Things that make the vein in my head stand out!

Let me preface this by saying that I know I am not the picture of perfection.....I snore like a chainsaw....I have "road rage" that would make Hitler cringe.....I am thick headed and opinionated.....

But there are some things that just chap my behind. As with all of my posts, I am strait forward so be warned before you read on....

1. Guys with pants that droop down to their knees.....correct me if I am wrong, but if more than the waistband of your boxers are showing shouldn't you be a plumber? Or arrested for indecent exposure?  I don't get it. Do away with the pants just walk around in your BVDs. And if you are older than 19 and your pants are that low you are just a retard. Nobody would enjoy seeing my big hairy behind hanging out of my Levis! Now if you are in the "State Pen" you could wear your pants that low....it is advertising for the rest of the guys to let them know you are "open for business"! Maybe that is what these knuckleheads are doing.

2. People checking out of a place of business and talking on the phone...It is just rude as hell. Not giving the person serving you the attention they require to complete your transaction is "common". They may need to ask you a question about the tomatoes you are getting. Unless there has been a tragic accident to someone in your family or you are the President calling an air strike on Iran you are not that important to have that thing glued to your ear, it can wait the two minutes it is going to take you to finish. And while you are seated in a restaurant fits here too. If someone is taking your order and you are talking about who is sleeping with who or how high your new lift kit is, don't expect you order to be correct. As a matter of fact, if it were me, you would be eating what I decided you should have. And to be real honest I don't think the person on the other end wants to hear you chomping on your salad.

3. People who let their children (read under 18) walk out of the house in the clothes they want......Sorry, my daughters are in their 20's and they will be sent back into their house if they are going with me somewhere and are not dressed correctly. I have seen WAY too many young girls dressed like they just got off the night shift at the Bunny Ranch! Look I am an old sailor and it makes me blush! Here's a concept...YOU are the parent, just say no. And by the way, who bought them the clothes in the first place? They are individuals you say? They can be individuals all they want when they move out and buy their own clothes. You can read #1 when it comes to your sons.....and please, PLEASE stop getting your 2 year old sons Mohawks!

4. People who can't speak English.....no not foreign people who speak broken English....no not "proper" English as in William Shakespeare.....I am talking about those who use slang as proper English all the time. Example.....the word "ax". An ax is a noun not a verb. If you ax someone you should be in jail. Now if you ask someone something there wouldn't be a problem. And the word "like" should be banned from some peoples vocabulary! I heard that word come out of one persons mouth so many times in one sentence I thought they had Tourette's syndrome. There needs to be a translation dictionary for some conversations I hear.

Then again I may be just getting old and intolerant!

Pay yourself first.....

I have read a few books and watched some financial planners talk about how to build personal wealth.  The first statement to come from all of the is,"Pay yourself first".  Put away at least 10% of your income somewhere it can't be touched.

In the state our country is in today, we need to heed those words. We need to stop holding up the rest of the world and pay our country first. I am tired of our government sending money to other countries when our economy is going around the toilet bowel.

Look at it like this.....you work all week and bring your dwindling check home.  On your diner plate is a hot dog and Kraft mac & cheese for the 5th night in a row.  You reach into your pocket, pull out your pay for the week and give it to the next door neighbor who is having steak and baked potatoes. Rib eyes no less! Now your neighbor is supposed to be sharing it with the rest of the neighborhood but he figures if they get something they will be happy. So they are having effin hot dogs and mac & cheese too. On top of that, your neighbor has lodged a complaint with the local authorities about the noise you make with your lawnmower on  Saturday mornings.

Sound crazy? I think so too. So lets take a look at what our government does........

In 2008 we paid out or gave credits to foreign countries to the tune of 35.9 billion dollars. That's right almost 36 billion of your hard earned dollars were sent to other countries. Well, you say, some people need our help. You are right...how about the 13.2 % of US citizens who live at or below the poverty level at this time?

Lets' take a look at who gets the money and why the US government is subsidising these countries.........

Some of the top countries on the hand out plan are :

Ireland.........................................................1.3 Bil

Albania........................................................1.8 Bil

Greece........................................................ 1.8 Bil

Algeria.........................................................4.5 Bil

Bolivia.........................................................2.0 Bil

Jordan.........................................................2.9 Bil

And here are the BIG players that I have a problem with:

Israel...........................................................6.2 Bil

Afghanistan..................................................9.0 Bil

Iraq.............................................................10.7 Bil

Now if you are sending that type of money out I would expect there to be a damn good reason.....guess again!  In 2006 we GAVE AWAY over 8 Bil to Columbia, Peru and Bolivia for drug abatement! Are you kidding me? We paid Egypt and Israel 4.2 Bil for military armament and then turned around and paid Jordan 4.6 Bil to leave Israel alone. If we paid for armament I would think they should be able to handle Jordan. On top of that we paid the West Bank/Gaza 1.5 Bil so they wouldn't feel slighted by the money we gave to Israel! The money we paid to Afghanistan and Pakistan...used to hunt for and find terrorists!!! Now I know we have idiots holding the wallet! For those in countries who we do try to help less than 10% of the money ever makes it to the people it is intended for. It goes to those who run the government and stops.

Here is the real kicker....Over the 2000 through 2007 sessions of the U.N. General Assembly about 95 per-cent of U.S foreign aid recipients voted against the U.S. a majority of the time on non-consensus votes, and over 71 percent voted against the U.S. a majority of the time on non-consensus votes deemed "important" by the U.S. Department of State. While I am on the subject of the UN it is time to kick it out of the US. Give it France! We pay out way too much money for an ancient building and to support such an inefficient, corrupt group.

It is time to stop. Time to close the wallet. Unless a devastating natural disaster takes place, we need to cut off ALL foreign aid...PERIOD. Ask yourself this question....how many of these countries lined up to help Katrina victims?

What would you do if.....

I love politics. Have since my Government Studies class in HS with Mr. Phipher . It never fails that when I am in a discussion with someone about the state of our country they ask, "If you were in charge, how would you change things to make the country better?". Of course I have many ideas! Not many people make it all the way through them because I am very passionate and hard set in my opinions. I decided to share them here but in small doses and will try to expand on each idea once a day. I know most of these are very heated topics and I am warning the faint of heart that some of my opinions will not sit well with everyone. I love a good debate but you are going to have a hard time convincing me that my ideas are not right.......

Number one on my list is stopping foreign aid to any and all countries.

Two, stop income tax and start a national sales tax.

The third is to revamp or completely do away with social services system

The last is to strictly enforce immigration laws

There are allot of other topics that would help our country to regain its place in the world.  These are a start. Stay tuned......I will get writing soon.

All this time off.....

I have been "working" since I was 15 yrs. old and can't remember having this many days off since I retired from the Navy! I am enjoying the time I get to spend with my wife and getting things done around the house. Up until last week I was doing 20 hr. days working 2 jobs. Getting laid off from the aircraft mechanic job was a blessing.....it allowed me to focus on the job teaching at a local college. I really do love it!

There are some "downsides" to having free time. I didn't watch much daytime tv before. Heck didn't watch much tv anyway unless it was sports or political stuff on Fox news. Gotta love Beck! And if tiddlywinks was a pro sport I would probably watch it too! The controller is not glued to my hand, so I pretty much let my wife handle the channel selection most of the day. That's where my intolerance comes in. Not with her but with the lunacy that is broadcast on the screen nowadays!

First and foremost, what happened to my MTV/VH1!? I think that someone should sue the owners for false advertising! There is NO music on it so change the name to BTV (Brainless TV), DATV (Dumb Ass TV) or AYKMTV (Are You Kidding Me TV)! Where do they get these rejects from? Obviously the parents of the knuckleheads on these shows didn't beat them enough when they were children. I can only handle so much whining from the kids on "My Spoiled Ass Sweet 16" to the meat head attitudes of the "I Don't Have a Job But I Live at the Jersey Shore" idiots with the real life character of "Miss Piggy" thinking she is the shit. No wonder the guys on the show are drunk all the time. Have you been to the Jersey shore? Not much to brag about.

Then there are a group of "hootches" who think because they married, slept with or are trying to sleep with pro basketball players, should be followed around with cameras and are entitled to act like they are still in the hood. Get a grip on reality, if it wasn't for the fact that you have fake boobs and were quick to jump in bed with the guy, you would still be working at the local BK trying to figure out the difference between onion rings and french fries on the cash register.

There is a glimmer of hope for those of us who live in the "real" world. I caught a show I actually can stomach for more than 10 minutes....."Tough Love"! The host Steve Ward is my hero of "drivel" tv! I love it when he gets pissed and "tells it like it is" to these people who wish to complain about their dating lives and there inability to find someone to fit their unreal expectations of a mate. Come on....if you have the attitude that you deserve the world and have nothing of value to add to the relationship...you are going to be the old cat lady at the end of the street. Collagen lip, saline bags that are bigger than a beach ball and the ability to empty a wallet faster than the IRS doesn't get you that far in your love life. And the pinhead guys they have on the show don't get a free pass. Pull up your pants, get a real job and stop expecting your future mate to look like this months "Playmate of the Month" when you look like a reject from the steroid hall of fame.

Cutting the grass, cleaning the garage and waxing the cars looks better every minute!