Flush "em Friday: The 3 25 11 Edition

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Happy Friday Anyone! I thought Friday my never come. But, here we are and it's time to Flush 'em Friday!

I flush:

Jerry Brown AND his crew for doing the liberal thing, seeking revenue by raising taxes. More people say no and yet he seeks to find "alternate" ways to raise taxes. That said, I of course must flush any Californian foolish enough to have voted for him in the first place.

Management that never asks the people who actually implement the plan and get it done if the plan is working. But, they often react to perceived problems and end up messing around with a symptom rather than the actual problem.

Politicians  who ask for more money.

Educational leadership or still trying to find a fad that works and never staying with it long enough to allow teachers master it.

Parents who believe their child can never do wrong. 

Parents who make excuses for their children's behavior.

Their is my short list. OK, folks, tell me who YOU want to flush this Friday.  

No Tax Tuesday: The Internet? 3 22 11

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Well, I guess I shouldn't be surprised that anything Al Gore claims to have invented the liberals would want to tax the life out of it. Do the words repressive and progressive go together in the minds of liberals? (Yes.) Does the government need more money? (No.)

Now I know that politicians are feverishly seeking ways to generate more tax revenue rather than do the real hard work and cut the fat of their pork projects and entitlement programs. So, rather than seek the betterment of the citizens they claim to represent they are in the words of one former Democratic candidate for President, "I'm going to tax the hell out of these people." Again, who gains? Not me.

I call on citizens in all 50 states to tell their Senators and Representatives to find ways to ease the tax burden, not add to it. Any tax on anything can not be tolerated! Well, maybe a tax levied on any politician who votes to increase taxes!  

Are we in or not, Mr. President?

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One thing I have noticed about the President is his thoughtful lack of decision making process. I can respect that the President wants to get all the facts before he makes a decision. I get that sometimes waiting until the last possible moment before acting is one way of leading. But, the actions made after getting all the intel often seems...halfhearted. It reminds me of the two different approaches to getting into to a cold ocean, lake or stream. Either you piddle around and wade in hoping to get used to the cold or you just jump in. 

As President Obama takes us into the theater of war in the middle east by wading into the waters by ordering the firing of a few missiles I am greatly concerned. Of course I can count on my local network news agencies to sort of gloss over the whole are we going to war with Gadhafi thing. Not a lot of thought provoking journalism. So, I am not quite sure what the POTUS is doing, and it doesn't look like he does either.

I remember when a certain other president went to knock off a crazy madman of a leader named Hussein. He went in decisively, kicked some butt, chased him into a little whole in the ground and then pulled the vermin out by the scruff of his neck. That's how you take down a bully. Gadhafi is nothing but a bully on a global scale. President Obama needs to decide if he wants Gadhafi in or out. If he wants him out. Tell Gadhafi he has until yesterday to get out and then go get the madman. I suggest a general warning to all of Libya that we are going to blow his asterisk off the face of this earth. So, move away from him. It looks like Obama's method is to throw a few rocks, hide behind a fence and offer a stern verbal warning. 

Flush 'em Friday 3 18 11 Edition

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Welcome everyone and anyone to the 3 18 11 edition of Flush 'em Friday!
This week I would like to flush:

1. The USC and Louisville men's basketball teams for completely messing up my bracket predictions!

2. My healthcare provider for "losing" some disks with some of my personal information on them!

3. Anti-war Democratic Rep. Lynn Woolsey  for being foolish enough to think you can "give peace a chance" with the likes of the Taliban.

4. The POTUS for worrying about bullying rather than world bullies like Gadhafi.

5. The POTUS for golfing and vacationing more than me.

6. Los Angeles voters for re-electing the same group of fools that screwed things up.

7. People driving upscale import cars while talking on their cell-phones. I don't mind or envy the cars, I do mind the erratic driving. Don't you people have Bluetooth?


OK, that's it for me this week but I am still waiting for you to put in your two cents.

Liberals Love to Scape Goat

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I work with a lot of bleeding heart liberals and one of the frustrating parts of any conversation is the way they frame their questions. I think it is where they say, "But don't you think..." insert some phrase like, "Babies deserve health care? It's not their fault that they were born into poverty." While it is true that it is not the babies fault that it was born into poverty, it isn't mine either. 

There is the problem. Liberals love to set up a straw man scape goat in the form of the greedy, malicious, set on everyone else as they climb to the top, capitalistic rich people (usually white). Wealthy white liberals love to point  at all other (usually conservative) white and declare, "Those white rich people, not us". 

Well, I am tired of the liberal nonsense. There is a difference between a right and a right to pursue. The constitution speaks of the right to pursue happiness. Nowhere is happiness, healthcare, minimum wages, or much else guaranteed. Happiness is not guaranteed. I think our founding fathers knew that even if you got what you where pursuing you still might not be happy. But, the liberal dogma of "everybody deserves" demands that someone arbitrates who has too much and must redistribute from one person to another. That is where all dictatorships are born, in the egocentric heart and mind of those who think they will solve all the problems by making everything equal.

Think about it.

No Tax Tuesday: I Just Don't Like Taxes

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Happy No Tax Tuesday. Yes, I know I must pay some taxes but, I just want some relief.
The truth is I just don't see any positive results from the taxes I already pay.

A few links about dumb taxes

A Dozen Dumb Taxes (SLIDESHOW)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/14/a-dozen-dumb-taxes_n_186749.html

Dumb Taxes We Have to Pay

http://www.neatorama.com/upcoming/post/Dumb-taxes-we-have-to-pay

Dumb Taxes

http://www.orangefever.net/wordpress/1101/

More Silly Taxes

http://blog.pappastax.com/index.php/2011/02/09/a/

If you have some more silly, dumb, stupid or even questionable taxes...forward them on.

Who's the bully now?

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It's not that I don't know that bullying is an issue. I work with disciple at a Middle School! I can't tell you the number of phone calls I have had with concerned parents when it comes to bullying. So, you might think that when I read about President Obama speaking out against bullying I would be quite pleased. Actually, I think the President should be more concerned about global bullies like that thug Gadhafi  in the middle east then his future voting block now on middle school campuses.

I have enough trouble with the micro managing knuckle heads in the local district offices who make decisions based on how things would affect their careers rather than what is right or wrong or even what would ultimately teach a particular student what is right or wrong. Why doI need the federal government reaching its' slimy hands way down to us? 

But, hats off to the President for taking such a strong stand on such a crucial global issue. This is a beautiful example of how a President can influence society. It reminds me of the Clinton's anti smoking smoke screen. Taking a stand against smoking and bullying sounds goods and who would disagree except smokers and bullies?  I don't notice any decrease in smokers. I just find them more annoying.

Finally, isn't the current President the biggest bully of them all? He wants to "re-distribute" everyone else's "wealth". He has taken over 1/6 of the economy with Obama-care. Do I have a choice under his plan? Is that really a choice? What are community organizer who hire and direct groups of thugs, I mean "protesters", to go an assail and hassle an opponent into submission but bullies by another name? I ask you, who's the bully?