Thursday, May 28, 2009
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Friday, May 22, 2009
Quick Question
tell me how raising taxes by 145% on beer and raising taxes on soda to help fund healthcare, isn't raising taxes on the poor? I thought the poor weren't going to suffer higher taxes.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
A Letter from a Auto Dealer in Florida
Thought you may enjoy ....
My name is George C. Joseph. I am the sole owner of Sunshine Dodge-Isuzu, a family owned and operated business in Melbourne, Florida. My family bought and paid for this automobile franchise 35 years ago in 1974. I am the second generation to manage this business.
We currently employ 50+ people and before the economic slowdown we employed over 70 local people. We are active in the community and the local chamber of commerce. We deal with several dozen local vendors on a day to day basis and many more during a month. All depend on our business for part of their livelihood. We are financially strong with great respect in the market place and community. We have strong local presence and stability.
I work every day the store is open, nine to ten hours a day. I know most of our customers and all our employees. Sunshine Dodge is my life.
On Thursday, May 14, 2009 I was notified that my Dodge franchise, that we purchased, will be taken away from my family on June 9, 2009 without compensation and given to another dealer at no cost to them. My new vehicle inventory consists of 125 vehicles with a financed balance of 3 million dollars. This inventory becomes impossible to sell with no factory incentives beyond June 9, 2009. Without the Dodge franchise we can no longer sell a new Dodge as "new," nor will we be able to do any warranty service work. Additionally, my Dodge parts inventory, (approximately $300,000.) is virtually worthless without the ability to perform warranty service. There is no offer from Chrysler to buy back the vehicles or parts inventory.
Our facility was recently totally renovated at Chrysler's insistence, incurring a multi-million dollar debt in the form of a mortgage at Sun Trust Bank.
HOW IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CAN THIS HAPPEN?
THIS IS A PRIVATE BUSINESS NOT A GOVERNMENT ENTITY
This is beyond imagination! My business is being stolen from me through NO FAULT OF OUR OWN. We did NOTHING wrong.
This atrocity will most likely force my family into bankruptcy. This will also cause our 50+ employees to be unemployed. How will they provide for their families? This is a total economic disaster.
HOW CAN THIS HAPPEN IN A FREE MARKET ECONOMY IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA?
I beseech your help, and look forward to your reply. Thank you.
Sincerely,
George C. Joseph
President & Owner
Sunshine Dodge-Isuzu
My name is George C. Joseph. I am the sole owner of Sunshine Dodge-Isuzu, a family owned and operated business in Melbourne, Florida. My family bought and paid for this automobile franchise 35 years ago in 1974. I am the second generation to manage this business.
We currently employ 50+ people and before the economic slowdown we employed over 70 local people. We are active in the community and the local chamber of commerce. We deal with several dozen local vendors on a day to day basis and many more during a month. All depend on our business for part of their livelihood. We are financially strong with great respect in the market place and community. We have strong local presence and stability.
I work every day the store is open, nine to ten hours a day. I know most of our customers and all our employees. Sunshine Dodge is my life.
On Thursday, May 14, 2009 I was notified that my Dodge franchise, that we purchased, will be taken away from my family on June 9, 2009 without compensation and given to another dealer at no cost to them. My new vehicle inventory consists of 125 vehicles with a financed balance of 3 million dollars. This inventory becomes impossible to sell with no factory incentives beyond June 9, 2009. Without the Dodge franchise we can no longer sell a new Dodge as "new," nor will we be able to do any warranty service work. Additionally, my Dodge parts inventory, (approximately $300,000.) is virtually worthless without the ability to perform warranty service. There is no offer from Chrysler to buy back the vehicles or parts inventory.
Our facility was recently totally renovated at Chrysler's insistence, incurring a multi-million dollar debt in the form of a mortgage at Sun Trust Bank.
HOW IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CAN THIS HAPPEN?
THIS IS A PRIVATE BUSINESS NOT A GOVERNMENT ENTITY
This is beyond imagination! My business is being stolen from me through NO FAULT OF OUR OWN. We did NOTHING wrong.
This atrocity will most likely force my family into bankruptcy. This will also cause our 50+ employees to be unemployed. How will they provide for their families? This is a total economic disaster.
HOW CAN THIS HAPPEN IN A FREE MARKET ECONOMY IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA?
I beseech your help, and look forward to your reply. Thank you.
Sincerely,
George C. Joseph
President & Owner
Sunshine Dodge-Isuzu
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
I don't get it
Why hate rich corporations?
They got where they are by being smart with their money and making good decisions.
go way out on the longest limb you could possibly imagine with me for a sec.
I am getting to a point where It is more feasible for me to focus on a career of some kind. Kids are getting off to school and time is freeing up. I haven't worked for a while BY CHOICE to raise my babies into young gentlemen. we could have been better off financially if I HAD to put work before kids. So aaaanyway back to that limb
lets just pretend that I started selling lots of jewelry at the store. And then expanded to another and another, and eventually had a well known line of Jewelry. Its gets bigger and bigger, and gets as big as lets say ROLEX (still with me?) Now I am not allowed to make over what, 250,000 a year? But I want to. Where do I go from there, why does someone get to tell me how much I can make before they start seizing it?
Corporations aren't allowed to get too big to fail, how about government - can it get too big to fail? Cuz it certainly is massive and getting bigger!!!
COMMUNISM IS A BAD WORD!
COMMUNISM IS A BAD WORD!
COMMUNISM IS A BAD WORD!
They got where they are by being smart with their money and making good decisions.
go way out on the longest limb you could possibly imagine with me for a sec.
I am getting to a point where It is more feasible for me to focus on a career of some kind. Kids are getting off to school and time is freeing up. I haven't worked for a while BY CHOICE to raise my babies into young gentlemen. we could have been better off financially if I HAD to put work before kids. So aaaanyway back to that limb
lets just pretend that I started selling lots of jewelry at the store. And then expanded to another and another, and eventually had a well known line of Jewelry. Its gets bigger and bigger, and gets as big as lets say ROLEX (still with me?) Now I am not allowed to make over what, 250,000 a year? But I want to. Where do I go from there, why does someone get to tell me how much I can make before they start seizing it?
Corporations aren't allowed to get too big to fail, how about government - can it get too big to fail? Cuz it certainly is massive and getting bigger!!!
COMMUNISM IS A BAD WORD!
COMMUNISM IS A BAD WORD!
COMMUNISM IS A BAD WORD!
I Love my new netbook
Thank you Bridget for introducing me to the world of tiny computers!
I doubt you read my blog anymore (This is stressful stuff), but I still owe you a bit of thanks. :)
I doubt you read my blog anymore (This is stressful stuff), but I still owe you a bit of thanks. :)
When I grew up communism was a bad word!
Why should the government tell me what kind of car I drive? Where is my freedom of choice?
And this NC smoking ban, is this in public establishments? I certainly hope they aren't telling private businesses what to do. Wouldn't surprise me at this point though.
And this NC smoking ban, is this in public establishments? I certainly hope they aren't telling private businesses what to do. Wouldn't surprise me at this point though.
About the Young Republicans group we met
We were extremely impressed with the diversity of peoples involved. It was definitely not just a white guys party!
I was also super impressed with the gentleman running for sheriff in the upcoming election.
I was also super impressed with the gentleman running for sheriff in the upcoming election.
I didn't write this - not taking credit for content
THIS IDEA OF 'FREE' HEALTHCARE
"Don't you worry dear friends... we will get government-run healthcare in this country. It is only a matter of time. But just remember that to most people, they view government-run healthcare (or universal healthcare) as "free" healthcare. That would be because they are government-educated fools.
The last thing that universal healthcare is going to be is free. Maybe it will be free to those 50% of Americans who don't pay income taxes. But for a lot of Americans, this grand government healthcare scheme is going to cost them a lot of money in the form of tax increases. Remember, government doesn't earn wealth it seizes wealth. So in order to provide a service like healthcare, it has to get the money to pay for it - and the more you produce, the more of that money is going to come from you.
That leads me to this poll conducted by Rasmussen ... 42% of Americans say that everyone in the United States should have "free" healthcare. So there we go. Now you understand our dilemma. This question is inherently flawed, but I think you understand what they are getting at - it might as well be a right that is outlined in our Bill of Rights ... the right to healthcare!
Interesting to note, however, that by a two-to-one margin Americans reject the idea of free healthcare if it means that they would have to change their own coverage or join a program administered by the government.
So people don't want the government to touch their own healthcare, but they believe that the government should provide it for others."
"Don't you worry dear friends... we will get government-run healthcare in this country. It is only a matter of time. But just remember that to most people, they view government-run healthcare (or universal healthcare) as "free" healthcare. That would be because they are government-educated fools.
The last thing that universal healthcare is going to be is free. Maybe it will be free to those 50% of Americans who don't pay income taxes. But for a lot of Americans, this grand government healthcare scheme is going to cost them a lot of money in the form of tax increases. Remember, government doesn't earn wealth it seizes wealth. So in order to provide a service like healthcare, it has to get the money to pay for it - and the more you produce, the more of that money is going to come from you.
That leads me to this poll conducted by Rasmussen ... 42% of Americans say that everyone in the United States should have "free" healthcare. So there we go. Now you understand our dilemma. This question is inherently flawed, but I think you understand what they are getting at - it might as well be a right that is outlined in our Bill of Rights ... the right to healthcare!
Interesting to note, however, that by a two-to-one margin Americans reject the idea of free healthcare if it means that they would have to change their own coverage or join a program administered by the government.
So people don't want the government to touch their own healthcare, but they believe that the government should provide it for others."
Take our State Back Tea Party Public Service announcement for NC from
A protest against the Billion Dollar State Tax Increase
Wednesday, June 3,
4:30pm - 7:00pm
Halifax Mall
Downtown Raleigh
"Come to Raleigh and tell your elected official
"not another dime"We are taxed enough already. No more taxes on,
fixing my car, moving and storage, downloading music, cigarettes, alcohol, painting my house,
going to the movies........no new taxes period!
there will be buses from asheville, goldsboro, Greensboro, Charlotte, Jacksonville, New bern, Sanford, Pinehurst, Staatesville, Wilmington, and Winston-Salem.
Info taken from here, please click to register
Wednesday, June 3,
4:30pm - 7:00pm
Halifax Mall
Downtown Raleigh
"Come to Raleigh and tell your elected official
"not another dime"We are taxed enough already. No more taxes on,
fixing my car, moving and storage, downloading music, cigarettes, alcohol, painting my house,
going to the movies........no new taxes period!
there will be buses from asheville, goldsboro, Greensboro, Charlotte, Jacksonville, New bern, Sanford, Pinehurst, Staatesville, Wilmington, and Winston-Salem.
Info taken from here, please click to register
Monday, May 18, 2009
Saturday, May 16, 2009
get involved
I figure if I am gonna spew my opinions here, I might as well get involved.
We went to a young republicans pig pickin today. It was alright, might be something to do =. they meet 2nd thursday each month at 7. They don't appear to be RINOs from what I could tell today.
We went to a young republicans pig pickin today. It was alright, might be something to do =. they meet 2nd thursday each month at 7. They don't appear to be RINOs from what I could tell today.
Friday, May 15, 2009
Health Care
How are they gonna pay for it???
By taxing soda!
Ha I don't even drink soda, except on family movie night or if I am at a special event somewhere.
yup - not exactly taxing the stinkin' rich, are they?
By taxing soda!
Ha I don't even drink soda, except on family movie night or if I am at a special event somewhere.
yup - not exactly taxing the stinkin' rich, are they?
Pig Pickin
I am going to a young republicans pig pickin tomorrow - to see what Brunswick Co. Repubs are like. Hopefully not RINOs!
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Net Book
I just made either the best ever purchase or the stupidest.
I got a macked out netbook (really good deal!!)
Something is telling me I really needed to get it now! I know for the time being it isn't really necessary, but If I wait the dollar is going to be worthless and taxes are gonna be so freaking high the price will likely double, in my thinking anyway.
Besides that I will need the internet as I am hiking around Thailand, right.
OK Ok no plans for Thailand yet, just thinking about an escape America route. They are fucking with healthcare and that scares the ever loving shit out of me!!! I am rushing out to get all my medical stuff done now instead of waiting.
back to my purchase, it is only really gonna suck if either my or my hubbies cars crap out, which is likely - hopefully they can hold out for 1 year. In exactly one year we will be out of debt if everything holds steady.
On that note we are selling all our stock and purchasing gold.
Gold won't lose value the way the dollar is going to!
No, I am not gonna melt this gold down, it is gold bars and coins.
And for any would be theives, before coming to my house and stealing my gold from me, be forewarned it isn't much. And for all you know I may have it buried in the ground so THE MAN can't find it and give it to the poor, oh wait I am poor - what an oxymoron!
I got a macked out netbook (really good deal!!)
Something is telling me I really needed to get it now! I know for the time being it isn't really necessary, but If I wait the dollar is going to be worthless and taxes are gonna be so freaking high the price will likely double, in my thinking anyway.
Besides that I will need the internet as I am hiking around Thailand, right.
OK Ok no plans for Thailand yet, just thinking about an escape America route. They are fucking with healthcare and that scares the ever loving shit out of me!!! I am rushing out to get all my medical stuff done now instead of waiting.
back to my purchase, it is only really gonna suck if either my or my hubbies cars crap out, which is likely - hopefully they can hold out for 1 year. In exactly one year we will be out of debt if everything holds steady.
On that note we are selling all our stock and purchasing gold.
Gold won't lose value the way the dollar is going to!
No, I am not gonna melt this gold down, it is gold bars and coins.
And for any would be theives, before coming to my house and stealing my gold from me, be forewarned it isn't much. And for all you know I may have it buried in the ground so THE MAN can't find it and give it to the poor, oh wait I am poor - what an oxymoron!
Monday, May 11, 2009
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Friday, May 8, 2009
budget cuts
Here is a list of the one half of one percent of the 3.4 trillion Obama has taken from you.
Read through it just a bit, I am amazed about all the department of defense cuts, makes me feel safe.
Read through it just a bit, I am amazed about all the department of defense cuts, makes me feel safe.
Thursday, May 7, 2009
I wanna read this one now
I have never heard of this book before, but after stumbling upon it on Amazon, I really want to read it. I wanna understand just like everyone else does.
Moment of Truth in Iraq: How a New 'Greatest Generation' of American Soldiers is Turning Defeat and Disaster into Victory and Hope
Moment of Truth in Iraq: How a New 'Greatest Generation' of American Soldiers is Turning Defeat and Disaster into Victory and Hope
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Dihydrogen Monoxide
This is hilarious
I would just copy and paste here for ease of read, but there seems to be a copyright so here is the link
http://www.dhmo.org/
I would just copy and paste here for ease of read, but there seems to be a copyright so here is the link
http://www.dhmo.org/
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Etsy etc
In the forum I just posted a thread about "Lyberty and Tyranny" and how all should read it.
I didn't say anyone had to believe anything in it.
It is young yet but has got only positive responses.
I am waiting for it to turn ugly though. Etsy is afterall a sea of Liberals with a few conservatives sprinkled in.
Is it my imagination or is my writing ability improving?
I didn't say anyone had to believe anything in it.
It is young yet but has got only positive responses.
I am waiting for it to turn ugly though. Etsy is afterall a sea of Liberals with a few conservatives sprinkled in.
Is it my imagination or is my writing ability improving?
I like todays quote (from my sidebar)
"You can't cross a sea by merely
staring into the water."
- Rabindranath Tagore
We should all try to actively cross that sea, instead of staring at it.
staring into the water."
- Rabindranath Tagore
We should all try to actively cross that sea, instead of staring at it.
I finished the book
Now I need to read it again!
The wealth of knowledge is magnificent in this book! Not a single sentence wastes a thought. If one was to highlight important elements, the entire book would be yellow.
I have thoughts to post here about it, and they will be coming shortly.
The wealth of knowledge is magnificent in this book! Not a single sentence wastes a thought. If one was to highlight important elements, the entire book would be yellow.
I have thoughts to post here about it, and they will be coming shortly.
I can't even read etsy forums about political stuff, these people blow my mind with their ignorance! ignorance is not meant an insult here, it just is what it is.
Ignorance is the state in which a person lacks knowledge and is unaware of something. This should not be confused with being unintelligent, as one's level of intelligence and level of education or general awareness are not the same. The word "Ignorant" is an adjective describing a person in the state of being unaware.
Ignorance is the state in which a person lacks knowledge and is unaware of something. This should not be confused with being unintelligent, as one's level of intelligence and level of education or general awareness are not the same. The word "Ignorant" is an adjective describing a person in the state of being unaware.
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