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First Orlando Now Philly Station Banned By Biden - Who’s Next? http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/194608.php

http://robertbluey.com/blog/2008/10/25/redistribution-of-wealth-experiment-3/

In a local restaurant my server had on a “Obama 08″ tie, again I laughed as he had given away his political preference–just imagine the coincidence.

When the bill came I decided not to tip the server and explained to him that I was exploring the Obama redistribution of wealth concept. He stood there in disbelief while I told him that I was going to redistribute his tip to someone who I deemed more in need–the homeless guy outside. The server angrily stormed from my sight.

I went outside, gave the homeless guy $10 and told him to thank the server inside as I’ve decided he could use the money more. The homeless guy was grateful.

At the end of my rather unscientific redistribution experiment I realized the homeless guy was grateful for the money he did not earn, but the waiter was pretty angry that I gave away the money he did earn even though the actual recipient deserved money more.

I guess redistribution of wealth is an easier thing to swallow in concept than in practical application.

AC/DC - What Do You Do For Money, Honey

Editor’s note: USMC Col. Mitchell Paige (ret.) died Nov. 15, 2003, in La Quinta, Calif. This annual column is dedicated to his memory, and to the men who fought beside him.
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You’re a doctor. You need to bring in $3,000 apiece for your most common procedure. But Medicare and Medicaid — which pay for about half your patients — have just told you they’re only going to pay you one-third of what they’re billed. What do you do? You don’t need to be a CPA to [...]

Best Week Ever now sucks… dammit, I used to love that show, now Paul F. Tompkins has killed it… bring the old writers back now!

So the old man has a wild hair across his ass about this new Dan Akroyd vodka, Crystal Head Vodka. He goes online, looks around, at first doesn’t find it, figures it’s a stunt. Later, he goes back and looks, finds people selling it, but everyone’s out of stock. He still thinks it’s a stunt.

The first time he mentioned it, I went online, found Hi-Time Wine Cellars selling it, and purchased a bottle. While he’s ranting, I’m chillin’, knowing a bottle will be coming soon. It’ll make a nice birthday present, and with Halloween so close, it’ll be a double good present.

Smug in my abilities, I think nothing of it.

Next day I get an email from them saying they can’t ship ground, they have to ship DHL 2-Day Air. Twenty two bucks. Grr. Well fine, I can’t have my smug superiority shot down by some shipping charges. Accepted.

Later that day, I get another email saying they’re out of stock. [FUCK!] Would I like to hold my order and they’ll send it in a few weeks when they get restocked?

*Shit Shit Shit* So I ask if I can get a discount if I wait. Nope.

*Sonofa…* Okay, I email back saying if I can’t have it by mid November, then cancel the order because I may have to go to ebay and pay about 3 times as much or get lucky and find someone else who gets an earlier shipment and can send it to me on time and at a price that isn’t extortionate. For the reply to this either/or question, I get an actual person email, not simply the customer service email.

Alan says they’ll get some Nov. 4, and it will arrive on time, so I’m a happy camper. Annnnnd scene… WAIT!

I get a call today from Holly who tells me they have two bottle left from their promotion, and is it okay if they send it out Monday and I can get it by Wednesday. Okay? Hell yes it’s okay.

So now I’m expecting the Crystal Head Vodka on Wednesday, and I should be able to get the Birthday/Halloween present big-ups while acting all smug and douche-like. And pops don’t know a thing, yo.

So for going to the trouble of calling me and telling me they have extra and are willing to ship it next week, I’m giving Hi-Time Wine Cellars a thumbs up.

I’ll place pics here when I get it.

Bob Barr Interview With Denver’s 9News

“If you subscribe to the theory that…the most important thing is to avoid getting someone in office that we perceive as worse than the other guy, in other words, vote for the lesser of two evils, guess what you’re still going to get: someone evil,” Barr said in an interview at the University of Denver after he spoke to students on campus. “I’m not calling McCain or Obama evil, I’m saying if that’s the philosophy, go in there and vote for the lesser of the two evils, you’re still voting for somebody you don’t believe in, who is not going to move our country and move it in the right direction.”

I honestly don’t know if I’m the 100th monkey, or if people pick up on my writing… I’m betting it’s the former (meaning I’m a monkey). In 2004 I was talking about this lightly — voting FOR a candidate, not against a candidate — and this year’s election cycle, I’ve been saying it more.  Now I’ve never read or heard ANYONE else say what I say, but I put a blog post up about Bill Quick voting FOR a candidate and days later I read about that candidate now talking about voting FOR a candidate instead of against a candidate (which means you vote for the person most likely to defeat the candidate you actually don’t want in office, even if the candidate you vote for isn’t who you’d want in office either, just less offensive to your sensibilities).

I like to think I’m important, and that what I write and say is heard, but the 100th monkey meme is — unfortunately — far more likely.

[And by 100th monkey, I mean that I'm somehow picking up on what others think and say, not them picking up on what I think and say. I don't believe in the reported paranormal event.]

Hawaii ends universal child health care program just months after adopting it

2,000 kids bankrupt the system. Only 2,000! And a lot of you want “Universal” Health Care for 300 million? Morons!

Walk away from the Socialism. Just walk away. It’s not your money to spend, so don’t even think about it. Walk… Away….

I sent this to her already (on her birthday), but I figured I’d post it here for posterity:

Angie's Birthday Collage