Paul Ryan is an excellent conservative mind. I love hearing his interviews since he always has a strong answer to questions which try to put him in a corner. Here is a clip where he explains that 75% of the "rich" are small businesses filing as individuals. This is where jobs are created, this is the foundation of America. This is what democrats want to tax because they "owe" it to the US for being the greatest country ever. It's too bad the liberals just do not understand or believe these things, despite the overwhelming economic facts.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Activist Judges vs. Constitutional Judges
In America, as of July 28, 2010, it is legal to be illegal. Ms. Susan Bolton, appointee by the great William Jefferson Clinton, has decided to vote based on the rumors and spin she hears from liberal media, instead of the constitution. She has chosen activism over fairness, common sense, and truth.
This comes as no surprise to most of us who have half a brain, we knew the probability she would rule in AZ's favor was slim. But something in us conservatives always holds onto hope that people will do the right thing. Right thing = uphold a law that for all intents and purposes just reiterates a federal law already on the books. The government can't do their job (no surprise there), Arizona wants to do it themselves, and they are sued. What kind of backasswards world is this? In any case, always looking for the silver lining... she has probably greatly increased the odds of republican victories in the house and senate this fall. For that we can be thankful. If Bush had challenged a state law that was nearly a carbon copy of a federal law that supported liberal policies, there would be cries for impeachment. Although when he sneezed, the libtards cried for impeachment so he just couldn't win.
I am a white female. If I am pulled over for speeding (example only- I may be young but I rarely speed- I don't understand why people treat the speed LIMIT as the speed MINIMUM) I have to show ID. If I don't have ID on me I have something like 24 hours to go to the police station and prove who I am, and more than likely get a ticket. Why should illegals not have to do this?? What is next- no ID when showing up to vote or registering to vote? Probably likely the way the liberals are going...
There is absolutely NO evidence in this bill that there will be racial profiling. In fact, it strictly prohibits that very thing. Her ruling was based on the "assumption" that there would be profiling, among other things. Just absolutely ridiculous to rule based on assumptions rather than cold hard truth and facts. I say they should change the wording that US citizens carry proof too. I think most of us would be MORE than happy to oblige to carrying an extra paper with us to show we live here- and then ask EVERY SINGLE PERSON for their paperwork when you're being stopped or questioned about something else.
So what will Arizona do now? With an initial decision in the books, it will probably be hard to overturn though not impossible. I like Ms. Brewer a lot and I don't think she'll give up the fight. So I say write another law, give it a new name and number, but have the same things. Maybe change a word or two. Sort of like the President has done with the oil drilling moratorium! First bill struck down? Okay, lets write another one almost the same just with a small change. Struck down again? Okay, so we can change 3 more words and release it again. THAT is what Arizona should do- give the President a taste of his own medicine. Medicine that is currently killing industry and livelihoods in the Gulf, raising our dependence on foreign oil, and giving more talking points for the cap & tax program.
What would happen if you snuck across the border in....
North Korea? 12 years of hard labor.
Iran? Detained indefinitely.
Afghanistan? Shot.
Saudi Arabia? Jailed.
China? Nobody really knows.
Venezuela? You are branded a spy- good luck.
Mexico? Jail for 2 years.
Canada? You are fined and occasionally jailed.
Cuba? Spend the rest of your days in political prison
United States? A job, driver's license, your kids born here can become citizens, free healthcare no matter what ER you go to (this is assuming you don't pay the bill they send of course), welfare, food stamps, subsidies for rent/housing, free education, you can speak to someone who speaks Spanish or request documents in Spanish anywhere in America, a lobbyist working for your 'rights' in Washington, the best military in the world to defend the country you snuck into, the right to carry the flag of your country without condemnation or jailing while you cry that America doesn't treat you fairly or respect you.
I love this country because we are generous and kind. But we have to be strong and defend ourselves from this onslaught of illegal immigration. 99% of Americans I'm sure support legal immigration, that's how we continue to grow instead of having declining populations like a lot of civilized countries. But we have to show our strength and enforce our policies. Lord knows the President wants to apologize for everything we've done in the past. Off topic a minute: my ancestors were slave traders in the 1700s before they came to the US for good in the early 1800s. We lost several family lines because they were thrown off slave ships to make more room for slaves and couldn't swim! I don't demand an apology for what happened 300 years ago, and nobody who is living today should as none of us had to deal with these horrible morally incomprehensible times. Mr. President needs to grow a backbone and start standing up to people, and countries, and stop bowing to foreign leaders and sign treaties where the other country wins and we concede everything. Appeasing his far left lunatic fringe buddies is getting out of hand. Try to talk with and listen to and help mainstream Americans!
Go to www.keepazsafe.com and donate today! Let's support this state for supporting our laws!
This comes as no surprise to most of us who have half a brain, we knew the probability she would rule in AZ's favor was slim. But something in us conservatives always holds onto hope that people will do the right thing. Right thing = uphold a law that for all intents and purposes just reiterates a federal law already on the books. The government can't do their job (no surprise there), Arizona wants to do it themselves, and they are sued. What kind of backasswards world is this? In any case, always looking for the silver lining... she has probably greatly increased the odds of republican victories in the house and senate this fall. For that we can be thankful. If Bush had challenged a state law that was nearly a carbon copy of a federal law that supported liberal policies, there would be cries for impeachment. Although when he sneezed, the libtards cried for impeachment so he just couldn't win.
I am a white female. If I am pulled over for speeding (example only- I may be young but I rarely speed- I don't understand why people treat the speed LIMIT as the speed MINIMUM) I have to show ID. If I don't have ID on me I have something like 24 hours to go to the police station and prove who I am, and more than likely get a ticket. Why should illegals not have to do this?? What is next- no ID when showing up to vote or registering to vote? Probably likely the way the liberals are going...
There is absolutely NO evidence in this bill that there will be racial profiling. In fact, it strictly prohibits that very thing. Her ruling was based on the "assumption" that there would be profiling, among other things. Just absolutely ridiculous to rule based on assumptions rather than cold hard truth and facts. I say they should change the wording that US citizens carry proof too. I think most of us would be MORE than happy to oblige to carrying an extra paper with us to show we live here- and then ask EVERY SINGLE PERSON for their paperwork when you're being stopped or questioned about something else.
So what will Arizona do now? With an initial decision in the books, it will probably be hard to overturn though not impossible. I like Ms. Brewer a lot and I don't think she'll give up the fight. So I say write another law, give it a new name and number, but have the same things. Maybe change a word or two. Sort of like the President has done with the oil drilling moratorium! First bill struck down? Okay, lets write another one almost the same just with a small change. Struck down again? Okay, so we can change 3 more words and release it again. THAT is what Arizona should do- give the President a taste of his own medicine. Medicine that is currently killing industry and livelihoods in the Gulf, raising our dependence on foreign oil, and giving more talking points for the cap & tax program.
What would happen if you snuck across the border in....
North Korea? 12 years of hard labor.
Iran? Detained indefinitely.
Afghanistan? Shot.
Saudi Arabia? Jailed.
China? Nobody really knows.
Venezuela? You are branded a spy- good luck.
Mexico? Jail for 2 years.
Canada? You are fined and occasionally jailed.
Cuba? Spend the rest of your days in political prison
United States? A job, driver's license, your kids born here can become citizens, free healthcare no matter what ER you go to (this is assuming you don't pay the bill they send of course), welfare, food stamps, subsidies for rent/housing, free education, you can speak to someone who speaks Spanish or request documents in Spanish anywhere in America, a lobbyist working for your 'rights' in Washington, the best military in the world to defend the country you snuck into, the right to carry the flag of your country without condemnation or jailing while you cry that America doesn't treat you fairly or respect you.
I love this country because we are generous and kind. But we have to be strong and defend ourselves from this onslaught of illegal immigration. 99% of Americans I'm sure support legal immigration, that's how we continue to grow instead of having declining populations like a lot of civilized countries. But we have to show our strength and enforce our policies. Lord knows the President wants to apologize for everything we've done in the past. Off topic a minute: my ancestors were slave traders in the 1700s before they came to the US for good in the early 1800s. We lost several family lines because they were thrown off slave ships to make more room for slaves and couldn't swim! I don't demand an apology for what happened 300 years ago, and nobody who is living today should as none of us had to deal with these horrible morally incomprehensible times. Mr. President needs to grow a backbone and start standing up to people, and countries, and stop bowing to foreign leaders and sign treaties where the other country wins and we concede everything. Appeasing his far left lunatic fringe buddies is getting out of hand. Try to talk with and listen to and help mainstream Americans!
Go to www.keepazsafe.com and donate today! Let's support this state for supporting our laws!
Monday, July 26, 2010
An Inconvenient Truth
Howard Dean shows the true feelings of the far-left liberal mindset. Blame Fox, be scared of Glenn Beck, and continue to lie again and again and again until someone actually believes that your lies are the truth. He absolutely refuses to listen to Chris state the facts. Unbelievable. How does this loon have any credibility?
Friday, July 23, 2010
Race in America
A hot topic these after the Shirley Sherrod fiasco of the last few days.
This morning I listened to the Today Show before leaving for work... I didn't mean to, my husband just was listening to the NBC local news station and it clicked on while I was getting ready. I went to work fired up to say the least.
Last night I was watching O'Reilly's talking points. I try to catch them to see what he has to say and watch occasionally when I have time (love Dennis Miller so try to catch his interviews). Bill apologized for wrongly commenting on the story, saying he thought if the President would fire this woman he didn't really feel it necessary to delve into her comments further. Someone pointed out that they also sued AZ without reading the immigration reform bill so maybe he'd better continue checking his sources. In any case, I heard Bill's apology and saw the quotes from the News Exec at FNC saying to 'take their time and get the facts straight' before reporting.
So this BIMBO gets on the Today Show clearly with one goal in mind- smearing Fox. She's claiming they got the story all wrong, accusing them of being anti-this, anti-that, and saying they haven't apologized. What are her sources for this???? I watched the news broadcasts the night before and specifically saw all the things she was claiming FNC did not do. I have blocked NBC for good from my TV. I like Biggest Loser too... but not going to support that kind of blasphemy. Keith Olberman makes me want to vomit, so MSNBC got the boot a long time ago. I wish it was possible to call Comcast and tell them to keep that filth off my screen. I haven't watched any of Sherrod's interviews, but sounds like she's on the same bash-Fox bandwagon, though it seems they were the first to point out that her comments were not racist.
So onto race. I am a white female, so I do not have the luxury of experience with discrimination due to my skin (except when I used to attend rap concerts in my heyday and get heckled a bit for not smoking weed and not getting my nails done being one of the few white girls there). I do have a background of being friends with folks from all "non-white" races thanks to my collegiate years, and in my past had dated men of differing colors and backgrounds. My worst experience was when one of the guys I was dating handed me a picture and said "this is my son" - needless to say that was our last date as I was 17 and not ready for that sort of thing yet. I was a late bloomer.
I have dealt with female discrimination, however and it is not fun. Anyone who deals with it at any level- it is just not acceptable. At my current job one of the guys uses the 4-letter c word, and tells girls to "stop being skirts" regularly. When someone had the gusto to report him, he wound up with a promotion. She left the company soon after. I am a manager, and I can't do my own hiring interviews, I have to take one of the male managers with me. None of the male managers is required to take a "buddy" with them. We listen to a radio station that promotes promiscuity, strip clubs, and regularly interviews porn stars. When I try to change the channel Mr. Woman-hater throws a fit. It's not a female friendly environment at all, and I greatly dislike people assuming I am less of a person because I am a woman. So I would never, ever treat another human being as less of a person just because of a characteristic that they cannot change (well... I guess I could become a man if I went to a really good plastic surgeon... but I'm not interested in years of surgery and the cost involved. And I guess a black lady could get the Michael Jackson treatment and become white... but again, who the heck wants to do that after seeing how distorted poor MJ looked? RIP).
In any case, very very few people in my generation have any racist tendencies whatsoever from what I can tell. There are always some fringe people (ie the New Black Panther who wants all the 'cracker babies' to die), and it seems a bit more prevalent from people who grow up in rural areas and southern areas, but the majority I do not think even see color anymore. The only time I've seen it with President Obama was during his inauguration when I was sitting thinking "this is really cool that a majority of Americans voted for someone with black heritage." Since then, I see a crazy out of touch socialist liberal. If he was purple, I'd think the same.
Political correctness and racial correctness are out of whack in this country. Title IX to make women's sports equal to men's was a great initial idea. But honestly, women sports are BORING! Please quit taking away fun and exciting male sports to add female sports. Same with affirmative action, it just doesn't seem necessary to me. If people want to see women's rugby, they'll demand it and it can be added when demand is sufficient. Don't take away men's soccer to add women's rugby to 'balance' things out.
Ahh racism in all forms makes me angry all over.
This morning I listened to the Today Show before leaving for work... I didn't mean to, my husband just was listening to the NBC local news station and it clicked on while I was getting ready. I went to work fired up to say the least.
Last night I was watching O'Reilly's talking points. I try to catch them to see what he has to say and watch occasionally when I have time (love Dennis Miller so try to catch his interviews). Bill apologized for wrongly commenting on the story, saying he thought if the President would fire this woman he didn't really feel it necessary to delve into her comments further. Someone pointed out that they also sued AZ without reading the immigration reform bill so maybe he'd better continue checking his sources. In any case, I heard Bill's apology and saw the quotes from the News Exec at FNC saying to 'take their time and get the facts straight' before reporting.
So this BIMBO gets on the Today Show clearly with one goal in mind- smearing Fox. She's claiming they got the story all wrong, accusing them of being anti-this, anti-that, and saying they haven't apologized. What are her sources for this???? I watched the news broadcasts the night before and specifically saw all the things she was claiming FNC did not do. I have blocked NBC for good from my TV. I like Biggest Loser too... but not going to support that kind of blasphemy. Keith Olberman makes me want to vomit, so MSNBC got the boot a long time ago. I wish it was possible to call Comcast and tell them to keep that filth off my screen. I haven't watched any of Sherrod's interviews, but sounds like she's on the same bash-Fox bandwagon, though it seems they were the first to point out that her comments were not racist.
So onto race. I am a white female, so I do not have the luxury of experience with discrimination due to my skin (except when I used to attend rap concerts in my heyday and get heckled a bit for not smoking weed and not getting my nails done being one of the few white girls there). I do have a background of being friends with folks from all "non-white" races thanks to my collegiate years, and in my past had dated men of differing colors and backgrounds. My worst experience was when one of the guys I was dating handed me a picture and said "this is my son" - needless to say that was our last date as I was 17 and not ready for that sort of thing yet. I was a late bloomer.
I have dealt with female discrimination, however and it is not fun. Anyone who deals with it at any level- it is just not acceptable. At my current job one of the guys uses the 4-letter c word, and tells girls to "stop being skirts" regularly. When someone had the gusto to report him, he wound up with a promotion. She left the company soon after. I am a manager, and I can't do my own hiring interviews, I have to take one of the male managers with me. None of the male managers is required to take a "buddy" with them. We listen to a radio station that promotes promiscuity, strip clubs, and regularly interviews porn stars. When I try to change the channel Mr. Woman-hater throws a fit. It's not a female friendly environment at all, and I greatly dislike people assuming I am less of a person because I am a woman. So I would never, ever treat another human being as less of a person just because of a characteristic that they cannot change (well... I guess I could become a man if I went to a really good plastic surgeon... but I'm not interested in years of surgery and the cost involved. And I guess a black lady could get the Michael Jackson treatment and become white... but again, who the heck wants to do that after seeing how distorted poor MJ looked? RIP).
In any case, very very few people in my generation have any racist tendencies whatsoever from what I can tell. There are always some fringe people (ie the New Black Panther who wants all the 'cracker babies' to die), and it seems a bit more prevalent from people who grow up in rural areas and southern areas, but the majority I do not think even see color anymore. The only time I've seen it with President Obama was during his inauguration when I was sitting thinking "this is really cool that a majority of Americans voted for someone with black heritage." Since then, I see a crazy out of touch socialist liberal. If he was purple, I'd think the same.
Political correctness and racial correctness are out of whack in this country. Title IX to make women's sports equal to men's was a great initial idea. But honestly, women sports are BORING! Please quit taking away fun and exciting male sports to add female sports. Same with affirmative action, it just doesn't seem necessary to me. If people want to see women's rugby, they'll demand it and it can be added when demand is sufficient. Don't take away men's soccer to add women's rugby to 'balance' things out.
Ahh racism in all forms makes me angry all over.
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Taxes, Taxes, barely make a dime
I understand that rarely do politicians keep their campaign promises. I really thought Barack Obama was going to keep his promise of no new taxes... until his first two months in office when Porkulous was passed and I said, where are we getting $787 billion dollars from? Spending is only part of Obama's plan of destruction, the other is to tax the bejesus out of everyone who doesn't live on unemployment, welfare, or government housing.
Unemployment is the new welfare, and they want unemployment numbers to look low, but in reality be high so that come October when the extensions expire (again), Democrats can use this to get people out to vote for them for extensions (again). I truly think the only jobs Obama wants to have created are government so he can make this country as close to socialist as possible without the real dummies figuring it out.
There are so many tangents I could go off on here about the tax hikes that are embedded in every bit of legislation that goes through Congress.... who by the way has an 11% approval rating. How'd it get so high? Are there really that many uneducated people in America who think they're doing okay? Or was half the polling sample Washington insiders?
Senator DeMint is one of the leading conservative voices, and I love supporting the Senate Conservatives Fund. I hope our dollars do a lot of damage this fall, of course by damage I mean correcting all the damage done in Washington the last 18 months. Senator DeMint supported repealing the death tax, which takes effect again January 2011. Yet the liberals voted the measure down. Do they not realize the only people this helps is the estate attorneys and insurance companies? Everyone else suffers... and the money gets taxed twice. There is nothing fair about this, and quite honestly nothing moral about it... I guess they assume everyone who leaves money behind is "rich" and Obama and the liberals have a vendetta against anyone who is rich (except themselves, of course). Imagine if George Steinbrenner's family had to pay this tax on his Yankee franchise, an "asset" he left behind... they would be forced to sell and dismantle the franchise he built. In no way do I like the Yankees, however I don't think the family should have to pay 55% of the worth back to the federal government just because he passed.
The one issue that strikes me is 1099s. I was a mortgage underwriter and my least favorite loans were contract employees who had dozens of 1099's to go through and calculate income from. Usually these are only required with payments of over $1,200. Now they will be required for $600 and up. Who will this effect? Small businesses... I'm sure Obama thinks it will create jobs by forcing small businesses to hire people just to constantly complete the 1099 forms to send to minor contractors. Of course the most likely scenario is that the businesses will shut down since they can't afford more workers with their already increased taxes and just don't have the time for this. The only jobs this creates are more IRS workers = government employees. Socialism anyone?
Imagine you own a small florist shop in a small town. You make maybe $150,000 revenue each year before overhead, employee costs, taxes, etc are deducted. You hire an independent marketer to do small mail campaigns for $1,000. Before no 1099, now 1099 required. Not only does that person now have to pay taxes on that income, the small business wastes their time having to fill out and file this paper. Then lets think of everyone involved... floral design suppliers, delivery drivers, glassware/vase suppliers, bow suppliers, those who make the wording to go on floral displays. It is probable that the florist uses several different entitites for these materials, and rarely spends over $1,000 at any one place. Now there will be dozens of 1099s to create, which takes time away from the business (or results in working crazy hours), which causes lost profit. No more vacations or golf outings every 8 days like the President gets. This business may not survive. Oh but at least the IRS can continue to hire.
The Tax Foundation says a family of four with two working members who make $85,000 a year will pay about $1,800 more in federal income taxes in 2011 than in 2010. Tax Foundation president Scott Hodge told MSNBC that 'I'm hard pressed to think of another moment in the history of the tax code in which we have had so many provisions expire at the same time impacting so many Americans all at once.'
To those Americans who hate this country, hate what it stands for, and want to create a socialist haven where nobody works hard, everyone has 13 weeks of vacation a year, healthcare is 'free,' and everything is "equal"... there is already a socialist utopia for you. It's called Europe. Quit trying to infiltrate our government here to make it like Europe. LEAVE!
I support the FairTax, and anyone who doesn't obviously hasn't read the book. Or you're too convoluted in your thinking to broaden your horizons. The 47% of Americans who haven't been contributing to paying their federal taxes... it's time to start! No need to raise rates on the wealthy, raise them on those 47%!
Unemployment is the new welfare, and they want unemployment numbers to look low, but in reality be high so that come October when the extensions expire (again), Democrats can use this to get people out to vote for them for extensions (again). I truly think the only jobs Obama wants to have created are government so he can make this country as close to socialist as possible without the real dummies figuring it out.
There are so many tangents I could go off on here about the tax hikes that are embedded in every bit of legislation that goes through Congress.... who by the way has an 11% approval rating. How'd it get so high? Are there really that many uneducated people in America who think they're doing okay? Or was half the polling sample Washington insiders?
Senator DeMint is one of the leading conservative voices, and I love supporting the Senate Conservatives Fund. I hope our dollars do a lot of damage this fall, of course by damage I mean correcting all the damage done in Washington the last 18 months. Senator DeMint supported repealing the death tax, which takes effect again January 2011. Yet the liberals voted the measure down. Do they not realize the only people this helps is the estate attorneys and insurance companies? Everyone else suffers... and the money gets taxed twice. There is nothing fair about this, and quite honestly nothing moral about it... I guess they assume everyone who leaves money behind is "rich" and Obama and the liberals have a vendetta against anyone who is rich (except themselves, of course). Imagine if George Steinbrenner's family had to pay this tax on his Yankee franchise, an "asset" he left behind... they would be forced to sell and dismantle the franchise he built. In no way do I like the Yankees, however I don't think the family should have to pay 55% of the worth back to the federal government just because he passed.
The one issue that strikes me is 1099s. I was a mortgage underwriter and my least favorite loans were contract employees who had dozens of 1099's to go through and calculate income from. Usually these are only required with payments of over $1,200. Now they will be required for $600 and up. Who will this effect? Small businesses... I'm sure Obama thinks it will create jobs by forcing small businesses to hire people just to constantly complete the 1099 forms to send to minor contractors. Of course the most likely scenario is that the businesses will shut down since they can't afford more workers with their already increased taxes and just don't have the time for this. The only jobs this creates are more IRS workers = government employees. Socialism anyone?
Imagine you own a small florist shop in a small town. You make maybe $150,000 revenue each year before overhead, employee costs, taxes, etc are deducted. You hire an independent marketer to do small mail campaigns for $1,000. Before no 1099, now 1099 required. Not only does that person now have to pay taxes on that income, the small business wastes their time having to fill out and file this paper. Then lets think of everyone involved... floral design suppliers, delivery drivers, glassware/vase suppliers, bow suppliers, those who make the wording to go on floral displays. It is probable that the florist uses several different entitites for these materials, and rarely spends over $1,000 at any one place. Now there will be dozens of 1099s to create, which takes time away from the business (or results in working crazy hours), which causes lost profit. No more vacations or golf outings every 8 days like the President gets. This business may not survive. Oh but at least the IRS can continue to hire.
The Tax Foundation says a family of four with two working members who make $85,000 a year will pay about $1,800 more in federal income taxes in 2011 than in 2010. Tax Foundation president Scott Hodge told MSNBC that 'I'm hard pressed to think of another moment in the history of the tax code in which we have had so many provisions expire at the same time impacting so many Americans all at once.'
To those Americans who hate this country, hate what it stands for, and want to create a socialist haven where nobody works hard, everyone has 13 weeks of vacation a year, healthcare is 'free,' and everything is "equal"... there is already a socialist utopia for you. It's called Europe. Quit trying to infiltrate our government here to make it like Europe. LEAVE!
I support the FairTax, and anyone who doesn't obviously hasn't read the book. Or you're too convoluted in your thinking to broaden your horizons. The 47% of Americans who haven't been contributing to paying their federal taxes... it's time to start! No need to raise rates on the wealthy, raise them on those 47%!
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Welcome
Hello blog world... over the last several years I've become more and more interested in politics. At the ripe age of 27, that makes me quite the oddball as friends normally want to talk about the newest beer, what movie to see, what a jerk their landlord is, etc. Since I can rarely find anyone to have a spirited debate that includes factual statements, I'm going to take to blogging about current political events.
I am a very strong conservative. The ONLY thing I'm not conservative on is abortion... simply because I DON'T feel it should be a political issue. It is a personal issue. Legalize it and if you can live with your conscience and your God, then do what you have to do. But if you think it's morally reprehensible, then just live by your own ideals and don't have an abortion. The thought of our president supporting late term abortion abhors me though, absolutely no excuse to wait until the third trimester to do something so horrible. I would personally not take the abortion route due to my strong beliefs, though I've never been in a scenario where I had to choose. I do understand the positions those on the other side of the aisle take and why they make the decisions they do. I've had friends with good reasons who have pursued these avenues, some regret it later, others don't.
As for my non-political life, I work in the mortgage industry which has been decimated by government regulation. The company I work for, a private mortgage lender, has not had nearly the problems the "too big to fail" banks have. I've seen the government make up these ridiculous laws to regulate the industry, as always too little too late. My company was already doing these same things several years ago: verifying income, verifying employment, capping broker compensation, etc. My job used to be very fun, but now it's all black and white, no fun grey areas any longer. Thank you Congress! *note sarcasm
I bought a condo when I was 24 (yes, with a down payment), then got a dog, and then my fiancee decided Mom's basement wasn't cutting it for him anymore. So I put my condo up for sale hoping to sell by our wedding... however within 1 week we had a nearly full price offer that was accepted. My second love is home improvement and decorating, I flipped that house from okay to sparkling so it was an easy sale. I made a 10% profit in just two years. We used the proceeds from that to buy a home, with a 20% down payment. I know you're shocked- people under the age of 40 shouldn't be responsible savers and should use FHA for their 97% financing loans.
Right after we bought our house, my fiancee lost his job. That was tough, but we made it through. He's a registered Democrat, I blame that for his bad job luck! We're now on track to pay off our school loans this year, and hopefully pay off the house in 6-8 years. Financial matters, investing, saving, etc... that is my third love. I hope to be a stay at home mom some day so we're trying to make that easily happen with our frugal nature. Hubby may be registered (D) but nearly every value he has screams (R) - except for his views on energy, he's all about forcing companies to make electric cars and limiting drilling in ANWR, etc.
But back to the blog, now that you know a bit about me. I'm just going to give my two cents on issues and hopefully others can read and enjoy- maybe even agree. My parents listened to Rush Limbaugh every day when I was younger so it's natural I got the political bug. I hope you enjoy!
I am a very strong conservative. The ONLY thing I'm not conservative on is abortion... simply because I DON'T feel it should be a political issue. It is a personal issue. Legalize it and if you can live with your conscience and your God, then do what you have to do. But if you think it's morally reprehensible, then just live by your own ideals and don't have an abortion. The thought of our president supporting late term abortion abhors me though, absolutely no excuse to wait until the third trimester to do something so horrible. I would personally not take the abortion route due to my strong beliefs, though I've never been in a scenario where I had to choose. I do understand the positions those on the other side of the aisle take and why they make the decisions they do. I've had friends with good reasons who have pursued these avenues, some regret it later, others don't.
As for my non-political life, I work in the mortgage industry which has been decimated by government regulation. The company I work for, a private mortgage lender, has not had nearly the problems the "too big to fail" banks have. I've seen the government make up these ridiculous laws to regulate the industry, as always too little too late. My company was already doing these same things several years ago: verifying income, verifying employment, capping broker compensation, etc. My job used to be very fun, but now it's all black and white, no fun grey areas any longer. Thank you Congress! *note sarcasm
I bought a condo when I was 24 (yes, with a down payment), then got a dog, and then my fiancee decided Mom's basement wasn't cutting it for him anymore. So I put my condo up for sale hoping to sell by our wedding... however within 1 week we had a nearly full price offer that was accepted. My second love is home improvement and decorating, I flipped that house from okay to sparkling so it was an easy sale. I made a 10% profit in just two years. We used the proceeds from that to buy a home, with a 20% down payment. I know you're shocked- people under the age of 40 shouldn't be responsible savers and should use FHA for their 97% financing loans.
Right after we bought our house, my fiancee lost his job. That was tough, but we made it through. He's a registered Democrat, I blame that for his bad job luck! We're now on track to pay off our school loans this year, and hopefully pay off the house in 6-8 years. Financial matters, investing, saving, etc... that is my third love. I hope to be a stay at home mom some day so we're trying to make that easily happen with our frugal nature. Hubby may be registered (D) but nearly every value he has screams (R) - except for his views on energy, he's all about forcing companies to make electric cars and limiting drilling in ANWR, etc.
But back to the blog, now that you know a bit about me. I'm just going to give my two cents on issues and hopefully others can read and enjoy- maybe even agree. My parents listened to Rush Limbaugh every day when I was younger so it's natural I got the political bug. I hope you enjoy!
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