This is a scary video.

I sell automotive lifts and other auto repair equipment for a living.  And sometime mechanics don’t maintain their equipment as the years go by.  Well this is a video that I plan to keep on my cell phone so that I can convince them to have us come in on an annual basis to do safety checks on their lifts.

We just installed a lift in this guys shop, and this was a lift that he had in there. Maybe while our service guys were there, he should have had them inspect his other lifts.
He was a good sport and provided us with his surveillance video though.

Today is Stormy’s 5th birthday.  Man-o-man how fast they grow.

THIS is awesome! I didn’t know there was a place that you could go to do this. Too cool.

And that little girl couldn’t be more that 8 or 9 years old. Way to teach a kid gun control! I love it!

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush on Monday lifted an executive ban on offshore oil drilling and challenged Congress to follow suit, aiming to turn the enormous public frustration about gasoline prices into political leverage. Democratic lawmakers rejected Bush’s plan as a symbolic stunt.

With gas prices topping $4.10 a gallon nationally, Bush made his most assertive move to extend oil exploration, an energy priority of his presidency.

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It’s about time.  This should have been done many moons ago Mr. Bush.  Where you at?  Now we need to hammer Congress into following suit.  Those libs are gonna be hard to convince, but there is an election coming up.  Do they hold there ground an alienate their constituents?  Or do they see the tidal wave of disapproval towards their  stance and possibly do more long-lived damage to their Eco-Friendly anti-business, anti-technology growth, platform that they stand on.

Only time will tell.  But I honestly think that they’re not stupid.  I’m sure that they realize that if they stand in the way of this, lots of democrats will be voting against them in the coming elections.  Most of the democrats base are lower to middle class people.  These are the people the gas prices hurt the most.

Newt is awesome. You know that he’s awesome because the media did their best to destroy him when he was speaker of the house. The media only attempts to destroy those who are truely a threat to them and their agenda towards socialism and the destruction of the American way.
With that in mind… watch this video and absorb the intellect of NEWT.

What I love about Newt is that he doesn’t need teleprompters because he knows what he’s saying. He speaks from his heart and from his mind. Not from his eyes. Obama speaks with his eyes. Without a teleprompter in front of him displaying a prepared speech, the guy falls apart. That’s because he can’t think for himself. He cant articulate how he feels from the heart because if he did that it would scare the living hell out of anyone who heard it.

While stitching a cut on the hand of an old Texas rancher, thedoctor asked how he felt about Obama and his bid to be ourPresident.
The old rancher said, “Well, you know, Obama is a post turtle.”The doctor asked him what a ‘post turtle’ was.
The old rancher said, “When you’re driving down a country roadand you see a fence post with a turtle balanced on top, that’s a ‘post turtle’.”
Seeing a puzzled look on the doctor’s face, he continued:
“You know he didn’t get up there by himself.”
“He doesn’t belong there.”
“He doesn’t know what the hell to do while he is there.”
“And you wonder what kind of idiot put him up there in the firstplace.”

A Victory for Gun Owners

    Today the US Supreme Court Ruled in favor of a Washington DC man who fought the DC law that banned gun ownership by a civilian.  All I can say is…  Thank FUCKING God!!!!  This would have been a disaster for American freedom otherwise.

    Washington DC is the murder capital of the nation.  I wonder why?  Maybe it’s because the murderers know that they won’t be shot by someone trying to defend themselves.  It’s a proven fact that the more guns that are in the hands of the people, the lower the violent crime rate will be.  If you allow citizens to defend themselves, the criminals are a lot less likely to take the chance of losing their own lives.

    And the scariest part about this ruling is that it was a 4 to 5 vote!  WTF is that?!  4 of the 9 Supreme Court justices believe that it is constitutional to ban the ownership of fire arms by the people?! I don’t really mean this, but the dark side of me wants to see the 4 that didn’t vote in favor of this ruling be subject to a home invasion where one of their family members are harmed or even killed.  I’d like them to have the cops come after the fact and be able to do nothing but clean up the dead body.  I’d like for these 4 to realize that the cops or the government can’t protect them.  They can only come after the fact and investigate.  THAT’s IT!  These guys don’t live in the hood.  They don’t live in communities where it takes cops 3 hours to show up when you call 911.  If a guy wants to kill you, nothing is going to stop him from doing so unless you have the ability to defend yourself.

People need to realize how important the 2nd amendment is.  The right was not granted to us by our forefathers for the purpose of hunting.  This right was granted to us to defend against the rise of a tyrannical government.  This right was given to us after being oppressed by just such a government.  This was not too long ago in the grand scheme of things people.  Once this country is disarmed, we become extremely vulnerable to the unthinkable.  The unthinkable is that which most people now think could never happen.  Well it can.  We don’t live in a utopia where bad things don’t happen.  Just look around the world.  China is, even now, beating people into submission to remain in lock-step in their enslaved country.  China is not even a third world country!  There are still slaves in South Africa.  What makes people believe that we’re protected from these kinds of atrocities?  The more and more that we become complacent and do not protect our rights, the closer that we come to enslavement by either our government, or even some other government.

Here’s a cool shot of me blowing some fire while bartending at New-York New-York Night Club in Chesterfield Michigan.

Tracy suggested that I photoshop a pair of dragon wings onto my back.  Click on the photo for a larger printable version.

    So they wanted to raise the minimum wage in Michigan because you can’t support a family on the current minimum wage. Or, at least, that’s the argument.

    The minimum wage was never designed to support a family. It is for entry level jobs. You know… the 16 year old kid that wants to make some extra money over the summer to buy bubblegum and a comic-book subscription. An adult with a family should have enough experience in SOMETHING to get a job that pays better than minimum wage. A job that requires some sort of cultivated skill. And if someone has lived that long and has not developed some sort of skill, then SHAME ON THEM.

    Last year Michigan’s unemployment rate was around 5%. Now, only a year later and after the minimum wage increase, the unemployment rate is over 8%. Employers warned law makers that if they raised the minimum wage, that there would be fewer summer jobs for the younger job seekers. They can’t afford to pay that kind of cash for unskilled labor. If they’re forced to pay higher wages, they’ll hire a better skilled work-force to make it worth their investment. Who the hell is gonna pay a snot-nosed punk with a ring in his eyebrow when there’s an older, more responsible adult applying for the job as well. I’m seeing more and more adults working at fast food restaurants than I ever have. It’s a shame that these people are happy flipping burgers instead of building a more valuable skill to better their future.

    Anyway… I’m getting off track. Because these companies are forced to pay higher wages, they’ll hire one better qualified person to do the job of two lesser qualified people that they could have hired at a lower wage.

    This isn’t the only reason that we’ve got a high unemployment, but is sure as hell adds to it. Jennifer Granholm has raised taxes on Michigan residence and businesses to much that we can’t afford to hire more people even if we wanted to. I don’t know what the hell goes through her mind when she looks as the poor shape of this state. “Hmmm… maybe we need to raise taxes some more” These people are leaving the state in droves. They’re taxed to the hilt. They’re paying $4 a gallon for gas. They’re paying at least 20% more for food. They’re one the ground suffering. Lets kick them in the head and take their wallets on top of all that.

    The huge tax increase from last year that was supposed to balance the budget didn’t balance the budget. She’s saying that they need another 3 or 400 million now. FUCK YOU Jennifer Granholm! My wallet is empty and business is slow. And you know what? I’m not replacing the secretary that moved on to a higher paying job. When you stop strangling us, we might be able to breath enough to become productive again.

    I thought that the people of Michigan would never re-elect this woman. Well now they’re paying for it. Problem is that I have to pay for their mistake too.