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| fortyfour 189 posts msg #82246 - Ignore fortyfour modified |
11/1/2009 6:47:09 PM This is my las f...ing post and I am out of here...... (Sorry Mr. Alf, I couldnt resist) :) Random musing.....regarding predicting the future. 2010 is almost upon us. If you were stranded on an island for the last 10 years you just might come home in 2010 expecting the federal defecit to be cut in half, or paid off completely. Remember ! Thats what they said after having a 100 billion surplus in 1999. Any predictions for 2020 ? ************************************************************** I also would like to contribute to Stockfetcher and trust me, you can take this one to the bank,.... its a gem. Pour 1.5 oz. of Don Julio Tequila (Anejo) into the blender. Add .5 oz. Cointraeau ( the Germans invaded France for this stuff in the big one) Thaw ,then, add 1 ounce of Minutemaid frozen concentrate lime juice. Add 3oz. ounces water. Add ice cubes to LEVELwith the top of the liquid (not too much ice) add 1/4 teaspoon sugar. Blend thoroughly. Lightly salt the rim of the glass. Pour and squeeze/drop a lime wedge. If you dont scrimp on the ingredients you will have the best "Lonely Bastard" Marguirita in the world. Ps. if youre not a lonely bastard, double the above recipe. This is not your fathers Tequila nightmare where you fall down and chip a tooth ! This is 1st class as you will realize this at the checkout. Thank me later. |
| luc1grunt 622 posts msg #82256 - Ignore luc1grunt |
11/2/2009 6:57:45 AM very nice forty. same recipe with the following changes/additions............. .5 ounce banana liquor Patron Silver. I should point out that the ladies tend to favor this more so than male folk. |
| TheRumpledOne 6,529 posts msg #82326 - Ignore TheRumpledOne |
11/3/2009 11:14:13 AM Remember Lee Iacocca, the man who rescued Chrysler Corporation from its death throes? He's now 82 years old and has a new book, 'Where Have All The Leaders Gone?’ Lee Iacocca Says: 'Am I the only guy in this country who's fed up with what's happening? Where the hell is our outrage? We should be screaming bloody murder! We've got a gang of clueless bozos steering our ship of state right over a cliff, we've got corporate gangsters stealing us blind, and we can't even clean up after a hurricane much less build a hybrid car. But instead of getting mad, everyone sits around and nods their heads when the politicians say, 'Stay the course..' Stay the course? You've got to be kidding. This is America , not the damned, 'Titanic'. I'll give you a sound bite: 'Throw all the bums out!' You might think I'm getting senile, that I've gone off my rocker, and maybe I have. But someone has to speak up. I hardly recognize this country anymore... The most famous business leaders are not the innovators but the guys in handcuffs... While we're fiddling in Iraq , the Middle East is burning and nobody seems to know what to do. And the press is waving 'pom-poms' instead of asking hard questions. That's not the promise of the ' America ' my parents and yours traveled across the ocean for. I've had enough. How about you? I'll go a step further. You can't call yourself a patriot if you're not outraged. This is a fight I'm ready and willing to have. The Biggest 'C' is Crisis! (Iacocca elaborates on nine C's of leadership, with crisis being the first.) Leaders are made, not born. Leadership is forged in times of crisis. It's easy to sit there with your feet up on the desk and talk theory. Or send someone else’s kids off to war when you've never seen a battlefield yourself. It’s another thing to lead when your world comes tumbling down. On September 11, 2001, we needed a strong leader more than any other time in our history. We needed a steady hand to guide us out of the ashes. A hell of a mess, so here's where we stand. We’re immersed in a bloody war with no plan for winning and no plan for leaving. Obama is running the biggest deficit in the history of the country. We're losing the manufacturing edge to Asia , while our once-great companies are getting slaughtered by health care costs. Gas prices are skyrocketing, and nobody in power has a coherent energy policy. Our schools are in trouble due to poor leadership in school districts. Our borders are like sieves. The middle class is being squeezed every which way. These are times that cry out for leadership. But when you look around, you've got to ask: 'Where have all the leaders gone?' Where are the curious, creative communicators? Where are the people of character, courage, conviction, omnipotence, and common sense? I may be a sucker for alliteration, but I think you get the point. Name me a leader who has a better idea for homeland security than making us take off our shoes in airports and throw away our shampoo? We've spent billions of dollars building a huge new bureaucracy, and all we know how to do is react to things that have already happened. Name me one leader who emerged from the crisis of Hurricane Katrina. Congress has yet to spend a single day evaluating the response to the hurricane or demanding accountability for the decisions that were made in the crucial hours after the storm. Everyone’s hunkering down, fingers crossed, hoping it doesn't happen again. Now, that’s just crazy. Storms happen. Deal with it.. Make a plan. Figure out what you're going to do the next time. Name me an industry leader who is thinking creatively about how we can restore our competitive edge in manufacturing. Who would have believed that there could ever be a time when 'The Big Three' referred to Japanese car companies? How did this happen, and more important, what are we going to do about it? Name me a government leader who can articulate a plan for paying down the debit, or solving the energy crisis, or managing the health care problem. The silence is deafening. But these are the crises that are eating away at our country and milking the middle class dry. I have news for the gang in Congress. We didn't elect you to sit on your asses and do nothing and remain silent while our democracy is being hijacked and our greatness is being replaced with mediocrity. What is everybody so afraid of? That some bonehead on NBC news or CNN news will call them a name? Give me a break. Why don't you guys show some spine for a change? Had Enough? Hey, I’m not trying to be the voice of gloom and doom here. I'm trying to light a fire. I'm speaking out because I have hope - I believe in America . In my lifetime, I've had the privilege of living through some of America ’s greatest moments. I've also experienced some of our worst crises: The 'Great Depression,' 'World War II,' the 'Korean War,' the 'Kennedy Assassination,' the 'Vietnam War,' the 1970's oil crisis, and the struggles of recent years culminating with 9/11. If I’ve learned one thing, it's this: 'You don't get anywhere by standing on the sidelines waiting for somebody else to take action. Whether it's building a better car or building a better future for our children, we all have a role to play. Only a few people in the US know you elected an illegal alien to be President! A Muslim at that! And he jumped right in destroying the US from the inside. Osama bin Laden is smiling from ear to ear because he is winning the war on terror and you helped by voting his man in as President! That's the challenge I'm raising in this book. It's a "Call to Action" for people who, like me, believe in America '. It's not too late, but it's getting pretty close. So let’s shake off the crap and go to work. Let's tell 'em all we've had ‘enough.' Make your own contribution by sending this to everyone you know and care about. It’s our country, folks, and it's our future. Our future is at stake!! If you don’t think your involvement is necessary you are wrong! Obama does not have America ’s best interest in mind, only observe what he has done so far. The inexperience everyone was warned about is coming to the surface. Enough is Enough! |
| chetron 2,817 posts msg #82328 - Ignore chetron modified |
11/3/2009 11:40:55 AM IT'S NOT OBAMA'S DEFICIT, IT WAS BUSH'S, IT IS CONGRESS', IT IS OUR'S, THE MONIES OF THIS ADDITIONAL DEFICIT, ARE MONIES GOING TO AMERICANS. SO YOUR CALL TO YOUR TYPE OF ACTION IS WASTED. THEY AREN'T GOING TO BOTHER THE GOLDEN GOOSE THAT IS FEEDING THEM. AGAIN YOU CONTINUE TO BE THE MINORITY THAT JUST DOESN'T GET IT. AND FWIW, LEE NEVER SAID THE ABOVE, THOUGH I KNOW IT DOESN'T MATTER TO YOU. |
| luc1grunt 622 posts msg #82366 - Ignore luc1grunt |
11/3/2009 7:25:27 PM so LOUD Chet. Presidents do not sign budgets into law, CONGRESS does. So, if blame be placed, place it in the right spot. Again I will be in DC very soon saying "get the fuck off my property"!!!! I don't give 2 shits for repub or demo partisan BS......I think the parties are just noise producing distractions both stealing my LIBERTY. I do understand LIBERTY though, and fully understand those who have never enjoyed it as I have done my part in "De Oppresso Liber". Maybe that is WHY I cherish "IT"so. :) Stay strong. |
| kmcninvest 43 posts msg #82372 - Ignore kmcninvest |
11/3/2009 8:31:39 PM IT'S NOT OBAMA'S DEFICIT, IT WAS BUSH'S, It is both. AGAIN YOU CONTINUE TO BE THE MINORITY THAT JUST DOESN'T GET IT. I think he is in the majority that gets it. |
| chetron 2,817 posts msg #82381 - Ignore chetron modified |
11/3/2009 10:37:20 PM YOU ARE RIGHT LUC AND, kmcninvest, IF HE WERE THE MAJORITY, THERE WOULD BE NO NEED FOR A CALL TO ACTION, IT WOULD BE DONE AND OVER WITH, JUST LIKE THE ELECTIONS. |
| petrolpeter 439 posts msg #82397 - Ignore petrolpeter |
11/4/2009 5:00:18 AM Obama needs money NOW.US Gov. is spending $33,000 per family house hold but is taking in only $19,000 per year.The National debt cap is 12.1 trillion and the deficit is at 11.9 trillion and climbing,she's gonna blow!500 billion yr. going out to other countries for interest charges on the deficit.Obama has given his all to us and since he has done this,now IS the time for you majority followers to(you agreed to this by voting for him)pay in,big time.Including the proposed new value added(sales)tax 55-65% of median income estimated.What have we gotten out of all of this so far?Jipped! |
| TheRumpledOne 6,529 posts msg #82407 - Ignore TheRumpledOne |
11/4/2009 8:49:14 AM Found this on babypips: The 2nd Amendment I watched Glenn Beck last night. He is telling us that we must choose. My question is: How shall one decide when enough is enough and take up arms against the government? All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent. Thomas Jefferson Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans, and must be that of every free state. Thomas Jefferson Every generation needs a new revolution. Thomas Jefferson Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny. Thomas Jefferson For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and armed militia is their best security. Thomas Jefferson I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them. Thomas Jefferson I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it. Thomas Jefferson If the present Congress errs in too much talking, how can it be otherwise in a body to which the people send one hundred and fifty lawyers, whose trade it is to question everything, yield nothing, and talk by the hour? Thomas Jefferson It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the world. Thomas Jefferson My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government. Thomas Jefferson No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms. Thomas Jefferson 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 The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government. Thomas Jefferson The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. Thomas Jefferson When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty. Thomas Jefferson Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the peoples' liberty's teeth. George Washington Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both. Benjamin Franklin They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security. Benjamin Franklin There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism. Alexander Hamilton Those who stand for nothing fall for anything. Alexander Hamilton ============ How shall one decide when enough is enough and take up arms against the government? Good question. I went to McD's yesterday to buy a $1 burger. The cost was $1.09 after tax. 9% tax! My purchasing power is reduced by 9%. That means for every $10,000 I spend, I need to fork out another $900. I do not think WE THE PEOPLE realize this. Does the average American even have $900 in their savings account? Tell me again, what benefits am I getting for that 9%? I look around and see NEW CONSTRUCTION like ball parks when the bridges, roads, sewers, waterlines, and electric grid need repair. Is someone ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL? WE THE PEOPLE need to make the government FEAR US before it is TOO LATE. Time to lock and load... |
| chetron 2,817 posts msg #82411 - Ignore chetron |
11/4/2009 9:17:19 AM IF YOU CALL ON TERRORIST TO OVERTHROW YOUR GOVERNMENT, YOU'LL END UP WITH A TERRORIST GOVERNMENT- GHANDI TRO IS NO THOMAS JEFFERSON |
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