July 24, 2011
A Rant About Entitlements
Entitlements my ass!
I paid cash for my Social Security Insurance! Just because they borrowed my money, doesn't make my benefits some kind of charity or handout! Congressional benefits like free health care, outrageous retirement packages, 67 paid holidays, three weeks paid vacation, unlimited paid sick days: now that's welfare; and they have the nerve to call my retirement entitlements!
Someone please tell me what the Hell is wrong with all the people that run this country!
We're broke and can't help our Seniors, Veterans, Orphans, Homeless etc.?
In recent months we have provided aid to Haiti , Chile, Pakistan...home to bin Laden...literally BILLIONS of DOLLARS!
Our retired seniors living on a fixed incomes receive no aid nor do they get any breaks while our government gives Hundreds of Billions to Foreign Countries!
They call Social Security and Medicare entitlements even though most of us have been paying for them all our working lives. And now, when its time for us to collect, the Government is running out of money. Why did the Government borrow from our Social Security in the first place?
We have many adoptable children who are shoved aside to make room for the adoption of foreign orphans.
AMERICA: a country where we have homeless without shelter, children going to bed hungry, elderly going without needed medication, mentally ill going without treatment, etc.
Imagine if our Government gave us the same support they give the people who hate us.
Sad, isn't it?
True Packer. What's he going to do after he's traded?
Packers
cornerback Sam Shields is showing off his new tattoo on his Twitter account.
Idle Thoughts Of A Retiree's Wandering Mind
I planted some bird
seed. A bird came up. Now I don't know what to feed
it.
I had amnesia once ... or
twice.
I went to San Francisco .
I found someone's heart. Now what?
Protons have mass? I
didn't even know they were Catholic.
All I ask is a chance to
prove that money can't make me happy.
If the world were a
logical place, men would be the ones who ride horses
sidesaddle.
What is a "free" gift?
Aren't all gifts free?
They told me I was
gullible and I believed them.
Teach a child to be polite
and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to merge
his car onto the freeway.
Experience is the thing
you have left when everything else is gone.
One nice thing about
egotists: They don't talk about other people.
My weight is perfect for
my height -- which varies.
I used to be indecisive.
Now I'm not sure.
How can there be self-help
"groups?"
If swimming is so good for
your figure, how do you explain whales?
Show me a man with both
feet firmly on the ground, and I'll show you a man who can't get his pants
off.
Is it me -- or do buffalo
wings taste like chicken?
Casteller Videos. These people are insane!!
In the city of Tarragona, Spain, castellers gather every two years to see who
can build the highest, most intricate human castles. It requires astonishing
strength, finesse, and balance. Not to mention courage.
Sex During Pregnancy
A man asks his doctor,
"Can I have sex
with my pregnant wife?"
The doctor replies,
"Yes. The first
3 months will be just like normal the next three months
you should do it like dog and the last three months
you should do it like tiger."
The man replies,
"Tiger? I don't
know that method."
The doctor explains
"Like Tiger
Woods. Sleep with
other women."
July 17, 2011
Prior Lake Jazzfest 2011
Prior Lake Jazzfest 2011
Shortarmguy Diary Update for July 17, 2011
Sunny was excited to have his first boat ride of the season this week. It was pretty cool, but when he started Howling "I'm King of the World" it started to get a little bit annoying.
He was pretty good on the boat until the boys decided to go tubing.
Then all he did was worry, worry, worry!
Eventually he decided he was best off to just hang out with Grandma Linda. She's working on perfecting a method to be able to go on a boat ride without messing up her hair. However, she doesn't quite have the right formula yet.
At work, we went out for lunch with Nick Rahman to celebrate his birthday. He wore his best hat for the occasion.
On Friday night, the family took the boys over to Benihana in Minneapolis to celebrate their 12th birthday. Nothing like devouring a bunch of good Japanese food to make you feel a year older.
On Saturday night, Miss Sheri and I braved the 110 degree heat index to go to the annual Prior Lake Jazz Festival to see artists like Lamont Cranston, Lukas Nelson, and Buddy Guy. We sweated off our Jazz Balls while listening to some damned good music.
We were tormented all day by sightings of one of the only two Zeppelins in the entire world! It was in nearby Eden Prairie, Minnesota for the local air show. It flew passengers over Prior Lake for most of the weekend and was a very impressive site to see! I've learned zeppelins are larger than blimps and are differentiated by the fact that they have a solid frame inside the inflatable part. The Star Tribune has a pretty cool video of the Zeppelin that can be seen here:
For the second year in a row, we attended this grand concert with our good friends, Sean and Ann Quinlan. And for the second year in a row, we lamed out and left the concert early. Buddy Guy was the headliner and when he went on stage, they suddenly started having severe audio problems. We were sitting near the back of the festival and could barely hear a thing! After about 15 minutes of this, Miss Sheri and I decided to call it a night. Sean and Ann stuck around though and said the audio problems persisted for about an hour. I'm glad we left when we did.
We really enjoyed listening to Lukas Nelson who is the son of Willie Nelson. He has a unique sound, but you can definitely hear his father in there somewhere. It's possible that Willie was hiding backstage somewhere singing along with his son. I just don't know for sure.
On Sunday, we celebrated Luke's birthday with some of his friends.
Since Avery also had his birthday on the same day, we decided to let him come along and celebrate as well.
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