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Are We Headed for Another Government Shutdown?

February 16th, 2011

What is happening to our government? With each American household owing over a hundred thousand dollars and climbing, the federal executive is refusing to cut the budget in any meaningful way. The only cuts that branch of government are willing to make all, come of course from the one place many Americans can justify spending anything, which is of course the Defense department. They are far more willing to fund pet projects like unnecessary bullet trains, and National Public Broadcasting! Personally I’m far more concerned with my government keeping my family and me safe than with whether or not Big Bird finds its necessary to get a part time job waiting tables to pay for his birdseed habit.

It is nothing short of astounding to me how this government continues to push for more and more spending without a clue as to how we’re going make the interest payments against our debt! As a concerned citizen I find myself on the brink of despair when it comes to the financial state and future of my country. I’m watching the administration either through wanton foolishness or deliberately, (or perhaps a combination of both) driving the national economy into bankruptcy, and there seems to be nothing we can do to stop it! At the same time a certain percentage (hopefully a small one), of the electorate seems to support the increased expenditures. Here’s a clue people! If the private sector cannot afford something, neither can the federal government! It’s all the same money! While the congress seems to be standing tough the lack of a budget is driving the country toward another government shutdown. If that happens the President will blame Republicans with the hope that the American people will hold them responsible for the fact they’ve not received their social security checks. Please America, don’t fall for it! If the shut down comes it’s because we simply can’t afford to carry the water for social programs anymore.

Whats The Deal With Primerica

May 14th, 2010

I’ve never been the type of person to jump at the newest sales opportunity. It seems I’ve become rather comfortable in my role as a Dad, teacher and a part time copy writer and editor. So when I’m approached by friends offering me “great opportunities,” I tend to become a bit evasive and perhaps even a little sheepish. It’s not that I distrust the friends who desire to cut me in on their budding ventures. It’s more a matter of knowing my own limits. I’m just not a sales person. Well, recently some friends invited me to a meeting at their local Primerica office in Tyler Texas… Now before you get ahead of me I’m not about to violate the first tenant of my article and say that I went and now I’m getting rich working from home! In point of fact, I’ve never actually gone due mostly to my busy, crowded life.

Primerica Financial Services has as its goal to help average, middle class American families become debt free, save for the future, and insure nearly all areas of their lives. The business model is a bit pyramid-y, but the company seems to be an effective one since they’ve been in existence for over thirty years now. Primerica employs over one hundred thousand licensed reps in the United States and Canada, and has issued over four million life insurance policies. Other services Primerica offers include mortgages, debt consolidation loans, debt solutions, mutual fund investments auto and homeowner’s insurance, variable annuities, long term care insurance and pre-paid legal services. The national company seems like a good one, but the local Primerica office has some excellent agents of their own. Johnny Burchfield and Erin Baggs can help any new potential customers find the best rates with the best benefits tailor made to meet the needs of any family.

So while my personal lack of aptitude for sales precludes me from becoming a licensed representative of the company, I have benefited from their services. Only a few days earlier an agent successfully located an auto policy that saved me around one hundred fifty to two hundred dollars a year.  If you’re in the market for any kind of financial service, consider Primerica. The local office is listed as Primerica Financial Service and can be found at 3362 S Southwest Loop 323 in Tyler, or call (903)561-1196. Those interested can also visit Primerica’s website at www.primerica.com/public.

Sonic

January 8th, 2010

Things are changing and it is nowhere more evident than at the Tyler Sonic drive through. During the drive through and drive up restaurant hay day of the nineteen fifties the average suburban family survived exclusively on root beer floats and cheeseburgers, congregating at the Sonic, like desert wildlife nourishing their bodies in the watering hole’s life giving root beer floats and cheeseburgers. Any given night at the Sonic was nothing less than the beginning of a summer long drag race musical.

These days, however, Sonic blends into the multitude of fast food chains all trying desperately to relive the same era. But no matter how bad everyone wants to go back to the nineteen fifties we will eventually have to accept our fate instead of living in the fast food past. This brings us to the denial facing Sonic, which is mainly that it sees itself as some sort of quality restaurant.

Unfortunately, Sonic has spent the money required for this on its comedy abortion, “two guys in a car commercial” shoveled down my eye throat three or four times a day. To switch topics for one second, there are about six hundred thousand students out there who could make a better commercial with nothing but their iPhones. But no number of eager undervalued students could salvage Sonics mediocre at best menu. You see, when you take out of account the things that are impossible to do wrong, such as, corn dogs and milkshakes, Sonic is revealed as nothing more than a slightly above average McDonalds, and no one should eat at McDonalds.