Archive for 2007

What the heck happened?

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This is too true to be very funny

The next time you hear a politician use the
word ‘billion’ in a casual manner, think about
whether you want the ‘politicians’ spending
YOUR tax money.
A billion is a difficult number to comprehend,
but one advertising agency did a good job of
putting that figure into some perspective in
one of its releases.

A. A billion seconds ago it was 1959.

B. A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive.

C. A billion hours ago our ancestors were
living in the Stone Age.

D. A billion days ago no-one walked on the earth on two feet.

E. A billion dollars ago was only 8 hours and
20 minutes, at the rate our government is spending it.

While this thought is still fresh in our brain, let’s take a look
at New Orleans It’s amazing what you can learn with some simple
division . .

Louisiana Senator, Mary Landrieu (D), is presently asking the
Congress for $250 BILLION to rebuild New Or leans . Interesting
number, what does it mean?

A. Well, if you are one of 484,674 residents of
New Orleans (every man, woman, child), you
each get $516,528.

B. Or, if you have one of the 188,251 homes in
New Orleans , your home gets $1,329,787.

C. Or, if you are a family of four, your family
gets $2,066,012.

Washington, D.C .. HELLO!!! … Are all your calculators broken??

Tax his land,
Tax his wage,
Tax his bed in which he lays.
Tax his tractor,
Tax his mule,
Teach him taxes is the rule.
Tax his cow,
Tax his goat,
Tax his pants,
Tax his coat.

Tax his ties,
Tax his shirts,
Tax his work,
Tax his dirt.

Tax his tobacco,
Tax his drink ,
Tax him if he tries to think.

Tax his booze,
Tax his beers,
Tax his tears.

Tax his bills,
Tax his gas,
Tax his notes,
Tax his cash.

Tax him good and let him know
That after taxes, he has no dough.

If he hollers,
Tax him more,
Tax hi m until he’s good and sore.

Tax his coffin,
Tax his grave,
Tax th e sod in which he lays.
Put these words upon his tomb,
Taxes drove me to my doom!’

And when he’s gone,
We won’t relax,
We’ll still be after the inheritance TAX!!
Accounts Receivable Tax
Building Permit Tax
CDL License Tax
Cigarette Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Dog License Tax
Federal Income Tax
Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)
Fishing License Tax
Food License Tax
Fuel Perm it Tax
Gasoline Tax
Hunting License Tax
Inheritance TaxInventory Tax
IRS Interest Charges (tax on top of tax),
IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax),
Liquor Tax,
Luxury Tax,
Marriage License Tax,
Medicare Tax,
Property Tax,
Real Estate Tax,
Service charge taxes,
Social Security Tax,
Road Usage Tax (Truckers),
Sales Taxes,
Recreational Vehicle Tax,
School Tax,
State Unemployment Tax (SUTA),
Telephone Federal Excise Tax,
Telephone Federal Universal Service Fe e Tax,
Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Tax,
Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax,
Telephone Recurring and Non-recurring Charges Tax,
Telephone State and Local Tax,
Telephone Usage Charge Tax,
Utility Tax,
Vehicle License Registration Tax,
Vehicle Sales Tax,
Watercraft Registration Tax,
Well Permit Tax,
Workers Compensation Tax.

STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY?
Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago,
and our nation was the most prosperous in the world.

We had absolutely no national debt, had the largest middle class in
the world, and Mom stayed home to raise the kids.

What happened? Can you spell ‘politicians!’

And I still have to ‘press
1′ for English.

What the heck happened?????

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1st Live Football Game ever!! Bengals win ;-)

I was invited to to Cincinnati by a friend this past weekend and came to find out that the game plan was to watch the Bengals play the Rams at the downtown Paul Braun Stadium.

Yeah for me since i have never been to a live football game ever :-))

So needless to say i show up to the cold city with my usual Los Angeles attire plus a furry coat just to have my friend look at me and laugh, take me by the hand and go shopping for some stuff to keep me warm.

Whatever that means. …. I could not imagine what clothing items could possibly keep me warm at 32 or more degrees below. But savvy as he is he got me some really nice ladies to help and so we came up with the right accessories…. hat, gloves, scarf and earmuffs. Yes …. earmuffs and they made me look cute and fuzzy :-)

Anyhow so off we go to the stadium. Now, it had been raining on and off all morning and yes you guess it right, it was raining more on than off by the time we got there :-)

I really do not mind a bit of rain however by the time we had walked from the car to the stadium we were pretty wet. Nevertheless what is a righteous fan does not forfeit a game and so we continued on to our seats. Like the Gentleman that he is, my friend wiped down my seat and i took my place in the upper club west seat for the next hour or so.

The rain stop coming down slowly and within minutes i looked like a wet dog :-) i got up and tried to shake out my coat but it was way to heavy and i already had a wet behind and water running off my nose and face.

In the end i must say it was way worth sitting through the cold and the rain having witnesses Sunday night football live along with 63000+ Bengal fans. what an experience :-)

Besides afterwards we stopped in to Morten’s one of my favorite steak houses to dine at only to find the players and the coaching staff of the team celebrating there too :-)

All in all a fantastic two day’s had in a city i came to love.

Thanks s.b. see you soon.

xoxo dru

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