Stimulus Package My Ass

Its amazing what you find in your email.

"In my own life, in my own small way, I have tried to give back to this country that has given me so much," she said. "See, that's why I left a job at a big law firm for a career in public service, "... Michelle Obama

No, Michele Obama does not get paid to serve as the First Lady and she doesn't perform any official duties. But this hasn't deterred her from hiring an unprecedented number of staffers to cater to her every whim and to satisfy her every request in the midst of the Great Recession.
Just think, Mary Lincoln was taken to task for purchasing china for the White House during the Civil War. And Mamie Eisenhowe had to shell out the salary for her personal secretary from her husband's salary.

Total Personal Staff members for other first ladies paid by taxpayers:
Mamie Eisenhower : 1 paid for personally out of President's salary
Jackie Kennedy: 1
Roseline Carter: 1
Barbara Bush: 1
Hilary Clinton: 3
Laura Bush: 1
Michele Obama: 22

How things have changed! If you're one of the tens of millions of Americans facing certain destitution, earning less than subsistence wages stocking the shelves at Wal-Mart or serving up McDonald cheeseburgers, prepare to scream and then come to realize that the benefit package for these servants of Ms Michelle are the same as members of the national security and defense departments and the bill for these assorted lackeys is paid by YOU, John Q. Public:

Michele Obama's personal staff:
1.. $172,200 - Sher, Susan (Chief Of Staff)
2. $140,000 - Frye, Jocelyn C. (Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Policy And Projects For The First Lady)
3.. $113,000 - Rogers, Desiree G. (Special Assistant to the President and White House Social Secretary for Mrs. Obama)
4. $102,000 - Johnston, Camille Y. (Special Assistant to the President and Director of Communications for the First Lady)
5. $100,000 - Winter, Melissa E. (Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief Of Staff to the First Lady)
6. $90,000 - Medina , David S. (Deputy Chief Of Staff to the First Lady)
7. $84,000 - Lel yveld, Catherine M. (Director and Press Secretary to the First Lady)
8. $75,000 - Starkey, Frances M. (Director of Scheduling and Advance for the First Lady)
9. $70,000 - Sanders, Trooper (Deputy Director of Policy and Projects for the First Lady)
10. $65,000 - Burnough, Erinn J. (Deputy Director and Deputy Social Secretary)
11. $64,000 - Reinstein, Joseph B. (Deputy Director and Deputy Social Secretary)
12. $62,000 - Goodman, Jennifer R. (Deputy Director of Scheduling and Events Coordinator For The First Lady)
13. $60,000 - Fitts, Alan O. (Deputy Director of Advance and Trip Director for the First Lady)14. $57,500 - Lewis, Dana M. (Special Assistant and Personal Aide to the First Lady)
15. $52,500 - Mustaphi, Semonti M. (Associate Director and Deputy Press Secretary To The First Lady)
16. $50,000 - Jarvis, Kristen E. (Special Assistant for Scheduling and Traveling Aide To The First Lady)
17. $45,000 - Lechtenberg, Tyler A. (Associate Director of Correspondence For The First Lady)18. $43,000 - Tubman, Samanth a (Deputy Associate Director, Social Office)
19. $40,000 - Boswell, Joseph J. (Executive Assistant to the Chief Of Staff to the First Lady)
20. $36,000 - Armbruster, Sally M. (Staff Assistant to the Social Secretary)
21. $35,000 - Bookey, Natalie (Staff Assistant)22. $35,000 - Jackson, Deilia A. (Deputy Associate Director of Correspondence for the First Lady)
(total = $1,591,200 in annual salaries)

There has NEVER been anyone in the White House at any time who has created such an army of staffers whose sole duties are the facilitation of the First Lady's social life. One wonders why she needs so much help, at taxpayer expense.

Note: This does not include makeup artist Ingrid Grimes-Miles, 49, and "First Hairstylist" Johnny Wright, 31, both of whom traveled aboard Air Force One to Europe .

Insurance Compaines Are Thieves

Insurance Companies are simply wrong. I mean lets face it we give them money every month for what? Its the law I've been told.



Why is it the law? I'm guessing its to protect you and I from damage from others and to insure there is a mechanism in place to cover damage. Ok I can by that, but there are many things that really annoy the crap out of me and of course now you have watch me rant about it.



Ok, being the good boy I am I have full coverage on my vehicles. Why? Its to insure that if I get in an accident with somebody my vehicle and theirs is covered and repaired to within the value of the vehicle.


On the other hand I could have just basic coverage so if I was to get in an accident and it was my fault it covers the other persons car, truck or bike.


Now we are going to go with the full coverage plan. I'm driving down the street and I'm hit by another person and my car is so damaged that I could be in the realm of 5,000 in damage. Now the way it should work is I contact my Insurance Company and they in turn contact the Insurance company of the person that hit me. Police arrive and statements are taken. Both vehicles are towed away and my lovely wife picks me up and we visit a Rent-A-Car place and its completely covered by the other persons Insurance Company. I get a few quotes and my vehicle is repaired in less than 2 weeks. Some phone calls are exchanged and myself and the other driver are taken care of and we never have to deal with each other again.


What actually happens in that above situation.


Now we are going to go with the full coverage plan. I'm driving down the street and I'm hit by another person and my car is so damaged that I could be in the realm of 5,000 in damage. I contact my Insurance Company who in turn puts me on hold for 20 minutes and then give me the number of a tow truck company and make me do all the calling around looking for a company that works with my Insurance Company. Police never arrive or they just give me a statement to fill out and mail in. Both vehicles are towed away and you then have to make arrangements to get a rental car which of course takes forever and of course there is an argument over who's really paying for it. You again call all around town trying to find an authorized repair facility that your Insurance Company will work with. Some phone calls are exchanged with the other driver and his Insurance Company because your Company feels its to much work to be involved.

Don't even get me started over paying a monthly bill. Ok, I'm going to get started because honestly I think the Insurance Company racket is the worst thing since the induction of the IRS. Ok, I pay $250 a month for Full Coverage Insurance on 2 vehicles and Liability on a 3rd, however I used to carry full coverage on all 3. Every year or so I'd notice that my insurance would creep up 30 or 40bucks every 6months. Of course I'd notice and pick up the phone and give them a call to see what was going on. Well sir repair parts for your 93VW are getting harder to find so we have to charge a little more because of the premium to find them in case of an accident. "SO YOUR CHARGING ME NOW FOR LATER"?!?!?! Ok, I'm calm and I understand. In the distant future I get in a car accident and then you tell me my car is only worth $1500 because of Blue Book? So what happened to all that money in finding the parts because they are harder to find premium?

We all pay X per month for years and years with out an accident and then when we do we have to pay a detectable of 250 or more depending on what you where able to haggle them down to.
10 years = 120 months
120 x 250 = 30,000

So now if I get this straight I get in a car accident and pretending I had full coverage on my 93VW they are going to offer me $1500-$500 deductable= $1000 when I've given them $30,000? Tell me Insurance Companies are not ran by the Government. What kind of Nonsense is this. I'm better off taking a chance and not paying anything at all and when I do get in trouble paying the fine. I know I wouldn't get away cheap, but who's robbing who here.

Go Prepared or Over Prepared?

All through my childhood it was hammered into me when I did the boy scouts thing. "You should always be prepared" OK, but how are you prepared for everything? Unless I'm mistaken, but you can't possible tell the future and you can't obviously carry everything for every situation.

Why am I rambling about this? Well I have friends that often don't just go for it because they are so paranoid that they just can't make the leap because they are not physically or mentally prepared for it. So what happens to them? They never do anything because they are to wrapped up in the planning of it all.


I'll use my Jeeping experience as an example just to well give you an example. Here is a load out of parts, tools and general odds and ends for a weeks worth of playing in Moab.



With all that gear you'd think he was going away for a while, however Moab being a HUGE area it has a reputation for breaking things that some will consider unbreakable. You just don't know so some will pack you name it, however when is enough enough?

Now this past weekend I was with a buddy and we had a blast playing on some Jeep trails and at the end of the day we went our separate ways. I get a phone call and I was told "you are not going to believe this. I lost my wheel and hit a under cover cop". Was there anything he could of done to prepare for that event? Sure he could of double checked things maybe. Then again maybe it was going to happen no matter what and he just got lucky he only had to replace a rotor. I think the tally was under $100 to fix it.

My point to all this rambling is I guess kinda confusing. Hahaha, hell even I lost my original train of thought. Oh, You can prepare for the worst and guess what the worst can happen, but then its to late or you can do your best and stop worrying about every freaking thing in your life because your never going to do or try anything.

For those of you that live behind 10 firewalls, read every recall list and subscribe to every medical alert, wear rubber gloves and medical masks get the hell outside and just try it. Trust me I don't care how much you over prepare something will eventually go wrong because it just does. NOW, since I said my peace stop harping on me about being prepared because I'm tired of hearing about it. Oh did I mention we all will die someday in our life? That's the way it simply works.

Lets Dish

I'm not sure about most of the world, but anybody who knows me knows I love to eat. I mean I watch the clock and when its noon its lunch time. Not 1, not 2, but noon. I think a lot of it has to do with the fact that I get really cranky and get headaches when I don't eat regularly. Well you get the picture I like to eat.

Now with loving good food minus the Domino's Pizza cheese packet you see on the table, which really isn't the greatest, but damn it was cheap and at the time mmmm good, but I was annoyed that I forgot to order extra cheese.

The point of all this. The Mrs's gotta love her does her best to make a decent meal for her, myself and the little tike. Is it "her Job", NO I think its just something that most gals feel they have to provide just like us guys feel we have to take care of the cars and keep up the lawn. Damn sexual revolution. Anyways often there just isn't enough time in the day or after a while the creative juices stop because man we are just so busy.

She comes to me one day and says she signed up for Lets Dish. Of course I had no idea what that was so I gave her the CIA interrogation. How much, how often, where, how and why? Well basically you order meals online via their website and you go in and make them or for a few bucks more they will prepare the meals in some handy freezer bags and you just follow the how to cook instructions on the bag. To me it sounds like even something I can't screw up.

So far I think I've had 6 or 7 meals of various kinds. Beef stew, Apricot chicken, pork chops and of course the rest are slipping from my mind except last nights. Holly CRAP. I was told we are going to have ribs so I was very leery about trying it. From what I remember it was a garlic BBQ, boneless beef rib. I took a bite of it and about freaked out. The Mrs told me to calm down there is more. hahahaha Oh yeah there was some noodles and some Parmesan green beans.

So if your in rut and want to try something different give that place a try. I'm more or less glad we did because you get something different every time. There are left overs so I know what I'm having for lunch. =)

Going Green

Ok, I'm doing my thing and I get approached by a co-worker and he tells me that I should consider going green. So of course the first thing that comes to mind is the environment, the air, water and all that Al Gore stuff. Ok, so how do I do my part?

Sure maybe we should all think a little more about how we can protect the environment and keep the earth from dieing. I start looking into electric scooters that use wall power instead of a gas engine. I start looking into solar panels on my roof so I can capture sun rays and either store or put it back on the grid. I started looking thinking about recycling paper, glass, plastics. I came to one conclusion. Holly Crap, all that stuff costs tons of green.


I started looking into this person who told me I should go green.

1. Drives a smart car and literally lives across the street from work.
2. Doesn't recycle he visits the same dump I visit.

Why is it some people who do one thing all of the sudden are high and mighty and have to tell me how to better my life when they are no better than I am?

Wandering why there is a picture of a PC Hardrive up above? Well thats from Western Digital called a green drive. http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?driveid=607 I have a pair of those in a PC at home so yes I'm doing my part Jackass and what are you doing to lower your electricity bill? Last I looked you had 3 pumps on your pool to clean your water when maybe actually getting a net and putting forth some effort might actually get it clean.

I know this is a little off the subject, but I was in Seattle a few weeks back and what do I see? A guy drive by in a Prius throwing his McDonald's bag out the window. I guess he must of figured it was biodegradable and would return to the earth on its own?

Gotta Start Somewhere

Whats up with this? Kizer has a blog now? Oh NO, what has the world come to? I've seen everybody using twitter, myspace, facebook, you tube, photobucket and everything else.

Man I know how they all work, but it seems like the easier things get the harder they are getting to keep up with.

I've called this Kizers Mindless Ramblings because thats basically what its going to be. Just myself talking about well nothing that means anything to anybody because well it doesn't to just about nobody, but myself. Anyways I'll be around and since I don't know how this all works I guess it is what it is huh? =)

If all else fails there is a prank of the day at the bottom to at least keep people entertained. Oh yeah my spelling sucks so if you don't like it well you'll have to some how figure out how to adapt because I try my best to look semi intelligent, but lets face it I'm not.