English Optional

According to the U.S. Justice Dept., you apparently don't have to know English very well to become a citizen. Already, voting ballots in the Houston area have to be in 3 languages - English, Spanish, and Vietnamese. Why stop there? Shouldn't we add Cajun, Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese), Bronx, Chicagoan. Pretty soon, someone will just say "we will just cast your vote for you so you won't have to." At least they tried that in Florida in 2000, but that was AFTER the election (where "voter intent" became a new term).

This should work. Shouldn't it?

So we will put money into the economy by first taking it out of the economy, then putting it back into the economy, and taxing it along the way? Yeah, that should work.

Late Night Jokes

From Jay Leno: The Obama administration asked General Motors CEO Rick Wagoner to step down, and he agreed. This is good news for Obama; the last time he tried to get someone to quit, it took months -- and even then, he had to promise her a job as secretary of state. According to the government, Rick Wagoner was forced to resign because of poor performance. That's embarrassing -- run an organization that loses billions of dollars and then get fired by a guy who heads up an organization that loses trillions of dollars. Obama also said if you buy a new car, you will able to deduct the sales tax from your income tax. Or you can just take a job at the White House and you wouldn't have to pay taxes at all. President Obama said this week that things will get worse before they get better. That's something you never hear before the election -- "Let me tell you, if I'm elected it's going to get a lot worse." Ironically, Obama downplayed the economy during the campaign - Van

April Fool's 2

Being April Fool's, I thought I would write something about how our President fired the CEO of a major publicly held corporation and appointed his own CEO, and wants members of his administration to sit on the Board of Directors. Unfortunately, our President beat me to it - only it was for real. Then I thought I would write about our President creating some position titled the Director of Recovery for Auto Communities & Workers, but the "Workers" part sounded too Marxist. Unfortunately, our President beat me to that one too - and yes, it too is real. Then I had the bright idea of writing that many of the people making fiscal decisions affecting your paycheck and bank accounts over the next 4 years couldn't figure out how to do their own taxes. I mean, most people who make what these people make use CPAs, or at least a tax professional, unless they're trying to hide something. But unfortunately, this too turned out to be all too real, with Kathleen Sebelius being the next person who will impact your paycheck and can't figure out her own taxes. Finally, I thought I would write about our President's "what is he thinking" $3.5 trillion budget, which is $11,500 for every man, woman, and child in America. Since not all pay taxes, you can pretty much double that. And that's for only one year! Then I realized all this has been anything BUT a joke! many thanks to Rich Galen for the ideas.

April Fool's

Yes, today is April Fool's day. A day which, 9 years ago, my son Thomas was almost born. Being born on April Fool's would've been fitting given his personality. As it was, he was only fooling us and decided to wait another 24 hours. I keep reminding him that 24 hours of back labor means he has to be extra good on Mother's Day. Every Mother's Day. Now, if only he would practice that every day.