Another Funny

Found this at "Say Uncle" - Link on the side. . .

With all the snow we got around here I just had to post it. . ..

Funny

No matter what side you were on in November, this is just funny:

Nanny State goes Federal

In 2007, large toy manufacturers who outsource their production to China violated the public's trust - selling toys with dangerous lead content, toys with unsafe small parts, and toys that made kids sick. Almost every problem toy in 2007 was made in China.

The Congress passed the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) in 2008, which bans lead and phthalates in toys, mandates third-party testing and certification for all toys and permanent labels on each toy with a date and batch number.

All of these changes will be fairly easy for large, multinational toy manufacturers to comply with. Large manufacturers who make thousands of units of each toy have very little incremental cost to pay for testing and updating their molds to include batch labels.

For small American toymakers the costs of mandatory testing, to the tune of up to $4,000 per toy, will drive them out of business. American-made toys had nothing to do with the toy safety problems of 2007. Toy aren’t the only ones impacted – used toys and clothing will be eliminated from thrift stores – artisans who design children’s clothing will be shut down.

Unless the law is modified handmade toys will no longer be legal in the US.

Thriving small businesses are crucial to the financial health of our nation. Please write or call your Congressperson and ask that this law be revised to ensure the economic well being of small U.S. businesses. Visit www.handmadetoyalliance.org for more details and for how you can help.

Isn't that great? we know the problem came from China but as usual we are going to punnish eveyone for it. Cut off our nose to spite our face as they say. Drop a note - US Consumer Protection Agency is soliciting comments on the new law. Please PLEASE go to their website and implore them to revise the law and help them recognize the significantly negative impact (and unintended consequences) that this law brings to our economy.

You have got to be KIDDING me. . .

Found this HERE on CNN . . . .

Ready for this? You sure?

Larry Flint and the porn industry want the US government to bail out the porn industry to the toon of $5 billion.

Hustler publisher Larry Flynt and Girls Gone Wild CEO Joe Francis said Wednesday they will request that Congress allocate $5 billion for a bailout of the adult entertainment industry. “The take here is that everyone and their mother want to be bailed out from the banks to the big three,” said Owen Moogan, spokesman for Larry Flynt. “The porn industry has been hurt by the downturn like everyone else and they are going to ask for the $5 billion.

If this goes through I hope Congress is ready to see people calling for their removal from office and a new election yesterday. . . . this is nuts.

Just when you thought you had seen it all . . . . look at what you started Dems, this bail out crap was your idea. Time to stop bailing out businesses and start cutting our taxes so the average guy actually has some money to spend. Guess what? That would be good for business all around. . ..

Morning Radio

Michael Gram had a great comment from a listener today on the radio. . .

How to cut state spending. Due to the snow all non-essential personnel have been told to stay home. Now that we know who they are we need to lay them off the state payroll as they are not needed. . . now lets see how much we can cut the budget.

If only. Will never happen. The ranks of the "non-essential" have actually grown under our dear ruler Deval. . .

It was a nice ride in today. It feels very weird to do the speed limit on 128 at rush hour. . .

Now I am Scared

Is it just me or are you all as scared as I am that Paris Hilton can do a spoof video on the Obama issues and she comes up with an energy plan that sounds as good or better than the ones our candidates did. . . .

I am sorry, but when Paris starts looking like a better choice than the two guys running we need to wake up and do something. . .

Politics in a Nutshell

This guy just gets it - From Non -Sequitur - I love this one

Political Joke

Got this in an email from a friend and had to pass it on. . .

A picture I'd love to have on a T-shirt!!!

Let me make this perfectly clear!

THIS IS MY COUNTRY!

And, because I make this statement
DOES NOT mean I'm against immigration!!!

YOU ARE WELCOME HERE IN MY COUNTRY.
Welcome to come through like everyone else has.
Get a sponsor!
Get a place to lay your head!
Get a job!
Live by OUR rules!
Pay YOUR taxes!
And
LEARN THE LANGUAGE LIKE ALL OTHER
IMMIGRANTS HAVE IN THE PAST!!!
AND PLEASE DON'T DEMAND THAT WE HAND OVER OUR
LIFETIME SAVINGS OF SOCIAL SECURITY FUNDS TO YOU
TO MAKE UP FOR ''YOUR'' LOSSES.

If you don't want to forward this for fear of offending someone,
Then YOU'RE PART OF THE PROBLEM!

When will AMERICAN'S STOP giving away THEIR RIGHTS???
We've gone so far the other way .. Bent over backwards not to
Offend anyone. But it seems no one cares about the
AMERICAN
that's being offended!

Political Joke

OK, I admit I stole this from the Blog the Smallest Minority. . . had to pass it on:

Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, and Al Gore were in an airplane crash.

They're up in heaven, and God's sitting on the great white throne.

God addresses Al first.

"Al, what do you believe in?"

Al replies, "Well, I believe I won that election, but that it was your will that I did not serve. And I've come to understand that now."

God thinks for a second and says "Okay, very good. Come and sit at my left."

God then addresses Bill. "Bill, what do you believe in?"

Bill replies, "I believe in forgiveness. I've sinned, but I've never held a grudge against my fellow man, and I hope no grudges are held against me."

God thinks for a second and says "You are forgiven, my son. Come and sit at my right."

God then addresses Hillary. "Hillary, what do you believe in?"

"I believe you're in my chair," she says.