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Rick's opinions are usually unique and simple, .and many don't agree.
But maybe you will!
 
Cathy Sullen's
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Cathy Sullen's has many worldly encounters and like to let you know what happened. She also gets around the Tampa Bay area and writes lots of reviews of places she has visited. She is easy to spot in a crowd just find the woman with the digital camera take lots and lots of pictures.
 
Tina Poling's
Opinion & Reviews
Tina Poling lives in Pasco but like to drive to Pinellas!
She and Donald also have a business called Canterbury USA, yes it's a dot com.
They are in the business of fancy doors, check out their website.
Tina has written reviews of Pasco county restaurants, see if you agree.
 

Thoughts to ponder. 
 


 

GM, Chrysler & Ford
 		 They don't deserve any bailout. They don't know how to make cars people want or can afford. They don't know anything about cars because the CEO don't use cars, they use jets.  They should all go work for Boeing.

If any car companies should get money it would be Toyota and Honda. They at least know how to make affordable cars that people want and need.

The CEOs of the big three couldn't  make a rickshaw and that only has a seat and two wheels!

Here is a little something that is indisputable mathematical logic. (It also made me Laugh Out Loud.)
Remember, this is a strictly mathematical viewpoint. It goes like this:

What Makes 100%?
What does it mean to give MORE than 100%?
Ever wonder about those people who say they are giving more than 100%? We have all been to those meetings where someone wants you to give over 100%.
How about achieving 103%?
What makes up 100 % in life?

Here's a little mathematical formula that might help you answer these questions:

If:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
is represented as:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26.

Then:
H-A-R-D-W-O-R-K
8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11 = 98%
and
K-N-O-W-L-E-D-G-E
11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5 = 96%
But ,
A-T-T-I-T-U-D-E
1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5 = 100%
And,
B-U-L-L-S-H-I-T
2+21+12+12+19+8+9+20 = 103%

AND, look how far ass kissing will take you.
A-S-S-K-I-S-S-I-N-G
1+19+19+11+9+19+19+9+14+7 = 118%

So, one can conclude with
mathematical certainty, that while
Hard work and Knowledge will get you close,
and Attitude will get you there, its the Bullshit and
Ass kissing that will put you over the top.
10/08
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Billy Joel's
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Just Fishing
She Has Destroyed My Fishing Pleasure!
 
Saturday morning I got up early, dressed quietly, made my lunch, grabbed the dog, slipped quietly into the garage to hook the boat up to the truck, and proceeded to back out into a torrential down pour.

The wind was blowing 50 mph. I pulled back into the garage, turned on the radio, and discovered that the weather would be bad throughout the day.
 
I went back into the house, quietly undressed, and slipped back into bed. There I cuddled up to my wife's back, now with a different anticipation, and whispered, 'The weather out there is terrible.'
 
My loving wife of 20 yrs replied, 'Can you believe my
stupid husband is out fishing in that shit?'
 
I still don't know to this day if she was joking, but I
have stopped fishing.   10/08
You're a redneck
When		 You can entertain yourself for more than 15 minutes with a fly swatter

Your boat has not left the driveway in 15 yrs.

You come back from the dump with more than you took

You've been involved in a custody fight over a hunting dog.

You have a complete set of salad bowls and they all say "Cool Whip" on the side.
Have you noticed that Windows XP isn't working right. I've had lots of explorer windows hang. It happens so often that I don't start any projects until I can get the explorer window to not crash. The same problem exist with Internet Explorer, I have been forced to use Google's Chrome and Flock because it is stable and dependable. What is wrong with Microsoft?
How does a wage earn in America ever vote Republican? You're supposed to vote for someone who represents you and your interest when voting. If you don't make over $250 thousand dollars a year or you don't work on Wall Street or you aren't a CEO of a fortune 500 company how can you be a Republican? Somehow a top notch Republican figured out how to brain wash 50% of the people living in America! 50% are voting Republican and the vast majority of them are working poor! 50% are totally blind to the manipulation of rich people to get dumb people to vote in the best interest of the rich!    AMAZING!   (by; Rick)
Pepsi & Coca Cola companies are going to introduce a new product line in November. It's called "Air in a Can". They say that studies have proved that all the people that drink bottled water will love "Air in a Can". They will have to aromas each. Pepsi will have "Mountain" and "Ocean", Coca Cola will have: "Urban City and "Farmland".  Bottle water drinkers are all excited about the new products. The first distribution will be to existing Oxygen bars and then to local food stores. The "Air in a Can" comes with a nose piece to suck the air from the can. Like the air masks on airplanes.   10/08

Detroit, GM and the Future; GONE

GM is finally going out of business, the real question is how did they make it this long. The marketing and business decision making folks of the Detroit auto makers is
the worst. They never figured out that the world has changed direction. We change and Honda, Toyota and Hyundai all saw the change and moved to make proper cars, not GM, Ford or Chrysler. They kept making gigantic gas guzzling cars, trucks and SUVs! Not one saw the market change. The first thing you learn in business school is know your market and provide a solution. No one in Detroit every took that class. The CEO of GM has two helicopters and a jet. he flies over America and doesn’t have a clue what people need and want. GM is now looking to merge with another Detroit auto maker. That would be just a bigger disaster. They should talk with Honda or Toyota if they want to stay in
business.

The simple fix is; STOP all production of the big cars, trucks and SUVs. Don't build one more gas guzzling car, truck or SUV.
Take your same designs and SHRINK them down and lighten them up. Make a single frame, motor and transmission that all vehicles use and the motor and transmission should be good enough to get no less than 35 or miles per gallon. You can make these vehicles look great and everyone will want one. I give you the Smart Car example, you can't buy one because demand is so great. To bad GM isn't building them.

So the future is looking good for Americans but American car companies are finished.
Now they don't have enough money or engineering to build a go-cart. 

Talking about go carts I wonder why the folks that make go-carts and golf carts aren't starting to make better carts. They already have the platform to start with.
In Florida many people get around on golf carts, if they were just a little faster they would be the vehicle of choice here.
10/08

Start making things here in America.
 		 We need new laws that penalize companies that take jobs off shore.
We need to reward companies that
create jobs here in America.



Democrat Motto  
"Change"
I hear and feel it
coming! I don't think
many good Americans
can "stay the course"
We need to reverse the
insanity of the
Bush Years fast.
 

Republican Motto
 "Greed is good,
a conscious is bad"
McCain's Motto;
Stay the course
too hell with the
future let those
that have
take more!
After an exhaustive
review of the research literature,
here's the final word on
nutrition and health:
 		 1. The Japanese eat very little fat and suffer
    fewer heart attacks than Americans.

2.  Mexicans eat a lot of fat and suffer fewer
     heart attacks than Americans.

3.  The Chinese drink very little red wine and 
     suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.

4.  Italians drink excessive amounts of red wine
     and suffer fewer heart attacks than
     Americans.

5.  Germans drink beer and eat lots of sausages
     and fats and suffer fewer heart attacks than
     Americans.

 CONCLUSION: 
Eat and drink what you like.
 Speaking English is apparently what kills you,
but the Government is working hard
to correct the problem.
Ford finally sees Now the car company sees the future of small cars, wonder why it took so long?  more info


Still the best car in America right now is the Smart Car.
Only problem is the cost at about $15K  more info
 
My opinion on “Out Sourcing”
in America.

No good American should do any business with any company that out sources their work to another countries for profit. The only  way we can make a stand is to not do any business with them.  We should also learn the names of companies that do business with these anti American works and boycott them also.  This current government will tell you that it's good if your job is  out source, it will work out better for everyone, Right!

The only people who benefit are the corporate rats that  spend the company money. As for the folks out looking for work; tuff luck suckers. 

Boycott all companies that out source American jobs.  Start today.

List;  Out-sourcing companies
On the subject
of change in America
 		 I believe our real war is with ourselves.
It's not good to say this out loud but
we are not nice or smart about our
conspicuous consumption.
Our responsibilities to America are last on our things to do list. Who cares if someone gets killed in action fighting for my next gallon of gas!

We need to be using much less oil.
It should be considered by every good American a priority to use less.
This is our real war and we are losing it!
Every American can do a lot to help.
Every American driving a car, truck or van that doesn't get over 30 miles to a gallon is supporting the oil cartels and the enemies of America, this is war and you need to step up to our responsibility as an American.  You need to get a vehicle that
uses less fuel. Every extra gallon of fuel you put in your vehicle contributes to another American getting shot at or worse!

Our government could do a lot better but
oil men in the white house aren't going to
work in Americas best interest.

Do your part;   Start being the best American you can be.

Opinion of Rick Mercier
PS; Most of the time I ride a 250cc bike that
        gets 80 miles to a gallon of gas and the
        air conditioner runs at 78 degrees.
        It might not be a lot but its better than
       doing nothing.
Donald Trump
indorses
John McCain!!!!
 		 Who would have thought that a rich (billionaire) like "The Donald" would be all for McCain! I guess rich guys are for McCain, I wonder why?  9/22/08
The stock market
Fell over 500 points this week.

Lots of Mega Corporations got bailed out using our money.
Soon more will be looking for their mega share of the tax payer's money also.
 
 

Stock Market fell over 500 points yesterday because of republican greed and no self control.

The worst part of it is most of the big greedy players are cashing out while the workers are laid off and the investors lose their money.

The republicans ran the government for  the last 7 years and have clearly shown their greedy ways.

The bad part is because they didn’t care about you and your 401K or your jobs.  You’ve taken most of the hits in your investments.  No regulation means greed wins and if your invested in their game you’ll lose.

Don’t look for an honest CEO, they are all republicans.

One more point don’t worry about the corporate rats, they didn’t lose any money just you did.  9/22/08
$700 Billion to bailout Wall Street!@@!!!!!
 		 Bush administration wants $700 Billion to buy bad mortgages.  That pushes our debt to 11.3 Trillion dollars. Talk about a poor country.  More Info   9/22/08
Better then Secretary Henry Paulson asking for $700Billion
 		 Mr. Paulson wants the money with no oversight, no suing and watching what he does with the money! Aren't all those things the very reason we're in trouble now!  9/23/08
Bush and Social Security Do you remember when President Bush wanted you to invest your social security money in the stock market. He knew what he was doing, trying to let his friends get at your money.

It's a good thing that a few Democrats stood up to him and stopped that idea. Just think where you would be now if you had your social security tied up in the market now! All those CEOs would be laughing at us while they drink margaritas and eat caviar on the beach enjoying their well earned time off.  9/22/08



 

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