New Cigarrete Tax: Who is getting hurt?

Taxes only on the Wealthy, yeah right! It is well known that the “less fortunate” are the ones that smoke the most cigarettes, so increasing the tax on them is hurting the very people that the lier of all liers, comrade Obama, had promissed would not get a tax increase. Follow this link to see how much extra you will be paying. (at the bottom of the page)

Here is a video on the subject

I personally don’t smoke, I used to a long time ago, but I am sure that everyone knows people who will be affected by this. Here is where I get confused, this is to fund SCHIP? Ok, kids need health care, but, did you have insurance when you were a kid? I didn’t, and I still grew up!

I am sorry, I am just jealous I guess. Maybe it is the thought of an even larger government? Maybe it is the government control? Maybe it is that feeling of looming oppression? I just wonder what is going to get taxed next, air? I am sorry if I sound bitter, but I believe that we each have to sink or swim on our own, yes, those that have VALID disabilities, or are really old, do need help, but it should come from a local resource, starting with the family and moving outwards to friends, then to the community, but keep government out of it, if you get something from the government, there are always strings attached, like new taxes!

Just so that you know, Glenn Beck is going to a Tea Party in San Antonio, that place is going to get packed! If you are in the area, make sure that you show up, I’ll be that fat guy with a tie dye! Hope to see you there!

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Do You Remember where you were on September 11, 2001?

Do you remember where you were? I know that I do, I have a very vivid memory of that day, at least the first part of it, after news of the attacks happening, it all kind of becomes a blur! Glenn Beck remembers too, follow this link to listen, it brings back a lot of memories for me, maybe it will for you too.

That day started like every day during that time, I had just stopped and picked up donuts for the guys, and was sitting at a red-light, waiting to pull in to the parking lot, when my cell phone rang. It was my girlfriend, and she was freaking out a bit, trying to tell me that an airplane had just hit the World Trade Center, honestly, I started to laugh! As bad as that sounds, it was that I thought she was just playing a joke on me, but, no sooner than I had started to laugh, and she started screaming! I mean screaming like the world had just ended! I never did laugh.

At this point, everything was still unknown, when she first called, it sounded like a plane crash or something benign like that, you know, just an accident, even as bad as that would have been, it just didn;t sound like a big deal, until she screamed! I have to tell you, I had just put my truck into park at that time, thank God, but when she screamed, I knew it was no joke! That was when the second plane had hit.

I got out of my pickup, forgetting the donuts, and was headed into the carpet store, as she was hearing the details of  what had happened, and was telling me, I know I must have looked like a mess to everyone inside, that were waiting on the donuts, and as I sterted to tell them what had happened, they had the same reaction that I did at first, they thought I was joking. Someone got my keys and went out to my truck to get the donuts, while I was trying to find a radio station to hear what was happening.

I had to get the installers loaded up so they could get to work, and I did, still on the cell phone with my girlfriend and still telling everyone what had happened, and still, no one believed me! Once the Installers were gone, I finally got the little radio to work and was listening to it, but there was nothing but music, about this time, my cell phone battery went dead.

Here I was, feeling like I was the only person in the city of Houston that knew, at this time there was a truck pulling up outside our back door, it was a utility repair truck, the guy jumps out and asks me if I had heard what happened, to be honest, I actually felt relieved that I wasn’t alone in my knowledge. There we were, listening to the radio in his truck, and one by one, others started walking up, listening with us, no one said a word! We were all in shock! Soon after, there was the report about the Pentagon, and then, the plane that had been missing, crashed, and the order for all planes to get out of the sky came.

The carpet store is basically accross the street from the airport, at the North end, which is past the runways, the sky was almost black with aircraft! It was like something from a movie, but that didn’t take long, and the skys were empty. That sound, that we had all taken for granted of the planes coming and going, was gone, everything was silent, and it stayed that way…………..after that it is a blur.

One thing I do remember, is the people, there was this strange bond we all had, we had all just experienced something that we would never forget.

Over the next few days, the news had very little crime to report, it was as if crime just stopped. There was but one thing, America, someone had just attacked us, and everyone was mad!

Within just a few days, the “Proud to be an American” stuff started hitting the stores, and I bought a can koozie, that stated that, and “United We Stand”, with the date of September 11, 2001 on it, I still have it. I still remember!

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The Fox Nation:A new Website for everyone!

I had heard rumors, but now it is official! TheFoxNation.com is a new site, and as of the time of this article, it is just over two hours old, and I have already posted about 5 comments! I have also written three articles here, and coincedentally, wrote about one topic found there, but got ideas for another, from there!

This looks like a very nice site, but, I have to think that somehow, Glenn Beck’s success with The912Project.com has an influence on this coming about! Hey, I am just sayin’, I think this is a good thing!

The site links to other sites, and the articles found there, and then you, me and everybody else can go and post out comments on these articles, hmm, kind of like this article, only no opinions!  I have to say, the site is a very clean looking site, very neat and organized, the designers there did a great job! This said, it is almost “sterile” looking, if you know what I mean, but it is a beautiful website. I hope that everyone enjoys it, I know that I will!

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When is a good idea bad? We the People need Help!

This is a post I thought I would never write, but, after  a weekend of following the 912 Project very closely, participating and writing many a post myself, I can see where the whole idea went wrong! America is just way too divided!

Like it or not, all of us are different, way different, I mean how the heck do you think Obama got elected to begin with? I love the thought that we could all “get along”, but this does not seem to be the case. There are so many people, citing the very same things as a reason to disagree, what is that?

As terrible as this is going to sound, the differences are not at this point insignificant enough, for us all to get over ourselves! I know that I am an opinionated asshole, but I have found that I am way less of an asshole than many others out there! I honestly believe that in order for us all to get back to that 9/12 feeling, we are going to have to have another 9/11 event! The back-biting, name calling, and so on are absolutely unbearable, and I was not the one being attacked!

The one being attacked is, America, yes, our beloved country. Why do I say this? Because it is the very things that our country is about, our freedoms, our liberties, our laws, and our very way of life! Some just cannot move on, they have been taught that anything that does not sound like what they have heard in the past is wrong, “We the People” have become deaf! “We the People” have become, “We the Mob”!

Though most of the “idiots” belong to the same group, and their numbers are few, very few, like maybe 5 or 6 out of 190,198+ it is becoming obvious that we need help in this country. We need to all learn that right is right and wrong is wrong. I am so disappointed, I feel like I did that first time I got lied to by my first girlfriend. Glenn Beck didn’t let me down, my fellow Americans did. We truly are too didvided to get along!

These divisions include everything from rich vs poor to blue vs green! What would seem obvious to me, just seems like too much of a reach for others. Why can’t we all just get along? I fear that our country is headed for a really bad spot, maybe like once before. I am not worried that “my side” will lose, I am worried that “my country” will.

Watch this video, maybe it will inspire you, maybe it will make you mad, I just hope that it helps you see which side you are on!

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We The People, what a concept! The 912 Project is for you!

To anyone that has not heard, I am sorry that I am so late in posting about this. I have been a Glenn Beck fan for quite some time, and when he moved to FoxNews, that was a perfect match, and has allowed his viewpoint a venue where it could flourish, and I must admit, I agree with him about 98.9% of the time, but now, Glenn Beck has launched a new website, THE912PROJECT.com.

I agree with Glenn that We the People need to stand up and take our country back! I agree with Glenn that that those of us, that believe in the principals of our founding fathers, should have our voices heard! Just as is the point and purpose of this website, for us all to share our Opinions and viewpoints!

I believe that if we all were to actually listen to each other, we would find that we are not that different, I myself fall into the “center right”, and I am sure that most Americans are somewhere in the center, maybe to the left of me, maybe to the right, but I do not think that “We The People” are the extreme fanatics that I am here ranting about!
If you feel that you are a “normal” American, as strange and awkward as we may be, visit the site, you will find out that you are not alone! It is time for us all to wake up and smell the coffee! It is not just Obama, he is but one, it is the whole liberal culture that is our problem, that is what is taking your freedoms away and trying to turn us all into socialist zombies! It is time to stand up and be heard! Watch this video! Then, join us, at THE912PROJECT.com, in case you are wondering if I have as loud a mouth there, as I do here, check out my profile. Oh, just as you must sign up with IntenseDebate here to post a comment, you must do the same there, it is a good thing, it allows you to keep up with the comments you post everywhere.

Thomas Paine, Common Sense, 2008

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Economy Problems: Mexico Scares Me! Look-out for Chavez!

As the entire world is having economic problems, what is next? Mexico has always been a “Third-World” country, but it is getting even worse, much worse, so what happens if the Mexican government completely collapses? You know how many people  are already coming here to get away and to make a living, if the entire thing down there goes bad, what will happen? Here is an article by Glenn Beck on FoxNews.com, “As Goes California, So Goes America”, read this for but one scenario, a very real situation, even if Mexico doesn’t fall apart.

Look at the events in Venezuela, Hugo Chavez has pretty much set himself up as dictator, and the idiots that live there voted for it! Hmm, reminds me a bit of our most recent Presidential election here! It just goes to show you, if you promise people something for nothing, they fall for it every time! What is really scary, and should give people even more reason to worry, is who Chavez’s friends are, look at the picture, Chavez and Ahmadinejad look pretty chummy!

I know why they are laughing, they are talking about how they and Obama are going to wreck the U.S. and take over the entire North American continent, like Canada would do anything. Ffirst it starts out socialism, then its communism! Why would any of that make Ahmadinejad happy? Simple, Chavez and Obama take the West, Putin takes Europe and Asia, and Ahmadinejad takes the Middle east and Africa! With America out of the way, since Obama is helping them, the disease of socialism can spread, the U.S. becomes a poor country, and then we are all here just wondering what happened! Funny thing is that nobody seems to know what is bad about socialism. You can’t blame Bush for that one!

Yes, that is a severely exaggerated opinion of but one possible scenario, and I pray to God that Obama is not going to let it go that far, but, my point is, It Could Happen! Remember  “Yes, We Can” and “Change You Can Believe In” and all of the rest? Americans were acting like the lemmings down there in Venezuela, I have to say, I am embarrassed, I am a Proud American, and to see where we are headed is a big dissappointment.

There always have been poor people and there always will be. The whole point of Free Markets and Capitalism is so that if you work hard enough you can make it to the top, way above the bottom, the whole point of Socialism is to make everybody the same, and, if you look at Venezuela, that means everybody but the Dictator is poor! Yes, Capitalism can also be described as “Survival of the Fittest”, people and businesses may fail, but, it is that opportunity to make it back to the top!

I heard an old German saying that translates to something like this; A man who makes a lot of mistakes, works hard, A man who makes no mistakes, is a lazy dog! How many mistakes have you made?

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Socialism: Why is this bad for America?

For those of you that do not “Get It”, socialism is where control of your life, your business, your family, and everything else, is taken away from you and given to the government. Socialism always starts out looking like a nice thing, Free Stuff for Everybody! Welfare for all!  However, somebody has to pay for it!

I am sure that everyone has seen that the government CANNOT be trusted to spend money wisely, look at what happened with the TARP program, you know, the first wave of the bailouts, they have already “misplaced” $78 Billion! Had this program been handled the way it was said that they would, this money would now be helping things in the housing market, did it work? Obviously not, now they want more! So, where were you on the first one? Did you agree with it? Did it do you any good? Now, “President” Obama is trying to get a new spending bill shoved through the system, under the guise “Stimulous”, even Obama himself has called it a spending plan! So, why should We the People, let the government spend another Trillion or two, or three, or whatever it ends up being? We shouldn’t!

What is the plan? Well, at this point, Obama’s idea is to create jobs through re-building the infrastructure, you know, old government buildings, roads, bridges, and so on, sounds good right? Have you ever noticed who is doing the construction work? I don’t know about where you live, but here in Texas, you don’t see too many Americans actually doing the work, so, who will this help?

Here is another part, Obama is going to make the Unions have even more power, you know who runs the unions, right? So, if you combine Unions, and labor jobs, to get this “job” you will have to join a union! I have seen what happens when they are in charge, the cost of the job is more than double what the private sector could do the work for, that sounds wasteful to me. Does the $700 hammer come to mind yet? I thank God I live in Texas, those Pro Union states will be the one that waste the most money!

Back to the main topic, socialism, these union jobs are a perfect example of socialism at its best, in order to get these jobs, you must pay an additional tax, called “Union Dues”, since I am not in a union, I don’t know what the percentage is, but I do know it is like paying double the FICA tax you already pay! Now, lets look at this from the consumer side, do you know how much “extra” a car costs you because of the union? Well, the last I read, there is an addition $1000, just to cover the health care costs of the workers! Think about this, how many cars are built each day? Lets just say it is one car per employee average, that is what $30,000 a month, per employee,  just for health care! Here in Texas, you can get health insurance for a whole family for maybe $600, per month! See where I am headed? It is called waste!

I lived in Germany for almost 10 years, and at that time, I paid 10% of my gross pay for health insurance, a couple of years ago, my daughter, who lives there, told me it was up to 15%, then, she will be here in a few days and I will ask again what it is now, but regardless, 15% of your paycheck gone for insurance, that doesn’t sound bad if you only make a couple of bucks a month, but, this is per person, so, if you are married, husband and wife pay 15% each. What this boils down to, is myself and my ex, together were paying between 6-800 per month at 10%, at 15%, that would be 9-1200, per month, and yes, I was in my 20’s then! This is just for health insurance, the income tax is astronomical as well!

Once the government has control of everything, do you think prices will go down? Look at Luftansa airlines, owned by the German Government, to fly with them it costs double or triple the rate of an american airline like Delta, once the government bails out the airlines, who will be able to fly? What will happen to the cost of a new car? What about a government owned home? Is socialism sounding like a good thing? America is supposed to be free, the right to life, liberty, justice and the pursuit of happiness and all of that right? As Glenn Beck has pointed out, the pursuit of happiness is not a guarantee of happiness, just the right to pursue it! We all have different levels of skill, intelligence, and ability, should the person who can earn millions be responible to pay for people like me that don’t? There is no such thing as a free ride, and if your boss has to pay more, just to have you as an employee, will you be the one he has to get rid of, to pay for keeping someone else? Remember, it is the dead weight that goes first, if you want a free ride, are you a productive employee?

Maybe you noticed, all of the big layoffs started when it became obvious that Obama would win, these companies were just getting ready for what was coming! Once you add in all of the Welfare and Entitlements, this country will be like France, in other words, a really big mess! Since it is these companies that pay the most in taxes, what else can they do?

Tax cuts are the answer, not more spending, if you are in debt and cannot pay your credit cards, do you go out and buy a new car? I don’t think so, but that is what this spending bill amounts to! If your neighbor does this, should you make his or her car payment? Well, that is what is coming, welcome to socialism!

If Obama gets his spending bill passed, and I am sure that he will, this country will be in debt at the tune of $37,000, per person, per year, are you ready to write that check? With the government bailing out, or buying, private companies, increasing entitlements, not just social security, but welfare as well, what will this do? Just get out that checkbook and don’t worry about it, the government will fix it, with your money!

Oh, I almost forgot, remember that tax cut for 95% of Americans? Well, I hope you enjoy that extra $13 on your paycheck!

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