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Now, ladies and gentleman, this is one for the books and maybe one of those must have items. :-)

Sons toy train goes into space

This is SO cool..

LG Washer Explodes

As I've posted before, we have had problems with an LG/Kenmore refrigerator. Well, today I just happened to be at local the Sears store buying a TV (NOT LG) and was speaking with one of the managers that was helping me. Somehow LG came up and I told her of my experience, to which she replied that I should go to YouTube and enter a search for "Exploding LG Washer". She even said that the store has a "do not sell" order from Sears on this. WOW, there is no was that I'm getting anything made by LG. Below are two videos on YouTube for your enjoyment.

9/11 – Is that an Elephant in the Room?

I was away on September 11th this year, but I was thinking about it and have decided to look at it again. You see, back in 2004, I bought and read a book The New Pearl Harbor, which was written by David Ray Griffin. I was absolutely shocked and blown away at the theme of it. It presents a lot of information on the events of 911. It does not try to lead the reader in any specific direction, but lays out the facts for you to decide what you will. I’m actually reading it again right now.

It goes into details such as why all of our military systems failed, resulting in the planes not being intercepted. Also discussed; are the temperatures required to weaken the steel enough for a collapse, which could not have been high enough with Jet Fuel (fancy Kerosene). Oh, and that 757 airliner that went into the Pentagon. No way! The hole wasn’t big enough as well as there were no remains of the plane found there. So we’re supposed to believe that the plane was totally encased within the building and turned into dust on impact, but at the same time they were able to identify people from fingerprinting the remains. You can’t have it both ways! There is just so much of this. It’s really mind boggling.

Actually, I have just discovered that he has revised the book with all sorts of new information. The title of this book is The New Pearl Harbor Revisited.

The above titles are links to these books on Amazon.com.

I honestly feel that this information should be put into the category of a “must read” for everyone. I would hope that you would at least look into this, so that you can make an educated decision of how this country should proceed.

Here is another link to a web site Freedonfiles.org that will allow you to read as well as watch videos on the day’s events.

I'd be interested in your comments on this one.

Kenya video

This is a really nice video taken in Kenya. If you can, watch it at 1080p and full screen. It's stunning.

The Tommy plan on taxes

You know, there’s an old saying; “there are only two things in life that are true, you have to pay taxes and you die”

Well, I’m not sure what we can do about the second of those. We start our lives knowing, but not believing, that we’re going to die. No matter what you do, this is true!

Now, taxes, on the other hand are another story. While it is true that we all need to pay taxes in order to support our government. The rules that determine what is paid, is a totally different story. As I’ve said before, I’m sort of a simple person and therefore try to adhere to the K.I.S.S. theorem, which is Keep It Simple Stupid.

There’s another saying that I believe also; there are two ends to every stick. On one end of the tax stick is our current tax system as administered by the Internal Revenue Service. On the other end is or should be a system based on that K.I.S.S. theorem.

Now I know that this is going to initially sound pretty silly, maybe a little stupid. But, let it sink in for a few minutes and see what comes out.

I think that we should simply throw the current system into the fireplace and let it keep us warm for a few days. In its place, the Tommy plan..

The first premise is that there are some pretty smart people in this country when it comes to finance and the economy. These people need to come up with a percentage of a dollar that each and every citizen needs to pay. Just for arguments sake, let’s say that they decide that to support our governments we all need to give 10%. Now, ALL and I mean ALL deductions, Credits, etc. are out the window. For every $1.00 that you earn $0.10 goes for taxes. Now, that’s GROSS income, because there is no longer net income when it comes to taxes. Someone that has an income of $40,000 would pay $4,000. Someone making $1,000,000 would pay $100,000 in taxes. Of course, there needs to be a sliding scale on this percentage if your annual income is at or below a preset level (aka. the poverty level).

I’m not a financial person, so I would have NO way of guessing what this percentage would actually be. But, with the Tommy plan, everyone pays their share. This 1% and 99% situation would begin to be flattened out a bit.

Oh and I haven’t thought this one through a lot, but those Corporations receiving all that money from our Government. Forget it! If a company can’t make a profit without the help of the Government tough, you’re in the wrong line of work so get out.

So, I’m curious what are your thoughts on this one..