Another several hundred non-compliance wavers were issued last week (bringing the grand total to date into the 700 range) to more United States Corporations, giving them an exemption from complying with Obamacare. Why, because if they comply it will lead to crushing insurance cost, leaving millions dumped by their employers insurance programs, leaving the government to have to step in and take over healthcare. You know… the single payer program, the one they wanted to start with but couldn’t get. Obamacare has a path to single payer that involves breaking the current system and then government has to stepping in. Well, I don’t have a lobbyist to get a waiver. And I assume small businesses all over the country like Chu's Convenience Stores , Savannah Tire or Carey Hilliard’s don’t have any damn chance of getting a waiver like McDonald’s or Caterpillar did. This bill is a disaster for small business! This bill is a disaster for all Americans! We are Broke! Trillions of dollars in debt already. Do you really think this bill will save us money! LOL… Then I think about it and again… LOL. Really… WHO is buying that? How long will we last if everything is given away free and heaped on the backs of business? Someone has to pay… and it continues to be businesses struggling under the enormous weight of regulations and taxes.
Scary that the very successful American concept of “individual freedom” is being so easily set aside for so called compassion for the have nots. Letting government decide who has too much and who doesn’t have enough. THAT IS NOT American. THAT IS NOT what made this system the most successful in all of human history! THAT IS what is commonly known as Marxism… look it up… “governmental imposed social justice” also known as “spreading the wealth”, Very UN-AMERICAN! Until now perhaps. Hope and Change…. seems to be very much like much like Marxism! And it is all built on the word “FAIR”. The word has an easily understood definition in Webster’s… and literally hundreds of bastardized definitions in politics and social economics. Scary how American’s are turning away from the successful American concept of ”individual freedom” in exchange for the giant lumbering government, that controls most all aspects of existences cradle to grave.
1. Fair : not exhibiting any bias, and therefore reasonable or impartial. Equitable, free from favor toward any side.
Any day of the week in Washington DC… or on Collage campuses you can find the concept of “taking money from one group and giving it to another” discussed in the form of taxes as “Fair”. Typically it is said something like this … “well it is only “fair” for the rich to pay more”. If you want to use the word properly when speaking of taxes… then… a tax that is fair should be free from favor toward any side or the same for all. Hence the reason it has be bastardized and re-defined for a political purpose! Our health care is known as the best in the world… This debacle of a bill will change that. Repeal ObamaCare! Repeal it NOW!
Scotty Snipes
Scotty's Blog 2/20/2010
These Are My Girls!!!
- 2005 - G&L ASAT CLASIC (she's a lovely bird)
- 1983 - Gibson ED335 (bought it in 1984)
Here Are My Boys!
Bluesbreaker style 2x12 cabinet with (1) Celestion G12H - 30 and (1) Celestion Vintage 30 with opitional closed or ppen back
- Homemade Amp. I built this one Christmas of 2009. A two-stroke 8 watt all tube dual-single-ended combo. Awesome. Made the Cabinet out of Heart Pine recovered from an old victorian house I renovated in Downtown Savannah! My friends call it "La Cabronita" or "Lil' Bastard" it has (1) Celestion Greenback.
- Vox AC 30 (just like the Beatles).... Well not exactly! Mine is a 2007. A few chages have occored along the way, however once I put the two Celeston Blues in it! BAM!!! That made all the diffrence. Now I know why these is one of Joe Walsh's favorites. BAM!
- Fender Delux Reverb. A good amp. Every guitar player wants a Fender in their collection. There are better Fenders... but this is my boy!
Scotty's Blog 1/8/10
Windows 7 - “The good the bad the ugly”
I updated to Windows 7 for the New Year and “now” that I have finally finished all the unexpected work… I like it! Sort of!
Yes, one should do more homework than I did prior to switching operation systems. What is sad is this is just one of many operating system upgrades I have installed over the years. It seems every time I do it I forget how big of job it is. But with all the excitement and hype of Windows 7, I just flew into it with arrogance and disregard, forgetting to back-up several programs before plowing into Windows 7. Additionally, I did not check my external hardware to insure they would be compatible with Windows 7. I never went to Vista because of all the negative publicity but realized my Windows XP was getting slow and just loaded with junk. So… time to upgrade right? Well…
Here are a few bullet points I recommend before going to Windows 7:
1. Back-up your data files and any program you may have downloaded. My Windows XP could not be upgraded… meaning saving my programs and setting was not possible. Therefore Windows 7 simply puts all you files in a folder called “Old Windows Files” and installs. This leaves you with what is basically a new computer. All programs and settings will have to be re-installed. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THEM BEFORE DOING THIS!
2. Refresh yourself first. Take a little time to remember where all you files are. Files you use daily are often pointed to by the programs and we forget where they are actually kept on the computer. The better organized your files are before you start the easier it will be when you make the change.
3. Check external hardware to see if it is compatible. Most external hard drives and jump drives should be fine, however I have a fancy little Tascam USB audio interface that I bought about 3 years ago that will not work with Windows 7. And, according to the company, they may not be offering a Windows 7 upgraded driver for it (They suggest I just buy the newer model). Who knows if they will ever get around to offering the upgrade? Additionally I have a very expensive Savin copier/scanner/printer/fax that is about 4 years old and it too does not have a Windows 7 driver or software… Yet? So now, I have to run my printer/scanner/copier off of my netbook jump, driving data between the two. What a pain.
To sum it up, your browser and internet will run lightening fast. The Look of all the windows and the way it helps your programs look and run better is awesome. And the ease of use is a big plus (more like the Mac than ever but, still Windows). You just have to make sure all your critical programs and hardware are Windows 7 ready and that you are prepared for a pretty intense computer upgrade session.
Scotty's Blog 8/13/09
Les Paul 1916-2009
My favorite quote from Les Paul is “most people think I’m a Guitar”. As a guitarist I have a great appreciation for pioneers such as Les Paul. Moreover much of the praise he received at the announcement of his death was deserved. However I heard CNN Headline News give Les Paul the credit for “inventing the electric guitar”. Hummm... Really??? A little research would have helped those guys. It is well documented that many great players like Eddie Durham, Bob Wills, Charlie Christian AND Lester Polfus all played forms of electrified or amplified guitars as early as the late 20’s. However it is Eddie Durham who is credited as first to record using an electric guitar. The true inventor of the Electric Guitar is just not known. Gibson INC.’s Lloyd A. Loar is known to have begun working on electrified guitars for Gibson as early as 1919 but was never able to convince the management to introduce them to the public because there was no demand for them at the time. Rickenbacker gets the credit by most as the first to offer a commercialized electric guitar in 1931 and the Dopera Brothers (Dobro) had electric resonator guitars on the market in 1932. The Solid Body Gibson “Les Paul” came to the market in 1952 in response to the commercial success Clarence Leo Fender was beginning to achieve with his solid body guitars. The fact is Les Paul was right in the thick of all of it and in the end has his name is on one of the most popular guitars ever made and played. Almost every great guitarist in all music genres has a Gibson Les Paul… or wants one. I am unfortunately in the later category. It could easily be said that Les Paul was the most influential SOLID body electric guitar player to ever endorse a guitar! Wow… now that just doesn’t have the same ring as “invented the electric guitar”. Regardless… Thanks to Les Paul, his name will forever be synonymous with the solid body guitar and Rock n’ Roll.
Scotty Snipes
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