Mass Exodus? Well, it's a start

Mass exodus: 3 of Thurston County's 8 Superior Court judges leaving next year
Read more: http://www.thenewstribune.com/2011/10/20/1873815/mass-exodus-3-of-thurston-countys.html#ixzz1bS3B7fdB

Casey, Pomeroy and McPhee . . . "ba bye"

Thanks for throwing in your dirty towels, even though it's 15 or 20 years too late for the men and children victimized by your family court abuse and extortion. None the less, thanks for not making the 2012 election more complicated than it has to be. History shows there isn't much we, the people can do to stop the Bar Union from placing whom they want reigning on the throne in our courts anyway. Well, their courts really that we pay for one way or another. But, this will help narrow and focus the resources needed to oppose the nepotite commissioner's 2012 campaign. Over their careers, these three judges contributed a great deal (on and off the bench) to the crafting and building of the all powerful, unconstitutional Thurston family court, DSHS and DV industry rackets and many of the ancillary court cottage industries.

Family court reform still has a long, long way to go in this state and county and the real battle is with the legislature (at the end of the day). But, these three moving on is a step in the right direction no matter how you look at it. No matter who steps in, it's hard to imagine anyone working harder against fatherhood and the U.S. Constitution than these three. So, I offer you three a heart felt "Goodbye to You." Let's hope you still have your sense of humor left in tact.

#Occupy the tropical island from Lord of the Flies

Reports are coming out that the Occupy New York bunch of losers are now stealing from each other and in Cleveland a 19 year old girl is reporting she was raped in her tent over the weekend.

I've tried to avoid watching any news coverage of these dirty unwashed losers, but noticed that our own local news crews will only do quick pans of the scene in Seattle.  If you focus on it for more than 5 seconds it will show the same hacky sack bunch of homeless anarchists from Eugene Oregon who arrived on the scene for the WTO riots all over again.

Lord of the Flies is being too generous for these losers.  On the upside, I'm betting their parents are changing the locks now that they've got them to #occupy someplace other than their basements.

Cain continues to rub me the wrong way

I can't believe this guy is getting any traction at all.

First Cain shot his mouth off at the racist rock that had the N-word on it back in the 1980's prior to Rick Perry's family taking rights of the property. 

Then yesterday I hear him on Dave Ramsey saying that with his 9-9-9 plan, businesses would only be able to deduct purchases for products if they were made in the United States.   This is around the 16 minute mark on the Monday 10/10 show if you want to listen in over at DaveRamsey.com

That is in the top 10 list of dumbest statements ever made.  So if my bill of sale for a widget made of smaller widgets has 20 cents profit and 80 cents costs on widgets made outside the US, I now have a 50% tax rate on the net profit of my widget.  Either he's communicating very badly or he is clueless on what a global economy looks like.  Is the tech industry supposed to pull all of their billion dollar fabs in from other countries?

Now rule in that Cain misspoke on Dave's show.  This was a pretty friendly media.  The fact that he totally blundered communicating his own plan to a friendly host is a total face palm.

This guy is not a serious candidate.  I don't care how much he pisses off the congressional black caucus and all the other racebaiters.  If he communicates this badly or his ideas are this bad, he doesn't even belong on the podium.

Urgent announcement on my candidacy for POTUS

I am not running for President.  I now join the field of Gov Palin and Gov Christie in announcing to America that I am NOT running for the office of President of the United States.  I have thought about it long and with much soul searching, it would not be fair for my family for me to seek this office.  I will continue to serve my country in my current capacity.  Though I hold all of the conservative values that we need in the oval office and more experience in managing anything in the private sector than the current POTUS, I am pressed to admit that I lack the experience necessary.  I will continue to lend my constructive criticism to the current field of candidates.

UPDATE:
My wife has announced she will also not be running for President.  Though she has more experience at managing than the current President of the United States, she too confesses she can better serve our country from in her current role.

UPDATE:
My yellow lab has announced she will not be running for President. In a statement that sounded like woof woof woof, Abbey told a nonexistent news crew that although she shits all over our yard, she would be a better steward of the oval office than the current President.  She however also admits she lacks the experience necessary to command the most powerful office in the world.


Note:  This is not a rip on Palin's announcement, rather a rip on the media that has put so much attention on all the wrong areas. 

New Blog: Poor Richard's Piggy Bank

Poor Richard's Piggy Bank A blog about personal finance.


As much as I love railing on about government, I'm really one of those conservatives who loves personal finance.  The American dream is and should be about creating multigenerational wealth and prosperity for your family.  That's your job, not the government's. 

Not that I have to defend wanting to be rich, but I will.  Broke people can't give to charities nor can they help anyone or society in a significant manner.  Broke people don't create jobs and they don't cure cancer.  These are all activities that are monopolized by people with money. 

Poor Richard's Piggy Bank is about getting rich.  Yes its about saving, spending and investing.  Its about allocations of net worth.  But generating wealth is about a lot more than money.  It's about structuring your life in a way that you don't get into a marriage that ends in a wealth destructive divorce.  It's about raising your kid so you don't go to the poor house in legal fees when they end up in a tawdry sex triangle murder trial in Italy or wrap their car around a telephone pole which results in another kid being paralyzed for life. 

Iran and the Jihod Gang; Convert or Die Pilgrim

Days after the head statesman from Iran's vitriolic rant at the UN and Netanyahu's brilliant speech (that Andy posted up), there's this news out of Iran from the lovers of peace and tolerance . . .

Earlier this week, the 11th branch of Iran’s Gilan Provincial Court, on remand from the Iranian Supreme Court, determined that Pastor Nadarkhani has Islamic ancestry and therefore must recant his faith in Jesus Christ or die. Nadarkhani was to be given three opportunities to recant his faith, and if he refused face execution.

Each time he was ordered to recant his faith in Jesus Christ, he refused, stating, “I cannot.”
-from the ACLJ site . . . http://aclj.org/iran/working-to-save-the-life-of-a-christian-pastor-in-iran



10-4-2011 Latest Update . . .

Washington's Secretary of State: clueless and useless overhead to businesses

Just got this bit of mass mail spam from the Secretary of State's office. 

So in one month I have L&I sending me bogus invoices for 2 quarters on a closed account AND employment security doing the same thing, and now it looks like the Secretary of States office learned how to use SQL and decided to do a mass nebulous mailing to small business owners.  Honestly my businesses would have higher productivity w/ less interaction with the government.

Is it just me or does the action required below just represent another office in government sticking their finger up our butts?  As I noted yesterday, I'm willing to partake in the shared sacrifice of less government.  Exactly how many fewer millionaires and billionaires with corporate jets do we need before we end useless areas of our government?  If I had legal advisers, I'd consult them on that question instead of the one posed by Patrick Reed below.

Note I do have a UBI on an LLC that did register papers with the SOS office and for that honor they send an annual invoice. Other than keeping Mr Reed below on the state's payroll, I have no idea what my business gets in return for that recurring state revenue.
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Subject: Registration notice from the Washington Secretary of State - Registration Action Required

Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2011 15:51:34 -0700

From: patrick.reed@sos.wa.gov

To: my business email

Have you been doing business in Washington without proper registration?

We are sending this message because you registered with the Washington State Department of Revenue either as a Corporation or a Limited Liability Company. However, it appears you have not registered with the Office of the Secretary of State. If you are a foreign entity doing business in Washington, state law requires that you obtain a Certificate of Authority. If you are a Washington business, you have not formed a Corporation or Limited Liability Company until you have registered your Articles of Incorporation, or Certificate of Formation. (references RCW 23B, RCW 25, RCW 24)

Failure to be properly registered could result in difficulty obtaining or renewing different types of business licenses, could affect your ability to obtain financing or win contracts, could create legal challenges, and could affect your state and/or federal tax rate.

You may want to consult your legal advisors as to whether your business should be registered with the Office of the Secretary of State. Should you decide to register you may do so by submitting the appropriate form along with payment. Be sure to include your existing Unified Business Identifier (UBI) number and follow the instructions provided on the forms.

If you have recently registered your business with the Office of the Secretary of State, please disregard this message.

For additional questions, please contact us at corps@sos.wa.gov.

Thank you,

Corporations and Charities Division Management Team
360-725-0377
Patrick Reed

Operations Manager

Division of Corporations and Charities

Office of the Secretary of State

360.725.0358

patrick.reed@sos.wa.gov

Thurston County Tax Assessments- a lesson in the cost of government

The 2012 property tax assessment just came in the mail. Overall it's down over 25-30% since the bubble burst. Since a lot of services are funded by the per thousand dollar assessment, I expect I'll be paying lower taxes in the coming year. Yay.

However, it was largely irresponsible for the county to have jacked our assessments with bubble valuations that were completely unsustainable. Now the programs funded by these assessments are going to have cut backs. Had they not gotten piggish with the valuations their budgets would have been flat.

Even worse is the fact that I'm betting a lot of the foreclosed houses or properties near foreclosure are not paying their taxes. While the county is authorized to put a tax lien on that land, there is still the absence of cold cash flowing into the county coffers. Even if a cash strapped government were to borrow against that future cash on a tax sale, it's like drawing borrowed blood from a turnip.

So what services will suffer? ooooh what a lovely game of political football that will make.

Lesson: The less we spend on government (ie taxes) the less painful a recession is to those depending on government. Sadly, the voters of Thurston County will be slow learners in this lesson.   Even slower will be the voters of Washington State at large.

Indulge me in a meandering rant about the size of our government footprint and the cost of that footprint.

While every nook and cranny of the government is squealing for lack of funding, the University of Washington was able to score a half a million dollars to fund "The Domestic Violence Check Up".  So if you feel like you are a wife beater, you can call 1-800-MEN-1089 and talk to a non judgemental person about your problem and how it impacts those around you.  I've been seeing promotions for this program since 2007.  Strangely enough, there is no help for women who beat the tar out of their spouses or burn their kids with cigarette butts. 

So while all the various levels of government are lacking money to teach your grade school kids to read or to catch the meth head who stole your generator and ATV, they do have money to fund a hot line 3 years running for a wife beater self assessment.  Now I'll yield that this sacred cow has a different funding source than our property taxes, but our property taxes go to fund things that this money could have funded.  Either way, this grant money was cash pulled from the private sector to be spent in the public sector for something that only really benefits those in government spending the money. 

The question in my mind is how many fewer millionaires and billionaires with corporate jets (and all the jobs that are associated with someone accumulating that sort of wealth) will there be before this program loses its funding?  Obviously collecting stats on self proclaimed wife beaters is a higher priority in government than busting that meth head who stole your generator and ATV.  At level of economic recession do we reach before this sacred cow hits the bricks, because I thought we were there already.

Call me desperate, but I'm willing to go with the "shared sacrifice" of less government.  I wish there was a hot line for that.