I have been pretty disgusted with response, or lack of a response to the violence and attacks surrounding the U.S. embassies in the middle east. I remember when I was a child. Most of the violence occurred in the middle east. As I've gotten older the violence has steadily spread around the globe. Our values haven't changed and their values haven't changed either. What has changed as their ability to hold the rest of the world hostage. Democratic countries for whatever reasons continually allow students, business professionals, immigrants from the middle east to their countries, all in the hope, or guise that increases in education, humanity, and oil will come to and from the middle east. What really pisses me off is that every day, EVERY DAY somewhere, many times a day in several locations in the middle east, they educate people to hate the West. They train fighters to kill their people and ours. They continue to oppress their women and anyone who thinks differently than they do. All the while most western civilized people go about their everyday lives not giving any thought to whats going on in the middle east. That is until some Crackpot from here makes a film for YouTube, which I have taken the time to watch, and they get pissed off. It supplies the fuel for the radicals in the middle east to set off the violence. It is a stupid film and anybody with more than half a dozen brain cells would realize just what a farce it is. But in oppressed countries, they are just simple enough to get pissed off. Violence ensues.
I have a solution. It is the year 2012 and those that want to live in a global economy, and global society need to get a real grip on themselves because I my solution shoots that theory right in the ass. I think it's time to shut them off. No money, No food, No technology, No Education, No travel. No humanitarian aid. NO ANYTHING. Turn them off. Make them totally self sufficient. Bring our people home. Bring our businesses home. If we isolate those people totally, No more students coming here. Make them educate their own people Make them treat their own sick. Make them build their own cars and guns and raise their own food. Until they realize that they can either get along, or slowly suffocate and die. Now I realize that we will suffer too. But we have the technology and the natural resources available to us to overcome whatever we get from the middle east. And frankly it would be cheaper and safer to do so.
I realize I'm going to take a lot of shit for having this opinion, but frankly when is enough. If those peoples choose, CHOOSE not to evolve with the rest of the world, then it's time to leave them behind.
Monday, September 24, 2012
Thursday, September 20, 2012
An American President.
Last night I met a friend for snacks and happy hour at a little Irish pub in Chandler, the quality has taken a real dive, but that is fodder for another blog. As always happens this time of year the conversation turned to politics and I made the statement that I wanted a true American to run for president. I was asked what is that, what is an American, I answered of course but since then I've had a little time to think about it and here is a better answer.
My American president could be of any lineage, Black, White, Asian, Indian, I really don't have a preference. I'd like him to be well spoken, a good speech giver, the kind of individual that takes the microphone and starts to speak and everybody listens. Someone who can command respect as a leader in a room full of leaders from other nations. I don't have any preference for military service, but I expect him to have a deep respect for the military, and have the intelligence for when is the right time to flex our military might and when it's time to send them in and defend our interests. I don't care what his religious beliefs are. Those are none of my business anyway, and being in America we are guaranteed the separation of church and state anyway, so I would hope that while I would respect his deep convictions of his own faith. He had the intelligence to make his own decisions on policy and human rights and not base those on some interpretation of the bible. It is the year 2012 he should respect human rights, he should respect equal rights for men, women, gays, lesbians, they get their own category because there is nothing like them, and people of all ethnicity's and religious beliefs. I want him to be strong enough to stand up to the various political parties in the united states and walk down the middle of the road so to speak and have the guts to tell them when they have gone too far. He should be strong enough to tell the senate and the congress to get off their asses and make the right choices. You see it's the year 2012, it's not about Republican or Democrat, or tea party or independent. We are the United States for Christs sake!! He should tell the public utilities to get off their collective butts and develop safe nuclear energy, wind, solar and hydro power and do it now so that we can save what fossil fuels we have left can be used economically. I understood in High School. over 20 years ago that fossil fuels were a finite commodity. We can put a man on the moon, Shuttle into space, support a multinational space station, Land a rover on mars that has enough power to transmit back to us experiments that it is going to conduct for two years!!!! and we haven't developed viable energy alternatives yet. That my friends is inexcusable. My Corvette gets 30mpg on the highway and has a smaller carbon imprint that a Pruis and marketing has convinced us that we are saving the world by driving them. Chevy produced the Volt, which is a great car, because they had to, to get their bail out. Government should not have that kind of power.
My American president would have to guts to run the special interest groups and lobbyisst right out of Washington. One of his main agendas would be to bring manufacturing back to the U.S. Tax breaks for small and large businesses that can manufacture American made products, Benefits to those that can do it with the least amount of pollution produced. I expect him to take health care by the neck and choke the graft and waste out of the system. Above all he is intelligent enough to overhaul our tax code, make is simple enough that we would be proud to support the programs that it would be needed for.
You show me a candidate that has the guts to Run on that platform and he will get 100% of the support of the American Public. The President who believes in America strong enough to run on a platform to reform and rebuild the very things that made America so great in the first place. The American president who can defend the beliefs that our forefather fought so hard and risked so much for would undoubtedly be the American President because he would have the backing of all us Americans.
Somebody please find me that candidate so we can be proud of our American President again.
My American president could be of any lineage, Black, White, Asian, Indian, I really don't have a preference. I'd like him to be well spoken, a good speech giver, the kind of individual that takes the microphone and starts to speak and everybody listens. Someone who can command respect as a leader in a room full of leaders from other nations. I don't have any preference for military service, but I expect him to have a deep respect for the military, and have the intelligence for when is the right time to flex our military might and when it's time to send them in and defend our interests. I don't care what his religious beliefs are. Those are none of my business anyway, and being in America we are guaranteed the separation of church and state anyway, so I would hope that while I would respect his deep convictions of his own faith. He had the intelligence to make his own decisions on policy and human rights and not base those on some interpretation of the bible. It is the year 2012 he should respect human rights, he should respect equal rights for men, women, gays, lesbians, they get their own category because there is nothing like them, and people of all ethnicity's and religious beliefs. I want him to be strong enough to stand up to the various political parties in the united states and walk down the middle of the road so to speak and have the guts to tell them when they have gone too far. He should be strong enough to tell the senate and the congress to get off their asses and make the right choices. You see it's the year 2012, it's not about Republican or Democrat, or tea party or independent. We are the United States for Christs sake!! He should tell the public utilities to get off their collective butts and develop safe nuclear energy, wind, solar and hydro power and do it now so that we can save what fossil fuels we have left can be used economically. I understood in High School. over 20 years ago that fossil fuels were a finite commodity. We can put a man on the moon, Shuttle into space, support a multinational space station, Land a rover on mars that has enough power to transmit back to us experiments that it is going to conduct for two years!!!! and we haven't developed viable energy alternatives yet. That my friends is inexcusable. My Corvette gets 30mpg on the highway and has a smaller carbon imprint that a Pruis and marketing has convinced us that we are saving the world by driving them. Chevy produced the Volt, which is a great car, because they had to, to get their bail out. Government should not have that kind of power.
My American president would have to guts to run the special interest groups and lobbyisst right out of Washington. One of his main agendas would be to bring manufacturing back to the U.S. Tax breaks for small and large businesses that can manufacture American made products, Benefits to those that can do it with the least amount of pollution produced. I expect him to take health care by the neck and choke the graft and waste out of the system. Above all he is intelligent enough to overhaul our tax code, make is simple enough that we would be proud to support the programs that it would be needed for.
You show me a candidate that has the guts to Run on that platform and he will get 100% of the support of the American Public. The President who believes in America strong enough to run on a platform to reform and rebuild the very things that made America so great in the first place. The American president who can defend the beliefs that our forefather fought so hard and risked so much for would undoubtedly be the American President because he would have the backing of all us Americans.
Somebody please find me that candidate so we can be proud of our American President again.
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Defining Moments
I believe that everyone has at least one defining moment in their lives. Some people have more than one. I believe these moments can define ones life, either for themselves, or for other people. They can change their lives when they have these moments, or not, the same goes for their friends, supporters, or others within their sphere of influence.
I have had a few defining moments in my life. Each time I've recognized that I need to make a change in my life and I have. Either for better or not, but it has been a wholesale change, and I haven't gone back later and said I need a do over. I've watched friends, individuals I've done business with, acquaintances, and people that I have never met, and people in the public eye have defining moments. I've based some of my decisions on how they have reacted to their own defining moments.
The September 11th attacks on the world trade center was the defining moment for George Bush's presidency. I believe it shaped the rest of his elected years, and may have shaped the rest of his personal life as well. For me his defining moment and how he handled the attacks was a defining moment for me. It shaped how I would perceive his presidency.
I believe that today was one of those moments for Barack Obama. The two attacks on the U.S. embassy's were an opportunity for him to step into the role as the most powerful leader in the free world. Weather or not he felt they were a defining moment in his life, they were a defining moment for me. You see good or bad, religious beliefs, personal beliefs aside. I prefer a president that is a leader. Just like the boss at work that you may hate, but you respect because he is a really good boss, because he is good at his job so you try to do a good job as well.
Today Barack Obama failed at being a leader. You see Republican or Democrat, or Independent, Methodist, Catholic, or Muslim, if you live in the United States as a citizen of the United States, there are certain rights and privileges that you are allowed. The right to bear arms, the right to worship as you choose, the right of freedom of speech just to name a few. As the president of the United States, you are elected by the people because the majority of the people believe that you will uphold those rights. You believe in them as well. You believe they are worth fighting for. You were not elected to force your beliefs on the people. You work for us. In the same way that if you are the president of the United States. We the people will do our best to defend you. There are men in the presidential secret service detail that protect you and your family who may not have the same political agenda, and religious beliefs but they will defend you to the death if for no reason except for pride in their jobs. If you actually believe that you need to apologize for a non main stream film on YouTube because it offends a small faction of radical Muslims. Then you Mr President are no leader and do not deserve to be the leader of the United States. Freedom of speech allows us the opportunity to produce films, music, write books, even write in this blog. Apologizing for that right is a disgrace to your office and an embarrassment to the People of the United States.
Regardless of your beliefs on gay rights, the women's right to choose what to do with her body, health insurance coverage, or your own religious beliefs. I can look past all that. What I can't look past is your continual disdain for the very rights that allowed you the very successes that you have achieved. YOU BARACK OBAMA DO NOT DESERVE TO BE THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. I may not like Mitt Romney, in fact most of his policies are just as offensive as yours, but above all I believe he is an American and will protect those rights which our forefathers fought so hard for.
I have had a few defining moments in my life. Each time I've recognized that I need to make a change in my life and I have. Either for better or not, but it has been a wholesale change, and I haven't gone back later and said I need a do over. I've watched friends, individuals I've done business with, acquaintances, and people that I have never met, and people in the public eye have defining moments. I've based some of my decisions on how they have reacted to their own defining moments.
The September 11th attacks on the world trade center was the defining moment for George Bush's presidency. I believe it shaped the rest of his elected years, and may have shaped the rest of his personal life as well. For me his defining moment and how he handled the attacks was a defining moment for me. It shaped how I would perceive his presidency.
I believe that today was one of those moments for Barack Obama. The two attacks on the U.S. embassy's were an opportunity for him to step into the role as the most powerful leader in the free world. Weather or not he felt they were a defining moment in his life, they were a defining moment for me. You see good or bad, religious beliefs, personal beliefs aside. I prefer a president that is a leader. Just like the boss at work that you may hate, but you respect because he is a really good boss, because he is good at his job so you try to do a good job as well.
Today Barack Obama failed at being a leader. You see Republican or Democrat, or Independent, Methodist, Catholic, or Muslim, if you live in the United States as a citizen of the United States, there are certain rights and privileges that you are allowed. The right to bear arms, the right to worship as you choose, the right of freedom of speech just to name a few. As the president of the United States, you are elected by the people because the majority of the people believe that you will uphold those rights. You believe in them as well. You believe they are worth fighting for. You were not elected to force your beliefs on the people. You work for us. In the same way that if you are the president of the United States. We the people will do our best to defend you. There are men in the presidential secret service detail that protect you and your family who may not have the same political agenda, and religious beliefs but they will defend you to the death if for no reason except for pride in their jobs. If you actually believe that you need to apologize for a non main stream film on YouTube because it offends a small faction of radical Muslims. Then you Mr President are no leader and do not deserve to be the leader of the United States. Freedom of speech allows us the opportunity to produce films, music, write books, even write in this blog. Apologizing for that right is a disgrace to your office and an embarrassment to the People of the United States.
Regardless of your beliefs on gay rights, the women's right to choose what to do with her body, health insurance coverage, or your own religious beliefs. I can look past all that. What I can't look past is your continual disdain for the very rights that allowed you the very successes that you have achieved. YOU BARACK OBAMA DO NOT DESERVE TO BE THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. I may not like Mitt Romney, in fact most of his policies are just as offensive as yours, but above all I believe he is an American and will protect those rights which our forefathers fought so hard for.
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Why I work at home, I'm not equipped for the real world.
Tonight at around 8:30 I decided to go to the grocery store for some ground turkey to make some nachos. It was dark outside. I was driving the Cadillac. Thankfully it is slow. While driving up McClintock in the dark some idiot MEXICAN and his family stepped off the MEDIAN in the middle of the block between the street lights and I did not see him until it was almost too late. I had to slam on the brakes and lock up the wheels coming completely to a stop to keep from killing him and his family. Two little kids and a fat wife. I get to say fat because right now I am pretty fat myself and yes that pisses me off too!! He is very lucky that I was not in a hurry and driving below the speed limit because the Caddy does not stop like the Vette and with that big grill and sporty air damn I would have managed to hit all four of them had I not got stopped. The big dumbass just stood in front of me shouting at me in his native language, which might as well be our native language because we are slowly giving our country to them, and flipping me off. Never mind that it scared the living shit right out of me!!! Just imagine the nightmare of running down a child because their dumbass parent has pulled them out into the street in front of a moving vehicle. They slowly walked across the rest of the street and went on their merry way. My evening only gets better from here. I chose to go to Albertsons because it is the closest store to my house. I am either insane, or a REALLY slow learner because I basically hate that store. It smells like an combination of old grease, dead fish, and fried chicken. EVERYDAY, NO MATTER WHAT TIME YOU GO THERE!!! I also know that going there after 8 pm ensures that there will be only one checkout open and this Albertsons is so backward that they don't have a self checkout lane. I pick up my ground turkey and head to the checkout and I think I am lucky as hell because the woman in front of me is already almost done. She only has a half a dozen items and just as I walk up the cashier gives her the total. Well guess what!! She opens a ziplock bag full of change and dumps it out on the counter. Of course that is only half of the story now I am VERY pissed off because she is about 350# and Mexican. I say Mexican and not Hispanic, because the last time I looked there was no such country as Hispania, and I am pretty sure that they call me Gringo, or that asshole from America. After enduring what seemed to be like 20 minutes while the cashier counted out the change he tells her she doesn't have enough. Guess what happens next. Her 3.5' tall daughter has to translate for her that she doesn't have enough, then they have to have this conversation about what item to take back. At this point I show the cashier that my Ground Turkey cost $3.99 hand him a $5.00 bill tell him to put the change in the Humane Society box and walk out the door. Thankfully he understands and doesn't try and stop me.
Now I am sorry if this has offended some of you and I am sure it will. Especially if you don't live here in AZ, but you have no idea how much our everyday lives are affected by illegal immigrants here. I don't know that they were illegal, but it's pretty hard to think otherwise when they have no respect for our laws or the common sense to respect our society here in America.
I don't have any issue with people of ethnic decent. I have friends from all over the world. All ethnicity's, Part of the reason I haven't been to Europe is because I don't know any foreign language besides the German that I learned in High School and I don't want to look anymore like a dumb American than I already will. I will go when I understand enough languages, and can afford a good translating device and can enjoy it and I promise you I will travel and treat the locals with the respect that they and the customs of their countries deserve.
I'm sorry I think it's time to close our borders completely until we get our own country under control.
Now I am sorry if this has offended some of you and I am sure it will. Especially if you don't live here in AZ, but you have no idea how much our everyday lives are affected by illegal immigrants here. I don't know that they were illegal, but it's pretty hard to think otherwise when they have no respect for our laws or the common sense to respect our society here in America.
I don't have any issue with people of ethnic decent. I have friends from all over the world. All ethnicity's, Part of the reason I haven't been to Europe is because I don't know any foreign language besides the German that I learned in High School and I don't want to look anymore like a dumb American than I already will. I will go when I understand enough languages, and can afford a good translating device and can enjoy it and I promise you I will travel and treat the locals with the respect that they and the customs of their countries deserve.
I'm sorry I think it's time to close our borders completely until we get our own country under control.
Friday, August 10, 2012
The Unbearable truth.
First of all let me say if your not honest enough to read this post with an open mind stop now. Those of you who really know me know that I may make a lot of noise from time to time, but basically I am a very open minded individual. I try to make informed honest decisions based on my understanding of the realities at hand. Recently a few things are really pissing me off and so I am going to expound on them a little.
The Presidential race. First of all frankly we are stuck with TWO candidates that will not be good for the country. As I see it you will have to chose between the lesser of two evils. My choice obviously is Romney, not because I am a Republican, but because I believe that at least he likes America. I worked for a company that was purchased by Bain Capitol and divested while Romney was CEO and I can say with out a doubt he didn't have a clue what goes on with the day to day operations of Bain Capitol, and if he did, he wouldn't care anyway. Bain Capitol buys and sells companies, re-organizes, and divests the investments it makes exploiting the tax and business laws as they are written here in the United States. They are in the business to make money for their shareholders. That my friends is not Romney's fault, but the fault of all of the elected officials who have manipulated the laws to that end. The last I heard it was not illegal to run a business and make a profit. How businesses are allowed to do that is based upon our current laws and if you don't like that then it's time to elect a group of people who are going to change that.
I don't care what his views are on same sex marriage. Time and again the opinion is expressed by presidential candidates and it has no effect on my life. The gay community has yet to provide a respectfully organized movement to work toward marriage equality and until it does, all the marching and whining and voting for a particular candidate who gives lip service to the issue is just a waste of time and it pisses off the people who are against it.As far as Obama repealing the Don't ask Don't tell law with regard to sexual orientation while serving in the military. Big deal. We all know that there are more men and women serving in the military that are gay, than have come forward and admitted it. I absolutely believe that those fantastic individuals that serve in the armed forces don't care what sex you are sleeping with. They want to know that you will serve to the best of your ability and have their back when it counts. In the military, above all else while serving to protect our way of life and provide security for our country and other countries who are unable to protect themselves. Sexual orientation has no place. Just watch the movie A Few Good Men, and at the very end after the verdict is read and one of the privates questions the verdict, the other one explains they serve to protect those who can't protect themselves and they failed that duty. When it comes to abortion, guess what, I don't have a uterus and I don't believe that those who don't have one, should be involved in this argument. Leave it up to the women, they bear children, let them fight amongst themselves and figure this out.
I support Romney for one reason and one reason only. I believe that he supports the American Way of life. Our rights, Our beliefs, Our laws. Our right to make choices in our own lives. It's our job to elect a group of congressmen and senators who will fight for our beliefs as well, and that my friends we fail to do in every single election.
As far as Obama is concerned. He scares me. I have read COUNTLESS articles that he has written, his books and some of the speeches that he has made throughout his career. Frankly. I don't believe that he respects or believes in the American way of life. One of the things that distresses me the most is some of the people who support him are among the most intelligent people that I know. With truly noble and respectable beliefs that are good for America, and they attach their support to someone who blatantly gives lip service to their causes so that he can win votes. They are smarter than that, they deserve better than that, and so does the American people. Frankly I think he embarrasses the United States as much as George Bush ever did.
I am a small business owner. Yes I chose this life and I am proud that I did. I am intelligent enough to know that it was going to be a struggle to start a new business in this economy. Electing Obama threatens my way of life more than electing Romney does. We have a bill of rights that provides us with the OPPORTUNITY to live as we choose. The OPPORTUNITY it is up to us to make the best of it, and to protect that bill of rights. Obama's basic beliefs circumvent this bill of rights.
One thing I hope all of you remember. If I count you as one of my friends, and allow you to become one of my friends, I respect your beliefs regardless of what they are, you are my friend because I value you as a person, not because of your political beliefs or your sexual orientation, what nationality you are or the color of your skin.I do not take our differences to a personal level. You are my friend because I like you and respect you. Just the way you are.
The Presidential race. First of all frankly we are stuck with TWO candidates that will not be good for the country. As I see it you will have to chose between the lesser of two evils. My choice obviously is Romney, not because I am a Republican, but because I believe that at least he likes America. I worked for a company that was purchased by Bain Capitol and divested while Romney was CEO and I can say with out a doubt he didn't have a clue what goes on with the day to day operations of Bain Capitol, and if he did, he wouldn't care anyway. Bain Capitol buys and sells companies, re-organizes, and divests the investments it makes exploiting the tax and business laws as they are written here in the United States. They are in the business to make money for their shareholders. That my friends is not Romney's fault, but the fault of all of the elected officials who have manipulated the laws to that end. The last I heard it was not illegal to run a business and make a profit. How businesses are allowed to do that is based upon our current laws and if you don't like that then it's time to elect a group of people who are going to change that.
I don't care what his views are on same sex marriage. Time and again the opinion is expressed by presidential candidates and it has no effect on my life. The gay community has yet to provide a respectfully organized movement to work toward marriage equality and until it does, all the marching and whining and voting for a particular candidate who gives lip service to the issue is just a waste of time and it pisses off the people who are against it.As far as Obama repealing the Don't ask Don't tell law with regard to sexual orientation while serving in the military. Big deal. We all know that there are more men and women serving in the military that are gay, than have come forward and admitted it. I absolutely believe that those fantastic individuals that serve in the armed forces don't care what sex you are sleeping with. They want to know that you will serve to the best of your ability and have their back when it counts. In the military, above all else while serving to protect our way of life and provide security for our country and other countries who are unable to protect themselves. Sexual orientation has no place. Just watch the movie A Few Good Men, and at the very end after the verdict is read and one of the privates questions the verdict, the other one explains they serve to protect those who can't protect themselves and they failed that duty. When it comes to abortion, guess what, I don't have a uterus and I don't believe that those who don't have one, should be involved in this argument. Leave it up to the women, they bear children, let them fight amongst themselves and figure this out.
I support Romney for one reason and one reason only. I believe that he supports the American Way of life. Our rights, Our beliefs, Our laws. Our right to make choices in our own lives. It's our job to elect a group of congressmen and senators who will fight for our beliefs as well, and that my friends we fail to do in every single election.
As far as Obama is concerned. He scares me. I have read COUNTLESS articles that he has written, his books and some of the speeches that he has made throughout his career. Frankly. I don't believe that he respects or believes in the American way of life. One of the things that distresses me the most is some of the people who support him are among the most intelligent people that I know. With truly noble and respectable beliefs that are good for America, and they attach their support to someone who blatantly gives lip service to their causes so that he can win votes. They are smarter than that, they deserve better than that, and so does the American people. Frankly I think he embarrasses the United States as much as George Bush ever did.
I am a small business owner. Yes I chose this life and I am proud that I did. I am intelligent enough to know that it was going to be a struggle to start a new business in this economy. Electing Obama threatens my way of life more than electing Romney does. We have a bill of rights that provides us with the OPPORTUNITY to live as we choose. The OPPORTUNITY it is up to us to make the best of it, and to protect that bill of rights. Obama's basic beliefs circumvent this bill of rights.
One thing I hope all of you remember. If I count you as one of my friends, and allow you to become one of my friends, I respect your beliefs regardless of what they are, you are my friend because I value you as a person, not because of your political beliefs or your sexual orientation, what nationality you are or the color of your skin.I do not take our differences to a personal level. You are my friend because I like you and respect you. Just the way you are.
Monday, March 26, 2012
A Global Economy?
This past weekend I traveled to Wilcox AZ for work. Wilcox really isn't a town anymore. It's starting to look a lot like an abandoned movie set. "Night of the Dying Town". It's very sad really, but the current "Knowledge based world economy" doesn't quite seem to be working. There are town's all over the U.S. just like Wilcox AZ. Kanab UT, Quanah TX to name a few. It's truly a tragedy. Two years ago when I first started travelling to Wilcox there was a thriving Veterinary practice that had been there for years. Today it is abandoned, falling down and for sale. There are great old buildings in these towns. Empty, un-kept, and falling down in front of our eyes. We are witnessing the death of the small town.
I want to know how the Global economy is going to help the family farm. The Ace hardware that's been owned by the same family for the last 30 years. The Steakhouse that's been the best place for large family gatherings for the last 15. The local small vineyard with the small incredible restaurant. As these town's die, the locals don't have the income to keep these businesses open. Guess what. They are too small to have a Wal-Mart in town, so people have to travel to purchase everyday items. I think the cost of transportation, shipping from overseas, is slowly going to kill major economies. Instead of giving tax incentives to move your manufacturing business overseas, why aren't our elected officials giving tax incentives to keep manufacturing right here in the U.S. I don't care if we give them the damn land for free if they are willing to bring back job's to the U.S. Who was the idiot who came up with this tax incentive to move manufacturing overseas anyway. I'm sure the high cost of labor dictated by union has a huge impact also. The cost of health care etc. Frankly, if we wiped out the graft and waste in the heath care and labor system's across this country. Manufacturing costs would be more than competitive with overseas markets. If just one of our elected officials had the guts to do a "town hall meeting" in a dying town. They might actually learn a thing or too. Frankly I don't think they have the guts. I bet we couldn't get Romney to drive his Campaign bus through town let enough stay in one.
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Suffer in Silence
This blog is for all you whining man hater's out there. As you know I work from home. Most of the time I keep the T.V. on quietly just for the background noise. I usually have one of the movie channels on going from movie to movie without paying attention to most of them. I have seen hundreds of movies the last 9 months and probably couldn't tell you the plot on 5. This last week I started tuning in to the networks morning show's. New's and Information, All three major networks and the major cable networks. You know what I've learned. Women are really unhappy, the world revolves around all of their conditions, Marketers make commercials dedicated to women. Except for men who's dick's don't work.
Here is where I'm going to piss all the women off. Gloria Steinem has ruined our world. Women's rights, women's health conditions, women in the workplace, women in education, stress relating to women, how to be beautiful, wen hair program, pms, pmsd, incontinence, maxi pads, proper bra fit, control top panty hose, latisse grow better eyelashes!!!! It never ends!!!! Trust me girls, men aren't looking at your eyelashes, they are looking at the size of your tit's and how wide your ass is. They wouldn't notice if you even had eyelashes let alone how thick they are, and incontinence, unless you are peeing on the floor or them, They aren't going to notice that either. You know something else. We don't sit around the table on men's night out talking about where to get a jock properly fitted so it doesn't squish our balls. We don't talk about dribbling after we go to the bathroom, and most of us don't talk about a cancer scare or medications we are on or just how oppressed we are.
I grew up surrounded by strong women and the strong men they were married too. My mother is a mean rotten bitch, but she didn't complain. She worked hard. Had a successful career, raised two children with my father, kept a clean house, know's how to cook and taught us how to cook, clean, and take care of ourselves without relying on the government or anyone else.
She may have been a bitch, but she was a tough bitch too and there is a difference. My grandmother was a strong woman. The only thing I can remember her complaining about was the sweating caused by her estrogen pills. When I dated women, they were strong women with strong willed successful mothers. I don't mean successful from a career standpoint. I mean successful in life. Some were stay at home mom's who made sure the ranch ran smoothly and everybody was fed at the appropriate time. That the stock tanks were full during harvest when the men were to busy to keep track and they had clean clothes everyday. They were women who volunteered at school and with Cub Scouts and with Brownies and entertained for the boss when they were called too. They were successful in the workplace. They were Secretaries, they ran Insurance agencies, School Lunch Room's, Head Surgery Nurses, I had a great aunt who was a Personal Secretary for a prominent business man and I never heard her complain about about how oppressed she felt being a women. I had a customer once who had a rough start in life, became a playboy bunny at an early age. Worked hard, waited tables, landed a successful businessman, became a fashion icon, a personal shopper at prestigious women's shop's working for other women and she never complained. She had a simple motto. One that after 47 years I finally decided to follow. She said "Life is simple, if your unhappy make a change." When I used to reply what about the money. Her reply was equally as simple. "If you want to change bad enough the money will come" . You know what? She was right! You know what else. Women didn't use to settle for anything. If they were unhappy they made it better.
I know some successful women today. From all walks of life. Horse Trainers, Teachers, Nurses, Homemakers, Insurance Brokers, Office Managers, and Private Business Owners. You know what separates them from the rest. They don't complain, they set a goal and they work towards it. They don't settle for what they've been dealt, but they don't complain.
I don't know if it is because I was raised in the midwest and women there are stronger than most but one thing I am sure of. Women of today can't hold a candle to them. They are tough. They are still tough to this day. My suggestion to the women of today. If your unhappy make a change and have the guts to stick it out and make it work. If you don't suffer in silence and spare the rest of us from having to listen to your incessant whining.
Suffer in Silence
This blog is for all you whining man hater's out there. As you know I work from home. Most of the time I keep the T.V. on quietly just for the background noise. I usually have one of the movie channels on going from movie to movie without paying attention to most of them. I have seen hundreds of movies the last 9 months and probably couldn't tell you the plot on 5. This last week I started tuning in to the networks morning show's. New's and Information, All three major networks and the major cable networks. You know what I've learned. Women are really unhappy, the world revolves around all of their conditions, Marketers make commercials dedicated to women. Except for men who's dick's don't work.
Here is where I'm going to piss all the women off. Gloria Steinem has ruined our world. Women's rights, women's health conditions, women in the workplace, women in education, stress relating to women, how to be beautiful, wen hair program, pms, pmsd, incontinence, maxi pads, proper bra fit, control top panty hose, latisse grow better eyelashes!!!! It never ends!!!! Trust me girls, men aren't looking at your eyelashes, they are looking at the size of your tit's and how wide your ass is. They wouldn't notice if you even had eyelashes let alone how thick they are, and incontinence, unless you are peeing on the floor or them. They aren't going to notice that either. You know something else. We don't sit around the table on men's night out talking about where to get a jock properly fitted so it doesn't squish our balls. We don't talk about dribbling after we go to the bathroom, and most of us don't talk about a cancer scare or medications we are on or just how oppressed we are.
I grew up surrounded by strong women and the strong men they were married too. My mother is a mean rotten bitch, but she didn't complain. She worked hard. Had a successful career, raised two children with my father, kept a clean house, know's how to cook and taught us how to cook, clean, and take care of ourselves without relying on the government or anyone else.
She may have been a bitch, but she was a tough bitch too and there is a difference. My grandmother was a strong woman. The only thing I can remember her complaining about was the sweating caused by her estrogen pills. When I dated women, they were strong women with strong willed successful mothers. I don't mean successful from a career standpoint. I mean successful in life. Some were stay at home mom's who made sure the ranch ran smoothly and everybody was fed at the appropriate time. That the stock tanks were full during harvest when the men were to busy to keep track and they had clean clothes everyday. They were women who volunteered at school and with Cub Scouts and with Brownies and entertained for the boss when they were called too. They were successful in the workplace. They were Secretaries, they ran Insurance agencies, School Lunch Room's, Head Surgery Nurses, I had a great aunt who was a Personal Secretary for a prominent business man and I never heard her complain about about how oppressed she felt being a women. I had a customer once who had a rough start in life, became a playboy bunny at an early age. Worked hard, waited tables, landed a successful businessman, became a fashion icon, a personal shopper at prestigious women's shop's working for other women and she never complained. She had a simple motto.
Monday, March 19, 2012
Let's Place the Blame Where it Belongs
As you all know by now and American Soldier slipped a cog and slaughtered 16 Afghani's. The tragedy here is on more levels than anyone is willing to say.
Let's take a moment to look at them all.
First. Let's place some of the blame on the Afghan people. After 10 years they are still unable to govern their own country successfully. No basic governmental infrastructure. Their security forces change sides as often most people change their underwear. They are so afraid of standing up to the Taliban that they would rather be continually oppressed, live in caves and hovel's with no running water and electricity. They definitely live by the code, if I am quiet enough no one will notice me and maybe I will live into my thirties. Frankly It's time they learned to stand up for themselves, and stopped being a drain on the worlds economies, humanities, and karma.
Second, Let's put some of the blame on the U.S. Government. What in the hell are we doing sending soldiers on 4 tour's of duty. These men sign up for the armed services because they are proud to be an American and they want to serve their country. Living in tents, outhouses, temporary showers, poor quality food, not to mention the constant threat from gunfire, bombs, and terrorist attacks. All defending a people who are too paralyzed to pick up arms and defend themselves. I can't even begin to imagine the stress, frustration, anger and futility that they feel after one deployment let alone four. Military budget restraints, partisan politics, and political agendas are crippling this country and placing American citizens in harms way all around the globe.
Third. Staff Sgt, Bales Commanding officer and some of his fellow servicemen have to have had some indication that he was going to slip a cog. Nobody goes tilt without showing some indication that they need some help.
Fourth and lastly. Staff. Sgt. Bales himself. While I applaud and am proud of each and every soldier serving for this great country. If Sgt. Bales is guilty. He needs to be punished to the full extent of the law. Both here in the United States, and in a manner which satisfies the Afghan people. After all it is the Afghan people that he is accused of killing. I am sickened that he did not get the attention, and respect that he deserved, and that he was put in the position to take the actions that he is accused of.
Thursday, March 8, 2012
The Story of Buck
Last night I watched the documentary Buck. Several of my friends have told me to watch it as it is one of the best movies they have ever seen. Contrary to what most of you think. I am one of the most open minded people alive. I've learned to walk down the proverbial middle of the road about just about everything before I make up my mind. So now if you've read this far you might as well know you're going to get my review of the movie Buck.
Contrary to whatever you think about the life he has lead and his childhood. He is not all that extra-ordinary. I'm sure that there are several successful businessmen all across the country that were abused as children as well. You see it gives you a different perspective on life, or your life anyway. One thing he said that rings home for sure, it tends to make you live in the moment. Living a solitary childhood is also the norm for abused children. Staying out of the line of fire, and not having many if any childhood friends also seem to be the case with all children who are abused. Frankly Buck was lucky. He was removed from the house at age 12 and got to escape the hell he had been living in. Some of us have to endure it until we are old enough to leave on our own.
While I do agree somewhat that as horse trainers go, he may be rare, but as horsemen go, he is far from rare. Ranchers all over this country have been training horses the gentle way for years, and will be for years to come. Financially successful horse trainers spend months away from home. That is nothing special. In 2008 I was away from home 36weeks with a load of horses. You have to have an incredible support team at home to make that work. The profit margin sucks. You wear out trucks and trailers and yourself. You wake up some mornings and look in the mirror and you can see all 80 thousand miles that you've been on the road in the last 12 months in the tracks of your face. I was impressed he actually aired the portion of the show that showed the renegade horse, and I was even more impressed that he had the balls to blame it on the human. Most horse problems are propagated by their humans.
So I guess you can say I wasn't that impressed with Buck the movie. Having lived that life for almost 30 years I guess I didn't see anything too extra-ordinary in what he does. In my horse training career I was lucky enough to achieve all of the goals that I set out to. In my case it was without question time to make a change.
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Th Future
I haven't written in my blog for a long time. I was told that I was getting to political, and as a small business owner trying to launch a new business I couldn't afford to alienate potential customers. I think I have been quiet long enough.
I am very concerned about the state of our country. Not just the country, but the seemingly inability to recognize that both our chosen leaders, and the ones that we have to choose from are completely out of touch with the reality of what is going on in our economy. I have made the same trip through the western third of the United States from Arizona to the tip of Idaho four times in the last 24 month. Same highways through the same towns, small to huge metropolitan areas. One thing that disturbs me a great deal is that these town's are dying. All of them. Motels and restaurants that were open two years ago are closed and for sale. I stop and eat at small diners along the way people are quiet, serious, and worried about their future. The atmosphere is dark and depressed in these places. People are seeing their life savings dwindle away to nothing. Hope's and dreams are being crushed at an alarming rate.
There are good hardworking people in America, they like to have successful productive lives. they just need a little direction, and a government that has their backs. Worrying about contraceptives and gardening from the rooftops in New York city is not going to bring this economy back. Just as disturbing is the fact that the most listened to right wing conservative radio talk show host, with 750,000 listeners can call a hard working woman. Who is working her way through law school a slut and a prostitute because she is exercising her right to free speech. I think it's great that he has lost 10 different advertisers, but why aren't we upset that he has lost his damn manners too. Someone asked Romney's wife about being rich, and she answered that she doesn't think about how much money they have. Of course not. That's because they have more than enough.
The bottom line here is that we don't have a good choice for president in the upcoming election. The socialist we have in office is unable to lead and the republicans can't seem to find a good candidate, and when they find one that might work, they attack them personally until they no longer want to run for office. I don't know how to get the establishments attention. But something has to be done so that they can really see what is going on in the country.
I'm frustrated, and I think that we should all be frustrated and do drastic things until the politicians start paying attention to something besides themselves and do the right things for America.
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