OBAMA, LICENSE PLATE FEES & FLYING!

THINGS THAT PISS PAUL OFF

I have written a column in Full Throttle Magazine for the past 12 years. I have talked about hundreds of items and even ruffled a few feathers from time-to-time. However, I could not believe the numerous comments I received on last month’s (February 2010) article. I wrote an entire page of text but only five sentences talked about our current President Barak Obama.

Wow .... I didn’t realize how many people dislike this guy! What I wrote was, "People are jumping off the Obama bandwagon in record numbers. Come on everybody, the man took over an office in a terrible time. The previous administration left with a huge budget deficit and the economic depression was all ready upon the country. The country was all ready in war and we had zero health care. I’m not saying he is perfect, but he does deserve a break".

From that one paragraph I received e-mails and letters calling me naive and socialistic. One simple-minded idiot said he lost all respect he had for me and actually called me a pinhead and a jackass. FYI, I also did receive three emails that agreed with me.

Look, I am not a Obama lover .... I am so pissed at our country I could scream! This administration has not done a fraction of the things they promised to do. I cannot remember a more difficult economic time and the great "bailout plan" was a complete joke! It’s impossible to get a loan and if you are thinking of refinancing your property ... good luck! War-wise, I think the country was lied to as we are now sending numerous troops to Afghanistan after we were told troops were going to start coming home.

That said, I still think it’s hard to blame everything on Obama. This country needs more than a Democrat -vs- Republican battlefield. If a Republican comes up with a fantastic idea ... it will be shot-down by the Democrats ... and visa versa. Maybe it’s time for a strong, united, third party that can find the middle ground we so badly need. I think George W. Bush sucked as a President and guess what? I think Obama has sucked in his first year as well! Let’s hope that things can start getting better and people can start getting jobs, paying their bills and saving for their retirements. This should be the number one thing on all politicans agendas!

Moving onto to other "Things That Piss Paul Off", have you had to renew your license tags recently? If you haven’t you are in for a shock as prices have skyrocketed! Here at Full Throttle, we have three vechiles, three motorcycles and three trailers that need to be renewed. Last year we paid around $230 .... this year the same tags cost us over $400! Come on, in these difficult economic times did the State of Florida really have to put in this large of an increase?

Lastly, I read an article that stated a group of Muslim-American scholars issued a religious ruling that told their faithful not to go through the airport body scanners because they feel the machines violate Islamic rules on nudity. There are now 40 full-body scanners at 19 USA airports with more than 450 yet to be installed. I say this .... if you don’t want to proceed through scanners that can stop people from blowing up airplanes and smuggling weapons onto aircraft then you don’t deserve to fly! Drive your car, take the bus, jump a train or stay home!
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