Ed Barnett: Dear IRS

Ed Barnett: Dear IRS

This is a satirical letter from Ed Barnett of Wichita Falls:

Dear IRS,

I’m sorry to inform you that I’m not going to be able to pay the taxes owed on April 15th, but all is not lost.

I paid these taxes:

accounts receivable tax,

building permit tax,

CDL tax,

corporate income tax,

dog license tax,

federal income tax,

unemployment tax,

gas tax,

hunting license tax,

fishing license tax,

waterfowl stamp tax,

inheritance tax,

inventory tax,

liquor tax,

luxury tax,

Medicare tax,

city tax,

school and county property tax up to 33% the last four years.

Real estate tax,

Social Security tax,

road use tax,

toll road tax,

state and city sales tax,

recreational vehicle tax,

sales franchise tax,

state unemployment tax,

federal excise tax,

telephone tax,

telephone federal state and local surcharge tax,

telephone minimum usage surcharge tax,

telephone state and local tax,

utility tax,

vehicle tax,

registration tax,

capital gains tax,

lease severance tax,

oil and gas assessment tax,

Colorado property tax,

Texas, Colorado, Wyoming, Oklahoma, Mexico sales tax

and many more I can’t recall and I’ve run out of space and money.

When you do not receive my check April 15th, just know that it was an honest mistake.

Please treat me the same as the way you’ve treated Congressmen Charlie Rangel, Chris Dodd, Barney Frank, ex-congressman Tom Daschle and, of course, your boss, Timothy Geithner.

No penalties, no interest.

PS, I’ll make at least a partial payment as soon as I get my stimulus check.

Ed Barnett, Wichita Falls.

http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/198/22535/

Image credit: http://rightvoices.com/2008/11/06/via-todays-e-mail-bar-stool-economics-obama-style/ P.S. I enjoyed the article, but I don't know what it has anything to do with Obama.

Google vs Government

Google vs Government

People keep complaining that Google has too much information about its users and everything else. They say that it's an invasion of privacy.

But personally I think that I'd rather have Google know everything about me than the government. That's really sad. I'd rather have a private company know my secrets and habits than the government the people elected, know these things about me.

Why this level of distrust? Well, Google uses my information for ad targeting and other such things that effectively make my life easier. The government on the other hand uses my information for databases to track my life and my habits.

"These are the same thing," you say. Yes they are, but I trust a random group of people who want my business more than I trust the lying, bureaucratic morons elected to office by an uninformed gullible populous.

Ouch.

Image credit: http://www.logoogle.com/topic-google-logos02.htm

Disproportion

Disproportion

Israel gets so much bad-mouthing from the media and the world.

For instance, did you know that people were complaining that Israel had fewer casualties than Hamas!

This article sums it up pretty well:

http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/postglobal/carlos_alberto_montaner/2009/01/gazas_true_disproportion.html

Guy Asks for Change

Guy Asks for Change

This is old, but is cracks me up.

http://www.theonion.com/content/news/black_guy_asks_nation_for_change

Vote

Vote

Today's the day.
Go vote.

If you aren't old enough make sure someone else votes.

From Much to do with Not Very Much

Olympic Opening Ceremony

Olympic Opening Ceremony

I just finished watching the Olympic opening ceremony (I know a bit late).
And it kinda scared me.

Isn't this the most populous country on the planet?
Isn't this the country that kept outsiders out for thousands of years?
 So why are they trying to come across as a upcoming country on the world front?

I have below a list of the things that stood out to me when I watched it, I might flush them out, I might just leave it up to you to figure out what I meant...

The country's national anthem is called The March of the Volunteers;
          I was under the impression that China was a dictatorship.

The drummers were told to smile so they would not be so intimidating;
          It was still somewhat overwhelming, scary and disconcerting.

The reporters said that the footprint fireworks were, "Almost cinematic."
          Enough other places have already covered this issue.

The soldiers carrying the flag goose-stepped;
          I don't care if that's the way they've always done it, that's to much of a reminder of World War Two.

The Chinese character of harmony was repeated a lot;
          The reported said this represented the problems with China had with nature and natural disasters.

They symbolically replaced the Great Wall of China with tulips;
          What?

15000 performers, none of whom repeated.
          "Well, we have the people." (In forced labor and oppression {sorry})

The little kids seemed to be having fun.

The whole bloody thing is propaganda.
          From the Tulips to the "harmony with nature."
          Propaganda for their people and for the rest of the world.

When the camera passed Hugo Shavez, the reporters said he enjoys "tweaking" other countries especially the US.
          Tweaking?

It was really cool to see so many different races in the US march.

The US was giving the Chinese lining the track high fives.
          That was cool.

P.S. I'm surprised the reporters didn't mention that the chinese invented fireworks.
P.S.S. The closing fireworks were incredible.
P.P.S.S. The picture is from Boston.com/bigpicture/ and there are a bunch more worth checking out.

Voting

Voting

Been wondering how you state has been predicted to vote? Neither have I, but still...

I ran across this cool election site, complete with a "video" of the polls day by day.

Check it out...
http://www.electoral-vote.com/

DRM

DRM

I just read a headline that said "Spore massively pirated despite DRM." Now I don't get this; Despite? It's pirated for ease of use. I'm considering buying the game for the license and then downloading the torrent to skip the DRM.

I don't know that I want to wait that long for a download, or pay that much for a game, but you get my drift.

The pirates are smart, they get the game by some means, then they code out the DRM, and redistribute it. So your options work out to be, pay $50 dollars and be treated like a criminal, or download it free and illegally with no restrictions. DRM defeats its own purpose.

EA says they will relax the DRM for Command and Conquer, and then further if piracy is low. NO! That's not the point; piracy will be high if the game is good. In fact I've seen horrible reviews for movies, yet they are highest downloaded. DRM is not the way to stop piracy.

This site says it really well: http://hehe2.net/drm/why-its-time-to-kick-drm-to-the-curb/

Secular Smoothy

Secular Smoothy

I'm going to dip my toe in a very hot subject here. I hope I make it out alive.

Let's start with a very political statement, one of my beliefs; "Secularism is a lie from the pit of hell."
Now, let me explain.

All things were created by God; humans, plants, animals, just to name a few. But also beer, guns, sex, goverment, families, etc. Some created directly by Him, others by the brains He gave to people. Other things, like drunkenness and porn are things He created which were then distorted by the devil (who, by the way, He also created; but not for evil).

Secularism is a derivative of secular: "A doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations."

Now, if secularism rejects religion, then it rejects God. If it rejects God, then it rejects everything God has made. Secularists oviously don't do that, since they are still breathing. So therefore they assign the tag of secularism to anything they don't think has any religious significance; such as food, clothes, air, goverment and anything else that they can see no visible connection with God through. Now, based on the definition, that means if they apply "secular" to anything, they are lying since God directly or indirectaly has created all things.

Now, when secularism is applied to goverment and all else is banned, that means that every politician has to set aside their religion to participate. But since religion is in everything, they simply lie so they can enact laws (that all work out to simply be a dirivitive of the ten commandments).

Government needs to be deeply rooted in religion; not the other way around, mind you, if rooted the other way people's sinful desires get involved and things like the crusades happen. But there needs to be a healthy mix.

Printer Conspiracy

Printer Conspiracy

Following the conspiracy theme, check this atrocity out:

http://www.cockeyed.com/citizen/printer_yellow_dots/dots.shtml

Why must they infringe on our rights so much, do they enjoy it?

Apathy Party 2008

Apathy Party 2008

I am apathetic. So since no one is running for president that doesn't stink, I think we should all vote for the guy in the middle:

http://www.apathyparty08.com/

Illegal Immigration

Illegal Immigration

This guy sums up a big problem with illegal immigration very nicely (besides the obvious {Illegal}):

“I think that when someone comes in this country illegally, it starts a tradition or culture,” he said. “You come in illegally; everything you do from that point on is illegal. And so it's almost impossible to get a driver’s license or insurance so you just start breaking one law after another. I think it’s seductive. I think after a while ... you don't pay too much attention to rule of law that this country was established on.”

Read the full story here: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19466978/

Free Speech

Free Speech

This post spawned from the source of the image I used in my last post.

It was to be about media bias regarding global warming (referenced from celsias.com).

But, following a link from that article changed this post and my mindset.

First I want you to remember the First Amendment (Bill of Rights) to the Constitution: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."

Then think of what you would do without that freedom... Got it? Good, now do that, because Congress is was trying to make that happen. Section 220 of S. 1, the lobbying reform bill would have made bloggers (and other grassroots entitys) that make over $25,000 yearly and talk to more than 500 people would have to file with Congress as a lobbying group. If they didn't they could be fined or jailed.

Fortunately this was voted down, but it raises a good point. Did you know about this when it happened? This news is over a year old, but I don't remember any big stink about it. Are you ignoring your politicians so much that they could take away your freedom of speech without you noticing?

Valedictorian Speech

Valedictorian Speech

This is the greatest bid for a valedictorian vote I have ever seen.



Now, that is great and all, but wait until you hear about the mess it made and the fools who caused it.

This kid is historical, but in the article I linked to he raises a good point"When is it going to be OK to make fun of things?”

Everything has to be politically correct, non-offensive, boring, pointless mumblings, that can be retracted if you step on someone's toes.

Must be Biased

Must be Biased

People keep avoiding gender and race in this election cycle, so I'm taking it there.

//WARNING politically incorrect opinions ahead!\\

When 9/11 happened, would rather have a man in office (incompetent or not), or a woman who lets emotions make her decisions?

Would you rather: A person who has beliefs (even if they are different than yours), or a man who can't decide what he believes or who he believes?

Would you rather have a mafia-like individual running your country or a backwoods cowboy?

Would you rather have a president who chooses wrong, or a president who is horrible, yet goes down in history books as the first?

I'll put it like this, we're screwed. Plain and simple, no matter who we get; we are screwed.

We need to realize that none of the people who could actually be good presidents made it to the primaries. So we are left with three pathetic candidates.

They all will stink. They all will fail. They all will make the wrong choices. But two of them will go down in history as the first of their kind.

//End Rant\\

By the way, if Obama announces Oprah as his running mate, he will win. Period. There will be world peace, and no one will say any different. (They won't be allowed to.)

On a side note look at what Google spell checker suggested for Obama:

Finally!

Finally!

The "Day of Silence" is a joke.

The only thing it's good for is getting the lgbt advocates to stop talking; give our ears a break.

If they want tolerance and acceptance to say what they believe, why don't they give it back?

I had a friend, last year on this day, wore a shirt to school which said, "Finally a day when the all shut up." He was suspended. Why? Because it wasn't tolerant. But isn't it his right to believe what his shirt said? No. The lgbt is taking over our free speech with their "free speech/tolerance" which simply silences others.

Having said that, I give you my contribution to fighting this day. A wallpaper just for you to express how you feel. (If you want, of course.)

Why Moderates are Never Moderate

Why Moderates are Never Moderate

Have you noticed that every time a politician claimed to be a moderate, no one believes him? I have discovered why.

Using the same reasoning as an experiment I did in elementary school many years ago, I shall attempt to explain why no one believes that "moderates" are moderate.

Put three bowls in a row; put very hot water in one; put very cold water in three; and tepid water in the middle bowl. Stick one of your hands in the hot bowl, stick your other hand in the cold water. Wait like this for several minutes. Then remove both hands from the bowls and put them in the middle bowl at the same time. Your right hand will experience a different temperature than your left hand. Dry your hands off, clean up the experiment then come back and finish reading.

Now assume that the Cold bowl is the extremest Liberals, and the hot bowl is the extremest Conservatives, with the tepid bowl being the "moderate". Now, you know that the middle bowl was a moderate temperature, but when you put your hands in it from their respective bowls your brain told you different. It told you that the hand that had been in the hot bowl had just been put in a bowl of cold water, and vice versa. Now imagine that you had left your hand in those bowls for years instead of minutes, assuming the water hadn't changed temperature, your hands would have felt a much larger difference.

Now do you understand why moderates are never moderate. It is because those viewing them are steeped in their own views.

The Anti-Cassandra

The Anti-Cassandra

"The Age of the Anti Cassandra" is well worth you time to read It's not very long, and tells such truths as were never heard in the land. (As far as I know [Which isn't very far]).

http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/25/the-age-of-the-anti-cassandra/

The Distortion Machine

The Distortion Machine

Glenn Beck is so right.



And so rich.

Hal GLaDOS 08

Hal GLaDOS 08

I found this great bumper sticker that said "Hal GLaDOS 08". I wanted a wallpaper of it. I couldn't find one. So I made one.

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