New Things

So, last few days i havent been posting. Partly cus i been getting yelled at by an angry little blonde, and partly cus im becoming bored. But thought i'd update everyone about new things happening.

We finally found a name for the baby when it gets here.

My dad and I are opening up an apartment complex in 6 months.

Im going to be performing in Atlanta, GA....Birmingham Alabama, Columbus MS, and Tuscaloosa, ALA over the next few weeks and wont be logging in much.

I want to sale some of my empire if anyones interested. Many good countries making big profits are availble.

Getting a new puppy.

I was scared shitless by Paranormal Activity 2.

Aubreys being mean to me.

Im voting for Obama cus i dont like Mormons. Not cus imma democrat.

Buying a crib for tha baby. It cost more then i thought.

Making a new music video.

Gotta new rifle.

Oh, and theres a hurricane coming.

Feel free to chime in to ammuse me if you'd like. Or just read this and move on since its boring. Buuuuttt, imma leave with a joke

I never make the same mistake twice, i make it 5 or 6 times just to be sure.

HAHA

Well. I think i proved my self. Hells unleashed on'em. Way to go Pazuzu...

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Im voting for Obama cus i dont like Mormons.<!-/Quote-!>

And a socialist moron is a better choice?

Sometimes, well actually most times, you go with the lessor of two evils.

Lol

A Socialist is better than a self servicing individual who runs for office soley to better his own financial position. What did you people have against socialism anyway?

Because socialism FAILS every time. :P Go Romney!

Personally I do not care for Romney, it would be easy for me to vote for almost anyone else that had a snowball's chance in hell of winning against Obama.

So it looks like once again, I'll be voting not for someone whom I think is right for the job, but rather someone I only "suspect" will do the least amount of harm.

Sometimes what you think is still better than what you know.

Hegelian dialectic

Anyone have an opinion as to why Obama is being labeled a Socialist?

One should never vote for a candidate that you dont support just to keep one you like less out of office. That is self defeating and negative. An individual can only have a certain term, (2X 4yrs is it in USA?) so really I have noticed in Brit politics, any ideas, plans, policies put forward soon get reversed next election, even by the same party with a different leader. Whats the point? Long term strategies, which is most everything, need to be given a chance to follow through and get results.

No pain, no gain, my little chickadees.

Kasper, get a UK tour organised.

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Because he is, worst one we've had since FDR who was also close to bankrupting this country. Just like FDR, at some point taxes will have to be either massively increased or invented to pay for those programs.

Only thing that saved us then was WWII through the mobilization process, tax hikes, and multitude of consumers for the products we could make. Maybe they hope for something similar.

A country is really no different than an individual only on a different scale. I can't spend more than I make for long without either increasing my income or reducing my spending.

So far at least I've always had the advantage of being able to do both to some extent, most people and many countries don't.

Yankee, I was listening to some economic bods on the BBC world service and they were saying that the tax raise needed in the US to service your debt and turn around, really wasn't that much. Just a couple of burgers per person each weeks worth.

A bit of austerity over there wouldn't hurt, we all over consume in the west. Just got to be careful not to force it upon people too harshly or it will have the opposite effect.

I like Obama's health plan and other ideas, I'm not too clued up being as it doesnt effect me much anymore so cant really say, but anything that gets rid of some social divide has to be a good thing if you ask me. For the whole society that is, not neccesarily the wealthier individual I know.

Obama is not a socialist. However, I wouldn't have a problem with it if he was.

It is a complete lie the right-wingers come up with to negatively brand him.

If you think socialism is bad, then refuse your social security check when you qualify to get it. Refuse to go to national parks and monuments, dams, use electric grids, etc, many of which were built from social back-to-work programs. Send your unemployment check back, except for the small portion that you put into it.

I could go on and on about how contradictory Tea Baggers and right-wingers are, but I won't.

It's a waste of time.

@Yankee
"Because he is" (a socialist), that is your reasoning??

Obama is bankrupting the country?? What are you talking about.

You do remember what state the economy was in before he was elected don't you.

Christopher,

1. I would be perfectly happy to withdraw from the social security system if they'd just give me back the money I've paid in.
2. I've never drawn an unemployment benefit check.
3. I do not use the VA hospital though I am entitled to.
4. Although I don't now almost one year ago today we moved from our land north of here where we used no electricity from the grid for 18 years, I could easily do so again the place although under contract is not yet sold. I could also go off grid in the middle of the city however, it's regulated so tight you cannot produce 100% of your needs and must connect to the grid anyway.
5. As far as the monuments, dams, national parks etc. I do not use them either even though, I'm certainly paying for them.

The problem in my opinion is not that there are 'some' social programs. There needs to be some. But honestly is there a need for unemployment benefits to last well over a year and in some cases extend past two years? C'mon man! Many people will not get a job because it does not give them enough more money than the 'free' check they receive! I'm not opposed to helping a person or family, but its despicable when that help is taken advantage of.

The welfare system is a complete disaster! In many places the welfare system is a 'womb to tomb' program.

Even the term 'entitlements' irritates me. Where is the entitlement? Where do I OWE somebody anything? How is somebody entitled to anything I or anybody else worked for? Obviously everyone deserves the same right to PURSUE whatever they desire, but thats all!

People talk about the 'American Dream'! How that everybody should have a home, good education, food and clothing on their backs. Thats all great, but I should not have to supply a home, good free education, food on their table and clothes on their backs! The only ones that is for are those who I'm responsible for... ie.... my family. Of course if I feel generous, then its ok to give to a charity, but NEVER should anybody be forced into being charitable... which is exactly what the 'entitlements' in this country is.

The middle class is being taxed to death! Here is an example... In my county a school was going to be closed. Then the decision was made to keep it open with one of two options. 1) Increase the wheel tax $20 more. 2) Increase property taxes. With option 1, everybody pays a little more, but with option 2 only those with property pays more. Do not those who rent benefit from the school staying open? Of course they do, but instead they decided to put the burden on those with property (generally the middle class). I do not have children so the school does not directly benefit me, but Id be willing to SHARE the burden with everybody, but instead Im going to be paying $3200 more in property taxes this coming year.

But this is only the TIP of the iceberg of problems this country and the world has. But taxes gets my motor going because its something I have to deal with and directly affects me weekly, if not daily!

Yeah, thanks for all your humanity, caring, compassion, and philantrophy you self centered, egotistical, selfish, fat bigots.

And you invade half the world to 'help the poor and repressed'. Dont make me puke, you dont even give a shit about your own society, just your own fat asses.

/me wonders why everyone dislikes America...

Woah.... Im curious, was that comment in response to my post? If so, I have no intent to offend anybody! Perhaps I did not explain myself clearly enough?

Crafty flips off from time to time without having any idea what he is talking about.

I wonder how much of his net income goes to charity. It's been 20% of mine for the last 38 years, and that doesn't include what my business contributes, nor does it consider any time I invest. I'm not religious and do not go to church so my donations are to actual charities.

Just because I'm sick and tired of supporting failed social programs run by the government he probably thinks I would ignore someone needing help.

Simple fact of the matter is I help who and where I can, I do more than most, probably not as much as some, but I have my own life and responsibilities. And the simple fact is I cannot, and have no intention of trying to "save the world".

Serpent I know exactly what you refer to on the property tax issues, and womb to tomb welfare programs.

I agree completely with the phrase "failed social programs". Thats exactly what they are. If those social programs actually did more good than harm, obviously Id have a different opinion about them. But I could cite example after example of how they benefit very little, but do a tremendous amount of harm. Because eventually those social programs (even ones with good intent starting out) have made many in society DEPENDENT on them. They no longer are a help as they maybe were meant to be, now they have become a way of life.

Im all for charity and giving, I give much time and money myself to those who are in NEED of help, not WANT of help. I think there is a huge difference between NEEDING and WANTING.

There are those in society that need and deserve help and they should by all means receive that assistance. I advocate no cruelty or harm in any way. But it seems that much of the social programs are nothing more than wealth distribution.

well, when you have corporations like Walmart, that when signing the paper work, on the first day of work, they also hand you Food Stamp applications, because they know that they are not paying you enough to eat... it might put "social programs," into perspective

many of these social programs compensate for what big business should be doing for their employees, but they can't be bother to do more than contribute to political campaigns, so the government can reimburse their employees for salaries that can't handle our ever increasing prices.

a tangent about prices

i work in a land fill, if it wouldn't cost me my job, i could probably making hundreds of dollars each month scavenging.

Americans are very wasteful. We are taught to buy, and discard. If we spend our checks, that money goes to our businesses. They make money, and pay us. How ever, the wages of the people i've been around for over 10ish years, haven't improved as much as prices have increased. Bread for example, has tripled in price sence the Iraq war... my income hasn't. not even close. so in the sence, the rich people have been raking in the money, and relying on the government to strip the middle class, to feed the poor... until that changes, we are in a world of hurt.

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Yes, yes I do.

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And Yankees' daft statements about about how he doesnt need the grid, doesn't use national parks etc. etc.

Those sort of things you see.

No Jason, nothing personal at all mate, in fact you make very valid points about welfare addicts, it's a major issue in the UK nowadays too.

sorry, I do try to bite my tongue, somethings wind me up rotten though.

We have the same issues in The Great White North