Tax This "Change"

Lately I've been working on my tax return. Growing up, I always heard how bad tax season was and I could never figure out what the big deal was. Just get somebody else to do it and quit complaining. Now I realize why we have Freedom of Speech. This stuff is tragic. It isn't the time involved because I can get mine done pretty quick. Instead it is the realization that being a single, white, unmarried, male is quite possibly the worst tax fate a person can suffer. I literally have to chug a gallon of Pepto in order to even glance at me W-2. How is it that the government can take 40 percent of what I earn and tell me its my patriotic duty? I feel my duty involves a 9 iron, a bucket of marshmallow cream, and Joe Biden's back hair. So buck up all you tax jockeys out there. Just think, with Obama in charge now, we will no longer have to pay taxes and we will receive a shipment of alpaca fur twice a month to cuddle up in and daydream about how great government is. "Change", I love it.

By the way, that humongous stimulus check we all got last year, oh yeah you have to report it.

Abstract Art

There has been some confusion regarding my new header. Hopefully this will clear it up.

A Raw Deal

My sister put me on to this story the AP just published. People are such sheep. If some liberal hippie gets up and rants and raves about something on which they have no knowledge, the blind ignorant masses are sure to follow. Its a good thing "change" is in the air because Obama and Tom Daschle won't allow anymore shenanigans to go on.
More than $83 million spent on Prop 8
Mormon church involvement
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which has been criticized for strongly encouraging its members to support Proposition 8, for the first time assigned a dollar value of nearly $190,000 to its role in getting the initiative passed.

More than half, or $97,000, went to the time staff of the Utah-based Mormon Church devoted to the Yes on 8 campaign, according to the church's report. Another $21,000 was for the use of church buildings and equipment during the campaign. Most of the rest went to airline tickets, hotels and meals for church officials.

The church said it did not make any cash donations supporting the measure.

The California Fair Political Practices Commission has been investigating the Mormon Church for allegedly underreporting its spending on behalf of Proposition 8.

Church spokeswoman Kim Farah said Monday that the church has complied with all campaign finance laws and that the updated figures come in response to the state's disclosure deadlines, not the FPPC investigation.

"The value of the Church's in-kind contribution is less than one-half of one percent of the total funds raised for the Yes on 8 campaign," Farah said.

Focus on the Family, the evangelical Christian media empire based in Colorado, reported giving $657,000 in cash and services to promote Proposition 8.

This is the best we can do?

The tradition of Groundhog Day goes back for decades. It has become a novelty act over the last 30 years more than an actual prediction of weather. Since records have been kept in 1887, the groundhog has seen his shadow 90% of the time. Matching that up with official weather records, he is about 40% accurate when it comes to weather. At first glance you may think that his forecasting skills are lacking, but compare him to your local weatherman. Not much difference. Plus you only have to deal with the groundhog once a year as compared to a calendar full of horrendous 7 day outlook predictions. So I say to you, lets make this fine rodent head of the weather channel. At least then there would be an excuse for lousy accuracy.