What's up today (bullchiting) thread.

Bought these today.

 

Nice! I like that tread pattern.

 

Woke up to rain this morning so I went into work for a few hours. Came home and the sun was out and it was 60F! I used the tractor to haul brush from the clearing project up to where I burn. Had a nice burn pile going.

 

$249,900 for this house near my work. It's a cute little place, I always liked that simple design.

 

Well 15” snow before dark and now 30-40 mph wind gusts.. white out.. party time

 

Caffeine! Almost time to dress up warm and start moving snow again. Used the L45 to move snow after I got home from work last night. Spent a hour out there. Some big piles all over the place. Hope we get a good melt before we get anymore. I don’t even know our total snowfall. Wind was blowing so much yesterday that it’s hard to tell. Probably somewhere around 18-20”.

 

The ground should be frozen enough later today I can get the tractor out and start moving some stuff around. I have 6 pallets of wood my son got at work that need to go over to the boiler. I expect they weight 1500-1800 lbs so driving them through the yard when it was squishy would have made a giant mess. Then I need to move the grapple bucket and material bucket back into the barn.

 

Below zero temps and snowing.

Just listened to a forecast predicting that the snowing will increase.......INCREASE to heavier snow and last until sometime tomorrow.

I'm thinking there won't be any plowing going on until this is over with.

 

Thankfully the rain never materialized. Listening to the wind in bed last night I thought we were gonna wake up in OZ.

 

Big piles everywhere. My feet now warming on boiler. Ooo. That’s hot! Mmmm. Hot socks.

 

How about that Delta Airplane upside down at Toronto Airport? WTH?

 

Little man wanted to spend some time outback this afternoon. It was 33⁰ and 15-25mph winds but he still wanted to split. We got a good amount done before he said "dad i think it's time to get warm and have a snack".

 

From a while ago. But. An INTERESTING read…..

545 vs. 300,000,000 People
-By Charlie Reese

Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them.

Have you ever wondered, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are against deficits, WHY do we have deficits?

Have you ever wondered, if all the politicians are against inflation and high taxes, WHY do we have inflation and high taxes?

You and I don’t propose a federal budget. The President does.

You and I don’t have the Constitutional authority to vote on appropriations. The House of Representatives does.

You and I don’t write the tax code, Congress does.

You and I don’t set fiscal policy, Congress does.

You and I don’t control monetary policy, the Federal Reserve Bank does.

One hundred senators, 435 congressmen, one President, and nine Supreme Court justices equates to 545 human beings out of the 300 million are directly, legally, morally, and individually responsible for the domestic problems that plague this country.

I excluded the members of the Federal Reserve Board because that problem was created by the Congress. In 1913, Congress delegated its Constitutional duty to provide a sound currency to a federally chartered, but private, central bank.

I excluded all the special interests and lobbyists for a sound reason. They have no legal authority. They have no ability to coerce a senator, a congressman, or a President to do one cotton-picking thing. I don’t care if they offer a politician $1 million dollars in cash. The politician has the power to accept or reject it. No matter what the lobbyist promises, it is the legislator’s responsibility to determine how he votes.

Those 545 human beings spend much of their energy convincing you that what they did is not their fault. They cooperate in this common con regardless of party.

What separates a politician from a normal human being is an excessive amount of gall. No normal human being would have the gall of a Speaker, who stood up and criticized the President for creating deficits.. ( The President can only propose a budget. He cannot force the Congress to accept it.)

The Constitution, which is the supreme law of the land, gives sole responsibility to the House of Representatives for originating and approving appropriations and taxes. Who is the speaker of the House?( John Boehner. He is the leader of the majority party. He and fellow House members, not the President, can approve any budget they want. ) If the President vetoes it, they can pass it over his veto if they agree to. [The House has passed a budget but the Senate has not approved a budget in over three years. The President’s proposed budgets have gotten almost unanimous rejections in the Senate in that time. ]

It seems inconceivable to me that a nation of 300 million cannot replace 545 people who stand convicted – by present facts – of incompetence and irresponsibility. I can’t think of a single domestic problem that is not traceable directly to those 545 people. When you fully grasp the plain truth that 545 people exercise the power of the federal government, then it must follow that what exists is what they want to exist.

If the tax code is unfair, it’s because they want it unfair.

If the budget is in the red, it’s because they want it in the red.

If the Army & Marines are in Iraq and Afghanistan it’s because they want them in Iraq and Afghanistan ..

If they do not receive social security but are on an elite retirement plan not available to the people, it’s because they want it that way.

There are no insoluble government problems.

Do not let these 545 people shift the blame to bureaucrats, whom they hire and whose jobs they can abolish; to lobbyists, whose gifts and advice they can reject; to regulators, to whom they give the power to regulate and from whom they can take this power.
Above all, do not let them con you into the belief that there exists disembodied mystical forces like “the economy,” “inflation,” or “politics” that prevent them from doing what they take an oath to do.

Those 545 people, and they alone, are responsible. They, and they alone, have the power.

They, and they alone, should be held accountable by the people who are their bosses. Provided the voters have the gumption to manage their own employees… We should vote all of them out of office and clean up their mess!

Charlie Reese is a former columnist of the Orlando Sentinel Newspaper.

What you do with this article now that you have read it… is up to you.
This might be funny if it weren’t so true.
Be sure to read all the way to the end:

Tax his land,
Tax his bed,
Tax the table,
At which he’s fed.

Tax his tractor,
Tax his mule,
Teach him taxes
Are the rule.

Tax his work,
Tax his pay,
He works for
peanuts anyway!

Tax his cow,
Tax his goat,
Tax his pants,
Tax his coat.

Tax his ties,
Tax his shirt,
Tax his work,
Tax his dirt.

Tax his tobacco,
Tax his drink,
Tax him if he
Tries to think.

Tax his cigars,
Tax his beers,
If he cries
Tax his tears.

Tax his car,
Tax his gas,
Find other ways
To tax his azz.

Tax all he has
Then let him know
That you won’t be done
Till he has no dough.

When he screams and hollers;
Then tax him some more,
Tax him till
He’s good and sore.

Then tax his coffin,
Tax his grave,
Tax the sod in
Which he’s laid…

Put these words
Upon his tomb,
‘Taxes drove me
to my doom…’

When he’s gone,
Do not relax,
Its time to apply
The inheritance tax.
Accounts Receivable Tax
Building Permit Tax
CDL license Tax
Cigarette Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Dog License Tax
Excise Taxes
Federal Income Tax
Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)
Fishing License Tax
Food License Tax
Fuel Permit Tax
Gasoline Tax (currently 44.75 cents per gallon)
Gross Receipts Tax
Hunting License Tax
Inheritance Tax
Inventory Tax
IRS Interest Charges IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax)
Liquor Tax
Luxury Taxes
Marriage License Tax
Medicare Tax
Personal Property Tax
Property Tax
Real Estate Tax
Service Charge Tax
Social Security Tax
Road Usage Tax
Recreational Vehicle Tax
Sales 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 Taxes
Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax
Telephone Recurring and Nonrecurring Charges Tax
Telephone State and Local Tax
Telephone Usage Charge Tax
Utility Taxes
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, & 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 in the heck happened? Can you spell ‘politicians?’
I hope this goes around THE USA at least 545 times!!! YOU can help it get there!!!

GO AHEAD… BE AN AMERICAN!!!

SEND THIS TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW

 

Seems like lots of airline disasters in a short period of time lately. I'm not flying anytime soon.

 

I use to fly, a long while back. I haven’t in a long time, and won’t anymore.

 

I'm flying in 3 days . Hoping the good Lord isn't ready for me and the Mrs just yet.

 

I wonder just how many of those passengers tried to get a jump for offboarding and had taken off their seatbelts?

 

Caffeine. Cold out with a slight breeze. Dump run this morning and then it’s time to bring some more firewood in.

 

Driveway was open winds last night put 5 foot drifts in 1/4 mike driveway.. and driveway is open again with 5 gallons of diesel.. chilly out there

edited to add glad neighbor called and told me at dawn

 

Winter is back. Cold, snowy, and windy. Got a fresh 1" of snow last night that wasn't in the forecast.

Have to go the the car stealership today to get a key made. Normally would use a locksmith but this situation isn't normal. Hopefully it doesn't take long.