November 24, 2008 by RBuffordTJ.

If a man cuts his finger off while slicing salami at work, he blames the restaurant.

If you smoke three packs a day for 40 years and die of lung cancer, your family blames the tobacco company.

If you crash into a tree while driving home drunk, you blame the bartender.

If your grandchildren are  brats without manners, you blame television.

If your friend is shot by a deranged madman, you blame the gun manufacturer.

If a street racer crashes into a law  abiding citizen and kills them, you blame the police for not cracking down.

If your unable to pay your mortgage on a house you could never afford in the first place, you blame the mortgage company.

If a teenager goes on a shooting spree at his school, you blame video games.

If you gain too much weight and become diabetic you blame McDonalds for their “Super Size” meals.

And if a crazed person breaks into the cockpit and tries to kill the pilot at 35,000 feet,  and the passengers kill him instead, the mother of the crazed deceased blames the airline.

If you lose your job you blame the government, even though you don’t work for the government.

If I die while my butt is parked in front of this computer, I want all of you to blame it on Bill Gates.

WAKE UP AMERICA!  It is time to stand and take responsibility, lets stop playing the balme game.

Bufford

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October 1, 2008 by Jeremy.

Well when a guy like Dave Ramsey comes up with a Common Sense Fix to the economic situation I figure we need to talk about it here at Coherent Thought.

Dave’s Plan:

Years of bad decisions and stupid mistakes have created an economic nightmare in this country,
but $700 billion in new debt is not the answer. As a tax-paying American citizen, I will not support
any congressperson who votes to implement such a policy. Instead, I submit the following threestep
Common Sense Plan.
I. INSURANCE
a. Insure the subprime bonds/mortgages with an underlying FHA-type insurance.
Government-insured and backed loans would have an instant market all over the
world, creating immediate and needed liquidity.
b. In order for a company to accept the government-backed insurance, they must do two
things:
1. Rewrite any mortgage that is more than three months delinquent to a
6% fixed-rate mortgage.
a. Roll all back payments with no late fees or legal costs into the
balance. This brings homeowners current and allows them a
chance to keep their homes.
b. Cancel all prepayment penalties to encourage refinancing or
the sale of the property to pay off the bad loan. In the event of
foreclosure or short sale, the borrower will not be held liable
for any deficit balance. FHA does this now, and that
encourages mortgage companies to go the extra mile while
working with the borrower—again limiting foreclosures and
ruined lives.
2. Cancel ALL golden parachutes of EXISTING and FUTURE CEOs and
executive team members as long as the company holds these
government-insured bonds/mortgages. This keeps underperforming
executives from being paid when they don’t do their jobs.
c. This backstop will cost less than $50 billion—a small fraction of the current proposal.
II. MARK TO MARKET
a. Remove mark to market accounting rules for two years on only subprime Tier III
bonds/mortgages. This keeps companies from being forced to artificially mark down
bonds/mortgages below the value of the underlying mortgages and real estate.

b. This move creates patience in the market and has an immediate stabilizing effect on
failing and ailing banks—and it costs the taxpayer nothing.
III. CAPITAL GAINS TAX
a. Remove the capital gains tax completely. Investors will flood the real estate and stock
market in search of tax-free profits, creating tremendous—and immediate—liquidity in
the markets. Again, this costs the taxpayer nothing.

b. This move will be seen as a lightning rod politically because many will say it is helping
the rich. The truth is the rich will benefit, but it will be their money that stimulates the
economy. This will enable all Americans to have more stable jobs and retirement
investments that go up instead of down.

This is not a time for envy, and it’s not a time for politics. It’s time for all of us, as Americans, to
stand up, speak out, and fix this mess.

Learn more about Dave’s Plan HERE!

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September 29, 2008 by RBuffordTJ.

Someone recently pointed out to me that in most things, experience counts.

You couldn’t't get a job at McDonald’s and become district manager after 143 days of experience.  You couldn’t become chief of surgery after 143 days of experience of being a surgeon.  You couldn’t get a job as a teacher and be the superintendent after 143 days of experience.  You couldn’t join the military and become a colonel after a 143 days of experience.  You couldn’t get a job as a reporter and become the nightly news anchor after 143 days of experience.

BUT….

From the time Barack Obama was sworn in as a United State Senator, to the time he announced he was forming a Presidential exploratory committee, he logged 143 days of experience in the Senate. That’s how many days the Senate was actually in session and working.

After 143 days of work experience, Obama believed he was ready to be Commander In Chief, Leader of the Free World…. 143 days.

We all have to start somewhere. The senate is a good start, but after 143 days, that’s all it is - a start. AND, strangely, a large sector of the American public is okay with this and campaigning for him. Imagine for a moment you have served in your job for years, trained many employees, lead others, supervised major projects and have been in the line of fire for standing your ground on principal.  Then along comes a brand new employee who after 143 days declares he not only wants to advance but expects you and everyone in the office to support him as he moves to the top position above you all.  Honestly.  Would you?  No, and if you answered any other way your not being honest.

We wouldn’t accept this in our own line of work, yet some are okay with this for the President of the United States of America? Come on folks, we are not voting for the next American Idol! Wake up America, you’re being tricked by a Chicago politician with no experience.

Common Sense must rule.
Bufford

THIS WAS COHERENT THOUGHT’S  ONE HUNDREDTH POST!  

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September 24, 2008 by RBuffordTJ.

I hate seeing people who say whatever it takes to get THEM what THEY want.  Let us examine a few of Mr. Biden’s latest ideas, comments and bold pronouncements.

Sen. Joseph Biden has said paying higher taxes is a matter of patriotism as he recently defended Sen. Barack Obama’s plan to raise taxes on higher incomes, saying: “It’s time to be patriotic … time to jump in, time to be part of the deal, time to get America out of the rut.”

Senator Biden, do you not realize that the people who have jobs can attribute that directly to the people you’re bashing?  The very people you consider unpatriotic because they have made money in their lives by producing products and jobs in our country, are the reason we can collect taxes.  Further they top 15% pay almost 50% of the collected taxes…AND still run business’ and produce jobs.

Senator Biden now offered a religious basis for his fiscally irresponsible, tax raising ideas. The senator told a group of union workers last week: “Catholic social doctrine as I was taught is: You take care of people who need help the most.”  Gosh that sounds all sweet and nice.

True, the New Testament teaches that we are to help the poor but also teaches that God’s people will not be beggars.  Let me provide an actual Biblical quotation for my position Senator.

2 Thessalonians 3:10-12 For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: If anyone will not work, neither shall he eat.  (11) For we hear that there are some who walk among you in a lazy manner, not working at all, but are busybodies.  (12) Now those who are such, we command and exhort through our Lord Jesus Christ that they work in quietness and eat their own bread.

But we are to help those in need, not those who have decided to sit on their butts and let people give them what they THINK they deserve or what Reverend J. Wright tells them they deserve.  I’m glad Senator Biden thinks people should get off their butts and give MORE though since that is the “patriotic” thing to do.  I’m sure a man making those accusations has a history of digging deep.

Many Catholics, evangelicals, and non-Christians alike dig deep into their own pockets to fund non-profit organizations doing effective work on local levels. Others look to the government to dole out help to people in need. Some embrace a mixture of both.  But wait, Senator Biden’s personal tax records indicate the senator may rely heavily on government-based solutions because the record shows Senator Biden and his wife have reported contributing on average about $380 to charity annually over a 10 year period—about 0.2 percent of their income.

Senator Biden, you are a hypocrite and a liar with no Biblical knowledge and a gaping hole where your Common Sense should reside.  Be gone with you and never darken our door with your wasteful breath again.  I have had enough of these blow hards.

Bufford
Let Common Sense Lead!

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September 24, 2008 by Jeremy.

I really wish I were kidding!

Here’s the letter they sent:

September 23, 2008

Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, Cofounders

Ben & Jerry’s Homemade Inc.

Dear Mr. Cohen and Mr. Greenfield,

On behalf of PETA and our more than 2 million members and supporters, I’d like to bring your attention to an innovative new idea from Switzerland that would bring a unique twist to Ben and Jerry’s.

Storchen restaurant is set to unveil a menu that includes soups, stews, and sauces made with at least 75 percent breast milk procured from human donors who are paid in exchange for their milk. If Ben and Jerry’s replaced the cow’s milk in its ice cream with breast milk, your customers-and cows-would reap the benefits.

Using cow’s milk for your ice cream is a hazard to your customer’s health. Dairy products have been linked to juvenile diabetes, allergies, constipation, obesity, and prostate and ovarian cancer. The late Dr. Benjamin Spock, America’s leading authority on child care, spoke out against feeding cow’s milk to children, saying it may play a role in anemia, allergies, and juvenile diabetes and in the long term, will set kids up for obesity and heart disease-America’s number one cause of death.

Animals will also benefit from the switch to breast milk. Like all mammals, cows only produce milk during and after pregnancy, so to be able to constantly milk them, cows are forcefully impregnated every nine months. After several years of living in filthy conditions and being forced to produce 10 times more milk than they would naturally, their exhausted bodies are turned into hamburgers or ground up for soup.

And of course, the veal industry could not survive without the dairy industry. Because male calves can’t produce milk, dairy farmers take them from their mothers immediately after birth and sell them to veal farms, where they endure 14 to17 weeks of torment chained inside a crate so small that they can’t even turn around.

The breast is best! Won’t you give cows and their babies a break and our health a boost by switching from cow’s milk to breast milk in Ben and Jerry’s ice cream?Thank you for your consideration.

Sincerely,

Tracy ReimanExecutive Vice President

Here’s a news video on the issue!

And for PETA’s amazing lack of Common Sense here they are totally deserving if an Illogical Thought Award! Congratulations PETA!

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September 22, 2008 by Jeremy.

I bet I have your attention now don’t I!

The police told her to tone it down after construction workers complained. The police also said that most callers are concerned about her safety.

Somehow I have a feeling it was that the Foreman were unable to keep their workers focused on actually getting some work done.

Police Arrest Nude In-Line Skater ‘Gennifer Moss’ When Construction Workers Complain

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September 19, 2008 by RBuffordTJ.

I received an email today and to be honest have wondered about the same bait-&-switch type maneuver myself.  Lets face it Obama’s choice in Biden was politically stupid if his true intention was to reach out to the middle grounders because Biden is very polarizing and extremely ‘old’ Washington.  Biden stated recently “Hillary would make a better Vice President than me”.  See what is happening.  Anyway onto the email….

On or about October 5th, Biden will excuse himself from the ticket, citing health problems, and he will be replaced by Hillary.  This is timed to occur after the VP debate on 10/2.

There have been talks all weekend about how to proceed with this info.  generally, the feeling is that we should all go ahead and get it out there to as many blog sites and personal email lists as is possible.  I have already seen a few short blurbs about this - the “health problem” cited in those articles was aneurysm.  probably many of you have heard the same rumblings. However, at this point, with this inside info from the DNC, it looks like this Obama strategy will be a go. 

Therefore, it seems that the best strategy is to get out in front of this obama maneuver,  spell it out in detail, and thereby expose it for the grand manipulation that it is.

Well?  Any thoughts or projections?

Bufford
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