Monday, May 4, 2009

Take my Taxes... Please


Am I stoked about Obama demonizing hard work and the very tenants of capitalism and democracy that we have built our country on? You know I am!!! He is becoming our Robin Hood... you know, if Robin Hood stole from lots of people and then gave to lazy people who prefer not to earn a living, even though they are capable of doing so. The nice thing about capitalism is that it is based on choice. You can work as much or as little as you like. You may or may not get rich but if you plug along you can support yourself. What we are doing lately is creating a society of beggars and pan handlers, folks are looking for a government handout. Not cool. I enjoyed the Bruce Springsteen and Obama remarks in regards to Pete Seeger and what he has done for the "labor movement". Have you noticed that this "labor movement" essentially revolves around unions who make it possible for people to NOT WORK and get paid for it?! How about turning our auto industry over to the unions? What could go wrong there? OK, enough of that.

You know when you have an offsite and people start boozing and then crazy stuff happens? What do you think goes down when billionaires get together for a weekend retreat? Does Warren Buffett get loaded and drunk dial Tim Geitner? Does Bill Gates find himself blacked out clutching an I-phone, and trying to buy Wisconsin? Do they play poker w/ people instead of poker chips?
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124140904055482603.html#mod=testMod

One of these restaurants will work... one will not, care to guess?
http://burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20090504/NEWS02/90503013/New+restaurants+add+to+city+s+palate&referrer=FRONTPAGECAROUSEL

We rented the movie W. this weekend. Lady Bird was not a big fan, I enjoyed it. I am a GW basher, full disclosure. I thought this movie turned him into a sympathetic character. It sort of broadly generalized other characters in his life in a comical way. Pretty typical Oliver Stone type fare. 1 thumb up, I think Stone does a nice job shooting a film, makes it compelling, and the story was interesting.

Played a round over @ Vermont National and then ate lunch up in the clubhouse. Nice course, pretty hard for a guy like myself. Lunch was good, not great. Pretty decent service from the bartender. Very solid nachos, plenty of cheese and the chicken was actually a little spicy and quite good. Burger was solid, nice roll, cooked alright, very solid fries. Another 1 thumb up.

Excellent meal and company @ supper club Sunday night. 2 thumbs up, always solid.

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