You know, I'm not a politician. And I'll be the first to admit that I'm not the most savvy businessman either...nor am I any kind of economic / financial guru by any means. But at the same time, I know inexperience when I see it. And God forbid that Bush actually goes along with this.
Ok, so there's plenty of reports and news articles saying that Obama is asking Bush to give help to the automotive companies. NOWHERE does anyone talk about him doing anything to anyone other than "the Big 3"... well no matter what, you can throw tons of money their direction and yeah, it may help keep them afloat for a short while, but here's something that perhaps they haven't thought of... Who's going to be able to FINANCE those vehicles they're making? NOBODY! What they need to do, is help out financial institutions somehow. No, I'm not saying a "bailout" per se, but what I am saying is to make banks and other financial institutions feel more comfortable in lending money. If the banks won't finance anyone, then 95% of the people out there (by my own guesstimate) will not be able to buy a car. So when no one can buy a car, then that means that all that money the government lends to GM or Ford or Chrysler will only let them make more cars...cars that they won't be able to sell -- which is the problem they're having right now! No one's buying because no one can buy. So if they can somehow help out the financial institutions then that will not only help the auto industry, but it will help all the credit markets too... which in turn will help people to be able to buy things they need. Plus, this will help everyone because small businesses will get their credit lines back, which means they will be able to buy supplies and pay employees to make their widgets, which means they will have more jobs and more jobs mean that people will be able to buy the different companies' widgets. So to me, logically, it seems that since it's money that makes the world go 'round, and money is frozen right now, then figure out a way to loosen the money / credit, get it flowing again, and EVERYONE (people and businesses) will benefit.
I mean, am I completely off my rocker here, or does anyone else have a better answer?
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Thursday, November 6, 2008
About last night's blog...
So, how many of you already had it figured out? How many of you took my blog from last night literally? Well, thankfully, this particular situation, of course, did not happen with my beautiful daughter Madilyn as many people originally thought. It was meant to change people's paradigm when looking at Obama's idiotic "spread the wealth" idea he has. And I hope the situation angered everyone that read it, because regardless of who you are, regardless of your race, sex, background, education level, financial status or your political views, it's exactly where we're heading--Socialism... or as Barack Obama puts it, he wants to "spread the wealth...because {he thinks} when you spread the wealth around, it's good for everybody." But for those of us who know the truth behind it and how it will work, it's only good for "everybody" that doesn't deserve any "wealth." He wants to tax us more, and take OUR money that we WORKED hard to EARN. Yes, those of us who get up every day and work for a living to enrich our lives. Those of us who take pride in what we do. We take pride in working for our families. WE deserve every penny WE EARN. We should KEEP every penny we earn -- not have some "teacher" decide to give it to other "students" who are "too lazy to do their homework or study for tests."
Don't let this happen! Vote for McCa.....oh, wait... the election's over isn't it? Oh well. Guess we don't have a choice anymore. Get ready to "be patriotic and pay {more} taxes" so that our hard-earned money can go to those who aren't.
Don't let this happen! Vote for McCa.....oh, wait... the election's over isn't it? Oh well. Guess we don't have a choice anymore. Get ready to "be patriotic and pay {more} taxes" so that our hard-earned money can go to those who aren't.
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
What do YOU think?
Your 10-year-old daughter gets into your car after school, bawling her eyes out because she got a 'C' on her report card. This same 10-year-old daughter, who has always worked hard to get and keep very good grades... always a straight-A student. Well what in the world happened? Did she not turn in an assignment? Did she do bad on a test? Actually no. Turns out there was some other students that decided to blow-off their tests...didn't turn in any assignments. But the teacher figured that to "be fair" to those other students, they would take points away from your straight-A daughter, because she has plenty of good grades...She can afford it, right? She's got plenty of A's to get into college, but these other students don't... so the teacher wants to "help them along" in this way.
Now you tell me... is this fair? Comments, please....and if you haven't figured it out yet, I'll explain it later after getting comments.
Now you tell me... is this fair? Comments, please....and if you haven't figured it out yet, I'll explain it later after getting comments.
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
To the over 50% of people that voted for "Change" -- think again.
Well America, its done. Its happened. You (at least 51% of you) have voted in someone that will NOT do what you think he's going to do. Plus, there's something else that's a BAD side-effect that I bet no one ever thought of....it's fairly small in and of itself, but it will have HUGE negative impacts on quite a few of us....but I'll get to that later.
So why am I sooooo against a Democrat president? I'm not...I'm just against Barry "Barack" Hussein (Who's sane? Surely not anyone that voted for him) Obama. Because he's black, right? Well, that does have something to do with my point I will make later, but no, him being HALF-BLACK that has nothing to do with why I am so against him. Actually, I could care less what color he is. Its how he won, how he REALLY is and more importantly the fact that over 50% of Americans have been deceived...misled...defrauded...lied to....only those of you who voted for him are too damn stupid to realize it! Yeah, that's right -- I said it. You didn't care to do your own research into this man who you apparently think the second coming of Jesus Christ... or at least that's how the media has treated him (indisputable fact.) You didn't care about his very questionable (at best) extremely radical associations, and oh, don't forget the fact that he's going to HAVE to raise taxes, because he plans on over a TRILLION dollars in more government spending (by his own account--another indisputable fact). So what if he says he's going to give tax breaks for 95% of the middle class. Tax breaks don't do any damn good if he taxes our small businesses more (BTW -- *I* am a small business owner!) and our large corporations.
Here's a clue for those of you who support his tax plan to tax people like Exxon and other large corporations...LARGE CORPORATIONS DO NOT PAY TAXES! I mean, yes -- technically, on paper, they do. But here's how it works for those of you who have now voted this man into office because you were too damn stupid to find out for yourself what his "change" is really going to do to this country:
...what happens is let's say a specific large corporation has about a 30% profit margin on their particular widget they sell. Ok, so now here comes who used to be "Uncle Sam" (now "Uncle Barack") who is going to raise taxes on these corporations. So now, the profit margin on their widget has been cut in half because of Uncle Barack's new taxes. So, instead of smiling and "being patriotic by paying more taxes" as good ol' Uncle Joe Biden says, they're not going to let their 30% profit margin be bitten into by new taxes, they're going to offload that cost onto the consumer that buys their widget. So what does that mean? That means that their widget that used to cost $100 now cost $130! So that means that you can't buy as many as you or your company had planned on buying. So now if you or your company needs said widget, you are going to have to cut costs or simply not buy it. So what does that mean? Well, you're not the only one (or only company) that doesn't have the ability to buy that widget anymore so since you (and/or your company) isn't buying, then now, that company that makes the widget has to either cut their costs (ie, lay people off) or lower the prices of their widget which then cuts into their profits...either way, that leads to significantly lower profits, which then leads to the company's stock dropping in value...which means that the widget company who has had many people work for them for years and has (or had) quite a nice nest egg in the company's stock with their 401k now has a $4.01 k. And that's just an example of one company. Now imagine that happening to literally HUNDREDS if not THOUSANDS of companies all across the US. What's that going to do to the economy? You think the economy is bad now??? Just wait until Uncle Barack and Uncle Biden make up new taxes for the company that YOU work for...wait -- make that, the company that you used to work for because you're now laid off...all in the name of "Change."
Now, for my 2nd point about him being "black." First off, the man is not black. He is HALF black. What happened to the other half? What does that say about what he thinks about his other half?? Obviously he doesn't give a damn...all he cares about is the "black" part and nothing more. Technically, he is not the first "Black president" nor is the first "African American." I'm sorry, but most "black" people in this country are NOT "African Americans" since the majority of them are NOT from Africa. Maybe their ancestors are, but THEY are not. I have a noteable part of "American Indian" in me, so does that make me "American Indian" ?? Well, if Barack is an African American, then I guess I'm an American Indian...or even an Native Indian! Whoo-Hoo!
Anyway, let me get back to my second point. After I came home today from voting and getting my new drivers license, and working a quick job since I'm a small business owner working for myself, I turned on Fox News to see what the Election coverage was all about. So, the first thing I see is an "African American" girl saying this crap:
"I never thought this day would happen. . . .I won't have to work on puttin' gas in my car.I won't have to work at payin' my mortgage.You know.If I help him (Obama), he's gonna help me."
Here's the video:
I COULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT I WAS HEARING!!! I mean, I knew that there really are idiots in this world, but I couldn't believe that someone would actually be STUPID enough to say that on NATIONAL TELEVISION! And THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT SUPPORT HIM!!! These are the people that wanted him in office! These are the same kind of people that are still living in the Hurricaine Katrina FEMA issued trailers, THREE YEARS LATER driving around in their new BMW's, Caddilacs, Escallades (yes, I know it's also a Caddie) and has their big screen HD LCD TV's while receiving a government welfare check. Oh -- and don't forget, these same people, despite still living in these trailers, are also suing FEMA and the government (trying to get more free money) claiming that supposedly the trailers have high levels of formadelhyde in them and it's making them sick. You know what? I hope they do have toxic fumes in them! If it's that bad, then maybe you should get your ass out! Go get a damn job! Go get an apartment that you pay for yourself! Go get your life back! Go make a GOOD name for yourself! Quit depending on the government for handouts! Quit acting like you're a victim! You're only making yourself one. Oh wait, nevermind. You don't have to anymore. I forgot that it's STUPID PEOPLE LIKE YOU or who shares your same SOCIALISTIC views, who wants a HUGE government to give you free healthcare and give you a check (paid for with MY new, higher taxes) all because you're too lazy to go out and work.
Oh, and my other point... Here's one that people haven't thought of...and if they have, they don't have the gall to say it--but I do. It has to do with black people. No, not all black people, just the ones that, well, let's just say the ones that "regular black people" don't like either. Again, I'm not racist, I'm just intolerant. Anyway, the "regular black people" meaning the ones that don't depend on a government check, the ones that actually work for what they want, go to school, make good grades, get a good education, get a good job, make a good living, have a nice place to live, nice family, etc. it's those people who will look at this in the right way and say that not they themselves, but their ancestors would be so proud of what our country has done. The fact that our country has come so far as to elect a HALF-BLACK man as their next president. This is a very proud moment for those kinds of people and I would NEVER EVER want to take that feeling away from ANY of them. So despite my ranting and raving and talk of how "intolerant" I am about SPECIFIC kinds of people (of ALL different kinds of race, color, sex, age, whatever) I still feel good for those kinds of people that are proud for all the right reasons. However, I would also be willing to bet that those same people would NOT want a black or half-black man (or woman) to be elected president just because if their color. But that's EXACTLY what happened here. More on that in a bit.
So why am I sooooo against a Democrat president? I'm not...I'm just against Barry "Barack" Hussein (Who's sane? Surely not anyone that voted for him) Obama. Because he's black, right? Well, that does have something to do with my point I will make later, but no, him being HALF-BLACK that has nothing to do with why I am so against him. Actually, I could care less what color he is. Its how he won, how he REALLY is and more importantly the fact that over 50% of Americans have been deceived...misled...defrauded...lied to....only those of you who voted for him are too damn stupid to realize it! Yeah, that's right -- I said it. You didn't care to do your own research into this man who you apparently think the second coming of Jesus Christ... or at least that's how the media has treated him (indisputable fact.) You didn't care about his very questionable (at best) extremely radical associations, and oh, don't forget the fact that he's going to HAVE to raise taxes, because he plans on over a TRILLION dollars in more government spending (by his own account--another indisputable fact). So what if he says he's going to give tax breaks for 95% of the middle class. Tax breaks don't do any damn good if he taxes our small businesses more (BTW -- *I* am a small business owner!) and our large corporations.
Here's a clue for those of you who support his tax plan to tax people like Exxon and other large corporations...LARGE CORPORATIONS DO NOT PAY TAXES! I mean, yes -- technically, on paper, they do. But here's how it works for those of you who have now voted this man into office because you were too damn stupid to find out for yourself what his "change" is really going to do to this country:
...what happens is let's say a specific large corporation has about a 30% profit margin on their particular widget they sell. Ok, so now here comes who used to be "Uncle Sam" (now "Uncle Barack") who is going to raise taxes on these corporations. So now, the profit margin on their widget has been cut in half because of Uncle Barack's new taxes. So, instead of smiling and "being patriotic by paying more taxes" as good ol' Uncle Joe Biden says, they're not going to let their 30% profit margin be bitten into by new taxes, they're going to offload that cost onto the consumer that buys their widget. So what does that mean? That means that their widget that used to cost $100 now cost $130! So that means that you can't buy as many as you or your company had planned on buying. So now if you or your company needs said widget, you are going to have to cut costs or simply not buy it. So what does that mean? Well, you're not the only one (or only company) that doesn't have the ability to buy that widget anymore so since you (and/or your company) isn't buying, then now, that company that makes the widget has to either cut their costs (ie, lay people off) or lower the prices of their widget which then cuts into their profits...either way, that leads to significantly lower profits, which then leads to the company's stock dropping in value...which means that the widget company who has had many people work for them for years and has (or had) quite a nice nest egg in the company's stock with their 401k now has a $4.01 k. And that's just an example of one company. Now imagine that happening to literally HUNDREDS if not THOUSANDS of companies all across the US. What's that going to do to the economy? You think the economy is bad now??? Just wait until Uncle Barack and Uncle Biden make up new taxes for the company that YOU work for...wait -- make that, the company that you used to work for because you're now laid off...all in the name of "Change."
Now, for my 2nd point about him being "black." First off, the man is not black. He is HALF black. What happened to the other half? What does that say about what he thinks about his other half?? Obviously he doesn't give a damn...all he cares about is the "black" part and nothing more. Technically, he is not the first "Black president" nor is the first "African American." I'm sorry, but most "black" people in this country are NOT "African Americans" since the majority of them are NOT from Africa. Maybe their ancestors are, but THEY are not. I have a noteable part of "American Indian" in me, so does that make me "American Indian" ?? Well, if Barack is an African American, then I guess I'm an American Indian...or even an Native Indian! Whoo-Hoo!
Anyway, let me get back to my second point. After I came home today from voting and getting my new drivers license, and working a quick job since I'm a small business owner working for myself, I turned on Fox News to see what the Election coverage was all about. So, the first thing I see is an "African American" girl saying this crap:
"I never thought this day would happen. . . .I won't have to work on puttin' gas in my car.I won't have to work at payin' my mortgage.You know.If I help him (Obama), he's gonna help me."
Here's the video:
I COULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT I WAS HEARING!!! I mean, I knew that there really are idiots in this world, but I couldn't believe that someone would actually be STUPID enough to say that on NATIONAL TELEVISION! And THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT SUPPORT HIM!!! These are the people that wanted him in office! These are the same kind of people that are still living in the Hurricaine Katrina FEMA issued trailers, THREE YEARS LATER driving around in their new BMW's, Caddilacs, Escallades (yes, I know it's also a Caddie) and has their big screen HD LCD TV's while receiving a government welfare check. Oh -- and don't forget, these same people, despite still living in these trailers, are also suing FEMA and the government (trying to get more free money) claiming that supposedly the trailers have high levels of formadelhyde in them and it's making them sick. You know what? I hope they do have toxic fumes in them! If it's that bad, then maybe you should get your ass out! Go get a damn job! Go get an apartment that you pay for yourself! Go get your life back! Go make a GOOD name for yourself! Quit depending on the government for handouts! Quit acting like you're a victim! You're only making yourself one. Oh wait, nevermind. You don't have to anymore. I forgot that it's STUPID PEOPLE LIKE YOU or who shares your same SOCIALISTIC views, who wants a HUGE government to give you free healthcare and give you a check (paid for with MY new, higher taxes) all because you're too lazy to go out and work.
Oh, and my other point... Here's one that people haven't thought of...and if they have, they don't have the gall to say it--but I do. It has to do with black people. No, not all black people, just the ones that, well, let's just say the ones that "regular black people" don't like either. Again, I'm not racist, I'm just intolerant. Anyway, the "regular black people" meaning the ones that don't depend on a government check, the ones that actually work for what they want, go to school, make good grades, get a good education, get a good job, make a good living, have a nice place to live, nice family, etc. it's those people who will look at this in the right way and say that not they themselves, but their ancestors would be so proud of what our country has done. The fact that our country has come so far as to elect a HALF-BLACK man as their next president. This is a very proud moment for those kinds of people and I would NEVER EVER want to take that feeling away from ANY of them. So despite my ranting and raving and talk of how "intolerant" I am about SPECIFIC kinds of people (of ALL different kinds of race, color, sex, age, whatever) I still feel good for those kinds of people that are proud for all the right reasons. However, I would also be willing to bet that those same people would NOT want a black or half-black man (or woman) to be elected president just because if their color. But that's EXACTLY what happened here. More on that in a bit.
Anyway, it's the other ones that I'm talking about now. The very small group of blacks that now feel they have been "vindicated" and also "validated" because they think "now we got a brutha in charge." The ones that will now feel that they are even more entitled to things just because there's finally "a black man in the white house." Believe me--I've seen PLENTY of those people in my lifetime. I've been around them. I know them. I can't stand them. The ones that are all "black power" and the ones that feel when they're wronged (even if 100 times out of 100 a "white man" would be "wronged" the very same way) it's automatically "discrimination" or "it's because I'm black." It's those people that even "regular black people" can't stand because then it paints all blacks with the same brush. The problem is this. Even though, like I said, it's a very small group of people that feel that way, they have a tendency to make life bad for not only "regular black people" but also a lot of other people. Because now they feel like they have extra support where they've never had it, so now they feel they can get away with more. Believe me -- I know most of you reading this are probably thinking that I'm WAY off base here, but trust me -- I have been places. I have been around these kind of people. I know they exist. I wish they didn't, but they do. I just hope that because of Obama's nomination that they don't grow to a small majority and make more people's life hell than they already do.
Well, that's all for now. I've been way too "extreme" for now. I'm sure I'll catch heat for it, but oh well. Freedom of speech, right? And I'll also say this -- I may give my opinion on things, but I also state facts. As much as people don't want to admit it, or even look up the facts for themselves, they are facts. I dare anyone to try and dispute my facts.
And one more thing -- one of Nicole's friends said it best when they said that because I voted, I reserve the right to say "I told you so" for the next four years when he does everything against what he said he was going to do... or when he runs this country further into debt and when we get attacked again on American soil because he pulls out without a victory.
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