Hello world!

And welcome to the dark, twisted corridors of my mind… 

I’ll be using this space to share my thoughts on things that matter to me. Consumer issues, motorcycles, computers, politics, civil rights… You just never know, unless you read.

The Gift

This story is taken from an Internet forum that I frequent. I don’t know if it’s true. I hope not…

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Last weekend I saw something at Jerry’s Pistol & Pawn Shop that sparked my interest. The occasion was our 15th anniversary and I was looking for a little something extra for my wife Debbie. What I came across was a 100,000-volt, pocket/purse-sized taser. The effects of the taser were supposed to be short lived, with no long-term adverse affect on your assailant, allowing her adequate time to retreat to safety….??

A letter to the bank:

Dear Customer Service Reprecentative:

In view of what seems to be happening internationally with banks at the moment, I was wondering if you could advise me.

If one of my checks is returned marked ‘Insufficient Funds’, is this referring to me or to you?

Sincerely;

Concerned Depositor

Quote for the day:

“There are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the
people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by
violent and sudden usurpations.” 

James Madison, Speech to the Virginia Ratifying Convention, June 16, 1788

Thinking out loud…

I have been collecting these Presidential gold dollar coins, and I had a thought…… Since you can’t have a living President on a coin, why can’t we put Bush and Obama on a milk carton???

Quote for the day:

“Political Correctness is a doctrine fostered by a delusional,
illogical liberal minority & rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous
liberal press which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely
possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.”

I kinda wish I’d said that…..    

Attack of the Zombies!

Nope, it’s not the latest horror flick. Unfortunately.   

Zombie debt. It’s the latest thing in debt collection. Dig up a ‘portfolio’ of old (sometimes really old!) consumer debt, blow the dust and cobwebs off it, and start harrassing consumers to pay you for it. Maybe not the smartest business model, but it’s lucrative as all hell.

It’s legal, so it’s not exactly a scam.

Economic meltdown – Who’s really responsible?

Unless you’ve spent the last few years living under a rock, on a tall mountain, in the middle of no-damn-where, you’ve heard that the economy has tanked. Forclosures everywhere, bank failures at an all-time high in 2008, dogs and cats living in sin…. Where will it all end?

Bush did it! He’s in league with the devil!!!

Come on! Nobody actually believes that crap. Well, maybe a really rabid Bush-hater might. But it’s just not the case. Ya see, most of the current mess can be traced back to some Really Bad Ideas that first crawled out of the woodwork back during the Carter administration. You might just want to read up on the Community Reinvestment Act before you let the Democrats get you all twisted up over it. While you’re at it, drop a ‘thank you’ note to Senator Christopher Dodd (D – CT) and Rep. Barney Frank (D – MA). They were major instigators in this, too.

While you’re at it, thank your tireless champion Rep. Frank for weakening the Federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. That’s the Federal law that limits and defines what debt collectors are allowed to do when pursuing payments. I wonder who Frank and Dodd actually represent? Sure as hell it’s not the poor dupes who voted them into office…

Cha-ching!  $$$

A grain of truth…

The king is a fink!