Professional golfer and ASU grad Phil Mickelson has recently
spoken about his combined tax hit from the federal government and the State of California
going into the 60% to 63% range.
Understandably, Phil is unhappy about such a situation and is
considering leaving the golden state.
Mickelson has always come across as one of the really
good guys in sports. He is mannerly, a
good family man, and a fan favorite who has had his share of heartaches over
his wife’s and mother’s battles with breast cancer. Through it all, he has smiled, never brushed
off autograph seekers, given balls to and gloves to kids, and helped charities.
Phil shows his trophy received for winning the
2000 Buick Invitational
As expected, the day after Phil declared his unhappiness
with the tax situation, the $1.98 an hour liberals started coming out of the
woodwork calling his statements “controversial” and criticizing him as being a
greedy athlete. Being the guy he is, he
actually apologized unnecessarily for his comments about moving from tax heavy
California.
On another blog I do (AZC Voices, Politics) one of the fiery female
liberal loudmouth contributors took issue with Phil trying to point out that
with all the money he makes, he should be glad to pay the higher taxes and that
even after paying up would still have more than most people. It’s as if she is the one who should decide
how much money Mickelson should make and how much he deserves to keep. One of the favorite statements from liberals
is: “Gosh, how much do you need?” My answer is “None of your damned business”.
This is the classic liberal mentality that we have to put up
with today. They believe that taking
more than half of someone’s income is only right because it is their supposed “fair
share”. Of course, with the above
mentioned female blogger who derogatorily referred to Mr. Mickelson as “dear
sweet Phil”, she loves looking at successful people as needing to pay more
taxes to prop up the almost 50% who don’t pay any taxes. Maybe if she tried to play golf, she would
realize what an impossible game it is and give guys like Mickelson the respect they deserve.
Actually, she wouldn’t because that is not the way liberals
think. They don’t want a wealthy class;
they want everyone equal with the rich doing the heavy lifting and giving more
to those beneath them. That’s the type
of mentality that saps initiative away from the makers of the world and why we
have a liberal president who wants job killing items like a $9 per hour minimum
wage while squandering millions to losers like Solyndra and Tesla.
The good news is that his approval ratings have slipped in a
couple of important polls. Maybe America
is finally seeing the light.
Meanwhile, Phil Mickelson is doing well this weekend in the
Northern Trust Open in Los Angeles. I
would love to see him win it and pocket another million bucks.
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Yeah golfers are nearly as funny as the Snowbirds..
sorry...redundant.
Nothing yet in the Ozarks. We're supposed to get freezing rain, sleet and snow. Then Saturday, back up into the 50's.
Been editing that PSA today. Had to go reshoot some of it. They must be going ... okay, it's weird, but entertaining.
I don't know who is worse; Bodo arguing nonsense on my Facebook page much like BG did or Proud. Surely he kept hardcopy records as did I. And they both sound surprisingly alike. Both educated nitwits.
We haven't gotten a flake of snow yet and schools are flashing their closing across the TV already!
Mike,
In a nutshell that is exactly what Obama's philosophy is.
He said it at the beginning of his first term: "I think it's best to spread the wealth around."
I thought the weather was breaking early this afternoon but a bunch of black clouds came in and it started to REALLY snow. Quite a sight.
Rick,
Bodo is a brilliant guy. Just ask him; he'll be more than happy to tell you all about himself in the course of an evening........a very lonnnnng evening.....yawn.
It's thundering. Freezing rain. Sleet. A little windy, so trees will start falling and I live in the forest. Black oak is notorious for dry rot and you can't really tell until an ice storm comes along. Most white oak breaks off at the top and works down. Black oak will just fall over. Everything else just snaps off at the top and on down.
Nature has a way of its own. Death is often cruel and that's why humans prefer the comfort of civilization instead of living more deliberate. Can't blame y'all.
My shrink said once that I'm brilliant and eccentric, because most people prefer comfort and ease. I guess they've never tasted a baked potato fresh from the garden. It's got more of a richer taste. And my asparagus garden is growing much larger.
Provided we survive the little ice storm. We'll have more firewood, no doubt. Thought I'd get this out just in case the power goes and y'all know that I'm alive.
I haven't even read Bodo's comments yet on my Facebook, but I have a lot of friends on there.
The PSA did well. I have more volunteers to do voice overs and it got a number of shares on Facebook. Free advertising. I have celebrity volunteers now for voice overs! That's pretty cool.
Jim, I know. Bodo sent me his memoirs. I have no doubt that they are good and I skimmed through it. He should really send it to the Library of Congress and the Smithsonian rather than me. I mean, he's like a very rich dessert and I'm used to cheap supermarket dessert. Bodo's too smart for me.
Yep Jim, snowing in Scottsdale? Gee, I'm gonna call Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler RIGHT NOW and tell her to fund GLOBAL WARMING research! Nyuk nyuk nyuk.
Fed all the critters. Sleet, freezing rain. No snow. Thunder.
Where do I send my check for global warming research?
Glad the storm didn't do much damage, freezing rain might be the worst weather imaginable.
Chilly here today, looks like the rain is done.
Looks to me like you are in for another bad weather day Rick, better not put the candles away yet.
Winter weather warning for Knob Lick Mo.
... Winter Storm Warning remains in effect until midnight CST
tonight...
* timing... precipitation will overspread the area this morning and
become heavy at times during the day before tapering off by
evening. Precipitation is expected to begin as mostly snow... mix
with sleet and freezing rain during the day... and taper off as
freezing drizzle during the evening.
* Accumulations... snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches... along
with of one tenth to one quarter of an inch of ice.
* Winds... east 5 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
* Impacts... heavy snow... sleet and ice accumulations will have
significant impacts on travel. Ice may cause damage to trees
and power lines.
A Winter Storm Warning means that a significant amount of snow...
sleet and/or ice is expected or occurring. Strong winds are also
possible.
Well they are trying the smoke and mirrors approach to covering up the unemployment issue again.
I don't know what to believe anymore, one day reports of new jobs being released, the next the Fed admitting that states were estimated in their report..
Leads me to ask the question...
"why release a report based on estimates?"
Jim, only one thing left to try.
taxing unemployment.
think about it, we put a 40-60% tax on all government "entitlements" and poof.. fixed.
..don't taze me bro... ahhhaaggghh!
http://on.aol.com/video/tornado-slams-into-hattiesburg--mississippi-517669064?icid=bottom_related_thumb_6
and this is the reason I live in Arizona...
I would rather spend my evenings watching for fireballs while in the hot tub than a storm cellar watching out for snakes.
.."Entrepreneurs and investors in California can expect to receive a rude shock in the mail if they sold their company in the last four years. Not only did the state's Franchise Tax Board (FTB) eliminate a tax break on capital gains for small business owners and investors, it announced the tax would be reinstated retroactively. This means those who benefited from the break can expect a bill for unpaid taxes, plus interest, stretching all the way back to 2008"
http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2013/02/21/the-california-tax-that-terrifies-tech/?iid=HP_LN
Looks like the worst run state west of the Mississippi has invented an exit tax, something we thought a civilized state would reject out of hand.. there is nothing these cheese eaters will not do to buy time.
Rick,
Bodo probably thinks the world is waiting to read his memoirs but I saw a bookstore in town that had a stack of his memoirs for sale and not one copy sold.
However, another guy published a book with all the names starting with Q, X, U, and Z from the phone book. They stocked those on a table next to Bodo's work and they were selling like crazy!
There is no substitute for class and taste I guess.
Middy,
Hell of an idea. Tax the sponges.
How about the worst run state on BOTH SIDES of the Mississippi?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=fNBhue9OMTY
..the little bitch is lying about the sequestration being his concept even tho it is not even debatable as to the truth.
just like he lies about everything that you swallow.
Here Cj- put down the free money pudding spoon for a minute and tell us again why you continue to believe Obama's lies- (by the way that's not pudding you are shoveling down your pie hole).
.. I am certain that you were stupid enough to have swallowed the lie that Sarah Palin was wrong about the death panels and wrong about the ultimate failure and assured collapse of the medical system too didn't you?
.. *if only these rich golfers would just pay their fair share* ...
He just keeps digging a deeper hole. I love it. This is an opportunity for the Reps to rip him a new one.
You can only fake being intelligent for a short amount of time before you finally say something that proves you are a dumb ass. It looks like Obama's chickens are coming home to roost!
If he can get Joe away from the shotgun lessons he is giving Jill, he better order a bunch more Obamaphones. He's going to need them.
Yeah go out to the backyard, cut a few rounds loose and see what happens.
unless you are a member of the Ruling Class that is.. they don't need guns because they have 24/7 SS gun coverage giving them the same degree of protection the California inmates enjoy.
..all they need now is an electrical fence- Fletcher Memorial Home anyone?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqonCo0A68o
.."take all your overgrown infants away somewhere
and build them a home a little place of their own
the fletcher memorial
home for incurable tyrants and kings
and they can appear to themselves every day
on closed circuit t.v.
to make sure they're still real
it's the only connection they feel
"ladies and gentlemen, please welcome reagan and haig
mr. begin and friend mrs. thatcher and paisley
mr. brezhnev and party
the ghost of mccarthy
the memories of nixon
and now adding colour a group of anonymous latin
american meat packing glitterati"
did they expect us to treat them with any respect
they can polish their medals and sharpen their
smiles, and amuse themselves playing games for a while
boom boom, bang bang, lie down you're dead
safe in the permanent gaze of a cold glass eye
with their favourite toys
they'll be good girls and boys
in the fletcher memorial home for colonial
wasters of life and limb
is everyone in?
are you having a nice time?
now the final solution can be applied"
someone should update the video with Nancy, Harry and "the fag in chief and his beard"
Are you intending to ban me for calling out the hot chick as a complete fool?-
haha, you wouldn't be the first.
Jim, you folks on the east side must of got the brunt of the storm. Out here in Sun City we got a little rain in the morning and that was it.
Going javelina hunting tomorrow with my son up in Dewey north of Prescott. I'm sure it's going to be cold.Going to use what the anti-gun people refer to as an assault weapon, a AR-15 which is perfect for pig hunting.
Be careful, rumor is the pigs are arming themselves heavily...
Yea, those pigs are pretty sneaky. Better take my 9mm with me just in case.
"The new phone books are in! The new phone books are in!" Poor Bodo.
Meanwhile, Jim McAllister's, "My boring old life," is on the New York Times' Best Seller's List for the ninth month in a row! That would be interesting.
"I shaved yesterday. Yes. Afterwards, I drank coffee and watched the news."
Genius cried the critics!
"I wonder if that cloud was actually a puppy."
Rolling Stone calls McAllister a genius.
"I am careful to bag my trash for the health of the sanitation workers."
An A-Plus from Greenpeace.
Meanwhile, M-O phone books outdistance Bodo's memoirs too.
Bullish news for aluminum hats...
go long.
Hey check this deal out, healthcare for a mere 3.16 per day.
About your "affordable" healthcare coverage...better read the fine print.
I recently received the good news via an advert that I can buy healthcare insurance for as little as $3.16 a day. Wow, that's only $95 a month. Since my wife and I are paying $1,136 a month for stripped-down, minimal coverage with one of the nation's non-profit care providers, imagine my delight at this revelation.
I know from friends that biopsies can cost $70,000 (each, of course) and a few days in the hospital (no, not intensive care) can easily cost $120,000, so the news that I can have access to all this wonderfully, insanely costly medical care for less than $100 a month is almost too good to be true. Wow, this Affordable Care Act (ACA) a.k.a. Obamacare is already working!
The advert doesn't provide any details on restrictions and exclusions, so I have taken the liberty of providing some typical fine print:
to be continued...
..'Thank you for your interest in MirageCare, our low-cost healthcare plan.This low-cost plan is only available to those meeting these qualifications. You must:
1. Be between the ages of 22 and 24
2. Have a BMI (body mass index) of 22 or lower
3. Be a celibate non-smoker, non-drinker, non-driver
4. Be able to pass the Armed Forces Fitness Exam
5. Have no pre-existing health conditions
Examples of pre-existing conditions include:
1. Coughing. If you have coughed for any reason in the past five years, you are precluded from coverage, as you obviously have a pre-existing lung condition.
2. Racing heart. If your heart has ever raced for any reason other than vigorous exercise, coverage is not available to you.
3. If you have exercised vigorously, you are excluded from coverage because you've obviously already worn out your heart, knees, hips, etc.
4. Felt discouraged or blue. Pre-existing psychiatric conditions preclude coverage.
5. Experienced pain. Regardless of the nature of the pain, the causes are all pre-existing conditions. Coverage denied.
Restrictions: MirageCare has a number of restrictions on what treatments and conditions are covered.
1. Injuries resulting from accidents are not covered. Check your workers compensation coverage if you are employed; if you are unemployed, you qualify for Medicaid.
2. Any treatment provided by a hospital that could have been performed at a clinic across the border for $50 is excluded.
3. Emergency care that could have been avoided with common-sense measures are excluded. For example, if you suffer a heart attack that could have been avoided by jogging two hours a day and avoiding jelly doughnuts, emergency care is excluded.
Co-payments: All treatment requires a co-payment. The co-pay schedule is as follows:
1. For all care that costs us less than $100, the co-pay is $100.
2. We pay 80% of the cost of care that we ascertain is fair and reasonable. You pay 20% of all costs and everything above and beyond what we ascertain is fair and reasonable.
For example, if your MRI and other tests cost $10,000, we pay 80% what we ascertain is fair and reasonable, i.e. $1,000. In this case, we pay $800 and you pay $9,200--unless we ascertain the tests are related to your pre-existing conditions, in which case our share is $0.
3. You must pay the full cost of treatment and we will reimburse you in 6 to 9 months if we cannot find any exclusions or restrictions. We may also withhold payment for other reasons; please review pages 316 - 1,761 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) for details.
Preventative care is free: Preventative care is defined as visiting our website where you can read all the guidelines for healthy living that you already know but ignore because they're bothersome.
Alternative plans: if you do not qualify for MirageCare, we have other plans starting at only $31.60 per day, per person--less than $4,000 for a family of four. We are proud to offer plans that qualify for $2,000 annual subsidies from the Federal government under ObamaCare. This drops the cost of your family plan from $46,000 a year to only $44,000--a real bargain in today's healthcare.
Restrictions apply, of course, because we're running a business here, Bucko"
Tinfoil hats. That reminds me of a video that I wanted to do.
.... meanwhile, back in Washington, sinister forces are at work!
And the Mrs is going to Springfield, Mo. to do all that health food stuff in the stores. Non-fattening stuff.
Michelle must be a big fan of CJ's writing and complaints of the obese people in Walmart. Missouri. Home of the mumu.
Health care can certainly be costly. I've managed to rack up some big ticket items over the past couple years:
2011 heart bi-pass.............$135K
2012 swan dive off a building..$115K
2013 spine fusion..............$100K
And that's just the big stuff! Thank GOD for good insurance!
Proud,
You're a perfect example of the need to have good health insurance if one can possibly afford it.
$250,000 is a bunch of money. I have good coverage too which cost Barb and me about $550 a month.
It's worth it for the peace of mind.
Middy,
Mirage Care? LOL
Rick,
Yeah, my memoirs are selling good; in fact they went gold last week.
My publisher says it's because I give a lot of other people credit for things that helped me rather than throw all the glory on myself.
I follow the old rule that "Self praise stinks!"
Mike, we really got it over here. The golf course behind us was totally white as was the mountains beyond. We've had that before; I think it is the altitude. We are about 750 higher than Phoenix.
Tucson got nailed too. The golf tournament with Tiger was postponed til today.
"Rick, Yeah, my memoirs are selling good; in fact they went gold last week.
My publisher says it's because I give a lot of other people credit for things that helped me rather than throw all the glory on myself.
I follow the old rule that "Self praise stinks!"
Don't do that!- for a minute I thought it was Rick... (how did he get on your computer?)
Yeah Joe and Jill Sixpack are in for one rude awakening when this thing finally kicks in full throttle, and on top of the disaster here goes Jackassigator giving citizenship and access to both our medical and Social Services including Social Security...
..all those illegals who used to work on a stolen number and the government just kept it will now apply for "benefits" probably doubling the expected collapse date.
Yeah better not take a chance on that Romney guy- just keep your head in the govt. feed bucket and you don't notice as much..
at least wipe your chin.
Yeah Middy, I write a bit like Jimmy sometimes.
"I follow the old rule that 'Self praise stinks!'"
Right, me too. Or at least until my retirement and now I'm a consultant. I advised myself to promote myself.
Middy,
Biden is unbelievable. He is an embarrassment as a vice president and as a human being. He shows how far this government has lowered itself with him and Bareback in charge.
Did you see this?
http://video.foxnews.com/v/2178547678001/
On top of everything else, the dumb ass is a two time plagiarist.
This year I am going to try and get out to see the wildflowers and hopefully take a few pics.
It just looks like it's going to be a great year for the daisies.
..you might be done with the weather but it's not quite done with you... looks like more coming before midnight... next Tuesday is full moon, batten down the hatch.
The old hot tub is going to earn it's pay tonight... I could live without a lot of things before I give up the tub..
Yeah Bidet is off the reservation again, what's new?
I watched that guy sitting next to him and he is good.. he didn't even crack a smile, grin or fart- he knows you just can't listen to these fools or you will lose your job for laughing.
Yadda... yadda.... yadda..
rinse. repeat..
Yes Jimmy. Don't brag upon myself.
But you gotta understand that for the longest time, I thought there was something bad wrong with me. The family secret. The embarrassment. No one knew about aspergers back then. A few teachers figured me out, but there was no funding for people like me in public school.
They say that I'm brilliant, but I don't believe I am. But I guess my ideas are sometimes revolutionary.
But no self-promotion here. No bragging. I guess.
You aren't going to get all ass burgers on us again are you Rick?
Full moon still four days off and it's that time again?... cryin' out loud it seems like we just went through this thing..
..listen I don't know how this pax thing is working out, I can sense you spooling up for another big one and frankly I don't know how I will react, just finishing up a dose of prednisone and feel like crap.
Leaves a bad taste in the mouth too..
.."the only good bureaucrat is one with a gun to his head, put it in his hand and say good bye to the Constitution"- HLM.
Pax Obama..
The best wild flower year I remember here was 1990 or 91. It was incredible.
About 2002 was great too. People were driving on Dixileta between Scottsdale Rd and Pima just to see it.
spam in the morning...
http://www.americanthinker.com/2013/02/the_feds_want_your_retirement_accounts.html
The confiscation of 100% of income would not satisfy these bastards, remember me telling you how they are conspiring to "save" our pensions?- well it's well under way.
..Do you really need Farcebook and the apps they offer?- better read this you Farcebook warriors..
evidently FB has started toying with the registry with one of it's downloads, download it and you are looking at a new install for windows.
http://market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=217848
..Hey Rick, you didn't mention anything about ... well, anything did you while you were trying to work the VA system for a paycheck?
You didn't mention voices or anything about Stevie Nicks or subjects that might give them the red flag they are looking for..
did you?- God help you if you mentioned drugs or had them prescribe any mood altering medications..
Looks like they are going over the records and issuing a little friendly reminder that they are watching and will deal with you when the time is right...
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2013/02/shock-report-veterans-receive-letters-from-va-prohibiting-ownership-or-purchase-of-firearms/
“A determination of incompetency will prohibit you from purchasing, possessing, receiving, or transporting a firearm or ammunition. If you knowingly violate any of these prohibitions, you may be fined, imprisoned, or both pursuant to the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, Pub.L.No. 103-159, as implemented at 18, United States Code 924(a)(2).”
.. "I'm from the government and I am here to help you"
..still gloating over how you stuck it to the rich bastards with that vote for Obama Rick?
..same applies to the rest of the dumb asses out there, thanks to you it is now a certainty we will have a civil war.
I just erased 4 spams. How do I stop them?
No Farcebook for me. I've had some people tell me I should be there but I can't see it. As much as I enjoy doing two weekly blogs and a monthly newspaper piece, enough is enough!
I just don't think it would be of any benefit.
.."The feds are descending on downtown Los Angeles to combat a dangerous outbreak of a drug-resistant strain of tuberculosis."
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2013/02/21/thousands-may-have-been-exposed-to-deadly-tb-epidemic-downtown/
Can you say Sanctuary City?-
The blueeeest of blue cities are now overrun with third world trash to the point it has become a health issue..
California prisons are now healthier than the streets of Pacoima..
Welcome to the new normal..
Pax Obama..
middy, the article you linked disparaging facebook doesn't accurately portray the problem.
Scams and malware attacks are hardly limited to F/B. The main cause is user error, or to put it bluntly, dipshit computer operators.
I've been on F/B for three years, never once had a single problem. I have had a couple friends get suckered by clicking "like" on some ridiculous proposition which reads something like this...
"Jim McCalister just got a free I-Pad by liking so and so"..."click like and get your free I-Pad while supplies last" ....
These too good to be true scams are somewhat rare on F/B and come in all forms, email, pop-up ads, tags on legit downloads,etc
Everyone is open to this crap in their everyday web surfing,or email or even a spam link placed on Jim's blog, has little to do with facebook and everything to do with dumb shits.
I guess it's easy for people to blame a site like F/B instead of their dip shit kid who was stupid enough to get suckered?
John,
I clicked that link and really DID GET an iPad! Well, kind of....actually it was a photo of an iPad but a really GOOD photo and only cost me $1,000. LOL
Actually, I agree with you. I don't touch any links that I am not sure of regardless of the site.
That's the advantage that guys like you, me, and Middy have over some more naive types. We know that in this world you never get something for nothing.
I forget whose quote it was but someone once said "If it seems to good to be true, it probably is."
Amen.
We aren't talking a virus or malware or tracking cookies, we are talking about a downloaded program called iLivid that installs into the registry of your pc and corrupts system files...
FB is the only one I know that has developed and promoted this type of destructive trojan horse program that has the potential to require a complete wipe and re installation of windows.
http://download.cnet.com/iLivid-Download-Manager/3000-2071_4-75739415.html
..here read this article found in the C/net website- which is a good source.
You are right, you have to install it but I am saying this is not like some program that if you decide it's not worth it getting your machine back takes a uninstall, it changes the registry.. big difference.
The story of the zipper
In a crowded city at a busy bus stop, a woman who was waiting for a bus was wearing a tight leather skirt. As the bus stopped and it was her turn to get on, she became aware that her skirt was too tight to allow her leg to come up to the height of the first step of the bus.
Slightly embarrassed and with a quick smile to the bus driver, she reached behind her to unzip her skirt a little, thinking that this would give her enough slack to raise her leg.
Again, she tried to make the step only to discover she still couldn’t. So, a little more embarrassed, she once again reached behind her to unzip her skirt a little more.
For the second time, attempted the step, and, once again, much to her chagrin, she could not raise her leg. With little smile to the driver, she again reached behind to unzip a little more and again was unable to make the step.
About this time, a large Texan who was standing behind her picked her up easily by the waist and placed her gently on the step of the bus.
She went ballistic and turned to the would-be Samaritan and screeched, “How dare you touch my body! I don’t even know who you are!’
The Texan smiled and drawled, “Well, ma’am, normally I would agree with you, but after you unzipped my fly three times, I kinda figured we were friends.”
I've never heard of ilivid, but after checking a couple of places it seems not everyone thinks it's jack the ripper, and not all have to be tricked into getting it.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20120314101101AAyunx2
There are sites are offering, even recommending it, and people willing to go to the trouble of finding then downloading it.
I'm guessing these mostly consist of the young and the stupid who think it will enable them to get all the illegal video or music their greedy lil hearts desire...
Almost forgot to give propers on the zipper joke :-)
I really don't care much about it because I don't FB, but it is presented as an app as far as I know.
FB is secondarily a social site- it is primarily a data mining site and the whole thing was sold to the public under false premises in my estimation.
Nothing about it has been as advertised.. caveat emptor as usual, but this is different than just another virus.
Once on a hot stove it's even hard to get this cat on a cold one.
zzzippper joke, I stole it..
(I know, ten hail mary's and ..what was that other part?)
"FB is the only one I know that has developed and promoted this type of destructive trojan horse program that has the potential to require a complete wipe and re installation of windows."
Yep. I have a computer tech and he's worked for me off and on for years. He can wipe a harddrive, reload it, get information off a damaged computer to put on a new computer and I call him, "Scotty."
That's a funny joke, Middy. Some of my viewers are in Israel. Good folks, them Jews.
While the conversation's lagging here's a nice little bedtime story to go with that cup of hot Ovaltine.
http://www.lifecourse.com/about/method/the-four-turnings.html
..makes sense- where we are in the turnings is speculation,some of us tend to see things that we haven't seen before, maybe making a mistake in the interpretation.
I guess it's just one of those times in history that no matter what any of us do the outcome is still Kismet.
That might salve the conscience depending on how you look at it..
..maybe it was the TB outbreak in LA that set this one off- or the constant reminder that Detroit is still there having the distinction this year of being the most miserable city in the US
..violent crime pushed it past rival Flint Michigan - and frankly caught some members of Flint's urban development league by surprise, they had just assumed that their own criminal activity would give them a home town advantage but we have a new champ, and the Sandy Relief effort has slowed down putting a large section of the eastern seaboard in the pole position a becoming a miserable dynasty-
.."may you live in interesting times".. lol.
You know, there are times that I think that Middy and I could be twins.
that hurt.
Sorry. Low blow.
.. "A “swatting” prankster in L.A. must have a death wish … because TMZ has learned, the latest bogus 911 call to involve a celebrity targeted Dirty Harry himself … Clint Eastwood.
Law enforcement sources tell TMZ, multiple units rushed to Eastwood’s L.A. home this week after a relay service called 911 … reporting multiple males armed with assault weapons inside the actor’s house and people had been shot.
When the officers arrived at the scene, we’re told they found nothing wrong … the standard “swatting” scenario.
Police were unable to determine if anyone was home at the time of the prank.
It’s the latest in a long string of similar celebrity “swatting” pranks — other victims include Ashton Kutcher, Justin Beiber, Miley Cyrus, Simon Cowell, Tom Cruise, the Kardashians and Chris Brown.
The LAPD is really starting to get pissed too — because the pranks are a HUGE waste of valuable resources and even put innocent people’s lives in danger. As one law enforcement source put it, “The suspects WILL be caught and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.” One 12-year-old kid has already been charged in connection with some of the calls."
Anyone convicted on this one should spend the rest of their life celled up regardless of their age.
No longer do the police respond to maintain peace, the new paramilitary wannabe's start by shooting the family dog and sometimes end up executing innocent people..
The average police dept is not the police dept of your daddy's generation.
I expect nothing less from Beverly Hills cops to roll out SWAT for celebrities. Geez, when I had a dangerous stalker, I think one cop showed up about three hours later.
Which reminds me ... President Obama is probably going to go for the semi-automatic weapons ban. Most of my weapons are semi-auto. Bolt action rifles are easier to clean, but heavier and I'm disabled.
I grew up in Illinois, and I was a boy when Illinois passed the gun control measures that they still have.
Imagine, already owning firearms and being told that you had to have a permit and register those guns. This was in the 60's and about 20 fresh years just after Hitler and gun registration led to gun confiscation.
Everyone said how that would lead to civil war - never happened. My father refused to get a permit and we had to buy ammunition in the black market. I later got a gun permit in Illinois.
But what did I tell folks in 2008? That the government was seeking to control people and y'all asked, how? By allowing violence to happen in order to have the excuse to pass more laws.
Simply put ladies and gentlemen, it is impossible that the American people are watched by drones, wire taps, Facebook surveillance, etc. all from newspaper stories released by the FBI and yet, it is somehow impossible to stop people from planning over a period of months to kill innocent people.
DHS is quite aware of ammunition sold and to whom. So is BATF.
So why is banning semi-automatic weapons so important ... now? Form your own conclusions, but to me Obamacare and other clues all add up to my opinion that there is a conspiracy of legislators and corporate flunkies to create an international government for global control.
I believe it's because the rich don't like being targets. Plain and simple.
No one gave a damn before about global violence, so why do they care now? Because peace, or the illusion of global peace, is more profitable than global war.
Control. Connect the dots and you will also see that we could have stopped this when I said and SN could have helped, but she is just like the rest of them. Profit first, human life second.
Gun control, taxation of the rich and creating international laws to control developing nations who are pirating profits from global corporations and disarming the world's nations is only for one purpose.
Uncontrolled profit.
What's your credit score? One day, it might determine if you are good enough to be allowed to live past a certain age or if you have earned the right to live a bit longer. Do not doubt. One day, they might stamp your paperwork, take you in the next room and down comes the guillotine.
"We have a right to make a profit too," the Muslims will say.
well by gum, if I had known you had the answers I would have asked..
but I didn't.
Do you know how trajectory is calculated?, you look at where the object has been and where it is now one can pretty closely interpolate from that the predictable course.
But of course in the liberal's mind where you start and where you are have nothing to do with the future.
You are a political comet Rick, you are entrapped in a parabolic orbiting trajectory- at one moment hurtling away from reason until you reach that pivotal moment and your direction suddenly reverses..
It's just a cycle, not a change of trajectory-
that would give us hope.
Once again glad that you survived that close encounter with "Old Inevitable" last week, as soon as you feel you are up to it you should set Once Proud straight on that allegation you made about his racist attitude-
I'm tired of him saying anything he wants and not backing it up.
I am sure you are already on it..
Yeah Middy, I'm busy trying to prove Proud to be a racist. It's tough. I've been up for days feverishly ... he is what he is. And besides, all that was automatically erased when azcentral changed to Facebook and Proud assumes that there is no evidence, but there is.
Luckily, I kept about 300 pages of Jimmy's blog on hardcopy and disc. The Secret Service hasn't even seen it.
I could do a word search on that evidence, but why? So Proud can do what? A whole lotta nothing, that's what.
Yeah, I'm right on Proud's request.
Tell you what, when he takes me to court over it, I'll be more than happy to put all that hardcopy material on the court record as evidence.
Then the media can print anything they want of it. So Proud should just use his wealth and come after a hillbilly. Gosh, what shall I ever do against some rich guy? Golly.
Course, those documents will lead to the Secret Service report. That will lead to Stevie. That will lead to Reagan and all those national security secrets that Obama and Bush want to keep quiet.
Proud might be a hero. That should stroke his ego. Rich guys are such suckers.
Makes as much sense as anything else you have said, yeah... good with me, wonder if everyone else agrees?
Well all, even exculpatory evidence has to come to light so whether you choose to with hold evidence or not once the judge finds out you are obstructing justice he will place you under indefinite contempt of court, best just release that voluminous file dump you have now and save your reputation.
whoaaa, you just admitted to having this evidence in your hard drive..
whoops- too late to walk that one back.
..wouldn't want to see you to get all wrapped up in an obstruction of justice beef with Eric Holder just defending the honor of a rich guy in Arizona.
I never said that I have evidence on my harddrive. I don't. Even if I did, there's nothing you can do about it, Middy. You're nothing. Proud is even less than nothing.
Good luck in finding a judge to take on the First Amendment.
Rich guys v hillbilly.
Yeah, that'll look good on CNN.
..too easy.
Go for it.
Middy, you should start with something easy like getting the Secret Service report written about you people.
Don't tell me. Middy and Proud are working to hack the computer. Good luck with that.
I'm sure that there's a room in Gitmo just for Middy and Proud. It's tropical. They'll love it.
Jimmy doesn't mind. He wants to be famous.
Let's see, Middy and Proud will have to get the U.S. Marshals to collect the computer equipment of a corporation (Don Petersen helped me set it up) and they'll have to complain to the FBI.
Oh gee, the feds will protect Middy and Proud.
Well, Jimmy. Looks like your buddies got your blog messed up again.
There's always crochet, Jimmy. You might try that.
And if you claim copyright infringement by me copying your blogs; they aren't technically your blogs or comments.
I signed an agreement as did all of you on azcentral, etc. that the words written become their property. You forfeit your rights.
So the actual issue is with Gannett.
Now, as to my allegations that Proud is a racist ... duh. Read Jimmy's blogs.
Now when this does become a legal issue, President Obama will surely get involved. He may even visit y'all. Won't that be special?
Jimmy with his arm around President Obama. Had to get rid of that bad old Rick Kepple and Jimmy and Obama are buds.
Yep, Obama would do anything to help Proud. You bet. Best buds.
Jim, any chance of limiting Rick's comments to 2 or 3 because he's boring the hell out of the rest of us.
Mike,
I've warned him before and have deleted some of his comments.
Rick, are you listening? As I've told you before, consolidate your thoughts and keep it to 2 or 3 entries.
Don't make me resort to the "delete" key.
.."you kids better not make me come back there"..
Sorry it is my fault, I brought up the parabolic orbit stuff.. probably has been hearing that all his life.
Well, how did the pig shoot go mike?
You just never know when the Richland police might get a tip from a concerned citizen about how there seems to be a lot of comings and goings and aroma's associated with the smell of a meth lab coming from a trailer up on Rustler Lane....
What an insane hick!
ha.. just say the words "Enchanted Bunker" and the locals know what you are talking about.
..I am astounded at the remarkable quick recovery Rick made.. it was sounding like a death rattle he was describing just a few days ago..
better to be shot at and missed than shit at and hit eh?
He probably died....just too insanely stupid to fall down :-)
Well, at least everyone can see that he shoots his big mouth off without a single shred of proof.... Any sane / normal person would be too embarrassed to come around after being shown for a liar....Not lil Ricky....
Proud, you're so sweet. Always thinking of me.
Middy, that's actually not a bad idea. The Enchanted Bunker.
I'm actually looking to retire. Hand the company over to a youngster who's motto is "Occam's Razor." We shall see.
My first wife died of cancer. I'm trying to be nice to the step-daughter.
Lana went into the hospital for surgery. Everyone was told that it was routine, but I knew they'd done biopsies. Got a message that she wasn't released and they were doing more tests. Rumors. Her friend said that Lana is in a lot of pain and was supposed to be released. Hope so.
Figuring to take the ex-wife's daughter as my kin. She's got no one else. She can learn to run the company after I retire.
According to everyone, I almost checked out last weekend when I was at Dell Mack's. I promised not to die in his home.
I reckon I'll make out the paperwork so that the girl inherits the company and land, but SN and brother still controls it. She's got to learn to be responsible by managing it. I was there the day she was born and handed out cigars for her.
Middy, Didn't see any pigs but we're going back next week. Not only did we not find pigs but we had a flat tire for our troubles.
Sounds like a rousing good time, I'll have a Land Shark in celebration.
Them suckers are pretty quick once they gotta move, just have to be in the right place at the right time- next time with no flats.
I used to duck hunt in the eighties, a light rain with low clouds was the best, but they started messing with the bag limits and forcing steel shot so it got irritating and too much of a hassle..
Proud,
The Richland police?
Mike,
The hell with the pigs and that flat tire; did you have enough beer?
Stick to the important stuff!
Maybe Uberti or Cavenaugh might get some legislation through to give us the rights of harvesting our roadkill like Montana has.
No longer will the citizens be forced to take one of the family girls and a cell phone along to place as a lookout, or fake a piss stop when pulling over for some tasty albeit slower morsel that meets it's dismal fate.
As a bonus hunting will now be legally done on the state and back roads with a four wheel drive vehicle with a massive bumper.
Imagine the thrill of a chase down some back road that closely resembles a high speed pursuit complete with guns blazing- in other words pretty much the way they hunt on Indian reservations now.
.."Bagged that elk and her calf with an F-150.
..tenderized her too..
Jim, that's Rick's hood. He likes to threaten he knows people's area codes and where-abouts....Two can play that game. As the song goes:
~~~I got friends in LOW places~~
Hahaha.. on the record tho I do not support or encourage any misuse of LE resources for juvenile pranks or political payback.
The problem is LE has lost it's mission with the long term flush of federal DE and HLS funding with lots of money for para military training.
..they are like a large vicious dog in the junkyard just waiting for an opportunity to use those automatic weapons. eg http://salem-news.com/articles/may252011/arizona-marine-tk.php
The assholes shot him to death in his own house and let him bleed to death, no drugs or anything else was found at the residence.. and nothing was ever done.
..probably sent the widow a bill..
We now live in a nation that LE considers us as the enemy all because of the war on drugs and the red herring of domestic terrorism.
Both are straw dogs, but the Police State is real and dangerous to the Constitutional protections that we are losing each day.
How many times did you used to read about a drug bust gone bad at the wrong address or as a result of dirty tricks in the Reagan years?- zero.
but now it's a weekly occurrence across the land.
Proud,
I love that song; it's what country music is all about.
Garth Brooks, right? Country music ruled in those days about 1992.
In spring training about 20 years ago, Garth Brooks came to bat for the Kansas City Royals in spring training. They gave him a walk.
I've got friends in low places / Where the whiskey drowns / And the beer chases my blues away / And I'll be okay / I'm not big on social graces
Hey Jim.....
You sing pretty damn good
Little Ricky....Since YOU are again saying I have made racial slurs w/o providing one single bit of proof on Jimmy's blogs....and since you always seem to be here on Jimmy's blogs. Please (third request) list just one specific blog, by either date or title where I made such a remark? (there is a complete registry of all Jim's blogs to select from)
I know, I know... every time someone shows you for the lying oaf you most certainly are, you change the subject to your considerable health deficiencies,or your service to our nation, and when that ploy doesn't garner the desired sympathy, and the fact remains that you are lying through your nicotine stained and missing teeth, you have to resort to playing on your housekeepers woes.... But please, try to focus... since it's YOU, and only YOU, that keeps making unfounded, untrue accusations I would think YOU would want to show the good people here that you know what you're talking about? Or man up and apologize for lying?
BTW, not to enter your delusional realm...BUT, just for fun.... please elaborate on how it is that SN and the brother controls your worthless 5 acre enchanted shanty town? From what I hear, YOU own it, and now that you mention it, you're late on your $180 property tax.
One would think a big rock star like SN wouldn't fall in arrears on such a pittance? And one would certainly think if she controlled it, her name, or the name of her nominee would be somewhere in the public records?
Very nice talking with you Little Ricky, I look forward to you stepping up and becoming BIG Ricky and manning up to the crazy stuff that continually spews from your hillbilly pie-hole. Clearly a challenge has been made....so far you have tried to hide, however I do not take being falsely called a racist lightly, I'm not going away until you put up?...or shut up? What's it gunna be Ricky?
Jim, of course I had plenty of beer. What's a hunting trip without beer.
I wish SN, ZZ Top,Ringo Starr, or anyone else would pay my property taxes.
I have another $730 payment due in a couple of months.
Mike,
Beer is certainly a necessity of life. I don't drink as much of it as I used to but I drink all that I can.
What? we have to pay property taxes?
now when did that start?
Looks like you need another trip to the casino Jim, easy pickin's, like taking candy away from a baby.. haha.
I have the whole thing wrapped in my mortgage payment, let the pro's take care of that sort of stuff, but your situation is much different than most.
smart move.
I have noticed that the concept of wealth distribution is pretty much accepted in the class with no wealth, the Statists have moved past there being any income transfer solution, it's nationalizing of private property eg...personal wealth that they are looking at now.
Ted Cruz for president.
Middy,
I get the tax payment from Maricopa County and have to make two payments of $711.48 in November and May.
Fortunately, I have this piece of paradise long ago paid off. We really celebrated on that day!
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