Feb. 25, 2013 - PPM - Se-Question?

This week's PET PEEVE MONDAY (PPM) is the SEQUESTER.

It is next in the line of "manufactured criseses." The Fiscal Cliff, The Debt Ceiling, and now the SEQUESTER.

The Sequester came about because of an agreement in 2011 to avoid the then Fiscal Cliff. It was proposed by Obama, proposed by Congress, and SIGNED by Obama into LAW.

To be clear, the 2013 impact of the Sequester is a $85 billion out of a $3.6 TRILLION annual budget. A 2.2 % reduction. That's it.

It's not even an actual reduction in spending from the prior year. It's a 2% reduction in the INCREASE from the 2012 spending levels. So we are going to spend more in 2013 than in 2012, just not as much.

It's like your weekly allowance is going from $25 to $30 but not to $30.60. A 2% difference.

Democrats and the Obama Administration warned Americans this week that the proposed sequester cuts would result in 700,000 job losses by the end of 2014.

That sounds pretty awful, huh?

Well, it sounds bad until you compare it to the Obama stimulus.

In the three years after the $787 billion dollar Obama stimulus the Labor Force Participation Rate dropped from 65.7% in January 2009 to 63.6% in September 2012. That means that after the stimulus was passed, nearly 5 million Americans fled the workforce in hopeless despair.

5 Million Job Losses for spending MORE versus 700,000
job losses for spending LESS.

Obama and his surrogates are out in full force offering their "Chicken Little" assessment of what will happen if the OBAMA sponsored Sequestration happens:

The FAA will have to close airports. (Transportation Security Hood)

The US will be more vulnerable to terrorist attacks. (National Security Napolitano)

We've heard from every WH Cabinet Secretary except the Secretary of Agriculture. I'm sure Crop Circles will now become Crop Ovals because of the deflated funding.

In response, the GOP should make a long list of ridiculous/wasteful spending and keep asking Obama why he's cutting children's vaccines instead $1000 Dept. of Defense hammers.


The Sequester should happen because we NEED SPENDING REDUCTION.

Just get prepared for Obama blaming the crappy economy on the sequester for months upon months.


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Feb. 22, 2013 - Friday Funny - Grammar Police

This week's FRIDAY FUNNY is dedicated to the "Grammar Police." You no who you our.


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Feb. 20, 2013 - Loser of the Week - Ashley Judd

This week's LOSER OF THE WEEK is Ashley Judd.


Miss Judd is considering a run for Senator from Kentucky. Earlier this week, the Hollywood actress reportedly met with the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee in Washington.

Here are her qualifications:

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EXACTLY.

I guess Ashley Judd is serious about running for the Senate. She took care of her Illegal Immigrant problem. She announced that she is splitting with her Scottish Husband.

Why do so many Hollywood-types think they can just decide to run for very high political office without any experience?

Every election season we hear how Ben Affleck, Alec Baldwin, or George Clooney is considering a Senate Run. I guess they must be encouraged by Al Franken's successful (?) MN senate campaign. However, we found out in the postmortem that the senate seat was stolen when 1099 felons provided Franken with a 302 winning vote margin.

Never mind that Judd doesn't currently live in Kentucky. It hasn't stopped other Democrats before like Hilary Clinton and Bobby Kennedy from claiming other State's Senate seats.

I'm not a strong Mitch McConnell supporter. I just don't think we need any more pseudo Senators in Washington. We need serious people there to DO the people's business.

How about electing someone who has experiencing turning around a company or state that was losing money, someone who has created jobs, someone who had NO skeletons in his closet.

Oh wait, that was Mitt Romney.


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Feb. 18, 2013 - PPM - Drinking Water not Kool-Aid

This week's PET PEEVE MONDAY (PPM) is about the concern over Marco Rubio drinking water while the Media drinks the Kool-Aid.

I watched the State of the Union address by President Obama and then follow-up speech by Republican Marco Rubio.

No One in the media is discussing what Obama said. No one is discussing what Rubio said. All anyone is talking about is that Rubio paused his speech to take an unscripted drink of water.

SERIOUSLY?

CNN even went so far to discuss if this ended Rubio's political career.

Rubio water-swig replay tally: MSNBC 155, CNN 34, Fox News 12

SERIOUSLY?

President Obama offers not a single solution to protect/save Medicare or reduce the debt. Silence. Rubio takes sip of water... RIOT!

Remember that time a presidential campaign was focused on personal tax returns; Big Bird, birth control and binders? We definitely can't nominate someone in 2016 who's good at handling money or balancing budgets. That obviously doesn't fly in politics. (r.e. Romney 2012)

Yeah, How did that work out for everybody? Let's focus on drinking water.

SERIOUSLY !!!



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Feb. 14, 2013 - Woody Hayes' Birthday

Happy 100th Birthday, Woody Hayes.

He was fired before I ever set foot on the OSU campus. I had several chance meetings with Coach Hayes when he would hold court on The Oval and lecture about everything from commitment to world history to our military.

If you ever read a book about Coach Woody Hayes, you will be amazed that his former players never talk about Woody, the Coach. It is always about Woody, the MAN.

A few years ago, I commissioned an artist, Katham, to do a portrait of Woody Hayes. Katham uses a drip/drop technique. She steadfastly drips individual acrylic paint onto a canvas. My "Woody" has thousands of drops on the 32 by 32 inch portrait.


The portrait sits high on the wall of our Great Room and in no way contrasts with the 8 foot totem pole over the fireplace motif.

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Feb. 11, 2013 - PPM - Lincoln b(Logs)

This week's PET PEEVE MONDAY (PPM) is the movie "Lincoln."

I'm won't comment on the acting, the directing, or the production. I won't even get into the myths around Lincoln and the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery.

My PEEVE is about the CRITICS of the authenticity or factual basis of the movie.

IT'S A MOVIE!!!

The problem escalated when Rep. Joe Courtney (D-NJ) had watched the Oscar-nominated "Lincoln."

Courtney was shocked that the film, about President Abraham Lincoln's political struggle to abolish slavery, includes a scene in which two Connecticut congressmen vote against the 13th amendment.

He had "suspicions" that the movie, directed by Steven Spielberg, was historically inaccurate, so he asked the Congressional Research Service to investigate.

HE SPENT OUR TAX DOLLARS TO INVESTIGATE IF A MOVIE WAS ACCURATE.

Health care, job creation, home values. CRICKETS. But let's spend TIME AND MONEY to research a movie.

Some errors were found, so Courtney asked that the Lincoln movie be corrected before its release on DVD.

My own 10 year old daughter knew that "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" was fiction. It didn't take a congressional investigative panel to prove it. Everyone knows that Lincoln would have never killed Vampires as it would have offended the important 18-24 Twilight voting demographic that was so important to his 1864 reelection.


Bottom Line: When will there be a "Brain Checker" that will eliminate certain "Intellectually Challenged" people from serving in Congress? Courtney, Jackson, Reid, Pelosi, ....

CRICKETS.


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2012 Pet Peeve Summary

Here is the JAY’S JABBERWOCKY PET PEEVE SUMMARY. 

2011 – 24 Pet Peeves

2010 – 20 Pet Peeves

2009 – 23 Pet Peeves

2008 – 34 Pet Peeves

2007 – 36 Pet Peeves

2006 – 30 Pet Peeves

 

Here are the 2012 PET PEEVES:

December 27 – Fiscal Cliff

December 10 – Right To Work
December 3 – Bowl Ban(ghazi)

October 22 – Undecided Voters

August 13 – Taxing My Patience

July 30 – Get A Job

July 23 – Second Amendment Redux
July 16 – Campaigner In Chief

June 11 – The Audacity of Unions

June 5 – Selective Recall

May 28 – Spelling Bees

April 2 – Voter ID

March 26 – Miss Conception

February 27 – Politicians on Drugs

February 20 – Racial (In)sensitivities
February 13 – Twitter Twits

January 30 – Political Endorsements

January 24 – State of Dis(union)
January 16 – Tax Returns
January 9 – Bainful Discharge of Envy

 

2011 Pet Peeve Summary

Here is the JAY’S JABBERWOCKY PET PEEVE SUMMARY. 

2010 – 20 Pet Peeves

2009 – 23 Pet Peeves

2008 – 34 Pet Peeves

2007 – 36 Pet Peeves

2006 – 30 Pet Peeves

Here are the 2011 PET PEEVES:

December 26 – It’s Not a Tax Cut

December 19 – Bathroom Profile Pictures

November 14 – Cain is NOT Able

October 24 – Political Hypocrites

October 11 – Occupy Cincinnati – Got Reason?
October 7 – Get a Job 

September 26 – Facekooks

September 19 – Bark in the Park
September 12 – NoBama, No Jobs

August 8 – Johnny Needs 36 Pencils

August 1 – Congressional Math

 

July 25 – Civil War Re-Enactments

June 27 – Friends Without Benefits

June 20 – Anonymous Letters

June 6 – Public Displays of Affection

May 23 – Spiking The Football

April 25 – Birthers

April 18 – Leadership Defined

April 11 – Exploratory Committees

 

March 1 – Wisconsin Politics

 

February 14 – Don’t Call It a Budget

February 7 – Pyramid Schemes

February 3 – Journalist Get a Good Rap

January 10 – The Blame Game

2010 Pet Peeve Summary

Here is the JAY’S JABBERWOCKY PET PEEVE SUMMARY. 

2009 – 23 Pet Peeves

2008 – 34 Pet Peeves

2007 - 36 Pet Peeves

2006 - 30 Pet Peeves

Here are the 2010 PET PEEVES:

December 27 – NCAA In(justice)

December 20 – Phones on the Beach
December 13 – Buyer’s Discourse
December 6 – Artic National Park

November 22 – Don’t Tax on Me

November 15 – Lame Duck Hunting
November 8 – Can You Hear Me Now?

October 25 – Subsidized Public Media

October 18 – First Lady Approval Ratings

August 30 – Immigration Policy

June 29 – American Soccer

June 1 – BP Oil Spill

May 24 – Drone Parents

May 17 – Postman Rings 6 Times
May 10 – Use as Directed and It Breaks

March 22 – Health Care De(form)
March 15 – Political Musical Chairs

January 25 – Airline In(security)

January 18 – Haitian Media Coverage
January 11 – Broken Promises

2009 Pet Peeve Summary

Many Mondays, I describe a normal daily occurrence or a current environmental situation that just bugs me. I detail it, why it bothers me and why it should bother you. Sometimes, I even have a solution for it.

Many people comment that they enjoy and commiserate with my PET PEEVE MONDAYS.

2008 – 34 Pet Peeves

2007 - 36 Pet Peeves

2006 - 30 Pet Peeves

 Here is the list of 2009 PET PEEVES:

December 28 – TV Screen Graphics

December 21 – What Can Brown Do For You?

December 7 – Global Warming

November 30 – Tiger Woods Coverage

October 30 – Halloween Costumes
October 26 – Stimulus Package
October 12 – Nobel Peace Prize

August 31 – Obama 2012?

August 17 – Do Not Remind List

July 13 – Cell Phones AGAIN!

July 6 – Palin’s Media Coverage

June 29 – Michael Jackson is Dead

June 22 – Real Estate Business Cards

April 27 – Sticker Ads

April 13 – Obama’s Dog

March 23 – Celebrity Reality Shows

March 17 – St. Patrick’s Day

March 9 – Ra-PUN-zel’s Revenge

March 2 – Garbage Policies

February 23 – Digital TV Transition

February 16 – Cabinet Tax Cheats

February 2 – Super(ficial) Bowl

January 26 – Obama Love Fest

Feb. 8, 2013 - Friday Funny

This week's FRIDAY FUNNY comes from our "Reader In Chief."

The latest lie told by Obama is that he is an avid skeet shooter. When pressed for proof, the White House released a picture of Obama shooting straight at the "target." Anyone who has ever gone skeet shooting knows you shoot the clay pigeons as they rise at an angle.



The addition of the TelePrompTer to the picture is a work of photoshop genius.

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Feb. 4, 2013 - PPM - Going non-Postal

This week, the government finally made a smart decision.  They decided that the Post Office can save $2 Billion a year by discontinuing Saturday Delivery.

Here is my PET PEEVE MONDAY (PPM):  Why did it take so long?

I had previously blogged about this on May 17, 2010.

Here some simple math:

The Post Office lost $15 Billion in 2012

The Post Office delivered 6 days a week in 2012.

The Post Office will save $2 Billion by eliminating 1 day.

How much would they save if they stopped delivering 6 days a week?

Bottom line, they CANNOT cut themselves into a positive revenue stream.  They have a faulty delivery and cost model.

As I detailed in my 2010 posting, I do not use the mail to pay anything.  All of my bills are automatically paid online.  The only bills I get in the mail are hard copy receipts of bills that I already know.

I would suggest that the mail should be delivered ONCE a week.  Have it be delivered by the Rumpke trash people.  They come ONCE a week through rain or shine, snow or sleet.  As a matter of fact, Rumpke comes on the holidays as well, unlike the Post Office.

I know there is a tear-jerking, sentimental history about mail delivery, much like a Norman Rockwell painting. But we moved on after buggy whips, typewriters, and the cancellation of All My Children.

The times, they are a CHANGING.