Big Companies Looking for Government Help

You Know What I'm Sick of? Big Companies Looking for Government Help!

I understand how the economy works. The whole loans and mortgage situation in the US as well as the rise in oil prices that are driving the cost of goods higher and higher. Job outsourcing etc..I got it.

What really bugs me is that the same thing is happening in Canada. Banks are looking for handouts to payoff the bad debts and loans they gave out. $25 billion to be exact.

The bank of Canada cut the key interest rate by half a percent in hopes that the banks would pass that on to the consumers looking to get new loans/ mortgages as well as to help stimulate the economy.

What do the banks do they keep it for themselves and won't cut the rates unless the Government approves the bailout. F U Banks, (I'm stealing as many of those deposit envelopes as I can from my local bank today.)

Now the Auto parts suppliers say they are going to need some kind of a bail out to keep them a float. A million or a billion or some ridicules number like that. The sharks smell the blood in the water and are starting to swarm.

So on that note I am formally submitting my application to the Government of Canada for a personal bailout package. I have made some bad financial decisions such as investing in Banking Stocks, ordering too much fast food and buying the Tony little Gazelle.

Please approve this or I will be forced to cut out the payment of income taxes from my monthly budget.

Gas Prices

You Know What I am Sick of? Gas Prices

Yes, everyone is sick of high gas prices. Here in Canada we pay $129.9 per liter as of this morning. That is roughly $9 a gallon? I'm horrible with conversion rates.

I drive a compact car that gets decent mileage and holds a modest 45 liters of gasoline. That's just under $60 to fill with the basic octane level also known as "Bronze". If there was something lower like "Aluminum" or "Iron" I would be using that for sure.

I know some of you fill up monster sized 100 liter tanks or use the "performance" fuels and you are feeling the effects much worse than I am. If you are a professional trucker good luck to you.

What I am really sick of is that as soon as there is a spike in the price per barrel of oil there is an immediate spike in the gas price. I am talking minutes in some cases. I have been waiting in line to get gas, heard on the radio that Oil prices reached another all time high and then watched the price at the pump literally jump 3 cents per liter right before my eyes.

So why is it that once Oil drops it takes days for the gas price to drop? Fringing gougers.

What is the solution? How can we change things?

Forget the whole stupid don't by gas on a certain day gimmick. 1. no one remembers the day and 2. It just doesn't work.

Apply for the in store credit card where you save 2 cents per liter. Filling up a 45 liter tank once a week for 52 weeks gets me $46.80 in savings. That works out to saving .90 cents per week. In exchange I get to pay 19.9% interest on a card that I will most likely carry a balance on since I can't afford the gas in the first place. A $500 balance over the year will cost me $99.50 in interest. Great Deal....Boo.

The government won't cut the gas taxes saying that the savings won't be passed on to the consumer. Can't you make it a law that they have to pass it on to us? What the hell are we paying you for? Stop wasting your time discussing useless garbage and make some real progress.

The way I see it there are only a few ways that that prices will come down.

1. Have the Governments force the oil companies to put a cap on the price $1.00 per liter say. You can bet that it will never go below that.

2. Have all car manufactures produced nothing but Hybrid's, which should reduce overall consumption. If University students can make a car go from British Columbia to Alaska on a thimble of gas can we not use some of that technology in our cars?

3. Introduce another fuel source that is widely available, like water. Didn't we have steam engines in the past? What was the problem with those? Can't you boil the water and use the steam to power the car? Or convert the hydrogen from water for use in a fuel cell.

4.Walk or bike your ass around town. Carpool if you can find someone you can stand, has the same taste in music, isn't late all the time and doesn't expect you to cover all of the gas costs.

5. Stop reporting on the rising gas prices. All these reports come out telling us to brace for increases at the pumps. You are just making it easier for them to raise prices since it is expected now.

Here are just a few other things I am sick of related to gas prices.

In Canada we have a member of Parliament that is widely known as a gas "watchdog" and and fights the gas companies. His initials are DM. I have seen absolutely nothing from him except to say "Heads up the prices are going up over night". Great job DM way to use your power to influence.

People stealing the gas from my car. What the hell is that about. The increase in gas theft is ridiculous. I actually have to go a purchase a gas cap with a lock on it now.

People driving away from the pump without paying. Really are you that hard up, you know that they have cameras right? I know that the penalties are a joke here but that loss comes out of the gas station owners pocket and not the oil company.

In the end gas prices will continue to rise, we will continue to complain and nothing will be done about it. If you have any thoughts I this I would love to hear it, if you want to carpool with me that would be great too. (I like Rock music)
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Blogging for money

You know what I am sick of? Blogging for money.

I first started blogging as a way to make money about 18 months ago. From everything you read about blogging it seems to be the answer to the # 2 question on the net. Which is "How can I make money online". I heard that some bloggers make $20,000 per month just from their blogs. (John Chow)

What a great opportunity to make easy money right? I mean all you need is a topic you know about, an Adsense or other advertising account and you're set. Just type, publish and count your riches! WRONG.

Making money from your blog is hard, very hard. There is a ton of time and effort that goes into it. Everything from coming up with an original topic, to getting your blog noticed among the 6,000,000 other blogs out there.

These are my top 5 reasons why you won't get rich blogging.

1. Blog readers don't Click ads (the majority anyway)

2. Pay per Click ads and Pay per 1000 impression ads pay too little. For any topic that the average person can write extensively about that is.

3. You will not stick with it long enough. Don't kid yourself, you won't.

4. The Competition is overwhelming. I mean really just Google your topic and there are most likely thousands of posts published already.

5. SEO is a pain in the ass and overhyped. You don't know what SEO is? Good keep it that way, you will be better off.

So I am done with blogging as a source of income. I will blog about topics that interest me and allow me to express my point of view. They'll probably be funny (hopefully), offensive, thought provoking, or just down right stupid. At the very least I will be able to get things that bug me off my chest.

I hope you continue to read everything I post and comment (good or bad). I want to know if I am alone on this (or any topic). Or if you feel the same way.

P.S The number 1 question is where can I find free porn.