It’s hard to miss the Recovery Act Stimulus signs if they’re in your area. They’re big, obnoxious, and pointless – unless you’re a Democrat regime bent on convincing the public that you helped them in some way.
Apparently, pressure from Rep. Darrell Issa has forced certain agencies to change their rules to make the signs no longer required. However, they are still “strongly encouraged”, which is code for “we’re not gonna make you do it, but you had better do it, if you know what I mean – wink wink”.
In our area, we got to look at a couple big annoying signs while one of our streets was re-paved. Oddly, no one who lives on or travels the street thought it needed re-paving. They assume some “person of importance” must live there, which is how things usually work around here. While that street was getting re-paved, the streets in my area haven’t been touched in the 10 years that I’ve lived there. We have grass growing up through cracks in the pavement, no curbs, no sidewalks, and a patchwork of concrete and asphalt patches on top of patches. Apparently the people on my street aren’t important enough to be bought off with new pavement.
Don’t look for the signs or the stupidity to go away any time soon, and definitely don’t expect it if you don’t get your butt off the couch and educate yourself before the elections in November. If the Obama/Pelosi/Reid triumvirate stays in charge, it’s just gonna get worse.
If you’re one of those people who still think the government is here to help and don’t realize how out of control it has gotten, you need to pay more attention to what’s really going on in this country and less attention to the mainstream media’s liberal-filtered so-called “news”.
Read about this incident in Oregon where health inspectors have let their power go to their heads to the point where common sense has been completely lost. Regulating lemonade stands? Are you serious? You’re going to make a kid get a $120 license to run a lemonade stand?
We’ve got to turn this country around, everyone! This nonsense has GOT TO STOP before we’ve got Big Brother inside our bathrooms telling us we’re using too much toilet paper. You might laugh, but they’re already regulating how much water our toilets can use. Is it really that much of a stretch to think they’ll continue to push for more and more control of every aspect of our lives?
At first I thought it was a joke. At least it sounded like one.
The tall woman with long brown hair walks up the front steps to her best friend’s house and rings the bell. Her friend opens the door and the tall woman gives her a little hug before entering the premises. Out by the hedge something moves. The door closes and from behind the hedge crawls a slight man with a a badge and a stainless steel comb. The little man crawls with cat-like stealth around the side of the house and perches himself where he can see through the kitchen window. “Aha!” he softly proclaims. He touches the button on his headset and whispers, “The hen is in the fox-house. Repeat, the hen is in the fox-house!” In his headset, he hears a female voice, “maintain your position until backup arrives.” “Roger!” is all the little man replies. The voice on the other end responds, “I know your name, just wait where you are!”
Yes, our bonehead Illinois government has passed a law to cover the regulation of hair-braiders. Apparently the business of hair-braiding was out of control in Illinois.
I’ve always thought the whole barber license thing was a complete joke. It’s an obvious scam to collect fees from people so the government can spend more money on social programs. Not enough money to spend? Regulate something else and charge license fees. This time it’s hair-braiding.
What will it be tomorrow? A license to mow lawns? How about a license to clean houses? With the liberals in charge, what part of our lives will the government NOT be involved in?
Remember November, people! We’ve got to stop this insanity before it gets any worse.
As if the economy isn’t depressed enough, and unemployment isn’t high enough, the Obama brain-trust is barreling forward with plenty of new taxes ready to hit your wallets on January 2011. Some aren’t so much new as old taxes that had been suspended and are being allowed to come back, but that doesn’t change the fact that people are going to be giving MORE money to the government and spending less. Don’t expect big job creation gains or lower unemployment levels any time soon while Obama, Pelosi, Reid and the rest of their Liberal cabal push their Progressive agenda down the throats of the American people.
Yes, the darn little critters are back again this year. I’ve already gotten bitten twice – once on my scalp and once under my right ear. The little buggers sure cause a big swelling, especially on my scalp where the swelling has nowhere to go but out. It lasts a long time too, lumped up and itchy.
The common solution around here in west-central Illinois has been vanilla. Never tried it myself, but that’s what everyone says to use. This year someone told me to pick up some Buggins at the local Gamemasters store. I’d never heard of it before, but here it is: Buggins Vanilla Mint & Rose. Based on that, I’d say people were on track with the vanilla home-remedy.
Apparently the buffalo gnat is really a black fly. Blood-sucking little disease-carrying vermin. Get your Buggins or vanilla extract or whatever bug repellent you like – these things can spread disease.
I wrote a short piece a few days ago about my experience at a local restaurant drive-through and the nose-piercing that greeted me there. Well, I didn’t get moving fast enough this morning to make breakfast at home, so I found myself in the same drive-through again. Luckily, this time the line was short and so was the wait.
No piercings at the window! But wait…. instead of piercings, this girl had tattoos. Now, I’m not against tattoos on principle. I think a tasteful tattoo in a discreet is okay. A small flower, heart or butterfly on a girl’s ankle or shoulder can be kinda cute. However, this girl was sporting a ring of letters around her left wrist, in a band about an inch wide. I’m not sure what it said, and I really didn’t care. She also had something on her right inside forearm. I’m assuming if she had two out in the open she probably had others.
The first thought that popped into my head was, “Good luck working for minimum wage the rest of your life.” She could smart and a hard worker, but if she goes into an interview with a tattooed wristband of words, she’s going to get put at the bottom of the pile. Is that fair? Maybe not, but the reality is that people for the most part do not react well to things like piercings and tattoos. Employees are the face of of a business, and no business owner is going to hire someone to represent their company if they think that will tarnish their image.
A few days ago I was in Walmart and saw a young woman with a bunch of blue stars, around 6 or 7 about 1/2 inch tall each, tattooed to her temple just behind her left eye. I’m sure she’s destined for greatness.
Here’s the latest lunacy in a state that already reeks of it. Two do-gooders have sent an initiative to the California Attorney General seeking to astronomically raise the taxes on alcoholic beverages in California. Here’s a quick look at what they propose:
Today’s Tax
Proposed Tax
Hard Liquor (750mL)
$0.65
$17.57
Beer (6-pack)
$0.11
$6.08
Wine (750mL)
$0.04
$5.11
In many cases, this is effectively doubling (or more) the price.
One might assume this is just another ridiculous idea of how to raise some money to pay California’s bills. In reality, this whole thing is all centered around the idea that people should stop drinking. The initiative, which you can see here, is stuffed full of statistics about alcohol-related deaths, illness, social problems, blah blah blah. These loons want to jack the taxes so high that people will effectively be forced to cut back or completely stop drinking.
The part that they conveniently leave out is that this won’t stop the wealthy from drinking, just the lower- and middle-class that won’t be able to afford it anymore. How typical, the elite Progressive big-government types feel the need to take care of us uneducated masses. We can’t be trusted to make our own decisions, but they can.
If they manage to get this craziness into law somehow, it’ll just be another kick to a man (California) that’s already down. Alcohol sales will drop, causing those industries to cut back or shut down completely. More jobs will be lost, and more people will be added to the unemployment rolls where they’ll be even more pissed off when they can’t afford to have a drink anymore.
California is already in trouble, do people like this really need to make things worse?
This poor guy just can’t win for losing. His lawyers must cringe every time he opens his mouth, not knowing what moronic thing he’s going to say next. Apparently he doesn’t like Obama anymore and figured he’d get in a few jabs when he had the chance. He was right-on with the teleprompter slam – too bad he didn’t stick with that topic and quit while he was ahead. Claiming he’s more black than Obama because he shined shoes and his dad ran a laundromat? I had flashbacks to one of those great shows of my childhood, The Jeffersons.
A couple cool posters over at The Rude News highlighting our ex-governor and his unique ability to put his foot in his mouth…
This is a perfect example of why Roland Burris should win “Douchebag of the Year”. He obviously had his staff spend time coming up with this crap, which has no place in the Senate. Why is it obvious someone else wrote it? Well, because he can’t seem to read it without struggling over certain parts and words.
Erick Erickson at RedState explains why Mitch McConnell and Lamar Alexander can’t be trusted to represent conservatives in this country. Both are dirtbags who’ve abandoned any principles they may once have had to sell out our country and our freedoms.
Let’s make sure to replace these guys the next chance we get, with real conservatives.
Yes, the darn little critters are back again this year. I’ve already gotten bitten twice – once on my scalp and once under my right ear. The little buggers sure cause a big swelling, especially on my scalp where the swelling has nowhere to go but out. It lasts a long time too, lumped up and itchy.
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