Obama picks new cabinet

I have to say on a personal note that I am relieved with most of the President Elect's cabinet choices so far.

It is also refreshing to hear a president who sounds like he took English in grade school.

Good luck with your future choices President Barack Obama.

Sarah Palin for Vice President?

Sarah Palin for Vice President?

I have no problem with electing a woman for vice president or president. What seems to be the problem here is the Republicans could not find a more qualified woman for their VP selection?

There are a number of women in both Congress and the House of Representatives that are more qualified than Sarah Palin. Two that come to mind are Susan Collins (R-ME) and Olympia Snowe (R-ME).

So lets look at what Sarah Palin stands for:

2007: the year in which Sarah Palin first obtained a passport (Source)

312: the number of nights during her first 19 months in office that Palin charged taxpayers a "per diem" totaling $16,951 for staying in her own home -- an allowance intended to cover meals and incidental expenses while traveling on state business (Source)

$500 to $1,200: the fee that Wasilla charged rape victims to pay for post-sexual assault medical exams, after the city cut funds during Palin's tenure that had previously covered the exams (Source)

$150: the cash payment offered by the Palin administration to hunters who turn in legs of freshly killed wolves gunned down from airplanes (Source)

3: the number of times during her first few weeks as mayor that Palin inquired with the Wasilla librarian about banning books (Source)

3: the number of months after the censorship discussion that Palin fired the librarian (Source)

100: the approximate number of Wasilla residents who rallied to support the librarian, prompting Palin to withdraw her termination letter (Source)

0: the number of foreign heads of state Palin has met (Source)

0: the number of commands Palin has issued as head of the Alaska National Guard (Source)

2: the number of times in Palin's ABC News interview that she said the word "nucular" (Source)

0: Wasilla's long-term debt when Palin took office in 1996 (Source)

$18.6 million: the long-term debt Palin racked up by the time she left office in 2002, amounting to about $3,000 per resident (Source)

$50,000: the amount of city funds Palin used without authorization to redecorate the Wasilla mayor's office, including adding flocked, red wallpaper that made it look "like a bordello," according to a former Wasilla City Council member (Source)

33: the percentage by which Palin increased the budget of Wasilla during her tenure, despite billing herself as a fiscal conservative and champion of smaller government (Source)

25: the percentage by which Palin raised the local sales tax in Wasilla to pay for a sports center, despite claims that she cut taxes (Source)

$27 million: the total amount of federal earmarks Palin secured for Wasilla's town of 6,700 people while she was mayor, thanks to the help of a Washington lobbyist with ties to indicted Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) and convicted felon Jack Abramoff (Source)

3: the number of times John McCain specifically criticized earmarks requested by Sarah Palin when she was mayor of Wasilla, citing them as examples of wasteful spending (Source)

$453 million: the total amount of earmarks Palin has asked U.S. taxpayers to fund for Alaska projects over the past two years, despite McCain's insistence that she hasn't sought earmarks or special-interest spending from Congress (Source)

$506.34: the amount of federal earmarks Alaska residents will receive per capita in 2008, the highest level of any state (Source)

$223 million: the earmark secured for the infamous "Bridge to Nowhere" that Palin initially supported before opposing (Source)

$223 million: the amount of money designated for the "Bridge to Nowhere" that Palin ultimately used for other projects, rather than returning it to the federal government (Source)

20: the percentage of domestic energy that Palin claims Alaska produces (Source)

3.5: the actual percentage share of domestic energy Alaska produces (Source)

0: the number of people in America who know more about energy than Sarah Palin, according to John McCain (Source)

$600,000: the loss at which Palin sold the governor's jet after making a show of placing it on eBay. It was eventually sold to a Palin campaign contributor who paid $2.1 million (more than 20% less than the original $2.7 million purchase price). (Source)

1: the number of private tanning beds Palin installed in the governor's mansion after taking office (Source)

1.5: the approximate number of hours Palin spent on a refueling layover in Ireland, which the McCain campaign cited as part of her foreign policy experience (Source)

0: the actual amount of time Palin spent in Iraq during a 2007 visit to the region, despite the McCain campaign's claim she had visited the Iraq battle zone. She never made it beyond the Khabari Alawazem Crossing in Kuwait. (Source)

2006: the year in which Palin declared she favors abstinence-only education and that "the explicit sex-ed programs will not find my support" (Source)

2008: the year in which Palin's 17-year-old daughter was impregnated by a self-described "f***ing redneck," who wrote on his MySpace page "I don't want kids" and "ya f*** with me I'll kick ass" (Source)

9: the number of U.S. Geological Survey studies concluding that the habitat of Alaska's polar bears is threatened by global warming, which Palin discounted as "insufficent evidence" when she sued the Bush administration to overturn its decision to list polar bears under the Endangered Species Act (Source)

5: the number of colleges Palin attended over six years before graduating in 1987 from the University of Idaho with a major in journalism (Source)

500: the number of Fortune 500 companies Sarah Palin is not qualified to run, according to McCain adviser Carly Fiorina (Source)

50: the number of days after Palin announced she "will fully cooperate" with an ethics investigation into the "Troopergate" scandal that the McCain campaign announced she was "unlikely to cooperate" because it had been "hijacked" by Obama operatives. The probe was unanimously authorized by a bipartisan panel of eight Alaska Republicans and four Democrats. (Source)

28: the number of days prior to accepting the vice presidential offer that Palin said she couldn't entertain the idea "until somebody answers for me what is it exactly that the VP does every day" (Source)

15: the number of minutes McCain and Palin spent together during their only meeting prior to the interview in which McCain offered her the vice presidential slot (Source)

Same Hype in a Presidential Election

So, here we are. Another presidential election with the real issues taking a back seat.

Each political party accusing the other of not having the answers. McCain and the Republicans asserting that the nation will more likely to be attacked if Obama is in office. On the other end, Obama and the Democrats saying McCain is out of touch with the middle class. Of course, middle class today is considered an individual or family who makes $5,000,000 a year. Well, now I know I am poor.

The sad part is once the election is over,few if any real issues will be solved. Most likely most issues will not even be looked at seriously.

Weight Loss Scams

So you want to lose some weight. Look at all the options- miracle pills, the best ever workouts, amazing machines that help you easily lose weight.

Listen, it comes down to two things and two things only. How much are you eating and how much activity do you have in your life.

For some, their may be medical reasons. For most though, it is just a fact that they eat too much, have poor diets, and love driving through drive throughs for some greasy burger on a bun.

Have some self-responsibility and look in the mirror. Then decide what you are going to do about it. You do not have to start running marathons or bench press 300 pounds.
Just take a walk around the neighborhood a couple times a week. Stay away from the snack bar and don't eat right before bed time.

This country seems to have self-discipline and pride in the past. Now everyone seems to have some excuse or victim mentality. Get off your ass and do something.

Kevin Trudeau

Here is an amazing story of how some people can just seem to get away with conning people. Kevin Trudeau is pretty much a con man with a lot of infomercials. Some of his products include Natural Cure Revealed, More Natural Cures Revealed, The Weight Loss Cure they Don't Want You to Know About, The Stop Smoking Cure, and The Debt Cure.

You can see him on late at night hawking his great products. Before you order anything let me give you a heads up. The amazing offers are anything but amazing. When you call for your free books you will not get them free. You will pay a shipping and handling charge of $9.95 per book.

The main product advertised is just to get you on the phone. Once you call be prepared for a host of product offerings that include: a montly newsletter/website access, an email newsletter, a number of other miracle cures, magazines, shopping clubs, and shipping upgrades.

The guarantee is not really a guarantee. You will have a hard time getting a refund - since customer service seems to be nonexistent. The shipping address is a post office box which makes it even more difficult.

All books are also sold at Walmart, which may be the better way to go and possibly cheaper.

If you are just looking for entertainment or like wasting money be sure to check out all the great products from the man who seems to know everything and has an answer for it all.

P.S. Be sure to check out the feedback for Kevin Trudeau here: Kevin's 635 complaints

Just look out though, it is 32 pages long.

Lies and half truths told to the masses

The purpose of this blog is to point out the amazing number of half truths and lies that are reaching an amazing number. Of course, this is all my opinion. Neverless, I hope to point out why I believe such things are so.

So, don't beleive the hype like make $5000 a week working an hour, take some pills to lose weight,make your penis grow,etc.etc.