TalkingwithLeon

Words of Wisdom

2012-12-22T22:05:00.003-05:00

Never let an angry girlfriend

pack your parachute.

Leon

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Jobs

2012-12-20T21:18:00.000-05:00

Classified Ad

Lost one job. Job was not that good but was there for most of my adult life. Job did not pay very well most of the time. Job was not fun much of the time and sometimes became Work. Job provided no chance of life advancement but kept teasing me with glimmers of Fulfillment . If Job is found please do not call me as I am not interested anymore. I am on the lookout for something else, something called Opportunity. If Opportunity is found and answers to the first name of Lucrative please call me. I am and have been waiting for Lucrative Opportunity to show up on my doorstep for many years now and look forward to its final arrival.

Leon

Marx (Hits the Spot)

2012-12-18T14:53:00.003-05:00

Some Americans might be confused when they hear the name Marx Brothers. I am here to help clear up who the real Marx brothers are.

These are the famous movie Marx Brothers.

The two men below are the political Marx Brothers.

Any questions?

Leon

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Thanksgiving Day Turkey

2012-11-21T18:54:00.000-05:00

All right folks I need to tell you about something that is making pretty angry. Here it is. It is not even Thanksgiving Day yet and people (retailers) are gearing up for Christmas. The radio stations are playing Christmas music already, the stores are touting Christmas sales already, and the cable channels are playing Christmas stories. Can't a guy just enjoy one day with his turkey without thinking about the next holiday?

Ummmmmmmmmmmmm!

Why do Americans have to rush everything today? Are we rushing around because of the Internet or phone apps that we can't seem to live without or is it the fast food industry or is the microwave to blame? Why can't we slow down and enjoy the seasons and holidays that we are in and worry about the next one the day after?

Don't get me wrong I like Christmas very much but I don't want to be thinking about it right now. Right now I have ugly bird on my mind. Thanksgiving not Christmas is Thursday. I haven't even had any turkey yet and I am being bombarded with Christmas. I look forward to eating turkey and watching the Detroit Lions play foosball on the big day.

"The Detroit Lions ain't de devil, de just play dat way!"

I love the white meat of that ugly bird. I want mashed potatoes. I want to eat rolls until I can't fit one more bite in my mouth but not to the point of gluttony like Mr. Creosote .

One more mint buddy?

I must confess though I have eaten two pumpkin pies already because they were the first to greet me on my way into the local grocery store. How could I resist. Resistance was futile!

"You ate the last piece of pie didn't you!"

Another thing that ticks me off is that we have forgotten the true meaning of Thanksgiving. For a little history on Thanksgiving click here: http://www.history.com/topics/thanksgiving and or here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving and educate yourself on our history.

Whether you are a person of faith or not I think that every American can find a reason to be thankful for the country that we live in. I would like to send a special thank you to the troops that are fighting in foreign lands and can't be with their families on this holiday. My hats off to you.

Leon

Thank God for America

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Lame Duck (Award Winner 11-2012)

2012-11-14T14:48:00.000-05:00

And the Lame Duck Award goes to Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League for banning the National Anthem.

Pennsylvania high school hockey league bans national anthem to save money on ice time

By Cameron Smith | Prep Rally – Tue, Nov 13, 2012 6:07 AM EST

Veterans Day is usually reserved for honoring the American flag and those who fought to preserve the values it stands for. In Pennsylvania on Monday, it also oversaw ferocious debate over one of the least patriotic things possible: eliminating the playing of the national anthem from all high school hockey games.

As first reported by Pittsburgh CBS affiliate KDKA, the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League has issued a directive to 183 high school squads in central and western Pennsylvania banning the national anthem from being performed. As you guessed it I am not going to sit here at my desk and say nothing.

"The national anthem should not be played only because of time constrains," PIHL commissioner Ed Sam told KDKA. "It's not that we're not patriotic, that's the furthest from the truth."

While Sam's words might sound like bizarre lip service, there actually is some logic to the PIHL's decision to kick the national anthem out of high school hockey. Sam notes that ice time in western Pennsylvania is quite expensive, making every minute of rented time sacred in an era of cutbacks throughout interscholastic athletics. Okay, I understand that time is expensive so cut two minutes off of every period or do fund raisers, try asking the NHL for help since your league sooner or later becomes a pipeline for their players and fans.

That became apparent when at least one arena halted a high school game even though the third period hadn't completed because the schools' rented ice time had expired. In the game where that recently happened, the pregame routine was marked by an "overly verbose rendition of the national anthem."

"Ice is very, very hard to get and it's not cheap," said Sam. "We're talking $300 an hour sometimes or even higher than that." In response to his comment all I have to say is neither was the blood spilled to inspire and protect this treasured song.

It goes without saying that the PIHL's timing wasn't exactly ideal, with the league announcing the national anthem ban just days before Veterans Day. The decision sparked total outrage from a number of Pennsylvania hockey parents and fans, sending Sam and his cohorts into crisis control. The PIHL board has already announced that it will hold another meeting to discuss whether the national anthem ban should be revoked.

[Also: NHL lockout looms over 2012 Hockey Hall of Fame ceremony]
In the meantime, the pregame routine for high school games in central and western Pennsylvania will continue without the musical patriotic oath that serves as the universal entrance script for sporting events across the country, much to the chagrin of fans in the stands.

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Well I am going to do my part as a responsible patriot and here is our nation's song sung by Steven Curtis Chapman. Some of us refuse to forget our heritage and the veterans that served this country. I know this is a little late but happy Veteran's Day to all who have served in the military. Thank you for sacrifice.

Leon

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Freedom: God, the founding fathers, and those in the military

Sign, Sign Everywhere a Sign

2012-11-13T20:53:00.000-05:00

Drive -Thru sign in Three Rivers, Michigan

The lot where the Taco Bell building used to stand.

Wouldn't the sign be more appropriate written this way?

Look real close at the sign. It says "God less America". Well Obama said the United States of America was no longer a Christian nation. Maybe God is agreeing. And another thing about this sign, what if I don't want to eat in the garden?

How many signs does it take MDOT to get you to Cowling Road? Anyone, anyone? If you guessed five signs you are correct. To help get everyone to Cowling Road I have decided to help. Go north on U.S. 131 to the first sign, then right, then left, then left again cross three lanes of traffic, and then right once more and if you do not become disoriented you are at Cowling Road, the cheese is at the end of the road.

I think Wendy's is waiting for a drum roll to announce the new whateveritis that they are wanting us to try. I don't know about you but I am excited about new things. I just hope it is worth our wait.

And now Tesla singing that classic Sign, Sign, Everywhere a Sign. Enjoy!

Leon

Images: Leon

Zombiegeden

2012-11-09T15:52:00.001-05:00

OBAMA 60,085,524* ROMNEY 57,401,992

Thanks zombies for re-electing the wiz kid from Chicago to a second term. I understand that neither choice was good but to choose a Marxist over a capitalist in these troubled economic times is just plain stupid.

Stuuuupppiddd!

What does Obama know about business? Nothing! How can a man that has never run a business understand the needs of the business community. The community that needs more help than any other community in our country right now. He can't. The only thing he understands is bigger, and bigger, and Bigger government.

Taxes are going to go up and your freedoms are going to go down. Every time those blockheads in Washington raise taxes you lose freedom. What freedom do you lose, you ask? The freedom to choose where your money goes and how it works for you an America. The less money you have in your pocket the fewer choices you have as an individual and socialists understand that fact and applaud it. Socialist and Marxist want the state to decide for you. They think they are smarter than you, well they are smarter than 60 million of you anyhow.

Now remember Obama supporters when the country goes back into recession and it will when the President starts fooling around with regulations and taxes, be proud, stand up, and tell the rest of the country I voted for him if you have the guts.

Leon

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Zombies

2012-11-05T15:58:00.001-05:00

With the Presidential election coming up on Tuesday I thought this would be a great time to talk about zombies. No, not Rob Zombie. You know the ones that are dead and walk around causing havoc.

Definition Time: A zombie (Haitian Creole: zonbi; North Mbundu: nzumbe) is an animated corpse resurrected back to life by mystical means, such as witchcraft.^[1] The term is often figuratively applied to describe a hypnotized person bereft of consciousness and self-awareness, yet ambulant and able to respond to surrounding stimuli. Since the late 19th century, zombies have acquired notable popularity, especially in North American and European folklore.

According to the tenets of Vodou, a dead person can be revived by a bokor, or sorcerer. Zombies remain under the control of the bokor since they have no will of their own. This sounds similar to the people who voted for Obama. The bokor (Obama) used this Hope and Change thingy to push us toward more socialism.

Wade Davis, a Harvard ethnobotanist, presented a pharmacological case for zombies in two books, The Serpent and the Rainbow (1985) and Passage of Darkness: The Ethnobiology of the Haitian Zombie (1988). Davis traveled to Haiti in 1982 and, as a result of his investigations, claimed that a living person can be turned into a zombie by two special powders being introduced into the blood stream (usually via a wound). The first, coup de poudre (French: "powder strike"), includes tetrodotoxin (TTX), a powerful and frequently fatal neurotoxin found in the flesh of the pufferfish (order Tetraodontidae). The second powder consists of dissociative drugs such as datura. Together, these powders were said to induce a deathlike state in which the will of the victim would be entirely subjected to that of the bokor. Sucks out their life force as does socialism to the living by taking your hard earned money and giving it to people that just might not be working as hard or not at all, just ask those that suffered under the repressive boot of the U.S.S.R. Ask them if they would like to go back to Hope and Change. Davis also popularized the story of Clairvius Narcisse, who was claimed to have succumbed to this practice.

Source: Wikipedia

Hope and Change, Hope and Change. I sure hope we change come Tuesday and send Obama packing. Don't be a zombie, don't succumb to the bokor any more, enough is enough send the witchdoctor and his voodoo economics back to Chicago before it's too late and we all become zombies of the state.

Leon

Hoping for Change, freedom to the zombies

P.S. don't be a zombie, vote for freedom.

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Freedom from our Four Fathers

Man Up Or Shut Up

2012-11-01T15:56:00.000-04:00

This blog dedicated to men that aren't acting like men so listen up you

A man pulls his own weight and then some. A man takes responsibility for his actions. A man protects women and takes care of them and their offspring and doesn't use them for his own selfish personal desires.

Men that don't man up are a cancer to this nation. Our society is in trouble and many of you deadbeat dads aren't helping the situation you are only making it worse. I am going to share two stories about two men that should have their man cards revoked.

Atta boy! Go rescue that family

The first contestant on Man up is a man who let his wife put him through college so he could get a degree and earn more money supposedly for his family but once he got the education he decided to exit stage right for another woman, leaving his wife with two small children to raise. Man card revoked!

Was ole Snagglepuss running from child support and parental responsibility? How many kittens he has left behind, it must be quite a few since he is always running? Hopefully the long arm of the law will catch him one day.

That is one long arm

And now for contestant number two. He is a man only because of his anatomy. This guy made a baby with a woman and then the relationship didn't work out so he is out of the picture. Now for the reason his man card is being revoked. This fellow won't even go see his own son so once again a single mother is raising a child by herself and the baby boy doesn't even get to see his dad. When you so called men do this type of stuff it not only puts a burden on the woman involved but society itself. Stop it! Stop being the

Be a winner, MAN UP for all of us.

Leon

Manning Up for those that can't

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Who Really Is Leon

2012-10-21T20:38:00.001-04:00

Who is Leon, well let me tell who this Leon is not. I am not the famous Marxist Leon Trotsky. I like freedom not bondage to the state.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Trotsky

I am not the famous Spartan Leonidas either, although many people confuse us for being brothers. Couldn't be a Spartan because I am Wolverine fan. Go Blue! We are MICHIGAN!

Nope not me either. I still have my two front teeth. I did box in Golden Gloves so I guess I have something in common with Mr. Spinks.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Spinks

Don't have the musical talent to be the Redbone to busy blogging.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Redbone

It's nice that there are kings for us Leons' but these guys aren't my kings. There is only one King that rules this Leon.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kings_of_Leon

Not this guy either cause he is dead first off, secondly I am not Spanish, and third the conquest I am seeking is to conqueror the Internet blogging landscape not foreign peoples. Natives please stay calm I mean you no harm.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponce_De_Leon

Well now you know who I am not, time for a little of who I am. I am a man on a mission. The mission is to entertain and inform America about important things that should matter to us all (and occasional to get totally off track with some pure nonsense). As Americans we take our freedoms too lightly. We need to protect our freedoms they are precious. There are those in politics today that are trying with every breathe of their lives and every once of their energy to stripe us of our freedoms and our greatness to make us just like other nations (socialist) and this I cannot stand for. I will fight everyday of my life to ensure that Americans understand their rights and responsibilities when it comes to out freedoms.

Evil dudes beware!

Leon, the Real One

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* Except no substitution for the Real Leon. Leon can not be copied, although a clone would be nice. I could send the clone to my full time job and I could blog all day long.

Remember to vote in November. Say no to the Marxist. Send him back to Oprah.

When Technology Fails

2012-10-08T21:07:00.002-04:00

Sorry about not blogging for quite some time but my blogger was not working it would not allow me to upload videos or photos so I was on a hiatus until the blogger tech dudes got my stuff working again. Thank you tech dudes.

Techno Nerds to the rescue, nerd up.

When technology fails it can be quite devastating, remember HAL in Space Odyssey? How about the stock market SNAFU of a couple of years ago or NBC's fall line up.

Doesn't look so evil, huh?

Hal from Malcolm in the Middle

So now that I am back up and running again. I will get back to the business of bugging Americans everywhere with gibberish and mayhem, gotta stick to what I do best. I feel like a super hero, just call me Blogman.

Leon "Blogman"

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What Ya Talkin about Willis?

2012-09-20T20:04:00.002-04:00

Hugo Chavez

"Instead of being a dictator why didn't I just have a V-8? It would have been a lot less stressful."

"Can you name this block head?"

Ryan sucking up

"Sure I will kiss an old lady if you vote for me."

Oiho. Obama a great orator and speller too.

"Ohio do you really want to re-elect a man that

can't even spell your states name? Must be a Michigan Man."

Joe and Obama

Joe: "Tickle, tickle." Obama: "Stop it Joe. If you don't stop tickling me I may have an accident. This is a serious event. Joe: I'm going to get your nose Mr. President."

Obama and Ryan

"No those aren't my plans to ruin America. Those must be somelse's plan. Have you checked with Castro or Chavez?"

Leon

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I Approve This Message

2012-09-16T06:27:00.000-04:00

Don't you think it is quite dumb for political ads to mention the fact that the candidate sponsoring the ad approves it. If you didn't approve it why would you publish it in the first place? Well I think it is dumb but I do understand the premise behind the statement, "I approve this message" it has to do with the Stand By Your Ad Provision enacted in 2002.

Click here for more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_approve_this_message

I still think it is funny for candidate to make an ad and still have to say, "I approve this message". What happens when the candidate doesn't quite like the ad that has been approved but is under time constraints to release the add in a heated election contest? What if there is a SNAFU with the ad? And what if politicians were honest? The ad might go something like this. View the video below first.

This ad should go something more like this. I am Barrack Obama and I approve this message except the part about the deficit since I and my cohorts added $4 trillion dollars to our nation's debt without any notable change in the jobs market. (America did get something for all of that debt, a lower Moody's credit rating).

"Thanks for doing the right thing guys."

Now if you are a millionaire and want to contribute to my campaign finances just ignore that part about making the wealthy pay more. I really am not going to tax you to the dark ages (wink, wink).

The dark rider, "Taxes"

I also don't approve the military cuts part of my message if you are a voter in the armed services since many of you service people will lose your jobs. Don't worry about our nation's battle readiness being impaired since the world is much safer after the Arab Spring. That embassy burning in Libya was a fraternity party gone wrong. Look at the bright side that old building and needed some remodeling. Hey, haters gonna hate.

"A fresh coat of paint should do the trick, huh Libya? Anyone one for sending more U.S. tax dollars to Libya?"

Another thing I can't support is a cut to the deficit since it is better to give than receive, by taking from you (tax payers) and giving it to people that are not you (non-tax payers), I get a warm and fuzzy (Socialist) feeling inside my Red heart.

So the next time you see a political ad and the candidate says that they support that ad analyze it very carefully. Remember to keep the weeds from your garden you have to get their roots.

I am Leon and I approve this blog, or maybe I don't

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Who Says TV Isn't Good For You

2012-09-13T19:48:00.000-04:00

Study Finds Reruns of TV Shows Help Us Cope With Stress

September 11, 2012 5:11 PM

(Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

This week the new fall television lineup kicks off with premieres from The Voice and X Factor. Some people though would rather watch another rerun of their favorite show. (Maybe we are watching reruns because many of the the new shows that are being produced just plain Hoover.) Turns out, this might be better for your health.

A new study finds that watching reruns can help people recover after a stressful experience. (Hopefully we won't have a rerun of the 2008 election because that still is very stressful for most Americans.)

It is even believed that spending some time with your favorite characters can be more beneficial to your mood than hanging out with your friends. (I wonder if this would still apply if you were schizophrenic. If you were schizophrenic then you could spend time with all of your favorite characters all at once but I suggest that you make them take turns talking otherwise it could get quite confusing and that is the last thing that you want to have happen when you are talking to yourself.)

I wouldn't want this guy in my session, would you?

Jaye L. Derrick, a research scientist at the University at Buffalo’s Research Institute on Addictions, says this is because there are fewer complications when it comes to your TV friends.

“There are a lot of benefits you can get from close relationships, but there are also a lot of problems,” Derrick says. “You have to put up with someone else’s needs, you have to get through fights, there are conflicts of interest… Fictional worlds can be a way of seeking connection to others without having all the strings attached.” (This sounds like being a politician)

Derrick, whose findings were published in the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science, led two separate studies. One took a look at two different groups of people who were feeling stressed. While one group wrote an essay about their favorite TV show, the other simply wrote about the objects in the room. The group focusing on TV ended up performing better on a mental concentration test.

The other study asked subjects to keep a diary where they wrote about their day, mentioning if they watched reruns of their favorite shows after feeling stressed and how they felt after. Those who did ended up feeling better and less stressed out. (Wait a minute! Maybe the reruns aren't the cure, maybe it is writing down your feelings. I know when I blog I feel better. I don't know if my blogging helps any of my readers but it has helped keep me from becoming a dictator of a Banana Republic in Central America. Thank God for the Internet!)

“With a rerun, you already know what’s going to happen and don’t have to pay as much attention,” she said. (Maybe educators should use this method for raising test scores. Give the kids the same test over and over since they don't seem to be paying attention anyhow and watch those scores rise. Have you seen those test scores lately?) “You’re just enjoying it, getting positive mood benefits, and feeling like you’re there with comfortable people.” ( I wonder if being in a room full of mannequins can have the same effect? How could anyone be uncomfortable around mannequins unless they were evil mannequins.)

Hey, it's like a family reunion

Derrick doesn’t advise you sit around all day watching TV (Not good for your back side), but she does say people shouldn’t feel bad about watching an hour or so of television after work.

So now you don’t have to feel bad about watching those nightly marathons of How I Met You Mother or The Big Bang Theory. You’re just working on stress management. (Nice plug for CBS, huh?)

- Shannon Carlin, CBS Local

Since reruns make you feel good feel free to read this blog again and again.

Leon

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Feeling good about yourself, that's your job, now get busy.

How Cute For the Kids

2012-09-09T20:58:00.000-04:00

Rahm on Casino: "I Want it For Our Kids"

Chicago mayor confident state and city can work out issues

By Marcus Riley

| Friday, Aug 24, 2012 | Updated 7:28 AM CDT

Mayor wants to direct casino revenue toward education, Quinn has until Tuesday to act on gambling bill.

(Of course the following thoughts are mine) I can see it now the first only casino for kids. I hope they have an adult day care center so when the kids are playing Texas hold'em to sharpen up their math skills the parents don't get in trouble. The casino should be built with a play land for the adults with a full bar, masseuse, and a cigar shop.

Ain't it great when adults put the children first. When the children are first everyone seems to win. Well how can we call Rahm the Godfather of Chicago if they don't have a few casinos.

Hey, the revenues from the casino are to be used for educational purposes (wink, wink) and not for the city's coffers.

Leon

Public announcement time: If you have a gambling problem seek help because Vinnie is only going to wait so long before he busts your knee cap for not paying your debts.

All Together Separate

2012-09-03T16:11:00.000-04:00

Why can't elections in America be about the candidates skills and abilities? I want a President that possesses the skills necessary to make America competitive and one that won't apologize for America's greatness when we do succeed. Over the last couple of decades the media and politicians have turned the political selection process into rich versus poor, the Hispanic and black voters for the Democrats, the evangelical base, gun owners and big business voters for the Republican party and everyone else is an Independent voter.

Why must a candidate have to purposely target a gender, religious base, or a race to win the Presidency? The race must be about who can lead America the best for everyone. The race must be about who can provide American businesses with the best atmosphere for creating jobs. And the race must be about protecting our individual freedoms that separate the U.S.A. from the rest of the world.

I know I get tired of hearing the same old garbage from both teams and the media about who is going to win the black vote, who is more in tune with the Hispanic voters, and which candidate will come out on top with women voters and this is why I have decided to throw my name in the ring. Not too many Americans know me now but once I introduce myself to you and you see my unusual background and I think that you will agree that I am the man for the job and not the two other guys.

Getting to Know Me

Click the arrow for my theme song

First my name is Leon Eggleston. I am a white guy with a first name that is traditionally black, I have a black nephew, I also once lived in a black frat house for one semester in college so I feel, for a white guy I could be in touch with the black voters more than the average white guy.

The Eggleston sir name can be traced to Ireland or Scotland. In my case we have a Scottish ancestry. This explains my desire to wear a kilt. Being a Scot should show people that I can relate to immigrants and that they should vote for me. Another thing about my family tree is that it is loaded with Jewish blood. When I looked at my family tree I thought I was looking at a New York City phone book and not my own family bloodline. I am a staunch supporter of Israel too. Shalom brothers. Jewish vote locked up.

I married a Mexican-American woman when I lived in Brownsville, Texas. I lived in Brownsville for seven years so I have a good feel for the Hispanic culture and what they believe is important. I like jalapenos and flan.

Flan

Great on pizza

My name Leon means lion in Spanish and who would go against a lion, only a fool. Hispanic vote locked in.

"Really, you are going to vote for him?"

I am married to a woman and not a man that should give me a good shot at getting the married women voters to turn my way since I support the traditional family unit. I am a conservative Bible believing man so the conservative evangelical voters in the Bible belt should back me since I think a lot like they do.

I have a business degree and have run a few businesses in my day so business owners (who did or didn't build their own businesses feel free to vote for me because I understand your needs unlike Obama).

Now that leaves two more categories the poor and gun owners. Last year I made under $250,000 a year so I must be considered one of the poor brethren, rock on! I also believe women should be packing heat so if the occasion arises and they need to defend themselves against bad guys, the bad guys would pay dearly, NRA votes locked and loaded.

Danity and lady like

I forgot to mention that my great grandmother was a full blooded Blackfoot Indian. Being from indian descent makes me a person of color. More minorities can now feel comfortable voting for me.

As you can see I am the most well rounded non-candidate that you should vote for because of my unusual background I can relate to all of you except the following, liberals, white supremacist, and people who hate Chick-fil-A.

Don't worry about my qualifications America, we will have to cross that bridge when we come to it after all I have to win the election first.

So remember in November it's not about issues nor is it about electing the most competent leader for our troubled land it is about voting for the guy that gives you a warm and fuzzy feeling. If I have given you that warm and fuzzy feeling feel after you have read my colorful background free to use my name as a write in candidate.

Now without rambling any longer here is a video that makes the point I am trying to convey. America should not be separated into white, black or Hispanic people. It is a rainbow of people that when they come together is stronger than an other nation on the face of this earth. Come November vote for the candidate that is most capable of bringing us back to our glory not the one who panders most to what you think you deserve. Freedom comes with responsibility.

Leon

Write in candidate for President

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Badges of Honor

2012-08-29T20:46:00.000-04:00

Written for women but fitting for men.

Well today I will be talking to women. If you are a man still feel free to read this blog because you have to hold your woman accountable for the information that I am presenting to her.

Let's face it women, men act like dogs sometimes. When you own a dog and throw the dog a ball to fetch they fetch the ball and bring it back to you and then expect you to say or do something to acknowledge the fact that they did what they were supposed to in the first place. Sometimes men are no different than dogs. Ladies this is why I have invented a new word and reward system to help build the man/woman relationship. Thank me later.

The new word is mandages. A mandage is a hybrid word, it is a cross between the word man and the word badge. These man badges i.e. mandages are to treated with honor and respect. The mandages are not to be given to a man without earning them for the simple fact we will not appreciate them. Women if you want the full effect of a mandage (the shock and awe) to take place as soon as your man has earned a mandage make a party for him and invite his friends and then place the mandage on the front door of the refrigerator. By placing the mandage on front of the refer door your man will see his reward every time that he goes for a cold one, scientist call this positive re-enforcement. He will also brag to his buddies.

To help you good women get started I have provided a few examples of mandages.

Errand Mandage

Earned for picking up shopping items on his way home from work because you forgot an item. He would get a double mandage if he has to pick up woman products.

Love Mandage

This is earned when your man points out to you that he chose you from all of the other fish in the sea. "Remember I married you but I could have married her." Warning to all men reading this: Make sure you don't smile when you point at that girl that is definitely out of your league. A small smirk will do, pig.

Manners Mandage

Earned when your man either compliments your appearance or corrects it. "You can't wear that to the game, where is the face paint I bought you?"

Atta Boy Mandage

Earned for cleaning up after himself and or taking the trash out without being told (nagged). If your man even bothers to wash out the trash can once in a while that would earn him a double mandage.

Maturity Mandage

One way to earn this mandage is by your bo admitting that you are more important than golf and he won't buy any new golf equipment until you get a new dress.

Birthday Mandage

If he brings you a birthday gift and says happy birthday give him that mandage. Heck if your man even knows your birth date he should get a mandage.

Sympathy Mandage

Do you remember when you were sick that one time and he said, "Are you going to be okay honey, by the way do you know where I put my work shoes?"

I hope this will help build a strong bond between a man and his woman. Just doing my part to keep America strong.

Leon

Tires- The Safe Driving Tip O' the Day

2012-08-27T21:16:00.000-04:00

What to do if gas pedal gets stuck.

I saw a news report that showed a woman in a SUV that was traveling at speeds in access of 100 m.p.h. because her gas pedal got stock fully engaged to the floor. My first though on this subject was d-an-an-gerousss! I then thought a little deeper about this subject.

If my gas pedal or cruise control got stuck and propelled me down the highway at top speed (Which by the way wouldn't be too terribly fast since I drive a Government Motors vehicle, a Chevy Cavalier), would I know what to do? NO! The more I thought about it, as old as my car is I figured several things would happen, first the paint would peel off the car, the wind shield would disintegrate, and the tires would explode, so for the most part I should walk away from the incident in good shape but I would have to put Old Green down.

"Hold it right there, Old Green!"

Below is a website from a tire store in New York that knows what to do. I copied (borrowed, please don't sue) from their website some tips to help you if you ever find yourself in this predicament

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What to do if your gas pedal sticks

Tap the gas pedal to try to unstick the throttle linkage.
Hook your toe under the pedal to try and free it.
Shift to neutral and apply firm pressure to the brakes without locking the wheels.
Find a safe place to move the vehicle completely off the road. ( I am not sure I agree with this one)
If your automobile has power steering or a locking steering wheel, do not turn off the ignition or you will lose either your power steering, or the ability to steer.
Have your vehicle checked with a mechanic as soon as possible.

Sources: North Carolina Department of Transportation, sos.state.il.us

Website: Not here, it is belower. (Just thought I would take a pause and refresh myself)

Now if you are in the state of New York and you find a need for tires or you just like to smell new tires (and I know some of you people are tire sniffers) go to these guys because they are the tire guys with a heart,

they have to have a heart otherwise they wouldn't have bothered to put those wonderful tips on their website. Tell them Leon sent you and that you want the Leon special. Of course they won't know what the heck you are talking about but the looks on their faces would be priceless.

Store Locator

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(Click on the maps to enlarge or location name for more information)

New Rochelle, NY
914-636-7776
20 E. Main St.
10801

Elmsford, NY
914-592-3750
5. Warehouse Ln.
10523

Brewster, NY845-279-6197
266 N. Brewster Rd.
10509

Store Hours:Monday - Friday: 7:30 am - 5:00 pm
Saturday: 8 am - 1 pm (Elmsford till 2 pm)

Finally the real website:

http://www.mktire.com/gaspedal.htm

This blog was brought to you by The Responsible Bloggers of America organization which I don't have an affiliation with. I just blog from the hip.

Leon

Images: Yahoo Images and MK Tire Center

You Get What You Pay For and Sometimes What You Don't Pay For

2012-08-24T20:36:00.000-04:00

The old adage, "You get what you pay for" couldn't be truer. This is the story of what happens when an amateur performs the task of a professional. This like life and politics presents an undeniable truth. The truth is those that aren't qualified will eventually fail. (Peter Principle)

Click here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Principle

Elderly parisioner's touch-up to 19th century church fresco turns Jesus into cartoon

By ANDY SOLTIS

Last Updated: 2:25 PM, August 23, 2012

Posted: 2:08 AM, August 23, 2012

An elderly parishioner’s attempt to touch up this cherished but deteriorating Spanish church fresco has turned Jesus into a cartoon figure.

The unidentified woman, in her 80s, was upset at the damage that moisture was wreaking on the 19th century fresco in the Sanctuary of Mercy Church near Zaragoza.

Without authorization, the devoted woman scraped away some of the paint, leaving white marks on the wall.
Then she took out a paintbrush and replaced the strokes of artist Elias Garcia Martinez with her own, Spanish media reported.

When she realized how badly it had turned out, she contacted the city’s culture councilor, Juan Maria Ojeda.

The Masterpiece
AFP/Getty Images

The Great Mess

I do like the Jesus fro though in the Great Mess. It's hip and fresh.

“I think she had good intentions,” Ojeda was quoted as saying. (So does Obama, but...)

As it turns out, the woman’s efforts weren’t even necessary. An organization that restores Spanish artwork, El Centro de Estudios Borjanos, had just received a donation from Martinez’s granddaughter to repair the damage done by the moisture.

Ojeda said art experts are trying to determine whether the woman’s work can be undone.
“If we can’t fix it, we will probably cover the wall with a photo of the painting,” he said. (Sad, a true treasure destroyed by the desire of an unqualified artist wanna be. The same thing is happening to America today and if the sitting President is re-elected in November there won't be enough paint to cover the permanent damage done to greatest nation on earth.)

Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/jesus_what_happened_to_you_hxaywqTnwcAskuWs0UEiJO#ixzz24Q9ai0bb

Leon

Images: Drudge Report and Yahoo Images

What Ya Talkin about Willis?

2012-08-23T19:59:00.002-04:00

Obama

"Yes I can! I can make the sound of a choo-choo train and that is why I should get a second term."

Big bad cleric dude from the evil empire in the Middle East

"Oh stop it, you are too much. A martyr's death to you all. No, I really mean it."

Biden being Biden

"Hurry somebody put a drink in the hand before I say something stupid. Ah too late."

Obama of the Corn

"Yes, this corn field can be compared to my administration the last four years, all burned up. Hey wait, who put that in the prompter? Has anyone ever heard of shovel ready?"

Leon

Images: Drudge Report

Everyone?

2012-08-22T20:38:00.000-04:00

Obama: Everyone wants to be us

(An American fairytale)

By DONOVAN SLACK |

8/8/12 7:08 PM EDT

DENVER -- The president took American exceptionalism to a whole new level Wednesday by suggesting that not only is the United States the greatest nation on earth, but every other country wants to be us. (We will see in November if America shares his vision. I don't want to be like him. I want a free and independent America with limited governmental intrusion into my personal life. I don't want a government that believes in wealth redistribution, that is not their responsibility. They should be providing a setting that increases it's citizen's wealth not destroys it.)

"...[W]e’ve still got the best workers in the world. We’ve got the best entrepreneurs in the world. (We won't if we keep going down the socialist path, don't fool your self America. Freedom to choose allows us to be great, using your own assets the way you choose makes us great, not big government with more and more regulations and taxes. Don't believe me ask the fellows that make incandescent light bulbs or the folks who mine coal.) We’ve got the best scientists and researchers in the world, the best colleges, and the best universities in the world," he said at a campaign rally in Colorado. "We’re still a young nation, and we’ve got the greatest diversity of talent and ingenuity, and people want to come here from every corner of the globe. (Until we become like Europe where more and more people don't want to live because they keep taking more and more of their personal property away to build utopias, look at Greece, France, and Great (or the Not So Great) Britain, they are a mess at best and this bonehead admires their style of government.)

(Also on POLITICO: Obama makes a play for women in Colorado)
"So no matter what the naysayers tell us, no matter how dark the other side tries to make things look (They look dark because you have failed. Your policies are a disaster, your philosophy has been proven to fail every where it has been implemented in the world but you continue to march us toward complete and utter failure Mr. President) the fact is there is not another country on earth that would not gladly trade places with the United States of America.” (How about Australia, Switzerland, or China who owns a great deal of our debt and Japan who owns another large chunk? Do you think they really want to change places, I think not!)

A curious bit of hyperbole (Bull slinging) when one considers that Muslim countries have a decidedly negative view of America. In a recent Pew survey, disapproval of the United States was above 70 percent in Egypt, Turkey and Pakistan and hit 86 percent in Jordan. (When is this community organizer going to wake up and realize that he failed and should do the honorable thing and resign. Mr. President go back to Chicago and organize it. We in Michigan would love you organizing Chicago like you did Washington since Detroit could use all the help it can get in a competitive world.)

Leon

Free and Independent America, limited government, and opportunity for all who desire it, now play ball!

Capitalism at Work (Azenic)

2012-08-21T19:08:00.000-04:00

Here is a novel idea and product that could use some help getting noticed. Dentist dudes pay attention because I am talking to you. Why do so many of you resist change? I am glad some of you do adapt to change other wise the dental experience might be much like the pictures below.

Ancient dental drill"Say ugh!"

Thank God anesthesia has changed

Medical professionals (You know the guys that play golf on Tuesdays and Thursdays, drive sports cars and tell you not to smoke and that you need to lose weight, yes you guessed it doctors) have been using disposable surgery products for years but you fellows in the field of dentistry still use metallic hand pieces (i.e. dental drills for us not in the profession) that are cleaned and used again and again, patient after patient. After I learned about this disposable hand piece (i.e. dental drill) product and that it is used once on me and no one else I got a warm and fuzzy feeling about this new dental innovation. Thank you innovative people at Azenic.

Learn more about these smart people and their product click here: http://azenic.com/

Leon

Images: Yahoo Images

Smart new product: Azenic

P.S. just in case you are wondering about the pink guy above, stop wondering. He is a warm and fuzzy feeling.

Disclosure: I am not a paid spokesman for Azenic. I am just exercising common sense, which by the way comes in spurts with me.

Obama, "The Man of Steal"

2012-08-20T06:48:00.000-04:00

Obama, "The Man of Steal!"

Today's blog is brought to you by the letter O and the Man of Steal.

Can you think of some words or a combination of words that start with O boys and girls?

I will help you start the list:

Over sized ego
Out of touch
Oath breaker (You know not defending the U.S. Constitution)
Obedience (What A king demands of his subjects)
Obey (What one should do under a dictator)
Obliterate the America Dream
Obsessive with media control
Obvious that he really isn't qualified
Offshoot of Carl Marx

I started the list now you can finish it. Have fun live free.

Leon

Images: Yahoo Images

What Ya Talkin about Willis?

2012-08-17T06:53:00.003-04:00

Eric Holder

"My only regret is that I got caught with the Fast and Furious program."

President Obama

"And there goes my job!"

Romney telling Ryan about his new role

"You will have a leash about this long."

Bidden taking political contributions from a supporter

"Is this birthday money or was this one of your wedding gifts? Oh, your son's piggy bank money, what a good mother you are."

Leon

Images: Yahoo Images and Drudge Report

2012-08-16T19:53:00.000-04:00

You folks that read my blog know that I like thinking outside of the box. Heck I haven't even seen the box in such a long time, is it still square? Let's face it there really isn't a box that has ever been able to contain me, just ask some of my ex-principals. I was in detention so often I thought I might have a wing of the school named after me but I was never contained in those four walls I would escape mentally.

That is me sitting on the box, not in the box

So as I was looking at the photo of a Chick-fil-A I began to ponder not pander and I asked my self, "Self does hate really have a taste?" Self didn't answer so it's up to me to help myself. Doesn't self help start with self? Judge me if you must, I don't care.

SelfMe

Well let's explore this issue in detail. The tagging says, "Taste Like Hate". Let's ask our selves the true question, does hate even have a taste. If hate does have a taste what does it taste like? Is hate salty, is it sweet, or is it a combination of both like sweet and sour soup? Does hate have texture, maybe it is crunchy? If hate was a food would it come in bit size bars, could you get it in a family pack so the whole family could partake of it or would it be like Lean Cuisine and you would get just enough hate for one setting for one person. Is hate for formal dinning or casual dinning, should it be served with wine or served as an appetizer? Who knew hate was so complex?

Is hate equally distributed or should it be experienced solo? Is hate better in groups? If I hate you but you don't hate me does it still work? And what if you are a smoker are your taste buds dulled to hate so you can't get the full enjoyment of it? I have heard from people who smoked and after they quit smoking they say things seem to taste better. Could hate ever taste good in any setting?

I think I got it. Hate taste bitter. Hate is destructive to those that retain it. Is one guys opinion really hate? For one person to have an opinion that is not favored by another and call it hate (i.e. gay marriage) in a country that stands on the principle of free speech seems ridiculous to me. If I don't like what someone is saying I don't listen, I don't hate them, all citizens of this land are entitled to their own view points whether we like it or not.

I don't like pornography but I don't hate the people who produce it. The porn dudes say it is their right to create and distribute their product under the right of free speech however a owner that makes chicken sandwiches that doesn't agree with gay marriage and states so is hated. Who really is doing more damage to it's citizens the purveyor of chicken that doesn't like gay marriage or the industry that promotes promiscuity, sexual corruption of our youth, and the abuse of women? When was the last time your read an article of a porn studio being tagged, "Porn is Hate"? I guess it is easier to hate a chicken sandwich than legalized prostitution after all the chicken might leave a bad taste in your mouth while porn just corrupts America's mind and soul.

Leon

Images: Drudge Report, Yahoo Images