http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091016/hl_hsn/sodataxesnotmakingadentinuswaistlines
I would argue that it never really was about the reducing obesity rates. It is just another tax source for these assholes in office. All it does is screw low income people. Just wait for the fast-food/junk food tax that we will all eventually be paying. You can't compel people to lose weight by taxing the food they eat unless you want to raise it high enough that they cannot afford the food and let them starve. You want to see some results give people incentives to get off of their fat asses and get involved some type of physical activity.
Friday, October 16, 2009
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
So much for campaign promises not to tax middle class
http://www.aei.org/article/101152
I encourage you all who have insurance especially union members to call and complain. Even if your plan isn't currently excise taxable they are only increasing the excise threshold 1% a year with rates going up way over 1% a year it won't be long until you are hit also.
You get what you vote for.
I encourage you all who have insurance especially union members to call and complain. Even if your plan isn't currently excise taxable they are only increasing the excise threshold 1% a year with rates going up way over 1% a year it won't be long until you are hit also.
You get what you vote for.
Friday, October 9, 2009
Thought on our latest Nobel Prize winner.
They voted for this on his 11th day in office? For the love of God could this of not of waited three years or is the hardon the rest of the world/media ever going to end?
"He got the prize because he has been able to change the international climate," Nobel Committee chairman Thorbjoern Jagland said. "Some people say, and I understand it, isn't it premature? Too early? Well, I'd say then that it could be too late to respond three years from now. It is now that we have the opportunity to respond — all of us."
So what your saying is that if he does nothing in the next three years that he might not deserve it in three years let alone now?
I fucking quit.
update
Compare this to Greg Mortenson, nominated for the prize by some members of Congress, who the bookies gave 20-to-1 odds of winning. Son of a missionary, a former army Medic and mountaineer, he has made it his mission to build schools for girls in places where opium dealers and tribal warlords kill people for trying. His Central Asia Institute has built more than 130 schools in Afghanistan and Pakistan — a mission which has, along the way, inspired millions of people to view the protection and education of girls as a key to peace and prosperity and progress.
All I can say is wow.
"He got the prize because he has been able to change the international climate," Nobel Committee chairman Thorbjoern Jagland said. "Some people say, and I understand it, isn't it premature? Too early? Well, I'd say then that it could be too late to respond three years from now. It is now that we have the opportunity to respond — all of us."
So what your saying is that if he does nothing in the next three years that he might not deserve it in three years let alone now?
I fucking quit.
update
Compare this to Greg Mortenson, nominated for the prize by some members of Congress, who the bookies gave 20-to-1 odds of winning. Son of a missionary, a former army Medic and mountaineer, he has made it his mission to build schools for girls in places where opium dealers and tribal warlords kill people for trying. His Central Asia Institute has built more than 130 schools in Afghanistan and Pakistan — a mission which has, along the way, inspired millions of people to view the protection and education of girls as a key to peace and prosperity and progress.
All I can say is wow.
You wonder why I have disdain for the government
http://www.startribune.com/local/stpaul/63818682.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUnciaec8O7EyUsl
Where does common sense come into the equation? Frickin nanny state/nanny city.
Hey you sheep get what you vote for.
Where does common sense come into the equation? Frickin nanny state/nanny city.
Hey you sheep get what you vote for.
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Thought on cash for clunkers
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Cash for Clunkers, the very successful federal program that has brought car buyers back to showrooms, is about to reach a very rough end of the road.
1. It is good to see giving away other peoples money is such a success. Where did we get the money from? That's right our friends the Saudis and Chinese.
2. These were perfectly good cars what are low income people supposed to drive now that these vehicles are headed for the heap.
3. Some of these cars only need 2 MPH better gas mileage. How is that considered green? When you figure in the amount of energy it took to mine the ore, transport oil for plastic parts etc... how much do you really think was saved?
4. What are about the muffler shops that put mufflers on these "clunkers"? Is it ok that we maybe putting them out of business?
5. Since these cars are being scrapped without stripping the parts, how is that green? Wouldn't it be better on mother earth if these parts had been recycled?
I guess that it is better to prop up one segment of the auto industry to detriment of the rest of industry including used car lots.
1. It is good to see giving away other peoples money is such a success. Where did we get the money from? That's right our friends the Saudis and Chinese.
2. These were perfectly good cars what are low income people supposed to drive now that these vehicles are headed for the heap.
3. Some of these cars only need 2 MPH better gas mileage. How is that considered green? When you figure in the amount of energy it took to mine the ore, transport oil for plastic parts etc... how much do you really think was saved?
4. What are about the muffler shops that put mufflers on these "clunkers"? Is it ok that we maybe putting them out of business?
5. Since these cars are being scrapped without stripping the parts, how is that green? Wouldn't it be better on mother earth if these parts had been recycled?
I guess that it is better to prop up one segment of the auto industry to detriment of the rest of industry including used car lots.
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
WTF?
“If there’s a problem and it turns out that there’s been a fraud … that someone has changed sex, then obviously it would be much easier to strip results,” Davies added. “However, if it’s a natural thing and the athlete has always thought she’s a woman or been a woman, it’s not exactly cheating.”
I'm with you on point that is she's always been a woman cool. If she thought she's a woman? Huh? Maybe some 75th ranked male golfer should come and say he believes he has always been a woman and dominate the LPGA. The only way I agree with the thought she is a woman situation is if the person was a hermaphrodite.
I'm with you on point that is she's always been a woman cool. If she thought she's a woman? Huh? Maybe some 75th ranked male golfer should come and say he believes he has always been a woman and dominate the LPGA. The only way I agree with the thought she is a woman situation is if the person was a hermaphrodite.
Monday, August 17, 2009
Howard how could you say this with a straight face?
"Dean urged the Obama administration to stand by statements made early on in the debate in which it steadfastly insisted that such a public option was indispensable to genuine change, saying that Medicare and the Veterans Administration are "two very good programs that have been around for a long time.""
Apparently he has never been treated by the VA I think they kill more people than the war in Iraq. A friend of the family they neglected to tell him to wear compression socks after surgery... oops sorry dead.
Apparently he has never been treated by the VA I think they kill more people than the war in Iraq. A friend of the family they neglected to tell him to wear compression socks after surgery... oops sorry dead.
Thursday, August 13, 2009
I want government telling me how to raise my summer kids
Some maybe here some maybe there. If I had kids. I quit. I am not going to have a dollar left to my name eventually. Thank you Chuck Norris.
http://townhall.com/columnists/ChuckNorris/2009/08/11/dirty_secret_no_1_in_obamacare?page=full
http://townhall.com/columnists/ChuckNorris/2009/08/11/dirty_secret_no_1_in_obamacare?page=full
Isn't paid volunteer a oxymoron
Man these a-holes will do anything to push this piece of crap through.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2009/08/obama-healthcare-reform.html
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2009/08/obama-healthcare-reform.html
Friday, July 17, 2009
Why?
Why is this piece of shit getting a jail sentence? I wish they would put him in the general population and let the system take care of him. He deserves to be shot.
http://www.startribune.com/local/51024037.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUl
http://www.startribune.com/local/51024037.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUl
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
New Insurance Plans
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090714/ap_on_go_co/us_health_care_overhaul
I would urge those of us in the middle class that have employer provided insurance to contact their legislator and tell them no to this bill. What we will end up having in this country is a two-tiered system. The really rich(including the politicians) will be able to afford a insurance rider and the rest of us will be stuck letting the government decide how much treatment we are able to receive. You think HMO's are bad wait for this crap.
I would urge those of us in the middle class that have employer provided insurance to contact their legislator and tell them no to this bill. What we will end up having in this country is a two-tiered system. The really rich(including the politicians) will be able to afford a insurance rider and the rest of us will be stuck letting the government decide how much treatment we are able to receive. You think HMO's are bad wait for this crap.
Monday, June 8, 2009
Income tax hike by a different name
Climate bill to pay hundreds of dollars in rebates
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090608/ap_on_re_us/us_climate_bill_cost
is still a income tax increase. Nice thing is they will provide credits to people who are not currently paying into the system. You get what you vote for.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090608/ap_on_re_us/us_climate_bill_cost
is still a income tax increase. Nice thing is they will provide credits to people who are not currently paying into the system. You get what you vote for.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
More government giveaways
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/02/AR2009060203897.html?g=0
FEMA typically provides disaster aid for 18 months. It extended assistance for 45 months since Katrina hit in August 2005.
About 1,150 families in FEMA housing live in units the agency classifies as mobile homes and park models, which will be offered for sale at $5 and $1, respectively. FEMA expects to free up an additional 600 to 700 units from its inventory to donate through state and local governments and nonprofit groups, the administration official said. Individuals who previously bought units will be offered refunds.
A. Sounds like a good way to buy more votes.
B. You've had four fricken years to get off your asses and do for yourself. Teach a man to fish... fuck it just give them the God damned fish.
FEMA typically provides disaster aid for 18 months. It extended assistance for 45 months since Katrina hit in August 2005.
About 1,150 families in FEMA housing live in units the agency classifies as mobile homes and park models, which will be offered for sale at $5 and $1, respectively. FEMA expects to free up an additional 600 to 700 units from its inventory to donate through state and local governments and nonprofit groups, the administration official said. Individuals who previously bought units will be offered refunds.
A. Sounds like a good way to buy more votes.
B. You've had four fricken years to get off your asses and do for yourself. Teach a man to fish... fuck it just give them the God damned fish.
Monday, June 1, 2009
Friday, May 29, 2009
I've tried this product and you need to be high to drink it.
FRANKFURT -- Energy-drink maker Red Bull GmbH's push into cola sales is facing its first major setback in Germany, where local lawmakers began pulling Red Bull Simply Cola off shelves after a study found the drink contains trace elements of cocaine.
Sunday, May 24, 2009
I prefer to work until I'm dead
to support irresponsible (to say the least) people. I think I've found Octomom's soul mate.
http://wcco.com/video/?id=103746@kcbs.dayport.com
http://wcco.com/video/?id=103746@kcbs.dayport.com
Thursday, May 21, 2009
The High Cost of Poverty: Why Poor Pay More
Full Article - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/17/AR2009051702053.html?g=0
"The poor pay more for a gallon of milk; they pay more on a capital basis for inferior housing," says Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.).
That is assuming they pay for their housing in first place?
"The poor and 100 million who are struggling for the middle class actually end up paying more for transportation, for housing, for health care, for mortgages. They get steered to subprime lending. . . . The poor pay more for things middle-class America takes for granted."
Wow! How about that is what their sorry asses qualified for. Last time I checked home ownership wasn't a right.
You don't have three hours to take the bus. So you buy groceries at the corner store, where a gallon of milk costs an extra dollar.
Food stamps? - once again they aren't paying a extra dollar, the taxpayers are.
"When you are poor, you don't have the luxury of throwing a load into the washing machine and then taking your morning jog while it cycles. You wait until Monday afternoon, when the laundromat is most likely to be empty, and you put all of that laundry from four kids into four heaps, bundle it in sheets, load a cart and drag it to the corner. "
If you are so poor, why are they having a kid let alone four? No self responsibility.
"If I had my choice, I would have a washer and a dryer," says Nya Oti, 37, a food-service worker who lives in Brightwood.
Again, what choices in your life led you to a career in food-service? If the work is temporary(such as layoff) I feel sorry for her, if not it is a choice she made.
She(Oti) buys bags of oranges or apples, but not the organic kind. "Organic is too much," she says.
I don't buy organic either, the crap is overpriced and the way I see it we are all going to die of something. I get a bad feeling that soon organic food will also be "right" in this country.
Randy Albelda, an economics professor at the University of Massachusetts at Boston. "You have to work a lot of hours and still not make a lot of money. You get squeezed, and your money is squeezed."
There is a reason people are working a lot of hours for low pay. I think I touched on it in reference to the job skills required to work food service.
The poor pay more in hassle: the calls from the bill collectors, the landlord, the utility company. So they spend money to avoid the hassle. The poor pay for caller identification because it gives them peace of mind to weed out calls from bill collectors.
Newsflash if you actually paid you bills you probably wouldn't be getting collection calls. I bet they can still afford their cigarettes though.
The rich have direct deposit for their paychecks. The poor have check-cashing and payday loan joints, which cost time and money. Payday advance companies say they are providing an essential service to people who most need them. Their critics say they are preying on people who are the most "economically vulnerable." In simple terms, the company is charging a $15.50 fee for every $100 that you borrow. On your $300 payday loan -- borrowed for a term of seven days -- the effective annual percentage rate is 806 percent.
I don't get it. Is someone putting a gun to their heads and making them cash the checks or get a loan at these places?
"As you've seen with the financial services industry, if people can cut a profit, they do it," Blumenauer says. "The poor pay more for financial services. A lot of people who are 'unbanked' pay $3 for a money order to pay their electric bill. They pay a 2 percent check-cashing fee because they don't have bank services. The reasons? Part of it is lack of education.
Whose is at fault for their lack of education? In my book you've got no one to look at but yourself.
All these costs can lead the poor to a collective depression.
Kind of sounds like an excuse to me.
"The cheaper housing is in more-dangerous areas," says Reed,
So is the cheaper housing causing the area to be dangerous, or is it the residents of said area what is making it dangerous?
"People working who don't make a lot of money go to the system for help, and they deny them," Nicholas says. "They say I make too much. It almost helps if you don't work."
Maybe our country should put a limit on the time people allowed to be on system so we don't give them a incentive to not work.
What could you accomplish with the lost 20 minutes standing there in the rain? Waiting. That's another cost of poverty. You wait in lines. You wait at bus stops. You wait on the bus as it makes it way up Georgia Avenue, hitting every stop. No sense in trying to hurry when you are poor
Again maybe people need to be made aware about the choices they make in life and how it affects them.
"The poor pay more for a gallon of milk; they pay more on a capital basis for inferior housing," says Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.).
That is assuming they pay for their housing in first place?
"The poor and 100 million who are struggling for the middle class actually end up paying more for transportation, for housing, for health care, for mortgages. They get steered to subprime lending. . . . The poor pay more for things middle-class America takes for granted."
Wow! How about that is what their sorry asses qualified for. Last time I checked home ownership wasn't a right.
You don't have three hours to take the bus. So you buy groceries at the corner store, where a gallon of milk costs an extra dollar.
Food stamps? - once again they aren't paying a extra dollar, the taxpayers are.
"When you are poor, you don't have the luxury of throwing a load into the washing machine and then taking your morning jog while it cycles. You wait until Monday afternoon, when the laundromat is most likely to be empty, and you put all of that laundry from four kids into four heaps, bundle it in sheets, load a cart and drag it to the corner. "
If you are so poor, why are they having a kid let alone four? No self responsibility.
"If I had my choice, I would have a washer and a dryer," says Nya Oti, 37, a food-service worker who lives in Brightwood.
Again, what choices in your life led you to a career in food-service? If the work is temporary(such as layoff) I feel sorry for her, if not it is a choice she made.
She(Oti) buys bags of oranges or apples, but not the organic kind. "Organic is too much," she says.
I don't buy organic either, the crap is overpriced and the way I see it we are all going to die of something. I get a bad feeling that soon organic food will also be "right" in this country.
Randy Albelda, an economics professor at the University of Massachusetts at Boston. "You have to work a lot of hours and still not make a lot of money. You get squeezed, and your money is squeezed."
There is a reason people are working a lot of hours for low pay. I think I touched on it in reference to the job skills required to work food service.
The poor pay more in hassle: the calls from the bill collectors, the landlord, the utility company. So they spend money to avoid the hassle. The poor pay for caller identification because it gives them peace of mind to weed out calls from bill collectors.
Newsflash if you actually paid you bills you probably wouldn't be getting collection calls. I bet they can still afford their cigarettes though.
The rich have direct deposit for their paychecks. The poor have check-cashing and payday loan joints, which cost time and money. Payday advance companies say they are providing an essential service to people who most need them. Their critics say they are preying on people who are the most "economically vulnerable." In simple terms, the company is charging a $15.50 fee for every $100 that you borrow. On your $300 payday loan -- borrowed for a term of seven days -- the effective annual percentage rate is 806 percent.
I don't get it. Is someone putting a gun to their heads and making them cash the checks or get a loan at these places?
"As you've seen with the financial services industry, if people can cut a profit, they do it," Blumenauer says. "The poor pay more for financial services. A lot of people who are 'unbanked' pay $3 for a money order to pay their electric bill. They pay a 2 percent check-cashing fee because they don't have bank services. The reasons? Part of it is lack of education.
Whose is at fault for their lack of education? In my book you've got no one to look at but yourself.
All these costs can lead the poor to a collective depression.
Kind of sounds like an excuse to me.
"The cheaper housing is in more-dangerous areas," says Reed,
So is the cheaper housing causing the area to be dangerous, or is it the residents of said area what is making it dangerous?
"People working who don't make a lot of money go to the system for help, and they deny them," Nicholas says. "They say I make too much. It almost helps if you don't work."
Maybe our country should put a limit on the time people allowed to be on system so we don't give them a incentive to not work.
What could you accomplish with the lost 20 minutes standing there in the rain? Waiting. That's another cost of poverty. You wait in lines. You wait at bus stops. You wait on the bus as it makes it way up Georgia Avenue, hitting every stop. No sense in trying to hurry when you are poor
Again maybe people need to be made aware about the choices they make in life and how it affects them.
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Deserving of a slow painful death
Blind 4-year-old tells police: 'Daddy ate my eyes'
http://www.twincities.com/allheadlines/ci_12403346
I don't know what you do to this asshole. I say get him good and high, so he doesn't know where he is going then take him to death valley, tie him to some rocks, place steaks all over his body, and let the fucking buzzards eat him. This is one of the saddest things I've ever read.
http://www.twincities.com/allheadlines/ci_12403346
I don't know what you do to this asshole. I say get him good and high, so he doesn't know where he is going then take him to death valley, tie him to some rocks, place steaks all over his body, and let the fucking buzzards eat him. This is one of the saddest things I've ever read.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
We can't afford the shit we currently fund so lets start another
http://www.startribune.com/nation/44847797.html?elr=KArksUUUU
The report, issued Tuesday by the trustees who monitor the government's two main forms for help for the elderly, shows that Medicare has become more fragile as well and is at greater risk than Social Security of imminent fiscal collapse.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_health_overhaul
Obama's plan to provide coverage to some 50 million uninsured Americans is the cornerstone of his promise to enact a larger overhaul of the health care system. Independent experts put the costs at about $1.5 trillion over 10 years.
Seriously how are we going to pay for this shit? Let's just tax the rich, those fuckers can afford it. Wait even if we tax them 100% we aren't going to be able to pay for all of this. No tax raises on people earning less than $250,000 my ass.
The report, issued Tuesday by the trustees who monitor the government's two main forms for help for the elderly, shows that Medicare has become more fragile as well and is at greater risk than Social Security of imminent fiscal collapse.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_health_overhaul
Obama's plan to provide coverage to some 50 million uninsured Americans is the cornerstone of his promise to enact a larger overhaul of the health care system. Independent experts put the costs at about $1.5 trillion over 10 years.
Seriously how are we going to pay for this shit? Let's just tax the rich, those fuckers can afford it. Wait even if we tax them 100% we aren't going to be able to pay for all of this. No tax raises on people earning less than $250,000 my ass.
Friday, May 8, 2009
Government Waste
I ordered a item from a store in Minesota to be delivered to me in Minnesota. Here is the USPS tracking for my package thus far.
Associated Label/Receipt: Detailed Results:
Processed, May 07, 2009, 4:42 pm, WEST SACRAMENTO, CA 95799
Processed, May 05, 2009, 5:42 pm, MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55401
Electronic Shipping Info Received, May 05, 2009
Maybe they ought to next route it through the US geological base station on Antartica. WTF?
Associated Label/Receipt: Detailed Results:
Processed, May 07, 2009, 4:42 pm, WEST SACRAMENTO, CA 95799
Processed, May 05, 2009, 5:42 pm, MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55401
Electronic Shipping Info Received, May 05, 2009
Maybe they ought to next route it through the US geological base station on Antartica. WTF?
Natural selection at its best
http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/health/44568447.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUnciaec8O7EyUsl
So when the Vitamin C and Ginseng doesn't work, please don't even think about coming back to chemo and radiation. He's a medicine man maybe he can smoke some peyote and run with the coyote. I am all for the parents choosing the course they want for their son. Once it is made by golly they need to have the courage to stick with their convictions.
So when the Vitamin C and Ginseng doesn't work, please don't even think about coming back to chemo and radiation. He's a medicine man maybe he can smoke some peyote and run with the coyote. I am all for the parents choosing the course they want for their son. Once it is made by golly they need to have the courage to stick with their convictions.
Thursday, May 7, 2009
A thought on Gay Marriage
You know what I don't think government should be endorsing marriage. I think they should enforce contracts between to people and let the churches do the marrying. It could be my philosophy in life, do whatever the hell you want just don't expect me to pay when the shit hits the fan.
Just a thought.
Just a thought.
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
How exactly are we going to pay for this?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090505/us_nm/us_energy_autos
I can't wait until our credit runs out in this country. Is it a freaking open checkbook.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Just a thought...
I'm beginning to believe that the democrats are starting a war on prosperity. Just a thought though.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Thank you nany state protect me from myself
http://www.startribune.com/local/43985257.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUs
No bluffing: State trying to pull plug on online gambling
Banning ISP's from allowing you to access gambling sites. Hey China oops sorry State of Minnesota since when does the government get to decide what websites "free" people are allowed to access to? Are you pissed you can't tax it? Stop doing shit that is only protecting me from myself. I am a big boy and don't need you to decide what is right for me.
No bluffing: State trying to pull plug on online gambling
Banning ISP's from allowing you to access gambling sites. Hey China oops sorry State of Minnesota since when does the government get to decide what websites "free" people are allowed to access to? Are you pissed you can't tax it? Stop doing shit that is only protecting me from myself. I am a big boy and don't need you to decide what is right for me.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Friday, April 24, 2009
Proposer of "Sin" tax on Cigs and Booze
Bob and Sheila's neighbor Ann Lenczewski (DFL) Bloomington. Just curious isn't one of the deadly sins gluttony? Here's and idea Ann. How about we have a fat tax you pig. Let he/she who is without sin cast the first tax err stone.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
US 'deeply disappointed' as Iran convicts reporter
Amy K our great senator thinks this is a great injustice. You know what you go to a ass backwards country, you oughta know you play by their rules not ours. Get over it. She should have known the risk. Why are we wasting our resources on this? I'm guessing if I got a six year sentence for pissing on a tree in Mexico, the government wouldn't give two shits about me. Enjoy your time behind bars even though you don't deserve it.
Tax only the rich eh? That is not how I see it.
Senate DFLers want $2.2 billion in new taxes
http://www.startribune.com/politics/state/43338802.html?page=1&c=y
Guess what? When I don't get as big of a annual raise from employer that I wanted I don't go out and rob my neighbors to make up for the difference. No I cut back on the level of spending that is within my control. These P.O.S. are making me sick. Hopefully there are no RINO's wanting to jump onto this to create a veto override. I'm telling you they can make cuts to the budget without affecting critical serives. Hell make the libraries open a hour later and close a hour early. Shit why is everthing a entitlement these days.
http://www.startribune.com/politics/state/43338802.html?page=1&c=y
Guess what? When I don't get as big of a annual raise from employer that I wanted I don't go out and rob my neighbors to make up for the difference. No I cut back on the level of spending that is within my control. These P.O.S. are making me sick. Hopefully there are no RINO's wanting to jump onto this to create a veto override. I'm telling you they can make cuts to the budget without affecting critical serives. Hell make the libraries open a hour later and close a hour early. Shit why is everthing a entitlement these days.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Written by a hometown poster?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090415/ap_on_re_us/midwest_flooding
"Kathryn is about 17 miles south of the town of Valley City, which is battling record high water on the Sheyenne River."
Until you mentioned that it was 17 miles south of Valley City, I had no clue where it was. For 99.9% of the country doesn't know where Valley City is. Maybe the losers could of said say X miles from Bismarck, Grand Forks, or Fargo that way maybe 5% of the population could figure out where in hell on earth they are talking about.
"Kathryn is about 17 miles south of the town of Valley City, which is battling record high water on the Sheyenne River."
Until you mentioned that it was 17 miles south of Valley City, I had no clue where it was. For 99.9% of the country doesn't know where Valley City is. Maybe the losers could of said say X miles from Bismarck, Grand Forks, or Fargo that way maybe 5% of the population could figure out where in hell on earth they are talking about.
Happy tax day
For those of you living in Minnesota, happy tax freedom day. From January 1 to today equals the amount of days in terms of tax dollars that you would have had to work to cover your 2009 tax liability. Congratulations.
Thursday, April 9, 2009
If anyone wonders where I am, I'll be off fortifying my compound
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPvqYK2JevI
How the hell can we allow these clowns to get continually elected.
That's write government knows how to make better decisions than an individual.
Just take my whole check Larry. I'll ask for is enough money to be able to buy enough Vodka and aspirin to off myself.
How the hell can we allow these clowns to get continually elected.
That's write government knows how to make better decisions than an individual.
Just take my whole check Larry. I'll ask for is enough money to be able to buy enough Vodka and aspirin to off myself.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Enough - If it wasn't for family living here I wouldn't be here
OK Ann Lenczewski, DFL-Bloomington - I feel sorry for you Bob if this is your neighbor. Fine, fine, you want to get rid of my mortgage interest deduction and charitable deduction on my Minnesota return? Lets cut the health and humans services budget down to 10% and take the money saved and reduce the overall tax rate. I am so fucking sick of the socialist pigs in our legislature. "Affluent not paying their fair share. " You know what bitch make the bottom who aren't paying squat start paying. Sioux Falls or bust.
Monday, April 6, 2009
RINO
Senator Julianne Ortman (R - Chanhassen) has introduced an additional bill that includes extending the sales tax to accounting services.
Heaven forbid they cut spending.
Heaven forbid they cut spending.
Lowest of the low
http://www.startribune.com/local/42525957.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUac8HEaDiaMDCinchO7DU
I hate child molesters worse than I hate any other type of criminal, including murderers. This guy has in fact probably fucked up two innocent people's lives. When are we as a country going to realize that these sacks of shit at the very least don't deserve to be released from jail or better yet just shoot the sacks of shit.
The recidivism rate with these animals is just to unacceptable for them to be released back into society.
I hate child molesters worse than I hate any other type of criminal, including murderers. This guy has in fact probably fucked up two innocent people's lives. When are we as a country going to realize that these sacks of shit at the very least don't deserve to be released from jail or better yet just shoot the sacks of shit.
The recidivism rate with these animals is just to unacceptable for them to be released back into society.
Thursday, April 2, 2009
My tax plan
You tax every dollar of income that a person receives at 30% federal and say 10% state. No credits no nothing. That way everyone gets some "skin" in the game. In the future if you want to raise taxes you raise them on everyone. Either that or constitutionally fix the income tax rates and 30/10 and be done. Eliminate every other tax that is out there. No gas tax, alcohol tax, etc... If you have a revenue problem, cut spending.
Nine people accounted for emergency room visits costing $3 million, a report says.
I guess nationalized healthcare probably wouldn't be such a bad idea afterall. Just adjust everyones income tax rate to 100%. Problem solved.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090402/ap_on_re_us/frequent_er_patients
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090402/ap_on_re_us/frequent_er_patients
Apparently the trailer park isn't the hotbed of bitches
we all believed it to be. Bring us your weak, your poor, no more.
http://www.twincities.com/ci_12051800?source=most_viewed
http://www.twincities.com/ci_12051800?source=most_viewed
Craigslist killer expresses 'deepest regret' before being sentenced to life in prison
http://www.twincities.com/allheadlines/ci_12050959
My deepest regret is this POS animal is going to be housed in jail the rest of his life rather than taken out back behind the courthouse and shot.
My deepest regret is this POS animal is going to be housed in jail the rest of his life rather than taken out back behind the courthouse and shot.
Teens make their case for St. Paul to ban candy cigarettes
http://www.twincities.com/ci_12051352
Since we're in the mood to ban shit to protect ourselves from ourselves, lets start a list.
Root beer - because hey it might lead kids to one day drink beer.
Toy guns - the little bastards in their teen years seem to like to off each other.
Barbie and Ken - have you seen the teen pregnancy and STD rate with today's kids? You just know that Barbie whores herself out to afford the Malibu beach house with Ken likely being out of work.
Candy all together - we don't want the lil bastards to get diabetes.
If you don't like something don't buy it.
Please fee free to add to the list... I may add additional ones.
Since we're in the mood to ban shit to protect ourselves from ourselves, lets start a list.
Root beer - because hey it might lead kids to one day drink beer.
Toy guns - the little bastards in their teen years seem to like to off each other.
Barbie and Ken - have you seen the teen pregnancy and STD rate with today's kids? You just know that Barbie whores herself out to afford the Malibu beach house with Ken likely being out of work.
Candy all together - we don't want the lil bastards to get diabetes.
If you don't like something don't buy it.
Please fee free to add to the list... I may add additional ones.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
7 students punished at Winfrey's school for girls
Here I thought the punishment would be having to watch her show everyday for a month straight. I guess the lesser punishment of being suspended or expelled would be my choice also.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090401/ap_on_en_tv/people_winfrey_school
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090401/ap_on_en_tv/people_winfrey_school
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Strike one of a two strike situation.
I enjoy watching CBS's Monday night lineup. I get it your side one. I don't need to see political stumping like I saw with the character Penny wearing a Hillary 2008 t-shirt. Why would you attempt to alienate your fans? I am already not a big fan of celebrities pushing their political agenda on me regardless of what side of the fence your on.
Friday, March 27, 2009
Who's a good dog? Apparently Toby
Excuse me while I go yack.
http://www.kqrs.com/goout.asp?u=http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2009/0318091dog1.html
I'm back. A felony? Really? I think the public embarassment would suffice and maybe at most a misdemeanor and a pigs ear(not the cop's).
http://www.kqrs.com/goout.asp?u=http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2009/0318091dog1.html
I'm back. A felony? Really? I think the public embarassment would suffice and maybe at most a misdemeanor and a pigs ear(not the cop's).
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Paying a bar tab based off income/wealth
Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to $100. If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this:
The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing.
The fifth would pay $1.
The sixth would pay $3.
The seventh would pay $7.
The eighth would pay $12.The ninth would pay $18.
The tenth man (the richest) would pay $59.
So, that's what they decided to do.
The ten men drank in the bar every day and seemed quite happy with the arrangement, until one day, the owner threw them a curve. "Since you are all such good customers," he said, "I'm going to reduce the cost of your daily beer by $20." Drinks for the ten now cost just $80.
The group still wanted to pay their bill the way we pay our taxes so the first four men were unaffected. They would still drink for free. But what about the other six men - the paying customers? How could they divide the $20 windfall so that everyone would get his 'fair share?' They realized that $20 divided by six is $3.33. But if they subtracted that from everybody's share, then the fifth man and the sixth man would each end up being paid to drink his beer. So, the bar owner suggested that it would be fair to reduce each man's bill by roughly the same amount, and he proceeded to work out the amounts each should pay. And so:
The fifth man, like the first four, now paid nothing (100% savings).
The sixth now paid $2 instead of $3 (33%savings).
The seventh now pay $5 instead of $7 (28%savings).
The eighth now paid $9 instead of $12 (25% savings).
The ninth now paid $14 instead of $18 (22% savings).
The tenth now paid $49 instead of $59 (16% savings).
Each of the six was better off than before. And the first four continued to drink for free. But once outside the restaurant, the men began to compare their savings.
"I only got a dollar out of the $20," declared the sixth man. He pointed to the tenth man," but he got $10!"
"Yeah, that's right," exclaimed the fifth man. "I only saved a dollar, too. It's unfair that he got ten times more than I!"
"That's true!" shouted the seventh man. "Why should he get $10 back when I got only two? The wealthy get all the breaks!"
"Wait a minute," yelled the first four men in unison. "We didn't get anything at all. The system exploits the poor!"
The nine men surrounded the tenth and beat him up.
The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing.
The fifth would pay $1.
The sixth would pay $3.
The seventh would pay $7.
The eighth would pay $12.The ninth would pay $18.
The tenth man (the richest) would pay $59.
So, that's what they decided to do.
The ten men drank in the bar every day and seemed quite happy with the arrangement, until one day, the owner threw them a curve. "Since you are all such good customers," he said, "I'm going to reduce the cost of your daily beer by $20." Drinks for the ten now cost just $80.
The group still wanted to pay their bill the way we pay our taxes so the first four men were unaffected. They would still drink for free. But what about the other six men - the paying customers? How could they divide the $20 windfall so that everyone would get his 'fair share?' They realized that $20 divided by six is $3.33. But if they subtracted that from everybody's share, then the fifth man and the sixth man would each end up being paid to drink his beer. So, the bar owner suggested that it would be fair to reduce each man's bill by roughly the same amount, and he proceeded to work out the amounts each should pay. And so:
The fifth man, like the first four, now paid nothing (100% savings).
The sixth now paid $2 instead of $3 (33%savings).
The seventh now pay $5 instead of $7 (28%savings).
The eighth now paid $9 instead of $12 (25% savings).
The ninth now paid $14 instead of $18 (22% savings).
The tenth now paid $49 instead of $59 (16% savings).
Each of the six was better off than before. And the first four continued to drink for free. But once outside the restaurant, the men began to compare their savings.
"I only got a dollar out of the $20," declared the sixth man. He pointed to the tenth man," but he got $10!"
"Yeah, that's right," exclaimed the fifth man. "I only saved a dollar, too. It's unfair that he got ten times more than I!"
"That's true!" shouted the seventh man. "Why should he get $10 back when I got only two? The wealthy get all the breaks!"
"Wait a minute," yelled the first four men in unison. "We didn't get anything at all. The system exploits the poor!"
The nine men surrounded the tenth and beat him up.
My Friend Ryan Sent Me This Story
I don't know if it is true or not, but sums up exactly how I feel about the way things are in this country.
A Boss Who Tells it Like it Is ...
To All My Valued Employees,
There have been some rumblings around the office about the future of this company, and more specifically, your job. As you know, the economy has changed for the worse and presents many challenges. However, the good news is this: The economy doesn't pose a threat to your job. What does threaten your job however, is the changing political landscape in this country.
However, let me tell you some little tidbits of fact which might help you decide what is in your best interests.
First, while it is easy to spew rhetoric that casts employers against employees, you have to understand that for every business owner there is a back story. This back story is often neglected and overshadowed by what you see and hear. Sure, you see me park my Mercedes outside. You've seen my big home at last years Christmas party. I'm sure; all these flashy icons of luxury conjure up some idealized thoughts about my life.
However, what you don't see is the back story.
I started this company 28 years ago. At that time, I lived in a 300 square foot studio apartment for 3 years. My entire living apartment was converted into an office so I could put forth 100% effort into building a company, which by the way, would eventually employ you.
My diet consisted of Ramen Pride noodles because every dollar I spent went back into this company. I drove a rusty Toyota Corolla with a defective transmission. I didn't have time to date. Often times, I stayed home on weekends, while my friends went out drinking and partying. In fact, I was married to my business - hard work, discipline, and sacrifice.
Meanwhile, my friends got jobs. They worked 40 hours a week and made a modest $50K a year and spent every dime they earned. They drove flashy cars and lived in expensive homes and wore fancy designer clothes. Instead of hitting the Nordstrom's for the latest hot fashion item, I was trolling through the discount store extracting any clothing item that didn't look like it was birthed in the 70's. My friends refinanced their mortgages and lived a life of luxury. I, however, did not. I put my time, my money, and my life into a business with a vision that eventually, some day, I too, will be able to afford these luxuries my friends supposedly had.
So, while you physically arrive at the office at 9am, mentally check in at about noon, and then leave at 5pm, I don't. There is no "off" button for me When you leave the office, you are done and you have a weekend all to yourself. I unfortunately do not have the freedom. I eat, and breathe this company every minute of the day. There is no rest. There is no weekend. There is no happy hour. Every day this business is attached to my hip like a 1 year old special-needs child. You, of course, only see the fruits of that garden - the nice house, the Mercedes, the vacations ... you never realize the back story and the sacrifices I've made.
Now, the economy is falling apart and I, the guy that made all the right decisions and saved his money, have to bail-out all the people who didn't. The people that overspent their paychecks suddenly feel entitled to the same luxuries that I earned and sacrificed a decade of my life for.
Yes, business ownership has is benefits but the price I've paid is steep and not without wounds.
Unfortunately, the cost of running this business, and employing you, is starting to eclipse the threshold of marginal benefit and let me tell you why: I am being taxed to death and the government thinks I don't pay enough. I have state taxes. Federal taxes. Property taxes. Sales and use taxes. Payroll taxes. Workers compensation taxes. Unemployment taxes. Taxes on taxes. I have to hire a tax man to manage all these taxes and then guess what? I have to pay taxes for employing him. Government mandates and regulations and all the accounting that goes with it, now occupy most of my time. On Oct 15th, I wrote a check to the US Treasury for $288,000 for quarterly taxes. You know what my "stimulus" check was? Zero. Nada. Zilch. The question I have is this: Who is stimulating the economy? Me, the guy who has provided 14 people good paying jobs and serves over 2,200,000 people per year with a flourishing business? Or, the single mother sitting at home pregnant with her fourth child waiting for her next welfare check? Obviously, government feels the latter is the economic stimulus of this country.
The fact is, if I deducted (Read: Stole) 50% of your paycheck you'd quit and you wouldn't work here. I mean, why should you? That's nuts. Who wants to get rewarded only 50% of their hard work? Well, I agree which is why your job is in jeopardy.
Here is what many of you don't understand ... to stimulate the economy you need to stimulate what runs the economy. Had suddenly government mandated to me that I didn't need to pay taxes, guess what? Instead of depositing that $288,000 into the Washington black-hole, I would have spent it, hired more employees, and generated substantial economic growth. My employees would have enjoyed the wealth of that tax cut in the form of promotions and better salaries. But you can forget it now.
When you have a comatose man on the verge of death, you don't defibrillate and shock his thumb thinking that will bring him back to life, do you? Or, do you defibrillate his heart? Business is at the heart of America and always has been. To restart it, you must stimulate it, not kill it. Suddenly, the power brokers in Washington believe the poor of America are the essential drivers of the American economic engine. Nothing could be further from the truth and this is the type of change you can keep.
So where am I going with all this? It's quite simple.
If any new taxes are levied on me, or my company, my reaction will be swift and simple. I fire you. I fire your co-workers. You can then plead with the government to pay for your mortgage, your SUV, and your child's future. Frankly, it isn't my problem any more.
Then, I will close this company down, move to another country, and retire. You see, I'm done. I'm done with a country that penalizes the productive and gives to the unproductive. My motivation to work and to provide jobs will be destroyed, and with it, will be my citizenship
So, if you lose your job, it won't be at the hands of the economy; it will be at the hands of a political hurricane that swept through this country, steamrolled the constitution, and will have changed its landscape forever. If that happens, you can find me sitting on a beach, retired, and with no employees to worry about ...
Signed,
Your boss
A Boss Who Tells it Like it Is ...
To All My Valued Employees,
There have been some rumblings around the office about the future of this company, and more specifically, your job. As you know, the economy has changed for the worse and presents many challenges. However, the good news is this: The economy doesn't pose a threat to your job. What does threaten your job however, is the changing political landscape in this country.
However, let me tell you some little tidbits of fact which might help you decide what is in your best interests.
First, while it is easy to spew rhetoric that casts employers against employees, you have to understand that for every business owner there is a back story. This back story is often neglected and overshadowed by what you see and hear. Sure, you see me park my Mercedes outside. You've seen my big home at last years Christmas party. I'm sure; all these flashy icons of luxury conjure up some idealized thoughts about my life.
However, what you don't see is the back story.
I started this company 28 years ago. At that time, I lived in a 300 square foot studio apartment for 3 years. My entire living apartment was converted into an office so I could put forth 100% effort into building a company, which by the way, would eventually employ you.
My diet consisted of Ramen Pride noodles because every dollar I spent went back into this company. I drove a rusty Toyota Corolla with a defective transmission. I didn't have time to date. Often times, I stayed home on weekends, while my friends went out drinking and partying. In fact, I was married to my business - hard work, discipline, and sacrifice.
Meanwhile, my friends got jobs. They worked 40 hours a week and made a modest $50K a year and spent every dime they earned. They drove flashy cars and lived in expensive homes and wore fancy designer clothes. Instead of hitting the Nordstrom's for the latest hot fashion item, I was trolling through the discount store extracting any clothing item that didn't look like it was birthed in the 70's. My friends refinanced their mortgages and lived a life of luxury. I, however, did not. I put my time, my money, and my life into a business with a vision that eventually, some day, I too, will be able to afford these luxuries my friends supposedly had.
So, while you physically arrive at the office at 9am, mentally check in at about noon, and then leave at 5pm, I don't. There is no "off" button for me When you leave the office, you are done and you have a weekend all to yourself. I unfortunately do not have the freedom. I eat, and breathe this company every minute of the day. There is no rest. There is no weekend. There is no happy hour. Every day this business is attached to my hip like a 1 year old special-needs child. You, of course, only see the fruits of that garden - the nice house, the Mercedes, the vacations ... you never realize the back story and the sacrifices I've made.
Now, the economy is falling apart and I, the guy that made all the right decisions and saved his money, have to bail-out all the people who didn't. The people that overspent their paychecks suddenly feel entitled to the same luxuries that I earned and sacrificed a decade of my life for.
Yes, business ownership has is benefits but the price I've paid is steep and not without wounds.
Unfortunately, the cost of running this business, and employing you, is starting to eclipse the threshold of marginal benefit and let me tell you why: I am being taxed to death and the government thinks I don't pay enough. I have state taxes. Federal taxes. Property taxes. Sales and use taxes. Payroll taxes. Workers compensation taxes. Unemployment taxes. Taxes on taxes. I have to hire a tax man to manage all these taxes and then guess what? I have to pay taxes for employing him. Government mandates and regulations and all the accounting that goes with it, now occupy most of my time. On Oct 15th, I wrote a check to the US Treasury for $288,000 for quarterly taxes. You know what my "stimulus" check was? Zero. Nada. Zilch. The question I have is this: Who is stimulating the economy? Me, the guy who has provided 14 people good paying jobs and serves over 2,200,000 people per year with a flourishing business? Or, the single mother sitting at home pregnant with her fourth child waiting for her next welfare check? Obviously, government feels the latter is the economic stimulus of this country.
The fact is, if I deducted (Read: Stole) 50% of your paycheck you'd quit and you wouldn't work here. I mean, why should you? That's nuts. Who wants to get rewarded only 50% of their hard work? Well, I agree which is why your job is in jeopardy.
Here is what many of you don't understand ... to stimulate the economy you need to stimulate what runs the economy. Had suddenly government mandated to me that I didn't need to pay taxes, guess what? Instead of depositing that $288,000 into the Washington black-hole, I would have spent it, hired more employees, and generated substantial economic growth. My employees would have enjoyed the wealth of that tax cut in the form of promotions and better salaries. But you can forget it now.
When you have a comatose man on the verge of death, you don't defibrillate and shock his thumb thinking that will bring him back to life, do you? Or, do you defibrillate his heart? Business is at the heart of America and always has been. To restart it, you must stimulate it, not kill it. Suddenly, the power brokers in Washington believe the poor of America are the essential drivers of the American economic engine. Nothing could be further from the truth and this is the type of change you can keep.
So where am I going with all this? It's quite simple.
If any new taxes are levied on me, or my company, my reaction will be swift and simple. I fire you. I fire your co-workers. You can then plead with the government to pay for your mortgage, your SUV, and your child's future. Frankly, it isn't my problem any more.
Then, I will close this company down, move to another country, and retire. You see, I'm done. I'm done with a country that penalizes the productive and gives to the unproductive. My motivation to work and to provide jobs will be destroyed, and with it, will be my citizenship
So, if you lose your job, it won't be at the hands of the economy; it will be at the hands of a political hurricane that swept through this country, steamrolled the constitution, and will have changed its landscape forever. If that happens, you can find me sitting on a beach, retired, and with no employees to worry about ...
Signed,
Your boss
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Skin in the game?
Facts based off of 2006 filed tax returns.
The top 1% earned 22.06% of the income and paid 39.89% of the taxes.
The top 5% earned 36.66% of the income and paid 60.14% of the taxes.
The top 25% earned 68.16% of the income and paid 86.27% of the taxes.
The top 50% earned 87.49% of the income and paid 97.01% of the taxes.
The bottom 50% earned 12.51% of the income and paid 2.99% of the taxes.
http://www.taxfoundation.org/news/show/250.html
From tax preparation experience and understanding of tax brackets, that it is likely the bottom 40% likely pay nothing. With things like the earned income credit and the refundable child tax credit, people can collect more than they paid in. Maybe when BHO starts spouting his bullshit about skin in the game, maybe the bottom 40% should pay something. It is always easier to go along with tax increases on someone else when you won't feel the effects of a tax increase. I'm tired of the excuse because they can afford to. Just because the "rich" can afford it doesn't make it right.
The top 1% earned 22.06% of the income and paid 39.89% of the taxes.
The top 5% earned 36.66% of the income and paid 60.14% of the taxes.
The top 25% earned 68.16% of the income and paid 86.27% of the taxes.
The top 50% earned 87.49% of the income and paid 97.01% of the taxes.
The bottom 50% earned 12.51% of the income and paid 2.99% of the taxes.
http://www.taxfoundation.org/news/show/250.html
From tax preparation experience and understanding of tax brackets, that it is likely the bottom 40% likely pay nothing. With things like the earned income credit and the refundable child tax credit, people can collect more than they paid in. Maybe when BHO starts spouting his bullshit about skin in the game, maybe the bottom 40% should pay something. It is always easier to go along with tax increases on someone else when you won't feel the effects of a tax increase. I'm tired of the excuse because they can afford to. Just because the "rich" can afford it doesn't make it right.
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