You Will Pay more taxes on April 15th

Ok, some one prove to me that this is wrong...
Earlier this year, those of us that work, got a slight pay increase. In my case it was like $25 a pay check.
Supposedly Uncle Sugar and the Obama Administration wanted to kick start the economy and in the 2nd stimulus package, there was a small line of law giving Joe Blow the worker a slight pay increase.
Now to my understanding, this was done by manipulating your personal with holdings, you know that pesky W-4 form you are supposed to fill out when you get hired! So in all actuality, the government is not giving you a tax break per se, they are letting you have more of your money upfront before you have to pay taxes on that same money in the spring. So, if you are a smart conservative type and manage your money well, Uncle Sam pulled a fast one on you! You should expect a slightly higher tax bill come April 15th even though you thought ahead and did what was the right thing to do.

Here it comes!

Federal Gun Control!
By Jim Kouri

Drawing reasonable conclusions from what Holder publicly said, Deeds points out that:

* Holder wants a national, permanent gun registration system administered by law enforcement. A registration of honest citizens that have cleared the federal background check for gun purchases with those records permanently retained by and shared among law enforcement.

* Holder wants new federal authority to prohibit any person on the federal watch list (reported to be 400,000 names) from buying guns and supports confiscating guns from those on the list who posses them.

General Holder testified: "The position of the Administration is that there should be a basis for law enforcement to share information about gun purchases."

"... [It's not] inconsistent to allow law enforcement agencies to share that kind of information, for that information to be retained and then to be shared by law enforcement." "It seems incongruous to me that we would bar certain people from flying on airplanes because they are on the terrorist watch list and yet we would still allow them to posses weapons," said Holder.

Even More Reason to Love the South!

...and jeeps as well!

For some reason I can see this in my future!

Liberal Education

A teacher in New York asked her 6th grade class how many of them were Obama fans. Not really knowing what an Obama fan was, but wanting to be liked by the teacher, all the kids raised their hands except for Little Johnny.

The teacher asked Little Johnny why he decided to be different... again.
Little Johnny said, 'Because I'm not a Obama fan.'

The teacher said, 'Why aren't you an Obama fan?'

Little Johnny said, 'Because I'm a Republican.'

The teacher asked why was he a Republican and little Johnny answered, 'Well, my Mom's a Republican and my Dad's a Republican, so I'm a Republican.'

The teacher asks, 'If your Mom was a moron and your Dad was an idiot, what would that make you?'

With a big smile, Little Johnny replied, 'That would make me an Obama fan!'

Repeal the Laws of Physics!

We are from the government and we are here to help!

Well anyway this did not post well. The juxt of the issue was that some Obama "suits" went to Detroit, met with some engineers and told them to do some crazy stuff with new cars. The engineers told the "suits" that the laws of physics would have to change to enable the "suits" request. The "suits" said they were from the government and they could get an executive order or work with congress to change the laws of physics!

Salt Lick!

Yes some of you will get a funny look in their eye when I mention "Salt Lick", especially my friends in VA Beach and Pungo. Anyhow we are here in Texas and went to the "Salt Lick" BBQ joint in Driftwood, Texas.
A good joint if you are into BBQ, the sauce that they gave us was a gravy honey mustard flavor that was ooh so good over the sausage! Very Tastey! I think this place was on the Food Chanel so if you are in Austin, TX take a quick drive out into the Hill Country.

November Nor'easter

Once again, we survived another storm and feel very fortunate. It's hard to believe that we live across the street from the Chesapeake Bay and had NO flooding, NO wind damage, AND we never lost power (okay, for 3-4 minutes at one point Thursday night).

Yesterday, we had to drive to my office so I could get some items before my trip to TX. It was quite the adventure and I'm glad we took the jeep. What is typically a 15 minute, easy drive turned into an off-road adventure, or so it seemed.

To see the pictures we took, go to our online album. To see pictures that other people around HR took, go to the Wavy website.

Ida Update

Nor'easter 2009

Tropical Nor'Easter "Ida"

Full-screenStation 44014
NDBC
Location: 36.611N 74.836W
Conditions as of:
Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:50:00 UTC
Winds: ENE (60°) at 31.1 kt gusting to 36.9 kt
Significant Wave Height: 17.4 ft
Dominant Wave Period: 10 sec
Mean Wave Direction: NE (51°)
Atmospheric Pressure: 29.91 in and falling
Air Temperature: 61.2 F
Water Temperature: 61.0 F

Will try to get some storm pics tomorrow!

Alaa Akbar..... BOOM!

Radical Muslims 1 Obama 0
Another good rant from Big John....

I don't know what you think about recent events, but it seems to me that we now have hard evidence that our military leaders have become extremely politicized. Here we are on Veterans Day, just a week after Fort Hood's massacre of 13 individuals, and we have to listen to repeated video footage of the Army Chief-of-Staff, General Casey, say that "if we lose our diversity, that would be more tragic than the incident at Fort Hood." It seems to me that the first person that needs to be retired ASAP is General Casey.

After he goes, how about retiring everybody in the FBI, CIA and Army who knew that Hassan had sent emails to known Al Qaeda radicals? How about we throw in all the Army doctors who heard Hassan's 2007 "Power-point" presentation in which he said that Muslims cherish death more than Christians love life. In the same presentation, Hassan said that Muslim warriors should pour hot oil down the throats of infidels. Did any of those doctors walk out of that meeting and go report this nut? Nope, not one. Just for grins and giggles, how about we retire everybody to whom Hassan gave his official business card with the initials "S.O.A." Yep, you guessed it. S.O.A. stands for "Soldier of Allah."

I guess that if the Red Chinese navy began sailing up the Mississippi River, our military will call the American Chinese Association to ask "how or if we should respond without offending any of our Chinese brothers."

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This ain't the American military of "Black Jack Pershing" who had a unique way of dealing with Muslim insurgents in the Philippines. Google that incident for an indication of how we should be dealing with Muslim terrorists. These guys are ready to fly jet airliners into tall buildings, shoot unsuspecting recruiters, shout "Allah Akbar" while unloading clips of ammo at Fort hood soldiers and are plotting incredible attacks as we send emails condemning the "PC" infection in our military.

Dear Admiral Mullen:
I would like to protect myself and the sailors, and their families I am responsible for while on Base. Unfortunately, base police is usually minutes away when seconds count. As an officer and a cleared professional, will you authorize me to carry a government issued weapon while on base discharging my duties. It could be real easy. those officers interested in obtaining a weapon may get one issued when going through the gate check and return it to the gate when they leave?!

Another "Hate" Crime?

For some reason I don't think this will be a hate crime... However if the tables were reversed?

Prof busted in Columbia gal 'punch'

From the NY Post

By PERRY CHIARAMONTE, BETH STEBNER and JEREMY OLSHAN

Last Updated: 1:17 PM, November 10, 2009

Posted: 2:57 AM, November 10, 2009

"....The professor, who is black, had been engaged in a fiery discussion about "white privilege" with Davis, who is white, and another male regular, who is also white, Friday night at 10:30 when fists started flying, patrons said.

McIntyre, who is known as "Mac" at the bar, shoved Davis, and when the other patron and a bar employee tried to break it up, the prof slugged Davis in the face, witnesses said.

"The punch was so loud, the kitchen workers in the back heard it over all the noise," bar back Richie Velez, 28, told The Post. "I was on my way over when he punched Camille and she fell on top of me."

Chicago Mayor Blames Guns for Ft. Hood Shooting!

Quick call out the national guard and the border patrol....GUNS are killing people! Get this right cuz it is coming from the mayor of one of the largest cities in America! GUNS are killing people. It is not whack jobs who use guns, illegal aliens who use guns, Radical Islamist, dope dealers, run of the mill criminals who are killing people. It is the guns fault!

So much for Global Warming

For the nation as a whole, it was the third coolest October on record. The month was marked by an active weather pattern that reinforced unseasonably cold air behind a series of cold fronts. Temperatures were below normal in eight of the nation's nine climate regions, and of the nine, five were much below normal. Only the Southeast climate region had near normal temperatures for October.

How would you like to own stock with this company?

Motors Liquidation Company
Which is owned by NGMCO, Inc

See if you can google search for this company?? Not a whole lot out there?? Weird, I thought my tax dollars when to help "save" GM?

The stuff you find on Youtube?!

The Enemy Within?

Hey, did you know the Ft. Hood Shooter was on the Presidents Homeland Security Transition Team?

Neither did I however check out the name on Pg 29 of this document!

http://www.gwumc.edu/hspi/old/PTTF_ProceedingsReport_05.19.09.pdf

God Bless America!

Something to Ponder

The recent events at Ft. Hood are unfortunate.

While watching FOX news the reporter commented that the name of the shooter was now known, however they did not want to release the name because it may lead to unnecessary speculation. My wife and I looked at each other and almost in unison agreed that the shooters name was not going to be "John Smith" or any other anglo saxon combination. Shame on FOX for not delivering the news/information fair and balanced. My wife jumped on the computer and found the name of the shooter in about 25 seconds. Enshala!

Here is an interesting idea, why not allow officers and senior enlisted carry issued sidearms while on post? You would greatly increase the size and dispersion of security forces on board military installations and may reduce the chances that a lone gunman opening up on unarmed soldiers and sailors with the knowldge that lots of other will be packing.

Nutz' first gig at catering

So, I volunteered my time to cook/cater an event for a friend for a fund raiser.

Was a bit of a Spanish theme with Chicken and Rice. I had fun, and all the guests thought the food rocked. Maybe I am in the wrong career field?

Australia must join Muslim Asia or perish - Taliban

AN official Taliban publication warns Australia that it will have to assimilate into a dominant Asia or face the prospect of being overpowered and forced to take population overspill from Asia.

The Taliban are cooooks!

Conservative and PROUD of it!

12 Billion!

Cheaper then Government medicine and much more effective!

Bullets are speeding faster out of gun shops in U.S.
A SHORTAGE OF AMMUNITION
Demand is up despite drop in crime rate

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By David A. Fahrenthold and Fredrick Kunkle
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, November 3, 2009

In a year of job losses, foreclosures and bag lunches, Americans have spent record-breaking amounts of money on guns and ammunition. The most obvious sign of their demand: empty ammunition shelves.

At points during the past year, bullets have been selling faster than factories could make them.

Gun owners have bought about 12 billion rounds of ammunition in the past year, industry officials estimate. That's up from 7 billion to 10 billion in a normal year.

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At Least...

Our community thinks like the rest of the state!

Election Day

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Go do your civic duties and vote today!
Every election is important and your vote does count!

Why Pack heat here in Norfolk?

A friend of mine told me of this story yesterday (it actually happened to him). I heard it from the mouth of the person, it is not "hear say."

Mark and his wife went to the car rental place on Norview Ave. and N. Military Hwy. (Budget I think). His wife drove him there and waited out in their car until he came out with the keys to the rental. She was following him home, but got caught at a red light. Mark pulled into the parking lot of the Golden Coral at 6103 N. Military Hwy to wait for his wife.

While waiting, a car pulled up beside him, and a young man asked him if he (Mark) could give him some money. Mark kindly told him "No... not today." The youth then said something like ...then how about I come over there and get it myself...

Mike, a fellow CCW holder, lifted his 380 auto to the window and said "If you do it will be the last move you ever make." The youth smartly sped away in a cloud of dust. Smart move I'd say! [PVC: VCDL VP Jim Snyder noted when when he saw this email: "I hope he called the police and reported the incident"]

Thanks for all you and VCDL do to support our 2nd Amendment rights here in VA!