July 30, 2012 - PPM - Get A Job

The below letter was in the Waco (Texas) Tribune Herald. It was written by a 21 year old female. Maybe there is hope for our future. (I added the emphasis)

PUT ME IN CHARGE . . .

Put me in charge of food stamps. I'd get rid of Lone Star cards; no cash for Ding Dongs or Ho Ho's, just money for 50-pound bags of rice and beans, blocks of cheese and all the powdered milk you can haul away. If you want steak and frozen pizza, then get a job.

Put me in charge of Medicaid. The first thing I'd do is to get women Norplant birth control implants or tubal legations. Then, we'll test recipients for drugs, alcohol, and nicotine. If you want to reproduce or use drugs, alcohol, or smoke, then get a job.

Put me in charge of government housing. Ever live in a military barracks? You will maintain our property in a clean and good state of repair. Your home" will be subject to inspections anytime and possessions will be inventoried. If you want a plasma TV or Xbox 360, then get a job and your own place.

In addition, you will either present a check stub from a job each week or you will report to a "government" job. It may be cleaning the roadways of trash, painting and repairing public housing, whatever we find for you. We will sell your 22 inch rims and low profile tires and your blasting stereo and speakers and put that money toward the "common good."

Before you write that I've violated someone's rights, realize that all of the above is voluntary.

If you want our money, accept our rules. Before you say that this would be "demeaning" and ruin their "self esteem," consider that it wasn't that long ago that taking someone else's money for doing absolutely nothing was demeaning and lowered self esteem.

If we are expected to pay for other people's mistakes we should at least attempt to make them learn from their bad choices. The current system rewards them for continuing to make bad choices.

AND While you are on Gov't subsistence, you no longer can VOTE! Yes, that is correct.

For you to vote would be a conflict of interest. You will voluntarily remove yourself from voting while you are receiving a Gov't welfare check. If you want to vote, then get a job.

Now, if you have the guts - PASS IT ON...

Jabberwocky Comment - I added the BOLD emphasis for the "Get a Job" phrases because I had several jobs in my past the defined me and help me appreciate money, education, and experience.

Working my way through High School and College, I hade 23 different jobs. Some of the non-mainstream jobs included:

- emptied bed pans at a hospital
- picked up dead bodies for an ambulance service
- provided day care for 8 five year olds
- cleaned a HS stadium after football games
- worked third shift at a hotel
- guessed age, weight, and birthdays at an amusement park
- provided visual entertainment as a dancer

I don't remember there being a "safety net" back when I was growing up. I just found work, got paid, and to quote the late George Jefferson, was trying "To Move On Up."

Get a job, take a job. It may not be your dream job, but it will DRIVE you to get THAT job.

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July 23, 2012 - PPM - Second Amendment redux

This week's PET PEEVE MONDAY (PPM) is an oldie but goodie.

I first blogged about the arcane and antiquated nature of the Second Amendment in 2006.

http://jaysjabberwocky.blogspot.com/2006/07/july-17-pet-peeve-monday-2nd-amendment.html

This was 7 years after Columbine, but before the VA Tech, Fort Hood, Arizona, and Aurora shootings.

The fact that as a registered Republican, I may disagree with the NRA may surprise some Jabberwockers.

Bottom line, I'm more like Popeye. "I yam what I yam."




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July 20, 2012 - Friday Funny - Your Name NOT Here

This week's FRIDAY FUNNY is based on the new cross marketing trend between companies and tattoos.

Some companies are paying people to have their company logo tattooed on their body. The thought is that the person is now a walking / talking billboard.


My thought, is that you might want to screen your candidates better.


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July 20, 2012 - Special Birthday - Jax

A lot of parents have their children's birthday parties at Chuck E. Cheese, at Gameworks, or at the local gym. I decided go on a field trip for Jax's 12th birthday.

Jax and 7 of his friends visited with Sheriff Simon Leis and took a tour of the Hamilton County Jail today. Sheriff Leis was fantastic with the boys and answered every question. They got to see how inmates are processed and how they spend their incarceration.

One inmate offered this advice, "Don't set your parents house on fire. " Truer words have never been spoken. I will always be grateful to #136548 for that tidbit of wisdom.




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July 16, 2012 - PPM - Campaigner In Chief

This week's PET PEEVE MONDAY (PPM) is about Presidential Campaign fund raising.

Yes, I believe the US Supreme Court erred in the Citizens United vs. Federal Election Committee ruling in 2010. The ruling allows unlimited campaign contributions through Political Action Committees (PACs) in support of any cause under a First Amendment interpretation.

Money WILL buy ALL elections for the foreseeable future.

That leads me to this week's PEEVE. President Obama has turned from the Commander in Chief to the "Campaigner in Chief."

Obama's team came up with the below plan.


He wants people to forgo their wedding or graduation gifts in order to direct contributions to HIS campaign. It reeks of desperation.

Today, Michelle came up with a derivative of the plan. She started a campaign to donate to Barack's birthday next month. Any contribution, will put you in a drawing to attend his actual birthday party.

Personally, I think any donations should be direct deposited to the National Treasury to pay down the $5.2 TRILLION in debt that Obama has added to our debt.

I have my own counter-response to these fund raising tactics.


Rather than buy a gravy boat or place setting at the local Pottery Barn as a wedding gift, I'm donating gift money to the CANDIDATE that would be the best bet to improve the newlywed's lot in life.

Based upon the past 3 year performance of the current President, I'm directing my gift money toward Romney.

This plan will either elect my candidate or get me out of attending many weddings.

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July 13, 2012 - Friday Funny - Obama-scare

This week's FRIDAY FUNNY was spotted in a Doctor's office parking lot this week.



It was poetic justice that an Obama 2012 bumper sticker would be on a damaged vehicle at a Doctor's office. After all, Obamacare will be "wrecking" our economy for years to come.


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July 12, 2011 - Loser of the Week - Eric Holder

This week's LOSER OF THE WEEK is current Attorney General Eric Holder.

I'm not going to take Holder to task for the Fast and Furious Contempt of Congress charge. He is obviously trying to cover something up by pleading for Obama to use his "Executive Privilege."

Holder is a LOSER for his position on Voter ID laws. Several states have decided that their voters should show a form of ID in order to vote. Sounds reasonable.

You can't check out a book at the library without an ID. You can't board a plane without and ID. You can't buy an adult beverage without an ID. Why should something as important as selecting a leader not require proof of eligibility to vote?

Holder and his Department of Justice has decided that any State which requires an ID to vote is racist and illegal. He is suing EVERY state that has the audacity to only allow actual citizens to vote.

HYPOCRISY ALERT:

This week, the NAACP required a Photo ID to See Holder Speak in Texas, a State Being Sued Over Voter ID?

What did the media need in order to attend? That's right, government issued photo identification (and a second form of identification too!), something both Holder and the NAACP stand firmly against when it comes to voting.

Clearly, Attorney General Eric Holder Wanted to Keep Minorities Out of His NAACP Speech.


Eric Holder, you are my LOSER OF THE WEEK.


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July 6, 2012 - Friday Funny - Pie Chart

I'm always looking for ways to teach my kids about mathematical theories, tendencies, and methods. I try to simplify the lesson in order to get the point across.


MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.

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