tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051192192128526349.comments2023-03-30T02:43:40.558-07:00Beer, Guns, and BaseballTonyFernandezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07577417779317914721noreply@blogger.comBlogger272125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051192192128526349.post-39996877709616896632012-12-31T04:52:22.167-08:002012-12-31T04:52:22.167-08:00I hope the new year is a great one for you, Tony!I hope the new year is a great one for you, Tony!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051192192128526349.post-5980083879651239212012-12-19T07:20:17.521-08:002012-12-19T07:20:17.521-08:00I absolutely agree on this one. Nowadays, you &quo...I absolutely agree on this one. Nowadays, you "seriously" need 2 to 3 jobs in a day to somehow avail the basic necessities in life. Also, the idea of saving isn't present at most of us anymore because of the new lead star, "credits". I'm not against credit cards, I myself have some, but ideally, it doesn't match with the thought of saving. Jordan Marcushttp://www.rudolflaw.com/author/jordanmarcus22.htmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051192192128526349.post-29493589163726330742012-11-28T10:06:52.907-08:002012-11-28T10:06:52.907-08:00Perhaps we should all be concerned with the fact t...Perhaps we should all be concerned with the fact that people feel free to lie to get their point of view across, or get what they want. It's very sad, especially in politics and advertising as in these ads. Isn't the law supposed to protect society from liars and thieves?ginjii99https://www.blogger.com/profile/05816829475615502485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051192192128526349.post-20564083560815988082012-11-07T13:27:37.527-08:002012-11-07T13:27:37.527-08:00Hey Jim. Everything is going well. I'm now in ...Hey Jim. Everything is going well. I'm now in a PhD program and working hard. I need to get back into blogging. With everything going on in the world, I feel like I have interesting things to say but no one else is saying them (not to sound too ego-centric, though). I do have the inspiration, but I need to pace myself lest I burn out. Here's hoping I get some insightful posts back up on the blog. <br /><br />And I hope everything is going well with you too. Let me know. TonyFernandezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07577417779317914721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051192192128526349.post-28919147844036162462012-11-05T09:20:43.769-08:002012-11-05T09:20:43.769-08:00Damn good advise coming from such a young man. Wel...Damn good advise coming from such a young man. Well done, Tony. When my sons were ready to go out on their own and start families, I gave them this advise:<br /><br />If you are going to start a family you will need to buy a good amount of term life insurance to protect your family if the unthinkable should happen. The most important debt you have is to yourselves. From your combind take home pay you need tp put away in a savings account at least 10%. This is only to be touched in emergencies. Needing a new washing machine or a television doe s not qualify as an emergency. Other than a car or a home, avoid buying things on credit. Credit cards are for conenience only. Always pay the full amount every month.<br /><br />Only ine of my sons took my advise. I guess batting .500 isn't all that bad.<br /><br />I hope all is well with you, Tony.<br /><br />Cheers!<br /><br />JimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051192192128526349.post-88369251554414301312012-08-06T19:21:32.413-07:002012-08-06T19:21:32.413-07:00Just what we need. Topple yet another dictator to...Just what we need. Topple yet another dictator to only have them replaced with an even worse dictator.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18327435952188104946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051192192128526349.post-63461126557421764592012-07-25T09:06:29.107-07:002012-07-25T09:06:29.107-07:00We don't have a dog in that fight. Both sides ...We don't have a dog in that fight. Both sides hate us. Let them use their chemical weapons to kill each other. That part of the world is a ccesspool. Syria is a lose-lose for the US.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051192192128526349.post-87020156149535609962012-07-19T15:28:48.545-07:002012-07-19T15:28:48.545-07:00Conservatives don't want to admit how they hav...Conservatives don't want to admit how they have been pushing this for a long time because a Democrat passed it. Meanwhile, how again are the two parties so completely different?TonyFernandezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07577417779317914721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051192192128526349.post-70426270115190435642012-07-18T09:17:37.662-07:002012-07-18T09:17:37.662-07:00Though it was even worse in Los Angeles, it was aw...Though it was even worse in Los Angeles, it was awful in New York also. That rail system was decimated and gutted, so that now your government is building a rail line that was already there more than 50 years ago. <br /><br />But hey, the Dodgers have been playing pretty badly lately. Maybe we'll see that matchup in 2013. Right now, they're struggling just to keep up with the Giants.TonyFernandezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07577417779317914721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051192192128526349.post-57002491034669023702012-07-17T07:24:57.928-07:002012-07-17T07:24:57.928-07:00God bless the government for f##ing....er, improvi...God bless the government for f##ing....er, improving everything it touches.<br /><br />Oh, and Yankees/Dodgers world series?Infidel de Manahattahttp://www.manhattaninfidel.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051192192128526349.post-85480406838890512712012-07-01T22:23:31.656-07:002012-07-01T22:23:31.656-07:00The Heritage Foundation drafted the basic blueprin...The Heritage Foundation drafted the basic blueprint of "Obamacare" when relatively sane conservatives (as opposed to today's radical anarchists) were looking for an alternative market-based approach to universal healthcare. Dr. Butler undoubtedly knows this. The question, then, is why he doesn't acknowledge the major influence his employer had in creating the very foundation for this approach to healthcare.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051192192128526349.post-74842728771512296142012-06-27T14:54:43.621-07:002012-06-27T14:54:43.621-07:00Sounds like a modern version the broken glass theo...Sounds like a modern version the broken glass theory of economics.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051192192128526349.post-27931233095397974932012-06-27T09:39:45.860-07:002012-06-27T09:39:45.860-07:00Well isn't everything just a temporary program...Well isn't everything just a temporary program? The best example would be Milton Friedman's pet program of income tax withholding. That was supposed to be temporary, but when they realized how effective it was at distorting people's perception of their tax rate, they decided that we couldn't afford to get rid of it.TonyFernandezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07577417779317914721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051192192128526349.post-39630108119495515402012-06-26T23:39:14.429-07:002012-06-26T23:39:14.429-07:00Kind of reminds me of the "temporary loss&quo...Kind of reminds me of the "temporary loss" of habeas corpus under Lincoln. He's never been on my list of favorite presidents.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09720138344118966046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051192192128526349.post-3595871004270387382012-06-14T10:48:46.998-07:002012-06-14T10:48:46.998-07:00One of these days all that QE funny money sitting ...One of these days all that QE funny money sitting in excess reseve accounts at the Fed is going to enter the economy. Then we will learn what infltion is all about.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051192192128526349.post-60877880225742153112012-06-02T08:49:47.657-07:002012-06-02T08:49:47.657-07:00Hey Jim. Everything is going great right now. Grad...Hey Jim. Everything is going great right now. Grad school starts in August and I'm about done teaching my last quarter at UCLA. I'll take a month or two off so I should have a lot of time to get the blog up and running full time again. I hope everything is going well for you as well.TonyFernandezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07577417779317914721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051192192128526349.post-19043609752664536892012-05-20T11:38:57.690-07:002012-05-20T11:38:57.690-07:00"So sure, we can create full employment, but ..."So sure, we can create full employment, but we need to make sure that the investment is worthwhile. If not, then this focus on employment is just making us all poorer."<br /><br />Our government today thinks that investment is defined by taking our taxes (taking water out of one end of the swimming pool) and giving it to their crony friends ( putting the water into the other end of the swimming pool) and expecting the economy to grow (the pool will begin to overflow). <br /><br />How are you doing, Tony? How is Grad School? I hope everything is going great!<br /><br />Cheers!<br /><br />JimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051192192128526349.post-54968826828784234442012-03-27T13:45:31.066-07:002012-03-27T13:45:31.066-07:00We are becoming a one Party state with two Democra...We are becoming a one Party state with two Democrats contesting each other in November.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051192192128526349.post-57388296025692594952012-03-24T11:34:54.889-07:002012-03-24T11:34:54.889-07:00Yes, it is an update, but that doesn't make it...Yes, it is an update, but that doesn't make it any less sinister. It is a shame that things like this go right past the media and are completely ignored. Have we become so apathetic that we passively accept the police state that is being built up all around us?TonyFernandezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07577417779317914721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051192192128526349.post-7062840521159487362012-03-24T07:34:28.354-07:002012-03-24T07:34:28.354-07:00Many of the big conservative blogs are saying this...Many of the big conservative blogs are saying this is just an update of 1994 Executive Order to install HHS in the loop which didn't exist in 1994. What worries me is the emphasis on "preparedness"; meaning before there is an emergency. It gives the president and his cabinet the power to intervene in any part of the private sector that they alone determine is not prepared for some imaginary emergency including if they believe research is not being done in areas they think are important. In the name of security, we are becoming a police state.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051192192128526349.post-58627032796080011962012-03-22T17:41:01.789-07:002012-03-22T17:41:01.789-07:00Who would have thought that the ACLU and us would ...Who would have thought that the ACLU and us would be on the same page.Bunkervillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14427978686579892380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051192192128526349.post-28060096039285185772012-03-22T11:25:54.601-07:002012-03-22T11:25:54.601-07:00Well I think the executive order really is just th...Well I think the executive order really is just that bad. That would explain why there is so little mention of this in the mainstream news.TonyFernandezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07577417779317914721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051192192128526349.post-24327494093539914652012-03-22T10:52:09.018-07:002012-03-22T10:52:09.018-07:00Even the Huff Post is getting a tic over this. We ...Even the Huff Post is getting a tic over this. We must be making a bit of a dent.Bunkervillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14427978686579892380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051192192128526349.post-39562090234358307762012-03-21T11:06:28.983-07:002012-03-21T11:06:28.983-07:00Though I don't understand why that is necessar...Though I don't understand why that is necessarily the case. These foreign entanglements really are killing our economy. I worry that it will do to our government what it did to Russia when it came to the aid of Serbia during WWI.TonyFernandezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07577417779317914721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051192192128526349.post-51116251108878223532012-03-19T18:06:17.909-07:002012-03-19T18:06:17.909-07:00If Israel takes matters into their own hands, you ...If Israel takes matters into their own hands, you can bet we will be drawn into it.Jim at Conservatives on Firehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07883910260694255582noreply@blogger.com