Ignorance is bliss!
October 30, 2009 by OpinionHead
Filed under Opinions and Attitudes
Just a day or two ago, I saw on Hannity, (Fox News), he had a panel of Democrats from New Jersey, the show was very interesting, and as usual, allowed the views from the “left” to be shared. I have to admit, I spend almost all of my day, and night, watching the news, and a limited few other programs, and reading books, but my world, my life, is basically here, on the Internet, so, I am able to keep up with what is actually going on in the world, and do not base my opinions on second or third hand information. This said, I am not judging anyone, I am just letting you know where I am coming from.
During this show, Hannity asked one guy if he liked paying taxes, and broke it down as to the facts about his state and local taxes making it that he paid more to live in a state that is in debt and has high unemployment. This guy, said he has to pay more in taxes to pay for states that don’t have state tax! Obviously, this poor uninformed man did not have a clue! State taxes go to that state, it is the federal taxes that go into the government fund and are supposed to be used to take care of the things that the Federal government is supposed to take care of, like our military, but, not the things the state is supposed to take care of like roads in that state.
You could summarize the definition of the word, “ignorance”, as, “not knowing”, thus, this man was ignorant to the facts. The type of government you have, the wasteful spending, the entitlements, the unions, and so on are what determine how much money a state needs and where they get this money. I live in the great state of Texas, we have no local or state taxes, and also have a balanced budget, unemployement is still lower than most states, and, the low taxes is at least part of the reason! Texas is a big place, has tons of roads, and no, they are not all perfect, I doubt any state is, but, we are doing pretty good. So, why do these “liberal” states have so many taxes? Ignorance! Yes, the people there, obviously, “don’t know”, that they too can have lower taxes, if, the adopt more conservative ways and move away from the fanatical fantasy of the “nanny state” that takes care of everything!
I met a guy from “up north” who was looking for a job, and couldn’t understand why here in Texas he got laughed at when looking for a job. The guy went on to explain that he just wanted to get paid about what he did “back home”, which was about $25 an hour, for a “helper” position. I couldn’t help but laugh when he said that he had been told, “we could hire three guys for that amount”, because I knew it was true. What this guy was so ignorant of, were the facts, that $25 an hour, put him in a higher tax bracket, with the added local and state taxes, and the “Union Dues” he brought home less than the guy that got $8 an hour here! This means that three people have a job, spend money and keep the economy going. The cost of living is less here too because the business you buy your food or whatever from doesn’t have to pay those extra taxes to the city, state or union! You do the math, are you ignorant?
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The smell of burning flesh!
October 26, 2009 by OpinionHead
Filed under Political Rants
Imagine the day that your family tradition, your holiday celebration, or maybe just your dinner, is no longer allowed! I can see it coming, Obama and his bunch, not to mention the other global warming freaks, and PETA, all want you to give up meat!
I was at a buddy’s house tonight, we grilled up a couple country style ribs, yep, cheap and yummy! That is when it hit me, with all of the changes the “greenheads” want to push on us to control global warming. I am just absolutely amazed that our colleges, and the leaders of the future are being pumped full of this bull.
Do you remember having family cookouts at birthday parties and such? Yep, if they get their way, we’ll all be eating raw carrots at the family barbecue! Hey, burning charcoal gives off CO2, heck, just letting the cows and pigs and such that we eat causes more CO2 to be produced! Just wait, the meat you buy today for $3.99 lb will get a tax of some sort, but, there could be some sort of government subsidized soilent green and tofu meat substitute for half price! Who knows just how far these crazy peogressives will go? It seems to me, that after they get rid of the animals they will start on people, yep, when we breath we give off CO2, dang, humans cause globel warming too!
When will this idiocy end? Is there anyone out there to stand up and say, YOU PEOPLE ARE CRAZY! GLOBAL WARMING IS NOT CAUSED BY MAN! After all, what ever happened to the glaciers? Man wasn’t even here when they started melting. God created this planet, gave us animals to eat, and brains to figure out how to make a fire and cook it!
Man is but an insignificant speck on the face of this planet, why do some think they have to be the ones to save something? Come on people, this is not an action movie where some hot chic kills off a bunch of evil monsters with a machine gun!
Leave my grill and my steak alone! I don’t care if tofu is better for me, it tastes like shit and you can’t grill it! I will never be a vegan, heck, that word is even creepy!
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What is up with all of this racial crap?
March 30, 2009 by OpinionHead
Filed under News
I am sorry, maybe I missed something somewhere, I thought that since Obama got elected, we didn’t have to hear all of the “racial” crap anymore! Obviously not, watch this video and see what you think. I am just getting so tired of hearing that Barack Obama is a black man, shut up with it already, his problem is not being black, it is being a piss poor president! I don’t care if he is blue, green, or tootie fruitie, he is putting us in debt for generations, that is the problem!
What Michael Steele is facing in this video is just so wrong! It is supposed to be an interview about how Steele has reached out to Obama, but Obama is not reaching back! What happened to all of tha bi-partisen crap Obama used to shovel out at every chance he had? If I could snap my fingers and have them trade places I would, Steele is a “real” conservative, at least he always sounded that way to me. Anyway, just watch the video and see what you think!
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Economy Problems: Mexico Scares Me! Look-out for Chavez!
February 17, 2009 by OpinionHead
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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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Endangered Sharks? Maybe they are supposed to die off?
February 16, 2009 by OpinionHead
Filed under Opinions and Attitudes
Now I know this one will make somebody mad, but I have to say it! This is one of those things that goes along with man-made global warming! Is it a waste of time and money to even research this crap? I mean, if it was something like tracking asteroids, or space debris, then I could see it, I guess, at least we would know when we were getting smashed, since we couldn’t do anything about it.
Seriously, I see the problem is that people have forgotten who is in charge! Man has gotten too big for his britches if you ask me, God created everything here, all of the animals, and, just like the dinosaur, many are gone! Maybe they are supposed to go away? How many thousands, maybe millions, of species are gone, why not let this stupid grey nurse shark, whos babies eat each other, just go? Read this article on FoxNews.com Endangered Sharks to Get Artificial Uteruses, I am just stunned, artificial uteruses, isn’t this going a bit far? Man is an insignificant speck on this planet, why can’t we realize this?
Afterall, shouldn’t we have learned something after all of these years? People talk about how God created us all in different colors and so on, I guess you could say this is true, but man being divided in language etc, was a punishment for the tower of Babylon, where we were trying to be like God, so, us all being different doesn’t mean that any one type of, language, race, etc, is any better, it just means we are different for a reason, for what, trying to be God! If what I am saying doesn’t make any sense to you, get a Bible and look it up! I’ll give you a hint, it is in the Old Testament.
What is my point? Man trying to play God is a bad thing, look what happened last time! Now that I am preaching, look at the simularities of “then” and now; Man is trying to play God, Man has forgotten that God is the Creator (global warming, endagered species, etc) and here is a biggie, remember Sodom and Gomorrah? Parents used to be in charge of their families, they also used to stay together, it is no wonder that issues like global warming, endagered species, and gay marriage, to name but a few, are even “accepted” as legitimate, by anyone. Please forgive us God, we are all dumb-asses!
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Barack Obama: “I can no more disown him, than I can the Black Community” This tells us more than his words! You do not join a football team, if you do not like football!
March 18, 2008 by OpinionHead
Filed under Political Rants
I just really can’t believe I heard what I heard! Barack Obama talked, but he didn’t say anything! All he did was try to glamorize the hatred that his church and according to him, that the black community feels! “I can no more disown him, than I can the Black Community”, that is the quote that stands out, this is the quote that bothers me. His speech today was as his speeches always are, very eloquent, yet empty. I think that a post HotAir.com puts it best:
Finally, Barack Obama sounds like a true politician! My feelings are this, I could never believe that ALL people in the black community, nationwide, could agree with the hatred espoused by that church! Again, read this post on Sweetness-Light.com with this in mind, do you honestly believe that “The Media” is picking on Reverend Wright for a few “out of context” remarks? Read more
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