Hi everyone,
I know that I have written about this before, but I feel that it needs to be repeated. I have said so many, many times before, that I have lost count about how politicians don't have any common sense, what so ever! For the majority of politicians, a prequisite to going into politics is, no matter what your age, seems to have never learned about what common sense is. This leads to not being able to use any common sense, since they haven't learned it. I watched today's Sunday morning TV news programs and again, I am so very disappointed.
An interveiw is supposed to work something like this; (correct me if I am wrong), one person asks a series of questions and the other person or maybe persons, are supposed to answer the questions. Seems straight forward and simple enough, don't you agree? Except when it is election season, which seems to be a 24/7/365 affair, that is not how interviews go. Ok, ok, I should take that back and say only 50% of the interviews go that way. Half? Well, there is always a news person/interviewer, but on these shows they are called moderators, who ask the questions just like an interview should go. But when the other person, which is always a politican, answers the question, there is no real answer. Rather, there is a beating around the bush, while adding some prerehearsed comment to deflect the real answer which might and probably would hurt their cause. There are no direct and truthful to the point answers. I find this type of interview extremely frustrating and exhausting to watch. It gives the appearance, maybe rightfully so, that the politicians are more interested in getting whatever message they want to get out and to hell with the content as it pertains to the actual question(s).
Most politicians on both sides of the aisle do this as common practice without using any common sense. Just because it is a common practice, doesn't mean that it is a best practice. It is obviously a worst practice and should be discontinued immediately. Questions should be answered to the point, truthfully and with facts. No made up facts, no spin, no lies and no deceptions, period. Name calling should also be included. It is a sad state of affairs that this happens over and over and again and again with no end in sight. When will politicians realize that the American people really wants direct, truthful and to the point answers. Nothing else should be acceptable. I know, I know that this type of answer won't end any time soon, but I can still hope!
Til next week.
Peter
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Sunday, April 22, 2012
When is a Secret Not a Secret?
Hi Everyone,
By now, I'm sure you have all heard about the Secret Sevice scandal that happened in Cartagena, Mexico. The Secret Service agents that were involved are not assigned to protecting our President. These are a special group of agents that arrive way inadvance of the President's arrival. They are there to secure the locations that the President will visit. This includes securing and debugging the entire floor of the hotel where the President will stay. They take every precaution to insure the President's safety. So far there are at least 11 Secret Service agents and an unknown number of marines involved.
So how can Secret Service agents and some Marines think that hiring prostitutes is a good thing to do? They can't!!! Where were the supervisors? Two on site supervisors have already departed from the agency.There is no justification for their actions. You would think that being part of an elite force would mean that they had and used great common sense. Obviously, these agents and military personnel have absolutely no common sense at all! Duh!!! You know that they swear to protect the President, even to the point of putting their own lives on the line. I guess that hiring prositutes isn't considered detrimental to the mission they were on. Hmmmmmm.... let me think about that one. Not being an historian expert, I do believe that ever since there has been prostitution, prostitutes have been used to solicit info and secrets for a person, agency or government who hired them. Consequently, the actions of these people could have seriously jeopardized and put in harms way, our President and all those who traveled with them.
Even when you think that the lack of common sense in this story could not possibly stoop any lower, it does when this sorted tale gets even worse. According to multiple news outlets, when one of the prostitutes asked for her money, the guy tried to short change her and she would have none of that. She then made a commotion which got the hotel security and police involved. Oh come on! Wasn't it bad enough that he hired a prostitute, but to try to cheat her out of her money? Anyone knows that was not going to end nicely, with the prostitute just walking away. It really gets my goat when specialized personnel of the elite Secret Service and the Marines to boot, does something so egregious and down right just plain stupid that defies any resemblance of logic. Any personnel found to be involved in this, should loose their job and be banned from any other agency like the: CIA, FBI, ATF etc., etc., end of story!
Til next week.
Peter
By now, I'm sure you have all heard about the Secret Sevice scandal that happened in Cartagena, Mexico. The Secret Service agents that were involved are not assigned to protecting our President. These are a special group of agents that arrive way inadvance of the President's arrival. They are there to secure the locations that the President will visit. This includes securing and debugging the entire floor of the hotel where the President will stay. They take every precaution to insure the President's safety. So far there are at least 11 Secret Service agents and an unknown number of marines involved.
So how can Secret Service agents and some Marines think that hiring prostitutes is a good thing to do? They can't!!! Where were the supervisors? Two on site supervisors have already departed from the agency.There is no justification for their actions. You would think that being part of an elite force would mean that they had and used great common sense. Obviously, these agents and military personnel have absolutely no common sense at all! Duh!!! You know that they swear to protect the President, even to the point of putting their own lives on the line. I guess that hiring prositutes isn't considered detrimental to the mission they were on. Hmmmmmm.... let me think about that one. Not being an historian expert, I do believe that ever since there has been prostitution, prostitutes have been used to solicit info and secrets for a person, agency or government who hired them. Consequently, the actions of these people could have seriously jeopardized and put in harms way, our President and all those who traveled with them.
Even when you think that the lack of common sense in this story could not possibly stoop any lower, it does when this sorted tale gets even worse. According to multiple news outlets, when one of the prostitutes asked for her money, the guy tried to short change her and she would have none of that. She then made a commotion which got the hotel security and police involved. Oh come on! Wasn't it bad enough that he hired a prostitute, but to try to cheat her out of her money? Anyone knows that was not going to end nicely, with the prostitute just walking away. It really gets my goat when specialized personnel of the elite Secret Service and the Marines to boot, does something so egregious and down right just plain stupid that defies any resemblance of logic. Any personnel found to be involved in this, should loose their job and be banned from any other agency like the: CIA, FBI, ATF etc., etc., end of story!
Til next week.
Peter
Sunday, April 8, 2012
The Tax Man Cometh Again and Again?
Hi Everyone,
I have a problem with our tax system which includes: federal, state, local and school. The entire system is broken and needs to be overhauled, sooner rather then later and a fairer system should be implemented. But what I am most upset with is, New York state's income tax. We work hard every day, week, month and year and in this economy, if you have a job, you thank your lucky stars. Each time you receive your pay check you see all the taxes that are deducted. Like: federal income taxes, social security, medicare and your state's unemployment tax. Here in New York state, like many other states, money is also deducted for New York state income tax. Obviously, that means that we pay taxes on all of our income, so that New York state gets its money.
Then comes April and it's that time of year to do your yearly income taxes. You add up all of your income, calculate your deductions and poof, you either owe more money to the feds or your state or both, or you get a refund. There in lies my problem with New York state. If you get a New York state refund, that amount of money is then used as income for the following year's taxes. Come on, didn't we already pay taxes on that money? Yes of course! But, besides the fact that New York got the use of our money (refund) for free they then tax us on it the following year as income. Where is the fairness in that? By anyone's definition this is called double taxation. How come you can't be tried in a court of law twice for the same crime, (double jeopardy), but double taxation is legal? I am not sure if anyone has tried to sue the state on the double taxation issue, if not someone should.
There was no common sense used when taxing refunds became part of New York state's tax code. This just makes no sense unless.......wait for it........ you were a politician who decided to add this ridiculous tax to fill some budget deficit of many, many years ago. New Yorkers are already paying very high taxes. If New York is serious about tax reform, start with eliminating this double taxation flaw.
I guess there really isn't any free money!
Til next week.
Peter
I have a problem with our tax system which includes: federal, state, local and school. The entire system is broken and needs to be overhauled, sooner rather then later and a fairer system should be implemented. But what I am most upset with is, New York state's income tax. We work hard every day, week, month and year and in this economy, if you have a job, you thank your lucky stars. Each time you receive your pay check you see all the taxes that are deducted. Like: federal income taxes, social security, medicare and your state's unemployment tax. Here in New York state, like many other states, money is also deducted for New York state income tax. Obviously, that means that we pay taxes on all of our income, so that New York state gets its money.
Then comes April and it's that time of year to do your yearly income taxes. You add up all of your income, calculate your deductions and poof, you either owe more money to the feds or your state or both, or you get a refund. There in lies my problem with New York state. If you get a New York state refund, that amount of money is then used as income for the following year's taxes. Come on, didn't we already pay taxes on that money? Yes of course! But, besides the fact that New York got the use of our money (refund) for free they then tax us on it the following year as income. Where is the fairness in that? By anyone's definition this is called double taxation. How come you can't be tried in a court of law twice for the same crime, (double jeopardy), but double taxation is legal? I am not sure if anyone has tried to sue the state on the double taxation issue, if not someone should.
There was no common sense used when taxing refunds became part of New York state's tax code. This just makes no sense unless.......wait for it........ you were a politician who decided to add this ridiculous tax to fill some budget deficit of many, many years ago. New Yorkers are already paying very high taxes. If New York is serious about tax reform, start with eliminating this double taxation flaw.
I guess there really isn't any free money!
Til next week.
Peter
Sunday, April 1, 2012
This could kill you and or a loved one
Hi Everyone,
Does today's topic title seem to be dire? Well, unfortunately it is! Each and every year thousands of humans are killed by it and there seems to be no end to it. What really bothers me is that people don't take it seriously enough and that is when it can kill them. Sometimes without even a warning. It can be the most gentle of things and at other times it can even make mountains into mole hills. The insideous thing about it is that in moderation it actually helps us, but, over indulge in it and it will kill you.
Unfortunately, in this country, Republicans have no plans to combact this killer. But on the other side of the aisle, the Democratics also have no plans. Why not? This has been a problem to people and animals since the creation of the world. So why hasn't someone, some company or some country found a way to arrest this issue? People don't believe there is a problem until they are faced with it and their potential demise. By then a solution may be too late for them.
What is this problem, that it is so wide spread and found around our entire planet???? It is called dihydrogen monoxide. As I said before, this stuff, dihydrogen monoxide, is crucial to all living things on earth. But too much of it can and will kill you in a matter of seconds. Where is the big government agency to help set up guidelines to help protect us all from getting too much of it? There is really only one reason and one reason alone. That is because dihydrogen monoxide is really H2O or water!! April fools!!! Did I get you?
Til next week.
Peter
Does today's topic title seem to be dire? Well, unfortunately it is! Each and every year thousands of humans are killed by it and there seems to be no end to it. What really bothers me is that people don't take it seriously enough and that is when it can kill them. Sometimes without even a warning. It can be the most gentle of things and at other times it can even make mountains into mole hills. The insideous thing about it is that in moderation it actually helps us, but, over indulge in it and it will kill you.
Unfortunately, in this country, Republicans have no plans to combact this killer. But on the other side of the aisle, the Democratics also have no plans. Why not? This has been a problem to people and animals since the creation of the world. So why hasn't someone, some company or some country found a way to arrest this issue? People don't believe there is a problem until they are faced with it and their potential demise. By then a solution may be too late for them.
What is this problem, that it is so wide spread and found around our entire planet???? It is called dihydrogen monoxide. As I said before, this stuff, dihydrogen monoxide, is crucial to all living things on earth. But too much of it can and will kill you in a matter of seconds. Where is the big government agency to help set up guidelines to help protect us all from getting too much of it? There is really only one reason and one reason alone. That is because dihydrogen monoxide is really H2O or water!! April fools!!! Did I get you?
Til next week.
Peter
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