O.k. let me explain why I am concerned about a lot of people most especially Homosexuals and liberals. It is well summed up in the children’s book “If you give a mouse a cookie.”
And the long and short of it is if you give a mouse a cookie he’s gonna want a glass of milk.
See no matter how much you give these people it is NEVER enough. They are going to want more. And it never ends.
It doesn’t matter how much suffering or effort you have to go through, they are never satisfied and they will want more. And this is something I speak of from experience BTW... see my later post on this subject.
This attitude actually makes for good reading more than you would think. The First book did so well that there is now a whole series with moose and pigs and mice and more.
Saturday, September 4, 2010
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
3D OR NOT TO 3D:
Lately I have been noticing a tendency for movies to start trending to the 3d thing. Like someone quipped though the whole idea seems to be “instead of making a good movie let’s make it in 3d so people will want to watch it. Instead of trying to make a quality product these people are trying to use gimmickry to draw in viewers.
Now don’t et me wrong here! There are good movies being made in 3d format, And I look forward to seeing some of them, but I prefer the good old 2d method for a couple of reasons. One they are cheaper. the theaters have taken this gimmickry and used it to make more money then they do with 2d formats by charging you a rental fee for the 3d glasses you use. And they don’t care if you save your glasses and bring them back to watch another 3d movie, they will still charge you the extra 3 bucks for the glasses anyway.
To me this seems like a scam. Why would they do this? Except to make extra money off the moviegoers. They don’t seem to realize that the economy is not booming right now, and they ought to.
All their sales are in a slump, that is probably one of the reasons they charge more, to try to make up the difference.
But they think (I guess) that the reason people aren’t going is a lack of gimmicks when the real reason is a lack of funds. So raising rates is NOT going to solve the problem, it will make it worse! What they need to do is to make the movies more affordable so people can get out and see them without spending all their rent money.
Now don’t et me wrong here! There are good movies being made in 3d format, And I look forward to seeing some of them, but I prefer the good old 2d method for a couple of reasons. One they are cheaper. the theaters have taken this gimmickry and used it to make more money then they do with 2d formats by charging you a rental fee for the 3d glasses you use. And they don’t care if you save your glasses and bring them back to watch another 3d movie, they will still charge you the extra 3 bucks for the glasses anyway.
To me this seems like a scam. Why would they do this? Except to make extra money off the moviegoers. They don’t seem to realize that the economy is not booming right now, and they ought to.
All their sales are in a slump, that is probably one of the reasons they charge more, to try to make up the difference.
But they think (I guess) that the reason people aren’t going is a lack of gimmicks when the real reason is a lack of funds. So raising rates is NOT going to solve the problem, it will make it worse! What they need to do is to make the movies more affordable so people can get out and see them without spending all their rent money.
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
OH WHAT A TANGLED WEB THIS IS:
Recently I heard about a woman in Southern California who has decided that she wants to wear her Hijab during Ramadan. The problem is she works for Disneyland and they have a dress code (uniforms) which forbids the use of a garment like that.
When I served in the military we had uniforms and there were a lot of restrictions on what we could and could not have on, in or around those uniforms. We were not given the option of wearing a cross unless we were a chaplain, we could not personalize the uniforms beyond the nametags they gave us and even our underwear was issued to us. That is just the way it is.
Anyway long and short of it she said that “[They] sent her home and would not let her wear it, thereby infringing on her freedom of religion.”
Now I believe that a person or A private business, ought to be allowed to do things the way the business or the person wants, WITHIN REASON, the needs of the business though outweigh the wants of the person. And if a person cannot abide by the needs of the business they ought to find another job where they can.
the whole purpose to our country’s laws and ideals is individual freedoms. The problem is people today are unwilling to let others have their freedoms, “that can’t happen”.
They will sue a business for making the person conform to a dress code. Where I would say YOU knew about the dress code before starting to work there, If the dress code was unsuitable to you then you should not have taken that job, they would say no that employer hires people so he or she has to do it the way WE want him or her to do it.
SORRY TO TELL YOU BUT, YOU CHOSE TO WORK THERE! LIVE WITH IT, or get another job.
I think the way it works (and ought to work) is that, as an employer, it is MY money And therefore MY choice.
Same with property or goods, I chose to buy this stuff and NO ONE in this world ought to be able to tell me that I cannot use the item I BOUGHT or tell me how I should use it. It is my stuff, it is my property it is my choice.
If you do not want people being able to choose how to use that which they spent their money on, DON’T SELL IT TO THEM.
I get so frustrated at all the people who want to say, “yeah you just purchased that land for 3 million dollars but you can’t build your house on it because we think it ought to be used for a park instead. If you want to build a park there then YOU need to pay the three million to buy it so you can put the park in. But until then shut up and let the owner do what ever he wants.
The ONLY possible exception I can see is when there is a negative impact on the people or property around there, and it has to be an extreme level to count.
In other words if you are pumping hazardous waste into the stream on the back of your property then that is a no go because that stream doesn’t really belong to you. The water doesn’t just stay on your property, it will flow down to the sea and once it is off your property then it is no longer for you to use. In that kind of a case you are poisoning the property of your neighbors or even the neighbors themselves and that is not good.
But just because YOU like trees doesn’t mean you have the right to tell the property owner he HAS to leave them alone. Their loss is not necessarily particularly damaging to nature or other people (unless it is the last of that kind of tree period end of story.)
There is no carry over to other things in other words. So shut up it’s his/her property leave him/her alone.
Likewise if someone has a business, how or she chooses to run that business is no concern of your’s. If you do not like his or her hiring practices or the way he or she treats his or her employees then you can tell him or her how you feel and then decide to NOT use the product that business puts out.
BUT you DO NOT have the right to tell the owner that he or she HAS to abide by your choice.
You want to tell people how to run a business? GET YOUR OWN $%#@ BUSINESS!
Too many people want to tell others what to do and I for one think it’s time that we start looking to our own selves and doing what we think is right for us, each, individually instead of focusing on what everyone else does.
Some people would say that this is a shortsighted outlook, but it isn’t really. We can still show concern and we can still try to help others to see their mistakes.
But unless it is truly causing great harm, if the business has the practice of going out and hitting people on the head and putting them to work against their will, if the business is making life unlivable for people who have no choice to change it through pollution, if the business is stealing from people, or if the business is specifically hunting resources to destroy all that is needed all over the world, or if they are buying up all of something and destroying it to create scarcity. Yeah that kind of unethical immorality needs to be stopped.
But if they don’t take good care of the employee, the employee can quit. It is the employee’s choice to work there, if the business is making a product you don’t like then you can just not buy that product, if the business has a restrictive dress code then you can choose to not work there. And in each if these cases you have the choice, as a consumer, to not shop there.
I do not think you ought to have the choice to sue them for deciding to do what they want to do when it comes down to an issue of personal responsibility or choice like that.
When I served in the military we had uniforms and there were a lot of restrictions on what we could and could not have on, in or around those uniforms. We were not given the option of wearing a cross unless we were a chaplain, we could not personalize the uniforms beyond the nametags they gave us and even our underwear was issued to us. That is just the way it is.
Anyway long and short of it she said that “[They] sent her home and would not let her wear it, thereby infringing on her freedom of religion.”
Now I believe that a person or A private business, ought to be allowed to do things the way the business or the person wants, WITHIN REASON, the needs of the business though outweigh the wants of the person. And if a person cannot abide by the needs of the business they ought to find another job where they can.
the whole purpose to our country’s laws and ideals is individual freedoms. The problem is people today are unwilling to let others have their freedoms, “that can’t happen”.
They will sue a business for making the person conform to a dress code. Where I would say YOU knew about the dress code before starting to work there, If the dress code was unsuitable to you then you should not have taken that job, they would say no that employer hires people so he or she has to do it the way WE want him or her to do it.
SORRY TO TELL YOU BUT, YOU CHOSE TO WORK THERE! LIVE WITH IT, or get another job.
I think the way it works (and ought to work) is that, as an employer, it is MY money And therefore MY choice.
Same with property or goods, I chose to buy this stuff and NO ONE in this world ought to be able to tell me that I cannot use the item I BOUGHT or tell me how I should use it. It is my stuff, it is my property it is my choice.
If you do not want people being able to choose how to use that which they spent their money on, DON’T SELL IT TO THEM.
I get so frustrated at all the people who want to say, “yeah you just purchased that land for 3 million dollars but you can’t build your house on it because we think it ought to be used for a park instead. If you want to build a park there then YOU need to pay the three million to buy it so you can put the park in. But until then shut up and let the owner do what ever he wants.
The ONLY possible exception I can see is when there is a negative impact on the people or property around there, and it has to be an extreme level to count.
In other words if you are pumping hazardous waste into the stream on the back of your property then that is a no go because that stream doesn’t really belong to you. The water doesn’t just stay on your property, it will flow down to the sea and once it is off your property then it is no longer for you to use. In that kind of a case you are poisoning the property of your neighbors or even the neighbors themselves and that is not good.
But just because YOU like trees doesn’t mean you have the right to tell the property owner he HAS to leave them alone. Their loss is not necessarily particularly damaging to nature or other people (unless it is the last of that kind of tree period end of story.)
There is no carry over to other things in other words. So shut up it’s his/her property leave him/her alone.
Likewise if someone has a business, how or she chooses to run that business is no concern of your’s. If you do not like his or her hiring practices or the way he or she treats his or her employees then you can tell him or her how you feel and then decide to NOT use the product that business puts out.
BUT you DO NOT have the right to tell the owner that he or she HAS to abide by your choice.
You want to tell people how to run a business? GET YOUR OWN $%#@ BUSINESS!
Too many people want to tell others what to do and I for one think it’s time that we start looking to our own selves and doing what we think is right for us, each, individually instead of focusing on what everyone else does.
Some people would say that this is a shortsighted outlook, but it isn’t really. We can still show concern and we can still try to help others to see their mistakes.
But unless it is truly causing great harm, if the business has the practice of going out and hitting people on the head and putting them to work against their will, if the business is making life unlivable for people who have no choice to change it through pollution, if the business is stealing from people, or if the business is specifically hunting resources to destroy all that is needed all over the world, or if they are buying up all of something and destroying it to create scarcity. Yeah that kind of unethical immorality needs to be stopped.
But if they don’t take good care of the employee, the employee can quit. It is the employee’s choice to work there, if the business is making a product you don’t like then you can just not buy that product, if the business has a restrictive dress code then you can choose to not work there. And in each if these cases you have the choice, as a consumer, to not shop there.
I do not think you ought to have the choice to sue them for deciding to do what they want to do when it comes down to an issue of personal responsibility or choice like that.
Monday, August 23, 2010
LOVE IS A TIGHTROPE ACT:
I have to tell you that I am not looking forward to having “the talk” with my daughters.
I know, I know… NO parent is looking forward to that; but I have to wonder how many of them have the same reasons as me.
One of the reasons I do not look forward to it is because of what society has done to portray love. Love has become an icky thing, all about emotions and stuff that rather hurts. But I think most people don’t really know what REAL love is all about.
In movies, books and on TV we see the idea that love is all about physical infatuation or lust, and that when it reaches the scary bits or the parts where we have to work at it we can just throw in the towel and say “this isn’t what I signed up for!” and leave. But that isn’t really love.
Love is abut sacrifice. Love is about caring, love is about putting the needs of the one you love before your own, Love is abut work!
As I have pointed out before this is anathema to today’s society (“think of you think of what you want forget everyone else, oh and by the way while you are at it buy our product to treat yourself.”) and to people today (ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME,).
The second thing that makes this a difficult subject in my mind sounds like it is the opposite side but it isn't really.
See the thing is there are unscrupulous people out there right now who will take the very concept about love being trying to care for other's needs first, and twist it to their own ends, “If you loved me, you would…” (fill in the end of this yourself, we all know how this works.)
See we do need to be cared for and we also need to care for others. That is the simple truth. but to do so can be a tightrope act like you will never see in the circus.
Sadly society and the unscrupulous like to take that which is good and make it bad.
I have many problems myself with trying to do this juggling act.
I love my wife and so I do things for her BECAUSE of that love. I deny myself.
Unfortunately I also hate to get hurt so I have learned from her that I need to not ask her to do stuff for me, because if I do she will probably say no, either in words or in actions, and that hurts.
It seems sometimes that she says no a lot more than yes while I am trying to say yes a lot more than no.
So I have learned not to ask for her to do things for me. And that makes me sad because sometimes it makes me doubt her love for me.
I went through some really tough times as a kid, emotionally, and some of the reasons for that I have already blogged.
But one of the biggest issues I had to confront was about sex. There I said it, it is out there.
My idea of love and sex are occasionally very skewed.
One because of the pervasive attempt by our society to make all things sexual.
Two because of certain people who, during my formative years, attempted to sexualize me before I was ready, while I was still a child (and others who should have stopped it, stood by and allowed it).
And Three because of the addictive patterns I developed when I came across some old playboy magazines.
So when the day comes that I have to give my little talk to my girls about the “birds and the bees” I am going to find it hard to NOT superimpose the things I have learned that are wrong. At the same time I need to let them know how LOVE, REAL love enters into the picture.
I suppose that because of my Christianity I have a few fall back positions that will help, because at least in Christianity I have learned that there are several words in Greek that define love and I can use those to tell the girls better what love they ought to be seeking in their relationships and the way that all works, but I still don’t know exactly what I will have to say, and it still makes me nervous.
One thing I will tell you all right now though, love needs to be a two way street, and you need to try to see not only what you can do for others but what they are doing for you.
Sometimes I find it difficult to see when my wife is doing things to show her love. Earlier I said that I cannot ask her to do things for me because the “no’s” hurt, a LOT. And it often seems to me that I am doing more of the heavy lifting for our relationship than she is.
Part of that is my own selfishness and my thoughts about me instead of focusing on her and I do not blame her for all those feelings, they are my feelings and I do own them.
But she does try and there are times I can see it. I need to let her know more often that I do appreciate her, and what she does.
But here is my big tip on that issue for you in your life. Be ready to deny yourself, try to understand what your loved one likes or wants and maybe once in a while give that person exactly what they want.
Even if that seems a little weird or creepy to you. (like going on a roller coaster, or trying something kind of new in the bedroom. DO NOT TRY THE NEW BEDROOM THING ON THE ROLLER COASTER THOUGH, I mean there ARE laws and decency and quite frankly I don‘t want to see that…)
When they ask for something, don’t make excuses, don’t put them off because they need to know they are loved, and if you do not let them know that then who will? (supposed to be a rhetorical but I think maybe this is why all those people are going out and getting divorces).
On the other hand, if you are the one asking, when they can’t give you what you want, don’t go looking for it somewhere else. That is a dangerous road that will lead you straight into trouble. And that is a trouble you do NOT need.
But also make the time to let them know what they can do for you. But don't force them, if they have to be made to do something then that is not love that is fear and that is not a good thing.
I know, I know… NO parent is looking forward to that; but I have to wonder how many of them have the same reasons as me.
One of the reasons I do not look forward to it is because of what society has done to portray love. Love has become an icky thing, all about emotions and stuff that rather hurts. But I think most people don’t really know what REAL love is all about.
In movies, books and on TV we see the idea that love is all about physical infatuation or lust, and that when it reaches the scary bits or the parts where we have to work at it we can just throw in the towel and say “this isn’t what I signed up for!” and leave. But that isn’t really love.
Love is abut sacrifice. Love is about caring, love is about putting the needs of the one you love before your own, Love is abut work!
As I have pointed out before this is anathema to today’s society (“think of you think of what you want forget everyone else, oh and by the way while you are at it buy our product to treat yourself.”) and to people today (ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME,).
The second thing that makes this a difficult subject in my mind sounds like it is the opposite side but it isn't really.
See the thing is there are unscrupulous people out there right now who will take the very concept about love being trying to care for other's needs first, and twist it to their own ends, “If you loved me, you would…” (fill in the end of this yourself, we all know how this works.)
See we do need to be cared for and we also need to care for others. That is the simple truth. but to do so can be a tightrope act like you will never see in the circus.
Sadly society and the unscrupulous like to take that which is good and make it bad.
I have many problems myself with trying to do this juggling act.
I love my wife and so I do things for her BECAUSE of that love. I deny myself.
Unfortunately I also hate to get hurt so I have learned from her that I need to not ask her to do stuff for me, because if I do she will probably say no, either in words or in actions, and that hurts.
It seems sometimes that she says no a lot more than yes while I am trying to say yes a lot more than no.
So I have learned not to ask for her to do things for me. And that makes me sad because sometimes it makes me doubt her love for me.
I went through some really tough times as a kid, emotionally, and some of the reasons for that I have already blogged.
But one of the biggest issues I had to confront was about sex. There I said it, it is out there.
My idea of love and sex are occasionally very skewed.
One because of the pervasive attempt by our society to make all things sexual.
Two because of certain people who, during my formative years, attempted to sexualize me before I was ready, while I was still a child (and others who should have stopped it, stood by and allowed it).
And Three because of the addictive patterns I developed when I came across some old playboy magazines.
So when the day comes that I have to give my little talk to my girls about the “birds and the bees” I am going to find it hard to NOT superimpose the things I have learned that are wrong. At the same time I need to let them know how LOVE, REAL love enters into the picture.
I suppose that because of my Christianity I have a few fall back positions that will help, because at least in Christianity I have learned that there are several words in Greek that define love and I can use those to tell the girls better what love they ought to be seeking in their relationships and the way that all works, but I still don’t know exactly what I will have to say, and it still makes me nervous.
One thing I will tell you all right now though, love needs to be a two way street, and you need to try to see not only what you can do for others but what they are doing for you.
Sometimes I find it difficult to see when my wife is doing things to show her love. Earlier I said that I cannot ask her to do things for me because the “no’s” hurt, a LOT. And it often seems to me that I am doing more of the heavy lifting for our relationship than she is.
Part of that is my own selfishness and my thoughts about me instead of focusing on her and I do not blame her for all those feelings, they are my feelings and I do own them.
But she does try and there are times I can see it. I need to let her know more often that I do appreciate her, and what she does.
But here is my big tip on that issue for you in your life. Be ready to deny yourself, try to understand what your loved one likes or wants and maybe once in a while give that person exactly what they want.
Even if that seems a little weird or creepy to you. (like going on a roller coaster, or trying something kind of new in the bedroom. DO NOT TRY THE NEW BEDROOM THING ON THE ROLLER COASTER THOUGH, I mean there ARE laws and decency and quite frankly I don‘t want to see that…)
When they ask for something, don’t make excuses, don’t put them off because they need to know they are loved, and if you do not let them know that then who will? (supposed to be a rhetorical but I think maybe this is why all those people are going out and getting divorces).
On the other hand, if you are the one asking, when they can’t give you what you want, don’t go looking for it somewhere else. That is a dangerous road that will lead you straight into trouble. And that is a trouble you do NOT need.
But also make the time to let them know what they can do for you. But don't force them, if they have to be made to do something then that is not love that is fear and that is not a good thing.
Saturday, August 21, 2010
ONE OF THE REASONS FOR THE TITLE OF THIS BLOG
I have been thinking that one benefit to blogging is that it helps to keep me from talking to myself... ;-)
LOL
No really though, sometimes late at night I get t o thinking about things and the trouble is if I do not get them out then they get lost. I am hoping to be able to keep my thoughts and profoundness going so I can revisit them (or others can).
My problem is that I know that I have "lost" about three different thoughts that would have each been a good blog for me to post.
Hopefully I will recover some of them soon.
Until then Have a good day.
(Maybe some reader out there will buy me something that will make it easier to post things, or at least remember them.)
LOL
No really though, sometimes late at night I get t o thinking about things and the trouble is if I do not get them out then they get lost. I am hoping to be able to keep my thoughts and profoundness going so I can revisit them (or others can).
My problem is that I know that I have "lost" about three different thoughts that would have each been a good blog for me to post.
Hopefully I will recover some of them soon.
Until then Have a good day.
(Maybe some reader out there will buy me something that will make it easier to post things, or at least remember them.)
Friday, August 20, 2010
My new problem with Ebay
Good morning everyone.
You know my wife is an awesome person. She is very bright and perceptive!
Recently we decided we had a few items we needed to get out of our lives and so we decided to sell them online ( in fact my old DVD of Braveheart just shipped out this week).
I suggested that we could sell them on Ebay so that maybe people would bid them up and we would get more, but she decided to list them on Amazon at a flat rateand now I tend to agree with her that Amazon was the better choice and let me tell you why.
1. Because Amazon is better to the seller/s.
They do what they need to do to make money yes but they don’t have all the “hidden fees” that Ebay likes to shove into the mix.
And for me more important the recently discovered point number…
2. The integrity, or lack thereof, of the people who sell on Ebay, and the system employed BY Ebay that contributes to people getting stuck with a bad deal.
I recently realized that out of the last 15 transactions I have had on Ebay only about three or four of them have been satisfactory. That’s a dismal number. That means that Ebay’s satisfaction rate for me is only, approx, 5%
Now I know that I am having to face a case of caveat emptor or “buyer beware”, I also am aware that there is supposed to be a description given that gives all the details about the item. But first while Ebay does claim to have a set up that is supposed to look out for the best interests of the customer/s all too often that seems to fail. And second when you are being forced to bid on items in short time allowance and the description given is either long and rambling or worded so it is misleading and you miss the warning/s given then the system does not work.
And I know that often the items being purchased may have been badly used or may not be in the best of shape.
But in the cases of caveat emptor the way that a buyer can beware is through having access to reviews of the seller and/or the product.
Ebay has a review service but it is a one time shot. Ebay will not allow you to correct a mistaken report. Once you have submitted it you have no recourse but removal of the report. So if you submit your report in good faith then the seller or the product screws you over that’s it all is done.
This creates problems in that I have had cause to find fault with something after having given it a good review. But I cannot go back and alter the review or somehow get the satisfaction I am looking for in the product. And that is the key, once the business has your review in hand they have no incentive or desire to remedy any issues or problems come up after words.
Really any other store where customers were only getting 5% satisfaction would not be in business long.
BTW the transactions that were satisfactory? A set of street lights for an HO scale train set, a classic style view master 3-D viewer and a Peter Pan DVD.
What did I order that was unsatisfactory?
My laptop computer, they sent a faulty power cable… twice! The first cable almost burned up and set fire to the socket it was in!!!
A couple of HO scale train engines that did NOT perform upon receipt.
Two portable DVD players, one lasted three months the second lasted 1 and a half months.
A laptop computer that didn’t have a hard drive in it.
You know my wife is an awesome person. She is very bright and perceptive!
Recently we decided we had a few items we needed to get out of our lives and so we decided to sell them online ( in fact my old DVD of Braveheart just shipped out this week).
I suggested that we could sell them on Ebay so that maybe people would bid them up and we would get more, but she decided to list them on Amazon at a flat rateand now I tend to agree with her that Amazon was the better choice and let me tell you why.
1. Because Amazon is better to the seller/s.
They do what they need to do to make money yes but they don’t have all the “hidden fees” that Ebay likes to shove into the mix.
And for me more important the recently discovered point number…
2. The integrity, or lack thereof, of the people who sell on Ebay, and the system employed BY Ebay that contributes to people getting stuck with a bad deal.
I recently realized that out of the last 15 transactions I have had on Ebay only about three or four of them have been satisfactory. That’s a dismal number. That means that Ebay’s satisfaction rate for me is only, approx, 5%
Now I know that I am having to face a case of caveat emptor or “buyer beware”, I also am aware that there is supposed to be a description given that gives all the details about the item. But first while Ebay does claim to have a set up that is supposed to look out for the best interests of the customer/s all too often that seems to fail. And second when you are being forced to bid on items in short time allowance and the description given is either long and rambling or worded so it is misleading and you miss the warning/s given then the system does not work.
And I know that often the items being purchased may have been badly used or may not be in the best of shape.
But in the cases of caveat emptor the way that a buyer can beware is through having access to reviews of the seller and/or the product.
Ebay has a review service but it is a one time shot. Ebay will not allow you to correct a mistaken report. Once you have submitted it you have no recourse but removal of the report. So if you submit your report in good faith then the seller or the product screws you over that’s it all is done.
This creates problems in that I have had cause to find fault with something after having given it a good review. But I cannot go back and alter the review or somehow get the satisfaction I am looking for in the product. And that is the key, once the business has your review in hand they have no incentive or desire to remedy any issues or problems come up after words.
Really any other store where customers were only getting 5% satisfaction would not be in business long.
BTW the transactions that were satisfactory? A set of street lights for an HO scale train set, a classic style view master 3-D viewer and a Peter Pan DVD.
What did I order that was unsatisfactory?
My laptop computer, they sent a faulty power cable… twice! The first cable almost burned up and set fire to the socket it was in!!!
A couple of HO scale train engines that did NOT perform upon receipt.
Two portable DVD players, one lasted three months the second lasted 1 and a half months.
A laptop computer that didn’t have a hard drive in it.
Thursday, August 19, 2010
OOHHHHH VACATION!!! I WISH!
The other night I was listening to some reports of what is going on fiscally in our country, I was alarmed at the news I was getting.
Despite Government reassurances to the contrary, 93,000 more home foreclosures and an increase in spending of only .01% shows that the recession is DEFINITELY not over.
The next thing that came up was that The U.S. has less scheduled vacation days than ANY other country. And only about half of them get used because people are either afraid of going on vacation and losing their jobs or they are so overworked that they simply cannot afford to go away for any time because the work would pile up too much.
Meanwhile I hear that in the next couple of days the president and his family are going for a ten day getaway to Martha’s vineyard just a week or two after Mrs. Obama got back from a week long junket in Spain and the whole family went down to Florida last weekend.
I only could wish that I got half the vacation time the president does… heck even a couple of weeks would be nice.
We need elected officials in position who understand the public will listen to the public and who will work at least as hard as the average public person.
This makes 6 (SIX) vacations this year alone!
WOW I wish I could do that.
Despite Government reassurances to the contrary, 93,000 more home foreclosures and an increase in spending of only .01% shows that the recession is DEFINITELY not over.
The next thing that came up was that The U.S. has less scheduled vacation days than ANY other country. And only about half of them get used because people are either afraid of going on vacation and losing their jobs or they are so overworked that they simply cannot afford to go away for any time because the work would pile up too much.
Meanwhile I hear that in the next couple of days the president and his family are going for a ten day getaway to Martha’s vineyard just a week or two after Mrs. Obama got back from a week long junket in Spain and the whole family went down to Florida last weekend.
I only could wish that I got half the vacation time the president does… heck even a couple of weeks would be nice.
We need elected officials in position who understand the public will listen to the public and who will work at least as hard as the average public person.
This makes 6 (SIX) vacations this year alone!
WOW I wish I could do that.
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