Sarah Palin is turning into the Democrat’s best friend.

The things that she is saying do not make a bit of sense. First she wants, or tries to intimidate that she wants Pres. Obama to go to war with Iran to protect Israel. I certainly hope that that’s part of her campaign which he runs for office because it’s apparent that she doesn’t realize that a war platform is not the right platform in these times. The United States supports Israel and Obama has sworn to protect them. Why she is saying the things she is saying is just totally not understandable.

In a time when she is talking about smaller government and less taxes, she is now stating she wants war. Simply to protect Israel. She wants to spend another trillion taking over the Iranian government yet she will not spend that same amount of money for Americans. Nor does she seem to understand that going to war with Iran is going to cost a great deal of money which means taxes will have to be raised. This is the Republican Party for you.

There will never be a time again in our history when we will see smaller government. And no matter which party is in office they will continue to spend in order to please the people. And they will continue to raise taxes no matter what platform they run on. We have to pay for the spending of the Republicans during the Bush term and we will be spending for the Democrats and the Obama term in our future. Someone seems to have forgotten that with the amount of people out of work all revenues are considerably smaller. And that is why it is so funny that the tea party people and Sarah Palin are pandering about talking about less taxes.

She has about as much chance of getting elected as I do.

I found this from Bill Maher:

Hello, I’d like to take a moment to address the millions and millions of you all across America who are currently stuck in an abusive relationship.

Now I know what some of you are thinking: Who is Bill Maher to give me relationship advice?

But that doesn’t mean I don’t know a dysfunctional relationship when I see one. Especially when it’s staring me right in the face.

You know who you are. Those of you staying in a relationship long after it’s turned bad. Sticking around despite the abuse — even as it’s gotten worse and worse over the years. Sticking around only because it seems easier than breaking up — and besides, where else are you going to go?

That’s right, I’m talking to all of you that keep doing your banking at the giant, too big to fail, Wall Street banks that brought our economy to the brink of disaster, were rescued by trillions of dollars of our taxpayer money, then paid us back by using that money to hire lobbyists to convince our lawmakers in Washington to kill financial reform.

They took our money… but cut back on lending.

They took our money… and made record profits — and paid themselves record bonuses.

They took our money… then returned to the risky behavior that led to the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, with record unemployment, bankruptcies, and foreclosures.

They took our money… but kept on with all the greedy, abusive, ruthless, and cold-blooded practices that have earned them untold billions of dollars a year — year after year after year. Things like charging you outrageous fees for anything and everything, jacking up your credit card interest rate to 30 percent for being late on one payment (it’s a good thing sodomy is legal!), and refusing to renegotiate your mortgage after the housing bubble they helped create burst.

These big banks, deemed “Too Big To Fail” by our Wall Street-friendly leaders in Washington, are convinced that they can get away with anything — because they always have.

But here’s the thing. You don’t have to put up with this nonsense. You don’t have to stay in a loveless, abusive relationship with your Big Bank.

In fact, it’s easy to get out — and into something much, much better.

My friend Arianna Huffington has started a campaign designed to convince people to move their money out of these big banks and put them into smaller, local, community banks and credit unions that are more likely to see you as a person, not as an account number… and also to reinvest in the community where they are.

It’s a pretty simple idea: If enough people who have money in one of the Big Six banks — that is, JP Morgan/Chase, Citi, Wells Fargo, Bank of America, Morgan Stanley, and Goldman Sachs — move it into a local community bank or credit union, then collectively we, the people, will have taken a big step toward fixing our broken financial system.

It’s easy, and painless, and will send a powerful message to Wall Street and to our leaders in Washington.

Face it: Real change is not going to come from Congress. It’s not going to come from the White House. And it’s certainly not going to come from the lobbyists Wall Street hires to make sure their special interests keep beating out the public interest.

We’ve got to do it ourselves. And moving your money is a great way to start.

This is not a conservative idea or a liberal idea. It’s not left or right. It’s populism at it’s best — and it’s already attracted people from all walks of life who are sick and tired of the Big Banks and are ready to do something about it.

So it’s time to go break up with your banker and get the hell out. Go to MoveYourMoney.info and see just how easy it is to end your abusive relationship and find true banking love. Or, at least hot, sweaty, monkey, banking sex.

Is now reminding me of Microsoft.  Every week there is a new version of it.

If you cant make a version that works, stop making versions!  Holy Fook!  Every day its another update!

That is not to take away from the fact that Wordpress is probably the best blogging tool out there, but hey, its a tool NOT a life giving entity!  Stop treating it like a temple!

I have become increasingly infatuated with twitter. Not so much for anything I have to say, but for the vast amount of information I can get about programming and many other subjects.

I am following quite a few people now. And I would have to say that probably 90% of them are in the programming design areas. I have found several new sources for programming information, and it is interesting to watch the interaction between some of the ones that I do read.

It’s good to see competing organizations such as NETTUTS and perishable press sharing a good laugh. Which tells me the what type of people that are in these organizations are the type of people I want to follow. At least they are not concerned only with themselves. I’ll certainly they are here to make money, but I think in many cases their prime objective is to help people. And some of them are fully into doing just that.

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From our former beloved Pres. Dick Cheney, the one who got us into two wars and lost both of them comes another silly speech.

“As I’ve watched the events of the last few days it is clear once again that President Obama is trying to pretend we are not at war. He seems to think if he has a low-key response to an attempt to blow up an airliner and kill hundreds of people, we won’t be at war. He seems to think if he gives terrorists the rights of Americans, lets them lawyer up and reads them their Miranda rights, we won’t be at war. He seems to think if we bring the mastermind of Sept. 11 to New York, give him a lawyer and trial in civilian court, we won’t be at war.”

Despite the fact that he was not equal to the task as he waited most of his life for, he really has no right to slam Pres. Obama. Especially given the fact that Obama did not immediately attack someone as Cheney and McCain would’ve done.

Pres. Obama has increased the number of troops in Afghanistan and proven that he knows we are at war. President Cheney is just upset over the fact that he totally lost the Afghanistan war. By walking away from it he thinks he is now an expert on who we are at war with.Pres. Obama has vowed to get to the bottom of whoever planned this and get them. That is pretty much an indication in my mind that Obama knows we are at war.

I wish there was a way to get into Pres. Cheney’s face and let him know what fool he is. He wholeheartedly supported Rumsfeld as he murdered thousands of our own troops and now he seems to want to be an expert on warfare. He might want to consider he is pretty lucky that he is not in prison, the same way that his English counterpart Tony Blair might soon be.

Dick Cheney constantly shows us how weak and ineffective he really was. The only thing he was effective at was creating more terrorists and more terrorism.how long before he is screaming about how we should be attacking Yemen as John McCain has already done.

But Dick Cheney method was to attack Al Qaeda where they were and then follow them around and knee-jerk actions as they move from place to place when he could have stopped them in their spot to begin with. All he had to do was execute the war he started in Afghanistan properly and completely. The man is a failure.

When I seen this exposé on CNN I just about passed out. This has got to be one of the most incredible misuse of an employee that can happen. This goes beyond the pale as far as I’m concerned and I have written to my representatives and senators along with the president to end this practice are to give the majority of the benefits to the real beneficiaries. In my mind this is simply criminal.as I note in my letter to the officials this is just another indication that no bailouts never should’ve occurred. And now that we are bailing people out there should be part of the package.

If anyone doubted the greed of the corporations of the United States it is there for everyone to see. These benefits do not end if your relationship with your company ends. If you die 20 years after leaving the company and they have a life insurance policy on you, they get the benefits. This is just wrong. This is just one more thing that we as consumers pay for every time we go to the cash register.

Wal-Mart is one of the biggest users of this policy. Please be assured that they are off my Christmas list this year. This just makes me sick.

Dear Sir

I am writing you today on the issue of the Dead Peasant Life Insurance that corporations purchase on their employees. the insurance is not purchased for the employee but on the employee, betting that employee will die.

I am shocked to the quick to learn of this practice. It is an affront to the American citizens that work for and purchase the goods of these company that pursue this activity.

Life insurance is a personal issue meant to be used for the benefit of the surviving family. Not to be used as just another way that corporations take advantage of and use the Americans who support these company’s.

I plead with you to end this practice. If you cannot end it, pass laws that allow the real beneficiaries to assume the majority share of the death benefits derived from the insurance.

This is just more indication to me that the banks and insurance company’s never should have been bailed out. It is my opinion that from now on, all Corporations, Banks and banking systems leaving the US in international trade, and all Insurance company’s must be strictly regulated. The American public can see what they are doing to our country and our lives, and in your position you must see it even clearer than we do.

I again urge you to end the Dead Peasant Insurance scheme. Thank you for your time and service..