Thomas Jefferson said in 1802: "I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies."

"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not."-- Thomas Jefferson

"When in danger or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout." .... jbd

"When once a job you have begun, do no stop till it is done. Whether the task be great or small, do it well, or not at all." .... Anon

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. - Albert Einstein

Television is one daylong commercial interrupted periodically by inept attempts to fill the airspace in between them.

If you can't start a fire, perhaps your wood is wet ....

When you elect clowns, expect a circus ..............




Saturday, October 23, 2010

Some Observations

When did so many women become so knowledgeable about sports?  They aren't broadcasting yet, other than sideline commentary, but they are everywhere else. Nothing wrong with it, just wonder when it all happened.

When and why did tattoos become so popular. I guess the when doesn't matter but why? They can't say, "My Mom had one." Not true, Moms did have tats, many do now, but some generation started the whole thing. I suppose some "celeb" got drunk, got a tattoo, and then everyone wanted one. Legs, necks, ankles, chests, they are everywhere, don't understand it.

When did politicians QUIT telling their party affiliations. If you don't check the disclaimer, you don't know what party they are. You have to look for terms like liberal and conservative and then you get some idea. And, it is difficult to determine who the ad is for. In some, the opponent's name is mentioned more than the candidate. A couple I have seen make it impossible to know who the ad is for. I remember many years ago one of the "no-no's" was, don't mention your opponent. It was all "Vote for Smith." Don't mention Jones, your opponent. Now they mention Jones, and all the negative they can come up with, and don't mention Smith. They can run all the ads they want to, I know who I am voting for, my mind is made up.

Why did they push EARLY VOTING. That makes me wonder. Did it give someone an indication of where more work was needed? Or, maybe an opportunity to do some "early switching" and not have to wait for election night and less time to "do the magic." Just look at all the things that can be done with computers, anything can be accessed. Probably would be easy to change some figures, or move some around. Don't think it can't be done, I'm sure it can.

I was under the impression that taxpayer money could not be used to in a political campaign. How then can Obama fly all over the country, in AFONE, to campaign for all of his cronies who seem to be in political trouble. Who is running the country, not Obama, he hasn't been home long enough. If we're paying for it, he has run up one heck of a bill. He raises a million for a candidate and it costs us a million for him to do it.

Have not seen any yard signs for any candidates, other than local. Not even any bumper stickers, seems like they have put all of their many millions on NEGATIVE ADS on TV, so many that in my case, I pay no attention to them.......