Nick Vujicic

You think you have problems? Watch this video of Nick Vujicic, a man who has no arms and no legs. He's not discouraged. Don't you get discouraged either.

This first video is segment 1 of 4--well worth watching.



Search for Nick Vujicic on YouTube and find other great motivational videos.

Your Environment

"You are a product of your environment. So choose the environment that will best develop you toward your objective. Analyze your life in terms of its environment. Are the things around you helping you toward success--or are they holding you back?" --Clement Stone

Health Care Criminals

Speaker Pelosi's government takeover of health care (H.R. 3962) requires all Americans to purchase a minimum health care insurance plan. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that this basic required plan will cost the average family $15,000 a year by 2016.

Failure to purchase this insurance will result in a substantial fine. Failure to pay the fine can constitute “felony willful evasion” which is punishable by a $250,000 fine and up to five years in prison. (H.R. 3962, §7201).

“H.R. 3962 provides that an individual (or a husband and wife in the case of a joint return) who does not, at any time during the taxable year, maintain acceptable health insurance coverage for himself or herself and each of his or her qualifying children is subject to an additional tax.”

“If the government determines that the taxpayer’s unpaid tax liability results from willful behavior, the following penalties could apply…”

“Criminal penalties: "
"Section 7203 – misdemeanor willful failure to pay is punishable by a fine of up to $25,000 and/or imprisonment of up to one year."

"Section 7201 – felony willful evasion is punishable by a fine of up to $250,000 and/or imprisonment of up to five years.” [page 3]

H.R. 3962 will create 111 new boards, bureaucracies, commissions, and programs.

People of Public Transit

I recently blogged about peopleofwalmart.com that shows the stranger part of our communities that shops at WalMart. Check out peopleofpublictransit.com for the weird people photographed on public transit. Below are a few samples:

Kick Them All Out

The 2 most corrupting influences in government are the special interest lobbyists and the career politicians. There are currently 15 members of congress under investigation by the congressional ethics committees, or under investigation, indictment, or conviction by law enforcement authorities.

Politicians need to learn that they work for us--the people they supposedly represent. They are not an elite ruling class that is above the law.

We must hold our leaders to the same standard as the public. Congress should live by the same rules as citizens. No special deals like a congressional bank that offers unlimited overdraft privileges and free loans. No special health care for them--they should live by the same rules as the people do.

The only way to stop the backroom deals, pork spending, and political abuses is to fire them all and start over. Then impose serious term limits.

My advice: Re-elect No One -- No Exceptions! See KickThemAllOut.com

GM Government Motors

GM (General Motors) has lost more than $80 billion in the past 4 years.

Then in a smart financial move, the US government stepped in with $50 billion in aid and transformed GM into Government Motors.

Government Motors had planed to sell Opel, to focus on profitable regions, like Latin America and Asia. But now, the German government has given GM another $2.2 billion dollars, so they'll instead hang on to Opel and upgrade their manufacturing plant in Europe.

More US taxpayer money down the drain and more jobs shifted overseas.

But, who know? Maybe they'll come up with some really great new designs like those below.

Disorder in the Court

These are from a book called Disorder in the American Courts and are things people actually said in court, word for word, taken down by court reporters that had the torment of staying calm while these exchanges were actually taking place.
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ATTORNEY: This myasthenia gravis, does it affect your memory at all?
WITNESS: Yes.
ATTORNEY: And in what ways does it affect your memory?
WITNESS: I forget.
ATTORNEY: You forget? Can you give us an example of something you forgot?
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ATTORNEY: Now doctor, isn't it true that when a person dies in his sleep, he doesn't know about it until the next morning?
WITNESS: Did you actually pass the bar exam?
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ATTORNEY: The youngest son, the twenty-year-old, how old is he?
WITNESS: He's twenty, much like your IQ.
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ATTORNEY: Were you present when your picture was taken?
WITNESS: Are you shitting me?
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ATTORNEY: So the date of conception (of the baby) was August 8th?
WITNESS: Yes.
ATTORNEY: And what were you doing at that time?
WITNESS: getting laid
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ATTORNEY: She had three children, right?
WITNESS: Yes.
ATTORNEY: How many were boys?
WITNESS: None.
ATTORNEY: Were there any girls?
W ITNESS : Your Honor, I think I need a different attorney. Can I get a new attorney?
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ATTORNEY: How was your first marriage terminated?
WITNESS: By death.
ATTORNEY: And by whose death was it terminated?
WITNESS: Take a guess.
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ATTORNEY: Can you describe the individual?
WITNESS: He was about medium height and had a beard.
ATTORNEY: Was this a male or a female?
WITNESS: Unless the Circus was in town I'm going with male.
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ATTORNEY: Is your appearance here this morning pursuant to a deposition notice which I sent to your attorney?
WITNESS: No, this is how I dress when I go to work.
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ATTORNEY: Doctor, how many of your autopsies have you performed on dead people?
WITNESS: All of them. The live ones put up too much of a fight.
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ATTORNEY: ALL your responses MUST be oral, OK? What school did you go to?
WITNESS: Oral.
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ATTORNEY: Do you recall the time that you examined the body?
WITNESS: The autopsy started around 8:30 p.m.
ATTORNEY: And Mr. Denton was dead at the time?
WITNESS: If not, he was by the time I finished.
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ATTORNEY: Are you qualified to give a urine sample?
WITNESS: Are you qualified to ask that question?
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And the best for last:

ATTORNEY: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: Did you check for blood pressure?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: Did you check for breathing?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: How can you be so sure, Doctor?
WITNESS: Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar.
ATTORNEY: I see, but could the patient have still been alive, nevertheless?
WITNESS: Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law..

CNN Poll: Half the country disagrees with Obama on issues

A new CNN poll shows that for the first time people mostly disagree with Obama on the issues.

And notice the trend downward in the CNN report.

Britains Got Talent 2008 © Human Slinky video audition

Thou Shalt Not Steal

Thou shalt not steal, unless you hire a congressman to do it.