Hoosier Dad

Dear Dumbass who tried to rob me last night, When choosing a car to steal from, perhaps you should reconsider the 13 year old Ford Piece of Shit.   The worst looking car on the street is probably unlocked for a reason.   I can only imagine your disappointment at finding my $2 ear buds in the armrest.   I’m guessing you decided my ear wax wasn’t worth the risk since you left them on my passenger seat?   My multi-tool from my cup holder was left there too.   Which is surprising because it has a little knife, some pliers and a screwdriver all in one little tool!!   And it was only $1 at the parts store!!    I also noticed you left all my CD’s in my CD holder too.   Was it because they were all burned copies of my originals, because 2 of them were ‘Lord of the Rings’ soundtracks, or because 1 was a Lennox operating system and 1 was the complete works of Leisure Suit Larry?   Never mind, you’re too stupid to know what those things...

First, if I have any loyal readers, I’m sorry for the delay in posting a new blog.  My real job has actually been busy and nearly interesting lately.  I got to go to Virginia on business and managed to get just enough spare time to visit St John’s Church in Richmond .  For those of you who do not know, this is where Patrick Henry gave his famous “Give me liberty or give me death” speech.  I stood in the room where 6 signers of the Declaration of Independence debated about whether or not to form the Virginia Militia.  After Patrick Henry’s speech, they decided to form that militia under the command of George Washington (who was also there that night).  It was the beginning of the revolution, and I was standing in the room where it all happened.  I get goose bumps just thinking about it.  Those men, in that room, changed the course of human history and they did it so that they might free their children of tyranny.  They wanted liberty ...

 Mitt Romney’s campaign, and just about everyone in the media, has been repeating that “Delegate Math” makes their guy the inevitable candidate.   I respectfully disagree.   Currently the delegate count looks like this: Romney 429 55% Santorum 169 22% Gingrich 118 15% Paul 67 9% At a glance that looks pretty rough for the No-Romney candidates.   But here’s the trick.   What happens if someone drops out?   The person they endorse will get their delegates.   Romney has 55%.   So, if this trend continues, he will get the nomination.   However, if Republicans can think with their own minds, instead of just doing what the people on TV keep saying they should do, they can still avoid an Obama re-election.   And I FIRMLY believe that running “Flip-Mitt” or “Sanitarium” against Obama will result in a victory by default fo...

So, I filed my taxes for 2011.   The federal government saw fit to return about $2000 of my own money to me this year.   Oh, and since it’s all the rage to talk about this stuff lately, I paid an effective tax rate of 0.8% and I’m just barely in the top 50% of income earners.   If you want to know where you stack up check this out: http://www.kiplinger.com/tools/income_rank/index.php Woo Hoo – I’m in the top half!   Don’t sweat that 0.8% rate.   I got to claim my kids this year.   Last year I paid 4.7% and made less money (I was just under the 50% mark last year).    Here’s my current situation.   I’ve got just over $5,000 in Credit Card debt.   A lot of that was accumulated after my divorce (it happens).   I’ve got a $1650 loan against my 401K.   $35,000 Student Loan and a $110,000 mortgage.   Plus about $7,000 I owe family.   So $2000 doesn’t make a very big dent.    Let’s talk about intere...