SactoDan

Sour Grapes? CA got what it voted for.

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 06:46:00 -0700

Sour Grapes? CA got what it voted for.

More "Transparency" from the Hope and Change Crew

Mon, 30 May 2011 21:16:28 -0700

More "Transparency" from the Hope and Change Crew

Newt Gingrich, Army Of One? I guess Newt Gingrich has blown up...

Wed, 18 May 2011 06:33:40 -0700

Newt Gingrich, Army Of One?

I guess Newt Gingrich has blown up his chances to be the Republican Presidential nominee by criticizing Paul Ryan’s medicare proposal. Can he dig himself out? Or dig a deeper and deeper hole?

Chemtrails. Nut job conspiracy theory or real threat? Are...

Tue, 17 May 2011 08:01:33 -0700

Chemtrails. Nut job conspiracy theory or real threat? Are unnamed people spraying aluminum, strontium and barium into the upper atmosphere as this movie asserts? It is truly scary to contemplate. If it is true, who are these people who have decided to manipulate the entire planet, to what end, and what gives them the right?

The Importance Of Capitalization

Thu, 05 May 2011 06:09:52 -0700

Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack off a horse, and helping your uncle jack off a horse.

A husband and wife are shopping in their local Wal-Mart. The...

Thu, 07 Apr 2011 11:24:16 -0700

A husband and wife are shopping in their local Wal-Mart. The husband picks up a case of Budweiser and puts it in their cart.

“What do you think you’re doing?” asks the wife.

“They’re on sale… only $10 for 24 cans,” he replies.

“Put them back, we can’t afford them,” demands the wife, and so they carry on shopping.

A few aisles further on along the woman picks up a $20 jar of face cream and puts it in the basket.

“What do you think you’re doing?” asks the husband.

“It’s my face cream. It makes me look beautiful,” replies the wife.

Her husband replies, “So does 24 cans of Budweiser, and it’s half the price.”

And that’s when the fight started!

They didn't have the "green thing" back then.

Wed, 06 Apr 2011 14:17:52 -0700

In the line at the store, the cashier commented to the elderly woman that plastic bags weren’t good for the environment so she should use paper bags.

The elderly woman replied, “We didn’t have the ‘green thing’ back in my day.”

That’s right, they didn’t have the ‘green thing’ in her day, but…back then, they returned their milk bottles, Coke bottles and beer bottles to the store. The store sent them back to the plant to be washed, sterilized & refilled, using the same bottles over and over. So they really were recycled. Imagine that?

In her day, they walked up stairs, because they didn’t have an escalator in every store and office building. They walked to the grocery store and didn’t climb into a 300 horsepower machine every time they needed to go two blocks.

They didn’t have the ‘green thing’ in her day. But, they washed the baby’s diapers because they didn’t have the throw-away kind. They dried clothes on a line usingwind and solar power, not in an energy gobbling machine burning up 220 volts, which really did dry the clothes. Kids got hand-me-down clothes from their brothers or sisters, new clothing was considered a real gift.

Back then, they had one TV, or radio, in the house – not a TV in every room. The TV had a small screen the size of a pizza dish, not a screen the size of the state of Montana. In the kitchen, they blended and stirred by hand because they didn’t have electric machines to do everything for you. When they packaged a fragile item to send in the mail, they used wadded up newspaper to cushion it, not styrofoam or plastic bubble wrap.

Back then, they didn’t fire up an engine and burn gasoline just to cut the lawn. They used a push mower that ran on human power. They exercised by working so they didn’t need to go to a health club to run on treadmills operated by electricity.

They drank from a fountain when they were thirsty, instead of using a cup or a plastic bottle every time they had a drink of water. They refilled pens with ink, instead of buying a new pen, and they replaced the razor blades in a razor instead of throwing away the whole razor just because the blade got dull.

Back then, people took the streetcar and kids walked, rode their bikes to school or rode the school bus, instead of turning their moms into a 24-hour taxi service. They had one electrical outlet in a room, not an entire bank of sockets to power a dozen appliances. They didn’t need a computerized gadget to receive a signal beamed from satellites 2,000 miles out in space in order to find the nearest pizza joint.

But, remember, they didn’t have the ‘green thing’ back then!

A DEA officer stopped at a ranch in Texas, and talked with an...

Tue, 29 Mar 2011 06:03:00 -0700

A DEA officer stopped at a ranch in Texas, and talked with an old rancher. He told the rancher, “I need to inspect your ranch for illegally grown drugs.” The rancher said, “Okay, but don’t go in that field over there…..”, as he pointed out the location.

The DEA officer verbally exploded saying, ” Mister, I have the authority of the Federal Government with me !” Reaching into his rear pants pocket, he removed his badge and proudly displayed it to the rancher. “See this badge?! This badge means I am allowed to go wherever I wish…. On any land !! No questions asked or answers given!! Have I made myself clear……do you understand ?!!” The rancher nodded politely, apologized, and went about his chores.

A short time later, the old rancher heard loud screams, looked up, and saw the DEA officer running for his life, being chased by the rancher’s big Santa Gertrudis bull…… With every step the bull was gaining ground on the officer, and it seemed likely that he’d sure enough get gored before he reached safety. The officer was clearly terrified. The rancher threw down his tools, ran to the fence and yelled at the top of his lungs…..

“Your badge, show him your BADGE……..!!”

Why Did The Chicken Cross The Road?

Fri, 28 Jan 2011 06:48:00 -0800

SARAH PALIN: The chicken crossed the road because gosh-darn it, he’s a maverick!

BARACK OBAMA: The chicken crossed the road because it was time for change! The chicken wanted change!

JOHN MC CAIN: My friends that chicken crossed the road because he recognized the need to engage in cooperation and dialogue with all the chickens on the other side of the road.

HILLARY CLINTON: When I was First Lady, I personally helped that little chicken to cross the road. This experience makes me uniquely qualified to ensure right from Day One that every chicken in this country gets the chance it deserves to cross the road. But then, this really isn’t about me.

GEORGE W. BUSH: We don’t really care why the chicken crossed the road. We just want to know if the chicken is on our side of the road, or not. The chicken is either against us, or for us. There is no middle ground here.

DICK CHENEY: Where’s my gun?

COLIN POWELL: Now to the left of the screen, you can clearly see the satellite image of the chicken crossing the road.

BILL CLINTON: I did not cross the road with that chicken.

AL GORE: I invented the chicken.

JOHN KERRY: Although I voted to let the chicken cross the road, I am now against it! It was the wrong road to cross, and I was misled about the chicken’s intentions. I am not for it now, and will remain against it.

AL SHARPTON: Why are all the chickens white? We need some black chickens.

DR. PHIL: The problem we have here is that this chicken won’t realize that he must first deal with the problem on this side of the
road before it goes after the problem on the other side of the road. What we need to do is help him realize how stupid he’s acting by not taking on his current problems before adding new problems.

OPRAH:    Well, I understand that the chicken is having problems, which is why he wants to cross this road so bad. So instead of having the chicken learn from his mistakes and take falls, which is a part of life, I’m going to give this chicken a NEW CAR so that he can just drive across the road and not live his life like the rest of the chickens.

ANDERSON COOPER, CNN : We have reason to believe there is a chicken, but we have not yet been allowed to have access to the other side of the road.

NANCY GRACE: That chicken crossed the road because he’s guilty! You can see it in his eyes and the way he walks.

PAT BUCHANAN: To steal the job of a decent, hardworking American.

MARTHA STEWART: No one called me to warn me which way that chicken was going. I had a standing order at the Farmer’s Market to sell my eggs when the price dropped to a certain level. No little bird gave me any insider information.

DR SEUSS: Did the chicken cross the road? Did he cross it with a toad? Yes, the chicken crossed the road, but why it crossed I’ve not
been told.

ERNEST HEMINGWAY: To die in the rain, alone.

JERRY FALWELL: Because the chicken was gay! Can’t you people see the plain truth? That’s why they call it the ‘other side.’ Yes, my friends, That chicken is gay. And if you eat that chicken, you will become gay too. I say we boycott all chickens until we sort out this abomination that the Liberal media whitewashes with seemingly harmless phrases like ‘the other side.’ That chicken should not be crossing the road. It’s as plain and as simple as that.

GRANDPA : In my day we didn’t ask why the chicken crossed the road. Somebody told us the chicken crossed the road, and that was good enough.

BARBARA WALTERS:   Isn’t that interesting? In a few moments, we will be listening to the chicken tell, for the first time, the heart warming story of how it experienced a serious case of molting, and went on to accomplish it’s lifelong dream of crossing the road.

ARISTOTLE: It is the nature of chickens to cross the road.

JOHN LENNON: Imagine all the chickens in the world crossing roads together, in peace.

BILL GATES: I have just released eChicken2010, which will not only cross roads, but will lay eggs, file your important documents, and balance your checkbook. Internet Explorer is an integral part of eChicken2010. This new platform is much more stable and will never reboot.

ALBERT EINSTEIN: Did the chicken really cross the road, or did the road move beneath the chicken?

COLONEL SANDERS:   Did I miss one?

Rep. Kucinich Sues Over Olive Pit Damaged Tooth

Thu, 27 Jan 2011 06:58:15 -0800

It’s the pits to break a tooth while eating. Just ask Rep. Dennis Kucinich.

The Ohio Democratic representative is suing House cafeteria service providers for $150,000 for allegedly selling him a sandwich wrap with a stray olive pit in it.

Rep. Doris Matsui on ObamaCare

Fri, 07 Jan 2011 14:22:00 -0800

Considering that Insurance Companies are jacking up rates in advance of Obama Care, and considering 250 companies have applied for and received waivers from ObamaCare, it is shaping up to be way more expensive and less beneficial than was originally promised.

The tidal wave of Republican and Tea Party members that were elected to the House of Representatives in the recent mid term elections ran on a promise to repeal ObamaCare. Their success indicated the pent up frustration with the prior Congress. They passed ObamaCare over vehement objections, and despite that the bill was thousands of pages, had not been read by most of those who voted for it, and was secreted through in the dark of night on a holiday eve.

One of them was Rep. Doris Matsui who recently sent out this press release:

Congresswoman Matsui Argues Against Health Care Repeal

Highlights Benefits Health Care Law Provides to Sacramento Students, Families and Seniors

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Doris O. Matsui (D-CA) spoke on the floor of the House of Representatives in opposition to Republican efforts to repeal the new health care law, the Affordable Care Act. The Republican plan would repeal the current law without replacing it with a single provision to address the health care of American families. Moreover, the repeal effort would increase the deficit by $230 billion and put insurance companies back in control. Rep. Matsui’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, are as follows:

“I rise in strong opposition to the rule and the bill before us. This bill would increase the national deficit by $230 billion, increase costs to individuals, families, and small business owners, and deny the American public the consumer protections they have been seeking for years.

“Repeal of the health care law would also mean that young adults would not be able to stay on their parents’ plan. This is something that would have devastating effects on constituents of mine such as Elizabeth, whom I have spoken to at length. Shortly after graduating college, she was dropped from her parents’ plan and soon developed a severe thyroid condition. As a result, she had to purchase her own individual insurance plan, which proved to be a severe financial hardship for her and her family. Thankfully, she was able to re-enroll onto her parents’ plan as of January 1st, because of the Affordable Care Act.

“Repeal would also mean that senior citizens in Sacramento would not see any relief from the Medicare Part D ‘donut hole.’ The health reform law will close the donut hole, which is critical to seniors in my district. One such senior, Gary, regularly pays over $2000 a month for his prescription drugs. Repeal would mean that Gary, and the thousands of other seniors in Sacramento, would see no relief from the Part D ‘donut hole.’ This is something that is unacceptable.”

Joke of the year?

Thu, 23 Dec 2010 15:34:28 -0800

A Marine squad was advancing to the north of Fallujah when they came upon an Iraqi terrorist who was badly injured and unconscious. On the opposite side of the road was an American Marine in a similar but less serious state.

The Marine was conscious and alert and as first aid was given to both men, the squad leader asked the injured Marine what had happened.

The Marine reported, “I was heavily armed and moving north along the highway here, and coming south was a heavily armed insurgent. We saw each other and both took cover in the ditches along the road. I yelled to him that Saddam Hussein was a miserable, lowlife scum bag who got what he deserved. and he yelled back that Barack Obama is a lying, good-for-nothing, left wing Commie who isn’t even an American.

So I said that Osama Bin Laden dresses and acts like a frigid, mean-spirited lesbian! He retaliated by yelling, “Oh yeah? Well, so does Nancy Pelosi!”

“And, there we were, in the middle of the road, shaking hands, when a truck hit us.”

Government Efficiency

Mon, 11 Oct 2010 06:19:11 -0700

Once upon a time the government had a vast scrap yard in the middle of a desert. Congress said, “Someone may steal from it at night.”
So they created a night watchman position and hired a person for the job.

Then Congress said, “How does the watchman do his job without instruction?” So they created a planning department and hired two people, one person to write the instructions, and one person to do time studies.

Then Congress said, “How will we know the night watchman is doing the tasks correctly?” So they created a Quality Control department and hired two people. One to do the studies and one to write the reports.

Then Congress said, “How are these people going to get paid?” So They created two positions: a time keeper and a payroll officer, then hired two people.

Then Congress said, “Who will be accountable for all of these people?” So they created an administrative section and hired three people, an
Administrative Officer, Assistant Administrative Officer, and a Legal Secretary.

Then Congress said, “We have had this command in operation for one Year and we are $918,000 over budget, we must cutback.” So they laid off the night watchman.

Thank You Barack Obama

Mon, 11 Oct 2010 06:12:55 -0700

A Different Slant On The Obama Presidency

One 82-year-old lady loves Obama and she may have a very good point. She says that Obama is amazing, and is rebuilding the American dream! She gives us an entirely new slant on the “amazing” job Obama is doing, and she says that she will thank God for the President. Keep reading for her additional comments and an explanation.

When discussing Obama, she says:

1. Obama destroyed the Clinton Political Machine, driving a stake through the heart of Hillary’s presidential aspirations - something no Republican was ever able to do.

2. Obama killed off the Kennedy Dynasty - no more Kennedys trolling Washingtonlooking for booze and women wanting rides home.

3. Obama is destroying the Democratic Party before our eyes! Dennis Moore had never lost a race. Evan Bayh had never lost a race. Byron Dorgan had never lost a race. Harry Reid - soon to be GONE! These are just a handful of the Democrats whose political careers Obama has destroyed. By the end of 2010, dozens more will be gone. Just think, in December of 2008 the Democrats were on the rise. In the last two election cycles, they had picked up 14 Senate seats and 52 House seats. The press was touting the death of the Conservative Movement and the Republican Party. However, in just one year, Obama put a stop to all of this and will probably give the House - if not the Senate - back to the Republicans.

4. Obama has completely exposed liberals and progressives for what they are. Sadly, every generation seems to need to re-learn the lesson on why they should never actually put liberals in charge. Obama is bringing home the lesson very well:

Liberals tax, borrow and spend.
Liberals won’t bring themselves to protect America.
Liberals want to take over the economy.
Liberals think they know what is best for everyone.
Liberals are not happy until they are running YOUR life.

5. Obama has brought more Americans back to conservatism than anyone since Reagan. In one year, he has rejuvenated the Conservative Movement and brought out to the streets millions of freedom loving Americans. Name one other time when you saw your friends and neighbors this interested in taking back America!

6. Obama, with his “amazing leadership,” has sparked the greatest period of sales of firearms and ammunition this country has seen. Law abiding citizens have rallied and have provided a “stimulus” to the sporting goods field while other industries have failed, faded, or moved off-shore.

7. In all honesty, one year ago I was more afraid than I have been in my life. Not afraid of the economy, but afraid of the direction our country was going. I thought, Americans have forgotten what this country is all about. My neighbors and friends, even strangers, have proved to me that my lack of confidence in the greatness and wisdom of the American people has been flat wrong.

8. When the American people wake up, no smooth talking teleprompter reader can fool them! Barack Obama has served to wake up these great Americans!

Again, I want to say: “Thank you, Barack Obama!” After all, this is exactly the kind of hope and change we desperately needed!!

Why Main Stream Media Outlets Favor The Left

Mon, 27 Sep 2010 10:48:14 -0700

The other day I was musing over why the Main Stream Media and outlets like Politico continue to write their stories to favor the left side of the isle. I thought to myself, well most journalists are liberals hiding under a cloak of independence. That is no doubt true, but it occurred to me that another big part of it is access.

Reporters for the main networks, news papers and websites like this one have a nice little rolodex on their desk (prolly now an iPhone or Blackberry but you know what I mean) filled with the names and private numbers and email addresses of numerous office holders, candidates and chief’s of staff of the Democrat Party.

A scoop, inside story or off the record comment is merely a phone call or email away.

Stray from the party line or publish something unflattering, and they are off the list. The door slams shut, and no more access to the movers and shakers. Tough to be a Reporter without access.

This is evidenced by many reporters of different MSM outlets simultaneously reporting the same talking points/buzz words on their evening news broadcasts. It is further evidenced by numerous liberal candidates and office holders outright refusal to appear on Fox News despite it having the highest ratings.

So where is the honesty? Fox responds to the refusals of the lefties to come on the air by publicly employing the conservatives as Fox News contributors. It is disclosed, in the open, not against the law, and it gives Fox unprecedented access to conservative politicians.

To my thinking, this is more honest than towing the party line, reporting the Democrat talking points with a wink and a nod in exchange for getting to be in the club, pretending to be an honest objective purveyor of the facts, all the while pointing a finger at those dastardly conservatives over at Fox.

Tax Hikes For 2011, Not Just For Rich People

Mon, 13 Sep 2010 06:42:37 -0700

If Congress allows the Bush tax cuts to expire and nothing is done with Obama Care, this is just a little taste of what we will face on January 1, 2011. Read through to the end and see which items will affect you. What happened to, “If you make less than $250,000, blah blah blah blah.”??

Five months until the largest tax hikes in the history of America. Get ready… - In just five months, the largest tax hikes in the history of America will take effect. They will hit families and small businesses in three great waves on January 1, 2011:

First Wave: Expiration of 2001 and 2003 Tax Relief In 2001 and 2003, the GOP Congress enacted several tax cuts for investors, small business owners, and families. These will all expire on January 1, 2011: Personal income tax rates will rise. The top income tax rate will rise from 35 to 39.6 percent (this is also the rate at which two-thirds of small business profits are taxed). The lowest rate will rise from 10 to 15 percent.

All the rates in between will also rise. Itemized deductions and personal exemptions will again phase out, which has the same mathematical effect as higher marginal tax rates. The full list of marginal rate hikes is below: - The 10% bracket rises to an expanded 15% - The 25% bracket rises to 28% - The 28% bracket rises to 31% - The 33% bracket rises to 36% - The 35% bracket rises to 39.6% Higher taxes on marriage and family.

The “marriage penalty” (narrower tax brackets for married couples) will return from the first dollar of income. The child tax credit will be cut in half from $1000 to $500 per child. The standard deduction will no longer be doubled for married couples relative to the single level. The dependent care and adoption tax credits will be cut.

The return of the Death Tax. This year, there is no death tax. For those dying on or after January 1 2011, there is a 55 percent top death tax rate on estates over $1 million. A person leaving behind two homes and a retirement account could easily pass along a death tax bill to their loved ones.

Higher tax rates on savers and investors. The capital gains tax will rise from 15 percent this year to 20 percent in 2011. The dividends tax will rise from 15 percent this year to 39.6 percent in 2011. These rates will rise another 3.8 percent in 2013.

Second Wave: Obamacare There are over twenty new or higher taxes in Obamacare. Several will first go into effect on January 1, 2011. They include: The “Medicine Cabinet Tax” Thanks to Obamacare, Americans will no longer be able to use health savings account (HSA), flexible spending account (FSA), or health reimbursement (HRA) pre-tax dollars to purchase non-prescription, over-the-counter medicines (except insulin).

The “Special Needs Kids Tax” This provision of Obamacare imposes a cap on flexible spending accounts (FSAs) of $2500 (Currently, there is no federal government limit). There is one group of FSA owners for whom this new cap will be particularly cruel and onerous: parents of special needs children. There are thousands of families with special needs children in the United States , and many of them use FSAs to pay for special needs education. Tuition rates at one leading school that teaches special needs children in Washington , D.C. (National Child Research Center) can easily exceed $14,000 per year. Under tax rules, FSA dollars can not be used to pay for this type of special needs education.

The HSA Withdrawal Tax Hike. This provision of Obamacare increases the additional tax on non-medical early withdrawals from an HSA from 10 to 20 percent, disadvantaging them relative to IRAs and other tax-advantaged accounts, which remain at 10 percent.

Third Wave: The Alternative Minimum Tax and Employer Tax Hikes When Americans prepare to file their tax returns in January of 2011, they’ll be in for a nasty surprise—the AMT won’t be held harmless, and many tax relief provisions will have expired. The major items include: The AMT will ensnare over 28 million families, up from 4 million last year. According to the left-leaning Tax Policy Center, Congress’ failure to index the AMT will lead to an explosion of AMT taxpaying families—rising from 4 million last year to 28.5 million.

These families will have to calculate their tax burdens twice, and pay taxes at the higher level. The AMT was created in 1969 to ensnare a handful of taxpayers.

Small business expensing will be slashed and 50% expensing will disappear. Small businesses can normally expense (rather than slowly-deduct, or “depreciate”) equipment purchases up to $250,000. This will be cut all the way down to $25,000.

Larger businesses can expense half of their purchases of equipment. In January of 2011, all of it will have to be “depreciated.” Taxes will be raised on all types of businesses.

There are literally scores of tax hikes on business that will take place. The biggest is the loss of the “research and experimentation tax credit,” but there are many, many others. Combining high marginal tax rates with the loss of this tax relief will cost jobs. Tax Benefits for Education and Teaching Reduced. The deduction for tuition and fees will not be available. Tax credits for education will be limited. Teachers will no longer be able to deduct classroom expenses. Coverdell Education Savings Accounts will be cut. Employer-provided educational assistance is curtailed. The student loan interest deduction will be disallowed for hundreds of thousands of families.

Charitable Contributions from IRAs no longer allowed. Under current law, a retired person with an IRA can contribute up to $100,000 per year directly to a charity from their IRA. This contribution also counts toward an annual “required minimum distribution.” This ability will no longer be there. PDF Version Read more: http://www.atr.org/six-months-untilbr-largest-tax-hikes-a5171##ixzz0sY8w aPq1

Now your insurance is INCOME on your W2’s…… One of the surprises we’ll find come next year, is what follows - - a little “surprise” that 99% of us had no idea was included in the “new and improved” healthcare legislation … the dupes, er, dopes, who backed this administration will be astonished! Starting in 2011, (next year folks), your W-2 tax form sent by your employer will be increased to show the value of whatever health insurance you are given by the company.

It does not matter if that’s a private concern or governmental body of some sort. If you’re retired? So what; your gross will go up by the amount of insurance you get. You will be required to pay taxes on a large sum of money that you have never seen.

Take your tax form you just finished and see what $15,000 or $20,000 additional gross does to your tax debt. That’s what you’ll pay next year. For many, it also puts you into a new higher bracket so it’s even worse.

This is how the government is going to buy insurance for the15% that don’t have insurance and it’s only part of the tax increases.

Not believing this??? Here is a research of the summaries… .. On page 25 of 29: TITLE IX REVENUE PROVISIONS- SUBTITLE A: REVENUE OFFSET PROVISIONS-( sec. 9001, as modified by sec. 10901) Sec.9002 “requires employers to include in the W-2 form of each employee the aggregate cost of applicable employer sponsored group health coverage that is excludable from the employees gross income.” Joan Pryde is the senior tax editor for the Kiplinger letters.

Go to Kiplingers and read about 13 tax changes that could affect you. Number 3 is what is above. http://www.kiplinger.com/businessresource/forecast/archive/health-care-reform-tax-hikes-on-the-way.html we’ve got one chance, the November elections. DO NOT FAIL TO VOTE, VOTE THEM OUT!

Fact Check Obama

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:26:41 -0700

OBAMA: “So these policies of cutting taxes for the wealthiest Americans, of stripping away regulations that protect consumers, running up a record surplus to a record deficit - those policies finally culminated in the worst financial crisis we’ve had since the Great Depression.”

THE FACTS: The president probably meant the broader economic crisis and not the meltdown of the financial industry when he talked about the “financial crisis.” True enough, George W. Bush entered office with a $236 billion budget surplus in 2001, and in January 2009, before Obama was sworn into office, the Congressional Budget Office projected the deficit for the fiscal year 2009 to be $1.2 trillion.

But the surpluses the government foresaw in 2001 were based on a bubble economy that was bound to burst. And the deficit Obama inherited was only partly from Bush’s fiscal policies.

Mostly it was a result of a recession that sapped tax revenues, increased the costs of safety net programs and demanded more government spending to stimulate the economy. As recently as 2007, the budget deficit was just $161.5 billion. The current annual deficit is now an estimated $1.5 trillion.

The rest is here.

Humor: Larry is in the hospital

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:12:00 -0700

OK, you are asking who the hell is ‘Larry’? Larry gets home late one night and Linda, his wife, says, ‘Where the hell have you been?’Larry replies, ‘I was out getting a tattoo.”A tattoo?’ she frowned. ’What kind of tattoo did you get?”I got a hundred dollar bill on my privates,’ he said proudly.’What the hell were you thinking?’ She said, shaking her head in disgust. ‘Why on earth would an accountant get a hundred dollar bill tattooed on his privates?‘“Well, One, I like to watch my money grow. Two, once in a while I like to play with my money . Three, I like how money feels in my hand. Lastly, instead of you going out shopping, you can stay right here at home and blow a hundred bucks anytime you want. Larry is now recovering in Room 232 in the Hospital!

One Light Bulb At A Time

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 02:28:59 -0700

One Light Bulb at a Time

A physics teacher in high school, once told the students that while one grasshopper on the railroad tracks wouldn’t slow a train very much, a billion of them would. With that thought in mind, read the following, obviously written by a good American ..

Good idea .. . one light bulb at a time … .

Check this out . I can verify this because I was in Lowes the other day for some reason and just for the heck of it I was looking at the hose attachments . They were all made in China . The next day I was in Ace Hardware and just for the heck of it I checked the hose
attachments there. They were made inUSA . Start looking ..
In our current economic situation, every little thing we buy or do affects someone else - even their job . So, after reading this email, I think this lady is on the right track . Let’s get behind her!
My grandson likes Hershey’s candy . I noticed, though, that it is marked made in Mexico now.. I do not buy it any more.
My favorite toothpaste Colgate is made in Mexico … now I have switched to Crest. You have to read the labels on everything ..

This past weekend I was at Kroger. I needed 60 W light bulbs and Bounce dryer sheets . I was in the light bulb aisle, and right next to the GE brand I normally buy was an off-brand labeled, “Everyday Value . ” I picked up both types of bulbs and compared the stats -
they were the same except for the price .. The GE bulbs were more money than the Everyday Value brand but the thing that surprised me the most was the fact that GE was made in MEXICO and the Everyday Value brand was made in - get ready for this - the USA in
a company in Cleveland , Ohio .

So throw out the myth that you cannot find products you use every day that are made right here ..

So on to another aisle - Bounce Dryer Sheets . .. . yep, you guessed it, bounce cost more money and is made in Canada. The Everyday Value brand was less money and MADE IN THE USA ! I did laundry yesterday and the dryer sheets performed just like the Bounce Free I have been using
for years and at almost half the price!

My challenge to you is to start reading the labels when you shop for everyday things and see what you can find that is made in the USA - the job you save may be your own or your neighbors!

If you accept the challenge, pass this on to others in your address book so we can all start buying American, one light bulb at a time! Stop buying from overseas companies!

(We should have awakened a decade ago .…… . )

Let’s get with the program … .. help our fellow Americans keep their jobs and create more jobs here in the U . S . A ..

I Passed this on ……… will you ???????

$250,000 a year is rich? Really?

Sat, 28 Aug 2010 12:08:00 -0700

Except for the declaration by the Democrats, when did $250,000 a year qualify as rich? It will make you comfortable, but hardly rich. To earn $250K you have to be skilled, lucky, have a two income household, a small business, or some combination of the above.

By the time you reach $250,000 you will have nice cars, an expensive mortgage and a combined Federal, State and FICA tax rate around 60% depending on where you live.

You can not stop working even if you want to. Well off? Yes, Rich? Ha.

At $250,000 per year you are a slave to your success. You’re not looking for sympathy from anyone (nor will you get it), but you would sure like to get a break now and then. Plan on paying full boat for your kids college because you won’t qualify for any aid (despite college costs being as ridiculously exorbitant as medical costs), and plan on paying the alternative minimum income tax which nullifies most of your deductions.

So what tax rate is appropriate? 65%? 70%?, 80%? Where does it stop?

There are some truly rich people out there. Congress is loaded with them. They have so much money they do not need to work. Some run for office so they have something to do, then set the confiscatory rates on the rest of us to prevent us from achieving independence.

They are often heard to comment that they don’t mind if they have to pay more taxes. Of course they don’t mind. When you have millions in assets earning so much that you don’t have to work, your income tax rate could be 100% and you wouldn’t really mind. After all, if you work at all it is for the entertainment value of it. You don’t need the money.

So the the situation is this. The low income earners pay nothing. The really wealthy don’t care, and the schmucks in the middle being classified as rich but really aren’t are getting SCREWED.

Now I am not in favor of redistribution of wealth but If we are going to have it, let’s have REAL redistribution. Not this phony baloney nonsense written by the truly wealthy in Congress for themselves and their pals. Why couldn’t we ask the Warren Buffet’s, Diane Feinstein’s, Nancy Pelosi’s and Donald Trump’s of the country to bail us out? Let’s take the national debt and divide it up amongst those with 5 million dollars in assets and send them a proportionate share of the bill.

It could be a one time charge to reset the economy coupled to real legislation limiting the ability of the Government to deficit spend unless a real war that our very survival depends on is going on, followed by a new neutral tax code.

That would get us out of this mess and keep us whole in the future.