What date will the world end?

Refer to previous post "Perplexing Questions, dated 1-28-10."

I know all Obama voters and children (same difference) think the world will end on December 21, 2012 as Nostra-dumb-ass has predicted. The Holy Bible, book of Mark, chapter 13, verse 32 tells us that: " But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the father."

If a person gives you a specific date, date certain, you can at least know for sure that he or she is clueless.

The closest you can get is to read the book of Revelation and look for signs of the end being near. Sorry I couldn't give you an exact date. Considering the world's current condition it can't be much longer.

A. C. Smithson

Stay tuned for more answers

Is time travel possible?

Refer to previous post "Perplexing Questions, dated 1-28-10."

According to Albert Einstein it is theoretically possible. Practically speaking NO!

A. C. Smithson

Experiment

I have been thinking about how the environmental wackos claim that everything put into land fields takes 1,000 years to degrade, deteriorate, dissolve, break down or whatever crazy word they use. Diapers, Kleenex, condoms, printer cartridges, Styrofoam, everything takes 1,000 years. I don't understand how they figure this as none of these things have been around very long. Some like the printer cartridges have been around roughly 30 years. (At least the ones we are talking about in current use by business and schools.)

My experiment is to see if it takes 1,000 years or less for Styrofoam to degrade. I say less. I base this on previous observations. While duck hunting I observed a Styrofoam cup on the ground. I saw it again 3 weeks later and it was starting to fall apart. I'm betting it will take less than a thousand years to degrade. Just in case I will start exercising, not smoke, eat only healthy food, and avoid trans fats so that I can live forever and see this experiment to a conclusion.

I had planned to start my experiment roughly ten days ago but I couldn't find any damn Styrofoam. At least one person did not put their Styrofoam in a land field, but instead threw it on the street and it blew into my yard. Now I have the material I need for my experiment.

I have one piece exposed to the sun and air. I buried the other. Understand these are thick pieces from some type of boxing material. I say it will take a month or more because of their thickness, approximately 3 inches thick. I will let you know.

When I finish this experiment I will move on to the stir sticks that people use for coffee. They may take a thousand years. We have been warned not to use those as they will also destroy the planet.

A. C. Smithson

7-24-10 follow-up to experiment. Unlike liberals I can tell the truth (and I know the difference between truth and fantasy). The Styrofoam exposed to the elements deteriorated to the depth of approx 1/32 of an inch. The one buried was soft and spongy (I don't know what that would have lead to. I plan to continue the experiment using cups as that is what they claims takes a thousand years to break down.

Osama bin Laden

He sounds like Harry (the body) Reid, Politburo Pelosi, Obama and other dems. Every time he releases a tape it sounds just like the dems and their talking points. Marxist and terrorist have one more thing in common. Osama bin Laden is spouting global warming talking points. Why? He knows it destroys liberty.

A.C. Smithson

Taxes by J. Jet

J. Jet is an occasional contributor to this blog site. She contributes ever so sparingly and hopefully in the future she will grace us with more wisdom. She frequently utilizes musical lyrics in her writings.

I am fascinated by people who get a $200 tax refund and claim that they didn't pay any taxes this year. Obviously, they have never heard that there are only two things certain in life, death and taxes. While death has always been looked on as something to avoid, lately there are many people who seem to embrace the idea that taxes are good, and we need more of them. Of course, they intend that someone else will pay the taxes and they will reap the benefit.

Let me tell you how it will be

One for you nineteen for me

A quick glance at the W-2 you will receive in February (those of you who still have a job), will show that you had federal, state, and local taxes withheld (taken out of your pocket) throughout the year. This is money that you could've spent, saved, or given to charity. However, that is just a skim, the amount that the government takes directly off the top.

This is assume, ok, fantasize, that you buy a product that is made here in the United States. The people who work for that company pay taxes just like you. The company also pays federal taxes on its profits, along with many state and local taxes such as property and excise taxes. These taxes are part of the purchase price you pay.

If you drive a car I'll tax the street

If you try to sit I'll tax your seat

But let's not stop there, when a product is shipped, the trucking company and their employees pay federal, state, local taxes. Plus they pay the taxes on the fuel and tires they use. In addition, they paid taxes when they purchased the truck.

Now the products go to the store and guess what? By now I think you get the picture. The store employees pay taxes, the store pays taxes. But here's the news: all of those taxes are paid by you when you buy the product! Oh yeah baby, the buck stops at your front door.

If it gets too cold I'll tax the heat

If you take a walk I'll tax your feet

Now our leaders want to do a little number called cap and trade. This will be an additional tax on all of the other taxes we will pay. And guess where that money will go? It will go not only to our wasteful government, but to the wasteful and corrupt governments of Third World countries. I hope that keeps you warm when you can't afford the price of heating your own home.

Cause I'm the tax man, Oh yeah I'm the Tax Man

J.Jet

Perplexing Questions Rated P.G.

In addition to my previously stated goals of education and humor I plan to challenge myself and hopefully boost readership by attempting to answer some difficult questions. Questions which have perplexed man for some time.

• Is time travel possible?
• What date will the world end?
• What is the meaning of life?
• Why can't I lose weight?
  
• Do women pee in the shower?

STAY TUNED!

A. C. Smithson

Obama Goal

This week Obama stated that he would rather be a really good one term president than a mediocre two term president. News flash that train has left the station. He has proven himself to be a dreadful first term president. Time to set a new goal.

A.C. Smithson

California Dog Rescue

The news today said Americans everywhere were glued to their T.V. sets watching this heroic rescue. I was watching in astonishment and I was not glued, as a matter of fact I watched it for less than 30 seconds.

What I'm about to say may sound a little hard, but before you get too exercised over it think it through. I grew up on a farm. I have owned (that's right owned. I did not adopt, rescue, save, or view them as my equal) all kinds of animals over my lifetime. I've owned horses, dogs, goats, pigs, cats, etc., you get the idea. When I worked as a police officer I had a police dog that would have given his life to save me. I loved that dog. I have loved most of these animals. Today nutty actors, singers, animal rights advocates attempt to elevate animals to the status of man. All this does is diminish the value of the human. We can abort unborn babies but don't be cruel to an animal which is a much more serious offense. Make sense?

The California dog rescue I believe occurred for a similar reason as the incident with the Colorado family who claimed their kid flew away in a balloon. For recognition, accolades, and the title of hero. When I was in law enforcement, back in the day we would not put a human life in jeopardy to save an animal. Trust me hanging beneath a helicopter is life threatening. We would not divert a helicopter which cost thousands of dollars an hour to operate to rescue a dog. In the middle of this flood disaster what if a person had been in need of a helicopter rescue. If a slight delay was caused due to the dog rescue and a person lost his life would the dog rescuer be a hero? If the helicopter ran low on fuel while saving this dog and had to refuel before continuing on the the rescue of a human would that make sense?

The dog bit the hell out of the hero. What if the dog was rabid? Would that be a fair trade off? The question of rabies was discussed this morning on television. What if the dog doesn't have rabies but becomes ill over the next few days. The test for rabies might need to be given. The test requires that you kill the animal and test it's brain tissue. Would not this heroic rescue then be for naught? The tax payers who are paying the salaries for the men and equipment might be better served in other ways than rescuing dogs. I don't want to see harm to come to any of God's creatures but please let's use a little common sense. A commodity that seems to be in short supply these days.

P.S. Based on my considerable experience with animals I will bet that eventually the dog would have rescued himself.

A. C. Smithson

Haiti

Obama's rescue of Haiti (not the generous American people) week two is not going well. The whining, wimpy, weasels who call themselves French are complaining that the delays in the delievery of aid to Haiti is the fault of the United States. Not even the French are afraid of Obama!

A.C. Smithson

Thank you Mr. Obama

I have been critical of Obama for approximately two years. It's time I acknowledge and applaud his many accomplishments thus far.

Thank you for relocating the terrorist dogs from Gitmo to the US.

Thank you for giving rights granted US citizens to the terrorist.

Thank you for wasting half a billion dollars on the future terrorist detention and trials in Illinois and New York City.

Thank you for rescuing the Carter presidency. His presidency was the worst in the past 100 years. Your first year has secured that honor for you. Now he's only number two.

Thank you for your political correctness which allowed the Fort Hood massacre to occur.

Thank you for continuing to search old women in airports but refusing to profile young middle eastern men.

Thank you for tearing down our economy.

Thank you for telling us that if we waste $787 billion for a Democrat slush fund unemployment would not exceed 8%.

Thank you for spending $27,000 of taxpayer money on each vehicle sold under the cash for clunkers program.

Thank you for traveling the world apologizing for us.

Thank you for being the most intelligent President we have ever had. At least until the next Democrat is elected president.

Thank you for promising openness in government, but sparing us the details by plotting behind closed doors.

Thank you for promising honest government while setting new standards of corruption.

Thank you for attempting to change the freest and most prosperous nation on earth into a socialist utopia.

Thank you for attempting to change the best healthcare system in the world into one with less access, higher cost, and lower quality of care.

Thank you for supporting abortion in every form including partial-birth and the denial of medical attention in the event an infant survives a botched abortion attempt. Lord knows that 42 million dead babies is not near enough.

Thank you for lacking humility and class, always blaming others. (It's Bush's fault) Whatever!

Thank you for supporting the legalization of more illegal aliens in order to create a larger class of people dependent on the taxpayer for support.

Thank you for proving that a community agitator with no experience can get nothing right.

Thank you for continuing to blame it on racism whenever you screw something up.

Thank you for being the type of corrupt politician which in the future this nation should never again vote for.

Thank you for promoting class hatred and charging the banks a punishment fee which they will pass along to the customers with higher ATM fees and interest rates. (Can you say TAX)

Thank you for working, supporting, defending, and financing the corrupt ACORN organization.

But most of all..........

Thank you for being you.

A. C. Smithson

Massachusetts Senate Race

The Senate race this week will clarify a most important point. Do Americans still cherish freedom and liberty or are they willing to trade for a Obama Banana Republic and a few government handouts.

A. C. Smithson

Simplistic Journalist

Why does the state controlled media, this time including Fox, always look to the likes of Al " Tawana Brawley" Sharpton and Jesse "Himetown" Jackson to be the final arbiters of anything racist. When Harry "The Body" Reid recently showed his true colors (with the light skinned, Negro dialect comments) these clowns were marched in to rule on Reids comments. Are they deemed experts because perhaps they are hatemongers, anti Semites, racist, and race baiters by profession? Consider it.

A. C. Smithson

Global Warming Hoax

It's starting to become abundantly clear that man-made global warming is a con. Perhaps the greatest con in human history. You have so-called scientist falsifying information. They refuse to release their research under the freedom of information act. This is done because it can be shown incorrect. The e-mails release revealed their attempts to conceal information. This entire joke has become a battle between Mr. Freeze and the con-artist Al "the bore" Gore, who has amassed hundred of million of dollars pushing this hoax. The only problem is Mr. Freeze is kicking his &@#. This winter is heading toward becoming the coldest in twenty-five years. One reason for the hoax is to exert greater control over human activities and to limit our freedoms. Another purpose of the hoax is to redistribute wealth to third world countries. This is suppose to assuage the guilt liberals have over possessing to much. Don't feel bad Al and Barrack will retain their monies. It will be our money spent.

A. C. Smithson

Notable Comments

• "Only a mediocre person is always at his best."- W. Somerset Maugham

• "The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools."- Herbert Spencer

• "Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it."- Thomas Sowell

• Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself."- Milton Friedman

• " No man's life, liberty, or property are safe while the legislature is in session."- Mark Twain

Wealth Redistribution

Short note for those who think it is find to steal from the rich and give to the poor. Our current system which allows anyone with the proper industry to succeed is much preferred to the alternatives. Socialism and liberalism fail wherever they are tried, no exception.

A. C. Smithson

Ben Franklin- " I am for doing good to the poor, but I differ in opinion of the means. I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it."

Winston Churchill- " The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the blessing. The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery."

Healthcare update

Now that the Democrat Socialist Party (D.S.P.) has moved the legislation behind closed doors (something that I predicted) who knows what we will get and how much we will pay. How much liberty and freedom will be stolen? How many bribes and payoffs will occur? We will have to wait and see.

Here are some things you can be sure of: Within five years of it's enactment the cost will be astronomical, not everyone is covered as was the claim made when this takeover started, there will be less medical innovation, fewer doctors, less choices, longer waiting lines, loss of jobs (necessary for employers to be able to afford the cost), and an ever increasing federal bureaucracy with the obligatory obstacles.

A. C. Smithson

"I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts." -- Will Rodgers

Founder's wisdom

"Society in every state is a blessing, but government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one; for when we suffer or are exposed to the same miseries by a government, which we might expect in a country without government, our calamity is heightened by reflecting that we furnished the means by which we suffer. "-- Thomas Paine

"The moment the idea is admitted into society that property is not as sacred as the laws of God, and that they are is not a force of law and public justice to protect, anarchy and tyranny commence. If "thou shalt not covet" and "thou shalt not steal" were not commandments of heaven, they must be made inviolable precepts in every society before it can be civilized or made free." -- John Adams

Founders Wisdom

"He who dares not offend cannot be honest." -- Thomas Paine.

"Were we directed from Washington when to sow, and when to reap, we should soon want bread." -John Adams

The entitlement gravy train

Roughly 2/3 of the federal budget is dedicated to one type of entitlement program or another. Farm subsidies, education, welfare, food stamps, WIC program, Medicare, Medicaid, chips program, various forms of corporate welfare, Social Security. The list is almost inexhaustible.

The vast majority of Americans really don't see a problem with this. My point is this, the Constitution does not allow for any of this. The Constitution, if you will, are the rules which govern the operation of our nation. If we just pick and choose which rules we would care to follow and disregard those we don't like, are we not experiencing a form of anarchy.

Many politicians and poorly educated citizens will quote for the general welfare of the citizens or to promote the general welfare. This is not the intent of the founding fathers. The promotion of the general welfare was extremely specific and limited. Its interpretation has been bastardized in order to accomplish social and political ends that the statist desires.

James Madison should know something about the Constitution as he is widely considered to be its author. "The government of the United States is a definite government, confined to specified objects. It is not like the state governments, whose power are more general. Charity is no part of the legislative duty of the government." -- James Madison. Another founding father seemed to agree "Congress has not unlimited powers to provide for the general welfare but only those specifically enumerated." -- Thomas Jefferson.

The Ysleta School District in which I reside passed a bond election approximately 4 years ago. They sent out their little propaganda newsletter explaining how the money was wisely spent. Approximate 50% of the funds which were touted as indispensable to a quality education were utilized in the following matters: field houses with boys and girls locker rooms, bus drop-off points, and tennis courts. I'm sure with these wise investments resulted in students TAKS scores shooting through the roof. They'll probably all graduate either Harvard or Yale. I often think of the people that voted in favor of this bond issue and wonder how many of them pay taxes at all. "When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the Republic" -- Benjamin Franklin

Don't get me wrong I'm in favor of assisting the truly needy and those in need of a helping hand. State and local jurisdictions can initiate whatever programs they and their electorate see fit. If the multitude of programs make the city or state unbearable to live in the citizen can always relocate. Examples of this would be California, New Jersey, and Detroit. If a person reaches into their pocket and takes out money to help someone that is a very admirable and no doubt a laudable act. Now on the other hand say for instance I observe an elderly man lying in the gutter. His destitute, hungry, and in need of medical attention. Across the street I observe a clearly well-to-do female standing on the corner. I approach her and tell her to give me $500. I warn her that I have a gun. I then collect the elderly man and take him to feed him and have medical attention provided. My question is that a crime? Yes, under duress these funds were stolen. This clearly was a despicable and detestable act. About 300 million Americans do not see it that way. The federal government acting in an unconstitutional manner on a daily basis, steals citizens monies using duress.

Three additional thoughts from our founding fathers: "to take from one, because it is thought his own industry and that of his father's has acquired too much, in order to spare to others, who, or whose fathers, have not exercised equal industry and skill, is to violate arbitrarily a first principle of association, the guaranteed to everyone the free exercise of his industry and the fruits acquired by it." -- Thomas Jefferson. "I am for doing good to the poor, but I differ in opinion of the means. I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it." -- Benjamin Franklin. "Remember democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide."--John Adams

A. C. Smithson