Friday, January 2, 2009
Fools on the March
Why would I read about me over there? I already know all about me, and visiting Barbara's blog would give her a 100% increase in readership.
Ho ho......
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Christmas Greeting
Yesterday, a clerk, a young man, working the register at the Walgreens in my neighborhood said he would wish me a Merry Christmas, but he was fearful of doing so, because it might offend those who are not Christian.
How odd, to be afraid to wish someone well which is really what the message is all about.
I told him he should go ahead and do it. Anyone who would be offended by the wish would have to be pretty hateful, and needs the blessings offered by all who would do so.
My Christmas wish, is that we all continue to offer such a greeting, and make sure that the world does not forget that Christ's birth is the reason for the season.
Merry Christmas,
In God We Trust
Monday, December 22, 2008
Homos On The Move
I can't sing "now we don our gay apparel" without feeling a twinge of slimy-ness. Why did we let "gay" mean homosexual? Because the term homosexual is awful, even though it perfectly describes what 'gay' people are. Why don't they want to use that? Why'd they have to take such a happy word and make it mean something sexual, stealing it from common lexicon?
I just listened to some homosexual on Hardball telling me that 'gay' people are the real uniters of the world as born out by history. Really? How so? By changing the meaning of words? By teaching children that two mommies or two daddies is ok and natural, in spite of all evidence to the contrary?
He also demanded that Rick Warren convene a sit down with the National Gay and Lesbian/Transgendered/NAMBLA/Crossdresser/Necrophiliac leadership and talk with them.
Why should he do that? So the aforementioned group can get him to say the bible is wrong, or that he has misinterpreted the bible? Maybe they want him to say homosexual marriage is ok.
But is it? Marriage is a religious term. It has always meant the uniting of man and woman. Homos live outside this religious term, but they want to force religions to redefine what marriage means. Where's the ACLU? Homos living in a committed relationship have all the same legal rights that married people have, but the right to call themselves married. They want to force a secular definition of marriage on religious people - in effect causing government to intrude on religious beliefs. Doesn't this violate their precious construct of the separation of church and state.
I'm not a Rick Warren fan, but I hope he tells them to go to hell.
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Insurrection?
If we read the Declaration of Independence, it seems like we are obligated to tear this broken system down and start over (think it ain't broken? Did you see the video on How Obama got elected? Can you say, "Senator Stuart Smalley"?).
An independent Texas sounds like a great place to live. I have heard rumors that Cascadia (Eastern Washington, Idaho, Montana, and BC) is already on paper, a shadow government in waiting.
Trouble is, if we tear it down, where would we get the visionary leaders needed to rebuild? Leaders who are willing to risk their lives and their fortunes for an enterprise that would brand them traitors?
Have a Merry Christmas, and a Happy and Prosperous New Year.
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
The 1% Solution
Back when Harley Davidson was the motorcycle of choice for the, ahem, 'derelicts' of the US of A, someone said outlaw bikers are just one percent of the motorcycling public.
One Per Cent.
If you clicked on the link and read the story of the outrage going on along our border in Arizona, you might make the connection between the bikers and a solution to the problem.
This is a story.
Fiction.
Make of it what you will.
In country, you went in pairs. Some felt the presence of their better angels when going alone, and couldn't pull the trigger.
But with a partner alongside, pulling the trigger was, well, what you were supposed to do, and a witness made those angels' arguments considerably less persuasive.
Bo Rose had no angels to bother him, and no witness was needed to make him perform his duty. Nor did the cold, the dead of night, or remaining unmoving for hours bother him. The mission was his motivator. Only the mission.
Tonight, he was waiting for a coyote. It would take a while, but, coyotes, like the the NVA he scared so many years before, would learn, if the law ignored their unlawfulness, it would ignore other unlawfullness as well.
And if it didn't, it couldn't very well investigate him without bringing attention to his, uh, well, 'victims', could it.
Bo might have felt the cold creeping into his ghillie suit, but he was sure the coyote leading the herd through Sulfur Canyon wasn't worried about cold, and if he was, well his worried would soon shift from the physical woes of this world, to the more eternal worries of the next world.
"One shot, one kill"
Bo Rose never missed.
Monday, November 10, 2008
ECON 101
When you read this, think of the oil, car, or computer business that B-HO and the dems want to tax so they'll have some wealth to spread around. Which entity does a better job of wealth spread, business, or government?
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.
Of course, as your employer, I am forbidden to tell you whom to vote for
- it is against the law to discriminate based on political affiliation,
Race, creed, religion, etc. Please vote who you think will serve your
Interests the best.
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 12 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 Goodwill 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
mud 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.
While tax cuts to 95% of America sounds great on paper, don't forget the
backstory: If there is no job, there is no income to tax. A tax cut on
zero dollars is zero
So, when you make decision to vote, ask yourself, who understands the
economics of business ownership and who doesn't? Whose policies will
endanger your job?
Answer those questions and you should know who might be the one capable
of saving your job. While the media wants to tell you "It's the economy
stupid" I'm telling you it isn't.
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 in South Caribbean
sitting on a beach, retired, and with no employees to worry about.
Signed,
Your boss
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Voter Fraud
The Dems are planning a super majority in Congress, B-HO's 'transition' team is already meeting, the media are reporting that it will be a B-HO landslide. How do they know that?
Fraud.
When I first got the right to vote, you had to be 21. You had to register well in advance of the PRIMARY election (you couldn't vote in the General otherwise), you had to show your registration card at the polling place, only military and certain citizens living abroad could vote absentee, and the ballot had to be cast within days of the actual election date, note months before hand.
It isn't ACORN that is responsible for this, it's government, government that abets fraud, and we, my friends are the losers. No matter who wins next month, he will be bathed in the stink of fraud, and no election can ever be considered fair until we the people get control over the voter registration process once again.
http://townhall.com/
I find it curious, also, that in spite of the evidence, not one politician, state, local or otherwise, has made voter fraud and election reform an issue.
