Seems Sarah Palin is a real problem solver.
This just in - Sarah Palin will stop the shooting of wolves in AK. Instead, they will capture them, transport to DC and set them loose in the halls of Congress. Three problems solved - the caribou are protected from wolves, and the wolves don't have to be shot. We ALL know what the third problem was...
(Sorry folks - I just couldn't help myself :o)
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Saturday, February 7, 2009
Friday, February 6, 2009
Bad News
It appears that both of Maine's Senators are working hard to pass a stimulus bill that, according to most economists, has little to do with stimulus. It appears that the bill will pass, but ONLY because Maine's so-called Republican senators are pushing it. Only 3 Republicans (in name only) are supporting this pork barrel, and two are from here in Maine. Even some Democrats have said this bill stinks! So why are Snowe and Collins pushing it?
Are you aware of what they are pushing? PORK for golf courses, a "mob" museum in Vegas, a waterpark, new cars for politicians, a frisbee park, icebreaking ships (I thought their Global Warming was taking care of that), and almost 400 BILLION DOLLARS of this bill the pawns our grandchildren's future for things that have nothing to do with creating jobs or stimulating the economy. This bill is nothing more than a "wish list" of Christmas spending on all the things Congress has been try to bill us for, but couldn't.
Obama promised transparency - but have you heard him speak one word of all these pork barrel projects in the bill? No. Nada.
Call me old-fashioned, but I believe a stimulus bill should actually stimulate something more than the desire to spend, spend, spend. We simply cannot afford pork anymore. If they want an $800 billion stimulus bill, the least they could do is make sure it is all stimulus.
Don't get me wrong - I would like to see a good stimulus bill get passed. But this ain't it. If you have not read it, you should. You would be just as disgusted as I.
Even Democrats should realize that all the bad decisions in the last several years have been made by either Democrats and/or RINO Republicans (Republican In Name Only). Most of the Republicans in Congress - and even President Bush - were RINO's.
It's time to STOP the Rino from charging - charging a trillion dollars to our children and grandchildren.
Contact Snowe and Collins TODAY at 1-202-224-3121 or email them from their websites, and tell them you do NOT want this bill - you want a CLEAN bill, without all the pork. After all, even if this $800 billion does create the 4 million jobs they claim, that comes to over $200,000 of YOUR money to pay for EACH $35,000 job. And that is absolutely criminal.
Want more jobs? Enforce our immigration laws and make it impossible for illegals to work here. Then their 12 million jobs can go to the 12 million unemployed Americans, and illegals will self-deport if they cannot earn a living here. Three times as many jobs as the "stimulus bill", without any of the cost, and accomplished virtually overnight. Remember - illegals are sending $60 billion dollars a year back to their families in Mexico, instead of spending it HERE.
If this bill passes with the help of Maine's senators, I will work tirelessly to unseat them both in the next election.
We need better representation than people whose only response to an issue is to throw pork at it. Certainly, some of the spending in the bill is for worthy programs - but they do not belong in a STIMULUS BILL. Money for education, icebreakers, std research etc. are supposed to be funded in the budget, in the Omnibus bill. To sneak these things through by scaring folks and under the guise of stimulus is just plain dishonest.
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Are you aware of what they are pushing? PORK for golf courses, a "mob" museum in Vegas, a waterpark, new cars for politicians, a frisbee park, icebreaking ships (I thought their Global Warming was taking care of that), and almost 400 BILLION DOLLARS of this bill the pawns our grandchildren's future for things that have nothing to do with creating jobs or stimulating the economy. This bill is nothing more than a "wish list" of Christmas spending on all the things Congress has been try to bill us for, but couldn't.
Obama promised transparency - but have you heard him speak one word of all these pork barrel projects in the bill? No. Nada.
Call me old-fashioned, but I believe a stimulus bill should actually stimulate something more than the desire to spend, spend, spend. We simply cannot afford pork anymore. If they want an $800 billion stimulus bill, the least they could do is make sure it is all stimulus.
Don't get me wrong - I would like to see a good stimulus bill get passed. But this ain't it. If you have not read it, you should. You would be just as disgusted as I.
Even Democrats should realize that all the bad decisions in the last several years have been made by either Democrats and/or RINO Republicans (Republican In Name Only). Most of the Republicans in Congress - and even President Bush - were RINO's.
It's time to STOP the Rino from charging - charging a trillion dollars to our children and grandchildren.
Contact Snowe and Collins TODAY at 1-202-224-3121 or email them from their websites, and tell them you do NOT want this bill - you want a CLEAN bill, without all the pork. After all, even if this $800 billion does create the 4 million jobs they claim, that comes to over $200,000 of YOUR money to pay for EACH $35,000 job. And that is absolutely criminal.
Want more jobs? Enforce our immigration laws and make it impossible for illegals to work here. Then their 12 million jobs can go to the 12 million unemployed Americans, and illegals will self-deport if they cannot earn a living here. Three times as many jobs as the "stimulus bill", without any of the cost, and accomplished virtually overnight. Remember - illegals are sending $60 billion dollars a year back to their families in Mexico, instead of spending it HERE.
If this bill passes with the help of Maine's senators, I will work tirelessly to unseat them both in the next election.
We need better representation than people whose only response to an issue is to throw pork at it. Certainly, some of the spending in the bill is for worthy programs - but they do not belong in a STIMULUS BILL. Money for education, icebreakers, std research etc. are supposed to be funded in the budget, in the Omnibus bill. To sneak these things through by scaring folks and under the guise of stimulus is just plain dishonest.
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Wednesday, February 4, 2009
The Great Intelligence Test
This is for fun.
I wrote the book "Wealth From Thin Air", and millions of copies have been downloaded (it's free to all). In it, I offer my email address. Well, this one guy emails me tonight and asked, "Great book, Bill. Have you ever read it?"
No - never read it. Didn't have to.
Here's your sign...
Blagojevich was on Letterman last night. Something he did not say, but should have:
"The only reason I tried to sell the Senate seat is because I was broke. I was broke because I paid my taxes. I never got the memo that Democrat politicians aren't supposed to pay them. So, I guess it's all Daschle's fault for not sharing that info."
I was having a discussion with some evolutionists today. What fun! It could have been even more fun, but the sport is taken out of it when you have a battle of wits with unarmed folks.
One guy said, "Evolution is a FACT. They have FOSSILS!" Guess he does not know what fossils are. Just because a critter had bones does not mean it evolved into or from anything.
Another said, "Well, Creationism is only a theory." I had to remind her that evolution is also just a theory. What makes hers better than mine?
Their arguments went downhill from there, until they degenerated to dragging Sarah Palin into it somehow. Desperation breeds fools. I just excused myself and left.
And you can't make this stuff up. A good Samaritan in California wanted to pick up all the trash along the road near his home. The great state of California will not let him. It's against the law!
And for those who refuse to believe claims that the media does not see Obama as the "second coming", check these out - these are images that many of them have been using lately. I downloaded them directly from news stories and magazine covers.
The ones who are really failing in the intelligence test, however, are those Democrats like Feinstein who, in spite of the public furor over the spending bill disguised as a stimulus bill, are trying to make it even BIGGER. And while nearly 1/4 of Democrat senators are actually siding with the Republicans in trying to clean up the bill and remove pork, those moronic senators like Feinstein are proposing adding another 50-80 billion to it in more pork. Some people are just too stupid to get it! The bill is up from $819 billion to $920 billion - of OUR KIDS MONEY! 18,750 PET PROJECTS added to this bill. There is even on bill that provides money to prostitutes for financial aid. Your money, folks.
But the DUMBEST person in the intelligence test must go to Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who stated in a news conference today that failure to pass this bill will result in a loss of 500 million more jobs! Neat trick, considering there are only 220 million adults in the entire country. I guess every one of us will all be losing TWO jobs. Or maybe some of those jobs are in the extra 7 states Obama campaigned in that do not exist.
Senator Collins, on the other hand, has flatly opposed the bill as written, and is working hard to clean it up - such as dumping the new version of Cash for Clunkers that is attached to the bill. Kudos to Collins.
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I wrote the book "Wealth From Thin Air", and millions of copies have been downloaded (it's free to all). In it, I offer my email address. Well, this one guy emails me tonight and asked, "Great book, Bill. Have you ever read it?"
No - never read it. Didn't have to.
Here's your sign...
Blagojevich was on Letterman last night. Something he did not say, but should have:
"The only reason I tried to sell the Senate seat is because I was broke. I was broke because I paid my taxes. I never got the memo that Democrat politicians aren't supposed to pay them. So, I guess it's all Daschle's fault for not sharing that info."
I was having a discussion with some evolutionists today. What fun! It could have been even more fun, but the sport is taken out of it when you have a battle of wits with unarmed folks.
One guy said, "Evolution is a FACT. They have FOSSILS!" Guess he does not know what fossils are. Just because a critter had bones does not mean it evolved into or from anything.
Another said, "Well, Creationism is only a theory." I had to remind her that evolution is also just a theory. What makes hers better than mine?
Their arguments went downhill from there, until they degenerated to dragging Sarah Palin into it somehow. Desperation breeds fools. I just excused myself and left.
And you can't make this stuff up. A good Samaritan in California wanted to pick up all the trash along the road near his home. The great state of California will not let him. It's against the law!
And for those who refuse to believe claims that the media does not see Obama as the "second coming", check these out - these are images that many of them have been using lately. I downloaded them directly from news stories and magazine covers.
The ones who are really failing in the intelligence test, however, are those Democrats like Feinstein who, in spite of the public furor over the spending bill disguised as a stimulus bill, are trying to make it even BIGGER. And while nearly 1/4 of Democrat senators are actually siding with the Republicans in trying to clean up the bill and remove pork, those moronic senators like Feinstein are proposing adding another 50-80 billion to it in more pork. Some people are just too stupid to get it! The bill is up from $819 billion to $920 billion - of OUR KIDS MONEY! 18,750 PET PROJECTS added to this bill. There is even on bill that provides money to prostitutes for financial aid. Your money, folks.
But the DUMBEST person in the intelligence test must go to Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who stated in a news conference today that failure to pass this bill will result in a loss of 500 million more jobs! Neat trick, considering there are only 220 million adults in the entire country. I guess every one of us will all be losing TWO jobs. Or maybe some of those jobs are in the extra 7 states Obama campaigned in that do not exist.
Senator Collins, on the other hand, has flatly opposed the bill as written, and is working hard to clean it up - such as dumping the new version of Cash for Clunkers that is attached to the bill. Kudos to Collins.
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Sunday, February 1, 2009
Last Chance
Hey, friends and fellow car nuts, the time has come to stand up if you have not done so already. Currently, the Senate plans to attach a "cash for clunkers" type of bill to the stimulus package to be voted on next week. This, in spite of the fact that the House already stripped off their version due to the pressure we put on them.
We need to put that same pressure on the Senate. For more info on the bill, and what you can do, vistit the SEMA Alert page at http://echo.bluehornet.com/hostedemail/email.htm?h=9965280abf2db93e74235e94bc9d1d46&CID=1445475797&ch=A03A65F980871DCB43E54A841F9057DD
Let's put up a fight worthy of the love we have for our rides!
Bill
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We need to put that same pressure on the Senate. For more info on the bill, and what you can do, vistit the SEMA Alert page at http://echo.bluehornet.com/hostedemail/email.htm?h=9965280abf2db93e74235e94bc9d1d46&CID=1445475797&ch=A03A65F980871DCB43E54A841F9057DD
Let's put up a fight worthy of the love we have for our rides!
Bill
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Saturday, January 31, 2009
A Touch of Summer
Last season I spent some time photographing a wide variety of hood ornaments at car shows around New England.
I was saving them for this series, during the cold depths of winter.
Here is Page 1. Others will follow during the winter.
I like the 5th one :o)
Enjoy!
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I was saving them for this series, during the cold depths of winter.
Here is Page 1. Others will follow during the winter.
I like the 5th one :o)
Enjoy!
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Friday, January 30, 2009
Money 101
For those of you who may be interested in gaining a fuller understanding (in plain English) as to how an economy works, why it is not working very well right now, and what can be done to give 'er a boost, check out http://bill-is-watching.blogspot.com/2009/01/backward-thinking.html
And before you bash the rich, remember that poor people can never offer you a good paying job.
And for chuckles, here is an update on the Turkey Run - clearing their din-din area after the storm. I still ask myself, "WHY?"
Overheard in a poker game in the Oval Office: "I'll see your two lobbyists and raise you two tax cheats and a socialist..."
Biden says he wants to lock up business owners. Conyers says the Republicans should be locked up. The DNC wants Blago locked up. It appears the only folks Democrats don't want locked up are terrorists and tax cheats.
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And before you bash the rich, remember that poor people can never offer you a good paying job.
And for chuckles, here is an update on the Turkey Run - clearing their din-din area after the storm. I still ask myself, "WHY?"
Overheard in a poker game in the Oval Office: "I'll see your two lobbyists and raise you two tax cheats and a socialist..."
Biden says he wants to lock up business owners. Conyers says the Republicans should be locked up. The DNC wants Blago locked up. It appears the only folks Democrats don't want locked up are terrorists and tax cheats.
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Thursday, January 29, 2009
Just Hadda Do It
This was sent by our own comic relief, Dale Chasse. I don't often publish the funny stuff he sends, but I had to make this exception. I have seen this before, but it STILL makes me chuckle - especially the last one.
These are from a book called "Disorder in the American Courts", and are things people actually said in court, word for word, taken down and now published by court reporters that had the torment of staying calm while these exchanges were actually taking place.
ATTORNEY: What was the first thing your husband said to you that morning?
WITNESS: He said, "Where am I, Cathy?"
ATTORNEY: And why did that upset you?
WITNESS: My name is Susan!
_________________________
ATTORNEY: What gear were you in at the moment of the impact?
WITNESS: Gucci sweats and Reeboks.
_________________________
ATTORNEY: Are you sexually active?
WITNESS: No, I just lie there.
_________________________
ATTORNEY: This myasthenia gravis, does it affect your memory at all?
WITNESS: Yes.
ATTORNEY: And in what ways does it affect your memory?
WITNESS: I forget.
ATTORNEY: You forget? Can you give us an example of something you forgot?_________________________
ATTORNEY: Do you know if your daughter has ever been involved in voodoo?
WITNESS: We both do.
ATTORNEY: Voodoo?
WITNESS: We do.
ATTORNEY: You do?
WITNESS: Yes, voodoo.
________________________
ATTORNEY: Now doctor, isn't it true that when a person dies in his sleep, he doesn't know about it until the next morning?
WITNESS: Did you actually pass the bar exam?
_________________________
ATTORNEY: The youngest son, the twenty-year-old, how old is he?
WITNESS: Uh, he's twenty.
_________________________
ATTORNEY: Were you present when your picture was taken?
WITNESS: Are you shittin' me?
_________________________
ATTORNEY: So the date of conception (of the baby) was August 8th?
WITNESS: Yes.
ATTORNEY: And what were you doing at that time?
WITNESS: Uh.... I was gettin' laid!
_________________________
ATTORNEY: She had three children, right?
WITNESS: Yes.
ATTORNEY: How many were boys?
WITNESS: None.
ATTORNEY: Were there any girls?
WITNESS: Are you shittin' me? Your Honor, I think I need a different attorney. Can I get a new attorney?
_________________________
ATTORNEY: How was your first marriage terminated?
WITNESS: By death.
ATTORNEY: And by whose death was it terminated?WITNESS:
Now whose death do you suppose terminated it?
_________________________
ATTORNEY: Can you describe the individual?
WITNESS: He was about medium height and had a beard.
ATTORNEY: Was this a male or a female?
WITNESS: Guess.
_________________________
ATTORNEY: Is your appearance here this morning pursuant to a deposition notice which I sent to your attorney?
WITNESS: No, this is how I dress when I go to work.
_________________________
ATTORNEY: Doctor, how many of your autopsies have you performed on dead people?WITNESS: All my autopsies are performed on dead people. Would you like to rephrase that?_________________________
ATTORNEY: ALL your responses MUST be oral, OK? What school did you go to?
WITNESS: Oral.
_________________________
ATTORNEY: Do you recall the time that you examined the body?
WITNESS: The autopsy started around 8:30 p.m.
ATTORNEY: And Mr. Denton was dead at the time?
WITNESS: No, he was sitting on the table wondering why I was doing an autopsy on him!_________________________
ATTORNEY: Are you qualified to give a urine sample?
WITNESS: Huh....are you qualified to ask that question?
_________________________
ATTORNEY: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: Did you check for blood pressure?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: Did you check for breathing?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy?WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: How can you be so sure, Doctor?
WITNESS: Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar.
ATTORNEY: I see, but could the patient have still been alive, nevertheless?
WITNESS: Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law.
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These are from a book called "Disorder in the American Courts", and are things people actually said in court, word for word, taken down and now published by court reporters that had the torment of staying calm while these exchanges were actually taking place.
ATTORNEY: What was the first thing your husband said to you that morning?
WITNESS: He said, "Where am I, Cathy?"
ATTORNEY: And why did that upset you?
WITNESS: My name is Susan!
_________________________
ATTORNEY: What gear were you in at the moment of the impact?
WITNESS: Gucci sweats and Reeboks.
_________________________
ATTORNEY: Are you sexually active?
WITNESS: No, I just lie there.
_________________________
ATTORNEY: This myasthenia gravis, does it affect your memory at all?
WITNESS: Yes.
ATTORNEY: And in what ways does it affect your memory?
WITNESS: I forget.
ATTORNEY: You forget? Can you give us an example of something you forgot?_________________________
ATTORNEY: Do you know if your daughter has ever been involved in voodoo?
WITNESS: We both do.
ATTORNEY: Voodoo?
WITNESS: We do.
ATTORNEY: You do?
WITNESS: Yes, voodoo.
________________________
ATTORNEY: Now doctor, isn't it true that when a person dies in his sleep, he doesn't know about it until the next morning?
WITNESS: Did you actually pass the bar exam?
_________________________
ATTORNEY: The youngest son, the twenty-year-old, how old is he?
WITNESS: Uh, he's twenty.
_________________________
ATTORNEY: Were you present when your picture was taken?
WITNESS: Are you shittin' me?
_________________________
ATTORNEY: So the date of conception (of the baby) was August 8th?
WITNESS: Yes.
ATTORNEY: And what were you doing at that time?
WITNESS: Uh.... I was gettin' laid!
_________________________
ATTORNEY: She had three children, right?
WITNESS: Yes.
ATTORNEY: How many were boys?
WITNESS: None.
ATTORNEY: Were there any girls?
WITNESS: Are you shittin' me? Your Honor, I think I need a different attorney. Can I get a new attorney?
_________________________
ATTORNEY: How was your first marriage terminated?
WITNESS: By death.
ATTORNEY: And by whose death was it terminated?WITNESS:
Now whose death do you suppose terminated it?
_________________________
ATTORNEY: Can you describe the individual?
WITNESS: He was about medium height and had a beard.
ATTORNEY: Was this a male or a female?
WITNESS: Guess.
_________________________
ATTORNEY: Is your appearance here this morning pursuant to a deposition notice which I sent to your attorney?
WITNESS: No, this is how I dress when I go to work.
_________________________
ATTORNEY: Doctor, how many of your autopsies have you performed on dead people?WITNESS: All my autopsies are performed on dead people. Would you like to rephrase that?_________________________
ATTORNEY: ALL your responses MUST be oral, OK? What school did you go to?
WITNESS: Oral.
_________________________
ATTORNEY: Do you recall the time that you examined the body?
WITNESS: The autopsy started around 8:30 p.m.
ATTORNEY: And Mr. Denton was dead at the time?
WITNESS: No, he was sitting on the table wondering why I was doing an autopsy on him!_________________________
ATTORNEY: Are you qualified to give a urine sample?
WITNESS: Huh....are you qualified to ask that question?
_________________________
ATTORNEY: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: Did you check for blood pressure?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: Did you check for breathing?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy?WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: How can you be so sure, Doctor?
WITNESS: Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar.
ATTORNEY: I see, but could the patient have still been alive, nevertheless?
WITNESS: Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law.
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