Politics later, dumb stuff first.
I watched the pilot for The Following on Fox with Kevin
Bacon last night with my girl friend. (Yes, that’s right ladies, I’m off the
market, sorry.) This one looks like a winner. It is about a convicted serial
killer who escapes from prison to finish off someone he nearly killed before he
was caught. Bacon plays the retired FBI agent who the killer stabbed in the
heart as he was trying to save the girl the killer didn’t kill originally.
Bacon gets called back in as a consultant who knew the killer the best and
re-captures him, as the killer wanted from the beginning. The killer has a cult
following on the outside who he directs and Bacon will get re-involved with new
murder investigations throughout the course of the series.
This one looks to be a winner and finally a great replacement for 24, which has
now been off for a few years.
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| Kevin Bacon |
Fans of the game “6 Degrees of Kevin Bacon” are going to get a whole new set of
names to use to win their game now. With credited extras and cameos there could
be a hundred more by the time the series ends. If you don’t know what that game
is, go here…
http://www.sixdegrees.org/kevinbacongameforgood
for a brief example of the game and to check out his cause.
Since I tape my podcast on Monday nights I have to wait to watch The Bachelor
on a replay On Demand. So I have just seen the first two episodes even though
three have aired. The second round of KO’s provided no shockers and there was
one girl who quit. So I am still in the game with my predictions.
I have watched the first couple of American Idol shows
basically because nothing else I wanted to watch was available. I really can’t
stand the dynamic, fake or otherwise, between the two new female judges, Mariah
Carey and Nikki Manaj. What I really can’t stand is how the latter just needs
to have all of the attention. This season will be more about the judges than
the singers and it will continue to slide down in the ratings. The first two
shows did not win their time slots for one of the very few rare times in the
show’s history.
I have been captivated by the show The Amish Mafia on Discovery. Living near Lancaster, PA
and heading their often (just did a show there a few nights ago) made my
attention turn this way.
This show’s first season only had 6 episodes but it was riveting as could be
for me. I have seen and heard enough about the Amish culture to be rather
shocked at some of the things that I saw on this show.
There have been plenty of skeptics of the show who believe that the show is
faked in all sorts of ways. If you have happened to watch it the one issue that
I have is that there are some actual crimes being aired on the show and that
sort of makes me wonder if it has been real at all. I also thought that perhaps
some sort of deal was struck along the way somehow so that if an incident of,
lets say, felony vandalism was being captured that it was taken care of
financially instead of through a court system.
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| John, Alvin, Lebanon Levi, and Jolin from the Amish Mafia |
Now that I think more about the overall show though I guess what happens doesn’t
really surprise me. People are simply imperfect. Even the most devoutly
religious people, as the Amish are, are still human and subject to succumbing
to temptations.
Speaking of shows that are off, Fringe aired its series
finale this past week. I thought it was good but lacked action I think
necessary for a “war” that was being waged. But all told the show was great and
I’ll miss it just as I thought it was running at its peak.
If you’re up for watching some porn just go to the SYFY
cable network and watch something called “Lost Girls.” I think that is the name
of it. I had the channel on when I turned on the TV the other night and there
were two girls going at it…and you know what I mean by “going at it”… for about
5 minutes or so before the show started getting into other things. I seriously
thought that a strap-on was going to come into play at any moment.
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| Cable Porn |
Alas, it didn’t.
Naturally I watched the rest of the show.
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Now it’s time for politics so you can tune out now, if you
want. Keep in mind that I am officially a registered Republican but consider
myself a Libertarian. You have been warned.
Professional golfer Phil Mickelson has made the news of
late. It seems as though the new tax increases in California are just a bit over the top for
him and that he wants to “make some changes.”
Voters in California
passed an increase for those earning over $250,000 a year, you know, all of
those who Obama says aren’t “paying their fair share.”
With these increases added to the rest of Phil’s tax burdens
he will have to pay 63-64% of his income in taxes.
Last year, Mickelson made about 62 million dollars, according to CNBC, and his California state tax
bill alone was set to be about 6.5 million dollars. The tax increase jacked
that up another 1.8 million because they made retroactive to January 2012. So
the voters of California
literally have voted to steal money from people who believed that their rate
was one thing but now told, “no, sorry we are taking more.”
Well, here is what those greedy bastards have done. Phil is now contemplating “changes”
in his life and that could very well mean moving from California. If he moves, and I think if he
moves before a certain date, California
will not get that extra 1.8 million. I saw on CNBC that they wouldn’t get the
other 6.5 million either, but that doesn’t seem to make sense to me so lets
just say that California
is out 1.8 they thought they had and budgeted to spend somehow.
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| TEXAS HERE I COME |
Also, Phil was part of an ownership group preparing to buy the San Diego Padres
and now he is probably pulling out of that deal also.
So this is what potentially happens, and has happened in states like Maryland, where “millionaire
taxes” are enacted. People move, change their habits, and find other ways to
save their money.
The same thing is happening in France
right now since the new Socialist President of France jacked up rates to 75%. One
famous actor, Gerard Depardieu, moved out and now even the former President Sarkozy
is moving to London
to avoid paying that Communist rate.
There are growing numbers of people in this country, as evidenced by the
re-election of our own Socialist President, that somehow have been brainwashed
into believing that the government should be the center of our lives. Further,
they believe that the government is entitled to just simply tax us as much as
they want as spend our money the way that they want and that somehow paying
these confiscatory rates is somehow akin to patriotism.
We need to reeducate these sheep in our country who believe
that and make sure that they realize their money is THEIR money, not the
governments. We need to make sure that these sheep understand that FREEDOM
means that people like Mickelson can move wherever they wish in this country to
any place which best befits him and his family. Mickelson should be able to do so
without being called a traitor for trying to KEEP HIS OWN MONEY THAT HE EARNED.
And let’s never forget that the money we make is OURS, it is not the
governments. The government is not entitled to our money. We do not work for
the government; the government works for us and they are supposed to continue
to create and maintain environments so that we, the people, can pursue life
liberty and happiness, not create obstacles to any of the above.
These sheep need to learn some basic math. That Phil
Mickelson, if he pays 60% of the 62 million dollars he made is going to pay
over 36 million dollars in taxes. I think that is WELL BEYOND his fair share
already yet we are told that he still needs to pay more.
The same people who beg for Obama to take this money are paying rates of a
total of 25% with everything included. So these sheep also need to learn that
it is THEY who are not paying their fair share. Because if its ok to tax
Mickelson 63%, then that means it ok to tax everyone else at that same rate.
We play a game on my podcast called “Be Careful What You Wish For.” If you
sheep don’t think its possible that our mighty leader and his minions think
that they need to get more money from you too, you are sorely mistaken. Let’s
face it; everyone DID just get a tax increase this past January 1st.
Sure, it was something that been cut a couple of years ago (the SSI rate which
never should have been cut to begin with) but its still a tax increase. How do
you think you get set up for increases? Just like that…a return to “old rates”
that you were comfortable with before. This helps make you comfortable with “small”
increases.
More are coming and they have to with the new health care laws. Oh yeah, you
are already paying more for health insurance than you were before. That’s not a
“tax increase” though for the sheep in their minds. It’s the evil insurance
companies.
So we need to re-educate our sheep to make sure they know that the reason the
insurance companies had to raise rates was because of their mighty leader, the
one who would take us to France
tax rates if he could. But he knows that such a jump would wake up the sleeping
giants who are already starting to stir and who usually have guns.
Ah…but just keep those sleeping giants from having guns and
it makes passing all of that other evil Socialist crap much easier now, doesn’t
it?
Done
