Posted by Jack
Would you like to take a tour of top secret “off limits” sites from the old cold war days? These are both local and far off places, long since abandoned, that once represented billions of your tax money. These top secret facilities housed our most advanced technology gear and kept safe many of our national secrets.
Muscle spasms and a technological glitch prevented us from posting these earlier. Our thanks to OneVike for providing a memory book of this great eventenjoy pilgrims!
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Dear Mr. President:
Please find below my suggestion for fixing America’s economy.
Instead of giving billions of dollars to companies that will squander the money on lavish parties and unearned bonuses, use the following plan.
You can call it the Patriotic Retirement Plan:
There are about 40 million people over the age of 50 in the work force.
Pay them $1 million apiece severance for early retirement with the following stipulations:
1) They MUST retire. Forty million job openings – Unemployment fixed.
2) They MUST buy a new American CAR. Forty million cars ordered – Auto Industry fixed.
3) They MUST either buy a house or pay off their mortgage – Housing Crisis fixed.
It can’t get any easier than that!
If more money is needed, have all members of Congress and their constituents pay their taxes…
If you think this would work, please forward to everyone you know.
The onslaught of campaign mailers leading up to the May 19th special election, are in the mail. The latest one states Local Leaders Agree: Its Time To Limit State Spending. Right off the bat, at first reading, Im sure youll think Yeah! Limit state spending. Also on the front page of the latest flier, it reads Stabilize Californias Budget and Economy.
Yep, I certainly agree. Limit state spending, and stabilize Californias budget and economy. (Then, comes the shaft.) Vote Yes on Props 1A thru 1F. So, we take a look inside the flier to see just how voting yes can bring all this stabilization and limits on state spending to fruition.
The page reads Get Californias economy moving again. Vote yes on props 1A thru 1F. It states These measures will LIMIT SPENDING, hold politicians ACCOUNTABLE and PROHIBIT PAY RAISES for state legislators any time the state budget has a deficit.
What it does NOT say: Voters went to the polls years ago and took pay raises out of the hands of politicians, and placed the duty in the hands of a bi-partisan commission. That commission determines when, and how much lawmakers salaries will be boosted. There is nothing in 1A thru 1F that declares that commissions decision null and void –deficit or no deficit.
The flier states that Props 1A through 1F will STABILIZE THE STATES BUDGET by locking in a tight spending cap and forcing politicians to save money in a rainy day account. Sounds vaguely familiar with Congressman Wally Hergers Social Security Lockbox bill; that bill was designed to keep politicians hands out of Social Security Funds. It passed the House.failed in the Senate. Result? No Lockbox.
How about the voter approved bill to tax the states millionaires to fund mental health programs? Our lawmakers are in the process of stealing that money and transferring it into the general fund. Spending cap, with Democrats in control? Never happen. Rainy day fund just for tough economic times? Who and what determines when the time is ripe to raid that fund? Democrats whore in control!
And finally, the flier states: GET CALIFORNIA BACK TO WORK by voting yes on 1A through 1F. It states These measures will help get our economy moving and put people back to work.
In order to see through the charade, you must ask yourselfhow does increasing state income taxes put people back to work? Taking more money out of YOUR pocket means less eating out, less money for discretionary spending, less consumer spending altogether. How is that supposed to get our economy moving and put people back to work? How is doubling the car tax going to put people back to work? How is increasing the sales tax gonna put people back to work?
1A through 1F, if passed by the voters will increase the current pain of this recession. Yes, I know.we should SHARE THE PAIN. And I agree, that we should share the pain, and I would be more than willing to share the pain if our lawmakers would share the pain equally and as well. But, theyre not even considering it.
Posted by Jack
NICKNAMES
If Laura, Kate and Sarah go out for lunch, they will call each other Laura, Kate and Sarah.
If Mike, Dave and John go out, they will affectionately refer to each other as Fat Boy, Godzilla and Four-eyes.
EATING OUT
When the bill arrives, Mike, Dave and John will each throw in $20, even though it’s only for $32.50. None of them will have anything smaller and none will actually admit they want change back.
When the girls get their bill, out come the pocket calculators.
MONEY
A man will pay $2 for a $1 item he needs…
A woman will pay $1 for a $2 item that she doesnt need but it’s on sale.
BATHROOMS
A man has six items in his bathroom: toothbrush and toothpaste, shaving cream, razor, a bar of soap, and a towel.
The average number of items in the typical woman’s bathroom is 337. A man would not be able to identify more than 20 of these items.
ARGUMENTS
A woman has the last word in any argument.
Anything a man says after that is the beginning of a new argument.
FUTURE
A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband.
A man never worries about the future until he gets a wife.
SUCCESS
A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend.
A successful woman is one who can find such a man.
Posted by Jack
Just put your mouse on a city anywhere in the world and the newspaper headlines pop up… Double click the dot and the page gets larger.
I thought you all would like to know about this site, if you don’t already. I also found you can read the entire paper on some if you click on the right place. You can spend forever there! lol
click here or use this to cut and paste…. http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/flash/
by Tina Grazier
The Tea Parties held this week, with fantastic spontaneous participation across America, were not just about anger over high taxes. They were about government overstepping its Constitutional bounds. They were about legislation and regulation that put undo burdens on American citizens and business. They were about government run amok.
A perfect example can be found in a Wall Street Journal editorial today. It features none other than Barney Frank, the Democrat who insisted for years that a collapse at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac would not pose a threat to taxpayers. We know how that turned out. So what does Frank have in mind to create a similar scenario for taxpayers? Oh, just a simple little program to federally insure municipal bonds. It isnt that he hasnt learned from his mistakesits that he doesnt carehe just wants more power and control. Please read the details in the article, Barney Franks Double Indemnity, which concludes:
Posted by Jack Lee
The Chico Mall is the latest recession victim and has just declared bankruptsy. We knew it was coming when Gottchalks filed for Chapt. 11. They were a big draw to the Chico Mall. Not sure what the future holds for the Mall, but I have been told they will remain open for now.
I also heard on the news today that banks expect over 10.5% of credit card debt to go into default and be uncollectable, so the banks are taking the proactive stance of jacking up credit card rates to offset that loss. Another case of people who do pay their debts being asked to pay for those who don’t! Sure glad I don’t own a credit card and don’t have any such debt outstanding. I use an ATM card.
BREAKING NEWS!!!: In a joint news conference President Obama and Nancy Pelosi announced they are dropping the name “Pirates”.
The name “Pirates” is degrading and will insult Somalis. They will now be called “Somali Merchant Marine Organizers”. Being an organization they will be eligible for Tarp money, in which they can receive up to $20 billion.
More details as it comes in.
Thanks to you, our loyal readers, we are pleased to announce that Post Scripts has now risen to be the number one most popular blog at ERonline! Arriving at number one was no easy task, and to put it mildly,… our competition was intense!!!
On behalf of Tina, Bruce and myself, thank you people for finally putting us in first place! We owe a lot to our regular commenters who make this site appealing to people from all facets of politics, left and right. In particular we want to thank…. Nick, Tina, Dan, Libby, Toby, OneVike, Jim, Mark, Quentin, Fred, Roger D, Thomas, Karen, C-P, Don, John G. and so many other regulars…you guys rock!
