Some random thoughts

some thoughts in general. much thanks to Andy Rooney too, for helping me to sometimes bring precision to my own thinking.

I believe the money I make belongs to me and my family, not some governmental stooge with a bad comb-over who wants to give it away to crack addicts for squirting out babies. If I make 10,000.00 and pay 20% taxes, then if I make 100,000.00 I think I should still pay 20% taxes. The government is run by politicians who want to take from me all they can and give to those who don't have anything to their name but a vote. I'm willing to pay taxes for highways, and national defense, and maybe some nice libraries and national parks. But I'm not willing to pay to send money to some foreign country that hates us anyway, or pay for health care for people who refuse to work, or for teaching immigrant children how to speak in their native tongue instead of English.

The war in Iraq is not about freedom or democracy or liberation. It is about oil and keeping it available and first, and foremost, keeping it available to the United States.

Guns do not make you a killer. I think killing makes you a killer. You can kill someone with a baseball bat or a car, but no one is trying to ban you from driving to the ball game.

I don't think being a minority makes you a victim of anything except numbers.

I think women are generally smarter than men. Also more dramatic.

I voted five times for Ronald Reagan for President. He was not the sharpest crayon in the box, but he sure made me feel good about being an American. 

I think the police should have every right to shoot your sorry self if you threaten them after they tell you to stop. If you live in this country you should understand the words "freeze"or "stop" in English. I don't think I hate a single soul today, and I have forgiven those who have sinned against me. But I still would shoot someone right on the spot if they hurt my family or came in my house in the middle of the night without my permission.

We did not go to the aid of certain foreign countries and risk our lives in wars to defend their freedoms, so that decades later they could come over here and tell us our constitution is a living document: and open to their interpretations.

I don't hate the rich. I don't pity the poor. I believe a self-righteous liberal or conservative with a cause is more dangerous than a Hell's Angel with an attitude.

I think that having a twinkie and glass of milk every afternoon should be mandatory for every person over the age of 5. (Oreos can be substituted) An afternoon nap should be required for every adult over the age of 30.

I can put my finger in a glass of water and when I take it out, it doesn't leave a hole. There's a lesson there that will keep a person's ego in line.

I think Bill Gates has every right to keep every penny he made and continue to make more. If it ticks you off, go and invent the next operating system that's better, and put your name on the building.

It doesn't take a whole village to raise a child right, but it does take a parent to stand up to the kid: and smack their little behinds when necessary, and say "NO!" If people are going to take children on airplanes they should keep them from kicking the back of my seat. I can put in earplugs to drown out their uncontrolled squealling but for gosh sakes at least exercise enough control to keep their feet still.

I think the TSA are doing a wonderful job at our airports. I don't mind the delay at all. I feel safer today because of them and always take the time to tell them thank you. I try to take them a Hallmark Card at least once a month and give to them as I'm passing through security. They always get the biggest smile on their face when you tell them thank you. The people that complain and bitch the loudest about the delays are the morons who got to the airport 30 minutes prior to departure and they shouldn't be allowed to fly anyway. In fact, I think airlines and flight attendents should be able to refuse a seat to any traveler who does not smile.

The words "i am sorry" do more to make world peace than any other words in a language.

I think tattoos and piercing are fine if you want them, but please stay home until that new lip ring heals. I don't want to look at your ugly infected mouth as you serve me french fries!

There are two kinds of stupid in the world. The first is the guy who gets naked and drunk and runs around in the woods, and howls at the moon, and barks like a dog and pee's on a tree. And the second, is the same guy who does it in my front yard. The first I can ignore. The second I have to deal with.

There are a lot of people in this world that were born on third base and are so stupid they act like they hit a triple.