Thursday, March 3, 2011
OBAMA AND THE LEFT vs AMERICAN JOBS
"Pro-Jobs Administration"? Yeah, right! OK, let's just start with the people who make, sell and service OHVs, Motorcycles, Boats and RVs, who'll lose their jobs as a result of the government discouraging their use. Got it? OK, well, now let's extend that kick in the groin to the people who make, sell and transport the accessories and products that those recreation vehicle owners buy, from oil, to tools, to paint jobs, you name it. But it doesn't end there. Nope, now let's start laying-off the waitresses and motel clerks, bus boys and maids, who work in businesses that the vehicle owners won't patronize on their ways to and from those now closed lands. "Pro-Jobs"? Bullshit! And the ripple effects don't end with the people I mentioned, folks, because when those people lose their jobs, they aren't spending money at other businesses, or paying their mortgages, or paying taxes. Yep, that's how capitalism/free enterprise/America works, and that's how real jobs are created.
Thursday, February 3, 2011
HOPE AND CHANGE
I'm curious, whether anyone out there thinks the country, or the world, has gotten "better" or more "hopeful" during the two or so years that Obama has been in power. Yes, I said "in power", because until January he was, in fact, all powerful, and was allowed to do pretty much everything he wanted to do, regardless of whose rights, property or money he stole. So, how's that "Hope & Change" going for everybody? The Teleprompter Wizard" promised prosperity, unity, and to bring rogue nations into the fold of civilized nations with his golden tongue and unparalleled wisdom. Is is me, or has he fallen just a little short of those promises? We have massive unemployment, people and businesses are uncertain about their futures, our nation is being crushed by spending and debt, serious discussions about state secession abound, and rogue governments around the world are doing pretty much whatever they like, and telling us to "Piss off!"
If I didn't [know] better, having seen some of his earlier political speeches and writings, I'd be inclined to think that the current state of affairs in this country, and around the world, were not, in fact, "failures" of his presidency, but rather supreme successes of his life-long political philosophy and struggle. Obviously, he's not a brilliant mind, but with the support of a mainstream media that shares those same beliefs, and a major political party with similar beliefs, and no small amount of assistance from foreign agents, and organizations with openly anti-American agendas, he has succeeded in inflicting damage to this country that the old Soviet Union's leaders could only have dreamed of.
It may just be me, but damn it, the critter looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, and swims like a duck!
If I didn't [know] better, having seen some of his earlier political speeches and writings, I'd be inclined to think that the current state of affairs in this country, and around the world, were not, in fact, "failures" of his presidency, but rather supreme successes of his life-long political philosophy and struggle. Obviously, he's not a brilliant mind, but with the support of a mainstream media that shares those same beliefs, and a major political party with similar beliefs, and no small amount of assistance from foreign agents, and organizations with openly anti-American agendas, he has succeeded in inflicting damage to this country that the old Soviet Union's leaders could only have dreamed of.
It may just be me, but damn it, the critter looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, and swims like a duck!
Thursday, September 17, 2009
OBAMACARE
Once again, my friends, Danielle and I are having to deal with the medical system, because her mom is having a cancer related episode, and had to be put in the hospital. 'Seems like we've been doing this forever, starting with her grandparents, and then my parents, and now her mom. It's exhausting, as those of you in your 40s and 50s are starting to find-out. What strikes me most about our health care system, such as it is, is just how incompetent, lazy, stupid and disorganized these people are, and how much we pay them to do such a bad job. Sure, there are well educated and skilled "experts", capable of amazing things, but once you're in the system, you quickly realize, it's not a "system" at all. Insurance providers can't communicate with each other. Doctors don't communicate with each other, or their staffs, or hospital staffs, or the patients, or the patients families. Medical staff, if they speak English, don't know anything, and can't make decisions, so most patients would probably be better served in a luxury hotel, where they could, at least, order and receive a hot meal. Nobody knows all the things a patient is being treated for, or whom their being treated by, or what medications they are taking, or those they shouldn't be taking, or anything else about the patient, and they can't, or won't, communicate with friends/family enough to FIND OUT anything important about the patient's situation. It's a nightmare! Obviously, an idiot could come up with better methods of taking care of our health, and saving scads of money by making it better, and faster, and less brutalizing, but the one thing I am absolutely sure of is, that that IDIOT shouldn't be the government, because those are idiots who have proven, over and over, for decades, that they are absolutely incapable of making any bad situation better, and/or doing it in a way that doesn't lead to absolute economic disaster. Then, we'd take a flawed system, and let people who have no incentive to do anything but put in their 20 years, doing the least amount possible, or who are interested in benefiting from the corruption that their authority naturally offers-up. So, to Mr. Obama, and his co-conspirators in Congress, I say, "Thanks, but no thanks!" You guys make our lives miserable enough as it is. We don't need you making an already bad situation worse, and robbing us of more of our money, and freedom, while doing it.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
HEALTH CARE REFORM
If Medicare and Social Security can't be paid for, and will soon go bankrupt, why would anyone in their right mind give the green light for our federal government to create a new entitlement program/agency/bureaucracy/economic black hole? If we can't afford the amount of government we already have, how would creating an even bigger government work? If they can't perform the tasks they already charge us to, "on our behalf", what would make any sane person believe that they will do "health care" right, or on a budget? I know that the American people have been dumbed-down in school systems that have been run by that same inept government, but are we really so stupid to believe these people AGAIN??? They can't educate our kids, or give us good transportation systems, or protect our borders, or take care of our old people, or deliver the mail, or manage our economy, or protect us from criminals, etc., etc., etc. Government is what's wrong with America, not what's going to fix it! If you want to make this a better place to live, with more promise, and a higher standard of living, vote out the people who are pushing for more of the cancer that's killing us! It's that simple! California has been taken down the toilet by Democrats, and faux Republican governors. Do all Americans want to join us in the Third World? Reject Obama and the liberals in Congress, and take back your freedom. No more Democrats, and no more RINOS. Vote conservative, Independent or Libertarian, but no more of the DNC/American Communist Party.
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
ARNOLD, SACRAMENTO and the fall of California
Dear CARB,
As someone who lost their job, in no small part as a result of your agency's idiotic and counterproductive regulations, I would like to take this opportunity to point out how California's government, more than any other factor, has lead to the economic problems that the state is now suffering from. This is but a single example of government's negative impact on our lives.
With a single example, I can show just how destructive your agency has been, both to the lives of thousands of citizens, but also to the very government that created you.
How many millions of dollars has the State of California not collected, from sales taxes and license fees, because your agency hasn't approved Indian motorcycles to be sold in this state? Let's say, two thousand bikes, at approximately $33,000 per unit? I'm guessing, but I put that loss to the state coffers at about $6.6 million.
But the stupidity and the economic injury doesn't stop there, oh no! Because, not only did you prevent those sales from happening, you prevented the sale of many millions of dollars of clothing, boots, tools, trailers, helmets, gloves, bungie cords, tie-down straps, pins, sun glasses, bandanas, trucks, lifts, t-bags, calendars, the list is endless, but also includes after market performance products and paint jobs, that sometimes double the actual price of the motorcycles, so you probably choked on another $6 million of sales tax, but not allowing someone to buy those motorcycles.
But the damage doesn't stop there, my friends, no indeed, because you also didn't get the income taxes from the people who sell and service those bikes, or who make those goodies, or who warehouse those goodies, or who deliver those goodies.
Are you starting to get the picture? Probably not, but at this point, being one of your victims, I'm going to make it perfectly clear. You people are a menace.
Now, if you extrapolate this economic effect out, over several brands of vehicles, and include your regulations against after market exhaust systems and performance equipment, even a bureaucrat should be able to understand the catastrophic effects you are having on our state, and national economy.
And, guess what! Your regs aren't just hurting the motorcycle industry, not by a long shot. Because, when you discourage the aforementioned activities/sales, you also reduce the enthusiasm for the sports, that means you are taking food out of the mouths of the children of the people who work in the restaurants, hotels, gas stations, convention centers, etc., all along the routes these people take while enjoying their motorcycles.
So, when I see the people in Sacramento, our (laughing) "representatives", and the California State Employees Union spokes people, complaining that they aren't getting enough money, it's pretty hard not to use profanity while writing to you.
For the economic activity that motorcycles, and other recreation vehicles, create, if they burned coal, like old locomotives, they wouldn't create enough pollution to justify your agency's policies. Frankly, the state would be better-off if we closed your agency, and had NO regulations on these types of vehicles, any way you look at it.
In light of this political and economic reality, it seems only reasonable that politicians and bureaucrats in Sacramento should be targeted for replacement in the earliest possible elections, and that every effort be made by industry publications and spokespeople to enlighten the people/voters of California as to the bottom-line impact your agency is having on our collective lives.
Eric Robinson
Huntington Beach, CA
As someone who lost their job, in no small part as a result of your agency's idiotic and counterproductive regulations, I would like to take this opportunity to point out how California's government, more than any other factor, has lead to the economic problems that the state is now suffering from. This is but a single example of government's negative impact on our lives.
With a single example, I can show just how destructive your agency has been, both to the lives of thousands of citizens, but also to the very government that created you.
How many millions of dollars has the State of California not collected, from sales taxes and license fees, because your agency hasn't approved Indian motorcycles to be sold in this state? Let's say, two thousand bikes, at approximately $33,000 per unit? I'm guessing, but I put that loss to the state coffers at about $6.6 million.
But the stupidity and the economic injury doesn't stop there, oh no! Because, not only did you prevent those sales from happening, you prevented the sale of many millions of dollars of clothing, boots, tools, trailers, helmets, gloves, bungie cords, tie-down straps, pins, sun glasses, bandanas, trucks, lifts, t-bags, calendars, the list is endless, but also includes after market performance products and paint jobs, that sometimes double the actual price of the motorcycles, so you probably choked on another $6 million of sales tax, but not allowing someone to buy those motorcycles.
But the damage doesn't stop there, my friends, no indeed, because you also didn't get the income taxes from the people who sell and service those bikes, or who make those goodies, or who warehouse those goodies, or who deliver those goodies.
Are you starting to get the picture? Probably not, but at this point, being one of your victims, I'm going to make it perfectly clear. You people are a menace.
Now, if you extrapolate this economic effect out, over several brands of vehicles, and include your regulations against after market exhaust systems and performance equipment, even a bureaucrat should be able to understand the catastrophic effects you are having on our state, and national economy.
And, guess what! Your regs aren't just hurting the motorcycle industry, not by a long shot. Because, when you discourage the aforementioned activities/sales, you also reduce the enthusiasm for the sports, that means you are taking food out of the mouths of the children of the people who work in the restaurants, hotels, gas stations, convention centers, etc., all along the routes these people take while enjoying their motorcycles.
So, when I see the people in Sacramento, our (laughing) "representatives", and the California State Employees Union spokes people, complaining that they aren't getting enough money, it's pretty hard not to use profanity while writing to you.
For the economic activity that motorcycles, and other recreation vehicles, create, if they burned coal, like old locomotives, they wouldn't create enough pollution to justify your agency's policies. Frankly, the state would be better-off if we closed your agency, and had NO regulations on these types of vehicles, any way you look at it.
In light of this political and economic reality, it seems only reasonable that politicians and bureaucrats in Sacramento should be targeted for replacement in the earliest possible elections, and that every effort be made by industry publications and spokespeople to enlighten the people/voters of California as to the bottom-line impact your agency is having on our collective lives.
Eric Robinson
Huntington Beach, CA
Friday, August 14, 2009
The Feds vs UBS
I guess Swiss banking giant, UBS, and US federal regulators have come to some kind of a settlement, wherein the bank will disclose the names of American clients holding accounts offshore, so they can be fined and/or prosecuted. Most news agencies report this as some kind of victory for the country, but we should never be so naive as to confuse the government of the United States' interests with those of the American people.
This, along with coming Obama tax hikes and regulations, will only serve to convince the wealthy to actually leave the country, and to take the economic power of their money elsewhere. Just like most things the Democrats do, IRS's policies will only end-up hurting the average American, by sending companies and jobs overseas, and driving what capital that does stay into passive situations. If the wealthy don't trust the government, or feel unwelcome in a country, the leave, and they take prosperity with them. I wonder who the Democrats actually work for.
This, along with coming Obama tax hikes and regulations, will only serve to convince the wealthy to actually leave the country, and to take the economic power of their money elsewhere. Just like most things the Democrats do, IRS's policies will only end-up hurting the average American, by sending companies and jobs overseas, and driving what capital that does stay into passive situations. If the wealthy don't trust the government, or feel unwelcome in a country, the leave, and they take prosperity with them. I wonder who the Democrats actually work for.
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