Looks like a doozy of a storm is headed right for Fort Smith
Friday, May 8, 2009
Graduating tomorrow!
I'm doing the graduation walk thing tomorrow in Fayetteville.
It's a bit anti-climactic though considering I have to take to classes in the summer. July 11th I will have officially completed the MBA program!
It's a bit anti-climactic though considering I have to take to classes in the summer. July 11th I will have officially completed the MBA program!
Thursday, May 7, 2009
What is it about liberals...
That makes them think of taxes as the government's money?
A rabid Obama supporter at work the other day came up to a known conservative with a rant. This was about the time that Obama's $13 a week "tax cut" went into effect. He claimed that since conservatives weren't happy with the way stimulus money was being spent that they should sent the $13 back to the federal government.
I responded by explaining to this person that taxes are not the government's money - taxes are MY money that the government takes from me. Why should I send money back to the government that was mine in the first place?
How did modern liberals arrive at this understanding of taxes?
A rabid Obama supporter at work the other day came up to a known conservative with a rant. This was about the time that Obama's $13 a week "tax cut" went into effect. He claimed that since conservatives weren't happy with the way stimulus money was being spent that they should sent the $13 back to the federal government.
I responded by explaining to this person that taxes are not the government's money - taxes are MY money that the government takes from me. Why should I send money back to the government that was mine in the first place?
How did modern liberals arrive at this understanding of taxes?
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Sunday, December 14, 2008
took me a long time
I was the life of the party for years - to me that meant being able to drink anybody under the table. It took facing the end of my marriage and the breakup of my family to find sustained sobriety.
I didn't do a twelve-step program - whose members will tell you attaining sobriety without their help is impossible. I did it purely out of an act of will. The longer I went sober the more I enjoyed it - and I found I could be much more productive and make a lot more money.
I found that I had more time to do things - so I found ways to turn that time into making money.
After a year and a half of sobriety I've begun drinking beer at social events and have not taken the road into belligerent, overtly drunk episodes. Twelve-steppers will tell you that's impossible - hasn't been long enough for me to make the claim that it isn't but so far, so good.
I didn't do a twelve-step program - whose members will tell you attaining sobriety without their help is impossible. I did it purely out of an act of will. The longer I went sober the more I enjoyed it - and I found I could be much more productive and make a lot more money.
I found that I had more time to do things - so I found ways to turn that time into making money.
After a year and a half of sobriety I've begun drinking beer at social events and have not taken the road into belligerent, overtly drunk episodes. Twelve-steppers will tell you that's impossible - hasn't been long enough for me to make the claim that it isn't but so far, so good.
Sunday, December 7, 2008
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