Sunday, December 13, 2009

Government Shows It Can't Manage Money

EDITOR:
Can our government manage our money?

The U.S. Post Service began in 1775. You have had 234 years to get it right, and it is broke.

Social Security started in 1935. You have had 74 years to get it right, and it is broke.

You established Fannie Mae in 1938. You have ad 71 years to get it right and it is broke.

The War on Poverty started in 1964. You have had 45 years to get it right;you confiscate $1 trillion of our money each year and transfer it to "the Poor" - and they are still poor.

Medicare and Medicaid began in 1965. You have had 44 years to get it right and they are broke.

Freddie Mac was started in 1970. You have had 39 years to get it right and it is broke.

The Department of Energy formed in 1977 to lessen our dependence on foreign oil. It has ballooned to 16,000 employees with a budget of $24 billion a year and we import more oil than ever before. You had 32 years to get it right and it is an abysmal failure.

Mr. President, where in your mind do you think the government can manage a $1 trillion health care insurance plan? Where do we get the money from? China (they own us)? Please do not set us up for more failure.

Mr. President, just get us 31 million jobs that you promised us. And, the rest will take care of itself. We don't need our government managing our money. We don't trust you. Only in God do we trust.

Alfonso Santillan Jr.
Veteran's
Hall of Fame

Thursday, December 10, 2009

A word about Tiger

I've had "Tiger Woods for President" on my blog for quite a long time now. I used to have a lot of respect for him. That respect is gone now. I however will not remove the "Tiger for Pres" sidebar though. I think he fits that position even better now since he has proven that he is an untrustworthy piece of shit. Barack is just as big a piece of shit as Tiger if not more so. If the suit fits, wear it.

Thursday, September 3, 2009

Potential Stores Online Victims, You're welcome!

I was just venting when I posted about StoresOnline. They Pissed me off an I had to say something. I was looking for a new direction and I thought maybe StoresOnline was it. Only I was sorely disappointed and lost a little faith in people in general. It's kind of sad if you think about it.
There are some positives that have come out of this though. It appears that I have helped some people who have been solicited by StoresOnline to avoid losing a lot of money and experiencing even more grief. This makes me feel good . To those of you who have been helped by my rantings and have bothered to comment, thank you!. To those of you who I have unwittingly helped, you're welcome.

Saturday, July 4, 2009

Thank you, Honda.

O.K. it's been awhile since I've posted. My life has been in a state of change for the last year. I got my first job when I was fifteen in high school and have been working pretty much ever since. There were a few years in my twenties when I owned my own automotive repair shop. We did Toyota service and repairs for the main source of income and then did a lot of performance and racing work to keep it exciting. Even though I was a young business owner, and a lot of people thought I was very successful, I still had to be there every day and it became a job just like all the others I'd had.
Marriage, several location changes, kids, and many other jobs later I find myself living in the most beautiful place in America, with a great wife and family, working to support them by doing automotive work from my home, and some welding and fabrication. It's been nearly a year since I've had to make a change. The last job I had was as a mechanic for an underground construction company here in town. I had a contract with them to take care of everything they had. They paid me a fat weekly salary, and I kept them working, fabricated all of the underground things they needed and even took care of their personal vehicles as necessary. As far as jobs go, that was a good one for me. Although I had to be there early, I pretty much made my own schedule and did my work my own way.
As good as it was, I could see that the construction industry locally was slowing down. In an effort to give myself a way out, I bought the service truck and tools from my boss. I figured that if they went out of business at least I could make a living out of my truck by taking care of some of the remaining contractors. I never thought that there would be no other remaining contractors. Well there are only a couple of contractors left here, and they are the big guys who have their own service crews. This leaves me having to go back to doing general automotive work and fabrication. There has been some fabrication, but the main body of my work has been automotive.
Now I have been an ASE certified Master Automobile Technician since 1984. I have re certified several times and have never failed an ASE test. I graduated 2nd in my class from Sequoia Automotive Institute, but the automotive industry advances so fast that that it is difficult even for me to keep up with the changing technology when I'm working from home.
Recently I have had to do a diagnosis on a Ford Probe. The timing belt had been mis-installed and the owner, who had just bought it, did not know that the belt had been done. I've done a complete air conditioning job on a 96 Pontiac Grand Am, and a water pump on a 95 Grand Am. Anyone who has ever worked on either of these vehicles knows what I'm saying when I say that the Witnss Protectection Program was created for American automotive engineers. Every mechanic in the country would be gunning for these guys because of the garbage they have designed if they could be found !
This week though, I had a nice experience. A breath of fresh air if you will. I had the good fortune of doing a head gasket job on a 1997 Honda Civic with a 1.6 engine. There was not a single bolt that could not be reached, nor a connector that could not be unplugged during the entire job. This vehicle is service friendly and I commend Honda and their engineers for that. A little forethought goes a long way when it comes to vehicle design. My customers save money, and I make money, and I feel a lot better during and after the job. So I have to say.......
THANK YOU HONDA11111

Friday, March 20, 2009

2009 America

America in 2009.........
Obama Nation or Abomination?
Maybe both. Only time will tell.

Monday, March 16, 2009

War



WAR SICK PUPPIES
LET'S DO THIS
Faking falls
Stopping tall
Take it all
Fact is that I'm taking mine
I'm taking mine
Time is up
Out of luck
Should have stood up
But you're out of time
But you're out of time
Let's do this (fight, fight, fight...)
Lock and load
Rock and roll
Bitch it's all over
You're going down
You're going down
Get ready to settle the score
And get ready to face the floor
Cause it's time to remember it (war)
This is war
And it's on tonight
So get up and fight
Get up and fight
You had all your life
To run and hide
Step up, step up
Let's do this
Sat around
Going down
How about a little reaction, man?
You can barely stand
Bitch slap, slow attack
Man that was practically suicide
Next in line
(Go)
Fight X8
Get ready to settle the score
And get ready to face the floor
Cause it's time to remember it (war)
This is war
And it's on tonight
So get up and fight
Get up and fight
You had all your life
To run and hide
Step up, step up
Let's do this
Cause we're all about ready to break
And we're all about ready to break
Yeah we're all about ready to break
Yeah we're all about ready to break
This is war
And it never ends
So get up, get up, get up, get up!
You had all your life
To run and hide
Step up, so step up
This is war (and it never ends)
This is war (and it never ends)
This is war
Let's do this
Let's do this
Let's do this
Fight X 7
Let's do this