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Tax Day, UGGGHHH!!!

Well this is it!!  It’s time to get those taxes done by the end of the day today or you could face a lot of penalties if you owe.  Most people that are due a refund have already filed.  It’s the ones that have to pay that are waiting till the last minute.  I can’t say as I blame them because a lot of people are not happy with what our tax dollars are being thrown away on and many have lost their jobs and are going to have a hard time finding the money to pay what they owe.

I just hope everyone is able to find the money because the government charges you more to make payments to them.  That just doesn’t seem right when they can hold our money they owe us and we don’t get anything extra for that but yet they can charge us more when we owe them and can’t pay right away.

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Words of wisdom

Though Dr. Rogers said it in 1984, his words are so relevant to what we are facing in America today. In fact, it was even read and posted in the Congressional Record by Congressman Steve King from the state of Iowa on January 14, 2009.
Dr. Rogers is quoted:

“Friend, you cannot legislate the poor into freedom by legislating the wealthy out of freedom. And what one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving. The government can’t give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody. And when half of the people get the idea they don’t have to work because the other half’s going to take care of them, and when the other half get the idea it does no good to work because somebody’s going to get what I work for. That, dear friend, is about the end of any nation.”

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Safe boating

I grew up with water and boats being a daily part of my life.  Living in New Orleans, there is plenty of water to enjoy, fish, or what ever you like to do on the water.  I have also seen some terrible boating accidents too.  Being on the water can be fun and too many times, people want to ‘party’ on the water as part of their fun.  All too many times, that type of fun can turn into a tragedy in the blink of an eye.  We have laws against drinking and driving a car and a lot of states now have the same laws for operating a boat and drinking too.  I personally think this is a really good idea.

If you have ever seen a boating accident due to someone drinking, you’ll be glad there are Boating OUI laws too. Stop and think about it, in a car you have air bags, seat belts and all of that medal around you. In a boat, you don’t have any of those things so there is a very good chance that someone will drown from the accident. I’m one person who thinks this is a great law and hope that all states have it too. But that’s my opinion.

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I’m proud to be American

Our country is in a financial mess, that’s for sure and our standings in the world have been a bit tainted with the mess in Iraq but I’m still proud to be American.  I was born here but of course my ancestors came from other countries.  They came here looking for the American dream and found it.  Living in New Orleans through the mess of hurricane Katrina still hasn’t shaken my love of America.  It might have taken some time to bring New Orleans back but it’s back and proud as ever.

I proudly display my American flag outside of my establishment every day. I also have one displayed inside too. Americans have been known for their ‘grit’ if you will ever since the first settlers landed many years ago.  We fought to have a life and we’re still fighting to have that.  The one thing that sets us apart is the fact that we do welcome anyone to this country to try and find their American dream.  It’s still alive but not as easy to find now but just give us a little more time and we’ll be back stronger than ever.  Just wait and see.  New Orleans did it and the rest of the country will too.

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Bernard Madoff didn’t get what he deserved

Madoff went to court and whined and cried that he was ashamed of himself for what he had done.  Well guess what, I have no sympathy for him what-so-ever!!  He ruined so many innocent peoples lives and the worst part of it is that some of them have committed suicide because of what he did to them.  He should have been tried for murder too because he was the cause of those people dying.

I don’t know just how many people he took advantage of but he should have to have pictures of each and every one of them wall papered on his prison cell where he has to look at them every day.  He should also have to face each and every one of them so they can tell him what his greed has done to them.  He’s an old man and won’t have that many years to have to spend in prison so each day of it should be a lifetime worth of misery since he took so many peoples lifetime of savings.  But you know what, that’s my opinion!!!!

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The sun is shining but I’m in a blah kind of mood

Don’t you hate when that happens.  There’s absolutely no legitimate reason to feel blah and yet you do.  If it was cloudy and raining, I could understand it but it’s a beautiful day and I still feel blah.  Maybe it’s hormones, maybe it’s life, maybe it’s nothing but I don’t like it anyway!!!

Well life seems to hit you sometimes when you least expect it and I guess that’s what’s going on.  Life, ya know.  The economy is awful.  So many people are losing their homes and their jobs and the stock market finally is starting to show a little promise again but when is it going to drop again?  Such is life these days.

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Did you hear about this dancer?

I know some people look down their noses at Exotic dancers but some young women are doing the best they can to support their children and after all, from what I hear, it does pay very well.  When I read this, it absolutely horrified me that someone would do that to someone else.

LOS ANGELES – An exotic dancer was set on fire outside the nightclub where she worked early Thursday, burning more than 60 percent of her body, police said. They were searching for two suspects. A woman and a man called the 27-year-old dancer outside around 1 a.m. and then doused her with a flammable liquid next to the Babes & Beer sports club in the San Fernando Valley, police said.

Police identified the suspects as Rianne Celine Theriault-Odom, 27, and Nathaniel Marquis Petrillo, 22, both frequent patrons of the club. They were being sought for investigation of attempted murder, police said. “Given the condition of this victim, they may be responsible for ultimately her murder,” Deputy Chief Michel Moore said. “This is a terrible, terrible attack.”

This is the mother of two children and there is no reason good enough for an attack like this on her.  I hope they find them and charge them with anything and everything they can.  They deserve to have the same thing done to them if you ask me.  What a horrible, horrible thing to do to any living creature but especially a human being.

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Now the grandmother of the octuplets speaks out

The grandmother of the octuplets is speaking out now.  She brought up some really good points about the doctors implanting her daughter when she’s not married and has no means of support for these children.  I really hope there is a thorough investigation into this.

The mother of the children has mental issues and that’s obvious to me if not to anyone else.  Her mother even brought up that she’s had issues.  The young woman has a history of depression so what do you think being tied down to a total of 14 children is going to do to her?  It depresses me just thinking about trying to see to it that all of those children have what they need much less anything else.

The whole thing is a mess or a can of worms that’s about to be opened and unfortunately, it’s going to hurt women that desperately want a child and can’t have them on their own I’m afraid.  But there needs to be some sort of regulation to keep something like this from ever happening again.  She should not have been allowed to create more children if she already had 6 at home.  There has to be a cut off point somewhere.  Besides, where did she get the money to pay for all of the children to be implanted like she did if she’s not working?  What a mess.

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Tax time will be here before you know it

Tax time gives me a headache.  If you’re like me and need state income tax help, then this just might be the place you need to go too.  I know some people have to file what they call an IRS innocent spouse form if their husbands are in over their heads with taxes but I know nothing about those types of forms. Thank goodness these guys do.

I need help with the IRS 941 which is payroll type issues.  All of this tax stuff is so far over my head that I know I have to have someone that understands it all like these guys do or I would really make a mess of it.

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Did you hear about this?

Terrence Dickson, of Bristol, Pennsylvania, was leaving a house he had just burglarized by way of the garage. Unfortunately for Dickson, the automatic garage door opener malfunctioned and he could not get the garage door to open. Worse, he couldn’t re-enter the house because the door connecting the garage to the house locked when Dickson pulled it shut.

Forced to sit for eight days on a case of Pepsi and a large bag of dry dog food, he sued the home owner’s insurance company claiming undue mental anguish.  Amazingly, the jury said the insurance company must pay Dickson $500,000 for his anguish. We should all have this kind of anguish.

My question is why wasn’t he arrested for breaking and entering instead of getting money for breaking and entering and getting stuck??  What is this world coming to?