February 2006

Comments by HaloScan

Well I found a free comments code from Haloscan. I'm going to try it out. If any of you know of a better one, definitely let me know.

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Comments and template changes

I'm trying to figure out how to let people add comments to my blog. So far I have no clue how and when I go to find out, I get side tracked. I also want to figure out how to make changes on my template. I have already been able to do so, but with the help of my wife. I need to figure this thing out on my own.

Firefox has a bug...what?

Well apparently there is a bug that causes Firefox to crash. I guess it was a matter of time, but then the same bug crashes Microsoft s IE. Now, who do you think will have the quickest permanent fix. I would venture and say...mozilla! Check out the story.

A funny Link for Feb 2

I haven't really been adding much to my blog and that is because of computer issues. I hope to keep it actively updated. I ran across this very comical site Not My Desk and just have to share it. The Bio's had me laughing so hard. Another site that was rather comical was Concerned: A humor comic based on the world of of Hal-Life 2. Check it out when you have a moment.

State of the Union...what?

Ok, so it's been a while since I've posted. For those of you who do read my blog, if there are any of you, I apologize and well, let's get busy.

Tonight I listened to the State of the Union. However, it seemed more like the State of the World address. Why in the world did Bush just say the same thing he has said five times already? I did not want to hear anything about Iraq or any other nation at this time. It's in the news everyday and he has talked about it several times in the past month. Do I want to hear about it...yes, but not tonight. I wanted to hear about the Union...my union, and not some other country.

The thing that saddens me with Bush, Kerry, Clinton, Hastert, Kennedy, and all the others is...they just don't get. The insipid Democratic response was as painstaking as sitting through my dry world history class at eight in the morning my Junior year in college. I knew I had to take that class, but I could not keep my eyes open, the teacher was quite odd, and I could care less about what a Caesar did one thousand years ago. But, if I had to choose, I would take the class over the idiotic response.

Now, things that were not address:

Health - Why in the world is it the responsibility of the government to control my health or insurance? If you look at other nations, Canada, the UK, and other European nations who have centralized medicine, you will quickly see a ship steaming ahead into the dock without a way to stop. One of these days it will hit shore and people will be hurt. Why can politicians not see that? And how is it fair that large corporations can deduct 100% of their health insurance costs, yet individuals or small businesses cannot? What in the world makes that fair? If you want to fix the health crisis, allow people to control their own policies and not government. Why does government regulate that if a woman is 80 years old, her policy must include pregnancy coverage? Why? Why is that that if you are a vegetarian, non-smoker, and non-drinker your policy must contain coverage for drug addiction, tobacco, and alcohol? If you want to fix the health crisis, allow us to purchase an a-la-cart type policy. With Government out of the picture, we will be able to cut down medical expenses and I will be on the same playing field as the fortune 75 companies. Let me choose my own, don't dictate, and allow me to deduct 100%.

Education - Why is it that politicians are afraid to give us the choice. They feel that they must always provide for us. Their politics is what is causing the dumbing down of America. We are behind in education because of three things, Unions, lack of choice, and lack of accountability. Why in the world are we required to pay school taxes, yet we can't take those taxes and choose the school? In Europe, the money follows the student. In America, the student is mandated to attend the district they live in. If the school is awful they have no choice. Because Unions control the school and have deep lobbyist pockets, they make all decisions. And because Unions will never fire or allow you to fire anyone, the incompetent teachers get to stay in the system perpetuating the issue. If politicians, both state and federal would allow us the choice like many other nations who far surpass us in education, then things would turn around. If politicians would allow us to take our money and send our children to the school of choice, then things would turn around. Why if I want to send my child to a private school am I penalized? I pay twice the amount. I pay via taxes and then I have to pay out of my own pocket for the private school. The President and Congress and State officials will never fix this issue till they can address the three areas I mentioned.

Taxes - This section could take me a whole web page just to even attempt to explain. All I have to say is FairTax! Why are we the only country where business' are double taxed? Why is it that small businesses cannot make it because of the tax burden? For example, I own my own business. And for two years now, I have to write a check to the state, city, county and to the Feds monthly, quarterly, and yearly. All for various taxes. I have yet to pay myself. I have basically been paying everyone but myself. Until the IRS is done away with, we will continue to slump down this heavy taxed burden road. Wonder why the gap between the wealthy and poor is increasing? Look at the stupid tax code. This topic has got to be one of the most frustrating for me. I guess I'll end this section before I get an aneurysm More on this down the road sometime.

I won't bother addressing immigration, social security, retirement, the borders, gas prices, and ANWR in this topic. I'll have to put some thought in to them and express them later. As far as I'm concerned, Mr. Bush, Hillary Clinton, Ted Kennedy, Barbara Boxer, Dennis Hastert, and all of them failed miserably. The State of the Union speech was a joke because all is not well with the Union. If you think so, ask the thousands being laid of by Ford and Craft. And the Democratic response was nothing but spoiled warm beer to someone who just walked out of spending a week in a desert with no water. Now, I have no idea what spoiled warm beer is like, but the analogy seems to fit my point. If not, well...too bad :)