Just about all people have spoken badly about someone else at some point in their lives.
Every time that I hear someone talk badly about another person, I always say to the person "I wonder what people say about me when I'm not around." I am not proud to say that I've fallen into the same thing. I've said bad things about others before and I wish I hadn't.
Think about it. If someone is talking badly about another person to you, what's to stop that person from saying bad things about you when you're not around? I don't see what would.
When I was a teenager, I would say bad things about people behind their backs all the time. I felt that everyone did it and even talked badly about me. This was and is an unintelligent way to think. It doesn't better the community in any way.
I dated a girl that had recently broken up with a guy. She was constantly telling me how stupid he was. She talked about him so much that I felt like knew the guy. Every time she'd tell me something bad about him I'd wonder if any of it was true. I'd also wonder what she was going to say about me when we broke (by that point I knew it was over because of how badly she spoke of him and others). I lost so much respect for her.
We stopped dating and I had no doubt that she'd spoken badly about me. As If there was anything bad to say? Just kidding. She started dating the very guy that she'd constantly said terrible things about. I wondered what he'd think if he knew what she'd said about him.
Nonetheless, they broke up and she wanted to date me again. I had no desire to get back with her. She was pretty persistent in trying to date me again. Throughout all of her coaxing I wondered what she'd said about me after we'd stopped dating. I never got back with her.
Why do we talk badly about others? If people are being stupid then just let them be stupid. Saying bad things about them doesn't make what they're doing any less stupid. In fact, it makes some people wonder what you'll say behind you're back.
Friday, February 20, 2009
Thursday, February 19, 2009
In Their Hands?
On Tuesday, President Barack Obama signed a stimulus bill in Washington DC to help fix the economy.
On Wednesday, Speaker of the House, Nanci Pelosi, and seven other democrats in congress went on vacation to Italy. Some people, including me, are a little annoyed at this. Nonetheless, they went on vacation to Europe.
The stimulus package will supposedly give Americans a whopping $13 in their paychecks. The point of this is for people to put money back into the economy. Putting the money in the bank won't help, the government is giving this money to people so they'll go out and buy things with it.
It's extremely ironic to me, that Pelosi and other members of congress would go on vacation outside of the country. These people are wealthy, there's no doubt about it. Wouldn't it help the American economy if they'd gone on vacation somewhere in the U.S?
Our congress should lead by example. If they want us to put money in the economy, then they should do the same.
I'm not saying that going on an American vacation instead of an Italian one is the answer to our economic woes. But these are the people making stimulus packages that spend American tax dollars. If all Americans pulled a Pelosi, our economy would be even worse. Maybe that's why it's getting worse.
On Wednesday, Speaker of the House, Nanci Pelosi, and seven other democrats in congress went on vacation to Italy. Some people, including me, are a little annoyed at this. Nonetheless, they went on vacation to Europe.
The stimulus package will supposedly give Americans a whopping $13 in their paychecks. The point of this is for people to put money back into the economy. Putting the money in the bank won't help, the government is giving this money to people so they'll go out and buy things with it.
It's extremely ironic to me, that Pelosi and other members of congress would go on vacation outside of the country. These people are wealthy, there's no doubt about it. Wouldn't it help the American economy if they'd gone on vacation somewhere in the U.S?
Our congress should lead by example. If they want us to put money in the economy, then they should do the same.
I'm not saying that going on an American vacation instead of an Italian one is the answer to our economic woes. But these are the people making stimulus packages that spend American tax dollars. If all Americans pulled a Pelosi, our economy would be even worse. Maybe that's why it's getting worse.
Monday, February 16, 2009
"Stimulus" Package?
Watching Obama give his speech in a desperate attempt to pass his idiotic "stimulus package" makes me want to throw up! He doesn't know what he's talking about in the slightest. The small chance that he does know what he's talking about scares me even more. If he knows what he's saying, then he's just mental.
First, I want to convey in absolute certain terms that the recession is not Bush's fault. The two people that are the MOST responsible are Chris Dodd and Barney Franke of congress. Both are liberal just so you all know.
Dodd and Franke said a couple years ago that they wanted every American to own a home, even if they couldn't afford it. There's nothing wrong with that. I wish everyone in the world had a home. Most people wish there were no homeless people.
Dodd and Frank decided that for every American to own a home, they forced (and I meant to use that word) banks to give pretty much anybody a loan to buy a house. A domino affect followed.
Because banks were now giving loans to people that couldn't afford it, banks were never paid and many houses were seized. That's why our housing market has crashed so bad.
Second, throughout Obama's speech he constantly mentioned the importance of the government intervening during this recession. I also think it's important for the government to react and put together some kind of stimulus package. However I don't think Obama's "stimulus package" (you'll learn why I put quotes around it in a second) will stimulate the economy at all. The more that Americans learn about the bill the less they approve of it, probably for the same reasons I do.
Millions of dollars in the bill go to contraceptives (condoms for those of you who don't know). My question is, how are condoms going to "stimulate" our economy? Maybe Obama is confused about the meaning of the word "stimulate." Who knows what he's thinking.
During his speech he also said that there is not a single ear mark in the bill. That is an outright lie and he knows it. He's used to lying about things because he did it his whole campaign, but that's an idea for another time. Obama has been getting slammed by the media for his ear mark comment because anyone and everyone who knows anything about his bill knows that it's chuck full of ear marks.
His whole speech is about how we have to do something to stop the crisis from becoming a catastrophe. Duh Obama! Nobody wants the situation to get worse. If they do they're mental. I know that the government needs to intervene and that if there isn't a bill that the economy will get even worse. But I think that his bill will absolutely fail. Most of America seems to think so too. At least, it would seem that way since the bill keeps losing support.
If Obama wants to help the economy, he should stop talking about this idiotic bill that keeps losing support and put together a decent one. Pull your head out Obama! Spending my tax dollars is okay, but it's not okay to spend it on condoms and ear marks and then lie to me about it.
This bill will get passed by congress, there's no doubt in my mind about that. It will also be the reason that Obama will NOT last more than one term, much to the chagrin of all the Obama worshipers out there.
This isn't meant to be offensive although it will most likely offend a lot of people. I'm just ranting.
First, I want to convey in absolute certain terms that the recession is not Bush's fault. The two people that are the MOST responsible are Chris Dodd and Barney Franke of congress. Both are liberal just so you all know.
Dodd and Franke said a couple years ago that they wanted every American to own a home, even if they couldn't afford it. There's nothing wrong with that. I wish everyone in the world had a home. Most people wish there were no homeless people.
Dodd and Frank decided that for every American to own a home, they forced (and I meant to use that word) banks to give pretty much anybody a loan to buy a house. A domino affect followed.
Because banks were now giving loans to people that couldn't afford it, banks were never paid and many houses were seized. That's why our housing market has crashed so bad.
Second, throughout Obama's speech he constantly mentioned the importance of the government intervening during this recession. I also think it's important for the government to react and put together some kind of stimulus package. However I don't think Obama's "stimulus package" (you'll learn why I put quotes around it in a second) will stimulate the economy at all. The more that Americans learn about the bill the less they approve of it, probably for the same reasons I do.
Millions of dollars in the bill go to contraceptives (condoms for those of you who don't know). My question is, how are condoms going to "stimulate" our economy? Maybe Obama is confused about the meaning of the word "stimulate." Who knows what he's thinking.
During his speech he also said that there is not a single ear mark in the bill. That is an outright lie and he knows it. He's used to lying about things because he did it his whole campaign, but that's an idea for another time. Obama has been getting slammed by the media for his ear mark comment because anyone and everyone who knows anything about his bill knows that it's chuck full of ear marks.
His whole speech is about how we have to do something to stop the crisis from becoming a catastrophe. Duh Obama! Nobody wants the situation to get worse. If they do they're mental. I know that the government needs to intervene and that if there isn't a bill that the economy will get even worse. But I think that his bill will absolutely fail. Most of America seems to think so too. At least, it would seem that way since the bill keeps losing support.
If Obama wants to help the economy, he should stop talking about this idiotic bill that keeps losing support and put together a decent one. Pull your head out Obama! Spending my tax dollars is okay, but it's not okay to spend it on condoms and ear marks and then lie to me about it.
This bill will get passed by congress, there's no doubt in my mind about that. It will also be the reason that Obama will NOT last more than one term, much to the chagrin of all the Obama worshipers out there.
This isn't meant to be offensive although it will most likely offend a lot of people. I'm just ranting.
Brilliant!
Obama built his campaign on "change," and always said we're going to change America and the way politics are done. I'll give him credit, he's changed some things. I'll also admit that I'm a huge fan a his picks for his administration.
Tim Geithner, the name just rolls off the tongue. President Obama picked the wonderful Geithner to play a key roll in his administration, the secretary of the treasury. The reason I like Geithner is because he refused to pay his taxes. I'm trying to remember how much he owes in taxes. Let me think. Now I remember! In Geithner's defense, it's the small amount of about $34,000, so not tons (I hope you can detect my sarcasm).
Next, we have the spectacular Tom Daschle. What a pick! I wonder what Obama was thinking when he picked him. It was probably something like "let's see how many people I can pick that haven't paid their taxes." No one knows for sure what he's thinking, we don't have the technology haha. We do know that our president's pick for health secretary avoided paying about $128,000 in taxes. Another wise choice for our new president. Daschle never actually became the health secretary sadly (more sarcasm).
Obama always talked about crossing party lines. That'd be great if he actually did. Instead his brilliant stimusex package isn't crossing any lines. It's getting strictly democratic support.
Some of you are probably thinking "well republicans didn't cross party lines when they had congress and the white house." Whether they did or not really makes no difference in any of this. The fact is that Obama said he would and either failed or flat out lied.
He said he was going to change the way Washington was run. Picking people who don't pay their taxes is a good start. He's changing something for sure.
I hope he does a good job, I really do. He's gotten off to such a great start that now I have tons of faith in him. Should we support him and his bill's simply because he's our president? Maybe. I just don't want to make the same mistake the Germans did with Hitler. I'm not comparing Obama to Hitler. I'm just saying we shouldn't just blindly follow politicians.
Tim Geithner, the name just rolls off the tongue. President Obama picked the wonderful Geithner to play a key roll in his administration, the secretary of the treasury. The reason I like Geithner is because he refused to pay his taxes. I'm trying to remember how much he owes in taxes. Let me think. Now I remember! In Geithner's defense, it's the small amount of about $34,000, so not tons (I hope you can detect my sarcasm).
Next, we have the spectacular Tom Daschle. What a pick! I wonder what Obama was thinking when he picked him. It was probably something like "let's see how many people I can pick that haven't paid their taxes." No one knows for sure what he's thinking, we don't have the technology haha. We do know that our president's pick for health secretary avoided paying about $128,000 in taxes. Another wise choice for our new president. Daschle never actually became the health secretary sadly (more sarcasm).
Obama always talked about crossing party lines. That'd be great if he actually did. Instead his brilliant stimusex package isn't crossing any lines. It's getting strictly democratic support.
Some of you are probably thinking "well republicans didn't cross party lines when they had congress and the white house." Whether they did or not really makes no difference in any of this. The fact is that Obama said he would and either failed or flat out lied.
He said he was going to change the way Washington was run. Picking people who don't pay their taxes is a good start. He's changing something for sure.
I hope he does a good job, I really do. He's gotten off to such a great start that now I have tons of faith in him. Should we support him and his bill's simply because he's our president? Maybe. I just don't want to make the same mistake the Germans did with Hitler. I'm not comparing Obama to Hitler. I'm just saying we shouldn't just blindly follow politicians.
Dating Signals
This goes out to all the boys and girls out there who get frustrated with dating.
I asked a girl out once upon a time (shocking I know) and this girl was the perfect example of what to do if you're interested in someone. We'll call her Esmerelda.
I called Esmerelda and asked her if she'd be interested in going on a date with me the coming Friday. She told me that she couldn't go out with me that Friday because she already plans. That could be a valid excuse, but she could've just made it up because she didn't want to go out with me. A guy is basically left to wonder.
Shortly after she told me had plans on Friday she said "but I'm free on Saturday." Now I knew that Esmerelda was interested in me. It took so much of the guessing out of the equation. As a result, we went out on Saturday night and had a good time.
I had a similar experience with another girl, we'll call her Kiki.
I met Kiki and thought she was gorgeous and had a good personality. I asked her if she would like to accompany me on a date. Kiki said she was going to be out of town so she couldn't go out with me. Was Kiki telling the truth or was she merely blowing me off? I think she was blowing me off. If she was interested in me she should've done what Esmerelda did.
Kiki gave me no reason to believe she wanted to go out with me. Consequently, I never asked Kiki out again and I never will unless she gives me a reason to.
Communication is pretty important in relationships and that includes the initial part of dating. If you don't communicate well, the person will be confused. If you're interested in someone, make it clear. If you're not, make that clear as well. Don't send mixed messages.
I asked a girl out once upon a time (shocking I know) and this girl was the perfect example of what to do if you're interested in someone. We'll call her Esmerelda.
I called Esmerelda and asked her if she'd be interested in going on a date with me the coming Friday. She told me that she couldn't go out with me that Friday because she already plans. That could be a valid excuse, but she could've just made it up because she didn't want to go out with me. A guy is basically left to wonder.
Shortly after she told me had plans on Friday she said "but I'm free on Saturday." Now I knew that Esmerelda was interested in me. It took so much of the guessing out of the equation. As a result, we went out on Saturday night and had a good time.
I had a similar experience with another girl, we'll call her Kiki.
I met Kiki and thought she was gorgeous and had a good personality. I asked her if she would like to accompany me on a date. Kiki said she was going to be out of town so she couldn't go out with me. Was Kiki telling the truth or was she merely blowing me off? I think she was blowing me off. If she was interested in me she should've done what Esmerelda did.
Kiki gave me no reason to believe she wanted to go out with me. Consequently, I never asked Kiki out again and I never will unless she gives me a reason to.
Communication is pretty important in relationships and that includes the initial part of dating. If you don't communicate well, the person will be confused. If you're interested in someone, make it clear. If you're not, make that clear as well. Don't send mixed messages.
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