General License At Last

Yesterday, after 6 hours of cramming, I took the American Radio Relay League's General Class License Exam and passed! My head felt like it was about to explode after six intense hours of study. Passing the test was almost anti-climatic, more of a relief than a celebration. There were several questions on the test we had not studied in the question pool and one answer we studied was incorrect. So now I have high frequency privileges and hope that maybe someday I can successfully test out for the top license, Extra Class.

Now where can I install that 200 foot antenna tower?

Stimulus II

Our fine President, Obama, spoke last night at a joint session of Congress assembled on short notice at his behest to present his "American Jobs Act". It seems to be a let gasp effort to keep his job as he only spoke about jobs for construction workers, teachers and one-year tax breaks for employers who hire new employees.

What we need is government off our backs - smaller government, fewer laws - and a flat tax code that has a consumption element to it. When GE makes $14.2 Billion and pays a negative $3.2 Billion in taxes, you know something needs adjustment.

November 2012 cannot come fast enough.

This Ship of State Is Going Down

This Titanic Ship of State Is Going Down

The Obama Regime is causing the United States to come apart at the seams. We are going down down down. Down into the abyss of a depression that will take a complete rewrite of current tax, environmental and other laws and a repudiation of all of the legislature passed or put in place by Executive Order before we can begin to come out of it. We got what we deserved when "we" voted Obama into office.

Don't see many "Hope and Change" bumper stickers anymore.

July 4th

July 4th

Time to take stock of life in America after another year. Lets see, I've lots $400,000 on my current house after dropping another $400,000 on our house in Half Moon Bay. My IRA's are down $300,000 and my savings are down another $300,000. So this disaster of an economy has effectively wiped out $1,400,000 of my net worth.

Retirement sure is not going to be what I thought it was. Not even close. So its back to work for me probably until I am seventy. Hope social security is still as safe as my beloved government tells me it is. Or is it really the Ponzi scheme I suspect?

iPad 2

I recently received a new iPad 2 that I'd ordered online - it is sweet! I now understand why everyone has gone gaga for iPads. It is thoughtfully designed, the layout is remarkably simple and the pen-to-paper feel is almost spot on. When I hold it, I want to creat, write, explore, become one with it. it will be very very hard for anyone else to top the experience the iPad brings. There isn't much I can't do with the iPad. This is going to cost me a lot of time and money, I can tell.