A $4.1 million vacation??

This is INSANE.

So, just how much will President Barack Obama’s Hawaiian vacation cost this year? That‘s a question that can’t be definitively answered until the costs are in and the trip has concluded, but an assessment of the numbers shows that it will likely be the 44th president’s most expensive vacation to date.

The Hawaii Reporter has estimated that travel, alone, will cost $3,629,622 — a startlingly large figure considering the length of the trip. And, yes, in case you were wondering: Taxpayers will be footing a chunk of the bill. After all, it‘s not cheap to ensure that the world’s most powerful leader is safe as he travels and enjoys time away from the grind..........

Read the rest of the article from The Blaze for a lot more bad news at
http://news.yahoo.com/footing-bill-obama-family-4-million-hawaii-vacation-124806817.html

I get more and more disturbed

Sorry to be engaging in Internet piracy, but this disturbs me greatly.
From the Yahoo network. Check out the article at
http://news.yahoo.com/obama-marginalizes-christmas-christians-173600711.html

Here are other instances that underscore Obama's unwillingness to back Christians:

* On the 10^th anniversary of the attacks of September 11, prayer was banned at the official ceremony to honor the rest of America's dead.

* In Egypt, the army opened fire and armored vehicles plowed through crowds of Coptic Christians who filled the streets in protest of recent attacks on their churches. Dozens were killed. Obama said nothing.

* In northern Nigeria, 150 people were killed in a series of gun and bomb attacks on Saturday. The Islamist Boko Haram sect claimed responsibility. Obama said nothing.

* In 2009 and in 2010, Obama celebrated Hanukkah at the White House.

* This past April, Obama didn't even bother to send out the White House Easter proclamation to the nation, the liberal-loathed Fox News reported. But he did release an eight-paragraph statement heralding Earth Day and statements recognizing the observance of major Muslim holidays on Ramadan, Eid-ul-Fitr, Hajj, and Eid-ul-Adha.

And from the same article:

Obama hasn't observed the National Day of Prayer once since he became president. But 2012 is an election year, so he will. Bet me.

I'm more and more disturbed.

Steve Bridges as Obama

This is too funny not to share - but there are some very serious undertones, too.

http://www.stevebridges.com/obamavideos-promo-july2010-lg.html

I like hats

I like hats. I wear them when I can, like on Easter Sunday. But most of the time people in my area don't get ladies wearing hats. Unless it's a cowgirl hat which isn't exactly high fashion even in my little burg.

No, I'm not trying to get attention when I wear a hat. I'm trying to feel good. I like the little spiritual lift I get when I wear a hat. Even a red hat.

When a strong wind blows, I have two choices. I can hold my hat in place, or I can lose my hat.

When I wear a hat to the movies, I have two choices. I can take my hat off so I don't annoy the people behind me, or I can behave like an ass and get thrown out.

When I wear a hat into someone else's area of authorization, I have two choices. I can take my hat off when they tell me to, or I can behave like an ass and get thrown out.

I might even be arrested if I'm fool enough to argue with the police.

If I go to an amusement park and want to hop on a ride, I want to be damn freakin' sure everything has been done and IS being done to make sure I survive the next four minutes. (Peeing myself when the coaster drops is, of course, my own problem.)

As an American I know and accept this. Anyone living on American soil should know and accept this. This is like, you know folks, COMMON SENSE. No one wants to go to God via The Rebel Yell.

So why is it is news when people at an amusement park refused to comply with the rules? Why is it news when the police were summoned to do their jobs?

Oh, yeah. The people who exhibited the inordinate lack of COMMON SENSE happen to belong to a religious faction that demands the respect of the American people without showing respect for the rules of American soil.

Yeah, I get it. I really do.

Talk about wanting attention and showing yer ass.

Headline news: Something wrong with country's politics?

The Associated Press headline caught my eye:

Obama: Something is wrong with country's politics

Really? Ya think?

Words fail me. Obama is the problem with our country's politics.

He says it, but he doesn't see he's the problem. 

And as he's proven time after time after time, like everything else, it's all about him and not about the people, especially the middle middle class.

Wild Bill for America

A friend sent me this link for Secret Service Secrets:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5INFAuM1xI&feature=youtu.be

Listen to his voice very carefully. Watch his eyes. If he's lying, he's pretty damn good a it.

I think it's time to watch more of this guy's videos just to see what he has to say.

So when is life fair?

Disgusted and dismayed. And don't forget pissed off. Yep. That's me. I finally (thank God!) have the mortgage paid and can start investing that money. And what happens? The stock market tanks.

I'm sure I'm not alone in my anger. I've worked all my life and I see it all slipping away. Our so-called president (who I don't think deserves the office) has systematically taken steps to end my way of life and the future I've worked so hard to attain.

I'm angered to the point of tears.

I'm angered to the point I understand why people snap. It's frightening to me.

We're in deep trouble here, America. The middle class built this country, and we are being systmatically destroyed.

Don't cast blame on the people of the past. Those decisions can't be changed. The people making the decisions in the present are responsible for the future.

I pray they get it right.

Ya think?

Finally - Japan ranked its nuclear crisis at the Fukushima plant at the highest possible severity on an international scale — the same level as the 1986 Chernobyl disaster — even as it insisted Tuesday that radiation leaks are declining at its tsunami-crippled nuclear plant.  Declining? YA THINK?

The idiot in the White House thinks tax increases might be necessary to dig the United States out of debt. YA THINK?

There's an FBI memo that seems to state the truth really is out there, and three space craft did land in Roswell. YA THINK?

And one final YA THINK for today from The Old Jarhead, who snagged it from the Patriot Post, I offer this:

Quote from The Patriot Post www.patriotpost.us/subscribe/

"You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot help small men by tearing down big men. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot lift the wage-earner by pulling down the wage-payer. You cannot help the poor man by destroying the rich. You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than your income. You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred. You cannot establish security on borrowed money. You cannot build character and courage by taking away men's initiative and independence. You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves." --Presbyterian clergyman William Boetcker (1873-1962)

Nine trillion dollars? How much is that?

Sometimes I run across some really scary things. The video found on this page is one of them. Just roll over the following line and the link will display. Scroll down to the video.

http://dailybail.com/home/there-are-no-words-to-describe-the-following-part-ii.html

Who is keeping track of things in our government? Apparently no one.

A golden funny

I ran across this in my files and think it's even funnier the second time around.

To the Guy Who Tried to Mug Me in Downtown Savannah the night before last. Date: 05-27-09, 1:43 AM EDT. I was the guy wearing the black Burberry jacket that you demanded that I hand over, shortly after you pulled the knife on my girlfriend and me, threatening our lives. You also asked for my girlfriend's purse and earrings. I can only hope that you somehow come across this rather important message.

 First, I'd like to apologize for your embarrassment when I drew my pistol after you took my Jacket. The evening was not that cold, and I was wearing the jacket for a reason. My girlfriend had just bought me that Kimber Model 1911.45 ACP pistol for my birthday, and we had picked up a shoulder holster for it that very evening.

Obviously you agree that it is a very Intimidating weapon when pointed at your head, wasn't it?

I know it probably wasn't fun walking back to wherever you'd come from barefooted since I made you leave your shoes, cell phone, and wallet with me. [That prevented you from calling or running to your buddies to come help mug us again]. After I called your mother, or "Momma" as you had her listed in your cell, I explained the entire episode of what you'd done.

Then I went and filled up my gas tank as well as four other people's in the gas station on your credit card. The guy with the big motor home took 150 gallons and was extremely grateful! I gave your shoes to a homeless guy outside Vinnie Van Go Go's, along with all the cash in your wallet. [That made his day!]

I then threw your wallet into the big pink "pimp mobile" that was parked at the curb .... after I broke the windshield and side window and keyed the entire driver's side of the car. Later, I called a bunch of phone sex numbers from your cell phone.

Ma Bell just now shut down the line, although I only used the phone for a little over a day now, so what's going on with that? 

Earlier, I managed to get in two threatening phone calls to the DA's office and one to the FBI, while mentioning President Obama as my possible target. The FBI guy seemed really intense and we had a nice long chat (I guess while he traced your number, etc). In a way, perhaps I should apologize for not killing you . . . but I feel this type of retribution is a far more appropriate punishment for your threatened crime.

I wish you well as you try to sort through some of these rather immediate pressing issues, and can only hope that you have the opportunity to reflect upon, and perhaps reconsider the career path you've chosen to pursue in life. 

Remember, next time you might not be so lucky. Have a good day! Thoughtfully yours,
Alex 

P.S. Remember this motto: An armed society makes for a more civil society!

Money for Nothing - Dire Straits

I like to say I learn something new every day.

Today I learned that the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council has declared the mid-1980's song Money for Nothing by Dire Straits "offensive."

Say...what?

The song is around twenty-five (25) years old. A quarter century. And suddenly NOW the use of the word faggot is a problem?

It gets better.

Apparently the decision to ban the song was made based on ONE complaint from one person who doesn't like the word.

Since when can a single person dictate what plays on the radio in an entire country? Because that's apparently what just happened.

And no, I don't think it's copasetic to call people faggots. Let people love who they love and get the hell over it.

But there is something wrong with this picture, and it's a harbinger of to things to come. We're losing our freedoms, crumb by crumb, not even realizing someone is stealing our cookie right out of our hand.

As for the song, little fag hag that I am, I called a few of my gay friends. Some of them actually have that Dire Straits album on vinyl. The younger ones have it on their iPhones. They love the song.

Thank God for the mute button

There needs to be a law that those in charge of hiring "talent" to sing the National Anthem to open events like the Super Bowl check to make sure the cat they hire to sing isn't in heat.

The Fed is looking for Wrench Screwdriver

I have a separate email that I use for junk. You know junk. The kind you get when you must supply an email address to get a percentage off something, or a coupon. About once a month I go clean out the junk mailbox, just to keep an eye on things.

It's amazing what lands in there. I'm getting messages from the "Federal Government" and when it comes to that mailbox, I'm not even a real person. No, no, I didn't even use a real name. The mailbox belongs a figment of my imagination named something akin to Wrench Screwdriver for heaven's sake.

Of course, our Fed might actually be willing to send Ms. Screwdriver a tax refund. It is the state of things these days. The government seems to believe that everyone is entitled to a cut of the taxpayer dollar.

Excuse me. As one of the taxpayers paying lots and lots of dollars to the Federal Government, enough is enough. I find it very disconcerting to be politically aligned with factions of the Tea Party, and quite a relief that I'm not ALL the way politically aligned with them.

Praise God from whom all blessings flow.

And NO, I'm a Democrat, either. 

I'm a political mongrel, and I'm damn proud of it.

It's time to really worry

So I'm a very remiss blogger. Sue me. Life is busy, busy, even for the jokingly semi-retired. And so far it is a joke. I'm working harder now than before my "official" anouncement that I was scaling back. I'd laugh, but it's not funny.

And neither is this little video a friend pointed out to me this morning.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsH8xvjTAlo

I confess I never looked at some of the points that are made, but now that I have, I'm a little worried.

Okay. I'm a lot worried.

This is why I read romance novels - to escape the truth.