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My question to everyone is what do these “congressional hearings ” accomplish?

Other than an opportunity for the “selected” congress people  and I use that word very loosely to show off their inability to speak English?

Or to show the American public that old Uncle Sam is protecting you from a whole host of things.

Please.

Oh the congress is going to be so hard on so and so.

They are going to have them squirming in their seats,

And………………..

Well unfortunately it is and nothing.

They ask some hard questions.

The person or group before them answers them and…..

And nothing once again.

What was accomplished by “grilling” the CEO of toyota?

He apologized and said he would fix the problems.

Done.

Now could that not have been done hmmm maybe via a teleconference, email, fax of heaven forbid snail mail?

Without all of the hoopla, cameras, live media coverage.

The answer is of course it could have been done that way.

But how else are the members of the congress able to justify their outrageous salaries and perks if they did not show the American public.

Hey look at me I am working hard for you the tax payer.

And thank you very very much for letting me do so.

Wink wink.

I personally feel that Toyota was singled out since a) they were the world’s most successful automaker for years now b) that North American automotive industry had to get money from the American government to stay afloat.

Which is an embarrassment all it’s own.

But now would it make sense for the “congress” to put flaws in North American auto makers vehicles under the scrutiny?

Hmm let me see.

No.

Why?

Well quite simply since most Americans were not happy about having to fork over taxpayer dollars to help a private industry that through it’s own demise dug itself into a hole it could not get out of.

And for all of those people wondering around crying the sky is falling the sky is falling.

I can no longer drive my Toyota due to safety concerns?

The mass hysteria brought on by none other the media.

I think the media should stop and think before posting any type of news.

Since it is apparent that the world’s general population is incapable of independent thoughts.

Well if Joe is doing it I should do it also.

Instead of looking at the facts and then going to another source and another source and making one’s own mind up  rather than being directly influenced by the “media.”

Sorry folks the media is not there to inform you of world events.

The media is a business.

And what ever makes them more money then they are going to follow that story.

So for all of those Toyota owners out there breaking into theatrical tears when ever they mention they are stuck driving a death trap.

Stop and think.

Hmm how long have I owned this car?

Have I had any of the problems that are pasted all over the media as of recent?

If the answer is no then get one with your life and stop worrying about what if’s.

And for those of you whom like to crunch numbers….

Well look at the quantity of Toyota’s sold worldwide.

Millions upon millions.

And how many have had problems?

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Well I made it up to Whistler on Sunday was hoping to catch the women’s downhill but was postponed and was actually held today.

Took a private train there.

Was great.

Being waited on hand and foot with an open bar life is good.

Wondered around the village check out all of the sites.

Got my picture taken with the Olympic rings that are in the village.

Took the peak to peak gondola.

Warning that thing is not for the faint of heart.

Was strange being on a gondola surrounded by skiers and snowboarders.

Since typically that would have been me.

But my ex-girlfriend never learned to ski so there was no skiing that day.

What a pity the snow was awesome!!!

And the hill was pretty much empty to boot.

You have to take a gondola up and then transfer to the peak to peak.

Starting out wasn’t bad since in typical gondola fashion there are towers every several hundred meters.

But then suddenly nothing.

You are dangling way up and I mean waaaay up only on a cable.

No tower in site.

The next tower is close to 2 miles in the distance.

And at a height of 1400 feet it kind of gives you chills to your stomach.

Well after that heart pounding experience we went to get something to eat.

Longhorn’s Saloon. Right smack dab in the center of Whistler village.

Won’t ever and I mean ever be going back to that dump.

We sat ourselves down outside under a heat lamp since it was a bit chilly that day.

Waitress comes over and asks us if we want something to drink.

We looked at each other and said just a couple of cokes.

Then the waitress asked if I had a credit card?

I was carrying my platinum American Express with me but there was no way I was going to give it to her to start a tab??

What?

I told her no then she asked if I had a debit card same answer no I don’t.

I informed her we would be paying with cash.

Well did that ever get her nose out of joint.

Since from that point on the service was….hmm let see how can I say this deplorable!

She never showed her face back at our table until our meal was complete.

The food is disgusting.

What ever you do DO NOT EAT there.

I ordered some chicken strips and fries.

Out came some deep fried bricks that I struggled to cut with a knife!

Along with a grand total of 13 french fries.

Yes folks 13 french fries.

All of this for the little sum of $14.

There was more open space in the basket that it was served in then Buckingham Palace with no furniture in it.

I am not even going to mention the fact that eating those dry fried without the assistance of some ketchup was icing to the cake.

Once again compliments of the waitress whose nose got out of shape since I didn’t surrender my credit card to open up a tab???

For a couple of cokes.

And that was all we got since I long finished my coke well before my meal was served yet the kind hearted waitress did not see fit to see if I wanted another one.

Then to add insult to this completely horrific lunch hour adventure.

My ex-girlfriend went into use the washroom.

And upon entering the building the waitress confronted her asking if she left money on the table!!

Then like an eagle diving for a trout in a lake she came swooping down to our table flipped open the bill and asked if we needed any change.

I should also mention the fact that the waitress was so kind as to place the bill on our table before  right after she had delivered our cokes.

So my advice when you go to Whistler is definitely do the peak to peak and stay away far away from Longhorn’s Saloon unless you want to be treated like S##t  and then be served it too.

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Yes I know that everyone in cyber land is screaming the accolades of not only the importance of blog commenting but  the importance of letting people comment on your blog.

Well folks as you can see there is no option for that on this puppy.

And it is not for the reason you think.

It is not that I am afraid that someone is going to disagree with one of my varied opinions on the intricacies of life.

Trust me I know already that my opinion on things is some cases is polar opposite to the common flow.

There are several reasons why I do not allow comments on my post.

I did have it set up that if someone left a valid comment about my blog I would be more than happy to post it.

But as in life there are always the “undesirables” who are looking for a free ride.

By this I mean. Hey great post here is the link to my website??

As I have always told everyone that I have ever met there are no free rides in life.

You pay one way or another but nothing is ever free.

So then comes the spammers.

Yes even the “meat” product known as spam sends shivers down my spinal cord.

Some idiot with some fake email address etc, etc delivers a whole bunch of really useful information to the comment section?

Ya right.

So I got tired of having to sort out the trash every time I went to post on my blog.

So I deleted it.

Problem solved.

No more headaches and no more time wasting.

Since as you are all aware my blog is read by millions and millions each and every day

As far as you commenting on others blogs and adding a back link to your blog or webpage.

Well….. I really wouldn’t waste your time.

I have been there and done that and unless it is a blog with a high page ranking that is constantly indexed there isn’t much chance of any of the search engines  even noticing.

The only real thing you are doing is helping the person whom owns the blog since with new information being added the search engines take notice and their web page gets indexed.

So the choice is yours.

If you have some responsible readers to your blog then by all means allow comments.

But if you are a blog  juggernaut like myself (said with tongue deep inside my cheek) and have millions upon millions of readers each and every day.

Who think that if they add comments to your blog they are going to be suddenly catapulted into the ionosphere of search engine rankings then maybe no comments is the route you might want to take.

I should also point out that if you own a blog and have hundreds of comments to useless, spam links the search engines are going to drive right past you.

So to comment or not to comment the question is…..

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Ya I know everyone out there has something to end the title of this blog entry.

Well folks in this day and age pretty much anything and everyone has a price.

Which makes me wonder what has come of modern society?

There is no such thing as personal pride, respect for yourself or for others around you.

There is one thing that money can not buy.

Your health.

Just look at Steve Jobs yesterday.

Frail looking yet incredibly wealthy.

Sick yet still living.

Now someone with that much money is not doubt getting the best medical treatment that money can buy.

But look at the result.

If one were to breath to hard around him they would surely knock him right over.

So for all the people out there that are complaining that they don’t have money to do this or that.

Take  a closer look at your life.

Are you able to get out of bed everyday unassisted.

Put your own clothes on.

Walk to your kitchen have breakfast and go to your job.

Regardless of how mundane that job may be.

Since I am sure someone like Steve Jobs would in a heart beat trade all of his wealth to be healthy.

Since what difference does it make how much money, how many cars, houses, electronic gadgets you have when you die?

Since when you are gone you are gone.

Unable to enjoy all of your riches so to speak.

So for those of you out there that have your health you are truly the wealthy ones.

And for those of you with the wealth spread it around.

I know it is almost a cardinal sin to mention Bill Gates and Steve Jobs in any type of context but Bill Gates has the right idea.

He is healthy and fortunate enough to be extremely wealthy also.

What has he done?

He has decided to help others with their health.

Since he has come aboard the thought train that health is wealth.

And there is nothing that rings more true than those words. “health is wealth.”

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Hmm well at least they did surprise everyone with the name.

Ipad? To be honest doesn’t bring the most pleasant images into one’s head.

But a natural progression from ipod.

They are claiming it is the bridge between notebooks and cell phones?

It looks more like an over sized ipod/iphone.

Which in reality is all it is.

Add some graphic capabilities, grossly enlarge the size and presto you have the ipad.

Now I am not going to nit pick all of the ” things” that the ipad has.

Since I am sure there are other capabilities  that Apple’s new toy has.

But seriously folks that is all it is.

An over  priced over sized toy.

No one is really going to trade in their lap top for one of these now are they?

But there is the “Apple cult” whom believe everything that comes from Steve Jobs mouth is some sort of nugget of knowledge to live by.

No do you really want your cheap ipod applications to be blown up to be the size of a small net book?

Well I am sure once all of the hype has died down in the next few days everyone will see it for what it is.

A bigger itouch device.

A stock tip sell your Apple shares now well the getting is good since after this they are bound to take a hit.

You could tell by the audiences reaction there was a lot of disappointment for all of those thinking the world was going to change today.

I am sure a lot of people in the audience were saying “is that it?”

Yup that is it folks.

Nothing new but you have to give kudos  to the Apple marketing machine; since  they had everyone going.

As Public Enemy famously put it ” Don’t believe the hype.”

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Ah one of the hottest things on the planet right now everyone and their dog is trying to produce products with touch screens.

Well folks I know I don’t stand alone on this one but I hate touch screens!

Can’t stand them will never have a use for them.

Why you ask?

It may be because of the size of my hands. Maybe

I am a fairly big guy 6 feet 2 inches  or 188cm with maybe a bit on the large sized hands.

Just maybe.

But I do not want the challenge of trying to fit my finger tips into a space with no physical  sensations to be able to distinguish if I am inputting a w or an e.

I guess you could call me a tactile type of person.

My grossly enlarged finger tips like the feeling of buttons.

Ah for the love of buttons.

No smooth surfaces for me thank you.

I will admit even the other products out right now with a full qwerty keyboard are a challenge for me since the buttons are just to small!

And placed to close to each other.

As far as net books go…. well I do own one and even that is a challenge for me??

Hmm maybe I do have giant hands?

Or maybe the world is just getting to small.

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Yes he has finally joined the masses.

And so far is updating it fairly frequently.

So it just goes to prove that for all of the people out there that say I’m to busy to do that…

If Bill Gates can find the time I am pretty sure you all can too.

Now I know the Mac community out there has a real distaste for Mr Gates.

Along with countless other folks that are jealous of his success.

Yes folks that is what it all boils down to jealousy.

Plain and simple.

Since what is there to hate about Bill Gates?

Other than he is an extremely successful business man whose invention dominates the computer world?

Or maybe it is how he spends billions of dollars on charities?

Yes his invention has had it good days and bad days but with out him there might not be any days?

It is so easy for us whom don’t have much of anything to hate those who do.

There are those people out there that are born into a life of luxury which makes the masses burn an even brighter green of envy.

But somewhere along their family heritage someone was either smart enough or worked hard enough to be able to provide that luxury for their family tree.

I will be the first to admit that I admire (note I said admire here folks not hate)  those who have done it on their own.

Made something from nothing more than those that have had it handed to them just because they were lucky enough to be born into it.

Either way you look at it though they are more fortunate then myself but that does not make me hate them.

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Now before everyone gets all defensive about the title of this entry I am not referring to search engines,  ISP providers etc being able to collect information about your browsing habits.

What I am talking about is how people are able to say and do things via the protection of sitting in front of a computer screen.

Generally not having the balls to do it in real life.

So what they do is they slander people from the comfort and protection of the 2 way mirror known as the internet.

I equate these people to the short guys who drive around in big cars and are more than willing to honk at you.

But will never get out of their car like a real man and confront you about an issue.

Since you are nothing more than a faceless stranger with a big mouth on the internet.

You know the type I am talking about.

The pathetic people who have nothing better to do then to comment with sarcasm on message boards when their opinion was nether asked for nor warranted.

What a sad society we live in where people feel comfort or get an ego boost by telling off a complete stranger on the internet?

By putting in their two cents worth.

For the people out there that were born previous to the internet and were able to make it through school before social media came along count yourself lucky.

Cyber bullying is now a common occurrence in schools throughout the world.

But let us not forget the ones that use the anonymity of the internet to further their lives as thieves.

You know the email from Nigeria where someone out of the blue is asking you for help in transferring millions out of the country and in return you get a slice of the proverbial pie.

And now with the devastation that has recently hit Haiti the cockroaches are coming out with new scams every minute.

Hmm what ever happened to social conscious. Or any type of conscious for that matter.

I am a strong believer in karma

What comes around goes around.

So for all that do bad trust me bad will find a way of getting back to you.

So instead of sitting in front  of your computer like you are 10 feet tall why not try to go outside and spread some of your blasphemy with some real people.

And maybe when that fist hits your face you might think twice about using the anonymity of the internet.

And for those that are using it for ill purposes trust me your time will come.

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Is it just me or has anyone else noticed that pretty much everyone’s bio information in their twitter account is “living the life.”

Helping others become rich on the internet, life coaches, etc etc.

What an educated bunch we have on twitter.

I am so impressed that all of the people living the life, helping others become rich on the internet etc etc have the time to educate us on how they were able to do so.

Just visit my website and all will be exposed.

Buy this and get all of this free!!!

Just pay me some cash and I will tell you how I got rich on the internet.

Hmm I think it is quite easy to see how people get rich on the internet no?

By convincing people that if they buy your product they too can live the life.

But there is another term for it. Pyramid scheme.

The digital version of it.

No longer are people hocking soap products and vitamins now they are hocking digital products.

Don’t you think if it were that easy to make millions and millions of dollars on the internet that others would be doing it also without having to pay anyone $49?

Why aren’t they doing it?

Well folks the reason is quite simple.

A sucker is born everyday.

Finally the government has gotten in on trying to rule the wild digital west.

Where all of the people claiming that you can make $1000 in 5 minutes now have to put a disclaimer on their product.

Results not typical.

Now if that is not an understatement I don’t know what is.

It should really read something like this.

The only way you are ever going to make any money on the internet is if you can convince another sucker to purchase the product you just got taken to the cleaners on.

It is not rocket science folks.

It is just common sense.

There are some who have better camouflage but the thing underneath is always the same.

Going way back old school they were once known as snake oil salesmen.

Selling an illusion that something will do something that was impossible.

But with the birth of the internet, photo shop,flash, graphics etc etc

The illusion has gotten bigger and brighter and more tempting.

With flashing lights, video, testimonies with pictures etc it is hard not to believe what they are trying to sell you.

But my last word of advice for everyone out there.

If it seems to be good to be true well I am sure everyone out there knows the end of that.

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If you turn on any channel on the idiot box you will see the horror that mother nature has inflicted on the poor souls of Haiti.

You may also notice something else.

The over abundance of tv reporters from every station from every country in the world.

Trying to make a buck from the tragedy that unfolded several days ago.

I think the one that stands out in my mind the most is the shameless reporting of CNN’s Anderson Cooper.

If you were not subject to this atrocity the let me paint the disturbing picture for you.

Squatting on a pile of rubble with his smug face looking towards the camera and of course at an angle to show of his “bb guns” ( A side note here for you folks. Guns is a term that refers to describe someone’s arms. If you have big arms you have big guns. Small arms well then you have bb guns)

And behind him are several Haitians trying in vain to remove pieces of concrete with their bare hands as they hear someone crying for help in the rubble below.

It was so nice of Anderson Cooper to lean over and try to position his microphone so that the viewing audience could hear the person screaming in pain for help.

Call me crazy but would it have not made better viewing for the public to actually see a reporter trying to do something like help rather than just trying to sensationalize the tragedy around them?

But old AC would not want to get his polo shirt dirty now would he?

My heart and prayers go out to the people in Haiti.

Unfortunately their tragedy is only in the early stages and the effects of this natural disaster will linger for years to come.

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