Awesome Video

This is great. Like a lot of what Jibjab.com produces. They have a knack for wit. Try this video on for size. It says it all.
Obama video

Who will pay for healthcare?

Try this on for size. Obama's not raising "ANY TAXES" on people making less than $250,000 per year. Really? What then is "Cap and Trade" if not a tax that will be passed on to you and me and all of us. What is the tobacco tax. That's huge! I don't smoke but, so what! Why do we keep imposing more and more taxes and government on all of us? How about UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE? Hmm what does that mean? How would that work? Hmmm... click here for some details. My favorite is where it doesn't insure anyone making less than $33,000 per year. Hmmm... we'll still have Medicare only MUCH, MUCH BIGGER! VOTE THEM OUT!!!

A letter from my Uncle...

The following is a letter I received from my Uncle David Vigue. His views will be obvious in a minute. I tried to post this as a comment but comments can be no more than 4000 characters, so here it is.

Dear Andy,

Well what I think is this. Our President says one thing and turns around and does something else. Example here is, he said he doesn’t want to run a car company, yet, he signed legislation to dictate what kind of cars they can build and sell. He removed the CEO, and gave a large stake to the UAW, who gave big support to Obama - Biden. The UAW is part of the problem with GM and Chrysler. Now, they have a “Pay Check Czar”. Give me a break. If he isn’t running GM, who is?

As for cutting dealers, it has been pointed out that the owner of BET also owns dealerships, and he is a large Democrat contributor, and none of his stores are being shut down. Now this BK Chapter, it’s nothing like any of the other ones that a major business files. Why, because the new CEO (Obama) also controls all the strings. When the Mfg. sells to it’s dealers, they get paid in full for the car or truck. They even get the freight money back, just look at the window sticker. They sell parts to dealers as well. If they want to cut back on dealer participation, all they would have to do is lower the amount of holdback, and cut back on advertising assistance. The dealers are on the hook for the cars on their lots. If they owe money on them, and many if not most do, it is a write off on the statement. Many dealerships float the inventory with banks and other 3^rd party lenders. It is called a “floor plan”. So, cutting dealerships is pure politics, and nothing but.

I said before the election that this guy was bad news, and I feel it fell on deaf ears. The man said in his book “to clear my head, I would go and hear a Marxist speaker”. Now look at the whole picture here, Rev Wright, Father Flagger, William Ayres, and others formed how he feels about the USA. From his trip to the Middle East, Mexico, Canada, England and France, he has done nothing but bad mouth our country. He has continued this time and time again. And I think it is because his vision of a better America would look more like Cuba, or the old Soviet Union. Whenever I brought this up, people would dismiss it as if maybe I was the nut. Another problem with the people on the left, is they don’t see this happening. They think they have elected a Democrat. He is not a Democrat in the mold of the Democrats I remember, and maybe even supported at one time or another. They believe that this is something we have to do, close down dealerships, tighten the belt, and let Washington oversee the “progress”. Strong dealerships survive recessions, and by the way, they are not drains on the manufacture. I should know, I managed in 2 states and worked in 4 states in the retail end. From 1979 to 2005. We lost thousands of dealerships in the early 80’s and late 70’s. The prime rate, had gone above 20% . Now what makes this worse for GM and Chrysler, in the late 70’s Toyota, Datsun (Now Nissan) and Honda were not that strong. Kia, and Hyundai were not even in the picture. Closing dealerships is more control by the Obama admin., and I wonder how many union dealerships are being shut down. Hummn. (Just a side note, when Chrysler introduced the K-Car, Dodge Aries and Plymouth Reliant, the Chairman of Chrysler went on TV adds saying he thought 24% APR was to high for Americans, so he was going to lower the APR for new car purchases to 14.9 APR, and that started the APR buy downs.)

Libs call what I say my opinion. And the truth is, it is not an opinion. It is fact.

Here are the facts…

1. Poor people do not create jobs. (other than civil servant welfare etc.)

2. Government has never proven that they can run a business. (Amtrak, ConRail, USPS)

3. Socialism has failed everywhere it has been tried, why do we think it would work here?

4. Tax cuts have stimulated our economy over and over again, and the rich people just might run out of money if that’s all who pay the freight. If the Bush tax cuts expire, families making just 60K per year will pay about $1800.00 more in tax. Oh I forgot, they were tax cuts for the wealthy.

5. We are all created equal, given equal opportunity, but we are not guaranteed equal outcome. The problem with equal outcome is that we will all be poor.

6. “Health Care” is not a right. Yes that’s a fact. And more facts about that, we already have SCHIP, Medicare, Medicaid, and we even have hospitals like St Jude and Shiners’ who turn no one away who can’t pay. It is also a fact that before they increased SCHIP, 40 percent of the families who qualified for the old version never signed up. It is also a fact that the 15 percent of Americans who don’t have health insurance or those people who fall between the government programs and private insurance can be broken down into further groups, such as young people who make enough, but don’t want to lay out the money for coverage, people between jobs, people who can pay as they go, people to lazy to sign up for the SCHIP, etc. So, do we really need to change our health care system to cover 15 percent. Now for the opinion, my opinion is NO. Any reasonable person would have to agree with me. But, who ever said that today’s Left Wing is reasonable.

7. This is a great fact. The Amish have never set off a bomb. So we don’t have Amish Terrorist. We do however have Islamic Terrorist, so why not call it like it is. And they are at war with us, no matter what our Pres. Says. Just read the 9/11 report.

8. Life begins at conception. It’s not a choice, it’s a baby. And if someone doesn’t think so, than why would they agree that digging up sea turtle eggs is a crime. Could it be that if all the makings of the sea turtle are there, that makes it a sea turtle. Than why is a human fetus dismissed as a choice?

9. Americans owning hand guns is Constitutional. No matter what the new Supreme Court nominee thinks.

10. Marriage is defined as between a man and a woman, look it up. Also, it has been a religious practice for millenniums. So why do we have to change it? What is the government doing in the religion business anyway? If we change the law for same sex couples, do we have to change it for incest. As I see it the only people not allowed to be married are married people. Gay people can get married, just not same sex.

So Andrew, maybe you can explain to me why it is that people who call themselves “people of faith” would ever consider voting or supporting Obama, Biden, Pelosi, Frank, and all the other “Pro Choice” people. As I understand it, the main line Christian faiths, United Methodist, Roman Catholic, Lutheran, LDS etc. all teach that life is a gift from God. They also teach that people should be married before having sexual intercourse. They also teach that marriage is between a man and a woman, and that homosexual practice is a sin. They also teach what Jesus said, “to love your neighbor as you love yourself.” And, if this is true, why is the left so intolerant of other peoples views. Like Joe the Plumber, Miss California, and Gov. Palin.

I told you before, liberalism is a “Mental Disorder”. No other way to describe it. But it can be treated, with out universal health care, going to the hospital, or taking drugs. All we have to do is turn the light on inside their head. Have you noticed some of the best conservatives used to be liberals? So the hope is, that by 2010 America wakes up, and smells the Marxist, and votes for American Conservative principles. Even my Democrat friends. Oh boy have I found some who are ready to change.

So remember this, if you vote 3^rd party, you may as well vote for Obama. This go around, make sure you don’t vote for Obama by proxy. It is to important, as you can see. I have more if you care.

Uncle Dave

P.S. feel free to post this on your blog.

THE GOVERNMENT DOES IT AGAIN...IDIOTS!!!

Check this out! Here's how the government doesn't get it when it comes to business. They want to tell us that they are "protecting us from business." Who do they think they are? All of these career politicians who have ZERO private sector experience! They are used to functioning without consequences. If a government project loses money "Who cares? Its not my money! Who cares, I won't lose MY job over it!" Well in the private sector businesses have to make decisions and live with the consequences. I oppose the bailouts, ALL OF THEM! Especially the car industry. Read this to see what "Government Motors" is doing to "fix" the problem. This is a phone interview with a recently terminated GM Franchisee who hasn't had one month losing money since the 80's. Yet the government will terminate their contract, nevermind the common sense here. I'm sure the city of Minneapolis won't miss the taxes that dealer brought in either...

Prayer is NOT outlawed in school

Shocker I know, so far as I could tell, prayer was "Outlawed" years ago. This is a link sent to me by my brother in response to an email circulating around about the dad of a Columbine girl who was killed. Much of what he said was good, but there are other things that are either inaccurate or exaggerated. I got this email and it appeared that this was a recent statement from him, but it was 10 years ago, after the shooting. Check out these two links one is about prayer in school, and the other is about the Columbine dad.
Check out your facts before forwarding on an email with your name attached to it. I usually do but this one slipped past me.

AIG and Christopher Dodd's wife? Maxine Waters' husband and a bailout bank? Hmmm...

Read this!
CORRUPT SENATOR
Dodd's wife worked for AIG in Bermuda. Interesting place to work for them? I wonder what their tax laws are like in Bermuda. Hmmm...
California Rep. Maxine Waters is dirty as well " Ms. Waters, a longtime congresswoman from California, had close ties to the minority-owned institution, OneUnited Bank.

Ms. Waters and her husband have both held financial stakes in the bank. Until recently, her husband was a director. At the same time, Ms. Waters has publicly boosted OneUnited's executives and criticized its government regulators during congressional hearings. Last fall, she helped secure the bank a meeting with Treasury officials."

and the article goes on to say "The financial-services committee on which Ms. Waters sits oversees banking issues, and the lawmaker is a potential future chairman."

Read the whole Wall Street Journal article here.

Man I hate hypocrites! Especially very powerful ones like senators and congressmen!

AIG hmmmm...what's the rest of the story?

I just read the resignation letter from Jake Desantis an executive of AIG. This is worth reading and its the OTHER HALF of the story I've been waiting to hear.
Do I feel outrage at a company who took federal funds in a bailout, for giving out huge bonuses? Well, maybe, that is if that's the whole story, with no explanation. As someone who works on commission and bonuses I feel like there needs to be some explanation given. Yes, there are companies, banks mainly, who spent a bunch of bailout money on "Golden parachutes" and bathroom remodels and all which yes are egregious. Didn't airlines do that too a few years ago? Hmm... The reality is that some of these people were from profitable parts of the business, and some were (like Mr. Desantis) working for $1 for the year and these bonuses were the way they were paid to stay on and try to make AIG profitable in every area again. Anyone with business savvy knows that to get the best minds you need to pay! Think sports, do the best coaches get paid big money? Of course they do. If you have a sinking ship and you want to fix it, you may pay someone through a deferred payment plan. When these payments are called "Bonuses" they sound far, far worse than if they were called "salaries" right? Congress knew about these "bonus" checks and even made sure that AIG was assured to get them, so these "great minds" would stick around. (Think Senator Dodd especially)
Now that its politically unpopular to support the bonuses the cockroaches are scattering. Or are they "rats" fleeing the light? Hmmm...
Read the letter to the end. And ask what would you do if you were in HIS position. Its verrry enlightening!
Resignation Letter
P.S. and don't get me started on how disgusting and down right SCARY it is that Attorneys General would abuse THEIR power to shame these people, again with no explanation of the real details. They have put these people's families' safety in jeopardy! That's wrong, wrong, wrong! They should be ashamed and removed from their office. They are dangerous people!
read this article detailing the chilling letters recieved by THE CONNECTICUT ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE RICHARD BLUMENTHAL and he still wants to "out" these people even with the death threats already published! What a scumbag! Impeach Blumenthal!
Death threat letters
Want more scary stuff? Consider what's happening in France. France is not Colombia right? France is a "civilized" 1st world country right? Read here about BOSSNAPPINGS. And "No" this has nothing to do with your manager sleeping habits. In France when the unions are unhappy with a boss, they kidnap them until their demands are met. WHAT?!?!?! And the freakin' unions get away with it! Is this what we want to become? We are NOT FRANCE!!! I hope we never become France! France is a country held hostage by the unions and the workers. I am not suggesting that countries shouldn't take care of their citizens or workers, but they should not have labor laws that make it nearly impossible to fire someone no matter how bad their performance may be, or allows BOSSNAPPINGS!!! Please support THE TRUTH!!! Demand the truth!!! We need someone who will say and do what's unpopular because it is right!
GOD BLESS AMERICA!!! MAY WE STILL RECOGNIZE HER TOMORROW!!!

Spotlight on Science

I've enjoyed Glenn Beck's "Spotlight on Science, dedicated to President Obama's love of all things Science". Today he pointed out an article that says that CFLs (Compact Fluorescent Light bulbs) may be more harmful to the environment than regular incandescent bulbs. Why? Because they put off less heat and people in colder areas will now have to use MORE energy to run their furnace to heat their home since the CFLs run at such a cool temperature. Hmmmm... I thought the scientists had that one all figured out! Hmm...Here's the Link.

Here's a link as to why CFLs are harmful to the environment and how much trouble it is to recycle them. They contain "trace amounts of Mercury" in them, but enough to contaminate thousands of gallons of ground water after they show up in landfills. Hmmm... here's the article on MSNBC.COM Odd coming from such a liberal "news source."

So now Scouters, keep your eyes peeled now for the latest "Change." Science...you've got to love how it keeps getting defined "once and for all." Except then it doesn't. Don't these scientists and politicians know that science is ever evolving? Which is why it is so FOOLISH to start making POLICY and LAWS based on a really short period of time, and limited knowledge. It will only change again, and again.