Saturday, October 25, 2008

REDISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH?

Today on my way to lunch I passed a homeless guy with a sign that read 'Vote Obama, I need the money.'

I laughed.

Once in the restaurant my server had on a 'Obama 08' tie, again I laughed as he had given away his political
preference--just imagine the coincidence.

When the bill came I decided not to tip the server and explained to him that I was exploring the Obama redistribution of wealth concept. He stood there in disbelief while I told him that I was going to redistribute his tip to someone who I deemed more in need--the homeless guy outside. The server angrily stormed from my sight.

I went outside, gave the homeless guy $10 and told him to thank the server inside as I've decided he could use the money more. The homeless guy was grateful.

At the end of my rather unscientific redistribution experiment I realized the homeless guy was grateful for the money he did not earn, but the waiter was pretty angry that I gave away the money he did earn even though the actual recipient deserved money more.

I guess redistribution of wealth is an easier thing to swallow in concept than in practical application.

Friday, October 24, 2008

WHAT ARE WE GETTING OURSELVES IN TO?

I don't understand. If you have a country and a system of economics that has lasted well over 200 years, why do you want to tinker with it? Do you think moving from capitalism and democracy to socialism can possibly be an improvement? When you have people in positions of authority who want to silence those who speak out against abuses of power and lack of information, what does that remind you of?

Thursday, October 23, 2008

AND THE BURGLAR GOT AWAY?

Returning home from work, a blonde was shocked to find her house ransacked and burglarized. She telephoned the police at once and reported the crime. The police dispatcher broadcast the call on the radio, and a K-9 unit, patrolling nearby, was the first to respond.

As the K-9 officer approached the house with his dog on a leash, the blonde ran out on the porch, shuddered at the sight of the cop and his dog, then sat down on the steps. Putting her face in her hands, she moaned, 'I come home to find all my possessions stolen. I call the police for help, and what do they do? They send me a BLIND policeman!'

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

NOT FOR VEGITERIANS

If the Indians had given the pilgrims a donkey instead of a turkey we would be having a piece of ass instead of turkey for thanksgiving.

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

THROUGH THE WINDOW

A young couple moves into a new neighborhood. The next morning while they are eating breakfast, the young woman sees her neighbor hanging the wash outside.
'That laundry is not very clean', she said. 'She doesn't know how to wash correctly. Perhaps she needs better laundry soap'

Her husband looked on, but remained silent.

Every time her neighbor would hang her wash to dry, the young woman would make the same comments. About one month later, the woman was surprised to see a nice clean wash on the line and said to her husband: 'Look, she has learned how to wash correctly. I wonder who taught her this?'

The husband said, 'I got up early this morning and cleaned our windows.'

And so it is with life. What we see when watching others, depends on the purity of the window through which we look

Monday, October 20, 2008

CONGRATULATIONS: YOU HAVE JUST BEEN SCREWED BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Not looking good for that bailout plan..... true story.

Back in 1990, the Government seized the Mustang Ranch brothel in
Nevada for tax evasion and, as required by law, tried to run it to recover the taxpayers' money.

They failed and it closed, and we taxpayers got screwed out of our money, (no play on words intended, maybe).

Now we are trusting the economy of our country to a pack of nit-wits
who couldn't make money running a whore house and selling cheap booze?