Random Thoughts
Jul/09Comments
President Obama is the ultimate retro president. Lets go do the time warp to 1979! Is it 1979 again??? 10% unemployment. Americans being taken hostage by Islamists. President coddles dictators. – Thank you Bruce for the quote.
I know I should give my current customer at the register consideration. I know the job obligation at my store means requiring answering phones. I had a caller on the phone trying to ask for the Corona, California location and she told me she did not want to hear the bullshit, but I told her I got our store phone number list from an official site so they should be reliable. I know people are cheap as a miser and do not want to blow 1.50 just to get a phone number from information and I told her that if you call our 800 hotline and type in a zip code it will spit out three to four of the nearest branches for you.
I know at times I do stuff without thinking, but I think if a caller is being impatient and or abusive I will pass it to someone else above the chain if this happens again. I know I shouldn’t of walked off from my current customer to help a person on the phone, but at least I was polite to ask her to wait a moment. Yes, I did screw up, but at least I was polite about it. And I think my co-worker next to me should of said yes my book with phone numbers is in the other room, but finish up your current customer first. The irony was the phone number was the same in my blackberry and also her note book!
This is for the commenter who thought I was telling whoppers about ACES (HR 2454)
Jul/09Comments
Er55 exclaims in my post about Joe Baca, “where are you getting this about having to do all these things to sell your home? Nowhere in the legislation does it actually say that”. Well there is actual FACT that its actually law!
http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=50365
Retrofit for Energy and Environmental Performance (REEP) is the strategy where congress will mandate homeowners to redo their appliances, their heating systems and their windows before a home changes hands in ownership which will make housing more expensive and further hurt our weak housing industry.
The Next Big Thing in MUSIC
Jul/09Comments
I recently got a nasty sunburn on my shoulders and I want to divert myself away from politics so I want to talk about MUSIC. The Noisettes is a band that will have their sophomore breakout album "Wild Young Hearts" in August. Their #2 single in the UK, Don’t Upset The Rhythm is pretty good. Great vocalist with a good backing band.
Then if we are looking for electropop we should look at Dragonette with their new song Fixin to Thrill. This is their first single for their upcoming second album. Plus they did a song with Jean Paul Gautier and Martin Solving called Boys & Girls which is pretty good as well, sadly the song will likely not be released by Dragonette.
If anyone has any other good related music suggestions, or some suggestions to ease the pain from my sunburn. Please let me know!
Something On iepolitics.com
Jun/09Comments
If you have not visited the site recently come on down and check out my new column and spend some time there.
Its about the California Assembly Democrats wanting to raise taxes by unconstitutional means.
Cut the Waste out of Government
Jun/09Comments
My next door neighbor came up with a novel idea on how to save a few million in our K-14 system. Take off the whole week of Thanksgiving and make MON-WED as unpaid for the teachers and support staff. When the state’s economy returns to normal we could bring back those days back on the education calendar. Government employee unions will probably tell the Democratic Party if you approve any cuts your dead on the vine, but all of us have to make sacrifices in order to protect our state from falling into bankruptcy. Legislative leaders say when we do not have revenue, lets just raise taxes. Usually in a bad economy when you raise taxes, revenue goes down. This ends up leading us into a downward spiral.
Unfortunately we can not borrow our way to prosperity, we deficit spent our way in good times and bad times. We maxed out the state credit card. We have to come up with creative yet ethical ideas to save our state and keep the state golden. The taxpayers simply can not absorb more of this fiscal irresponsibility. I do intend to call State Senator Mcleod and Assemblywoman Torres with my two cents on the state budget. Even though they will probably ignore common sense solutions, the constituents of my community must speak up loud and proud. Unfortunately my representatives are bought and paid for by union money so whatever the unions say, Gloria and Norma will follow.
Also, I was forwarded an email from Randy Thomasson’s organization, although I strongly disagree with them on their opposition to LGBT equality. I do agree with them that the California fiscal climate needs to change. At least we have some common ground, but not much. <grin>
Buyer Beware
Jun/09Comments
My father was looking for someone to work on his front lawn and someone came up saying I’ll do it for you for 90.00, and all he did was fix his sprinklers. I guess the best explanation is only pay when the work is really done, there was no grass or fertilizer on the lawn basically taking my father for a ride.Strange thing was the lawn did not smell any different when he said he was going to do the job. I guess the handy man was full of manure. Here is some advice, keep your receipt and maybe only hire certified contractors.
Disgusted at Congressman Baca
Jun/09Comments
June 26th was an infamous day in American history, Joe Baca and friends capped the American economy and sold off our prosperity in the American Clean Energy and Security Act HR 2454. I thought the Democratic Party was the party of the working class and the poor, but I guess not. Working families are going to be reamed with higher costs for energy and food due to this pending law.
Cap and trade does little to help improve the situation of climate change. Carbon offsets will negate the effects in reducing emissions and only be a method of just raising money for the government where enforcers will be coming down your business to make sure they are meeting emission limits.
And if you are a home owner expect more mandates that will also drive the cost of housing and make homes less affordable to those who want to buy or sell a home. Expect to pay for an energy inspector to certify your doors, windows, heaters and appliances to meet government standards before you are allowed to sell your home. This mandate is going to do nothing to help the real estate industry which is hurting due to the housing bubble.
Speaker Pelosi, Joe Baca and President Obama are promising jobs and opportunity, but all these nanny state regulations will only prolong our recession and delay our economic recovery. If we want to stop the insanity we must call Senators Boxer and Feinstein now.
Bono Mack May Face Her Electoral Doom
Jun/09Comments
Congressional District 45 was already going to become a competitive race in 2010 with the Democratic Party recruiting the mayor of Palm Springs Steve Pougnet to challenge her in the next general election. Now Congresswoman Bono-Mack is facing a potential party primary due to her vote on HR 2454 the American Clean Energy and Security Act. Only 8 spineless Republicans defected to help give the Democratic Party a bipartisan veneer with one of their agenda items for this year. Conservative activists are hoping that Bonnie Garcia or Jim Batlin runs against her next June so we can have a true Republican representing the 45th district.
Bono-Mack does recognize she will have a tough general election, but there are better ways for her to differentiate her self from a traditional Republican than draining working families and increasing their energy costs and hurting the prosperity of the American people. For example Palm Springs region has the 2nd most population of gay Californians in our state and she could of co-sponsored the repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell in HR 1283, co-sponsored the Uniting American Families Act HR 1024 and co-sponsoring the Employment Non-Discrimination Act HR 2981 instead of killing off the fiscal vitality of our nation.
It is unfortunate that one of the few socially inclusive congress members in the Republican Party may have to go down in defeat in a Republican Primary, but certain issues are not for compromise.
Republicans: If you are gay, you are not represented.
Jun/09Comments
June is the month for pride for the Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgendered communities and our State Assembly proclaimed a resolution proclaiming June as LGBT Pride month and a majority of Republicans abstained and walked out in disgust. I find that very disappointing that the Republicans are throwing their chance at reaching out to 5.2 percent of the adult population of the state of California. Not all of us are straight, and not all of the gay community are liberal and or Democratic party members.
Local assemblyman Curt Hagman (R-Chino Hills) voted no on HR 17 despite the fact that there are many LGBT households in various cities above the national average in his district according to statistics collected from ePodunk.com.
The California Republican Party is suffering in voter registration where the only people who are Republicans are basically white, older and religious. Political experts such as Scott Schmidt and Mike Murphy agree that we do need to expand the base of our party. If we want a comeback in California and across the nation we must exit the political "Ice Age". Our communities are not filled just with white middle-class church going voters.
Our Republican legislators need to understand that they are representing all their constituents not just their heterosexual constituents. We must build a bridge with all communities to find some common ground. For us to win state wide and in districts that we lost over the years, throwing red meat to the base is not enough.
