Happy Halloween!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Don't get sick from eating too much candy!

Nice weather

Upper 80s in the last week of October? Maybe global warming is not such a bad thing.....

Winter will be here soon enough. Don't worry though, the only blizzards you will going to see here are from Dairy Queen, not Saskatchewan! :-)

State Fair

Michelle and I ventured to the State Fair Tuesday Night. My three favorite moments....

(3) Seeing giant rabbits that I feel are destined to take over the world and enslave humanity...

(2) Eating roasted corn...

(3) Seeing a coed nearly run over in the crosswalk and belated flip off the jeep drivers...

Now, to properly deliver an obscene gesture, you must do so where the offender can see you and the symbol. To do so otherwise is simply a waste of time. Higher education is not what it used to be....

Economics 101

Any one who thinks a "jobless recovery" is anywhere near the realm of possibility has clearly failed a drug test. Without jobs, people have no money to spend. If they do not spend, products they buy will not be produced. If products are not produced, then the people working to produce them are layed off and have no jobs....Economics 101. Throw in tax hikes, force people who can't afford a house to buy health insurance, let fuel prices go beserk, and let's not forget to torment people who create jobs....You get the picture....

Now what seems to be the problem? This might shed some light on it....

This is why there are no jobs in America
Posted: August 24, 201010:37 pm Eastern© 2010 WorldNetDaily
I'd like to make you a business offer.
Seriously. This is a real offer. In fact, you really can't turn me down, as you'll come to understand in a moment...
Here's the deal. You're going to start a business or expand the one you've got now. It doesn't really matter what you do or what you're going to do. I'll partner with you no matter what business you're in – as long as it's legal.
But I can't give you any capital – you have to come up with that on your own. I won't give you any labor – that's definitely up to you. What I will do, however, is demand you follow all sorts of rules about what products and services you can offer, how much (and how often) you pay your employees, and where and when you're allowed to operate your business. That's my role in the affair: to tell you what to do.
Now in return for my rules, I'm going to take roughly half of whatever you make in the business each year. Half seems fair, doesn't it? I think so. Of course, that's half of your profits.


You're also going to have to pay me about 12 percent of whatever you decide to pay your employees because you've got to cover my expenses for promulgating all of the rules about who you can employ, when, where, and how. Come on, you're my partner. It's only "fair."
Now ... after you've put your hard-earned savings at risk to start this business, and after you've worked hard at it for a few decades (paying me my 50 percent or a bit more along the way each year), you might decide you'd like to cash out – to finally live the good life.
Whether or not this is "fair" – some people never can afford to retire – is a different argument. As your partner, I'm happy for you to sell whenever you'd like ... because our agreement says, if you sell, you have to pay me an additional 20 percent of whatever the capitalized value of the business is at that time.
I know, I know. You put up all the original capital. You took all the risks. You put in all of the labor. That's all true. But I've done my part, too. I've collected 50 percent of the profits each year. And I've always come up with more rules for you to follow each year. Therefore, I deserve another, final 20 percent slice of the business.
Oh ... and one more thing.
Even after you've sold the business and paid all of my fees, I'd recommend buying lots of life insurance. You see, even after you've been retired for years, when you die, you'll have to pay me 50 percent of whatever your estate is worth.
After all, I've got lots of partners and not all of them are as successful as you and your family. We don't think it's "fair" for your kids to have such a big advantage. But if you buy enough life insurance, you can finance this expense for your children.
All in all, if you're a very successful entrepreneur, if you're one of the rare, lucky, and hard-working people who can create a new company, employ lots of people, and satisfy the public, you'll end up paying me more than 75 percent of your income over your life. Thanks so much.
I'm sure you'll think my offer is reasonable and happily partner with me, but it doesn't really matter how you feel about it because if you ever try to stiff me – or cheat me on any of my fees or rules – I'll break down your door in the middle of the night, threaten you and your family with heavy, automatic weapons, and throw you in jail.
That's how civil society is supposed to work, right? This is Amerika, isn't it?
That's the offer Amerika gives its entrepreneurs. And the idiots in Washington wonder why there are no new jobs.

Hockey Season opens!

Hockey season opens on the first Thursday in October! Just like the Supreme Court, only more interesting and relevant!

My Penguins open up a new arena in downtown Pittsburgh, the Consol Energy Arena. I wish they had come up with a more original and less corporate name but there it is.

The Penguins open up the new Igloo with Philadelphia...

Who didn't see that coming?