THE BACK STORY (this is so true)

I received this piece today and I have to share it you because it's so true. It's what happening to this great country that is being run into the ground. Every day the Government steals more of our hard earned money, all under the guise that you need to pay your fair share.

THE BACK STORY --- To All My Valued Employees:

There have been some rumblings around the office about the future of this company, and more specifically, your job. As you know, the economy has changed for the worse and presents many challenges. However, the good news is this: The economy doesn't pose a threat to your job. What does threaten your job however, is the changing political landscape in this country.

However, let me tell you some little tidbits of fact which might help you decide what is in your best interests. First, while it is easy to spew rhetoric that casts employers against employees, you have to understand that for every business owner there is a Back Story. This back story is often neglected and overshadowed by what you see and hear. Sure, you see me park my Mercedes outside. You've seen my big home at last year's Christmas party. I'm sure; all these flashy icons of luxury conjure up some idealized thoughts about my life.

However, what you don't see is the BACK STORY: I started this company 28 years ago. At that time, I lived in a 300 square foot studio apartment for 3 years. My entire living apartment was converted into an office so I could put forth 100% effort into building a company, which by the way, would eventually employ you. My diet consisted of Ramen Pride noodles because every dollar I spent went back into this company. I drove a rusty Toyota Corolla with a defective transmission. I didn't have time to date. Often times, I stayed home on weekends, while my friends went out drinking and partying. In fact, I was married to my business -- hard work, discipline, and sacrifice. Meanwhile, my friends got jobs. They worked 40 hours a week and made a modest $50K a year and spent every dime they earned. They drove flashy cars and lived in expensive homes and wore fancy designer clothes. Instead of hitting the Nordstrom's for the latest hot fashion item, I was trolling through the discount store extracting any clothing item that didn't look like it was birthed in the 70's. My friends refinanced their mortgages and lived a life of luxury.

I however, did not. I put my time, my money, and my life into a business with a vision that eventually, some day, I too, will be able to afford these luxuries my friends supposedly had. So, while you physically arrive at the office at 9am, mentally check in at about noon, and then leave at 5pm, I don't. There is no "off" button for me. When you leave the office, you are done and you have a weekend all to yourself. I unfortunately do not have the freedom. I eat, and breathe this company every minute of the day. There is no rest. There is no weekend. There is no happy hour. Every day this business is attached to my hip like a 1 year old special-needs child. You, of course, only see the fruits of that garden -- the nice house, the Mercedes, the vacations... you never realize the Back Story and the sacrifices I've made.

Now, the economy is falling apart and I, the guy that made all the right decisions and saved his money, have to bail-out all the people who didn't. The people that overspent their paychecks suddenly feel entitled to the same luxuries that I earned and sacrificed a decade of my life for. Yes, business ownership has is benefits but the price I've paid is steep and not without wounds.

Unfortunately, the cost of running this business, and employing you, is starting to eclipse the threshold of marginal benefit and let me tell you why: I am being taxed to death and the government thinks I don't pay enough. I have state taxes. Federal taxes, Property taxes, Sales and use taxes, Payroll taxes, Workers compensation taxes, Unemployment taxes, and Taxes on taxes. I have to hire a tax man to manage all these taxes and then guess what? I have to pay taxes for employing him. Government mandates and regulations and all the accounting that goes with it, now occupy most of my time.

On Oct 15th, I wrote a check to the US Treasury for $288,000 for quarterly taxes. You know what my "stimulus" check was? Zero Nada Zilch. The question I have is this: Who is stimulating the economy? Me, the guy who has provided 14 people good paying jobs and serves over 2,200,000 people per year with a flourishing business, or the single mother sitting at home pregnant with her fourth child waiting for her next welfare check? Obviously, government feels the latter is the economic stimulus of this country.

The fact is, if I deducted; (Stole 50%) of your paycheck you'd quit and you wouldn't work here. I mean, why should you? That's nuts. Who wants to get rewarded only 50% of their hard work? Well, I agree which is why your job is in jeopardy.

Here is what many of you don't understand ... to stimulate the economy you need to stimulate what runs the economy. Had suddenly government mandated to me that I didn't need to pay taxes, guess what? Instead of depositing that $288,000 into the Washington black-hole, I would have spent it, hired more employees, and generated substantial economic growth. My employees would have enjoyed the wealth of that tax cut in the form of promotions and better salaries. But you can forget it now.

When you have a comatose man on the verge of death, you don't defibrillate and shock his thumb thinking that will bring him back to life, do you? Or, do you defibrillate his heart? Business is at the heart of America and always has been. To restart it, you must stimulate it, not kill it. Suddenly, the power brokers in Washington believe the poor of America are the essential drivers of the American economic engine. Nothing could be further from the truth and this is the type of change you can keep.

So where am I going with all this? It's quite simple. If any new taxes are levied on me, or my company, my reaction will be swift and simple. I'll fire you. I'll fire your co-workers. You can then plead with the government to pay for your mortgage, your SUV, and your child's future. Frankly, it isn't my problem anymore.

Then, I will close this company down, move to another country, and retire. You see, I'm done. I'm done with a country that penalizes the productive and gives to the unproductive. My motivation to work and to provide jobs will be destroyed, and with it, will be my citizenship. So, if you lose your job, it won't be at the hands of the economy; it will be at the hands of a political hurricane that swept through this country, steamrolled the constitution, and will have changed its landscape forever. If that happens, you can find me sitting on a beach, retired, and with no employees to worry about....

Signed, THE BOSS

Golf Joke

Here is a funny golf joke that my aunt sent me in an email.
A Few Pluses for Golfers

*Golf balls are like eggs. They're white. They're sold by the dozen. And a week later you have to buy more.
*A pro-shop gets its name from the fact that you have to have the income of a professional golfer to buy anything in there..
*It's amazing how a golfer who never helps out around the house will replace his divots, repair his ball marks, and rake his sand traps.
*When you think about it, did you ever notice that it's a lot easier to get up at 6:00 a.m. to play golf than at 10:00 to mow the yard?
*Golf is by far the ultimate love/hate relationship. Sometimes it seems as though your cup runneth and moveth over.
*It takes longer to learn good golf than it does brain surgery. On the other hand, you seldom get to ride around on a cart, drink beer, eat hot dogs and pee in the woods while performing brain surgery.
*A good drive on the 18th hole has stopped many a golfer from giving up the game.
Water hazards are no walk in the park for fish, turtles, frogs or gators either.
*A good golf partner is one who's always slightly worse than you.
*That rake by the sand trap is there for golfers who feel guilty about skipping out on lawn work.
*If there's a storm rolling in, you'll be having the game of your life.
*If your opponent has trouble remembering whether he shot a six or a seven, he probably shot an eight.
*You probably wouldn't look good in a Green Jacket anyway! A sweatshirt will do just fine!
*Golf appeals to the child in all of us. . . This is proven by our frequent inability to count past the number 5.
*It's a simple matter to keep your ball in the fairway if you're not choosy about which fairway.
*If profanity had any influence on the flight of a ball, most everyone would play better.
*A recent survey shows that of all jobs, caddies live the longest. They get plenty of fresh air and exercise, and if there's ever a medical emergency, a doctor is always nearby

Glen Beck reading the letter from Janet Contreras

Here is the first part of the letter that a view Janet Contreras wrote to Glen Beck.
It is a powerful letter.

Robert Gibbs 'we won'

When I listen to Robert Gibbs talk it is apparent that he is arrogant, also he doesn't come off as being all that bright. Go ahead and keep that tone, your party will lose seats in droves during the next election. Your pompous attitude that you won will only take you so far.

Fox & Friends’ Crew Responds to Obama Slam

Interesting, poor Obama doesn't like the fact that Fox News does drink the OBAMA mania media's kool aide. It is not the media's job to fawn over the president. There is no way that OBAMA will come to Fox News because they DON'T fawn all over.

Boxer does not understand she works for us.

These liberals are so disrespectful when it comes to the military. Senator Boxer that one star General worked very hard to obtain that rank, you owe him some respect and some gratitude.

All this little exchange does is prove that Barbara Boxer is a two bit moron that shouldn't be talking to a man of honor like that. He hair brian by calling you 'ma'am he was trying talk respectfully but you just proved to be a petty.

At a sometimes contentious Capitol Hill hearing Tuesday, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee chairwoman, Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA), had a request for Army Corps of Engineers division leader, Brigadier General Michael Walsh.

During a terse exchange, as Boxer pressed Walsh on why the levees in New Orleans are still not repaired nearly four years after Hurricane Katrina, she said to Walsh:

"Could you say 'senator' instead of 'ma'am? It's just a thing. I worked so hard to get that title. I'd appreciate it."

The general's response? "Yes, Senator."

The blogosphere exploded with reaction following the senator's comments, with some arguing the senator deserves to be addressed by the title she's earned through three Senate elections, and others saying it's the general who deserves a little more respect. [politics daily]

Janet Contreras letter.

This was on Glen Becks show the other day. This is a letter that Glen Beck recieved from a view and it really hits a home run. The woman is right our nations politicans have gone insane. We now have speed readers to read bills into law.

On another 9/11 truther.

This was on Michelle Malkin's blog and it makes you scratch your head and say what rock did this person crawl out from under? I also don't know how anyone that isn't on drugs or not suffering from a severe mental disorder that would say that 9/11 is an inside job. Fifteen of the ninteen highjackers were Saudi.

Mourning Pvt. Long
Michelle Malkin ---- The funeral for Private William Long, gunned down last week by alleged jihadi shooter, will be held today.

Arkansas will fly its flags at half-staff. He will be buried at the Arkansas State Veterans Cemetery. Keep Pvt. Long and his family in your thoughts and prayers — as well as wounded Pvt. Quinton Ezeagwula and his family.

And let’s hope there’s none of this vulgar Muslim propagandizing at the service, as there was at a memorial even for Pvt. Long last week. Video clip sent in my scores of outraged readers: [Michelle Malkin]

So much for global warming.

Of course we will hear that, 'oh this is from green house gases and global warming.'
Yeah, oh okay!

Bismarck, N.D. (AP) Snow has fallen in Dickinson in June, the first time in nearly 60 years the city has seen snow past May.

National Weather Service meteorologist Janine Vining in Bismarck says there were unofficial reports of a couple of inches of snow in Dickinson on Saturday.

Vining says snow in North Dakota in June is uncommon, though it's not unheard of. She says other parts of the state have seen June snow within the past 10 years.

Williston and Bismarck had received only rain as of mid-Saturday, but Vining said snow was possible in those cities later in the day.

Obama's Teleprompter.

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It's sad that we have come to this. The man can't speak off of a teleprompter. I wounder how long before the president will throw MSNBC under the bus?

Coming soon to a car dealer near you.

Enjoy this what you’re going to get with the greens.

Country Music says it all.

This is one of my favorite country songs.

I believe that there's a right
And I believe that there's a wrong
That north and south
Black and white
Can somehow get along
What say you
What say you

I believe that there's a basic good in the heart of every man
And I'm not gonna to criticize what I can't understand.
What say you
What say you

I'm not afraid to say what's on my mind
To take a stand, to draw the line
To speak my heart and bare my soul
I don't like lies
I'd rather know the truth
Yea, what say you
What say you

But I'm not ashamed of where I come from
With this blue collar on my shirt
And I don't look for handouts
Cause I'm not afraid of work
What say you
Yeah, what say you

Man, I don't talk no religion
And I ain't a gonna wave that flag
But I love God and America
And I fight for what I have
What say you
Yeah, what say you

I know I'm not always right
I don't think I'm better than you
I don't have all the answers
But I'll share my point of view
What say you
I'm not afraid to say what's on my mind
Take a stand and draw that line
To speak my heart and bare my soul
I don't like lies
I'd rather know the truth
So what say you
What say you
What say you and you and you and you ...
What say you

More Ed Schultz.

This was on sayanything.com what a piece of work. The guy asked him a simple question and he resorts to name calling. Wow, this is North Dakota's finest? Oh yeah! Lets blame bush. Hey Ed, you're a second rate talk show host that is on a network that is failing in ratings. I am thinking of starting a site Lab's against Schultz. Hey Ed you're a fraud you just spewing the George Soros and Moveon.org talking points. Selling Hummer to the Chi-Com's is not funny one bit.

Ed Schultz is a Screw-up.

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Schultz is a moron and will be canned by MSNBC before too long. Palin is right, California is going to be asking for a bailout from the Feds. Mark my words it is coming. Talk about Fat Heads ED.

U.S. Lawyers Agreed on Legality of Harsh Interrogations

Well this is surprising and interesting! What is also surprising is unapologetic left wing rag like the New York Times would actually bring this up because it shoots the Lefts arguments all to hell. Of course it is all Bush’s fault.

WASHINGTON — When Justice Department lawyers engaged in a sharp internal debate in 2005 over brutal interrogation techniques, even some who believed that using tough tactics was a serious mistake agreed on a basic point: the methods themselves were legal.

Previously undisclosed Justice Department e-mail messages, interviews and newly declassified documents show that some of the lawyers, including James B. Comey, the deputy attorney general who argued repeatedly that the United States would regret using harsh methods, went along with a 2005 legal opinion asserting that the techniques used by the Central Intelligence Agency were lawful.

Big John Daly has a sponser.

Hopefully Daly can get it together and get his PGA card back. I am sure that after this 6 month suspension he can't have many chances left.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A week before his return to the PGA Tour after a six-month suspension, John Daly has signed an endorsement deal with a sports drink company.

Daly agreed to a multiyear deal with All Sport and will display its Big Red brand on his golf bag.

"Corporate America believes in his comeback," agent Bud Martin said Thursday.

The PGA Tour suspended Daly for a series of off-course events that brought negative publicity, including an overnight stay in a North Carolina jail to get sober last fall.

He is to play in a U.S. Open qualifier on Monday in Memphis, Tenn., then compete in the St. Jude Championship.

SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF.

Don't blame me I didn't vote for him. As a red blooded Americans this really isn't something to be proud of and it's embarrassing. You have a facist marxist dictator telling the world that the president is a bigger socialist than you. That isn't a compliment, that is an utter disgrace. Thanks Chairman Obama.

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez said on Tuesday that he and Cuban ally Fidel Castro risk being more conservative than U.S. President Barack Obama as Washington prepares to take control of General Motors Corp.

During one of Chavez's customary lectures on the "curse" of capitalism and the bonanzas of socialism, the Venezuelan leader made reference to GM's bankruptcy filing, which is expected to give the U.S. government a 60 percent stake in the 100-year-old former symbol of American might.

"Hey, Obama has just nationalized nothing more and nothing less than General Motors. Comrade Obama! Fidel, careful or we are going to end up to his right," Chavez joked on a live television broadcast.

During a decade in government, Chavez has nationalized most of Venezuela's key economic sectors, including multibillion dollar oil projects, often via joint ventures with the private sector that give the state a 60 percent controlling stake.

Obama has vowed to quickly sell off General Motors once the auto giant is back on its feet, but the government will initially control the company after a $30 billion injection of taxpayer funds.

Chavez, a vehement critic of the U.S. "empire," has toned down his rhetoric since Obama took office in January and the two men shook hands during a summit in Trinidad and Tobago in April.