Leonisms and Capitalism

This is a Leonism for sure. "Rules are meant to be broken, otherwise there wouldn't be a word called consequences." Now before all you teachers, law enforcement officials, and parents write and tell me that I am wrong and should be publicly beaten, I would like to explain. It's another lesson in capitalism. Children ask your parents permission before reading anything on this blog!

Guidelines are nice and laws are necessary for people to have structure other wise society would collapse under anarchy. But too many rules and and unfair guidelines have a tendency to choke a society of it's will to compete. Why use your creativity if it is not going to payoff, right? Remember the risk and rewards illustration I used last week in Toilets, Regulations, and Capitalism? http://talkingwithleon.blogspot.com/2011/12/toilets-regulations-and-capitalism.html

(Thanks again Popcorn)

Well societies have risk and rewards to them too. One of those risk is people not paying their fair share of taxes but reaping the benefits of other taxpayers and the fruits of their labors. http://www.taxfoundation.org/research/show/1410.html This is how a free nation wanders down the road to socialism. Take a look at the  Figure 1. in the link above. Notice how over the last twenty plus years, less and less people are paying federal income taxes. More people paying less taxes what a novel idea (Had to be a government idea). That should help rein in those deficits. I guess the Federal government will make up for the reduced revenue by increasing the volume.

  Just in case you wondering our national debt just hit $14.8 Trillion just a few days ago.
 http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/23/us-usa-economy-financialreport-idUSTRE7BM0Z720111223

Now I am one of the paying guys and I've got this idea. It may not be a very popular idea, as many of my ideas are not very popular with the people in charge.  I believe those of us paying taxes deserve something for our money. Time to jump. Here we go! I think that a list of people that pay no federal taxes but receive tax refunds, who are not employed and but are able bodied (key word able bodied) should have their names and skills put on a state sponsored web site, kinda like the predator files each state publishes now (you would be surprised to see who is on that list). Putting people on the list is not to embarrass them but to provide free labor for us tax payers and to help develop skill sets for non-tax payers (win-win).




 To make this work out for both parties in the best possible way each person's skill set would be available for viewing. This makes sure job tasks are matched with job skills. Here is how it would work. Mike the tax payer doesn't really feel like mowing his lawn in the month of July. "Hey, it's hot out there"! So Mike goes onto the state sponsored site and looks up lawn care specialist and puts his order in. Bob the guy that pays no taxes but received a generous tax return has to answer the request or face paying a tax that he can't pay because he doesn't work. Bob who does not have the money to pay the tax because he blew all of his tax return on lotto tickets (he likes to support education), Lady Gaga (at least she is enjoying the fruits of her labors and the transfer of wealth) pay per view concerts, and X-Box Live, has to reluctantly go to Mike's house and mow the lawn. Bob will now add real value to our society by earning that tax refund and Mike will actually see his tax dollars at work.

 

Sounds ridiculous right, so does over 43 million American citizens (2006 figures) not  paying a dime in federal income taxes either. By getting everyone to do their part the society will experience gains from their labors. Taxes could go down because there would be more revenue from the people who just entered the work force because they didn't like mowing Mike's yard (too much crab grass, I guess).

Bob might even choose to use his God given talents to start his own business or he might choose to get an education instead (to get a better job, now that he is working). WWJD? I believe he would work. God never puts any tools in your tool box that he doesn't intend for you to use but if you never open the tool box you will never find out what's in there. ( I do wonder sometimes why God put so many rubber chickens in my tool box).

Before anyone gets mad at me. I do understand the need for some public assistance but not generation after generation of people growing up dependent on the state for their living. America you can do better! Every time that we let someone (able bodied people) take money that they did not earn from those of us that did earn it, it weakens our nation and deprives the individual of the right to use their God given talents to make their lives fruitful and this nation great.



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What are They Really Saying

"Look, the milk chocolate melts in your mouth not in your hands."

 "Just give me one term and I'll show you who wears the pants in the White House!"

 "Yeah, go ahead and transfer the U.S debt to my credit card. I am getting rewards for this, I hope."


 "Who's running for President again?"


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English as My Second Language

A co-worker who I forget to wish Merry Christmas to on the blog named Jennifer has challenged me in what I shall call a word off. Here is what happened America. I was running my mouth like I do and asked Jennifer AKA Veronica the following question, "Do your parents have a woods?" She laughed at my for my poor use of the English language. We debated several ways to use the word woods in a sentence and came up with the following: Do you have a woods on your property. Are there woods on your property? Is your property wooded. Do you have woods around your house? Got woods?

Here is your chance people to be heard. Make a sentence with the following words: woods, house, have, they, a, my, neighbors, near, not, too, far. Sounds like a drunken Yoda trying to speak English for the first time, huh?

One rule Padawans you must use the word woods once in the sentence. Anyone who is currently an English major or professor and cruising cyberspace please feel free to mediate for Jenn and I (I can’t imagine an English major reading this by the way)

Jennifer has petitioned my co-workers hard through the use of water boarding techniques and making them listen to disco music non- stop until they take her side. How can I compete with that? She even called her mother! She really wants to win. I stand alone.

Now for my argument. This is why I think it is OK to say, “Do your parents have a woods?”

I don’t believe that the English language can be mastered. First of all it is complicated and it doesn't come with an owner's manual. Words are added to the language each year officially and unofficially (anyone remember ebonics) Texting is doing a great job of making sure that "We the People" can't spell and most of the time we can't read either. Does anyone use any words while they're texting? (Please some one use the word woods in a text for me) 

Here is another reason why I am not a fan of our language in written form. Back in the Day I attended Grand Valley State College. Freshman where required to take English 101. What I learned about our language at this institution of higher learning was that academicians (smarter people than me) can't even agree on how to use English.

Let me splain. I have never been a good English student (just read the blog you'll figure out what I mean). Maybe there were too many rules to follow or maybe it was because I was goofing off in class.  I really tried hard to get a good grade in that English course. I  struggled in the course and the course finally won. At Grand Valley back in the day freshman could also get a tutor in basic courses if they needed one free of charge. ( I got one) because my first paper was a train wreck. Tutor’s at Grand Valley were professor wanna be’s and had to be English majors.

The tutor corrected my paper (she really earned that money, let me tell you) and she tried to teach me about the structure of our language. (do you know how people have tried to give me structure?)  

Well I retyped the first paper that she corrected and turned it in.  I was feeling pretty good about myself and my homework too. I turned it in thinking I was headed from the C- material that I usually turned in into B+ or A-  work. Boy was I dreaming! I got back the paper and was very disappointed by my grade. My grade was slightly above what I normally received from my own handy work.

The paper was marked up all over the place with red highlights and comments. There was more red on that paper than on a Chinese flag.

How could this be? My paper was corrected by an English major. A trusted advisor. Afterwords the professor butchered my paper. Does this sound like what Goldman Sachs did in 2008 or what? ( Hi, Llyod, I wonder if this crises can be fixed with TARP money?) 

At least my paper couldn't be downgraded anymore it was clearly at face value now. Either this guy wasn’t really an English professor, had a hangover when he read my paper or my tutor should have changed her major to nursing. This went on several times throughout the semester with out me saying anything (hard to believe).

 Finally I couldn’t take it any longer. I had to ask her why the two of them, trained professionals in the same field (English) had such varying opinions on how to write a paper. If two trained professionals couldn’t agree on how English was to be used I never had a chance of getting it. She said, “I don’t know”. I am thinking, “You don’t know why the two of you can’t seem to see eye to eye on this important matter! Maybe it wasn't that important after all. That's when I kinda lost my faith in the system at that point and decided to use the English language any way I wanted to. Today it is much the same. I will use and abuse our good language until someone makes an official guide showing me how it is to be used properly. 

Feel free to correct me if you must. I enjoy feedback. If you readers and Jenn find that my use of the English language is too barbaric I could take up Spanish and write the blogs in Espanol.  

Until the next time, I will be standing in my dad's woods awaiting your replies.

P.S. Happy New Year to Jennifer (She is single men)

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Poor use of the English Language by: Leon

Red Fedora Follow Up

My actual receipt

Well I thought that you good folks might like a follow up on the Red Fedora incident. Thursday the 22nd I decided to go back to the Red Fedora and have lunch. I like to give people and businesses a second chance (it's only fair in an unfair world). If I go to a new restaurant and have a bad experience I always go back a second time. I try to be fair in all my dealings.

Well this time it was to be a dine in experience. The waitress asked me to sit down. I obeyed the hostess because I wanted Fedora management to know that I was trying too! My waitress came over and gave me a menu, I think her name was Stacey (maybe I should read the receipt). Funny how I raised cane about being called Jean Coat and then completely forget the name of my waitress. Stacey will have to do. By the way all good customers should try and address your server's by their first names. By addressing the wait staff by their first names it does two things, first it makes them feel like their jobs are important, it also makes the dinning experience much more enjoyable, secondly someone that is addressed by their first name is less likely to spit in your food because they are familiar with you. Would you spit in someones food that is nice to you? I know none of my readers would spit in any ones food period (You people are too sophisticated for that).

Stacey took the order and then another woman brought the food. It started making me think that either the two ladies thought I was Chef Gordon Ramsey, a company mole, or maybe they read the blog and they were trying to make up with me. I was disappointed it was only a shift change (sad face). 

Well the sandwich and soup was great and the service was excellent from both ladies. Now comes the moment of truth would someone address me by my name? The second waitress took my bill and my payment and said much to my surprise, "You have a good day Mr. Eggleston".  I was shocked for a moment. When any one calls me Mr. (like school teacher's used to do) it's either because I am in trouble or they are trying to suck up and get something that I don't want to give them. Either way Mr. doesn't fit me too good. Mr. fits me like a sumo wrestler fits into a Miata.

Well Red Fedora I think that you redeemed some goodwill back with me. You really never had too much to worry about because I wasn't going to up and leave you. I am a bread stick and wing junkie and you guys are the dealer of what I need. I still think that we can work this out. I am still going to call you Red Fedora partly because I like the sound of it and partly because I wouldn't be me if I did otherwise.

P.S. Fedora management I am still waiting for a paid endorsement and special coupon deals for my readers. 

Dear readers I am going to e-mail the big boys and see what we can do about this coupon stuff. Let you know their response soon.

Jean Coat

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SpongeBob Scandal Pants

Another great American icon has been tarnished but this time I refuse to stand by and watch the public flogging of this American hero. After all who has babysat more children in America then SpongeBob and his friends. I Intended to do some research on this SpongeBob Square Pants fellow in order to get to the bottom of things. According to a study, just watching nine minutes (we have probably all been guilty of this. I know I have) of SpongeBob Square Pants can cause short-term attention (what was this article about?) and learning problems in 4-year olds, so can watching C-SPAN in adults by the way. The full article is provided below in the the link.

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20110912/D9PMU9JG0.html

The article goes on to say that children after watching the cartoon, when tested scored measurably worse than the children that did not watch the program (little more to it that, you must read the article). Come on America, you all know that watching too much TV is not good for your brains especially around election time when all of the campaign messages start coming out!

Singling out SpongeBob didn't seem fair to me so I did some investigative journalism with the help of Jei. We found some pretty interesting things about ole SpongeBob. SpongeBob is far worse than the article portrayed him to be. Here is a list of other things that he might also be responsible for. Things that your government has kept secret until now.....

1) Donald Trumps hair do
2) Global warming
3) Bank fees
4) Obama getting elected
5) 9/11
6) The Cubs never winning a World Series
7) Belly fat
8) Global financial melt down
9) All of the Detroit Lion's losing seasons
10) The JFK assassination
11) Somali pirates
12) Bermuda Triangle
13) He invented the Internet
14) Milli Vanilli
15) Hitler's mustache
16) The Beatles break up
17) Pearl Harbor
18) Polyps
19) Tom Cruise's breakdown, and
20) Ruining Star Wars episodes I and II 

Hey, who can believe this stuff especially if 4-year olds conducted the study. (see the article title below)

 SpongeBob in hot water from study of 4-year-olds



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My Endorsement

George H.W. Bush has "unofficially" endorsed Mitt Romney as his choice for the GOP Presidential nomination. By looking at the picture below I am not sure that Barbara shares the same sentiment. She is either saying, " Could you take the picture already because this guy smells like lobster and big government and we are shrimp and oil people down here in Texas? or hurry up because it's time for Georgie's treatment again." I choose the later, look at how happy President Bush looks. That photo must have been taken just before treatment time. Yippee!



Now for my endorsement. I have chosen a proven winner. A man who is very popular with the people, looks good in a suit, and has good country sense. Are you ready America? Here is my choice..........

Alfred E. Neuman

 Please don't get confused America. I know they look a lot a like. We can't afford four more years of the guy on the left because there won't be an America left for the next President to ruin.

No, deep dish will be fine. No, no, don't bother delivering it. We will have Air Force One stop there and I will pick it up on my way to Hawaii. Put it on America's tab.

Now I that I have shared my political endorsement with you I want to share my  

endorsement. I am choosing the

as a playoff spoilers. They are very hungry and haven't been to the playoffs since the 1999 season.

There is this rumor or urban myth that I would like to dispel to my readers about the Lions. Many Lion's fans have believed that the NFL no longer has a playoff system in place. Well this is simply not true, the fact is that the Lions stunk so bad for so many years that most Lion's fan's brains have shut down rather than agonize about the next season. Be honest Lion's fans right after the last seconds on the game clock ticked down in the last game of the year (until last year) many of you were thinking about springtime and mowing grass not the next season. I know three years ago I would rather watch grass grow than watch a Lion's game too!

Welcome back to the NFL playoffs Lions. Good luck! Make Detroit proud.

P.S. don't be a stinker boys!

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Merry Christmas Enablers

Hey, I just wanted to wish my special group of enablers a Merry Christmas. I am sure with their continued support we will make this one of the most visited blogs on the planet so here we go...... Deb, Tracey, Jonathan (he is single ladies), Gary, Steve (the other Blues Brother and a good speller too!) and Jei (a true Jedi knight). Don't think I forgot you Dione. Now you're famous.
Leon

The Right to Bear Arms

The Bill of Rights is a part of the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution and was adopted December 15th, 1791 it says, A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. America, there are a lot of Un-American people out there and some of them are called leaders. These people want to take your rights away from you particularly this right. May I remind you that if government takes one right away from us it surely will try to take all of them from us.

You may not hunt or fish, you might hug trees, or worship in a druid circle and howl at the moon in your birthday suit (Please no photos!) but those of you that want to make owning a gun illegal, think about the consequences first. If you take away my God given right to "Bear Arms" maybe I won't care when they take your property away from you through the use of  eminent domain. You scratch my back and I will scratch yours. Together we stand, divided we fall (someone please play a fife at this part).

The other reason to keep firearms legal is to prevent this (see image below) from happening again.

If moose are the only ones allowed to own guns in America then I expect to see this on a daily basis. Just imagine the chaos! A moose is a challenge to handle even when you are on the right side of the gun. Think about it America! Drunken hunter moose on the loose. According to what I read about the three pictured moose above they caused 16 accidents on their drunken rampage before they were arrested.

Vote right America and keep your rights,

Leon           

Merry Christmas from Leon

This is my Christmas card to Tebow Haters, the ACLU, the TSA, and the rest of America. I don't want to forget the few readers from the U.K., Germany, and Russia, Happy Holidays to you people too. I believe in the freedom of speech and since some knuckle head somewhere that has been very naughty and won't let the U.S. Congress or the House of Representatives say Merry Christmas to us citizens I will do it for them. Merry Christmas America,

Happy birthday Jesus,

Remember if you are traveling this Holiday season and the TSA ask you to step into a room somewhere for a more through examination, don't get mad they are just trying to make sure that you make it to your loved ones in one piece. Smile at them and tell em' Leon said, "Have a Merry Christmas and by the way we got Bin Laden. So can you ease up a little for the Holidays and give me my pants back?"

 TSA pat down

Have a good one from, 

Leon the "Yankee Redneck"

P.S. Doctor H. here is a special holiday image for you. Hey, guys I am going to take Sundays off. I will blog Monday through Saturdays. I have also provided a Santa tracker. Just click the link and you will find out how close your lump of coal is from it's final destination, your stocking.

http://www.noradsanta.org/en/

Toilets, Regulations, and Capitalism

Gary, a good conservative guy that I work with told my to read this great article about capitalism in the on-line version of the Wall Street Journal (WSJ). So I did and you should too. Especially if you are tired of the direction that America is taking today. It was written by Jeb Bush. Awesome article my friends. This article is a must read. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203893404577100330414585006.html?grcc=grdt&mod=WSJ_hps_sections_opinion

I am sorry, some of you probably don't know what capitalism is since the new guy took over in Washington. So I will explain what it is and what it ain't (I just love that word, it drives English majors nuts!). What capitalism is according to The American Heritage College dic-tion-ary: An economic system in which the means of production and distribution are privately or corporately owned and development is proportionate to the accumulation and reinvestment of profits gained in a free market.

Wow! Quite a definition huh? First of all most of you had to be thinking, "I can't believe that Leon even owns a dictionary, let alone read one".  Well I own several of them. Three of them are setting on my desk not to far from my "Groo the Wanderer" comic books. A guy has to have standards right? Sorry got off track.

Now for Leon's version of capitalism in easy to understand terms just in case an elected official is reading this. Deep in Appalachia there is a Boy with a dream of owning his own business. The Boy builds stills (for ethanol production of course).

  This is "Popcorn" a real American entrepreneur

The Boy is good at building stills.  A Buyer likes the Boy's still (I am not sure that the buyer is going to use this for a legal purpose though). The Buyer pays the Boy to build him a still. Cash is exchanged for the product when it is delivered. The Boy is happy that someone is willing to pay for his expertise. The Boy gets an idea maybe other Buyers would like stills too (very possible in the hills). Good Ole Boy's Still Company is born.

The first Buyer expands his business deep in the heart of Appalachia in a secluded forest off the beaten path. The Buyer has noticed his business is growing too and he needs more stills so he comes back to the Boy to buy more stills. This creates many jobs in manufacturing, trucking, and even law enforcement. It's good for the economy. No government regulation except the law enforcement part. True capitalism is working here folks. 

Watch out Popcorn!


Both the Buyer and the Boy took risk and each is getting rewarded for their efforts. It is as simple as risk and reward. Why shouldn't you be able to provide for your own welfare free of too much government regulation to your own benefit or demise? By the way I am not promoting illegal activities, that was just a creative illustration. I don't even drink.

Here is a real example of what I mean. This is a great story and a great product. I recommend this product. It is called the Total Toilet Repair Kit with Dual Flush Converter by HydroRight. One day when the wife and I were strolling through the isles of the local Home Depot, she not me spotted a unique product that could save us money. It was the Toilet Repair Kit. We had been experiencing a problem with our toilet for awhile and it needed some repair. If you didn't jiggle the handle after each use the toilet would keep running water (waste not want not). The wife would lecture me about the water bill every two months. Finally I said enough is enough. I was determined to buy and install this device and save my good name and bring peace to the universe again. Also by fixing the toilet it could help Vicky save her voice for more important lectures that I occasionally need.

The device works awesome. This device is a result of how capitalism works. It did not have to be regulated by some politician that doesn't even know how a toilet works in the first place.  A problem was solved and the solver reaps the reward of income. I can see it now somewhere in the heartland of America there was an engineer. An engineer whose wife was also concerned about her running toilet, "Harry can't you do something about that toilet, you are an engineer, right?" Harry wanting to save water (read between the lines men) was going to solve this problem. Monday morning he looks at the traditional design of the toilet guts and says out loud, "She will never bug me again about that toilet!" Suddenly he realizes that he is in the office and slowly sits back down in his office chair. His co-workers don't even bother to ask since Harry experiences outburst on a regular basis. He presents the idea to his boss. His boss says you are a genius and the production of the HydroRight begins and Americans all over the country stop flushing millions of dollars down the drain each year. Harry is a hero and gets a raise.

Looks hard to install but it is not men. I know that we don't like to read directions so I recommend that either you have a child or your wife read the instructions and you do the installation. Call it creating family memories.

If you are tired of your leaky toilet. Do something about it, check out the website, buy it, install it, and make capitalism work here in America. Of course this product is manufactured in China but think about the truckers that have to transport this item, the sales people that have to tell you what isle it is in, and the store security that make sure you pay for it instead of stealing it. That's three jobs right there. You're one flush away from creating an American job. Something congress couldn't do if they flushed with both hands.

This product can be purchased at most major home improvement stores or by clicking the link provided. By the way I am not a paid spokesman for the company, yet!

http://www.gomjsi.com/


Leon

I Wanna Go Where Sombody Knows My Name

Recently I found a receipt in my coat pocket from Pizza Hut. Your probably asking, "What is the big deal?" Well I am going to tell you what the big deal is, just hold on. Well I have been eating at Pizza Hut for many, many years as my back side can atest to.

Faithfully, over the years whenever I placed a takeout order at the desk the cashier would ask me my name, I would give them my name and they would put my name down on the receipt.They kinda of personalized the order. Maybe they do that incase of duplicate orders.

Well It never mattered to me until that night on December 9th, 2011 (another day of infamy) when the manager of all people didn't ask me my name. He took my order and took my money but didn't bother to ask my name. I waited, maybe he forgot. No he didn't forget he assigned me a new name. He looked at me and said, "I put Jean Coat down as your name."

Why did he do that? He messed up the system that I and the corporate office had used for all these years and might I say successfully used. He decided on a whim not to use my real name. How dare he! Maybe he thought that I wasn't going to tell him my real name. I would have showed him ID if he had bothered to ask me to prove who I was, but he didn't.

I didn't like this new business arrangment.  I was quite fond of the old arrangment becasue it felt like an old shoe, warm and comfortable. He might as well put old, over wieght, white guy on the receipt. I felt betrayed another let down from corporate America. I was no longer the valued customer Leon, now I was Jean Coat.

Well this bothers me. Corporate America has forgotten that we are people not just dollar signs or numbers. So I plan to teach them a lesson. I looked at their logo and said, "What does it remind me of? A fedora hat. The kind that the Spy vs. Spy guys used to wear.

So after looking hard at their logo I figured I would come up with a new name for them and see how they like it.

I am going to call them Red Fedora from now on. If you notice the logo to the left that sure looks like a fedora to me over the words I won't say. Not only that but I am going to make them address me as Wing Man when I visit them from now on. Just a warning to you executives if you change your name to Red Fedora I better get some royalties from it or else I will taunt you again.

P.S. I would appreciate it very much if you would inform me about new changes at the new Red Fedora before they go public so I can either approve or disapprove them. I don't wanna go through this again. Show the good folks at you now where that we still care. Have a pizza and tell them, Leon sent ya!

http://www.pizzahut.com/

Urban Myths

Recently I learned that I work with a guy that is a researcher by trade. He is currently researching new uses for are you ready folks (drum roll please,this is low budget right now, so you have to do the drum roll yourself) Preparation H



Doctor H as he is known in the research circles is the only expert that I am aware of or is willing to admit that he is trying to find new uses for this product. I still am debating which end of me would benefit the most from this product. I read that it is good for reducing facial wrinkles and I am well aware of what the other intended use is.

Dr. H if you are reading this we need your professional help. Please good Dr. help broaden our horizon on this matter. I hear from the Dr. that it makes a wonderful shoe polish. Hopefully the Dr. will see the H beacon in the still cool night and answer the call like Batman would.

To learn more about this wonder product I have included a link to their website. After all an uninformed customer is an ignorant customer I always say, so inform yourselves Heaven knows we have enough ignorant people in this country already. Don't add to the masses!

P.S. if you are a Pfizer executive how about throwing a few dollars this way for the advertising? I work cheap.

http://www.preparationh.com/hemorrhoid_medications/index.asp

Another One Bites the Dust

Have you noticed in the last six or seven years that the world's dictators are falling one by one. First Saddam Hussein December 30th, 2006. Moammar Gadhafi this year on October 20th, 2011 and now Kim Jong-il on the 17th of this month.

It's like an end to an era gone by. Thank God it's over! I don't think any of these men would have the right to complain about the lifestyle they had since they did as they pleased when they ruled with their iron hands. It just goes to show things run in cycles and history tends to repeat itself. Remember Hitler, Stalin, and Mussolini?

Here is how the cycle begins. Boy gets picked on growing up because of bad hair cut. Boy gets angry and vows to take over the nation once he grows up to deal with mean people. Boy takes over the nation decides to make war with his neighbors. The same neighbors that refuse to accept him as the oriental version of Clint Eastwood. Boy gets angry again and builds a nuclear missile program to take vengeance on imperialistic nation that made Clinton Eastwood famous and not boy. Boy dies with unfilled dream of staring in his own version of Rawhide and the world exhales until the next fruit cake takes his place and the circle goes on.

Food for thought unless you live in North Korea then food is just a thought. Hopeful the boy on right with a good haircut will be much nicer to his people and the world.

Any dictator wannabes out there? Let's hear your story.

 

Leon

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Thank you Nancy!

Men Who Require Supervision

By: Nancy Jager 

You know the type, the one who pulls pranks then denies it?
They're full of the jokes, silly pictures, and such,
You try not to laugh,
but not with much luck.

They're mostly funny,

they break up the ice
They can be naughty or they can be nice.

 
Hard to ignore,
to look other ways,
but they'll entertain you,
and get you to play.
 

No matter how hard,
I try to ignore,
I just start out laughing
And run for the door.


They aren't really harmful,
 but entertaining and more,
until the moment,
 the boss walks through the door.
 

Just as you figured,
it's always the same.
The minute you give in
You'll get the blame.
 

The boss looks right at you,
your face turning red.
Where is the jokester
You're busted instead.
 

I've often wondered,
how they get away,
with causing the trouble
and I have to pay?  

Fits me like a glove Nancy! I will always try to live up to this standard. Ever had a co-worker write a poem about you? Share it with us.


Leon

Some Where Over the Tebow

OK Tebow haters I want you to know that I am in Timmy's corner. Does it make you nervous that when Tebow makes a touchdown he celebrates by bowing down and giving thanks to God? I don't see the problem with Tebow doing this. It takes guts to display your faith and football is a game of guts for those of you that never played the game or don't have guts.

Maybe what you haters would rather have is a new NFL tradition. One that maybe the school children would pick up. Why don't we ask the NFL commissioner if it would be OK to have "Pacman" Jones spit on the opposing team each time they score? This might even help ratings of teams in poor markets. Vegas could take bets on who was going to be spit on. I know where you are going to go with this, I thought the same thing, how could "Pacman" be at all the games at the same time? Pacman is only one man, what a conundrum! That's easy to answer. Rule change. The NFL could add either a twelfth player that would only be there for the purpose of spitting on the opposing team's players after each touchdown or they could have a neutral ref do it. Tough call, huh? I guess that is why I am not the commissioner that and because I am too valuable to corporate America.

Now on Tebow not being an NFL caliber QB. Nonsense! The team is 8-5 this year and he is making the difference. Given time let's see what the Broncos can do to give him some supporting players. Haters leave him alone and let his performance do the talking. After all there are plenty of other players that you could vent on. How about double dribble Suh. I call him double dribble because on Thanksgiving I am pretty sure he bounced that Packer's player's head twice stopped and dribbled it again before going up the lane for the slam dunk.

This is the Christmas season after all why don't you good folks go out and by your bookies something nice for the holidays remember Christmas is only 8 days away.

Merry Christmas,

Love the Yankee Redneck

P.S. Go Tebow!

Jobs

Dear readers,

I am Leon and this  is the first time I have ever done anything like this. Be nice or I will have my high tech friends find out where you live and I will paint your house tidy bowl blue.

Tell me about your job that you love to hate. Please no cussing. The reason I ask for no cussing is because there maybe be child laborers out there that could be reading this blog on their once a month break from making your designer clothing in a sweat shop, America. Children if you are reading this get back to work!  I really don't want to make the factory owners mad this close to Christmas. If the factories can't complete their orders on time the true readers of this blog won't have anything to open come Christmas day.  "Buffy and Biffy won't like that at all Precious will they? Not at all". The lack of orders will put a further drag on the U.S. economy and this will also give Obama another excuse for not getting folks to work.