The quote by Putin, nails Obama to a “T”. Who would have thought that it would be Putin who put it so well ?  World’s Greatest Quote: “Negotiating with Obama is like playing chess with a pigeon. The pigeon knocks over all the pieces, shits on the board and then struts around like it won the game.”

Vladimir Putin – 2013

From Mom via email

• Dinner last night at el Rialto Restaurant. We had a nice evening out and dinner was good.
• I went off-roading this morning for a 16 mile jaunt. Didn’t quite make it to the Priest Mine. I wanted to stay in cell phone range and the mine is out of range.
• ML now has a picture of her father hanging in her room. She reveres him like most revere Christ and she never framed a picture of him. Nina did it and she acts like it was her doing.
• Just looking at this guy in the picture, you can tell he was a s.o.b. of the highest order.
• ML agrees and proudly states that her mother said she was worse.
• Nina and I are getting massages tomorrow.  Since it was VD week end, a couples massage was not possible, so we’re getting massages in separate rooms. Should be relaxing.
• That of course leaves Tori to pick up Erin tomorrow.
• Tori wants to go to London. Or Denver. Or Chicago. Or Istanbul. Or anywhere but here.
• Poor kid works soooo hard.

Wood burns faster when you have to cut and chop it yourself.

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Another valentine’s day and for once I had the presence of mind to get a card for Nina. She never forgets and this year I’m on the ball. I guess it’s about time.

Happy Valentine’s Day everyone!

Everyone says that love hurts, but that’s not true. Loneliness hurts. Rejection hurts. Losing someone hurts. Everyone confuses these things with love but in reality, love is the only thing in this world that covers up all the pain and makes us feel wonderful again.

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Sent to me by my mother:

Social Security Card

Is there any doubt that the pillaging will stop? “RETIRE” ALL INCUMBENTS,  A new “crop” can do NO WORSE.

History Lesson on Your Social Security Card

Just in case some of you young whippersnappers (& some older ones) didn’t know this.

It’s easy to check out, if you don’t believe it. Be sure and show it to your family and friends. They need a little history lesson on what’s what and it doesn’t matter whether you are Democrat or Republican. Facts are Facts.

Social Security Cards up until the 1980s expressly stated the number and card were not to be used for identification purposes. Since nearly everyone in the United States now has a number, it became convenient to use it anyway and the message, NOT FOR IDENTIFICATION, was removed.

Our Social Security

Franklin Roosevelt, a Democrat, introduced the Social
Security (FICA) Program. He promised:

1.) That participation in the Program would be completely voluntary.  No longer Voluntary

2.) That the participants would only have to pay 1% of the first $1,400 of their annual incomes into the Program.  Now 7.65% on the first $90,000

3.) That the money the participants elected to put into the program would be deductible from their income for tax purposes each year.  No longer tax deductible

4.) That the money the participants put into the independent ‘Trust Fund’ rather than into the general operating fund, and therefore, would only be used to fund the Social Security Retirement Program, and no other government program. Under Johnson the money was moved to the General Fund and Spent

5.) That the annuity payments to the retirees would never be taxed
as income. Under Clinton & Gore up to 85% of your Social Security can be taxed

Since many of us have paid into FICA for years and are now receiving a Social Security check every month — and then finding that we are getting taxed on 85% of the money we paid to the federal government to ‘put away’ — you may be interested in the following:

Q: Which Political Party took Social Security from the independent ‘Trust Fund’ and put it into the general fund so that Congress could spend it?

A: It was Lyndon Johnson and the democratically
controlled House and Senate.

Q: Which Political Party eliminated the income tax deduction for Social Security (FICA) withholding?

A: The Democratic Party.

Q: Which Political Party started taxing social security annuities?

A: The Democratic Party, with Al Gore casting the ‘tie-breaking’ deciding vote as President of the Senate, while he was Vice President of the US

Q: Which Political Party decided to start
giving annuity payments to immigrants?

A: That’s right! Jimmy Carter and the Democratic Party. Immigrants moved into this country, and at age 65, began to receive Social Security payments! The Democratic Party gave these payments to them, even though they never paid a dime into it!

Then, after violating the original contract (FICA), the Democrats turn around and tell you that the Republicans want to take your Social Security away!

And the worst part about it is uninformed citizens believe it! If enough people read this, maybe a seed of awareness will be planted and maybe changes will evolve.

• Did it help me sleep past 3:00? Nope.
• Was I more comfortable after waking? Yep.
• Did I sleep better? Yep, but not longer.
• It’s like 2 single beds side by side. Kinda weird.
• The adjustable feature is very nice. I slept with my head up last night and found that to be nice.
• Watching TV in bed is nice with the adjustable feature.
• Erin loves the bed’s remote controls. When the bed was delivered, the mattresses were cold and stiff. She had Nina’s mattress perched on the high points like a board and she didn’t have the weight to make it bend.
• That’s it.

I have no clue what happened, but I stopped and took a picture. The placard says it’s a gas tanker.