djByron [Dan Byron]husband, father, christian, musician & technophile ( but not a dj )

My brother John forwarded this to me today and had to re-post it. 

Q. What is an Economic Stimulus Payment?
A. It is money that the federal government will send to taxpayers.

Q. Where will the government get this money?
A. From taxpayers.

Q. So the government is giving me back my own money?
A. Only a smidgen.

Q. What is the purpose of this payment?
A. The plan is that you will use the money to purchase a high-definition TV set, thus stimulating the economy.

Q. But isn’t that stimulating the economy of China ?
A. Shut up.

I don’t think this will happen any time soon, but Obama has made it known that he plans on closing Guantanamo Bay (aka ‘Gitmo’) during his term(s) as President.  Time will tell…

HOWEVER, this video from SNL this past week based on that premise is hilarious!

My favorite line: “German Shepherds only one dollar each!!  Buy two and get the third one FREE!!”

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Saw this posted on Twitter earlier and it’s too good not to re-post.  If you’re unsure about what is a Democracy vs Republic (and socialism for that matter) take a few minutes and watch this. Very informative and enlightening.  Your thoughts?

The American Form of Government

Every 4 years I have to quickly refresh my memory on how the electoral college ‘thing’ works. Here’s a great video that CommonCraft just put out that summarizes the process ‘in plain English’. Great work guys!

Electing a US President in Plain English from leelefever on Vimeo.

I won’t get political here, but made an interesting observation this evening. Take a look at the star ratings of each candidates user page videos (screen caps below). All Obama’s videos displaying on his main landing page have ratings of 4.5 or 5 out of 5 stars while McCain’s videos get 3 out of 5 (or less) stars

Based on this observation, it would look like a majority of the YouTube community is pro-O.

Yes/No?

Barack Obama

John McCain

Jib Jab’s obligatory campaign video… Pretty funny.

YouTube – Time for Some Campaignin’.