Pay Day

Lets look for just a second at one of the problems that are facing america right now..MONEY. In the United States minimum wage is 7.25 an hour, that's 15080 dollars a year before taxes, insurance, social security and whatever else comes out of your check a week. The last time the minimum wage was raised was in 2007. But dig this in, 2007 a gallon of milk $3.09 a gallon of milk in 2011 $4.99.  How in the world does this compute to anyone? Now lets take Congress salaries in 2007 $160,000  that works out to about 77 dollars an hour, an in 2011 $174,000 that works out to 84 dollars an hour. That's a $7.00 dollar an hour raise for congress in 4 years and nothing for the people who work there asses off to keep this country going. And what would they say if you ask them about it.... Who cares about $7.00... I'll tell you who the people who are still making $7.00 an hour on minimum wage. Tell you what if we made the people who pass these laws, live by them, I bet minimum wage would get raised. Trust me I think people who work hard should get paid for there work, but what makes work hard? I could and would make the decision that these guys make for a far lot less. Are they tough decisions sure, but they become easier if you make the right ones first. Do you think that if maybe you raised minimum wage say a dollar for starters in your district and when you needed to raise taxes a penny to pass that school levy that it would make it a little easier to swallow. But instead lets give congress a raise nothing to the avg. person and then ask for a tax hike for the schools. Then when that fails and they close another school lets blame the people for not voting in a tax hike.  I'm no politician or economical genius but I like to think my common sense makes Cents.......

Holiday Cheer

So yesterday I wrote about some kids and there destruction of Christmas decorations .....BA humbug ... So today I'm gonna try and cheer us up. Watching the news this morning I saw a story on the Marines helping out with Toys For Tots. It was a very nice story, the kids all seamed genuinely excited to be getting toys. I also read a story today about a rash of people going into Kmart stores and paying for other peoples layaway and carts of toys........ That's all so nice.........then there's a story about someone robbing an armored truck outside a crowded Toy R Us... Then my real world brain kicks in.  A 30% increase in the kids on the Toys For Tots list this year. How many of thoses kids parents are just low life's looking for hand outs so they can spend there money on booze, drugs, gambling or whatever?  Then I start to think about the other story... Why is it only Kmart's? Is Kmart sending people out to do all this for publicity, to maybe get a little TV time. So people start saying well that never happens at Walmart....... Just one more Holiday cheer story for today. I work as a repair technician, (lets just say at an arcade for adults) as I finish the repairs on a game today before I'm even finish two guest both stand behind me as I'm  working wanting to know if they could play it. I told them as soon as I'm done. As soon as I close the door on the game they start to argue over who was there first, the "lady"  pushes me out of the way so she can sit down and piss away her money, and all I could think in my head was MERRY CHRISTMAS .....................

I really hate what we've become....

I just saw a story on the Today Show and they were talking about P.E.T.A. and that they are going after Nintendo for using a Tanooki (racoon)  suit in the Mario games. First let me say I think P.E.T.A. is a joke. Do I also think anyone who hurts an animal other than for food should be harshly punished, Hell yes I do. But Mario really, it's a fucking game and it is to be played as a game. When are people going to realize that games are not real life. What about Mario jumping on goombas or using fire balls on fish...oh no.  I feel as if us as a whole take some things way to serious when the problems that scare me are boiling on the back burner...

Don't tell me what to do......

Ok so I get that laws are put in place to protect people and I'm fine with that. Its when the law starts telling me what to do to protect myself. I'm a American adult if I don't want to wear a seat belt well that's up to me I'm only hurting myself. Its not hurting anyone else.... Now people will say what about your family and friends. What about them its not hurting them any more than if I drown swimming in a pool but as of now its not a law I have to wear floaties.... like I said as of now. Don't get me wrong long before it was a law I never rode in a car or drove without my belt on. But that doesn't mean I want the government telling me I have to. Kids should always be buckled up no matter what sure make that a law its hurting someone else if I wreck. And when that kids turns 18 and can make the decision to vote in the FREE WORLD leader or to pick up arms and kill someone for this country then they should be able to decide for them self if they want to wear a seat belt......