Jo's Cafe

Welcome to the weekend!  Here in my part of the country we’re drying off from a bunch of thunderstorms that came through dumping not only lots of rain, but a bit of hail too.  Figures the SGM(R) would be “outside” working when they came through.  Never fails.   Our lawn guy put some rye grass down and now our yard is “green” from all the rain.  Makes our neighbor’s lawns look awful.  (hee hee)  We are not into the Jones’ crap that happens in some neighborhoods, but you can tell a difference!

I am soooo ready for summer.  Tans, shorts, walking the dogs and all that comes with summer.   I’m tired of being cold – period.

Tom Hanks may be a great actor, but bottom line:  He’s an idiot.

“Back in World War II,” he told Brinkley, “we viewed the Japanese as ‘yellow, slant-eyed dogs’ that believed in different gods. They were out to kill us because our way of living was different. We, in turn, wanted to annihilate them because they were different. Does that sound familiar, by any chance, to what’s going on today?” In a separate interview, Hanks referred to the war in the Pacific as one of “racism and terror.”  via: LA Times

Here we go again with the racism against terrorists shit. Mr. Hanks – when you can prove to me that the 13 people who flew planes into the twin towers and the pentagon where white, 6′ blonde, bikini clad women from Sweden, then you can call us racists. You sir – are a boob. (Aren’t liberals supposedly more intelligent because they go to better schools?)

When fireman and rescue workers are hurt doing their paid jobs rescuing people and putting out fires, does the government pay them for their injuries?   Well, no.  There is no huge pot of money they get for doing their jobs.   So why are we giving the rescue workers money for doing their jobs on 9/11?   Yes, there were issues with the air after the towers came down, but isn’t their issues with the air when any building comes down?  Isn’t that why they wear masks on site?  If the government was behind these buildings going down, yes – we should pay; but they weren’t.  I’m sorry if they were hurt or are having issues now, but you work in a high-hazard job and shit happens.  I don’t see where it’s the government’s responsibility to pay you over and above what you normally receive in your line of duty.

Speaking of idiots – Nancy Pelosi revealed a lot the 0ther day when she was talking about the Obama-care bill being rammed through.

“You’ve heard about the controversies within the bill, the process about the bill, one or the other.  But I don’t know if you have heard that it is legislation for the future, not just about health care for America, but about a healthier America, where preventive care is not something that you have to pay a deductible for or out of pocket.  Prevention, prevention, prevention—it’s about diet, not diabetes. It’s going to be very, very exciting.” via her own website

She tells us a lot right here in this one paragraph.  It’s not about healthcare, its about controlling America and what they do in their lives.   Diabetes happens.  Yes, prevention can stop some Type II diabetes from happening, but what about those people that are Type 1’s from birth?  How’s Nancy’s idea going to prevent that?   The health-care issue in Washington right now is not about caring for the sicking, but controlling the masses. Look at New York wanting to ban salt.  That’s what Nancy is talking about.

Liberals do not believe the masses can take care of themselves and it is the government’s responsibility to do so.  It doesn’t help that there are a lot of people already on the government dole, and they are adding to it daily by continuing to extend the unemployment benefits from our back pockets.    But let’s keep Nancy out there flapping – because the more she opens her mouth as far as she can (until the next botox treatment) the more she reveals what is behind her and the other liberals’ actions in Washington.

Daylight savings time again …. don’t get me started.   Spring Forward this weekend.

Off to the weekend and the week.   Have a blessed one!

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I want to extend my hopes for a fast recovery to Sen. Harry Reid’s wife and daughter who were hurt in a vehicle accident.  Having been a victim of a run-away 18 wheeler, I understand what they are going through in that respects.

I’m sure they will have the best doctors treating them and I wish them a speedy recovery.

Sen. Reid’s Wife Breaks Back, Neck in Crash

WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s wife was hospitalized with a broken back and neck Thursday after a tractor-trailer truck slammed into the back of the minivan in which she and their daughter were riding on an interstate highway in suburban Virginia, officials said.

Reid’s wife, Landra, 69, whose injuries were not believed to be life-threatening, and their daughter, Lana Barringer, 49, were taken by ambulance to Inova Fairfax Hospital in Falls Church, Va. The daughter was released from the hospital Thursday night, according to a staffer with the hospital’s patient information service.

Mrs. Reid was listed in serious condition, Reid aides said, but was not expected to require surgery. She was being treated in the hospital’s trauma intensive care unit, said the hospital staffer, who declined to give his name.

“Under God” and “In God We Trust” are okay.

And this from a court in wacky San Francisco!!

Fed. appeals court upholds ‘under God’ in pledge

SAN FRANCISCO — An appellate court has upheld references to God on U.S. currency and in the Pledge of Allegiance, rejecting arguments they violate the constitutional separation of church and state.

“The Pledge of Allegiance serves to unite our vast nation through the proud recitation of some of the ideals upon which our Republic was founded,” Judge Carlos Bea wrote for the majority in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals 2-1 ruling Thursday.
Bea noted that schools do not require students to recite the pledge, which was amended to include the words “under God” by a 1954 federal law. Members of Congress at the time said they wanted to set the United States apart from “godless communists.”
In a separate 3-0 ruling, the appeals court upheld the inscription of the national motto “In God We Trust” on U.S. coins and currency, citing an earlier 9th Circuit panel that ruled the phrase is ceremonial and patriotic and “has nothing whatsover to do with the establishment of religion.”

The same appeals court caused a national uproar and prompted accusations of judicial activism when it decided in Sacramento athiest Michael Newdow’s favor in 2002, ruling that the Pledge of Allegiance violated the First Amendment prohibition against government endorsement of religion.

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We Owe, We Owe!!  (ugh)

Last year at tax time we ended up having to pay Federal Taxes.   We made some adjustments, but even though the amount we owe this year is considerably less than 2008, we still have to pay.  And surprisingly, we also have to pay Alabama state taxes!   This is weird because usually what we have to pay in GA taxes wipes out our Alabama tax debt.

But … I’m thinking that in the end this is a good thing.  First of all, if we did have a refund, with the massive amount of Obama spending going on, would we even get the money?  With interest?  We already know that if we overpay our Federal taxes, and get a return, the government doesn’t give you interest on that overpayment.  Come on – do you think they’d to the right thing and pay you back with interest for what you gave them too much of?

Georgia is in another pickle this year with refunds.  Last year, we received a 4 cent interest check on the taxes they owed us back because they didn’t have the funds.  This year looks to be going that route too.  (No, we didn’t even bother cashing a 4 cent check.  Please)

COLUMBUS, GA (WTVM) -  State budget cuts will likely mean delayed Georgia income tax refunds this year, unless you file electronically.

The State Revenue Commissioner says staff cuts mean there are fewer workers to handle paper returns. This will more than likely lead to a delay.

H&R Block says if you file electronically you should get your refund in about 10 days.

Last year, 278,000 Georgia tax payers got their refunds late. The incident cost the state 2 million dollars in interest.  via WTVM.com

Yes, it sucks to have to pay extra taxes to the Obama Administration’s bank account that they can send to ACORN or other progressive, union based groups that are trying to destroy this country – but, its the law and they won’t be coming after us for breaking the law.

So, a check will be written and our duty done.

But it still sucks.

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Summer must be coming because the Obama administration is dragging out the flip-flops.  woot!  I’m ready for summer!

KSM Hits —Again

Eric Holder’s decision to move a trial on war crimes to American soil is morally confused, dangerous and political to a fault Coming soon to a civilian courtroom blocks from Ground Zero: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and the four other al Qaeda planners of 9/11. Be sure to get your tickets early, and don’t forget to watch out for the truck-bomb barricades and rooftop snipers.

Attorney General Eric Holder, who dropped this legal bomb on New York yesterday, called his decision to move their trial on war crimes from a military courtroom at Guantanamo Bay to American soil “the toughest” he has had to make. Other words come to mind. For starters, intellectually and morally confused, dangerous and political to a fault.

That’s November 2009.

Now, it’s 2010 and the citizens of this country have expressed their displeasure in Eric Holder’s love for Terrorists and Barack Obama’s head-twirling stupidity in this matter.  Word out yesterday is Obama is going to override his buddy’s decision to put New Yorkers’ in danger again and not have KSM’s trial in New York, but *gasp* in front of a military tribunal and possibly at (the yet to be closed) Gitmo.

In Reversal, Obama Advisers to Recommend Military Tribunals for 9/11 Plotters

Top advisers to President Obama are close to a decision recommending that the self-proclaimed mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks be prosecuted in a military tribunal, The Washington Post reported Friday, citing unnamed administration officials.

According to the report, the president’s advisers have grown increasingly wary of bipartisan opposition to the planned civilian federal trial in New York City, mere blocks from where nearly 3,000 Americans were killed in the spectacular attack on the World Trade Center.

The man-child’s predecessor had a reason for putting these terrorists in front of a military tribunal.

They.Are.Not.American.Citizens

They.HAVE.NO.RIGHTS.To.American.Legalities

And you lefty, Obama Kool-aide drinking spam-bots can just take a hike off a short dock right now.   Richard Reid was different and was a learning step to what had to be done.  He was tried before there were military tribunals set up and before we had the apparatus in place for what happens now.  [So don't bother spamming me -- I've fixed that ]

So Obama proves he is no leader, has incompetent people working for him (just watch one of Gibbs’ pressers) and shouldn’t have been allowed anywhere near the Whitehouse, more-less the Senate.

That’s okay though.  The elections in November will change things, and then as long as we can hang on, and stand tough, in 2012, Obama and his ilk will be sent packing.  They can move to Siberia for all I care.

Once the adults are back in charge (after they’ve learned their lesson from the Time of Obama) we can move this country away from coddling terrorists and away from the cliff that is communism.

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Image from: The Bobo Files

… even without Botox.

I have met some pretty unsavory people in my life but this women takes the cake. No matter how much she professes “its for the people” the more she proves by her actions it is not.

Nancy Pelosi doesn’t give a rat’s ass about “the people”. Everything she does in Washington is about “her” and her party.

Now she’s claiming affinity with the tea party people.   Nancy – these are the same people you claimed (without facts) they were carrying swastika’s and were inciting violence.

Nancy, Nancy, Nancy – we see through your botoxed facade and call your bluff.

You’re draining the swamp has done nothing but back it up with more putrid rotten political flesh than any other Speaker of the House. Your staunch support of the vile Barney Frank is just one example. Your actions, or in-actions, speak louder than words and your words no longer have weight with the American People.

The main-stream, lame, media can try and paint you with a rose-colored brush, but we smell the rottenness of your words and deeds through it all.

We are not fooled Nancy. Oh you may keep your Senate seat because we all know the land of fruit, nuts and flakes are progressive to the point of communism and will keep reelecting their favorite flake. BUT – after November 2010 – you will no longer have the window office in the corner that reads “Speaker of the House” over the door. No, hopefully they will remodel some broom closet in the basement near the boiler room for you next stint in congress.

Nancy – you play a good game of poker. But then I would be able to hold a straight face too if I had it tightened up with a botulism toxin daily.

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