16. April 2010 by admin.

File your 2009 Taxes - Your Humble Servant Silence Dogood

* You’re going to pay a lot of money anyway, might as well have some fun with it…

To: The Department of Treasure, National Treasure Part II

Atlanta, GA.

From: Your Humble Servant Silence Dogood

http://www.ushistory.org/franklin/courant/silencedogood.htm

This being not unlike my own beginnings in life, I Alan Spicer, present the 1st of the Silence Dogood letters:

April 2, 1722 • Silence Dogood #1

To the Author of the New-England Courant.

Sir,

It may not be improper in the first place to inform your Readers, that I intend once a Fortnight to present them, by the Help of this Paper, with a short Epistle, which I presume will add somewhat to their Entertainment.

And since it is observed, that the Generality of People, now a days, are unwilling either to commend or dispraise what they read, until they are in some measure informed who or what the Author of it is, whether he be poor or rich, old or young, a Schollar or a Leather Apron Man, &c. and give their Opinion of the Performance, according to the Knowledge which they have of the Author’s Circumstances, it may not be amiss to begin with a short Account of my past Life and present Condition, that the Reader may not be at a Loss to judge whether or no my Lucubrations are worth his reading.

At the time of my Birth, my Parents were on Ship-board in their Way from London to N. England. My Entrance into this troublesome World was attended with the Death of my Father, a Misfortune, which tho’ I was not then capable of knowing, I shall never be able to forget; for as he, poor Man, stood upon the Deck rejoycing at my Birth, a merciless Wave entred the Ship, and in one Moment carry’d him beyond Reprieve. Thus, was the first Day which I saw, the last that was seen by my Father; and thus was my disconsolate Mother at once made both a Parent and a Widow.

When we arrived at Boston (which was not long after) I was put to Nurse in a Country Place, at a small Distance from the Town, where I went to School, and past my Infancy and Childhood in Vanity and Idleness, until I was bound out Apprentice, that I might no longer be a Charge to my Indigent Mother, who was put to hard Shifts for a Living.

My Master was a Country Minister, a pious good-natur’d young Man, and a Batchelor: he labour’d with all his Might to instil vertuous and godly Principles into my tender Soul, well knowing that it was the most suitable Time to make deep and lasting Impressions on the Mind, while it was yet untainted with Vice, free and unbiass’d. He endeavour’d that I might be instructed in all that Knowledge and Learning which is necessary for our Sex, and deny’d me no Accomplishment that could possibly be attained in a Country Place; such as all Sorts of Needle-Work, Writing, Arithmetick, &c. and observing that I took a more than ordinary Delight in reading ingenious Books, he gave me the free Use of his Library, which tho’ it was but small, yet it was well chose, to inform the Understanding rightly, and enable the Mind to frame great and noble Ideas.

Before I had liv’d quite two Years with this Reverend Gentleman, my indulgent Mother departed this Life, leaving me as it were by my self, having no Relation on Earth within my Knowledge.

I will not abuse your Patience with a tedious Recital of all the frivolous Accidents of my Life, that happened from this Time until I arrived to Years of Discretion, only inform you that I liv’d a chearful Country Life, spending my leisure Time either in some innocent Diversion with the neighbouring Females, or in some shady Retirement, with the best of Company, Books. Thus I past away the Time with a Mixture of Profit and Pleasure, having no affliction but what was imaginary, and created in my own Fancy; as nothing is more common with us Women, than to be grieving for nothing, when we have nothing else to grieve for.

As I would not engross too much of your Paper at once, I will defer the Remainder of my Story until my next Letter; in the mean time desiring your Readers to exercise their Patience, and bear with my Humours now and then, because I shall trouble them but seldom. I am not insensible of the Impossibility of pleasing all, but I would not willingly displease any; and for those who will take Offence were none is intended, they are beneath the Notice of Your Humble Servant,

SILENCE DOGOOD.

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16. April 2010 by admin.

President Obama goes to visit Emelio and Gloria … at their million dollar Star Island mansion in Miami today…

So Obama is visiting the Cuban flag wavers in Miami for a fund raiser (for the people? for poor people? No for the Democratic Party) … So why is the government / the tax payers paying for Obama and entourage to go to Miami to hob nob with the Cuban flag wavers?

Some Cuban-Americans (or illegals?) are upset that the Cuban Flag Wavers are hosting Obama … because it’s like being a traitor. ???? Ummmm what country is this? It’s being a traitor to host the American President, ummm, in the United States of America? But supposedly, not to worry, the Cuban Flag Wavers will indeed use the opportunity to wave the Cuban Flag for Obama while he is there. Great tttttt….

Well apparently in the Un-United States of Cuban-Miami that’s the thinking of some…

Well it would be nice to hear that some of that fund raising money went towards the cost of getting Obama and his entourage there for this hob nobbing with the big wigs.

“Change” … “Change” … “Change” is what his campaign was all about. I wonder when there’s going to be any good change?

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sc-dc-obama-fundraising-20100414,0,6137391.story

WASHINGTON — Now that his healthcare overhaul is complete, President Obama is raising campaign money at a ferocious pace, tapping into an energized corps of Democratic donors in quiet, less publicized forays to dinners and receptions embedded in official presidential trips.

Obama has surpassed his predecessor, George W. Bush, in money-raising appearances at this point in his tenure. And with the midterm elections approaching, he is headlining dinners for the party and embattled Democratic candidates around the country.

Polls show Obama enjoys less popular support when he took office 15 months ago. Yet his fundraising prowess shows that he remains a powerful political force who can stockpile chits from grateful Democratic candidates eager for his help.

On Thursday, Obama will board Air Force One to deliver a speech laying out his policy on space exploration at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Afterward, he will head to a pair of fund-raising excursions for the Democratic National Committee, including a reception at singer Gloria Estefan’s home in Miami Beach.

(etc. etc. etc. more at THAT link.)

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16. April 2010 by admin.

Chinese Proverb, I think…

Do not try to solve the problem. That’s impossible. Instead… only try to realize the truth

What truth?

There is no Problem.

There is no problem?

Then you will see that is is not the problem that bends, it is only yourself.

* I like that. Derived by me from “The Matrix”:

“Spoon boy: Do not try and bend the Spoon. That’s impossible. Instead… only try to realize the truth.
Neo: What truth?
Spoon boy: There is no Spoon.
Neo: There is no Spoon?
Spoon boy: Then you’ll see, that it is not the Spoon that bends, it is only yourself.

Translation: There really are NO PROBLEMS in life. There is only you. Sometimes to solve what are percieved as problems you have to bend yourself (modify your behavior, think outside the box) a bit to solve the puzzle.

… By Alan Spicer, author of Thinking Outside the Matrix. (not really. but should be true) :-)

* Like a back door trojan horse/virus … it doesn’t try to attack the front door of the operating system. It instead goes for the middle and gets it to unlock the back door and let (whatever) in.

Also … “Failure is not an option!” — From Apollo 13. Gene Kranz.

To make data go faster on phone lines? That’s impossible everyone said. So they didn’t make it go faster on “traditional phone lines” they made traditional phone lines look different. They didn’t just look at the normal voice bandwidth, they looked at the whole audio bandwidth … and they made a bigger phone line. They bent themselves …. they bent their own rules … and made a great accomplishment.

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73 de KA4UDX

Alan Spicer

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