Pageant Officials make right Call….

   The Miss USA and the Miss California pageant directors did the right thing. They continued to support Miss California after the firestorm over some old photos and the personal attacks led by Perez Hilmon(ya I Know Who) and others gay rights activists. It was also revealed that Hilmon(judge #8) was the only judge to give Miss California(Carrie Prejean) low marks after she answered the loaded question by him.

One of the questions I’ve been asking ever since this started was how or why was Hilmon asked to be a judge(?) it’s beyond me. There is NO good reason to have him judge such a pageant, it only weakens the pageant. He lacks the professionalism and knowledge of the modeling industry. He’s a blogger just like all of us that can type. There are only a couple reasons why he’d be chosen, everybody else was busy that day, its not the honor we thought it was , or he’s been under someones desk. For the life of me I can’t figure it out. Another question I have is Trump was asked would Hilmon be back as a judge? Trumps reply was “I’d love to have him back” that blows my mind, Trump has to know what a little pepsqueek Hilmon is so why would he say that ? The only things I can come up with are that Hilmon will do something else stupid that will get publicity for the pageant, or that Trump is smart enough to know everyone was watching the press conference today so it’s better to stay politically correct and extend the olive branch to Hilmon so the gay community isn’t offended. Hilmons a jerk not because he’s gay but because he’s a jerk, he took his gay platform and muddy up the pageant by sacrificing a contestant.

I have friends that are gay and they belive in Gay marriage, I don’t know what is right my first thought is NO a marriage is between a man and woman but as I think more into the issue I think that marriage is between two people that love each other. So I don’t know what is right, but I do know that jamming it down peoples throats telling them their wrong won’t bring change. The gay americans I know realize that. They realize change comes slowly they realize it’s not about right and wrong, who’s to say(?) it’s about acceptance and change. If gay rights groups continue to force the issue upon people it will be decades before the U.S. as a nation accepts gay marriage, you can’t tell people what they’ve known to be right for the last 100 yrs. has been all wrong, you must show for the future gay marriage is right. Then it can debated. I don’t know what’s best for the future. But I do know that I support Carrie Prejean (Miss California) not for her beliefs but for her courage to stand up for them her parents have alot to be pround of.

Waste of Skin….

I’m not a big fan of the Miss America beauty pageant of any other pageant for that matter. And I’m less of a fan of Perez Hilton. The only thing Hilton is good for is to show kids you can be a loser, not have any definable skills, and never do anything good in life and still make a name for yourself. How he ever made it to judge the most poplar pageant is beyond me the only thing I can think of is he knows something about someone on the pageant board or he’s closet dating one of the board members. There is absolutly NO logical reason why he’d be asked to judge the pageant.

Miss California was asked a question and she gave her opinion, it wasn’t a question that had a right or wrong answer. Hilton has made it a point to ridicule her because he didn’t like her answer. Just his action after the pageant on this issue proves he had NO BUSINESS being a judge. The judges are supposed to be transparent and their thought and opinions are usually kept to themselves, it’s called Professionalism. Perez Hilton is a waste of skin, Miss California has done more for people before she left High School than Hilton has done in his entire life. He doesn’t even belong in her catagoery. This is serious to Miss California she believes what she believes and is willing to stand up for it, Hilton is playing he’s hoping to ride on her coat tails.

You heard it here Perez Hilton is a waste of skin!!! Boycott it!!!(Hilton) and who’s ever decision it was to put him in as a judge should apologize.

Divided we Fail

This past week there was another huge tax increase. Half the people probably don’t know about it, don’t care, or agree with it. What tax you ask, cigarettes have been taxed again. This time it was a federal tax, it was raised from .39 cents a pack to $1.00 a pack. Most non-smokers are cheering over the tax.

What alarms me is that it’s the same old same old it’s an easy tax because  they are so unpopular. But what people should be worrying about is the excessive taxing of something. Raising a tax is part of life but Americans should be concerned when one product is excessively taxed, because the next thing that’s excessively taxed could be what you or your neighbor wants. By letting the government excessively tax one product it opens the door to continue the practice. What if the government raised taxes on running shoes to $10.00 per pair. Would that be right, cigarette smokers wouldn’t care just as joggers don’t care about the cigarette tax but both groups should. Not for the reasons of the excessive tax because it doesn’t matter what does matter is we should stick together on excessive taxing. There playing us as fools politicians know cigs are unpopular so they know they can get away with whatever they raise the tax to.
This is a big country with a tremendous amount of people there will always be an unpopular product or industry.

What do you think is going to happen to the money raised by the increased cigareete tax ? If the goverment is going to tax something excessiley I think all Americans should see something for that (example-its going to pay for lung screening for all americans or the goverment is going to give a school in the U.S. soccer balls) show us something for the money. But they won’t its the same old business as usual the money will be spent on some pork barrel project. Why is that? Because we let it happen.

We should stick together on excessive taxation or it will haunt us all.

Cut Monthly Expenses

    O.k. here’s my story. Believe it or not the only reason I’m telling it is so some people can save money on their monthly expenses.

    About 3 months ago I was wondering about the internet phones service(VOIP) I didn’t know anyone that had it, or at least I thought. I had my phone service through the cable company, (some package deal internet, phone, cable), most of the people I knew also had a the package through the cable company so it turns out we all had VOIP phones anyway. And never realize. But that’s another story.
   Anyway I was very very reluctant to change phone service. So what I did was put my toe in the water and purchased the monthly service at the full rate no specials, no cancellation fees just the regular rate so you can’t
hang me when I want out that rate was $23.49 a month tax was included, but I didn’t cancel my existing service with the cable company. So for the last 3 months I’ve been giving out the number so now I’m using the phone
80% of the time and to be totally honest you don’t know the difference, I have the phones side by side and you can’t tell which service your using unless I tell you.
   The deal I got was great I took the deal where you pay by the year and get your second year free, so check it out I’m getting 2 yrs phone service for $199.00 which comes out to $8.29 and I get all the bells and whistles that I used to get maybe more because some things on the list
I’d never seen before like Click2call theres a couple other features I’d never seen that one just stuck out in my head. Oh I forgot the coolest feature you get a second line for free it’s called a cloned line, you don’t get another phone number but you can make a call if someone already on the phone and recieve another call even if someone’s already on the phone its too cool.

   Anyway one of the reasons I decided to post was the huge step I just took minutes ago, again it was a HUGE step maybe not to some but it was to me, what you ask(?) I finally had the Phone removed from my cable. I feel a weight lifed from me I know its’s crazy it’s not that much of a savings but I guess since my monthly bills just went down I’m excited and motivated. I was paying $126. a month for the cable, internet and phone now it went down to $89 a month and the kicker is my phone is paid up for 2 years.

   I had to post it and I’m telling everyone I know because the 2nd year free offer expires in about 7 days (March 31st), so although you can always get the $199 a year deal with all the bells and whistles and the cloned 2nd line, if you’ve ever thought about changing to try and save money nows the time so you can get a free year of phone service. No joke I’m just trying to help people out by passing the info around. You know when you get a great deal you want everyone to be able to get it. The service is no different and although I didn’t you can keep your existing number. If you go to consumersolutioncenter.com and click the box in the left corner labeled “VOIP Phone Service” when you get to that page scroll down past the search plan option and select the Phone Power info button and it will take you there. More FYI make sure you pick the from the “Freedom” Plan. Good Luck !!! For me its my deal of the year.

Please excuse typos and spelling this post was written in haste with excitment.

Tar and Feather, it’s time….

  I sure hope the citizens of Mississippi, Louisana, and Texas don’t sleep thru their respective governors decisions to turn down portions of the stimilus money due to them.

  It is just rediculous these decisions a small group of governors hacve made. The money they are turning down is money to extend unemployment benefits. They have gave their lame excuses for not excepting the money which has mainly been when the money runs out we’ll have to pick up the tab for these extended benefits. That kind of thinking is SO wrong on so many levels I don’t even know where to start.

  I guess first things first the country is in a financial 9/11 people are losing their homes and jobs at an alarming rate. The unemployment rate is higher than its been in 25 yrs. upwards of 8% in most areas(which is lower than actual because it only counts for people filing unemployment).
That money they are rejecting is just about the only portion of the stimulus package that will directly help the lower to middle class families so the very people that the stimulus package is suppose to help are being cut out of it in those states.

  If the unemployment rate stays where its currently at, it means people will need to continue to collect PERIOD!!.. Where do these governors think people will get money to survive if the unemployment rate stay the same or goes up ?? Do they understand that when the unemployment rate goes up so does crime ?? These governors are irresponsible.

  Are these governors making these decision based on political posturing ?? All 3 have Presidential aspirations, all 3 want to become the popular republican. All 3 know its not the decisions you make its the publicity you can garner because on every decision you make some will be for and some will be against. All 3 have been critical of Obamas stimulus package before it even hit their desks.

   These governors say they must look out for their respective states future. POPPYCOCK if they were they would realize that if the unemployment rate stay up then they might have to extend unemp. benefits anyway so atleast the Federal Gov. sees this and has made provisions to help with that. If future is at issue don’t they see if they can help create jobs the extended benefits won’t be claimed no matter how long there extended but if they don’t the benefits will be needed, that’s reality!! Don’t they understand that if their citizens are doing well the state will do well to. I really thought that very few citizens didn’t undestand that if the poeple are doing well then the goverment is doing well, and if the goverment is doing well then the people are doing well, I thought every single politician understood this. Now I think every politician knows this except 3. These Governors should be tar’ed and feathered they are not looking out for their staes future they have no idea what their citizens are going to need and instead of excepting a cushion for their workers they have chosen to take the risk that in 26 weeks jobs will be avaliable with whats going on that a huge risk so if you live in one of those states I’d be thinking of a move because after 26 weeks if jobs haven’t been created in your region youyr screwed and don’t expect any help from your state. And if your planning on moving to one of those states tur the car around those state goverments could give a rats ass about your survival.

  In a nutshell:

   This money that’s ultimately going come out of our pockets anyway is being withheld by the govenors of Louisans, Mississippi, and Texas, this money is a very small portion of the stimulus bill and it’s the only portion that will directlty help citizens put food on the table.
They do not understand if people find jobs extended unemployment benefits won’t be needed so if they do their jobs it won’t be an issue but if jobs aren’t out there people need to eat and wiil need the benefits. This isn’t for curb repair this money is for Americans to live day to day until they can provide for there families. The last point I want to make sure everyone hears is when unemployment goes up SO DOES CRIME remember that if you think the governors are doing the right thing.  Just watch those 3 states.

That was the last point now a little trivia:

 What political party are all 3 of those governors from ??

 

I really hope my points been made and more importantly understood. I really hope the people of these states don’t let them get away with it.

Please forgive the grammar, spelling, and punctuation.

The Justice System gets it Wrong AGAIN !!!!!!

   The Lori Drew trial ended about 2 weeks ago with the verdict coming in last week.  And not that its a surprise but the California jury got it wrong again. In California no evidence gets a conviction with a stiff jail sentence, a truckload of evidence gets you off all serious charges with the possibility of a slap on the wrist. To refresh everyones memory, Lori Drew is the raggedity old lady that faked a myspace account posing as a teenage boy to hurt  Megan Meier a teenage girl(a former friend of Drews daughter Sarah). After weeks of Drew gaining Megans confidence by saying how great and beautiful she was using the teenage boy as an alias sent one final message, writing to Megan Drew said ”the world would be a better place without you” within an hour of opening that message Megan was Dead found by her mother. I’m sure you all remember now.

Tina Meier holding pictures of her beautiful daughter Megan

      The verdict came in with Drew getting off on all the felony charges and being convicted on the 3 misdemeanor charges. Which is ridiculous those charges carry a maximum of 1 year per charge and a  maximum fine of $100,000 dollars for each charge, totaling an MAX of 3 years and $300,000 dollars. We all know its unlikey she get the max. But there’s a fly in the ointment the judge is reveiwing the verdict and the interpetation of the law and may override the jury verdict and acquit Drew. Insiders say thats highly unlikey because judges don’t like to override jurys. But Drews attorney say they will appeal if she not acquitted.

     I really hate to bring up race or gender bias because I think those statements in most cases are excuses to throw the scent off someone thats done something wrong or they are used when things don’t go a persons way. But I’m sorry I must bring it up now. If a Black woman had done this, CONVICTION Period immediately in custody, If a white or black man did this same thing CONVICTION immediately remanded to custody until sentencing.

     Another thing that bothers me is that the judge is reviewing the verdict to make sure the laws apply and they are fair to the defendent but he’s not reveiwing to decide whether their should have been convictions on the felony charges. He’s only looking oneway.

    You can go to jail in most states in the U.S. for 3 years for having a couple joints(marijuana).  Cause the death of a 13 year old and get the same sentence. Just doesn’t seem right. Does it ??

    Lori Drew is a waste of skin. If she got 20 years it would still be too easy. Drew words apply but to herself ”the world would be a better place without her” and thats fact because Megan would be alive today.

    Will Megan and her family ever get the justice they deserve ?????

Previous Blogpile Post: http://blogpile.wordpress.com/2007/11/22/the-death-of-a-child-for-absolutey-no-reason/

L.A. Times article Posted on WIRED Blog: http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/11/prosecution-ple.html

Fatboy….or Girl but still SLOPPY !!

 Is anybody going to watch the Rosie O’donnell Hate Monger show ? Sometime in the next month or two on a channel on your television set Rosie will be on with a one hour special. I’m apologize for not posting day the and time of her show but its garbage and I won’t subject people to her hate mongering. I actually saw a brief clip and I was surprised that a network would allow her to spread her hate. In the clip she is again throwing jabs at Donald Trump and Elizabeth Hasselbeck. I can’t believe they’d let her do that. Do people really want to see her attack those that she doesn’t like. She’s trash with the power of a network. Why would she bring up the bad blood she has for some people ?? I said it before and I’ll say it again Rosie is a huge waste of skin.

Expectations…..

   It’s time to put the election behind us. It doesn’t matter who you voted for its in every ones best interest if Barrack does well, if Barrack succeeds then the country will be in better shape than it is now. So whether you like him or not you should be hoping for his success.

   With that said what really boggles the mind is that people believe they’re going to see this huge difference when he takes office like the sun is going to rise in the north. And why is that ? Because this guy can give a good speech. Reality is we should have elected his speech writer not him. I really don’t know if he wrote his own speeches or had a speech writer but most Presidential candidates do employ speech writers and the President does have speech writers on staff. Barrack is a Professional salesmen. He made us believe the car will run with a little work. And he did that with nothing more than a couple hundred well written speeches, not experience and what makes that scary is Bush jr didn’t have experience either. Jr. ran under the banner no experience, no D.C. political bad habits, early on in the campaign that was Barracks position. Let’s face it an in-experienced Democratic President and a Democratic Congress isn’t a good mix. I’m not a Republican throwing rocks. I’m Libertarian looking at reality. I really hope at the end of his 4 yr term we say WoW what a President, but the truth is we’ve all got reason to worry right now alot’s riding on Barrack to perform well excuse me not well extraordinary.
   
    But back to my point, my fellow Americans you will not see a difference but what you hope you will see is at the end of his 4 year term things have in fact gotten better. Changes if any will be so gradual it’s like watching a clock you don’t see it move but an hour has gone by. It took 8 years to screw everything up and undo everything Clinton did it’s going to take a fair amount of time to fix it.

    Your still going to go to work everyday and face the jerk of a boss and worry about getting laid-off. Your still going to come home to a pile of bills. Your still going to think taxes are to high. Your still going to see gas prices rise. Your still going to worry about healthcare. Your  still going to worry about being able to afford to send your child to college. Your going to have the same problems. Come back to reality these problems are there, the president runs the country not your lives. People put to much faith in our gov’t to make our lives better the more faith we put into politicians the bigger gov’t gets and things get worse. Sure there are some things the gov’t can do to stimulate growth and prosperity but its still going to be up to the individual to be successful. Over the last one hundred years the gov’t has inched its way into the individuals life and that not good for the gov’t or the individual because it then makes them(gov’t) responsible for the individuals life and that’s a responsibility the gov’t can’t take on anymore and it makes the individual dependent instead of independent.

Next Week….The US puts more people in prison than any other country.

Short Memories……

  Don’t we all have short memories ? Wasn’t it just 8 year ago when a Presidential candidate ran under the banner of his lack of experiene is better than having Washington D.C. experience. Yep it was George W. Bush we saw what his lack of foriegn policy experience has done for us, we saw what his experience in eduacation has done for us we’ve also saw what his lack of experience in the financial sector has done for us. Going in with “No Experience” is ok at a car wash not the Presidencey.            

  I’m not saying that either Obama or Mccain is the answer but look back at the guys we sent in without D.C. experience and look at how they’ve done.  I’m probably going to vote Libertarian -Bob Barr, not only have I begun to agree with the Libertarians but it’s the patriotic way to throw away your vote.

  I know its going to be either a Mccain or Obama Whitehouse but I don’t think I can bring myself to vote for either of them. I really believe Bob Barr would do as good a  job as either of them.

Healthcare ???

One the most important issue in this election year for many Americans is healthcare. The MOST IMPORTANT issue for MY family is Healthcare to the point that whichever candidate was committed to fixing the healthcare problem was going to get my support not necessarily solving the problem but atleast putting one hell of an effort into it. 

I was leaning toward Mccain until I heard his Healthcare plan.  But now that I know his plan he’s probably lost my vote. Is a $5000.00 tax credit a Healthcare Plan ?? Not for me. If I could afford healthcare then my problem might be taxes. I can’t afford Healthcare for my family period, a $5000.00 tax credit isn’t going to help me one bit with the monthly premiums for healthcare. I’ve had 3 heart attacks and I have 2 children I won’t even go into all the issues with my sitsuation but a tax credit is ZERO for my family, the only people that the tax credit will help is the people that have insurance it’s not going to help the majority of us that don’t have it.  I’m sure glad Mccain put some time into his complex plan. Why is it when theres a problem politicians think the solution is to either raise or lower taxes. They use taxes as a replacement to thinking about a real solution.