers over there to know the language. They have too many more important things to do, like keeping themselves safe and out of harm's way. They were given the task of burning these books that terrorists were using to communicate with each other. They were burning these books that were dangerous to our mission over there. They were doing what they have to do to keep themselves, and through them-us-safe.
The books that they were burning were in fact already desecrated as these terrorists were honoring this book by sending each other coded messages in them. So if I have this straight, burning defaced Qua'rns is bad, defacing those same holy books, meh. Maybe they should worry more about the terrorists who are marking these books up.
Luckily, the MSM which cannot cover the March for Life even after all these years, found a little ink to fan the flames of rioting in the Religion of Peace. You guessed it, these people found the energy to be offended by an accident and so killed, burned and looted. Makes you yearn for the days of the Rodney King Riots when people found a chance to get some free stuff.
But did B.O. stand by our troops who volunteered to put themselves in harm's way for us? Silly rabbit-that would be patriotic, and if there is one word that describes him, it isn't patriotic. Nope. Instead B.O. went into standard form and apologized. Again.
If he's going to be doing that, how about he apologize to the families of the 24 brave individuals who have given their lives this month alone so that this moron, this jackass, this totally unfit to run a lemonade stand-much less the greatest country on God's Green Earth can send his family on another multi milllion dollar vacation?
He is so out of touch, he makes me sick. He doesn't get it, and he never will. Remember this in November, you'll thank me later.
In true B.O. fashion, he apologized to the Muslims who were so offended that they rioted. This is standard procedure for our Apologist in Chief. I can only hope that he was bowing as he did it. That seems to be his preferred posture for the United States of America.
I don't expect the brave soldiers over there to know the language. They have too many more important things to do, like keeping themselves safe and out of harm's way. They were given the task of burning these books that terrorists were using to communicate with each other. They were burning these books that were dangerous to our mission over there. They were doing what they have to do to keep themselves, and through them-us-safe.
The books that they were burning were in fact already desecrated as these terrorists were honoring this book by sending each other coded messages in them. So if I have this straight, burning defaced Qua'rns is bad, defacing those same holy books, meh. Maybe they should worry more about the terrorists who are marking these books up.
Luckily, the MSM which cannot cover the March for Life even after all these years, found a little ink to fan the flames of rioting in the Religion of Peace. You guessed it, these people found the energy to be offended by an accident and so killed, burned and looted. Makes you yearn for the days of the Rodney King Riots when people found a chance to get some free stuff.
But did B.O. stand by our troops who volunteered to put themselves in harm's way for us? Silly rabbit-that would be patriotic, and if there is one word that describes him, it isn't patriotic. Nope. Instead B.O. went into standard form and apologized. Again.
If he's going to be doing that, how about he apologize to the families of the 24 brave individuals who have given their lives this month alone so that this moron, this jackass, this totally unfit to run a lemonade stand-much less the greatest country on God's Green Earth can send his family on another multi milllion dollar vacation?
He is so out of touch, he makes me sick. He doesn't get it, and he never will. Remember this in November, you'll thank me later.
Monday, February 27, 2012
If You get Up One More Time Than You Fall You Will Make it Through
I am not gifted with patience. If I wanted something in three days, I would wait three days to ask you for it. I have never cultivated patience, it does not seem like a useful attribute to me. In the last few years, I have been visited with plenty of opportunities to acquire patience, it just never took. (Don't pray for God to grant you patience, by the way, because all you get are more chances to develop it.)
I have, however, been given lots of situations that require me to wait. It seems like I have had one catastrophe after another. It started when my ex developed an attraction to mannish women. He left, which isn't my biggest problem. I did love him, or at least I loved the person I thought he was, but after discovering that he had been systematically stealing from the savings account that I set up for our children, I pretty much got over that. He not only stole from them, he tried to cover it up by telling our sons to lie about it for him.
I ask you, what sort of man teaches his sons that cheating is not only okay, but something they should betray their Mother by helping to hide? The answer: the sort of man who was raised in a family where abortions were used as birth control, and stealing is just a way of life. Hind site is truly twenty-twenty.
I don't choose men well. If there are thirty great guys in a room and one truly unique a-hole, guess which one I end up talking to? The first man that I thought that I loved was also a turd. A cheating, lying, stealing,.... you get the picture. Do you see the pattern? I do, too. The thing that surprises me is that I didn't see the resemblance until it was too late. I tend to be over cautious now. I am not letting anyone get close enough to wreak the havoc that those two did.
But the point I was trying to make, before I began my wallowing that is, is that you have to get up after some really crappy thing happens. You have to, because if you don't, you are just giving up. Giving up is not an option. Just keep getting up when the bad thing happens, and even if you get knocked down again. Just get up. You'll make it through, and you can thank me later.
I have, however, been given lots of situations that require me to wait. It seems like I have had one catastrophe after another. It started when my ex developed an attraction to mannish women. He left, which isn't my biggest problem. I did love him, or at least I loved the person I thought he was, but after discovering that he had been systematically stealing from the savings account that I set up for our children, I pretty much got over that. He not only stole from them, he tried to cover it up by telling our sons to lie about it for him.
I ask you, what sort of man teaches his sons that cheating is not only okay, but something they should betray their Mother by helping to hide? The answer: the sort of man who was raised in a family where abortions were used as birth control, and stealing is just a way of life. Hind site is truly twenty-twenty.
I don't choose men well. If there are thirty great guys in a room and one truly unique a-hole, guess which one I end up talking to? The first man that I thought that I loved was also a turd. A cheating, lying, stealing,.... you get the picture. Do you see the pattern? I do, too. The thing that surprises me is that I didn't see the resemblance until it was too late. I tend to be over cautious now. I am not letting anyone get close enough to wreak the havoc that those two did.
But the point I was trying to make, before I began my wallowing that is, is that you have to get up after some really crappy thing happens. You have to, because if you don't, you are just giving up. Giving up is not an option. Just keep getting up when the bad thing happens, and even if you get knocked down again. Just get up. You'll make it through, and you can thank me later.
Monday, February 20, 2012
If Hinkley Isn't Crazy, Can't We Try Him Now?
I am listening to the morons at the institution who want to free John Hinkley Jr. Did you know that he gets to leave and visit with his mother for days at a time? It seems to me, that if he isn't crazy anymore, we ought to be holding him responsible for shooting Ronald Reagan and James Brady among others. I understand about double jeopardy, and that he is "not guilty" because he was insane. Hooey.
I find it a miracle that a well to do family was able to get a verdict of not guilty for their child after shooting the President of the United States.
I wonder how the guy that took a pot shot at the White House the other day will fare? I am betting not as well.
I also wonder who these geniuses are that say he is okay to live among us now. I wish that the msm would take a look at them, maybe see if they haven't suddenly become a little better off, financially, if you know what I mean.
I remember when President Reagan was shot, it was the first time that I saw the true ugliness of a liberal who was actively hoping for the death of Reagan. It disgusted me then, it disgusts me now. While I may not care for B.O., his wife, his policies, his habit of always going on vacation to very swank locations,his condescending attitude, his smarmy head tilt, etc.etc., I do not want to see him shot or killed. The last thing we need is Joe Biden in charge. (shudder)
Joe Biden in charge of anything would be like having that crazy guy on the corner who yells at squirrels in charge of stuff. He is incompetent in every sense of the word, but B.O. needed a white guy to balance the ticket, so we are all one heart beat away from Crazy Joe running the free world. Kinda makes it hard to sleep, doesn't it?
But back to John Hinkley Jr. I understand about double jeopardy and all of that, but it seems to me if he couldn't be responsible because he was insane, he ought to be held in a place where he can do no harm, for the rest of his days. Just to be sure, you know? I mean, for all we know, the Hinkleys spread the wealth and presto chango the guy who shot and injured three people-one of whom was the President of the United States- is all better now. There ought to be a way to keep him away from the sane people who haven't tried to kill the President to impress Jodi Foster (boy was he barking up the wrong tree, huh?) some how. Think it over, you'll thank me later.
I find it a miracle that a well to do family was able to get a verdict of not guilty for their child after shooting the President of the United States.
I wonder how the guy that took a pot shot at the White House the other day will fare? I am betting not as well.
I also wonder who these geniuses are that say he is okay to live among us now. I wish that the msm would take a look at them, maybe see if they haven't suddenly become a little better off, financially, if you know what I mean.
I remember when President Reagan was shot, it was the first time that I saw the true ugliness of a liberal who was actively hoping for the death of Reagan. It disgusted me then, it disgusts me now. While I may not care for B.O., his wife, his policies, his habit of always going on vacation to very swank locations,his condescending attitude, his smarmy head tilt, etc.etc., I do not want to see him shot or killed. The last thing we need is Joe Biden in charge. (shudder)
Joe Biden in charge of anything would be like having that crazy guy on the corner who yells at squirrels in charge of stuff. He is incompetent in every sense of the word, but B.O. needed a white guy to balance the ticket, so we are all one heart beat away from Crazy Joe running the free world. Kinda makes it hard to sleep, doesn't it?
But back to John Hinkley Jr. I understand about double jeopardy and all of that, but it seems to me if he couldn't be responsible because he was insane, he ought to be held in a place where he can do no harm, for the rest of his days. Just to be sure, you know? I mean, for all we know, the Hinkleys spread the wealth and presto chango the guy who shot and injured three people-one of whom was the President of the United States- is all better now. There ought to be a way to keep him away from the sane people who haven't tried to kill the President to impress Jodi Foster (boy was he barking up the wrong tree, huh?) some how. Think it over, you'll thank me later.
Monday, February 13, 2012
Romney 2012= 4 More years of Obama
Mitt Romney is not the man for the nomination of the Republican party. If he somehow manages to weasel the nominations, we might as well buckle in for four more years of B.O.. And if that happens, Katy bar the door, we are all screwed. Unless of course we are one of the black panthers who got away with standing in front of a voting center with a club, scaring away voters. You know the ones, the guys that Eric Holder chose not to prosecute because they are black.
Or if we were one of the thousands of drug dealers in Mexico, you know the ones, the guys that have killed over two hundred people with the guns that Holder and B.O. let them have.
Or if we were one of the people who are trying to trample the Second Amendment, you know the ones, the guys like Sarah Brady who mistakenly think that if guns are illegal, no one will have guns.
The list goes on and on, but the end of the road is Mitt Romney cannot will not get elected. They will hammer him with the father of obamacare, that is romneycare. They will hammer his use of illegals in his home. They will hammer the elitist persona and the sheep that are the American people will buy into it. The useful idiots and the media ( I know, one and the same) will do everything and anything to get B.O. four more years to screw us even closer to a socialist nation.
They will lie about things, they will manufacture things, they will use ACORN like groups to mass register as many phony people as possible. These are the people that quite possibly committed fraud to get B.O. on the Indiana ballot. You know, the ones that Eric Holder chose not to investigate.
I wish that we could put the paddles to Ronald Reagan and run him again. I wish that a perfect candidate would waltz into the race. Wish in one hand, poop in the other and see which one gets full faster. None of those things are going to happen. I liked Perry until his stance on illegals getting in state tuition. I liked Bachman until she told me she was subservient to her husband in all things. It makes a great marriage, not a great commander in chief. I still like Herman Cain, but since he is not Bill Clinton, his indiscretions are bad.
Newt Gingrich isn't perfect, but he is conservative. He can work with both sides of the aisle, and he has vision. I won't have to hold my nose the way that I did when I voted for McCain. Romney can't win. I wish I knew how to make him understand that. If I figure out how to make him understand that, you can thank me later.
Or if we were one of the thousands of drug dealers in Mexico, you know the ones, the guys that have killed over two hundred people with the guns that Holder and B.O. let them have.
Or if we were one of the people who are trying to trample the Second Amendment, you know the ones, the guys like Sarah Brady who mistakenly think that if guns are illegal, no one will have guns.
The list goes on and on, but the end of the road is Mitt Romney cannot will not get elected. They will hammer him with the father of obamacare, that is romneycare. They will hammer his use of illegals in his home. They will hammer the elitist persona and the sheep that are the American people will buy into it. The useful idiots and the media ( I know, one and the same) will do everything and anything to get B.O. four more years to screw us even closer to a socialist nation.
They will lie about things, they will manufacture things, they will use ACORN like groups to mass register as many phony people as possible. These are the people that quite possibly committed fraud to get B.O. on the Indiana ballot. You know, the ones that Eric Holder chose not to investigate.
I wish that we could put the paddles to Ronald Reagan and run him again. I wish that a perfect candidate would waltz into the race. Wish in one hand, poop in the other and see which one gets full faster. None of those things are going to happen. I liked Perry until his stance on illegals getting in state tuition. I liked Bachman until she told me she was subservient to her husband in all things. It makes a great marriage, not a great commander in chief. I still like Herman Cain, but since he is not Bill Clinton, his indiscretions are bad.
Newt Gingrich isn't perfect, but he is conservative. He can work with both sides of the aisle, and he has vision. I won't have to hold my nose the way that I did when I voted for McCain. Romney can't win. I wish I knew how to make him understand that. If I figure out how to make him understand that, you can thank me later.
Monday, February 6, 2012
Susan G Komen Foundation Will Continue Enabling Planned Parenthood in the Murder of the Unborn
Yesterday I cheered the Susan G. Komen organization when they decided not to continue giving money to Planned Parenthood. The left of center immediately went into hysterical vapors at the thought of a private company doing what it wanted with its own money. I listened to a liberal moron (redundant, I know)explain that they needed that money to pay for mammograms for poor people.
Of course, Planned Parenthood would have to stop suctioning as many babies from wombs if they didn't get this money. And in addition to that, they would also not have the prestige of an organization like the Susan G. Komen Foundation associated with them.
Now I see that 76 Senators have sent a letter to the Foundation condemning the withdrawal of Planned Parenthood Support. God help them if I find out one of my Senators were involved in this. Since when did Private companies have to answer to how they choose to spend their money? Every penny that Planned Parenthood gets to pay for other things is more money that they can spend on their main purpose- aborting babies.
After a calmer search, I found the politicians involved in this. Surprise, surprise, they all have a D behind their names. They are as follows: Sens. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., Patty Murray, D-Was., Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., Robert Menendez, D-N.J., Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., Mark Begich, D-Alaska, Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., Jon Tester, D-Mont., Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii, Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., Max Baucus, D-Mont., Ben Cardin, D-Md., Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., Al Franken, D-Minn, John Kerry, D-Mass., Claire McCaskill,D-MO., Debbie Stabenow, D-MI., Chris Coons, D-DE., and Jeff Bingaman D-NM.
The idea that politicians would get involved in a private matter of choice for a company is disgusting at best, frightening when you think about it. What happens if my company donates to an organization, then I find out that I don't like them anymore? Will Congress then blackmail me into continuing to fund something I don't care for? If that doesn't scare you, it should! Find out if your Senators were part of the ones who signed on to blackmail The Susan G. Koman Foundation. You'll thank me later.
Monday, January 30, 2012
This is Why People Hate Bureaucracy
I went to the Sheriff's web site for my town and looked at where the sex offenders live. I like to know who my neighbors' are and who to keep my children away from. Imagine my surprise when I found one on my corner. Since I am less than half a mile from the YMCA, several playgrounds and a school, imagine my surprise. It even posts a picture of the guy-thank you State of Indiana.
I then made a series of phone calls. First stop: the useless police department in my town. They passed me on to the Sheriff's department. They in turn passed me on to the County Prosecutor's office. Since no one is running for office this year, no one is available to answer my question. I left messages. I doubt that I will hear back before the next election cycle.
Why is he allowed to live across the street from a school bus stop? For that matter, why don't they have to post signs to give me a heads up? While I am sure that he has paid for his crime, paid his debt to society, blah blah, blah he spent twenty years in jail for this. The least that they should do is put a sign up in his yard and maybe on his car, don't you think?
I believe that his right to privacy went out the window the second that he decided to harm a child. Where are my elected officials on this one? For that matter, why don't local papers publish this information somewhere in their pages. If I can't get it on the internet, imagine how many more people it could reach in the paper? I wish that there was a special place where they could live-away from the rest of us, and I wouldn't have to worry about my children or their safety when it comes to that sort of thing. Oh well.
Keep your children safe, be aware of who is in your neighborhood. And if you have the chance to go online in your area and see who is out there, trust me. You'll thank me later.
I then made a series of phone calls. First stop: the useless police department in my town. They passed me on to the Sheriff's department. They in turn passed me on to the County Prosecutor's office. Since no one is running for office this year, no one is available to answer my question. I left messages. I doubt that I will hear back before the next election cycle.
Why is he allowed to live across the street from a school bus stop? For that matter, why don't they have to post signs to give me a heads up? While I am sure that he has paid for his crime, paid his debt to society, blah blah, blah he spent twenty years in jail for this. The least that they should do is put a sign up in his yard and maybe on his car, don't you think?
I believe that his right to privacy went out the window the second that he decided to harm a child. Where are my elected officials on this one? For that matter, why don't local papers publish this information somewhere in their pages. If I can't get it on the internet, imagine how many more people it could reach in the paper? I wish that there was a special place where they could live-away from the rest of us, and I wouldn't have to worry about my children or their safety when it comes to that sort of thing. Oh well.
Keep your children safe, be aware of who is in your neighborhood. And if you have the chance to go online in your area and see who is out there, trust me. You'll thank me later.
Monday, January 23, 2012
A Christmas Miracle- Not Everything Sucks at Walmart!
I had a wonderful conversation from a district manager at Papa John's Pizza. I had called with some concerns because of a couple of bad experiences, but the conversation that I had with Steve not only reinforced my fondness for Papa John's and the things they do, it increased it.
The gentlemen that I spoke with listened to my complaints and took very proactive measures to fix them. Afterwards, when he has solved my problem, we were discussing customer service in general. I told him about the time I had spent at the happiest retailer on earth. Then he told me that he donated many many many pizzas to the Auburn, IN Walmart to serve to the associates there over Christmas blitz. What a wonderful thing to do for the people that work there.
As a Walmart survivor, I was amazed that such generosity still exists in the Walmart culture. It warms my heart that there are still people who find ways to be generous these days. To be sure, Papa John's got some goodwill for doing this. The associates at that store and all of the others are being squeezed from every direction. Walmart considers full time to be 36 hours for the regular folks. Not of course, the lucky few who have fought their way to unsalaried management, those lucky souls get 39.5 hours. Weehoo, book the cruise, right?
It wasn't always this way. When I first started at the happiest company on earth, the job was still pretty good. I got 10% off of general merchandise from the first day I started, the Christmas party was off store and the door prizes were wonderful. The company picnic was actually great, and people liked their jobs. Full time was considered 40 hours, and they hadn't found a way to kill overtime yet. Turn over was reasonable, raises were given and the world was much better in the Walmart way of life.
Then all of the Walton's were no longer involved, a faceless corporation took over and the collective neck of the Walmart associate was stepped on. Oh, mouth service was given to the open door policy, and the policy of having a yearly meeting (they call it grassroots)to discuss ways to improve the store was still in effect. But....
The last few years that I still collected a check from Walmart there was a manager there who opened the meeting with, "If you think this is going to be an hour of just sitting here and complaining about what we need to fix, you are wrong." Sets the tone for an open dialogue, doesn't it?
But before I start the flow of Walmart complaints, let me close on the idea that there are still people who are trying to make working at Walmart a little less awful. Thank you, Steve. Thank you.
The gentlemen that I spoke with listened to my complaints and took very proactive measures to fix them. Afterwards, when he has solved my problem, we were discussing customer service in general. I told him about the time I had spent at the happiest retailer on earth. Then he told me that he donated many many many pizzas to the Auburn, IN Walmart to serve to the associates there over Christmas blitz. What a wonderful thing to do for the people that work there.
As a Walmart survivor, I was amazed that such generosity still exists in the Walmart culture. It warms my heart that there are still people who find ways to be generous these days. To be sure, Papa John's got some goodwill for doing this. The associates at that store and all of the others are being squeezed from every direction. Walmart considers full time to be 36 hours for the regular folks. Not of course, the lucky few who have fought their way to unsalaried management, those lucky souls get 39.5 hours. Weehoo, book the cruise, right?
It wasn't always this way. When I first started at the happiest company on earth, the job was still pretty good. I got 10% off of general merchandise from the first day I started, the Christmas party was off store and the door prizes were wonderful. The company picnic was actually great, and people liked their jobs. Full time was considered 40 hours, and they hadn't found a way to kill overtime yet. Turn over was reasonable, raises were given and the world was much better in the Walmart way of life.
Then all of the Walton's were no longer involved, a faceless corporation took over and the collective neck of the Walmart associate was stepped on. Oh, mouth service was given to the open door policy, and the policy of having a yearly meeting (they call it grassroots)to discuss ways to improve the store was still in effect. But....
The last few years that I still collected a check from Walmart there was a manager there who opened the meeting with, "If you think this is going to be an hour of just sitting here and complaining about what we need to fix, you are wrong." Sets the tone for an open dialogue, doesn't it?
But before I start the flow of Walmart complaints, let me close on the idea that there are still people who are trying to make working at Walmart a little less awful. Thank you, Steve. Thank you.
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