Checking out at the store,
the young cashier suggested to the older
woman, that she should bring her own grocery bags because plastic bags
weren't good for the environment.
The woman apologized and explained, "We didn't have this green thing
back in my earlier days."
The young clerk responded, "That's our problem today.
Your generation did not care enough to save our environment for future
generations."
She was right -- our generation didn't have the green thing in its day.
Back then, we returned milk bottles, soda bottles and beer bottles to
the store. The store sent them back to the plant to be washed and
sterilized and refilled, so it could use the same bottles over and
over. So they really were recycled.
But we didn't have the green thing back in our day.
Grocery stores bagged our groceries in brown paper bags, that we
reused for numerous things, most memorable besides household garbage bags,
was the use of brown paper bags as book covers for our schoolbooks.
This was to ensure that public property, (the books
provided for our use by the school) was not defaced by our
scribblings. Then we were able to personalize our books on the brown
paper bags.
But too bad we didn't do the green thing back then.
We walked up stairs, because we didn't have an escalator in every
store and office building. We walked to the grocery store and didn't
climb into a 300-horsepower machine every time we had to go two
blocks.
But she was right. We didn't have the green thing in our day.
Back then, we washed the baby's diapers because we didn't have the
throwaway kind. We dried clothes on a line, not in an energy-gobbling
machine burning up 220 volts -- wind and solar power really did dry
our clothes back in our early days.
Kids got hand-me-down clothes from their brothers or sisters,
not always brand-new clothing.
But that young lady is right; we didn't have the green thing back in our day.
Back then, we had one TV, or radio, in the house -- not a TV in every
room. And the TV had a small screen the size of a handkerchief
(remember them?), not a screen the size of the state of Montana. In
the kitchen, we blended and stirred by hand because we didn't have
electric machines to do everything for us.
When we packaged a fragile item to send in the mail,
we used wadded up old newspapers to cushion it,
not Styrofoam or plastic bubble wrap. Back then,
we didn't fire up an engine and burn gasoline just to cut the lawn.
We used a push mower that ran on human power.
We exercised by working so we didn't need to
go to a health club to run on treadmills that operate on electricity.
But she's right; we didn't have the green thing back then.
We drank from a fountain when we were thirsty instead of using a cup
or a plastic bottle every time we had a drink of water. We refilled
writing pens with ink instead of buying a new pen, and we replaced the
razor blades in a razor instead of throwing away the whole razor just
because the blade got dull.
But we didn't have the green thing back then.
Back then, people took the streetcar or a bus and kids rode their
bikes to school or walked instead of turning their moms into a 24-hour
taxi service. We had one electrical outlet in a room, not an entire
bank of sockets to power a dozen appliances. And we didn't need a
computerized gadget to receive a signal beamed from satellites
23,000 miles out in space in order to find the nearest burger joint.
But isn't it sad that the current generation laments how wasteful we old
folks were just because we didn't have the green thing back then?
Please forward this on to another selfish old person who needs a
lesson in conservation from aknow-it-all young person...
We don't like being old in the first place,
so it doesn't take much to piss us off.
Saturday, June 30, 2012
Friday, June 29, 2012
Things to Change in 2013
This
is too true to be funny.
The next time you hear a politician use the
Word 'billion' in a casual manner, think about
whether you want the 'politicians' spending
YOUR tax money.
A billion is a difficult number to comprehend,
But one advertising agency did a good job of
Putting that figure into some perspective in
One of its releases.
A.
A billion seconds ago it was 1959.
B.
A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive.
C.
A billion hours ago our ancestors were
living in the Stone Age.
D.
A billion days ago no-one walked on the earth on two feet.
E.
A billion dollars ago was only
8 hours and 20 minutes,
at the rate our government
is spending it.
While this thought is still fresh in our brain...
let's take a look at New Orleans ...
It's amazing what you can learn with some simple division.
Louisiana Senator,
Mary Landrieu (D)
was asking Congress for
250 BILLION DOLLARS
To rebuild New Orleans . Interesting number...
What does it mean?
A.
Well .. If you are one of the 484,674 residents of New Orleans
(every man, woman and child)
You each get$516,528
B.
Or... If you have one of the 188,251 homes in
New Orleans , your home gets $1,329,787.
C.
Or... If you are a family of four...
Your family gets$2,066,012.
Washington , D.C
HELLO!
Are all your calculators broken??
Building Permit Tax
CDL License Tax
Cigarette Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Dog License Tax
Federal Income Tax (Fed)
Federal Unemployment Tax (FU TA)
Fishing License Tax
Food License Tax
Fuel Permit Tax
Gasoline Tax
Hunting License Tax
Inheritance Tax
Inventory Tax
IRS Interest Charges (tax on top of tax)
IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax)
Liquor Tax
Luxury Tax
Marriage License Tax
Medicare Tax
Property Tax
Real Estate Tax
Service charge Taxes
Social Security Tax
Road Usage Tax (Truckers)
Sales Taxes
Recreational Vehicle Tax
School Tax
State Income Tax
State Unemployment Tax (SUTA)
Telephone Federal Excise Tax
Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Tax
Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Tax
Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax
Telephone Recurring and Non-recurringCharges Tax
Telephone State and Local Tax
Telephone Usage ChargeTax
Utility Tax
Vehicle License Registration Tax
Vehicle Sales Tax
Watercraft Registration Tax
Well Permit Tax
Workers Compensation Tax
Caca Tax created by State and Local Surcharge Tax
(And to think, we left British Rule to avoid so many taxes)
STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY?
Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago...
We had absolutely no national debt...
We had the largest middle class in the world...
And Mom stayed home to raise the kids.
What happened?
Can you spell
'politicians'!
And I still have to
Press '1'
For English.
The next time you hear a politician use the
Word 'billion' in a casual manner, think about
whether you want the 'politicians' spending
YOUR tax money.
A billion is a difficult number to comprehend,
But one advertising agency did a good job of
Putting that figure into some perspective in
One of its releases.
A.
A billion seconds ago it was 1959.
B.
A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive.
C.
A billion hours ago our ancestors were
living in the Stone Age.
D.
A billion days ago no-one walked on the earth on two feet.
E.
A billion dollars ago was only
8 hours and 20 minutes,
at the rate our government
is spending it.
While this thought is still fresh in our brain...
let's take a look at New Orleans ...
It's amazing what you can learn with some simple division.
Louisiana Senator,
Mary Landrieu (D)
was asking Congress for
250 BILLION DOLLARS
To rebuild New Orleans . Interesting number...
What does it mean?
A.
Well .. If you are one of the 484,674 residents of New Orleans
(every man, woman and child)
You each get$516,528
B.
Or... If you have one of the 188,251 homes in
New Orleans , your home gets $1,329,787.
C.
Or... If you are a family of four...
Your family gets$2,066,012.
Washington , D.C
HELLO!
Are all your calculators broken??
Building Permit Tax
CDL License Tax
Cigarette Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Dog License Tax
Federal Income Tax (Fed)
Federal Unemployment Tax (FU TA)
Fishing License Tax
Food License Tax
Fuel Permit Tax
Gasoline Tax
Hunting License Tax
Inheritance Tax
Inventory Tax
IRS Interest Charges (tax on top of tax)
IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax)
Liquor Tax
Luxury Tax
Marriage License Tax
Medicare Tax
Property Tax
Real Estate Tax
Service charge Taxes
Social Security Tax
Road Usage Tax (Truckers)
Sales Taxes
Recreational Vehicle Tax
School Tax
State Income Tax
State Unemployment Tax (SUTA)
Telephone Federal Excise Tax
Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Tax
Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Tax
Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax
Telephone Recurring and Non-recurringCharges Tax
Telephone State and Local Tax
Telephone Usage ChargeTax
Utility Tax
Vehicle License Registration Tax
Vehicle Sales Tax
Watercraft Registration Tax
Well Permit Tax
Workers Compensation Tax
Caca Tax created by State and Local Surcharge Tax
(And to think, we left British Rule to avoid so many taxes)
STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY?
Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago...
We had absolutely no national debt...
We had the largest middle class in the world...
And Mom stayed home to raise the kids.
What happened?
Can you spell
'politicians'!
And I still have to
Press '1'
For English.
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Putting Our Nations Debt Into Real Numbers
Do you know what a trillion looks like? Neither do
I. But here is a handy little graphic that gives you a way of putting it
in prospective.
If each second is equal to 1 dollar, then in one trillion
dollars there are 31,710 years, years, not minutes, or seconds but years.
If you multiply that times the 15 trillion in debt, you get 475,650 years.
That is more years than recorded history.
Scary when you look at it this way.
Sunday, June 24, 2012
I'll Take the Morman over the Moron
Just
Some Real Facts About Mitt Romney That We Will Not Hear About From The Lame
Stream Media About The Real Mitt Romney!
Mitt Romney:
After going to both Harvard Business School and Harvard Law School simultaneously, he passed the Michigan bar, but never worked as an attorney.
As a venture-capitalist, Romney's first major business deal involved investing in a start-up office supply company with one store in Massachusetts that sold office supplies. That company, called Staples, now has over 2,000 stores and employs over 90,000 people.
Romney or his company Bain Capital (using what became known as the "Bain Way") would go on to perform the same kinds of business miracles again and again, with companies like Domino's, Sealy, Brookstone, Weather Channel, Burger King, Warner Music Group, Dollarama, Home Depot Supply, and many others.
Got your calculators handy? Let's recap.
Volunteer campaign worker for his dad's gubernatorial campaign 1 year.
Unpaid intern in Governor's office 8 years.
Mormon missionary in Paris 2 years.
Unpaid bishop and state president for his church 10 years.
No salary as president of the Olympics 3 years.
No salary as MA governor 4 years.
That's a grand total of 28 years of unpaid service to his country, his community and his church. Why? Because that's the kind of man Mitt Romney is!
And in 2011 Mitt Romney gave over $4 million to charity, almost 19% of his income....Obama gave 1%
Joe Biden gave $300 or .0013%
This is real character vs....well you know what!
Romney may not be the best representative the Republicans could have selected. At least I know what religion he is, and that he won't desecrate the flag, bow down to foreign powers, or squander my money on vacations. I know he has the ability to turn this financial debacle that the "Spending President" has gotten us into. We didn't know that when Obama said he'd give us change, he meant nickels and dimes, and he would get the big bucks. We won't like all the things necessary to recover from this debt, but someone with Romney's background can do it.
But, on the minus side, He never was a "Community Organizer", never took drugs or smoked pot. Never got drunk. Did not associate with communists or terrorists. Nor did he attend a church whose pastor called for God to damn the US.
Mitt Romney:
After going to both Harvard Business School and Harvard Law School simultaneously, he passed the Michigan bar, but never worked as an attorney.
As a venture-capitalist, Romney's first major business deal involved investing in a start-up office supply company with one store in Massachusetts that sold office supplies. That company, called Staples, now has over 2,000 stores and employs over 90,000 people.
Romney or his company Bain Capital (using what became known as the "Bain Way") would go on to perform the same kinds of business miracles again and again, with companies like Domino's, Sealy, Brookstone, Weather Channel, Burger King, Warner Music Group, Dollarama, Home Depot Supply, and many others.
Got your calculators handy? Let's recap.
Volunteer campaign worker for his dad's gubernatorial campaign 1 year.
Unpaid intern in Governor's office 8 years.
Mormon missionary in Paris 2 years.
Unpaid bishop and state president for his church 10 years.
No salary as president of the Olympics 3 years.
No salary as MA governor 4 years.
That's a grand total of 28 years of unpaid service to his country, his community and his church. Why? Because that's the kind of man Mitt Romney is!
And in 2011 Mitt Romney gave over $4 million to charity, almost 19% of his income....Obama gave 1%
Joe Biden gave $300 or .0013%
This is real character vs....well you know what!
Romney may not be the best representative the Republicans could have selected. At least I know what religion he is, and that he won't desecrate the flag, bow down to foreign powers, or squander my money on vacations. I know he has the ability to turn this financial debacle that the "Spending President" has gotten us into. We didn't know that when Obama said he'd give us change, he meant nickels and dimes, and he would get the big bucks. We won't like all the things necessary to recover from this debt, but someone with Romney's background can do it.
But, on the minus side, He never was a "Community Organizer", never took drugs or smoked pot. Never got drunk. Did not associate with communists or terrorists. Nor did he attend a church whose pastor called for God to damn the US.
Saturday, June 23, 2012
Free Stuff
I have never heard this said as simply or as well.
The folks who are getting the free stuff don't like the folks who are paying for the free stuff, because the folks who are paying for the free stuff can no longer afford to pay for both the free stuff and their own stuff.
And, the folks who are paying for the free stuff want the free stuff to stop.
And the folks who are getting the free stuff want even more free stuff on top of the free stuff they are already getting!
Now... the people who are forcing the people who pay for the free stuff have told the people who are RECEIVING the free stuff that the people who are PAYING for the free stuff are being mean, prejudiced, and racist.
So... the people who are GETTING the free stuff have been convinced they need to hate the people who are paying for the free stuff by the people who are forcing some people to pay for their free stuff and giving them the free stuff in the first place.
We have let the free stuff giving go on for so long that there are now more people getting free stuff than paying for the free stuff.
Now understand this. All great democracies have committed financial suicide somewhere between 200 and 250 years after being founded. The reason?
The voters figured out they could vote themselves money from the treasury by electing people who promised to give them money from the treasury in exchange for electing them.
The United States officially became a Republic in 1776, 236 years ago. The number of people now getting free stuff outnumbers the people paying for the free stuff. We have one chance to change that in 2012. Failure to change that spells the end of the United States as we know it.
ELECTION 2012 IS COMING
A Nation of Sheep Breeds a Government of Wolves!
I'M 100% for PASSING THIS ON !!!
Obama: Gone!
Borders: Closed!
Language: English only
Culture: Constitution, and the Bill of Rights!
Drug Free: Mandatory Drug Screening before Welfare!
NO freebies to: Non-Citizens!
Pray That This Man Is On Target
Most political predictions are made by biased pollsters, pundits,
or prognosticators who are either rooting for Republicans or Democrats. I am neither.
I am a former Libertarian Vice Presidential nominee, and a well-known Vegas
oddsmaker with one of the most accurate records of predicting political races.
Understanding history, today I am even more convinced of a
resounding Romney victory. Thirty-two years ago at this moment in time, Reagan
was losing by 9 points to Carter. Romney is right now running even in polls. So
why do most pollsters give Obama the edge?
First, most pollsters are missing one ingredient- common sense.
Here is my gut instinct: not one American who voted for McCain four years ago
will switch to Obama. Not one in all the land. But many millions of people who
voted for an unknown Obama four years ago are angry, disillusioned, turned off,
or scared about the future. Voters know Obama now- and that is a bad harbinger.
Now to an analysis of the voting blocks that matter in U.S.
politics:
*Black voters. Obama has nowhere to go but down among this
group. His endorsement of gay marriage has alienated many black church-going
Christians. He may get 88% of their vote instead of the 96% he got in 2008.
This is not good news for Obama.
*Hispanic voters. Obama has nowhere to go but down among this
group. If Romney picks Rubio as his VP running-mate the GOP may pick up an
extra 10% to 15% of Hispanic voters (plus lock down Florida). This is not good
news for Obama.
*Jewish voters. Obama has been weak in his support of Israel.
Many Jewish voters and big donors are angry and disappointed. I predict Obama’s
Jewish support drops from 78% in 2008 to the low 60’s. This is not good news
for Obama.
*Youth voters. Obama’s biggest and most enthusiastic
believers from 4 years ago have graduated into a job market from hell. Young
people are disillusioned, frightened, and broke- a bad combination. The
enthusiasm is long gone. Turnout will be much lower among young voters, as will
actual voting percentages. This not good news for Obama.
*Catholic voters. Obama won a majority of Catholics in 2008.
That won’t happen again. Out of desperation to please women, Obama went to war
with the Catholic Church over contraception. Now he is being sued by the
Catholic Church. Majority lost. This is not good news for Obama.
*Small Business owners. Because I ran for Vice President last
time around, and I’m a small businessman myself, I know literally thousands of
small business owners. At least 40 percent of them in my circle of friends,
fans and supporters voted for Obama 4 years ago to “give someone different a
chance.” I warned them that he would pursue a war on capitalism and demonize
anyone who owned a business…that he’d support unions over the private sector in
a big way…that he’d overwhelm the economy with spending and debt. My friends
didn’t listen. Four years later, I can’t find one person in my circle of small
business owner friends voting for Obama. Not one. This is not good
news for Obama.
*Blue collar working class whites. Do I need to say a thing?
White working class voters are about as happy with Obama as Boston Red Sox fans
feel about the New York Yankees. This is not good news for Obama.
*Suburban moms. The issue isn’t contraception…it’s having a
job to pay for contraception. Obama’s economy frightens these moms. They are
worried about putting food on the table. They fear for their children’s future.
This is not good news for Obama.
*Military Veterans
. McCain won this group by 10 points. Romney is winning by 24
points. The more our military vets got to see of Obama, the more they disliked
him. This is not good news for Obama.
Add it up. Is there one major group where Obama has gained since
2008? Will anyone in America wake up on election day saying “I didn’t vote for
Obama four years ago. But he’s done such a fantastic job, I can’t wait to vote
for him today.” Does anyone feel that a vote for Obama makes their job more
secure?
Forget the polls. My gut instincts as a Vegas oddsmaker and common
sense small businessman tell me this will be a historic landslide and a
world-class repudiation of Obama’s radical and risky socialist agenda.
It’s Reagan-Carter all over again.
You and I Have To Make It Happen
To a great extent we are in fact
at war to bring our country back to a God fearing state. All of our
founding documents were pretty clear that our then leaders knew the importance
of God as a corner stone for our country. Yet during the last 50 years we
“the Christians” have stood by while a minority of anti Goder’s have worked
hard to removed Him from our lives where ever possible. I think
there is a very strong tide building to reverse that trend. I
believe we Christians are about had our fill and understand that it is time
that we stood up for our beliefs and Gods work.
Yes maybe Obama was a wakeup
call. God let us have what we wanted and look what that got
us. For the first time we saw an uprising of Christians , lo they
be called the Tea Partiers, but whatever and whoever they were it scared
the Hell out of the far left when some folks from the right starting holding
rallies and calling for their concerns to be addressed. I mean the media
went berserk. Calling them hate mongers, racist, anti American when all these
folks ask for was to be heard. It was a good start but more has to
come. The Republican Party at one point many years ago was much
like the Tea Party crowd but somehow they drifted to the left and begin to lose
sight of what America is all about.
Well I think the message got to DC and for sure it sent a chill
through the Conservative party.
God is pretty laid back in allowing his people to do what they
want and live with their decisions. If you look at the last few years we
have been on a pretty downward spiral. With God out of the schools our
education system has hit the skids and we are now ranked somewhere around 25-30
in the world… yes imagine that. US is not the leader in education
not even close. We had an entitlement system that reward for non
Christian behavior and actually encourage babies out of wedlock and single
parent homes. That is a whole longer writing.
So all this said we now have 4 months to get our act together to
take our country back. Put God back in place and hold our elected
officials accountable for their actions. You and I need to make
sure that we send people to our city governments, county and parishes, state
houses and for sure to Washington, DC who will govern in the best interest of
our Nation and not pander to special interests. It seems the answer is
pretty simple really
LESS GOVERNEMENT
LESS SPENDING
LESS ENTITLEMENTS
LESS TAXES AND
MORE GOD IN OUR COUNTRY
MORE INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR OUR ACTIONS
MORE STATE CONTROL
REGARDLESS OF WHAT SOME TRY AND MAKE US BELIEVE WE ARE A
CHRISTIAN NATION AND OUR FOUNDING FATHERS STATED IT PRETTY CLEARLY… “IN GOD WE
TRUST” I MEAN REALLY HOW CONFUSING IS THAT
THEY WERE ALSO CLEAR THAT A PERSON IS FREE TO WORSHIP ANY THING
THEY WISH TO WORSHIP BUT THAT DOES NOT NEGATE THE FACT THAT AMERICA IS A
CHRISTIAN NATION. SO LET MOVE THIS AGENDA ALONG AND
MAKE SURE EACH OF US DOES OUR PART COME NOVERMBER.
SIGN UP TO WORK AT YOUR VOTING POLL, MAKE SOME PHONE CALLS, KNOCK ON SOME
DOORS, PUT A SIGN IN YOUR YARD BUT LET PEOPLE KNOW WHERE YOU STAND.
YOU HAVE SOME PEOPLE WHO RESPECT YOU AND JUST KNOWING WHAT YOU
SUPPORT WILL GIVE THEM MOTIVATION TO TAKE ACTION ON THEIR BALLOT.
Horace
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