Yes, it's true. In these days of pitting the poor against the rich I would like to defend the wealthy for a change.
Rich people, enabled me to buy my home, several cars, appliances, pay hospital bills and do so many other things that I could not have done without waiting for many years to save for them. How many of us could do without credit cards?
Wealthy people, not poor peple, hire workers and pays their wages. Without wealth, the world would consist of only farmers and hunters. There would be no electricity, roads, hospitals or running water. The population would be very small and extremely poor.
Remember that money is just an I.O.U. for work done. If you can accumulate it, then you can do many things such as hiring people to help you run a business. If money is given to folks without any work behind it then it is worthless. There is no value in counterfeit money. Money has to keep moving in order to have value. It must have work behind it.
In the 1930's the rich were reduced in great numbers and we all know what happened back then. Without the wealthy many went hungry and many died from lack of medical care. How do I know? I was born in 1930 and I remember living in a three room shack for 9 years with little to eat or wear. Many of us were poor then, but believe me, misery does not love company I was there.
So when I hear people say let's take the money off of those bad rich folks, I would like them to tell me who will hire people, build factories, develop new medical devices, donate to charities? Not poor people with no money.
We have to work with the people who have the money to create jobs, they are the ones who spread the wealth around. Our Federal Government does not produce one penny's worth of value, it just takes it from it's citizens and redistributes it after taking a huge chunk for overhead.
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Thursday, January 29, 2009
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Illegals get loans from B.O.A.
On Feb. 13, 2007 Bank of America began to issue credit cards to illegals who had no identification and now B.O.A wants a bailout because their credit losses are too high to continue in business.
I was outraged in 2007 and now I am beyond outrage to have to give money to a bank that thumbed their nose at me less than 2 years ago. There were many who opposed this stupid practice of giving credit without any I.D. They will never be able to collect any of the money that they gave to the illegals.
Here are two of the hundreds of sites that reported this story in 2007.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/immigration/bankofamerica.asp
http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2007/02/bank_of_america.html
No one listens to us taxpayers but they want our money to correct their idiotic mistakes.
Frank
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I was outraged in 2007 and now I am beyond outrage to have to give money to a bank that thumbed their nose at me less than 2 years ago. There were many who opposed this stupid practice of giving credit without any I.D. They will never be able to collect any of the money that they gave to the illegals.
Here are two of the hundreds of sites that reported this story in 2007.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/immigration/bankofamerica.asp
http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2007/02/bank_of_america.html
No one listens to us taxpayers but they want our money to correct their idiotic mistakes.
Frank
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Friday, January 16, 2009
Just as I predicted
On this Blog, back in August, I predicted a very cold winter due to sun spot activity being so low. I believe global warming is caused by solar activity, not human beings and cars. This correct prediction by me seems to prove I was right.
The original prediction was about four pages back on this blog. You can verify it for yourself.
Frank
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The original prediction was about four pages back on this blog. You can verify it for yourself.
Frank
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Looking Back on 2008 - My Score
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Looking Back on 2008 - My Score
On May 24th, I wrote a fable about Potatoes. In reality it was about our economic system of supply and demand and how a shortage of a commodity makes it cost more. As you saw, the price of oil dropped when president Bush just mentioned that we will drill for oil. So score one for me.
On “Food for thought”, I predicted that using Corn for Ethanol would result in higher beef prices. Ground beef is now almost $5.00 a pound. That's two for Frank.
On “Insect Welfare”, May 30th. I said that the hard workers will be punished by our federal government and we would have to give our hard earned things to drones who did not work for what they got. (We will be paying for dead beat mortgage holders with our taxes). Score 3 for me.
In “Prices Will Fall”, I again said that oil will drop. That's 4.
In a piece that I forgot to title, I predicted that grain uses for Gasohol would cause food prices around the world to increase. #5.
On July 24th, I wrote about global cooling. As of today, there are record low temperatures in Texas, Louisiana, California with snow!!! I will only take a half point because it is only a short term problem as of now, but keep your eye on the thermometer. 4.5 right.
In “Cool August”, I showed a report that high sunspot activity caused higher temperatures and that low sunspot activity can cause lower temperatures. Well, I included a link showing that sunspots were not there anymore. Deja Vu all over again. 5.5 correct.
The piece titled “Seven Days in May”. The jury is still out. It is too soon to tell exactly what is up but you can see the monetary problems already heading for a “Global” solution.....the world banks linking up to save the world. I will accept a half point. Total thus far 6.0
The rest of my Blogs do not have any predictions or should I say warnings. You can read all of my Blogs for this year at:
http://curmudgeon-1.blogspot.com/
and
http://frankdcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/
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Looking Back on 2008 - My Score
On May 24th, I wrote a fable about Potatoes. In reality it was about our economic system of supply and demand and how a shortage of a commodity makes it cost more. As you saw, the price of oil dropped when president Bush just mentioned that we will drill for oil. So score one for me.
On “Food for thought”, I predicted that using Corn for Ethanol would result in higher beef prices. Ground beef is now almost $5.00 a pound. That's two for Frank.
On “Insect Welfare”, May 30th. I said that the hard workers will be punished by our federal government and we would have to give our hard earned things to drones who did not work for what they got. (We will be paying for dead beat mortgage holders with our taxes). Score 3 for me.
In “Prices Will Fall”, I again said that oil will drop. That's 4.
In a piece that I forgot to title, I predicted that grain uses for Gasohol would cause food prices around the world to increase. #5.
On July 24th, I wrote about global cooling. As of today, there are record low temperatures in Texas, Louisiana, California with snow!!! I will only take a half point because it is only a short term problem as of now, but keep your eye on the thermometer. 4.5 right.
In “Cool August”, I showed a report that high sunspot activity caused higher temperatures and that low sunspot activity can cause lower temperatures. Well, I included a link showing that sunspots were not there anymore. Deja Vu all over again. 5.5 correct.
The piece titled “Seven Days in May”. The jury is still out. It is too soon to tell exactly what is up but you can see the monetary problems already heading for a “Global” solution.....the world banks linking up to save the world. I will accept a half point. Total thus far 6.0
The rest of my Blogs do not have any predictions or should I say warnings. You can read all of my Blogs for this year at:
http://curmudgeon-1.blogspot.com/
and
http://frankdcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/
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He's Cute???
Friday, November 7, 2008
I am beginning to read reports on the Presidential election breakdown. Obama's largest group of supporters were not minorities but unmarried women. Surveys say the three main reasons that they voted for Obama are:
“His looks”.
“He is cute”.
“He is young”.
And women ask why men don't take them seriously. Perhaps the founders of our nation knew this fact and that's why they did not allow women to vote. Sorry young ladies, but that's how you voted.
God help us.
I am beginning to read reports on the Presidential election breakdown. Obama's largest group of supporters were not minorities but unmarried women. Surveys say the three main reasons that they voted for Obama are:
“His looks”.
“He is cute”.
“He is young”.
And women ask why men don't take them seriously. Perhaps the founders of our nation knew this fact and that's why they did not allow women to vote. Sorry young ladies, but that's how you voted.
God help us.
Young-and-Foolish
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
In past history, tribes of people always elected the oldest member to lead them. Why? Because the elders had more experience than the younger members and so they kept the tribe from making errors that would hurt themselves and the tribe.
Here in the U.S. we just allowed college students with little experience in the world to elect a young inexperienced man to lead our country for four years. That is a sure way of changing our culture for the near future by lowering the standard of living that was provided by their parents and grandparents. They have bought the shinny car with the big oil leak and parked it in their driveway and don't even realize what they have done yet.
I once saw a movie about a young girl who was having a sixteenth birthday party. She wanted to wear a gown with a low back and front. Her mother said, “No, it looks bad on you”. But the girl began to cry and said, “Are going to be mean and nasty and make me take it off or are you going to be sweet and nice and let me wear it?”. The mother looked at her and said, “I am going to be mean and nasty and let you wear it”. The girl was confused by that statement but kept the gown on.
When her guests arrived she came down the stairs in her ill fitting gown and was immediately met with sounds of laughter. She then realized how foolish she was and ran back to her room crying. Her mother, being much wiser, had tried to warn her of what would happen but she would not listen.
A wise person will listen to those who are more experienced, a foolish one will suffer the consequences. I worry about my children and grandchildern who have not lived through hard times.
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In past history, tribes of people always elected the oldest member to lead them. Why? Because the elders had more experience than the younger members and so they kept the tribe from making errors that would hurt themselves and the tribe.
Here in the U.S. we just allowed college students with little experience in the world to elect a young inexperienced man to lead our country for four years. That is a sure way of changing our culture for the near future by lowering the standard of living that was provided by their parents and grandparents. They have bought the shinny car with the big oil leak and parked it in their driveway and don't even realize what they have done yet.
I once saw a movie about a young girl who was having a sixteenth birthday party. She wanted to wear a gown with a low back and front. Her mother said, “No, it looks bad on you”. But the girl began to cry and said, “Are going to be mean and nasty and make me take it off or are you going to be sweet and nice and let me wear it?”. The mother looked at her and said, “I am going to be mean and nasty and let you wear it”. The girl was confused by that statement but kept the gown on.
When her guests arrived she came down the stairs in her ill fitting gown and was immediately met with sounds of laughter. She then realized how foolish she was and ran back to her room crying. Her mother, being much wiser, had tried to warn her of what would happen but she would not listen.
A wise person will listen to those who are more experienced, a foolish one will suffer the consequences. I worry about my children and grandchildern who have not lived through hard times.
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From A Reader
Monday, November 3, 2008
A chemistry professor in a large college had some exchange students in the class. One day while the class was in the lab the Professor noticed one young man (exchange student) who kept rubbing his back, and stretching as if his back hurt.
The professor asked the young man what was the matter. The student told him he had a bullet lodged in his back. He had been shot while fighting communists in his native country who were trying to overthrow his country's government and install a new communist government.
In the midst of his story he looked at the professor and asked a strange question. He asked, 'Do you know how to catch wild pigs?'
The professor thought it was a joke and asked for the punchline. The young man said this was no joke. 'You catch w ild pigs by finding a suitable place in the woods and putting corn on the ground. The pigs find it and begin to come everyday to eat the free corn. When they are used to coming every day, you put a fence down one side of the place where they are used to coming When they get used to the fence, they begin to eat the corn again and you put up another side of the fence They get used to that and start to eat again. You continue until you have all four sides of the fence up with a gate in The last side. The pigs, who are used to the free corn, start to come through the gate to eat, you slam the gate on them and catch the whole herd.
Suddenly the wild pigs have lost their freedom. They run around and around inside the fence, but they are caught. Soon they go back to eating the free corn. They are so used to it that they have forgotten how to forage in the woods for themselves, so they accept their captivity.
The young man then told the professor that is exactly what he sees happening to Ame rica. The government keeps pushing us toward socialism and keeps spreading the free corn out in the form of programs such as supplemental income, tax credit for unearned income, tobacco subsidies, dairy subsidies, payments not to plant crops (CRP), welfare, medicine, drugs, etc.. While we continually lose our freedoms -- just a little at a time.
One should always remember: There is no such thing as a free lunch! Also, a politician will never provide a service for you cheaper than you can do it yourself.
Also, if you see that all of this wonderful government 'help' is a problem confronting the future of democracy in America , you might want to send this on to your friends. If you think the free ride is essential to your way of life then you will probably delete this email, but God help you when the gate slams shut!
In this 'very important' election year, listen closely to what the candidates are promising you !!
Just maybe you will be able to tell who is about to slam the gate on America .
'A government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take away everything you have'
Thomas Jefferson
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A chemistry professor in a large college had some exchange students in the class. One day while the class was in the lab the Professor noticed one young man (exchange student) who kept rubbing his back, and stretching as if his back hurt.
The professor asked the young man what was the matter. The student told him he had a bullet lodged in his back. He had been shot while fighting communists in his native country who were trying to overthrow his country's government and install a new communist government.
In the midst of his story he looked at the professor and asked a strange question. He asked, 'Do you know how to catch wild pigs?'
The professor thought it was a joke and asked for the punchline. The young man said this was no joke. 'You catch w ild pigs by finding a suitable place in the woods and putting corn on the ground. The pigs find it and begin to come everyday to eat the free corn. When they are used to coming every day, you put a fence down one side of the place where they are used to coming When they get used to the fence, they begin to eat the corn again and you put up another side of the fence They get used to that and start to eat again. You continue until you have all four sides of the fence up with a gate in The last side. The pigs, who are used to the free corn, start to come through the gate to eat, you slam the gate on them and catch the whole herd.
Suddenly the wild pigs have lost their freedom. They run around and around inside the fence, but they are caught. Soon they go back to eating the free corn. They are so used to it that they have forgotten how to forage in the woods for themselves, so they accept their captivity.
The young man then told the professor that is exactly what he sees happening to Ame rica. The government keeps pushing us toward socialism and keeps spreading the free corn out in the form of programs such as supplemental income, tax credit for unearned income, tobacco subsidies, dairy subsidies, payments not to plant crops (CRP), welfare, medicine, drugs, etc.. While we continually lose our freedoms -- just a little at a time.
One should always remember: There is no such thing as a free lunch! Also, a politician will never provide a service for you cheaper than you can do it yourself.
Also, if you see that all of this wonderful government 'help' is a problem confronting the future of democracy in America , you might want to send this on to your friends. If you think the free ride is essential to your way of life then you will probably delete this email, but God help you when the gate slams shut!
In this 'very important' election year, listen closely to what the candidates are promising you !!
Just maybe you will be able to tell who is about to slam the gate on America .
'A government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take away everything you have'
Thomas Jefferson
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