Aug. 26, 2011 - Friday Funny - Hope, Change - WHAT?

This week's FRIDAY FUNNY is a picture of the First Couple on vacation.




Apparently, even Michelle Obama is tired of Barrack's non-stop, empty promises. She decided to listen to her IPOD instead.


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Aug. 26, 2011 - Lessons from Katrina

It appears Hurricane Irene is making some nasty weekend plans. I wanted to remind everyone of what we should have learned from Katrina.

As a disclaimer, I want to state if you lost any family, friends, or furnishing in any catastrophe, I am sorry for your loss. Like most people, I donated belongings and funds after Katrina.

With that said, let’s go over a few basic Hurricane Rules:

#1. A mandatory evacuation means just that... Get The Hell Out!!! Don't blame the Government after they tell you to go and you decide to stay. If they hadn't said anything, I can see the argument.

#2. If there is an emergency, stock up on water and non-perishables. If you didn't do this, it's not the government’s fault you're starving. I live in Ohio and I have enough beans, ravioli, beef jerky, and juice boxes to make it through six weeks. My biggest fear isn’t hurricanes, it’s that the local store may run out of my favorites.

#3. If you run out of food and water, find a store that has some and borrow what you need. DO NOT LOOT!!! Remember, plasma screen TV's, DVD's, CD's, and Nike shoes are not edible. Leave them alone.

#4. If someone comes in to help you, don't shoot at them and then complain no one is helping you. It’s called hazard pay, not combat duty.

#5. My tax money should not pay to rebuild a sports stadium or a floating casino. Also, my tax money shouldn't go to rebuild a city that is under sea level. You wouldn't build your house on quicksand.If you want to live below sea level, join the Navy.

President Kennedy said it best... "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country."



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Aug. 19, 2011 - Friday Funny - Sumo Wresting

This week's FRIDAY FUNNY is a YouTube Video.

I was selected to be part of the mid-inning entertainment at a Charleston River Dogs minor league baseball game.



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Aug. 10, 2011 - Loser of the Week - John Kerry

My LOSER OF THE WEEK is John Kerry.

I know, I know, He's been a LOSER for a long-time, but why now?

He was a LOSER in the early 1970's when he spoke out against his "band of brothers" and the war in Vietnam.

He was a LOSER when he sold out and married Heinz for money and financial backing.

He was a LOSER when he lost the election in 2004.

But on Sunday, he became a Hall Of Fame LOSER when he blamed the S&P downgrade of the USA credit rating on the Tea Party.

The Tea Party should be thanked not vilified.

\What would have happened if the Tea Party was not around? How much would the debt limit have been raised had the Democrats controlled the White House, the Senate, AND the House?

One of the three tenets of the Tea Party is FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY. How can you argue AGAINST this concept or a Balanced Budget Amendment?

I love the below analogy from Dave Ramsey. It puts it into perspective.

"If the US Government​ was a family, they would be making $58,000 a year, they spend $75,000 a year, & are $327,000 in credit card debt. They are currently proposing BIG spending cuts to reduce their spending to $72,000 a year. These are the actual proportion​s of the federal budget & debt, reduced to a level that we can understand​."



One of these individuals wears make-up and constantly makes funny, outlandish remarks. The other is a CLOWN.




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Aug. 8, 2011 - PPM - Johnny Needs 36 Pencils

This week's PET PEEVE MONDAY (PPM) is School Supplies.

I'm on my 4th child. When I started this adventure it was easy: pencils, paper, ruler, and a bag to carry it all.

This year the list contains 17 items for one of my elementary offspring.

Why does a student need 36, #2 pencils? I remember 2 pencils getting me through the whole year. Additionally, a lot of work previously performed with paper/pencil is now done on school computers. With 36 pencils, one could write a lengthly manifesto.

Why does every student need to bring a box of facial tissues? If my kid is sick, he stays home. We are now taught to sneeze and cough into our bent elbow anyway.

Why does every student need to bring Clorox Wipes? If I wanted my child to prepare for a janitorial career, I would not send them to school.

It's not a stretch that we will be asked to supply toilet paper and floor wax in the near future.

Parents must now dole out hundreds of dollars for school supplies, participation fees, field trips, etc. These fees are beginning to feel like the "user fees" that airlines and hotels now charge us for bottled water, carry on bags, a blanket, and local phone calls.

I thought that our property tax money was supposed to cover public education.

I don't even want to discuss why 2 students that sit side by side in the same class could pay $25K or $0 in "tuition" at a public school.

In the end, I love my school system and the teachers. Just stop the incidental fees.

Bill me once for everything and be done with it. I don't care about the amount. I want an all-inclusive school system: supplies, field trips, pictures, etc.

The airlines have PEEVED me to a point that I no longer fly. Heaven help my children, if I get PEEVED enough to home school them.



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Aug. 5, 2011 - Friday Funny - The Heartland

This week's Friday Funny comes from "The Heartland."

While driving through the backroads of the country, I ran across these two signs in Glencoe, KY - population 251.








I doubt Mr. Obama will be holding any $35K per plate fundraiser here. The medium "family" income does not reach that level. But last I checked, every vote counts as one.

I believe the networks can call the the state of Kentucky in the 2012 Presidential campaign for Candidate ABO. "ANYONE BUT OBAMA"

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Aug. 1, 2011 - PPM - Congressional Math

This week's PET PEEVE MONDAY (PPM) is about the current Debt Crisis.

First off, this is a MANUFACTURED crisis. It didn't need to happen. We knew about the pending debt limit MONTHS AGO. It was also played up by the media with their 7*24 coverage and count down clocks. If the Casey Anthony jury could have just taken a bit longer to contemplate. their decision, there would have been no time for the media to cover this "crisis."

My other PEEVE is that no one has really put the severity of our debt into perspective. It is now $14 TRILLION.

People are defining the notion of a "Balanced Budget Amendment" as a radical Tea Party idea. The notion that you only can have expenses equal to your revenues is what EVERY person, other than our federal government, must live by.

This Congress and President have apparently come to some agreement. The bill that is proposed will do nothing more than to "kick the can down the road."

They propose a $3 Trillion Debt Limit increase with corresponding reductions in spending. Here is the problem. The spending decreases are against proposed budgets that were DEFICIT BUDGETS anyway.

It's like your wife coming home to tell you she saved $100. She bought a $300 dress for $200. Congress' math is that they saved us $100. REAL math says you save $200 by not buying a discretionary item.

Bottom Line. There is no reason why we should NOT have a BALANCE BUDGET AMENDMENT. It is long overdue and should be a no-brainer.

But again brains and Congress should not be used in the same sentence.



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