What a rip off

I have been with Regions bank for about 7 years now.  For all of that time I have had free checking.  The other day I got an email stating that they are going to start charging me $10 per month for my checking account and $4 per month for my debit card.  The national average charge for a checking account is $4.  Where do they get off charging so much?  What a rip off.  Clark Howard is always talking about credit unions over banks.  I have contacted a few around here and they all offer free checking and free debit card use.  Hmmmm why is it they can do that and the banks can't?

Well all I can say is Bye Bye Regions.  Hello credit union.

I love the fall

I must say I think Fall is my favorite time of the year.  It's not hot, it's not cold. 

As a kid it's back to school time.  Time for meeting new friends and having new adventures.

I have never liked hot weather and fall offers that post summer cooling off time before winters bite sets in.  Weekend festivals, corn mazes, pumpkin patches. 

Its a time of anticipation for the Holiday season.

A time to start trying out your winter warm clothes, or getting new if you didn't stick to last years new years resolution to loose weight.

A time to wave to those who hide indoors from summers heat.

It's a time for Mother nature to show off her ability to produce brilliant colors.

Enjoy it now, snow is on it's way.  And then its all blotted out until spring.  My other favorite season.

What is important?

The economy is in the toilet.  Unemployment is at an all time high.  People that are working aren't making enough to keep up with inflation.  The country is in two wars and seems to be chomping at the bits to be in two more.  Crime is high. Children are going to bed hungry. Earthquakes, floods, hurricanes.  It goes on and on and on.

And what is everyone speaking out about.  OMG Facebook changed their format.  Boo Frikin Hoo.

Sorry for being so harsh but come on.  If you want to whine at least do it about something important.

Death for a Death.

Aunt Bob is a little confused this morning. Imagine that.

Yesterday a man named Troy Davis was executed in Georgia for killing an off duty police officer in Savannah in 1989.

Now lets start with where I stand on the Death Penalty.
My friend Michael Taylor said it well on facebook the other day.  I believe in the death penalty in principle.  But there is way too much guess work in so many cases.  Until there is a way to prove it without a doubt its a flawed punishment.

Now moving on to my dilemma.  I had many facebook friends stating "Thank God" for the execution, and " A time to rejoice"

I am having trouble with people celebrating a death and thanking god.  God does his own judging, not us.  A life is lost weather it be good or bad the thought of celebrating it like winning the lottery or a birthday sickens me.  Pray for his soul, ask God to forgive him.  But woo hoo he's dead.  Really??????

TV might be good this year

It's fall and all the new and old shows are premiering.  Given I am of the generation that was raised by T.V. I love this time of year.

I watched the new and improved "Two and a Half Men" last night and I have to say they did a pretty good job of saving the show.  I was never a big fan of the old version but I must say this was pretty good.

"Two Broke Girls" all I can say is Laugh out loud funny.  I have to wonder how long they can keep it up but not bad.

"Up all Night"  Not a fan of the first episode.  It has a good cast.  I love Mya Rudolph.  Time will tell.

"Ringer"  Her name is Siobahn.  I don't think so.

" Hawaii 5 o" Loved it.  Glad its back.

Tonight is Glee and "New Girl", tomorrow "Modern Family" and Friday is "Nikita".  I am looking forward to some t.v. watching this week.

Does Modern Family make it better?

First off.  I did not know until last night that Jane Lynch was a Lesbian.  Color me surprised.  How did I miss that little tid bit of news.

Anyway onto the point.

Modern Family has become the new must watch show for the decade, much like Cosby was in the 80's.  You have a mix of family types based on real life stories.

There is a gay couple with an adopted Asian child.  And people still watch it. Gasp, shock.  Take that Glenn Beck, and Michelle Bochmann.  The American public seems to be ready for acceptance in spite of all the anti gay b.s. you hear from the ultra conservatives, and this show winning all these Emmy's kinda proves that point.  Cudos to Modern Family.

Drug ads will kill you.

When I lost my job I had to scale back many things, including cable.  So when there is nothing on I watch the "This" network and the "Antenna TV" network.  Both of which are geared to people my age and older.  You know the "Old" that live for pills, reverse mortgage's, life insurance, and asbestos consumption.

I keep hearing these drug ads and they will scare the hell out of you.  First they convince you you are sick and need it then they tell you it will blind you, stop your heart, and make your penis fall off.

Then you get the ads that tell you if you took said drug you might die and should sue the drug company.

OMG it is never ending. 

What is taking so long.

As many of you may know Aunt Bob lost his job. On Aug 3rd I applied for unemployment with a statement given of aprox 21 days for benefits to kick in. At the 21 day mark I went into the unemployment office to see what the hold up was and they said " due to the fact that my discharge fell into the "other" category ( no one can explain the "other" category) it was put over to another department and could take up to six weeks. At the 6 week mark I went into the unemployment office and was told it can take up to 6 to 8 weeks.  So I wait.

What do they expect people to do?  No jobs here, no income.  Bills come in and money doesn't.

I did a little digging.  When Obama announced that they recession was over the unemployment office started down sizing.  However the unemployment rate is still high or higher.  So fewer people doing the same or greater work.  My case is sitting on someones desk just waiting for them to catch up. Meanwhile I face auto repossession, eviction, starvation. 

How can they think in this day and age when most of the world is paycheck to paycheck that people can wait 8 weeks for help.

Update on seperating the sexes in schools.

On the news last night there was an up date on the Indiana school that has separated boys and girl in the classroom.  They go at different times and are completely separated throughout the school day.

It appears to be working.  And get this, Most of the students love it.  The overwhelming response was that it was less distracting.  The Girls like the fact that the boys weren't disrupting the learning experience.  The boys liked that they felt free to participate with out being made fun of by the girls.  Ahhhh Youth. 

This is being tried in several schools around the country and is getting similar responses.  But experts say the study is too new to tell.

How can they do this???????

Aunt Bob was driving along yesterday listening to talk radio.  As he often does.  I get the way conservative from the local station and they way liberal from NPR.  I figure the right answer might come to me if I combine the two.  So far. Not!

Any way, Greg Garrison (local) was talking about the new tax code for 2013 I think and stated that the IRS will now have the power to decide if you can use legal deduction.  If it looks to them like you are just out there grabbing (legal) deductions in excess (what is excess) they can take away all your deductions.  I have been trying to confirm this fact but as of yet haven't seen it.  If anyone knows more let me know by e mailing me at bobhunt43@gmail.com.

Obama what????

Ok, Aunt Bob watched the "Job's speech" last night.  More aptly titled "lets do more of what hasn't work yet"

For 10 minutes I listened to Obama go on and on about all the construction jobs that can be created.  As an unemployed non construction type person I don't see how this will help.  Back in the day when FDR tried this the country thrived on manual labor, today that is not the case.  Locally a road construction company owner was interviewed and he said if more work comes his way he will have work for his existing workers, but still no room for hiring new people.  Also said that all the people applying for work with him were not qualified for road work.  It does him no good to hire people with no experience.

I just don't see how his spending more money on the same kind of plan will help.  He's just jacking up the already high national debt and risking further national credit downgrading.

I am by no means a Conservative and dont' know that they have the answers either.  I don't see how this can ever get fixed if the 2 parties don't get together and find a common ground.  The sad part of that is that they have already proven they can't do that.

Our leaders have gotten to full of themselves and their personal agendas that compromise doesn't seem possible.

Maybe its time to vote them all out and start over.

What are we going to do?

Well as many of you know I am running for President in 2012.  I am the candidate for the Homocrat party.  We need a new party that is not ultra Conservative and not ultra liberal.  One that is for smaller government, lower taxes, and putting more on the States and less on the federal. 

I have been listening to some of the Democrats in congress and they should just be quiet ( hold on Republicans your next).  Andre Carson from Indiana (sad day for us) opened his big mouth and said that Conservatives would rather see black people swinging from trees.  Did he miss the part of history class that taught him that the Lynch mobs from years past were Democrats?  Obama opens his mouth the other day and says he wants to visit all 57 states.  Martin Luther Kings daughter thanked Abraham Lincoln for signing the Declaration of Independence.  And don't even get me started on Nancy Pelosi and Harry Ried.

Ok GOP your turn.  Michele Bachmann running around getting her facts wrong all over the place (happy birthday Elvis)  Rick Perry and Bachmann support a movement to make it illegal to be gay and think that gay people can be re programed.  And if they had their way women would no longer have control over their own bodies. Oh and I forgot Sara Palin running all over the country not really telling anyone why.

Its scary.  We need a good independent to step up and wow the country with a plan that can fix the economy, create more jobs, put people back in their homes, and not make us give away all we earn to the government. 

It really looks like we are going into the 2012 election with no good choice.