Saturday, October 25, 2008

Thursday, October 23, 2008

Received from a friend

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 it's 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 Congress for

250 BILLION DOLLARS

to rebuild New Orleans .. Interesting number...

what does it mean?

A.

Well... if you are one of the 484,674 residents of New Orleans

(every man, woman, and 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 Permit 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 y 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 Fee Tax
Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Tax
Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge 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...

We 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 1 billion times

What the heck happened?????

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Finally


After four days of rigorous Japanese terminology and philosophy I have been given two projects to manage. Additionally I work with about 8 people coordinating a team effort as we attack our goals from different directions. This will definitely be a long process but so far it seems cool. The only weird thing is the cubicle situation. I sit in the middle of a 300 foot long room with no walls at all. Everyone can see everybody else and I feel weird talking on my phone since about five people stare right at me when it rings. I guess it's cool, since I do the same things to them.

Wednesday, October 01, 2008

I Got Canned


Yesterday at around 1500 one of the owners of my company walked in and told me it would be better for everyone if I didn't come in Thursday and Friday of this week. I was completely stunned and was then told that I have given the appearance of being arrogant for the past several months which would have been about the time I started questioning some of the business practices. This was equally stunning since I felt the numbers were displayed in order to provoke discussion. During this brief conversation I realized my desk phone had been disabled and when I went to backup my BlackBerry it was being remotely deleted. As soon as he left my office my access badge was taken and I was escorted from the building.

I have never been treated like that before and would have thought I could be trusted just a little more than that. I laid awake most of the night unable to sleep after this treatment.