After blasting BP, Obama now faces its leaders

I wonder if he going to stop taking campaign contributions from them also?

Are we the next Greek tragedy?

"The research found that 178,000 Minnesotans who are eligible for food stamps aren't getting the $172 million they are entitled to."

http://www.startribune.com/local/94879864.html

I would like to think that something you are entitled to would be something that you earned.

For Timmy

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W57aBMYKvU

Maximium of thirty years?

How about a minimum of thirty years with maximum of a bullet in his head?

http://www.startribune.com/local/92117214.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUnciaec8O7EyUsl


Wis. man admits booze-and-sex hookups with girls, 13 and 14, in Minn.
A 28-year-old Wisconsin man admitted Monday that he used the Internet and booze to coerce two northern Minnesota girls, ages 13 and 14, into having sex with him.
Gabriel V. Matthias, of Madison, pleaded guilty in federal court in St. Paul to traveling out of state with the intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct with the two girls.
Matthias also admitted that he traveled from Madison to Roseville, Mich., seeking to have sex with a girl under age 18.
According to an FBI affidavit:
One of the Minnesota girls told authorities that Matthias, formerly known as Benjamin Wayne Gill, had traveled from California to Minnesota to see her. The girls met Matthias on the Internet in 2008.
On Feb. 16, 2009, Matthias picked up the 13-year-old girl, provided her with alcohol, took her to a Bemidji motel room and had sex with her. The two then left the motel to pick up the 14-year-old girl. Matthias gave both girls alcohol and drove them back to the motel. They attempted to enter through a back entry but were scared off by a security guard.
Matthias took the 13-year-old girl home. Then, while driving the 14-year-old home, he had sex with her. On April 23, 2009, Matthias sent text messages to the 14-year-old girl and again enticed her into having sex.
He was arrested May 1 in Madison and extradited to Minnesota.
Sentencing has yet to be scheduled. The maximum penalty is 30 years in prison.

Budget cuts

Next time you read about government workers bitching about not getting a raise, or budget cuts remember this article.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/04/26/MNC51CLUBN.DTL&tsp=1&nopu=1

Maybe we should stop governement workers from unionizing, I wish I could effectively get to vote for my raise everyear which is what happens when a large block of voters do when promised something from somone.

Three Things to Ponder

1.Cows

2.The Consitution

3. The Ten Commandments

Cows:Is it just me or does anyone else find it amazing that our government can track a single cow born in Canada almost three years ago, right to the stall where she sleeps in the state of Washington? And they tracked her calves to their stalls. But they are unable to locate 11 million illegal aliens wandering around our country. Maybe we should give each of them a cow..

The Consitution:They keep talking about drafting the Constitution for Iraq. Why don't we just give them ours? It was written by a lot of really smart guys, it has worked over 200 years, and we're obviously not using it anymore..

The Ten Commandments:The real reason that we cant have the Ten commandments posted in a court house is this; You cannot post "thou shalt not steal," 'thou shalt not commit adultery," and "thou shalt not lie," in a building full of lawyers, judges and politicans. It creates hostile work enviroment.

We all get to pay for others vacations oops sorry "learning"

http://www.arts.state.mn.us/grants/2009/09_aa_ai.htm

Thanks to all of you that voted for the legacy amendment now maybe we can expand the vaction packages of "artists and entertainers".

I didn't here the bastards complaining that the 5.8% increase was too generous

Senate rejects $250 checks for elderly

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A measure to give some 57 million elderly people, veterans and persons with disabilities a $250 check was rejected by the Senate on Wednesday, a setback for the powerful seniors' lobby.
President Barack Obama has called for Congress to approve the payments to make up for their benefits not increasing this year, but the Senate defeated it 50 to 47.
The payments would have added $13 billion to a $108 billion job-creation package pending in the Senate.
Congress approved payments last year as part of the $862 billion stimulus package.
Social Security payments for the elderly and disabled will stay flat this year for the first time since 1975 because they are tied to consumer prices, which decreased amid the worst economic recession in 70 years.
That follows a year in which payments rose by 5.8 percent, largely due to a spike in gasoline prices.
"It is wrong to turn our backs on seniors in this moment of economic difficulty," said Independent Senator Bernie Sanders, who sponsored the amendment.
But Republican Senator Judd Gregg pointed out that the bill would defeat the purpose of indexing Social Security payments to inflation.
"The law says it shouldn't be given," Gregg said.
At least 10 Democrats agreed with Gregg and joined 40 Republicans to defeat the proposal.

Nick Gillespie owns blondie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAlUT7vbfmU&feature=player_embedded

Time to pay the Qwest DSL bill

A little backgrond, my dad worked for Qwest for 36 years. I figure his employment put me through college so I have a little loyalty. I even went so far as to have my payment pulled out of my checking account using the account/routing numbers to save them the credit card fee...

Anyhow this month I go to pay my Qwest bill because I like to have control over when I pay that way if there is something I don't like about the bill, it is easier to not pay it than try to get them to credit your accout back. I go to pay my bill the same way I always have and guess what pops up? We are now charging a $1 convenience fee unless you want to setup auto pay or pay by check. Who the hell do these clowns think they are making it convenient for? I gurantee that if everyone started paying by check it would cost Qwest way more than a dollar to process it compared to my electronic payment.

Maybe I'll let it stew a little while or maybe I'll bundle and save with Comcast.

Assholes

How dare they invest in business?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20100218/pl_bloomberg/ahzu17yy1hva

Almost three-quarters of the highest earners’ income was in capital gains and dividends taxed at a 15 percent rate set as part of Bush-backed tax cuts in 2003, the statistics show. Of the 400 earners, 289 paid a total effective federal tax rate of 20 percent or less in 2007, the last year for which figures were available, the data show.

Lets tax the people that are investing in business in this country. Redistritbute it and piss our future down the drain. I challenge the rich to pull all of their money out of muni bonds, US stock and bonds, and put the money into some type of asset that isn't beneficial to America. Liberals just don't get it, what do they think the rich are doing with the capital gains? A. Putting it under their matress. B. Maybe investing it back into the economy?

Remember kids every government job that is created eliminates a private sector job. The government pays that person around 60k a year with benefits. The taxes to pay for that have to come from somewhere.

Dumbshits

If the governor tells you he is going to veto a bonding bill if it has some expenditure he doesn't like and you tell him he is out of touch your a dumbass. Why not leave the fucking thing out of the bonding bill?

Just like the end of session last year here in Minnesota. He told you no tax increases, what did you dipshits do? You put the tax increases in and he vetoed it.

Unions, Corporations, and free speech

Becker is a National Labor Relations Board nominee who is seen by critics as too pro-labor. His nomination is incredibly important to Democrats' labor union base, which has spent in excess of $300 million to elect Democrats over the past several years.

http://politics.theatlantic.com/2010/02/brown_surprise_seat_me_now.php

We don't want campaign contributions from special interest groups like unions oops slip of the tongue corporations. There is no difference in the two.

Still, Brown's team insisted that Feb 11. was the target date -- on Tuesday. Democrats said the sudden change of heart had the hallmarks of a Republican plot. But they insisted that there was nothing they could do.

A Republican plot or a Democrat plot? Maybe we can jam more shit down the peoples throats before the Republicans can filibuster.

Joe Klein Time Magazine

And therein lies the crisis of democracy that our country faces: a moderate-liberal President, willing to make judicious compromises, confronted by a Republican Party paralyzed by cynicism and hypocrisy, undergirded by inchoate ideological fervor.

And Pat Robertson is a moderate-conservative.

Since when is a socialism considered moderate?

What does one TRILLION dollars look like?
All this talk about "stimulus packages" and "bailouts"...

A billion dollars...
A hundred billion dollars...
Eight hundred billion dollars...
One TRILLION dollars...
We'll start with a $100 dollar bill. Currently the largest U.S. denomination in general circulation. Most everyone has seen them, slightly fewer have owned them. Guaranteed to make friends wherever they go.

A packet of one hundred $100 bills is less than 1/2" thick and contains $10,000. Fits in your pocket easily and is more than enough for week or two of shamefully decadent fun.

Believe it or not, this next little pile is $1 million dollars (100 packets of $10,000). You could stuff that into a grocery bag and walk around with it.

While a measly $1 million looked a little unimpressive, $100 million is a little more respectable. It fits neatly on a standard pallet...

And $1 BILLION dollars... now we're really getting somewhere...

Next we'll look at ONE TRILLION dollars. This is that number we've been hearing about so much. What is a trillion dollars? Well, it's a million million. It's a thousand billion. It's a one followed by 12 zeros.
You ready for this?
It's pretty surprising.
Go ahead...
Scroll down...
Ladies and gentlemen... I give you $1 trillion dollars...

(And notice those pallets are double stacked.)
The area this occupies is just shy of 5 acres, with one hundred bills stacked 6 feet in height.
So the next time you hear someone toss around the phrase "trillion dollars"... that's what they're talking about.

Start off new year with some pet peeves

1. People that drive slow/won't get over in the left lane.
2. Assholes at the grocery store who stop their carts parallel to other carts so I can't get my cart by.
3. People that stop and gawk in flowing aisles in stores.
4. People that lick their fingers to get sauces off of them, thanks for spreading your germs to me asshole. Ever heard of a fucking napkin?
5. People that get on a elevator and decide it is a good time to make a phone call.
6. People that talk on their cell phones while checking out/ordering food.
7. Having to pay for other peoples shit through taxes.
8. Automated menus especially when you pick the right path and it still doesn't give you the right God damned destination. When I have to call your company like five-ten times a tax season why don't you give a automated tree to look at so I could just start mashing on numbers on my phone when I call in so I don't have to wait for you to say with help with .... stick your fucking dildo in my ass.

to be continued...