Dec. 30, 2011 - Friday Funny - Too True XMAS

Now that all of my children have laptops, iPads, or smart phones, this is too true.




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Dec. 26, 2011- PPM – It’s Not a Tax Cut

This week's PET PEEVE MONDAY (PPM) is the "EXTENDED TAX CUTS" that was just passed by Congress and signed by President Obama.

It extends for TWO MONTHS last year's tax cut extension deal made last December during the lame duck Congress included a new one-year FICA reduction of employee Social Security contributions from 6.2% percent to 4.2%. Employers still pay their 6.2% share.

In that deal, employees saw a 2% increase in their take home pay this year, just like getting a raise, up to a maximum of $2,136 for those making $106,800 or more. The average worker saw an increase in take-home pay of about $1,000 or $20 per week.

FICA stands for Federal Insurance Contributions Act. It came about as part of the creation of Social Security back in 1935. That deduction was designed to be put in the Social Security Trust Fund.

FICA really isn't a tax in the traditional sense of the word.

A payroll deduction into a 401k plan, for example, is not a tax. It's a personal contribution you make into a savings plan for your future retirement. So is FICA. It's not only a contribution to a savings plan for your future retirement but also helps pay for future medical needs after you retire.

So again, the government and Obama have tried to buy CURRENT votes by robbing our FUTURE.

It is NOT a tax cut, but a lower payment into your retirement.

But the real PEEVE is that the politicians could only agree on a TWO MONTH extension. Just like the DEBT CEILING debacle last summer, NO LONG TERM SOLUTION, just kick the old battered can a bit further down the road.

COWARDS.

Dec. 19, 2011 - PPM - Self Portraits?

This week's PET PEEVE MONDAY (PPM) is the unbelievable fascination people seem to have with themselves.

They love to take pictures of themselves while posing and preening in front of the bathroom mirror. They then post these pictures to Facebook and Twitter. Some of the technology-challenged individuals can't figure out how to rotate the camera or picture 90 degrees.

Nothing says desperate or narcissistic more than a self-portrait, IN A BATHROOM FROM A CELL PHONE CAMERA.

Phone a friend, buy a tripod, go to the Walmart Portrait Studio, but stop this offensive insanity.

Dec. 9, 2011 - Friday Funny - Perfect Candidate Wanted

I saw this ad and it not only struck me as funny, but exceptionally accurate.

Is ANYONE up to the electability standards based on the media? Every 2-4 weeks we are provided a new "front runner" only to have him/her get thoroughly disqualified by that same media. It's a bizarre game of Survivor.

And don't get me started on the upcoming Primary season. I was upset about it 4 years ago., and it has only gotten worse.

Dec. 7, 2011 – Loser HOF – Alec Baldwin

Alec Baldwin is at it again. Yesterday he was booted from an American Airlines flight.

The airline claims that Baldwin refused to turn off his cell phone when asked to do so at the appropriate time. Baldwin claims he was simply playing Words With Friends.

"The passenger ultimately stood up (with the seat belt light still on for departure) and took his phone into the plane's lavatory," an airline statement reads. "He slammed the lavatory door so hard, the cockpit crew heard it and became alarmed, even with the cockpit door closed and locked. They immediately contacted the cabin crew to check on the situation. The passenger was extremely rude to the crew, calling them inappropriate names and using offensive language."

Baldwin also tweeted about the girth of some of the flight attendants. If anyone knows about weight problems, first hand, it's Baldwin.

I had first declared Alec Baldwin, my LOSER OF THE WEEK in 2007.

Now he is a repeat offender which makes him my first entry into the LOSER HALL OF FAME (HOF).