Things to say during a bailout

The picture says it all.

No data, no help, no money

If you remember a few weeks ago there was coordinated attack in Mumbai that killed at least 170 people. Now the Indian government in political play has decided to not give any of the terrorist data to Interpol. Mr Noble said, "To date, India's government has not authorised India's police agencies to enter any data relating to the recent terrorist attacks in Mumbai into Interpol's databases.

You have made a 'sovereign choice'. Now the UK may have to make one of they're own when the 2009 budgets start in few days.

How to get the most out of #TCOT

If you're not familiar with #tcot, here's the skinny.  #tcot is a hash tag for 'Top Conservatives On Twitter.'  A hash tag is either one or two words or a group of letters that represent a group or common interest.  Other common hash tags include #bacon and #peta (People Eat Tasty Animals).  #tcot is a group of conservative Americans who think that the Republican party has lost track of its core values.

So how do you get the most out of #TCOT?

1. Setup a Twitter account.  I would recommend you setup on just for #TCOT because of step 3.
2. Go to the #TCOT hub website (http://www.topconservativesontwitter.org/) and look over the general announcements.
3. Request to be added to the #TCOT (http://www.topconservativesontwitter.org/index.php/get-added)
4. Invite everyone you see on there to become your friend.  Currently it about 1,500 people which is why I said you may need a special Twitter account just for this.
5. Now follow the conversations going on by following them at either http://hashtags.org/tag/tcot or http://tweetchat.com/room/tcot
6. Post conservative topic or questions on Twitter with the hash tag #TCOT at the begining or the end of the conversation.
7. Start a blog.  You can use a service like http://twitterfeed.com/ to post the title and link to your Twitter account.  Make sure that include the hashtag #TCOT somewhere in the title.

Rules the road:

• Be civil.
• Be conservative and the values we portray.
• Take flamewars to @private or d direct messages.
• Don't post everything to #tcot.  We don't need to know what Aunt Mable did at the family's Christmas party.  That something should posted with #AuntMable
• Hash tags are not case sensitive.  Rule of thumb, is lowercase is better.  UPPERCASE IS CONSIDERED SHOUTING.
• If you use http://tweetchat.com/room/tcot, remember you're not seeing what someone is saying unless you're following them.

BTW: If you want to follow me on Twitter, you can find me at http://twitter.com/tekrat

Obama: Bush Not so bad

Today I saw two stories cross over Reddit that made me smile alot.

1. Obama & Biden To Protect Bush Administration Criminals
http://tapurl.com/TMcU3M

2. Slot Machine VS Voting Machines
http://tapurl.com/p10Rhu

It appears that the members of Reddit, a linking and discussion website whose members are predominately liberal, are saying that Obama's election was invalid and the new administration is just as corrupt if not more so then the previous administration. Why else would the look the other way on 'crimes against humanity and the state.' The alternatives are that the Obama-ites are incompetent or Bush DIDN'T do all the horrendous thing they were accused of.

One of the posters said, "I'd challenge you [members of Reddit] to name a crime that the Bush administration is guilty of for which Obama and Biden, were not either directly involved, voted for or at very least complicit in."

#TCOT Gas Prices Will be Going Down Because of the Lack of an Auto Bailout

Yeah, I was scratching my balding head when I read the original article as well. It turns out that people who invest in oil futures see the lack of an automotive bailout as a bad thing. The fear that almost every factory in the US will shut down and thus use less energy. Yes if the bail out had went through our country would be stuck with vehicles that use almost no gas. Less gas, less oil.

What really has my scalp itching is the fact that the Treasury Department now wants to lend funds to the auto industry. Isn't that illegal? If it isn't, can someone tell me how it isn't illegal for the Treasury to give out money without congressional approval?

Oh well, OPEC is about to cut off a lot of our oil soon anyway so we can look at prices rising.

#TCOT Tell your kids they can't eveything they want

In a fit common sense Reuters interviewed Steve Rhode from the Myvesta Foundation where said "Be honest. It's not a matter of them getting a job to help pay the mortgage, but rather not asking for things all the time, or when you say we can't afford it, they understand why you're saying no."

Some children will not understand. Others will not like it. All will have to learn to deal. We can't wipe out the credit card every five minutes to get what we want. Congress is already doing that, and most, if not all of our GDP and spoken for by other countries. If don't say no now, another country will say no for us.

Bad Economy Keeps Bad Employees at Work, Making More Bad Employees

Reuters has a piece on how a bad economy is making more people go to work then stay at home. That sounds great on the surface but think about it. If you have more bad employees in the office, people who don't want to be there, then how are they gonna act? Productivity will be down and they're gonna make your good employees feel like crap.

Ultimately businesses will have to face a decision: Keeps the grumpy employees so you at least have bodies filling the seats in emergencies, or thin the herd and pay a butt-load of overtime. Thinning the herd seems to be the path most employers are taking. They feel that they can reward a few good (happy) employees more then pay to for whole bunch of people, many of who loath being at work.