Archive for August, 2010

Obama wants control of your 401K and IRA

This is serious. The Obama administration is now eying your IRA and 401K accounts as a method to finance the huge debt that they have run up. I first became aware of this about a year ago when someone sent me a link to a Department of Labor paper that was investigating if Individual Retirement […]

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When an Engineer owns a dog

This is what happens when an Engineer has a dog. You have to watch this, even if you aren’t an Engineer or a dog lover. When_Engineers_Own_Dogs Pretty good huh? I liked it. I wish I had something like that when I had the two retrievers. They would have loved the machine. They would chase balls […]

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Thank you Mr. Madison!

Silicongraybeard sent me this one, it is great!  Enjoy!

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Let’s get behind Target

Move on dot org has “targeted” Target Stores because of a campaign contribution Target Corporate made to a conservative candidate in Minnesota.   Apparently Target’s $150,000 donation to a business-oriented group supporting Republican Tom Emmer, an outspoken opponent of gay marriage, has gotten the attention of the Move On and they have started protesting outside the […]

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A short test on Social Security

Here is a short test on your knowledge of the history of Social Security.  Let’s see how you do! Q: Which Political Party took Social Security from the independent ‘Trust Fund’ and put it the general fund so that Congress could spend it? A: It was Lyndon Johnson and the democratically controlled House and Senate. Q: Which […]

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