Dedicated to my husband, who has found a new meme he loves. The omm nom nom kitty has been found.
If you know me, you know that I generally HATE Fox News. I seem to think most of the time they don't rely on facts and they are insane.... Bill O'Reilly and Sean Hannity are the worst... However, today I came across this video and I am amazed... Jaw is currently dropped. This was on his radio show. Listen to this. Holy Shit. That is all.
I'm going all political for a moment because I am frustrated. I am overly frustrated by a million things going on today in this country and I can't take it.
First of all, this bailout. Why? Why do we have to go through with it? I realize that it could put our country into a recession, but we've been in a recession. Right now there is such an imbalance between the "haves" in power and the "have-nots" who aren't, that this country is crumbling. Last night the President gave a speech blaming a giant majority of the problems we face on the housing market and loans given to "those who couldn't afford them." That is true, there were loans given to those who couldn't afford them, done by predatory lenders in many aspects. However, homes were overpriced, and rent was right up there with the cost of a mortgage. I've heard attack after attack about stupid borrowers who got in over their heads and shouldn't have even thought of owning a home. Yet these same people fail to mention that salaries haven't risen with the housing market - which was totally overinflated - and as someone who rented until 2 months ago, I can tell you that when you are paying $1000 a month (which was a damn good deal I might add) in rent it is pretty freakin difficult to then put away another 1000-2000 a month to save up for 20% down on a house. Especially when the prices of homes and rent for that matter were rising so much more quickly than the average person's salary.
When I got pregnant, we loooked into renting a house, as we needed more space for our son. The condo that we rented up until August was 1100 square feet or so, had two bedrooms and two bathrooms, was on the 4th floor, and had NO storage at all. We knew that there was a mortgage fallout and that well-qualified buyers were having a difficult time securing a mortgage, so we weren't sure that it was even possible for us. Thus, I began looking into renting a house for our growing family. The rent for a house equivalent to that which we now own was 1700-1800 a month. More expensive than our current mortgage. How the hell does someone save up for a downpayment of 20-30% and pay for that on a reasonable and utterly middle-class salary of around 50-60k per year??? Not to mention the other factors like rising fuel prices, food prices, the basic inflation of everything with the total devaluation of our dollar. Inflation has risen over 5% the last two years in a row, the "cost-of-living" raise most people receive is around 3%. Fuel prices? Risen over 30% in the last year, food prices are up 7% - all of that ON TOP of inflation.
Our country's middle class is hurting. Yet we are about to let our representatives bail out wallstreet to the tune of 700 Billion dollars. Oh and while we were concerned about that 700 Billion dollars of added debt we are leaving our children... good 'ol congress passed a whopping 25 Billion dollars in "assistance" to Ford and GM. Are you freaking kidding me? So now I am paying for those car manufacturers to develop more efficient and economically friendly vehicles... do you think that they are going to make those damn cars affordable? Probably not. It is absolutely rediculous. It makes me sick. It makes me ashamed of my country. It makes me ashamed of my economy. It breaks my heart for my son, as we are leaving him with this burden. It breaks my heart for my grandchildren, who will be left to clean up this mess of the last 8-years. We pay 10Billion a month for a war we shouldn't be engaged in. It was a warrantless war and we need out. The only thing I can do about this is vote right? Wrong. I can't even do that. I live in a state where party affiliation trumps individual thinking and the majority of the people here are going to blindly vote for McCain. Why? Oh he's a freaking republican. Bush is a republican. Do you think we are in a better place now than we were 8-years ago? NO. Now, if a republican like Ron Paul was running who is a real republican and not some rediculous neo-conservative, I would be happy to live in a state where people just blindly vote for any retard with an elephant next to their name. However, my republican option is McCain. John McCain. OMG. Heaven help us all. So now when I go vote I will be doing so knowing that it is a waste of my time and the paper on which I punch out Obama's name.
For my son, this occupation needs to end. It's not a war. It is an occupation, and guess what, YOU CAN'T WIN AN OCCUPATION!!!!! I have been following this war since it began. I was one of those news junkies who was up and watching when we bombed Iraq for the very first time. It was breaking news on CNN, and I was sick over it. I have been against this since the beginning. I have been against our retarded President. I am sick over the state of our country. I am sick knowing that this is the legacy I am leaving my son. And if you can't tell, I'm just rambling, venting, and generally going off because I am so frustrated!!!!!
I am blessed to be in a home. I am blessed that we found a lender who was willing to give us a chance. I am blessed that we were able to get an FHA loan and that when we got our loan we were still able to receive "gifted" money, as we had to come up with 3% of our loan. I am able to give my son a safe and stable place to live right now. I can't control the rest of the country, I can only hope that people start to see the light and my generation starts to vote and participate in our political system. Right now, the decisions that are being made while we aren't paying attention are going to be effecting us for the rest of our lives and our ignorance is going to burden our children and our children's children.
And for anyone still reading and curious. This is one of those chain emails I got, but it helped put things into perspective. Consider the following. We are going to potentially give wallstreet 700Billion, we gave Ford and GM 25Billion, and Iraq costs us 10Billion a month. Our current national debt is over 12TRILLION. The following email is "What is a billion"
First of all, this bailout. Why? Why do we have to go through with it? I realize that it could put our country into a recession, but we've been in a recession. Right now there is such an imbalance between the "haves" in power and the "have-nots" who aren't, that this country is crumbling. Last night the President gave a speech blaming a giant majority of the problems we face on the housing market and loans given to "those who couldn't afford them." That is true, there were loans given to those who couldn't afford them, done by predatory lenders in many aspects. However, homes were overpriced, and rent was right up there with the cost of a mortgage. I've heard attack after attack about stupid borrowers who got in over their heads and shouldn't have even thought of owning a home. Yet these same people fail to mention that salaries haven't risen with the housing market - which was totally overinflated - and as someone who rented until 2 months ago, I can tell you that when you are paying $1000 a month (which was a damn good deal I might add) in rent it is pretty freakin difficult to then put away another 1000-2000 a month to save up for 20% down on a house. Especially when the prices of homes and rent for that matter were rising so much more quickly than the average person's salary.
When I got pregnant, we loooked into renting a house, as we needed more space for our son. The condo that we rented up until August was 1100 square feet or so, had two bedrooms and two bathrooms, was on the 4th floor, and had NO storage at all. We knew that there was a mortgage fallout and that well-qualified buyers were having a difficult time securing a mortgage, so we weren't sure that it was even possible for us. Thus, I began looking into renting a house for our growing family. The rent for a house equivalent to that which we now own was 1700-1800 a month. More expensive than our current mortgage. How the hell does someone save up for a downpayment of 20-30% and pay for that on a reasonable and utterly middle-class salary of around 50-60k per year??? Not to mention the other factors like rising fuel prices, food prices, the basic inflation of everything with the total devaluation of our dollar. Inflation has risen over 5% the last two years in a row, the "cost-of-living" raise most people receive is around 3%. Fuel prices? Risen over 30% in the last year, food prices are up 7% - all of that ON TOP of inflation.
Our country's middle class is hurting. Yet we are about to let our representatives bail out wallstreet to the tune of 700 Billion dollars. Oh and while we were concerned about that 700 Billion dollars of added debt we are leaving our children... good 'ol congress passed a whopping 25 Billion dollars in "assistance" to Ford and GM. Are you freaking kidding me? So now I am paying for those car manufacturers to develop more efficient and economically friendly vehicles... do you think that they are going to make those damn cars affordable? Probably not. It is absolutely rediculous. It makes me sick. It makes me ashamed of my country. It makes me ashamed of my economy. It breaks my heart for my son, as we are leaving him with this burden. It breaks my heart for my grandchildren, who will be left to clean up this mess of the last 8-years. We pay 10Billion a month for a war we shouldn't be engaged in. It was a warrantless war and we need out. The only thing I can do about this is vote right? Wrong. I can't even do that. I live in a state where party affiliation trumps individual thinking and the majority of the people here are going to blindly vote for McCain. Why? Oh he's a freaking republican. Bush is a republican. Do you think we are in a better place now than we were 8-years ago? NO. Now, if a republican like Ron Paul was running who is a real republican and not some rediculous neo-conservative, I would be happy to live in a state where people just blindly vote for any retard with an elephant next to their name. However, my republican option is McCain. John McCain. OMG. Heaven help us all. So now when I go vote I will be doing so knowing that it is a waste of my time and the paper on which I punch out Obama's name.
For my son, this occupation needs to end. It's not a war. It is an occupation, and guess what, YOU CAN'T WIN AN OCCUPATION!!!!! I have been following this war since it began. I was one of those news junkies who was up and watching when we bombed Iraq for the very first time. It was breaking news on CNN, and I was sick over it. I have been against this since the beginning. I have been against our retarded President. I am sick over the state of our country. I am sick knowing that this is the legacy I am leaving my son. And if you can't tell, I'm just rambling, venting, and generally going off because I am so frustrated!!!!!
I am blessed to be in a home. I am blessed that we found a lender who was willing to give us a chance. I am blessed that we were able to get an FHA loan and that when we got our loan we were still able to receive "gifted" money, as we had to come up with 3% of our loan. I am able to give my son a safe and stable place to live right now. I can't control the rest of the country, I can only hope that people start to see the light and my generation starts to vote and participate in our political system. Right now, the decisions that are being made while we aren't paying attention are going to be effecting us for the rest of our lives and our ignorance is going to burden our children and our children's children.
And for anyone still reading and curious. This is one of those chain emails I got, but it helped put things into perspective. Consider the following. We are going to potentially give wallstreet 700Billion, we gave Ford and GM 25Billion, and Iraq costs us 10Billion a month. Our current national debt is over 12TRILLION. The following email is "What is a billion"
This is too true to be funny
The next time you hear a politician use the
word 'billion' in a casual manner, think about
whether you want the 'politicians' spending
YOUR tax money.
A billion is a difficult number to comprehend,
but one advertising agency did a good job of
putting that figure into some perspective in
one of its releases.
A. A billion seconds ago it was 1959.
B. A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive.
C. A billion hours ago our ancestors were
living in the Stone Age.
D. A billion days ago no-one walked on the earth on two feet.
E. A billion dollars ago was only 8 hours and
20 minutes, at the rate our government is spending it.
While this thought is still fresh in our brain, let's take a look at New Orleans It's amazing what you can learn with some simple division
Louisiana Senator, Mary Landrieu (D), is presently asking the Congress for $250 BILLION to rebuild New Orleans. Interesting number, what does it mean?
A. Well, if you are one of 484,674 residents of
New Orleans (every! man, w oman, child), you
each get $516,528.
B. Or, if you have one of the 188,251 homes in
New Orleans ! , your home gets $1,329,787.
C. Or, if you are a family of four, your family
gets $2,066,012.
Washington , D.C .. HELLO!!! ... Are all your calculators broken??
Accounts Receivable Tax
Building Permit Tax
CDL License Tax
Cigarette Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Dog License Tax
Federal Income Tax
Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)
Fishing License Tax
Food License Tax
Fuel Perm it Tax
Gasoline Tax
Hunting License Tax
Inheritance Tax
Inventory Tax
IRS Interest Charges (tax on top of tax),
IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax),
Liquor Tax,
Luxury Tax,
Marriage License Tax,
Medicare Tax,
Property Tax,
Real Estate Tax,
Service charge taxes,
Social Security Tax,
Road Usage Tax (Truckers),
Sales Taxes,
Recreational Vehicle Tax,
School Tax,
State Income Tax,
State Unemployment Tax (SUTA),
Telephone Federal Excise Tax,
Telephone Federal Universal Service Fe e Tax,
Telephone Federal, State and Local Su rcharge Tax,
Telephone Minimum Usage Su rcharge Tax,
Telephone Recurring and Non-recurring Charges Tax,
Telephone State and Local Tax! ,
Telephone Usage Charge Tax,
Utility Tax,
Vehicle License Registration Tax,
Vehicle Sales Tax,
Watercraft Registration Tax,
Well Permit Tax,
Workers Compensation Tax.
STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY?
Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago,
and our nation was the most prosperous in the world.
We had absolutely no national debt, had the largest middle class in the world, and Mom stayed home to raise the kids.
What happened? Can you spell 'politicians!'
And I still have to 'press
1' for English.
I hope this goes around THE
USA at least 100 times
What the heck happened?????
And this is why I ranted.
Today I legally changed my name from Carlie Celeste Campbell, the name I was given at birth and have signed for the last 26-1/2 years, to Carlie Celeste Hahn. I have been procrastinating the whole name change thing for a while now. I love my husband, I love his name, and I always told him I would take his name. Yet, when it came down to it... I was... reluctant. I am fairly confident that the majority of my feelings have to do with the fact that I am pregnant and overly emotional; however, I really felt like a part of me was dying by giving up my name - and as dramatic as I'm sure I sound, today is the day that Carlie Celeste Campbell is gone. So let's mourn the loss of the Carlie as we have known her, and celebrate the creation of the all new Carlie Hahn.
The good news is that I got registered to vote at my new address and with my new name. Also when my little Jayden is born I will have the same last name as my beautiful baby boy, which I hear reduces complication!
-UPDATES-
- Beej and I have been in our house for nearly two months now. We absolutely love it. My home is beautiful and is perfect for entertaining.
- I am 29-weeks along now. Jayden is a very active little man. He kicks all day long! It is a fabulous feeling. He's so strong that you can see my stomach jump when he kicks me!
- My son seems to love music just like his daddy! When BJ plays certain songs on RockBand, Jayden just kicks and kicks. Like he's dancing or drumming just like his daddy. It is very cute.
- My baby brother Brandon - who will soon be 18 - has been cast as Kinicki in Logan High School's production of Grease! Dates for the musical are November 21-22, 2008. Brandon has also been nominated for Homecoming royalty! Go SOUP!
I'll post again soon.
The good news is that I got registered to vote at my new address and with my new name. Also when my little Jayden is born I will have the same last name as my beautiful baby boy, which I hear reduces complication!
-UPDATES-
- Beej and I have been in our house for nearly two months now. We absolutely love it. My home is beautiful and is perfect for entertaining.
- I am 29-weeks along now. Jayden is a very active little man. He kicks all day long! It is a fabulous feeling. He's so strong that you can see my stomach jump when he kicks me!
- My son seems to love music just like his daddy! When BJ plays certain songs on RockBand, Jayden just kicks and kicks. Like he's dancing or drumming just like his daddy. It is very cute.
- My baby brother Brandon - who will soon be 18 - has been cast as Kinicki in Logan High School's production of Grease! Dates for the musical are November 21-22, 2008. Brandon has also been nominated for Homecoming royalty! Go SOUP!
I'll post again soon.
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