The World According to Me.

Well it is about that time, run to the kitchen..cook the turkey, make the stuffing, pies, etc. Good times. I love this time of year, the next 30 days are my favorite. I love my family and my children, being around them just makes my day. I feel so blessed with what I have overcome this year, from a destroyed lower back that left me incapacitated for 2 months..to making Master Mason. This year has certainly brought a lot and nearly every aspect has given me a positive experience. I'm truly thankful that I have my family, my wife and two children make my day on a routine basis. Today on the way to work the Rod Stewart song "Forever Young" came on and I almost balled like a chick thinking about my son Dawkin. Really, children are amazing parts of a life. My wife has officially been there through my worst times in life, from the death of my mother to my own destruction this year. She is always there to help. And though we have more than our fair share of problems and argument...

Everyone has them, man I'm getting hammered recently. I will have 10 straight days under my belt shortly, this is nutzo. Can't wait for Thanksgiving so hopefully I can take some time off (Thu/Fri).

I'm seriously done with making excuses for people I know. Sick and tired of saying things like "that is just how it is" or "just learn to get along". How about no. I have nothing in common with some and no real interest to find something. Listening to people I care about ramble on about how we need to "just all get along" is officially making me sick. Check it, if everyone you believe cares about you, has to run around telling others why you're an "OK" person, that means you're probably a problem.

Heard about one of my friends getting beat up by her boyfriend. This is something my wife has gone through and it makes me want to break someone. How tough are you that you can beat up a chick, really? Way to man up. If anyone ever touched my daughter like that I don't think I'd be too worried about the jail time. Just unbelievable.

I can't remember where the summer went, and was out all spring. This year has flipping blown by. Makes me wonder what 2011 brings since it will be here in about 45 days. The kids are growing up...Dawkin is now 4, Morgan is turning 2....amazing. Found a few new friends this year and found a few new enemies. Luckily, the good has vastly outweighed the bad...fell in love with God and made Master Mason...got to say it was a good day. The football season is great, the Iggles are doing me proud. Heck, anytime you spank the Redskins for 59 points is amazing, special thanks Skins for letting the Eagles get 3 new NFL records. Good times. Wifey is 'movin on up' and looks to be making a move soon. Hope the best for her, she tries hard. Can't wait for the holiday season. Fall is my favorite time, cool weather and colorful trees...and of course....FOOTBALL.

One of the pitches out of Congress following the failed "Debt Commission", was increasing the Federal gas tax from 18 cents to 33 cents (nearly doubling it) , an increase of 15 cents per gallon. Add that to the state average gas tax of around 22 cents, that equals 55 cents in just tax, JUST TAX. At the same time the Country is reeling from debt, loss of income, drop of the dollars value and no housing equity, throw in the insane legislative Eco-Nazi push for fuel efficiency and electric vehicles. How exactly is this in any way a long term debt solution for anything? What this is, is a ploy. It is an attack on the consumer on a few fronts; taxation of course for the pure benefit of being able to spend it and by the Eco-Party who isn't content with the gradual movement to fuel efficiency in America, even though more cars now than in history are fuel efficient. If they can get you to accept a 45% increase, then the next time when they ask for 40% it isn't going to seem s...

So Obama put together 18 people to make up a deficit reduction commission aimed at reducing the deficit. That is a great idea, almost stellar, and what a leader should be doing, reducing the nations red column. However, just as with healthcare, there is a right way and a wrong way to go about things. Unless there is an entire re-write of US tax code which moves us from a progressive tax base to a flat-tax tax base, there is no way on earth that any of the "ideas" of this commission would come to pass. Which begs the question "was this just an exercise in futility?" Some of the notions were: severely cutting Social Security, huge reductions in Medicare and removal of the Mortgage interest write-off. This is incredible without substantial tax changes. First, Social Security..no matter what you do here somebody gets slammed, either the old or the young. It is as simple as that. Because the only remotely fair way to do this would be to say something along the lines of: ...

I'm sorry I guess I'm just not a whore to "wiki" information. I've never visited WikiLeaks, so I'm only going off what the 'founder' says but I really don't have any concern about "American forces" not watching over the way Iraqi forces handle themselves. Iraq is not an American outpost, it is not a commonwealth of the United States and it really has no relevance in my life now unless you're discussing protecting the United States or an American Soldier, Airman, Marine or Sailor. I love this obsession the US has with "information" and trying to find dirt on someone or something. But it is seriously self-loathing to look for dirt against your own people when you're in a conflict. In my opinion. Should there be a degree of oversight to make sure that at a time of conflict "your" forces aren't abusive in their conduct? Sure however this is not a green light to scrutinize any and everything that is done. It is ...

Article How does this even work? The government wants to tell private investors and collectors of debt that they can't? So you walk away from your debts and get to keep the assets? Why the hell am I paying my mortgage!!! Maybe I'm the one lacking for some reason I thought you had to pay your bills. Question though, if they don't collect on the debt..who pays them? I guess the government plans to write a mortgage bill to simply pay off banks. This is such garbage. I guess we can kiss goodbye any responsible parties in America.

What ever happened to relying on industry to carve the path, now we rely on the government. If consumers will buy a 35mpg car..then where does the government get off making money off of industry by sending in demands for higher fuel economy? More of the government telling us what to do I guess. Fun times ahead. http://content.usatoday.com/communities/driveon/post/2010/10/obamas-47---62-mpg-proposal-unveiled-lobbyists-scurry/1

He was crying today about how the media gets rewarded for commenting on him. It is really funny considering he relied completely on the media/web to get him elected since he had and has zero track record of success for this country. And if you'd like to quote "healthcare" as a success, please define how...as companies currently cut healthcare to go on the government shelf because the bureaucrats have made it more expensive (see McDonald's dropping over 30,000 employees from plans in favor of the govt since costs went up 80% directly because of Obama).

The older I get the more I find that people, at least those I've bounced into over time, tend to "talk" a lot. They don't do so much though. I have people in my life, not by choice..more so by force, that make grand commentary and sweeping allegations but don't tend to have too much action. These are generally people who make brash, loud comments puffed up with what they believe are factual elements. But more times than not, these individuals find themselves without many compatriots. That result is discovered usually after long winded thought processes that seem to pull from facts based in "something they heard" but rarely can be reproduced without several counter arguments. And thus, the problems begin. I know I'm not alone in this experience and I'm positive some of these types of individuals would be just as accusatory towards me. That said, it doesn't shed the fact that comments based on education instead of experience only take you so f...

Article Obama is calling on Congress for a 100B small-business 'thing' for lack of a better word. It is based completely around stopping tax cuts allowed under the Bush administration to fund the credit. Here is the truth in that though. Most small business owners, especially those in Type-S corps, make over $250,000. Wait, I'll rephrase, are taxed on an income over $250,000 since all revenue on-hand in the company is viewed as 'income' by the Federal Government. This is the same group that Obama wants to "tax for being rich". So essentially, Obama wants to tax a group to pay itself later. This is the most ridiculous thing Obama has yet announced. Sadly, the only people smart enough to realize how bad this is are in the minority of voters. I'm sure to those that think $250,000 is "rich" this probably sounds like a great idea. Oh what a blessing to be ignorant.

Obama is to unleash another costly and useless program geared towards the few but paid for by the many. Apparently he doesn't understand that in economics things need to run their course. This constant interjection is more damaging than helpful and time has proven that. Now the administration is running around debating what type of "small business" deals they can cut in order to not bleed out in 2010 elections, and even worse the 2012 election. This lack of cohesion with the populace could be most obviously highlighted by the exit of combat troops from Iraq after 7 years having very little 'air' time. This administration has played favorites with its economic plans and as a direct result caused huge upheavals and turmoil within all aspect of economic America. Unemployment rates continue, continue, to push upward. And the smoke-screen of success in employment, done via hiring temporary people to work the US Census, was easily lifted by a perpetual increase in the l...

Sounds like Dems need a quick recap in the branches of government in the United States. The reason you have three is for a series of checks and balances so one can't run rough-shot over the others. Seems Obama is not a fan. He wants to challenge the Supreme Court on a ruling that allows corporations to participate in donations with parties without full disclosure. Funny thing is DEMS are in an uproar, but UNION donations are handled entirely the same way, and they have no issues with that. Maybe Obama should stop trying to distract the nation from his failed leadership, and just ride it out. Obama has done probably the most in the least amount of time of any recent president. However whether his actions are good or bad for the nation will not be known till around 2014 when his full costs come into effect. So to close, branches of government exist for a reason and it isn't to push socialist objectives. (i.e...unions can but business cant) Article

So Obama is upset because Republicans are pushing to privatize social security. That is quite possibly the only thing that could save SS, before falling off the map all together. But Democrats are upset, want to know why? Because for decades social security has been a government slush fund. The money is pulled in from every legitimate working citizen and then spent for whatever the government would like. This method worked fine when the public fund was bringing in more money than it had to shell out, but now the tables have turned. So unless you want to remove benefits, increase age or tax the ever-loving hell out of the rest of America, the only hope is privatization where quite possible, social security could profit. The big fear factor dems push to is the recent debacle in the stock market. Well too bad, had government policies not wrecked the business world with ridiculous "status quo" elements, the 'fall of the market' wouldn't have been so substantial. But t...

USA Today Article Amazing, no really I'm not being sarcastic. After 90 straight days of spewing oil and gas into the Gulf of Mexico a mile under water, there is little coming to the surface. According to people who aren't enviro-nazis, the dispersant used have aided considerably in the breakdown of the leaked oil. Turns out it is degrading and dispersing faster than expected. Which makes me wonder, where is the doomsday scenario? I thought we were going to see vast amounts of wildlife death, ending of families, destruction of businesses and so on? Thus far, only 30% of the Gulf fishing area was closed for any period of time, there are no catastrophic oil covered beaches and there hasn't been an overwhelming abundance of dead wildlife. Before I get labeled as a "redneck" I'd say that obviously the oil leak was a tragedy, should and could have been avoided, BP should have had a backup plan and the Government should have had regulation and preparations for such a...

Why am I not remotely shocked. Lets see over 65% of the national population and 70% of the Arizona population want the full bill, not this partial crap, to be in effect. So Obama interrupts that for the sake of Democrat Latino voter needs. Wonderful. Then of course, crime lovers (I can only assume they are crime lovers as they like illegal actions) throw protests and get arrested. http://tinyurl.com/27cgdkc . So..just curious how many of those 'redneck racist, NRA member, F150 driving' tea party people have been arrested again? Oh, none. Well, nice work America...nice work.

Huh? The NAACP, possibly the most racist organization of current time, is calling the "Tea Party" racist. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People calling something else racist, this is utterly amazing. This is an organization that builds its entire client base on color. This is actually too much for words.

Climate change, once known as 'the greenhouse effect' or 'global warming' is a big topic now. I remember it becoming a relevant when I was in middle school (circa 1990), when we were shown a bench made entirely of recycled plastic. To me then, and now, that made sense. Something simple that used recycled products in a smart way. I'm all for alternative power sources be they solar, wind, water or what have you. I'm all for water barrels, composting, using fabric bags for your groceries instead of paper and plastic. I support recycling aluminum, glass, plastic and paper. And I'd also advocate loudly for not wasting water or power, shutting your lights off and TVs off when you don't need them, not running your washer or dryer unless it is full and using the dishwasher the same way. What I'm not in favor of when it comes to climate legislation or 'public opinion' is drastically altering, and in most cases diminishing, the human life experience as...