Just My Two Cents

This has been buggin' the S*#% out of me...

i haven't weighed in on the Financial "Bail Out" but a few days ago i heard that GM wanted money from the government out of the bail out bucket to "help" them continue to be a viable business and to purchase Chrysler (who also isn't the prettiest duck in the pond financially speaking). they loosely stated that because they have GM financing as an arm of their company that they should somehow be considered. additionally, they'll be looking for money from some energy fund (also from the government) as they are also using "energy" to run their company....c'mon already...how ridiculous has this become? not only are we giving our taxpayer money to lending institutions that have mismanaged the money they already have but now we need to give them more money to mismanage... AND then we're being asked to help out other businesses that don't even fall in that category? i know a few much better run businesses here locally that could use help that i'd bet would pay the debt back in a reasonable amount of time.

so, what have we all learned here? don't worry about a fiscally sound business plan because you can always get a hand out from someone who'll save you AND you don't have to prove that you'll handle the new money any better than you did the first time...

ain't it grand?

love, peace and government fleece

Tina Fey as Sarah Palin...SNL VP Debate...Very Funny

Open Letters to the Candidates...Senator McCain

Dear Senator McAge, I mean McCain,

idkwtf u wr thnkng wn u picked SYBP as ur bff!  I mean seriously!  Oh, wait a minute...you don't know how to use a computer right?  So, you have no idea what I said...

Let me translate for you:

I don't know what the fu#k you were thinking when you picked Sarah "You Betcha" Palin as your best friend forever!

I thought a bigger font may be helpful, what with your youth and all.  Far be it from me to pick on age because we'll all be there someday, but really...with age is supposed to come wisdom.  What happened to yours?  Sarah "You Betcha" Palin?  Lost some respect for "ya" big guy.

Enough about that faux pas and on to the issues at hand.  What is your real plan for Iraq?  We don't want to hear that the war will go on until the Generals that are over there say it's over!  Do you know why?  Newsflash...the insurgents are going to keep popping up and there will always be some folks over there that hate us.

Now I'm not fluent in "G.W.", but I'll try and explain this in terms that you'll understand.  Let's say hypothetically, that we had a leader here in the United States who was really more of a dictator in that he had his own agenda, didn't listen to what his people had to say, he was financially secure while most of his constituency was not so financially secure, was overall just a jackass, and had very low popularity with his citizens.  Remember, hypothetically. 

Now, let's say that the Iraqi people recognized this and said we need to fly over to the U.S., bomb the hell out of them, and force the little dictator into the mountains of Gatlinburg, TN where we will catch him and put him on trial (with judge and jury that are completely unbiased because they've never heard anything about this), and if found guilty, then kill him.

My question to you Mr. Maverick is: how long do you think it would take the Iraqi's to completely eradicate all of the people in the United States who didn't want the Iraqi occupation - you know the insurgents?  I'm guessing that war would never end.  What about you?

The deal is that we would really like to hear how you will shift the responsibility of securing their country back to the Iraqi people and WHEN?

A couple of more items that I would like to discuss with you.  So, you want to tax healthcare do "ya"?  Again, I'll try to speak in "G.W." so you'll understand what I'm asking.  'Correctify' me if I'm 'incorrecticate', but don't you as a Senator have benefits for life?  Meaning you'll never have to go out and get benefits on your own righto?  And 'correctify' me if I'm 'incorrecticate' but aren't you 72 years old, with a 'preexistifying' condition?

So you want to give a tax credit, then turn around and tax employers on benefits as though it's income so that they'll drop people?  Tell me Maverick...how many of those dropped people at close to 65, with a preexisting condition and a shrinking job market would be able to get insurance all by their lonesome?

Is the air different in your happy place?  Because down here where the rest of us live, that would not be the wisest of choices.

One last thing...people in your camp keep saying that they are voting for you because of your 'experience'.  That's a frightening thought.  With all of your 'experience', you should know how to use a computer, understand that war is not always the answer, understand economics, and picked a better #2 (and by #2 I don't mean anything relating to the 'potty').

The "Maverick" and Sarah "you betcha" Palin release a new single.  A cover of the song "I Can't Go For That" and featuring "Joe Sixpack" and "The Soccer Moms".  Sounds like the start of a new group called "The New Independent Party".

Do you really understand what's going on here?  If yes, check here _______

Signed,

Really, really hoping that "Maverick" is really just a reference to the television show from 1957

Open Letters to the Candidates...Governor Palin

Dearest Governor Palin,

"Gosh darnit, I'll betcha" didn't know I watched your debate intended for "Joe Sixpack" and "The Soccer Moms" didya?  Wow!  You're so 'regular' that I just don't see how you could possibly run this country if something did indeed happen to the Commander-In-Chief.  It's nice how you are trying to talk to the 'regular' Americans, but let's call a spade a spade - it's kind of a dirty trick.  Preying on the sheep-like ones who will follow so easily...

Now I'm no expert because obviously I'm not running for the highest and second highest offices in this country, but please don't insult the intelligence of the rest of us 'regular' Americans by insinuating that you can actually relate to what we're going through.  And more importantly, don't insult our intelligence by saying things to discredit the other tickets' experience level when I've built and mayored "Sim Cities" that were larger and more difficult to run than the one that you mayored.

And while we're at it, how many times have you been out of the country again?  You keep talking about winning some war and others "waving the white flag of surrender", but if you've never visited very many places outside of the United States to see how the rest of the world lives, then how the "heck" can you convince us that you understand the dynamics of dealing with other countries?

Two other things and I'll let you go...Could you have been any more evasive during your debate?  I mean c'mon, you wouldn't answer the questions.  The only thing you could do was talk about you and the "maverick" (like we give a rats a#s) and how Senator Biden shouldn't keep going back to the past and discussing the Bush administration.

Hello...he needed to keep going back to the past so that maybe "Joe Sixpack" would remember whilst "sitting around the kitchen table" with "The Soccer Moms", that voting for people who don't understand economics very well, speak like down home country folk, are "mavericks" and follow their own agenda whether or not it hurts the very people they are supposed to be representing, that claim to be interested in fiscal responsibility but won't acknowledge that we are so far in debt due to a poorly planned war with no resolution, and are only concerned with the wealthiest 1% of our population, puts us in this fine predicament we are in today.  Hey "Joe Sixpack", you are NOT PART OF THE WEALTHIEST 1%!  NO MATTER WHAT THEY PROMISE, YOU STILL WON'T BE PART OF THE WEALTHIEST 1%!

Lastly, nobody has acknowledged your body language and facial expressions when you discussed gay marriage, but I'm going to.  It appears that you are either very uncomfortable with or really aren't particularly fond of gays.  That's your prerogative, but if you're going to be a part of the leadership team for the country, there's some things you should know.  First of all, STOP SAYING THAT GAYS WANT TO REDEFINE THE WORD MARRIAGE!  You can define the word the same way it's always been defined.  However, if you're the tolerant person you claim to be, then you'll hear what is being said...whatever has to be done from an administrative standpoint to provide basic, civil, human rights to everyone including those in a committed, same-sex relationship, is the issue on the table, not redefining a word that apparently is so powerful that over half the time it is misspelled as D.I.V.O.R.C.E.

And "also maybe golly betcha" in closing, if you would be so kind as to provide us a list of which countries, and in which order you will be visiting them, a plan for how you'll assist the old guy with the economy, how you'll help to make sure that all citizens are treated fairly and have equal rights, how you will speed this "war" up and find the real guy behind 9/11, how you will deal with Iran and/or Pakistan should they become more hostile toward the U.S., and last but not least, how you will be able to diplomatically communicate with those other countries that you'll be visiting, in their language, when you haven't mastered how to communicate in your own language, should "Joe Sixpack & The Soccer Moms" manage to usher you into office, it would be greatly appreciated. 

You see Governor Palin of Alaska (not to be mistaken for one of the one other countries she's visited), I don't believe you actually have a plan and quite frankly, you should come with a caveat ("Joe Sixpack", caveat means warning).

The warning should read: If you think we're in trouble now, well you betcha also maybe, a whole hecka lotta think about how we'll be if I (Sarah Palin) end up as the well heck - President of the United States!

Signed,

Seriously, there was no other woman available in the GOP to pick for V.P.?

Ohmagawd Becky!

This one cracked me up!

Man Ailments - They Are Definitely More Severe

This video needs no explanation...

Finally - Somebody Who Loves A.I. As Much As Me

'Nuff said! ...just my two cents

Make It Stop

In all of my extra spare time (lol), I came across an article in the Trib about Barack Obama's message of hope.  It turns out it's really an article about his limited campaign effort here in Florida.  If you look close, you may find a comment from me at 1:11 p.m., but who's paying attention.

I know it's touchy to talk politics but I just need to vent for a minute.  What is pissing me off beyond belief is how mean people are getting with one another over this Democratic ticket and the general election.  We've forgotten about the real issues facing us and now we're fighting over trivial ~ish~!

I teeter on this edge of not wanting to vote at all.  I just don't want to hear about it anymore.  Somebody promises to save the USA every 4 years and inevitably we produce a whole new set of problems.  No ONE person can please all of the people all of the time.  It's NOT POSSIBLE.  So why, oh why do we have to keep discussing irrelevant ~ish~?

I would like to see all of us grownups just admit whatever our prejudice is, whether it's that we don't want an old Republican, a Democrat, a woman, or a black man in office, get that ~ish~ off your chest and move the hell on.  Let's make some progress and stop rehashing this old b.s.!

I would like to figure out how we can get gas below $4 a gallon, how we can begin paying back our huge debt as a country, eliminating cancer and other ailments, fixing our health care system and stuff like that...is that too much to ask?

...just my two cents

WTF BECKY?!!

Okay so where should I begin on the F*ckery that has been my past two days.  Let me Preface this is saying I had an AMAZING weekend.  It was a dear friends Birthday and I wanted to make sure he had a good time... which I suspect he did.  SO that being said...I go into my rant... yes this is a rant.   

So my company sent me to

Orlando

for a two day traninig session for the data base I will be managing... SO HERE IS MY WTF MOMENT.  I know the way the economy is.. times are hard on everyone and Jobs are scarce... So when I was offered this position I was elated for the fact.. A) it was a damn job and daddy needed one.. and B) It was for a noble Non-For-Profit organization.  OKAY see that *$&^% there is he issue.  NON FOR PROFIT.  I was sent to

Orlando

... They paid for the room and are going to re-inverse me for my expenses.. which were alot.  However my issue is this.  I work in a department doing the most work, yet I am making the least amount of money.. and yet The pauper (me is sent on a business trip where I have to foot the bills.)  I swear it completely infuriated me... the training was in fact helpful.. but %&^% sake I’m broke.  Not to mention I had to drive to @*$&^

Orlando

in my own car.  That in its self is an issue.. I love my car.. she loves me.. But come on Becky.. GAS IS HIGH AS HELL!!   I was reading

USA

TODAY (It was delivered to my room.. though I do read it when I get my hands on it.)  However they had an article... well two that actually caught my eye.  The first being.. That gas Prices in CT, AL and CA have gone up to $4.07 a gallon!!  $4.07 people.. WTF BECKY... That is NUTS!  Secondly.. the next Article was about how the Gen X'ers have No nest egg for retirement.  I found the whole things Completely... hmm no Ironic.. INFURIATING... here I am slaving like Big George on the O’Hara’s plantation and being paid minor duckets while the big wigs, sit on their over paid A$$es and do nothing!  Where is the justice in this... I work everyday like most people.. but go forbid I loose my job... Getting any sort of public assistance (Unemployment, Medicaid) or any of the public works set into motion to aide us are Unavailable.  You seriously have to be Retarded (Sorry if that word offends any of you, but this is my tirade, so Effin Deal), Or you have sit on your fat A$$ and pump out a baby every 6 months and your eating steak and Lobster daily while waiting on your fat check from Uncle Sam.  however in the same token, People like me are busting their hump to go to a training they didn’t want and eating freakin Subway (its cheap and was close to the hotel), because a real restaurant would require gas, and extra Cash that is not available!!  WTF.. so I have decided that when I get back to work, I am going to have a LONG sit down with my boss and let here know.. I NEED A DAMN RAISE.. if not for the sake of living.. for the sake of paying for gas.  Cause if this does not change (Gas Prices or Raise)  Some of you may see me at the bus station Bl*wing Truckers for gas money.  Its not a pretty site.. but what the hell are we going to do... and according to

USA

TODAY...Maybe I should.. cause I wont have a nest egg!!  Where's the justice.. like George and Weezy..WHEN CAN I GET MY PIECE OF THE PIE?!!

...But that’s just MY Damn 2 cents.

~D&G~

They Think Of Everything!!!!!

The madness that is: "WhizBiz"!!!

'Suuuriously', I don't even know what to think.  There's a part of me that can't stop laughing and there's a part of me that is oddly intrigued.

The jury's out...what do y'all think?