This one's for you

This rather brilliantly cuts thru all the political double talk we get.  It puts it into a much better perspective.

 Lesson # 1:

 * U.S. Tax revenue: $2,170,000,000,000

 * Fed budget: $3,820,000,000,000

 * New debt: $ 1,650,000,000,000

 * National debt: $14,271,000,000,000

 * Recent budget cuts: $ 38,500,000,000

Let's now remove 8 zeros and pretend it's a household budget:

 * Annual family income: $21,700

 * Money the family spent: $38,200

 * New debt on the credit card: $16,500

 * Outstanding balance on the credit card: $142,710

 * Total budget cuts so far: $38.50



 Got It ?????



 OK now Lesson # 2: Here's another way to look at the Debt Ceiling:



 Let's say, You come home from work and find there has been a sewer  backup in your neighborhood . . . . And your home has sewage all the way  up to your ceilings.



 What do you think you should do . . . .



 Raise the ceilings, or pump out the crap?



 Your choice is coming Nov. 2012.

So, lets pump out the crap.  Can we really count on any good changes in Government? 

Funny Things

You know, sometimes it just a plain day here in my backyard....But, something interesting did happen a few days ago....There was a donkey with no pasture in my backyard. I wasn't my donkey. I went out to see if I could get it to leave and I did the topical things...tried to get it to leave on it's own, stomped my feet and yelled at it, threw a few rocks at it. It did decide to leave. But, before it left it did leave me a big pile of poop in the yard and turned and looked at me as if to say, ok there you go....it's your you keep it. Waiting to see if he comes back.