My ARMY blog can now be found at the following address:

http://seangoesarmyreserve.blogspot.com/

Please note the change. Thanks!

-Sean

Long story. Please keep tabs with me on my new blog:

http://seangoesguard.blogspot.com/

Thanks!

Another thing I'm confused with...all of these so-called "fair weather
Patriots" backup up ALL of Bush's stupid decisions, when all the while
the experts in their respective fields PREDICTED (correctly) that
Bush's actions were going to have very real, and very dire consequences
for this country and it's economic well being. That didn't matter
though...all of the people that were supposedly being "American" and
supporting the President "NO MATTER WHAT", because it was the PATRIOTIC
thing to do, continued to stand by him and support him while he drive this country head-on into a brick wall.



NOW, there is an administration that is trying to do something to
BETTER America - not something that's going to tarnish our reputation
around the world and get thousands of people killed. They are trying to
do something for America's future. And where are those fair-weather,
flag waving Patriots now? Now, more than ever, the President of America
needs support. And those fair weather Patriots that stood by the last
guy's side while he co-piloted America into this mess are nowhere to be
found.



Instead, at a time when America most needs them...they are pouting like
little school children and belittling the current administration less
than 1 month into term.



Patriots my ass. Unless you're there and being positive when the
country REALLY, TRULY needs your help - you're nothing but a ****ing
redneck. So don't you dare call yourself "American" or "Patriotic." You
may as well be a Commie or a Nazi to turn your back on the President
that's actually trying to help clean up the mess that YOUR so-called
"Amurcan" caused.



I guess this phenomenon suggests that "patriotism" is only possible
when blowing up people in other countries is at stake, and no other
issue calls for a show of patriotism?



And this is coming from a guy that thinks the notion of being loyal to a patch of soil is silly.

Most clouds have silver linings. Most problems aren't bad enough to cause someone to experience overwhelming despair.

My situation is not like most.

I really need to vent. I don't know what to do.

In the last year, I have been unemployed for 9 months. I was not eligible for unemployment, so I have had ZERO source of income. I don't have anyone paying my bills. I haven't been able to borrow money from anyone. I don't have any credit cards. I have been selling off anything I own that isn't bolted down on eBay and Craigslist, and now I'm out of crap to sell.

I have sent out several hundred resumes for several hundred jobs. I have had 2 interviews.

I have hidden my car from the repossession men twice in the last few months. My tags are fakes; I couldn't afford registration. I don't have health insurance, and I am about to drop my auto insurance and take my chances driving on a suspended license (your license is automatically revoked if you fail to carry insurance).

I was recently evicted from the place I was renting. I found a room to rent, and managed to come up with rent for the first month. I kept "thinking positive" and moving forward, thinking I'll have a job soon.

Well, I don't...and rent is due in 8 days. I don't have it.

I made a $30 mistake in my bank account, and because I didn't have the minimum balance to activate my overdraft protection, a $30 mistake has resulted in $350 in overdraft fees (fuck Bank of America). I have spoken with SEVERAL people, explained my situation, and NOBODY is willing to do ANYTHING. Not even my local branch manager. Not ONE single overdraft charge has been removed. If there was such a thing as hell, I would hope that people who decided it was a good idea to profit from ripping people off would burn there.

I don't know what the fuck to do. I don't have any money to put gas in my car. I have a show opening tonight, so I'm supposed to pretend I'm happy and lift other people's spirits. For what? What about mine?

Fuck my life. Really.

Oh, and a big, hearty FUCK YOU to G W Bush for blatantly ignoring the economy as it melted down, and doing nothing about it.

Please don't think ill of me if I end up robbing a bank. I don't know what else to do - employers are simply not hiring and I am beyond desperate.

Come see us in DAMES AT SEA at DOWNEY CLO!

We run this weekend and next weekend...times are tough and despite 3 great reviews, the audiences are sparse! Even the Taper is going dark for 2 months!!! But hey, our tickets are cheaper! So come clap for us...pretty please?! I can get a few comps if you need them. Let me know!

Links with Reviews and Show Info:
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http://www.wavenewspapers.com/entertainment/stage/40329507.html

http://www.presstelegram.com/search/ci_11775263?IADID=Search-www.presstelegram.com-www.presstelegram.com

Thanks!!!

Sean

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# Chuck Norris once ate a whole cake before his friends could tell him there was a stripper in it.

# Some people like to eat frogs' legs. Chuck Norris likes to eat lizard legs. Hence, snakes.

# There are no races, only countries of people Chuck Norris has beaten to different shades of black and blue.

# When Chuck Norris was denied an Egg McMuffin at McDonald's because it was 10:35, he roundhouse kicked the store so hard it became a Wendy's.

# Chuck Norris can't finish a "color by numbers" because his markers are filled with the blood of his victims. Unfortunately, all blood is dark red.

# A Chuck Norris-delivered Roundhouse Kick is the preferred method of execution in 16 states.

# When Chuck Norris falls in water, Chuck Norris doesn't get wet. Water gets Chuck Norris.

# Scientists have estimated that the energy given off during the Big Bang is roughly equal to 1CNRhK (Chuck Norris Roundhouse Kick)

# Chuck Norris’ house has no doors, only walls that he walks through.

# How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could Chuck Norris? ...All of it.

# Chuck Norris doesn't actually write books, the words assemble themselves out of fear.

# In honor of Chuck Norris, all McDonald's in Texas have an even larger size than the super-size. When ordering, just ask to be Chucksized.

# Chuck Norris CAN believe it's not butter.

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# Chuck Norris can divide by zero.

# The grass is always greener on the other side, unless Chuck Norris has been there. In that case the grass is most likely soaked in blood and tears.

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# When Chuck Norris talks, everybody listens. And dies.

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# Contrary to popular belief, there is indeed enough Chuck Norris to go around.

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# Chuck Norris always knows the EXACT location of Carmen SanDiego.

# When taking the SAT, write "Chuck Norris" for every answer. You will score over 8000.

# Chuck Norris invented black. In fact, he invented the entire spectrum of visible light. Except pink. Tom Cruise invented pink.

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# On his birthday, Chuck Norris randomly selects one lucky child to be thrown into the sun.

# Nobody doesn't like Sara Lee. Except Chuck Norris.

# Chuck Norris doesn't throw up if he drinks too much. Chuck Norris throws down!

# In the beginning there was nothing...then Chuck Norris Roundhouse kicked that nothing in the face and said "Get a job". That is the story of the universe.

# Chuck Norris has 12 moons. One of those moons is the Earth.

# Chuck Norris grinds his coffee with his teeth and boils the water with his own rage.

# Archeologists unearthed an old english dictionary dating back to the year 1236. It defined "victim" as "one who has encountered Chuck Norris"

# Chuck Norris ordered a Big Mac at Burger King, and got one.

# Chuck Norris and Mr. T walked into a bar. The bar was instantly destroyed, as that level of awesome cannot be contained in one building.

# If you Google search "Chuck Norris getting his ass kicked" you will generate zero results. It just doesn't happen.

# Chuck Norris can drink an entire gallon of milk in thirty-seven seconds.

# Little known medical fact: Chuck Norris invented the Caesarean section when he roundhouse-kicked his way out of his monther's womb.

# Chuck Norris doesn't bowl strikes, he just knocks down one pin and the other nine faint.

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# It takes Chuck Norris 20 minutes to watch 60 Minutes.

# You know how they say if you die in your dream then you will die in real life? In actuality, if you dream of death then Chuck Norris will find you and kill you.

# Chuck Norris has a deep and abiding respect for human life... unless it gets in his way.

# The Bermuda Triangle used to be the Bermuda Square, until Chuck Norris Roundhouse kicked one of the corners off.

# There are no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, Chuck Norris lives in Oklahoma.

# Chuck Norris doesn't believe in Germany.

# When Chuck Norris is in a crowded area, he doesn't walk around people. He walks through them.

# Chuck Norris once ate an entire bottle of sleeping pills. They made him blink.

# James Cameron wanted Chuck Norris to play the Terminator. However, upon reflection, he realized that would have turned his movie into a documentary, so he went with Arnold Schwarzenegger.

# Chuck Norris can touch MC Hammer.

# Thousands of years ago Chuck Norris came across a bear. It was so terrified that it fled north into the arctic. It was also so terrified that all of its decendents now have white hair.

# Chuck Norris played Russian Roulette with a fully loaded gun and won.

# It takes 14 puppeteers to make Chuck Norris smile, but only 2 to make him destroy an orphanage.

Congratulations if you're among that group of sibling-humping, banjo-strumming back-wood white trash.

'Joe the Plumber' says he has no plumbing license

By JOHN SEEWER – 2 hours ago
HOLLAND, Ohio (AP) — Joe the Plumber said Thursday he doesn't have a license and doesn't need one. Joe Wurzelbacher, better known as Joe the Plumber, the nickname Republican John McCain bestowed on him during Wednesday's presidential debate, said he works for a small plumbing company that does residential work. Because he works for someone else, he doesn't need a license, he said.
But the county Wurzelbacher and his employer live in, Lucas County, requires plumbers to have licenses. Neither Wurzelbacher nor his employer are licensed there, said Cheryl Schimming of Lucas County Building Regulations, which handles plumber licenses in parts of the county outside Toledo.
Wurzelbacher, who voted in the Republican primary and indicated he backed McCain, was cited by the GOP presidential candidate as an example of someone who wants to buy a plumbing business but would be hurt by Democrat Barack Obama's tax plans. Wurzelbacher said he was surprised that his name was mentioned so many other times.
"That bothered me. I wished that they had talked more about issues that are important to Americans," he told reporters gathered outside his home.
Wurzelbacher, 34, said he doesn't have a good plan put together on how he would buy Newell Plumbing and Heating in nearby Toledo.
He said the business consists of owner Al Newell and him. Wurzelbacher said he's worked there for six years and that the two have talked about his taking it over at some point.
"There's a lot I've got to learn," he said.
Wurzelbacher said he started his day with an early morning workout and came back to his suburban Toledo home to do live interviews with TV networks.
Reporters camped out by his house overnight and by midmorning there were 21 people on his driveway surrounding him, holding cameras and notebooks.
Wurzelbacher said he's feeling overwhelmed.
"I'm kind of like Britney Spears having a headache. Everybody wants to know about it," he joked.
In Toledo on Sunday, Wurzelbacher told Obama that he was preparing to buy the plumbing company, which earns more than $250,000 a year, and said: "Your new tax plan is going to tax me more, isn't it?"
Obama said that under his proposal taxes on any revenue from $250,000 on down would stay the same, but that amounts above that level would be subject to a 39 percent tax, instead of the current 36 percent rate.
Wurzelbacher said Obama's tax plan wouldn't affect him right now, because he doesn't make $250,000. "But I hope someday I'll make that," he said.
"If you believed (Obama), I'd be receiving his tax cuts," Wurzelbacher said. "But I don't look at it that way. He'd still be hurting others."
As he leaned against the Dodge Durango SUV parked in his driveway Thursday morning, Wurzelbacher indicated to reporters who crowded around that he was a conservative, a fan of the military and McCain. He said meeting McCain would be an honor but said he hadn't been contacted by the Republican campaign.
Still, the plumber wouldn't say who he was voting for and brushed off a question about whether he could influence the election or other voters.
"I don't have a lot of pull. It's not like I'm Matt Damon," Wurzelbacher said.
"I just hope I'm not making too much of a fool of myself," he added.


Some observations here...
So a few observations - he is talking about his business (allegedly) netting $280K per year. That would equate to an additional $900 per year on the business. Works out to about $75 a month. It appears to be a 2 person operation so he'll receive a tax credit of $1000 ($500 per employee) - he comes out ahead $100. In addition he'll receive a 50% tax credit on health insurance for the 2 employees of the company - ($9300 average per year for business costs per employee) so add on another $9300.

He's theoretically $9410 ahead on the deal under Obama's tax plan.

His personal income wasn't stated - let's be generous and say he is making $150K next year (single no dependents). He will have no increase on his personal income tax.

The guy is another of those simplistic "Flat Tax" proponents who, like some of the other people on this board, feel that any success they enjoy is strictly a by product of their being a single isolated entity that somehow exists and prospers in spite of everyone around them, and as such shouldn't have to put a dime into supporting the various elements of "the commons" that ultimately enabled them to become successful and prosperous.

I have decided to post NON-PARTISAN information on all of the major issues facing this presidential election, along with a short opinion/observation on each of them from my own point of view. I would appreciate your comments and feedback! We'll start with IMMIGRATION.

***ALL INFORMATION COPIED/PASTED WITH NO EDITING FROM THE NON-PARTISAN INFORMATION SITE, http://www.obama-mccain.info/index-obama-mccain.php

John McCain position on Immigration
• McCain supports amnesty / permanent legalization for illegal aliens
and temporary legalization for illegal aliens as guest workers.

• He initially supported the temporary guest worker program that
failed to advance in US Senate and then his position to emphasize
border security first.

• Advocates tightening of the border by increasing patrols.

• He would increase the number of visas issued for agricultural
workers.

• McCain supports relaxing the restrictions barring legal immigrants
from using social programs such as food stamp, health care and
housing.


Barack Obama position on Immigration
• Obama supports amnesty / permanent legalization for illegal aliens
and temporary legalization for illegal aliens as guest workers.

• He supports granting citizenship to illegal aliens already in the
country as long as they pay the fines and back taxes, learn English,
do not violate the law and go to the end of the line to become
citizens.

• He supports efforts to build a fence along the Mexican border.

• He backs the use of additional personnel, infrastructure and
technology to safeguard American borders and ports.

• Obama advocates tougher laws to keep illegal aliens from finding
jobs and would create a program for employers to easily verify an
applicant's immigration status.

...this issue is one of the many great ironys/hypocrisys with the Republican camp. It seems to me, Obama is more for Americans than McCain.

Let me start by saying I am FAR from racist. I am from southern California, where English is a second language in MANY areas now. My godparents are black, my best friend is mexican. I'm a euro mutt.

That having been said...there's a few things to discuss here.

First, I don't personally agree with granting all of the illegals here amnesty and citizenship. I don't think it's fair to the immigrants who came here LEGALLY and LAWFULLY, and went through due process to become citizens (like my ancestors from Italy and Russia did in the early 1900's as well). Granting all of the illegals citizenship is almost like encouraging the breaking of laws. However, there really is no other solution to this, and I understand it is something that simply must be done. BOTH candidates are for this.

Next...THIS is my biggest problem with McCain here:

"McCain supports relaxing the restrictions barring legal immigrants
from using social programs such as food stamp, health care and
housing."

Ok, let me get this straight. You DO NOT want to grant health care to American citizens. However, you DO want to make it easier for ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS to get these things, while WE PAY FOR IT.

How is this helping Americans, again?! Oh, wait...it's helping RICH REPUBLICAN CORPORATIONS because they all take advantage of cheap Mexican labor. That's no secret. There's NO such thing as a "blue collar job" in CA anymore unless your native language is Spanish.

My vote goes to Obama here. Read the bullet points - he is SO MUCH MORE American than McCain it's disgusting. McCain may as well do the rest of his speeches in spanish.

It's not about racism...it's about national identity and security. Without an enforced border, you don't have a nation. So all you bleeding-heart, don't-tread-on-me right-wingers need to realize that if you vote McCain, you're voting for illegal immigrants. Very patriotic.

Who do you identify with? Who do you think has Americas best interest in mind? Get out there and VOTE! The last 8 years has shown that we can't just sit back and be bitter emo kids, trash talking the political system. THIS ONE COUNTS.