Hey also to just put my thoughts out there regarding our state of affairs;
When California goes bankrupt, we're told police and firefighters will have to be cut. Really? How about all of those programs that give so much money to illegals, or to welfare mom's for child care so they can supposidly go out pounding the pavement looking for work, I'm sure that's what they are doing NOT. Just to name a few stupid expensive programs.
Or the new health care program that the government will run, really? They do such a great job running other programs right? OMG. Instead we need to only treat illegals with emergent care, stop the anchor baby ruling, and get us back on track and stop spending so much. Emergency care is fine, but ONLY emergent care. How about our legislators getting the same health care as the rest of us, no special care for them.
I am very proud of this country, and get very angry with hearing Obama apologize to other countries for acts that America has done. Unbelievable. He doesn't speak for me.
I'm very worried about the direction our country is going in, we are going into so much debt that it'll be very hard for us to get out. Our legislators are more concerned that they vote with the party so they can have certain positions, they don't vote according to us or what we want. Just wait until voting time.
The stimulus bill, OMG! The amount of money going to fluff programs is making me so angry! Unbelievable! Also all of the Czars who don't have to be accountable to anyone. The media is so biased and folks vote according to what they read and hear on the news, which is scary knowing that most the news is not correct. Also, how about Obama's birth certificate really. All Obama would have to do is show us a real copy, instead he has spent over one million dollars blocking this information from leaking out. Really? This only makes me wonder what he's trying to hide. I'm holding out for proof that he isn't a natural born citizen and will be kicked out of office, but then we have Biden or God forbid, Pelosi, what a nightmare. AARRGGGHHHH!!!!
We as a society have been dummying down big time, I'm reminded of this video below as an example.
How Obama Got Elected
Saturday, August 01, 2009
Gosh, So Much Has Gone By
Has it really been last February since I wrote any entry here? Wow, so much has happened, good things. I have been pretty busy with working alot, but the overtime has been really good to pay off my ex half the worth of my retirement and also have money to get a few things done around the house.
My son came home for a wedding and it was great spending time with him and his friends. He looked awesome, no surprise there, he loves what he's doing and I'm so very proud of him.
My daughter is shining and her focus on her future is awesome. She is so smart and kind, I am so very proud of her too.
I love all of my kids choice of friends, they are all great people which love life and enjoy living to the max.
I'm doing okay, working on finishing the basement, which has been hanging over my head for years, it's good to see that I'm finally getting to a point where it'll be a reality being finished!
It's been raining alot this summer, which I love as it's been so dry here. Makes me wonder what kind of winter Colorado will give me in a few months. As I finish the downstairs, it'll be good putting in the insulation as that should help on the heating bill.
Aside from that, I'm working trying to lose weight again, sigh. I've been working out more, with walking and jogging on my road outside and doing the stairs while at work. My daughter and I did the Bolder Boulder race, what a kick that was. We walked and jogged and had the best time.
That's all for now, I had been planning on doing the Muddy Buddy race August 16th up in Boulder, but signed up for some overtime instead. Quite the excuse, but I really wanted to do that race, it sounded like so much fun. My goal was to just finish lol.
My son came home for a wedding and it was great spending time with him and his friends. He looked awesome, no surprise there, he loves what he's doing and I'm so very proud of him.
My daughter is shining and her focus on her future is awesome. She is so smart and kind, I am so very proud of her too.
I love all of my kids choice of friends, they are all great people which love life and enjoy living to the max.
I'm doing okay, working on finishing the basement, which has been hanging over my head for years, it's good to see that I'm finally getting to a point where it'll be a reality being finished!
It's been raining alot this summer, which I love as it's been so dry here. Makes me wonder what kind of winter Colorado will give me in a few months. As I finish the downstairs, it'll be good putting in the insulation as that should help on the heating bill.
Aside from that, I'm working trying to lose weight again, sigh. I've been working out more, with walking and jogging on my road outside and doing the stairs while at work. My daughter and I did the Bolder Boulder race, what a kick that was. We walked and jogged and had the best time.
That's all for now, I had been planning on doing the Muddy Buddy race August 16th up in Boulder, but signed up for some overtime instead. Quite the excuse, but I really wanted to do that race, it sounded like so much fun. My goal was to just finish lol.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
We've Certainly Fallen On Black Days....
Soundgarden; Fell On Black Days
Whatsoever I've feared has
Come to life
Whatsoever I've fought off
Became my life
Just when everyday
Seemed to greet
Me with a smile
Sunspots have faded
And now I'm doing time
Cause I fell on
Black days
Whomsoever I've cured
I've sickened now
Whomsoever I've cradled
I've put you down
I'm a search light soul
They say but I can't
See it in the night
I'm only faking
When I get it right
Cause I fell on
Black days
How would I know
That this could be my fate
Whatsoever I've feared has
Come to life
Whatsoever I've fought off
Became my life
Just when everyday
Seemed to greet
Me with a smile
Sunspots have faded
And now I'm doing time
Cause I fell on
Black days
Whomsoever I've cured
I've sickened now
Whomsoever I've cradled
I've put you down
I'm a search light soul
They say but I can't
See it in the night
I'm only faking
When I get it right
Cause I fell on
Black days
How would I know
That this could be my fate
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Stimulus Package
OMG, it passed 63-37. Please look at the links that I've provided to back up my comments;
I am so angry about this stimulus package. I hate that we are borrowing every penny of the $838 Billion more to add to our future generations debt. With no plan for repayment of this plan. When have you ever bought an expensive item and didn't have a payment plan outlined for you?
I feel we need to cinch up our belts during this time, not spend money we don't have or throw money at that's borrowed.
Instead of asking taxpayers for more money, I'd like to see the government cinch up it's belt.
For starters;
1) Stop giving money and services that cost billions of dollars to illegals. Regarding jobs Americans won't do, now with all the lay off's they may very well need these jobs.
Change the anchor baby law.
2) Give incentives for businesses to bring companies back into America to put Americans back to work, not handouts and a bandaid temporary solution. Stop buying stuff from sweat shops with bad working conditions and shotty workmanship. Businesses in America had high standards, how can a business in America compete with these lower standard businesses that have moved over the border to pay cheap wages, poor working conditions and consequently poor workmanship. The quality that Americans have grown to expect has gone out the perverbial window. Examples of buying childrens toys now with lead paint, poison in dog food, etc.. This just for starters. This isn't a bargain in my view, many of my friends enjoy buying goods from the likes of Walmart, this really hurts me that they don't seem to understand the big picture.
To encourage Americans to spend spend spend, is ridiculous in my mind. Looking at those who don't have the money to pay their mortgage to go out and buy big screen TV's and new cars and other big items I just don't understand. They are losing their jobs and have no way of paying for these things. I would love to have these things, but don't dare buy anything on credit, I drive an older car but it runs well, I have an old TV, but it works just fine even though it's not the high technology HDTV. I do however buy products that I've saved the money up for, rather than use credit. My parents who lived through the depression, learned a valuable lesson to not use excessive credit, and passed this on to me. I stress the word excessive here. Just look at those who have charged up thousands of items they have no way in hell of paying for, yes we'll probably bail these folks out too. When will these bailouts stop, I really don't see an end, I think the credit cards are next.
How to describe our poor, most think of poor folks as those who are homeless begging out on the street with nothing. However, many today have TV's, cell phones and many other items that cost money. They however don't elect to pay their bills, instead keep charging and buying items, while getting food stamps, health care and welfare, all free with no conditions. While others who do work hard to pay for day care and insurance and life in general don't get the help they need. I would rather help those that are trying to help themselves, and for those that expect something for nothing, who stay home because they have no one to care for their kids, what is that about? They can get day care like everyone else. To give incentives to help get these folks back on their feet and helping themselves to get into a better situation, and not all the expectations government has made them expect. We are raising 2nd and 3rd generations of welfare recipients, who don't know any other way of life sad but true. Living on the government dole is all they know. We need to break this mold that we've made. Get people wanting to be proud of who, what and how they can be a productive person, the work ethic in our country has really gone down the tubes.
Those that accept welfare, should be drug tested. Many welfare homes with parents making poor life choices are raising our future generation, often having more children to get more money from the government, not giving quality time to these kids. Many uneducated, using the system to stay on welfare, rather than trying to improve their situation and get back into mainstream society. This is wrong in my opinion seeing kids grow up with parents that make poor choices, maybe we need to look at going back to orphanages, at least children were in a safe environment. People with positive drug screens should get rehabilitation.
Bottom line, people have been buying on credit for years, instead of saving up to buy whatever it is you'd like to have. Some folks earning under $20,000 a year have been allowed to buy $400,000 homes, loans authorized by banks knowing they would have no way of paying back these loans, and we will be giving these same banks more money to throw away. And yes, let's help these folks stay in their homes, this needs to be scrutinized. With banks giving loans to folks that have no means of paying these loans back, why are we giving more money to these institutions without conditions? If this money for the stimulus was money our government already had that would be a little different, but we are borrowing every cent. To maintain this high inflation on things is wrong, we need to just let it fall now rather than try to keep it artificially high, our dollar is dropping in value every day, hell, every hour.
It seems like we're rewarding those that bought when they knew they couldn't pay it back by letting them off the hook. I don't enjoy paying my bills and living within my budget while seeing those buying all the fluff and will end up getting their credit due lessened, not fair. When other countries stop buying our debt, what will happen then, we'll probably have to pay a higher interest rate somewhere, or worse I don't want to even imagine.
Seeing this stimulus package pushed through without all of the items in the bill being reviewed is ridiculous. I don't like the threat given by Obama of the urgency, the downward spiral, without all of the pages having had time to be properly reviewed. Just this morning it was pointed out that in this bill, as in Tom Daschle's plan, the decision of which medical procedures that will be allowed or covered will be determined by other than the doctors. Just as one of the items listed, these Senators don't seem to even know what all is in this bill that they are voting on! Just this one item if left in the bill will diminish all of our quality of health care. Unbelievable.
When Obama talked about how these numbers are being arrived at, asking are these numbers being pulled out of a hat, how do they come up with these numbers for all of these programs. Last week Greta Van Susteren on Fox news asked that same question about how these figures are being arrived at without getting an answer. I'd still like to learn how these numbers were arrived at, and still waiting.
Obama also wants to give $20 million to Hamas controlled Gaza, more borrowed money. I am so very angry at our government being kidnapped from the American people, on both sides of the isle. All of Congress is infested with the good old boys making bad decisions and policy that sickens me. Give proper incentives.
Obama talked of hope and change, (see video below)
All I've seen is more of the same with Obama putting all the same old guys in place again. I am very worried for our country, we are in a very desperate time and I feel so bottled up, while I have a voice, it's not being heard. Many that voted for Obama didn't have a grasp of what is really going on, which is very frightening to say the least.
I am very worried about our country. Just watch, the gun issue will be next. One more thing, many have said to me, what am I worried about, only the top 10% will be taxed, well to them if they don't realize that those being taxed will pass on the costs of products and services to us to pay for this increase, what do you really think, that they will suck it up? Hell no, we will be the ones to pay for all of this crap. To create jobs is one thing, but all of the extra items in this bill really aren't necessary, I don't mean to be all doom and gloom, but I haven't seen much else these days.
End rant.
I am so angry about this stimulus package. I hate that we are borrowing every penny of the $838 Billion more to add to our future generations debt. With no plan for repayment of this plan. When have you ever bought an expensive item and didn't have a payment plan outlined for you?
I feel we need to cinch up our belts during this time, not spend money we don't have or throw money at that's borrowed.
Instead of asking taxpayers for more money, I'd like to see the government cinch up it's belt.
For starters;
1) Stop giving money and services that cost billions of dollars to illegals. Regarding jobs Americans won't do, now with all the lay off's they may very well need these jobs.
Change the anchor baby law.
2) Give incentives for businesses to bring companies back into America to put Americans back to work, not handouts and a bandaid temporary solution. Stop buying stuff from sweat shops with bad working conditions and shotty workmanship. Businesses in America had high standards, how can a business in America compete with these lower standard businesses that have moved over the border to pay cheap wages, poor working conditions and consequently poor workmanship. The quality that Americans have grown to expect has gone out the perverbial window. Examples of buying childrens toys now with lead paint, poison in dog food, etc.. This just for starters. This isn't a bargain in my view, many of my friends enjoy buying goods from the likes of Walmart, this really hurts me that they don't seem to understand the big picture.
To encourage Americans to spend spend spend, is ridiculous in my mind. Looking at those who don't have the money to pay their mortgage to go out and buy big screen TV's and new cars and other big items I just don't understand. They are losing their jobs and have no way of paying for these things. I would love to have these things, but don't dare buy anything on credit, I drive an older car but it runs well, I have an old TV, but it works just fine even though it's not the high technology HDTV. I do however buy products that I've saved the money up for, rather than use credit. My parents who lived through the depression, learned a valuable lesson to not use excessive credit, and passed this on to me. I stress the word excessive here. Just look at those who have charged up thousands of items they have no way in hell of paying for, yes we'll probably bail these folks out too. When will these bailouts stop, I really don't see an end, I think the credit cards are next.
How to describe our poor, most think of poor folks as those who are homeless begging out on the street with nothing. However, many today have TV's, cell phones and many other items that cost money. They however don't elect to pay their bills, instead keep charging and buying items, while getting food stamps, health care and welfare, all free with no conditions. While others who do work hard to pay for day care and insurance and life in general don't get the help they need. I would rather help those that are trying to help themselves, and for those that expect something for nothing, who stay home because they have no one to care for their kids, what is that about? They can get day care like everyone else. To give incentives to help get these folks back on their feet and helping themselves to get into a better situation, and not all the expectations government has made them expect. We are raising 2nd and 3rd generations of welfare recipients, who don't know any other way of life sad but true. Living on the government dole is all they know. We need to break this mold that we've made. Get people wanting to be proud of who, what and how they can be a productive person, the work ethic in our country has really gone down the tubes.
Those that accept welfare, should be drug tested. Many welfare homes with parents making poor life choices are raising our future generation, often having more children to get more money from the government, not giving quality time to these kids. Many uneducated, using the system to stay on welfare, rather than trying to improve their situation and get back into mainstream society. This is wrong in my opinion seeing kids grow up with parents that make poor choices, maybe we need to look at going back to orphanages, at least children were in a safe environment. People with positive drug screens should get rehabilitation.
Bottom line, people have been buying on credit for years, instead of saving up to buy whatever it is you'd like to have. Some folks earning under $20,000 a year have been allowed to buy $400,000 homes, loans authorized by banks knowing they would have no way of paying back these loans, and we will be giving these same banks more money to throw away. And yes, let's help these folks stay in their homes, this needs to be scrutinized. With banks giving loans to folks that have no means of paying these loans back, why are we giving more money to these institutions without conditions? If this money for the stimulus was money our government already had that would be a little different, but we are borrowing every cent. To maintain this high inflation on things is wrong, we need to just let it fall now rather than try to keep it artificially high, our dollar is dropping in value every day, hell, every hour.
It seems like we're rewarding those that bought when they knew they couldn't pay it back by letting them off the hook. I don't enjoy paying my bills and living within my budget while seeing those buying all the fluff and will end up getting their credit due lessened, not fair. When other countries stop buying our debt, what will happen then, we'll probably have to pay a higher interest rate somewhere, or worse I don't want to even imagine.
Seeing this stimulus package pushed through without all of the items in the bill being reviewed is ridiculous. I don't like the threat given by Obama of the urgency, the downward spiral, without all of the pages having had time to be properly reviewed. Just this morning it was pointed out that in this bill, as in Tom Daschle's plan, the decision of which medical procedures that will be allowed or covered will be determined by other than the doctors. Just as one of the items listed, these Senators don't seem to even know what all is in this bill that they are voting on! Just this one item if left in the bill will diminish all of our quality of health care. Unbelievable.
When Obama talked about how these numbers are being arrived at, asking are these numbers being pulled out of a hat, how do they come up with these numbers for all of these programs. Last week Greta Van Susteren on Fox news asked that same question about how these figures are being arrived at without getting an answer. I'd still like to learn how these numbers were arrived at, and still waiting.
Obama also wants to give $20 million to Hamas controlled Gaza, more borrowed money. I am so very angry at our government being kidnapped from the American people, on both sides of the isle. All of Congress is infested with the good old boys making bad decisions and policy that sickens me. Give proper incentives.
Obama talked of hope and change, (see video below)
All I've seen is more of the same with Obama putting all the same old guys in place again. I am very worried for our country, we are in a very desperate time and I feel so bottled up, while I have a voice, it's not being heard. Many that voted for Obama didn't have a grasp of what is really going on, which is very frightening to say the least.
I am very worried about our country. Just watch, the gun issue will be next. One more thing, many have said to me, what am I worried about, only the top 10% will be taxed, well to them if they don't realize that those being taxed will pass on the costs of products and services to us to pay for this increase, what do you really think, that they will suck it up? Hell no, we will be the ones to pay for all of this crap. To create jobs is one thing, but all of the extra items in this bill really aren't necessary, I don't mean to be all doom and gloom, but I haven't seen much else these days.
End rant.
Monday, February 02, 2009
Catch Up Time
Wow, these past few months have just whizzed by me.
December was a very fun month for me, my son Nick, and Sarah my daughter came home and we had a whirlwind visit. We had a very fun Solstice party and got to see many friends and family, drank Irish Car bombs or "mom bombs", I found out that I was making them stronger by mistake, but they were very tasty. We also went to the Nutcracker, what a treat that was. Just all being together was just the best and I was in heaven.
I've been sick since late December through January with a nagging cold, wavering at about 80 to 85% healthy. My symptoms have gone through everything but a sore throat. I'm rarely sick so I don't do sick well, I have had absolutely no energy, whine whine whine. But I'm starting to feel much better finally! I should have the strongest antibodies known to man now lol. I think the reason this cold has hung on so long is due to all of the fun activities, parties and go go go stuff, not giving my body time to get better. The weather this winter has been colder and the wind has been pretty brutal more than I ever remember experiencing here in Colorado, so the weather sure didn't help my being sick. So now it's already February, man where does the time go. The groundhog saw his shadow so they tell us we have yet another 6 weeks of winter.Now that I'm starting to feel better I can work on some of the projects that I have planned around the house. Starting of course on the inside ;) So excuse me while I roll up my sleeves lol.
Saturday, November 01, 2008
Ironman Triathalon
Two friends of mine from work ran in this years Ironman in Panama City Beach Florida. This is a gruesome triathalon of 140.6 miles. 2.4 miles swim in the ocean, then 112 miles on bike, and finishing with a 26.2 mile run. I watched them on streaming video which was very cool, you could punch in their number and get their stats regarding how long they did the swim, the bike and run, enabling me to keep up with how they were doing. Awesome coverage. They both crossed the finish line together at around 13 hours and 10 minutes. It was fun watching them come across the finish line, can't wait to see them when they get home.
Congrats you guys! WOOHOO!
Congrats you guys! WOOHOO!
Monday, October 06, 2008
Caulking And Staining My House
Yep, that's me up on the roof staining my house, with only a few sides left to go. I started in July, and I'm still working on it, but I've only been working on it on my days off, plus I've been caulking and putting two coats of stain on, so actually it's all good. It is such a good feeling of accomplishment getting this done. With my house all caulked and stained it should save me a lot on heating this winter. After working on the outside of the house, I'm starting in the basement, I have the R-19 insulation already to insulate the downstairs and I can't wait to get started on that project, but want to finish the outside first with the good weather. I'm hoping for an Indian summer, since it froze last night.
WOOHOO!
Sunday, October 05, 2008
Awesome Times
My son came to town this weekend for a wedding and we had the best time.
It was so fun seeing this group of friends all together, and we all had bombs, I forgot the complete name, but it was a shot of Jameson whiskey, a half pint of Guinness, and then you drop a shot of Baileys cream in, then shoot it down, if you don't drink it right away the cream makes the last of the drink awful. I was preparing myself to vomit, not feeling I'd be able to do it, but it was placed in front of me so I thought what the hell. It was very delicious, really. Quite the combo of tastes, it was my first one and it was really quite good.
We sang karaoke and had the best time playing Rock Star, what a fun game, I can see how this game could get habit forming, probably just like Mario.
It was so fun seeing this group of friends all together, and we all had bombs, I forgot the complete name, but it was a shot of Jameson whiskey, a half pint of Guinness, and then you drop a shot of Baileys cream in, then shoot it down, if you don't drink it right away the cream makes the last of the drink awful. I was preparing myself to vomit, not feeling I'd be able to do it, but it was placed in front of me so I thought what the hell. It was very delicious, really. Quite the combo of tastes, it was my first one and it was really quite good.
We sang karaoke and had the best time playing Rock Star, what a fun game, I can see how this game could get habit forming, probably just like Mario.
All good things must come to an end as they say, the weekend came and went too quickly.
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