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Health Care Reform’s Effects on Lobbying Activity

July 6, 2009 / / 0 Comments

If You Can’t Beat ‘Em, Join ‘Em and Then Say You Beat ‘Em

Any move toward greater government involvement in health-care is going to lead toward increased health-care lobbying of government.

Interesting.

If I didn’t know for a fact that every single member of Congress is there for no other reason than to do what is best for the long term strength of the country, I’d say the whole discussion of health care reform was nothing more than an attempt to shake down the health care industry.

But I know better than that.

A Book That Made Me Think

June 29, 2009 / / 1 Comment

It’s been highly recommended by so many people, so I finally broke down and read Outliers: The Story of Success over the weekend. I walked away with one burning question…

Why does everyone else get all the breaks while nothing good ever happens for me?

Heh…just kidding.

It is encouraging to know that I’m good at math despite having to translate my native language to numbers for calculating things in my head without being angered to the point of violence due to my honor society heritage. 😛

Good book. Recommend it.

Perspective on Celebrity Deaths

June 28, 2009 / / 0 Comments

I saw this comment to a comment on Facebook and thought it was pretty powerful…

So far this month, 10 members of our military have lost their live in Iraq, and 22 have lost their lives in Afganistan.

These were mostly young people in their 20s and 30s who put themselves in harm’s way to perform a job most of us don’t have the courage to perform. The fact that they were willing to do so affords us the opportunity to watch 24 hour “news” coverage on the deaths of entertainers who are at least 50 years old.

Yeah, 50 is young too. And it’s shocking. But let’s keep this in perspective.

I’m not saying I’m any less guilty than anyone else is of getting distracted by day-to-day life–I don’t mean to cast any stones. But it is shame when so much emphasis is placed on the death of a few celebrities while we all but ignore the sacrifice of people who, at the very least, deserve to be recognized on television/radio/print by news organizations.

I have to give props to George Stephanopoulos. He recognizes all of our fallen service people every week on his show.

Please Stage Our House Too…Please!!!

June 23, 2009 / / 0 Comments

If you offer to buy this house, make sure you stipulate that the seller will leave all accessories!!!!

Seriously, this is some great link bait.

Welcome Home! Home is where you hang your hat. Look closely…can you find the hat in this picture?

Welcome Home!!!

Welcome Home!!!

Having a tough time seeing the TV because the figurines decided to hold a town hall meeting in front of it? Check out the top shelf…you’re covered.

If you look closely you can get a glimpse of the beautiful floors!

If you look closely you can get a glimpse of the beautiful floors!

Luckily, the right side of the photo isn’t blurry, so we can see ALL the doll heads clearly.

I think I see a spot where we could squeeze in a pillow

I think I see a spot where we could squeeze in a pillow

Just follow the links in the photos. There’s more there, and I can’t really do it justice. You just have to see it for yourself. Luckily there is a pool, so if you can find enough heavy knick knacks you could make a belt out of them and possibly escape.

Equal Protection For Taxpayers

June 22, 2009 / / 1 Comment

I was wondering the other day if/why the equal protection clause doesn’t protect people from the injustices of a graduated tax rate. Sure enough, someone else has wondered that already.

I guess since taxes are inherently punitive, “protection” doesn’t really come into play. I don’t remember reading anywhere that we are guaranteed equal penalty under the law.

I don’t expect anything to be changed, I was just wondering.

How To Draw Flies Like A Pro

June 20, 2009 / / 0 Comments

I remember watching an episode of Cheers a long time ago, and one of the characters made the remark that, “you can get more flies with honey than you can with vinegar.”

Woody responded, “Yeah, but a dead squirrel gets the most.”

I think there’s actually some wisdom in that statement. A dead squirrel is much more useful to a fly than honey is. Honey just feeds the fly, but the dead squirrel provides it a place to lay eggs and reproduce–to allow its genes to continue. And you get used to the smell after a while I’m sure.

I think what I’m getting at here is that you don’t always have to be sweet, as long as you are useful. Or something like that.

Someone who’s articulate should take that idea, expand on it, and write a book.

Inauguration to Impeachment Call Times Decreasing!

June 18, 2009 / / 0 Comments

With our newfound ability to reach blatant disregard for the Constitution information more rapidly, the calls for impeachment of the holder of the top executive position in the land are speeding up proportionally.

This is no hyperbole. I am not simply spouting off. I believe, and will from this point forward, work to see, Barack Obama impeached, charged, indicted, tried, and imprisoned, for the crimes he and his cronies have committed against this nation, and its people.

That was quick. Politically, wouldn’t it be more prudent to hold off for a while and give him the chance to anger more of the people who helped him get elected?

I Feel Bad For You Son

June 18, 2009 / / 0 Comments

A posted this a while back in a longer post over at that other place. Looking back, I think this graph which illustrates Jay Z’s problems is my favorite part of the whole post, and I can’t even take credit for it.

As you can see, “fools” and “foes” seem to be the two major stress points. We’d be wise to take note and do our best to avoid both whenever possible. The bonus is that doing so would leave us more time to deal with paparazzi, riffraff, and critics.

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Well Lefty Blogosphere?

June 17, 2009 / / 3 Comments

Here’s your chance to show you aren’t hypocritical. Blue Collar Muse has posted the contents of an email that he says was sent while the whole brouhaha from yesterday was occurring–this time from a Tennessee Democrat staffer.

Are we going to see some outrage here?

Some have stepped up already, others are saying in the comments that they will wait until a name is released. I definitely won’t hold my breath waiting for some national attention.

My position remains the same…how stupid do you have to be? Really?

I thought we’d moved past blatant stupidity in this country, especially after yesterday.  😀

If you were to follow the line of logic set up by those who let their party affiliation dictate what they are outraged about and what the aren’t, the only logical conclusion would be that all Democrats and Republicans are stupid and/or racist.

Time Alone In The Car

June 17, 2009 / / 0 Comments

Just a few of the brilliant thoughts I had yesterday on my roundtrip journey to the ATL yesterday…

  • If HHH didn’t repeat himself so much, that 3 hour show would only last about 15 minutes.
  • Where did all these people in Atlanta come from?
  • Are they actually going anywhere, or are they just trying to impede me?
  • I’ve never seen so many deer eating on the side of the interstate. Do we need more either sex hunting opportunities to cull them?
  • Why am I not seeing many dead deer? With this many live ones it seems like a lot more of them would get hit.
  • How is it that I always end up stopping at this same gas station coming and going every time I come down here?
  • When you get right down to it, Hank Williams really is still the most wanted outlaw in the land.
  • Carlos Santana–I give him several chances, but he just doesn’t do it for me.
  • What happened to that Seventh Day Adventist billboard? You know the one. It always used to catch my attention.
  • Did we ever learn who it was that let the dogs out?

Stupidity – Yet Another Reason For Smaller Government

June 15, 2009 / / 6 Comments

It’s bad enough that a staffer for an elected official is racist enough to distribute something like this by e-mail.

It’s even worse that they are so stupid as to think it wouldn’t surface with their name attached to it.

Now for another round of apologies and resignation. Michael Silence has more.

Update From Christian Grantham:

I spoke with Sherri Goforth minutes ago to confirm she sent this email. She confirmed she had sent it and also said she had received a letter of reprimand from her superiors and said she will stay on the job.

When I asked her if she understood the controversial nature of the photo, Goforth would only say she felt very bad about accidentally sending it to the wrong list.

Huh?

“Sorry Officer…I intended to rob a different bank. My bad. Am I free to go?”

Guess that resignation thing is out the door.

Millions of Small Businesses Created or Saved!

June 12, 2009 / / 0 Comments

Edgelings.com » The Obama Surprise.

Indeed, you can make the case that the sole contribution the Obama administration has made to entrepreneurship in America to date is to force all of those millions of unemployed people to desperately set up their own businesses in order to survive.

This doesn’t even take into account how much entrepreneurship in general is damaged when companies deemed “too big to fail” are bailed out, effectively guaranteeing market share where there has already been market rejection.

But here’s my favorite part…

High tech CEOs are supposed to be the smartest people you’ve ever met. And most of them are. But when it comes to politics and dealing inside the Beltway, experience has taught me that these men and women are fools, dupes and rubes – and too arrogant to realize it. They thought they were electing one of them, and someone pliable enough to help them succeed while at the same time crushing their competition.

It’s kind of ironic. These guys should know better than anyone that catchy slogans don’t cut it…you have to bring the goods.

It’s Not The Economy Bob!

June 9, 2009 / / 0 Comments

Bob Dylan has canceled his show in Knoxville due to low ticket sales:

Snider declined to reveal how many tickets were sold but said the number was too low to rely on last-minute ticket purchases to save the show.

“It’s just sort of tough times economically, right now,” said Snider.

Yes, things are tough economically, but another reason ticket sales are low is because it’s the “Bob Dylan” concert. I saw Dylan at Smokies Stadium with Willie Nelson in 2004.  Dylan was horrible. He was two verses into “All Along the Watchtower” before I even recognized it. Waste of time and money.

Willie is always a tremendous show, and Mellencamp is a great show as well. I’ve only seen him once and walked away a fan. Actually, I walked away realizing how big of a fan I’d always been.

I didn’t buy tickets because Dylan was part of the show. Can’t justify giving money for him to take time away from two good acts.

And some breaking news for the KNS–Mellencamp dropped “Cougar” about 20 years ago. You got scooped!

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