taxes

It's been a while since I've posted mostly because I've been fairly busy. I do have to make some comments about some of the stuff you see, hear and read in the news.

I really was hoping our new president and his administration was going to do well but as anyone who pays any attention at all to the news knows, it just ain't so. From the snitch web site to the "Chicago Style" strong arm tactics it not just "politics as usual" but politics more radical than ever. From the mind numbing amount of money to be spent on the "cap and trade" proposal to the "big brother" style health care proposals we, the taxpayers, are going to be burdened for generations.

I get tired of hearing the bullshit from both sides of these ideas. Everyone is exagerating bits and pieces to prove their points. Does anyone even know what the real bills say? The bottom line really is the cost! It's too much for such sweeping changes.

There is a couple of items I would like to make comments on however. When people say what a huge percentage of health care costs are spent on the final year of life I have to say to myself "Are these people too stupid to see the obvious?" Of course more money is spent then, when you're healthy why would you spend money?

The other thing is when proponents of the health care get out there and tout how they're "Not going to pull the plug on Gramma" pay attention. Of course they're not......... they're never going to allow Gramma to get plugged in in the first place. Think about it. The social engineers in power will only consider what your worth is in society and if you're old you're not worthy!

must-read book

If you want to read a book that will make you think you need to check out "One Second After" by William R. Forstchen. This is an excellent work of fiction that has an almost chilling basis in facts.

The premise is what could happen if our electrical infrastructure was to go down. The severe chaos that would follow such an event is detailed in this book in an extremely believeable manner.

After reading this book you may want to stock up on food, water, batteries and ammo. You might even want to find yourself an old car or bike that would run after the apocalypse. The scary part of reading this is when you realize how easily this scenario could unfold. The sheer number of people in this country who would be unable to survive for any length of time because they are totally reliant upon other people for their subsistance is mind boggling. Think about it. How many people do you know that can fix a car, build a water distillation system, hunt or trap wild game, catch a fish, build a fire without matches, etc.? Scary isn't it?

new movie

Well, believe it or not I finally seen a new movie I really liked. If you haven't seen it you must check out Clint Eastwood's movie "Gran Torino"!

I feel this is one of Clint's finest roles. The story of how a bigoted old man can change is quit remarkable and he plays the role to perfection. Kind of reminds you of "Dirty Harry Gets Old."

There are not many roles left for senior citizens that have any teeth but this one really hits the mark. Baby boomers will feel this.

Car Problems

Well it looks like it's all but done....... the government is taking over GM. What is this country coming to? We will not be seeing much in the way of exciting new cars for the forseable future. Government and labor will never stimulate innovation, never has in the past, won't in the future, it will only stifle creativity because it will take away the incentives. Why would anyone want to work extra hard to make more money only to have it taken it away.

common sense

Am I just missing something? Are people actually as clueless as the politicians seem to think they are? 

We've got the president on TV with the rest of his puppets touting the benefits of these high mileage overpriced tin cans they wish to foist on the American public. 

If you throw out the fact that in order to meet these standards cars will have to be made lighter and thereby less safe in a collision,(F=mv) for people who didn't take high school physics that means force is equal to mass(weight) times velocity(speed). In other words if a 4000 pound SUV traveling at 50 mph collides with a 2000 pound tin can traveling at the same 50 mph (of course it will take it a while to get there) guess who will get the short end of the straw. 20,000 pounds of force will always win out over 10,000 pounds of force. You still have cost issues.

When you can buy an 8-10 year old SUV for $4,000 that gets 20mpg and if you drive 12,000 miles per year which would cost you about $600 per year for gasoline you would have a 5 year cost of $5,800 and if you were to buy a close to comparable new standard SUV for $35,000 and got 30mpg you would have a 5 year cost of $36,200.

Does any of these make sense? No safety advantage and definately no cost advantage that I can see here. Where do we go from here?

Back in the saddle

Well, it's been a while since I posted, sorry about that! I've been a little preoccupied with work issues and with trying to make progress on my restoration projects.

Anyway, it's kind of therapuetic to sit down and write again. 

Even though the economy is still extremely shaky at least I still have a job. 

The politicians are trying their best to burden us, our children and grandchildren with debt us or them will never be able to repay. They try to spin this as stimulus and divert our attention by giving us a little more of our own money in our paychecks by using lower withholding rates. They're banking on the basic apathy of the public to not notice that that money buys less because it's worth less. That's at least until they get all their social programs in place and get the masses dependent upon the government. This is an agenda people need to wake up and take notice of before it's too late. 

Stand up! Go to www.americansolutions.com/teaparty and take a stand for America.

Happiness

Happiness can be anything. Your team won the Super Bowl, you got a raise, you got a promotion, new grandchild, whatever.

Sometimes however, you just have to accept that happiness isn't always noticed. When you wake up in the morning you should be happy. When the sun is shining, smile, it's a good day!

The reason I mention this is we may all be looking for any semblence of happiness for the near future given the state of the economy and the absolute prescription for disaster the knuckleheads in Congress are getting ready to unleash upon us. Be prepared to be absolutely underwhelmed by the effects you will feel.