Believe: Part Three (Labor Policy)

Ah statistics. Really helps me open my mind and think clearly... about what I want to blog about next. I'm glad that I am given the opportunity to learn about all of this fascinating material... like Believe In America. Here comes the Labor Policy section!
[Ed. Note: There was no child slavery used in the making of this blog. What do you think I am? Apple?]

Investment Opportunity

The Mega Millions jackpot is at the highest it has ever been. It has reached $500 million dollars. Let's look at this from an analytical standpoint. The jackpot is available two ways, in payments over 26 years or as a single lump sum. If you choose the lump sum option, the jackpot is lowered to $359 million. The odds are 176 million to 1, and each ticket costs $1. Therefore, if you have the money, you could buy a ticket for every possible outcome, and still come out ahead. Even after taxes, the $500 million jackpot over 26 years would settle out at approximately $250-300 million. So your $176 million investment earned you 42% interest over 26 years, on the low end. That is not factoring in the interest rate you could get at a bank off-shore annually. The lump sum option however, would return approximately $175-200 million after taxes; not worth the money that you are putting up. I've got $75. Who wants to throw in the other $175,999,925?

Believe: Part Three (Energy Policy)

Here comes the Energy Policy for Mitt Romney's Believe, which I am sure included three parts: Drill, Keep Drilling, and Why Did You Stop Drilling?

Restoring Faith In Athletes

Athletes are seen as the biggest cry-babies of the world: the guys that will complain about not making $8 million a year. However, there are stories about athletes who, every now and then who do good with their money, and take less money to come back to a team that they love. Amid all of his downfalls, Chad Ochocinco is one of these athletes.

Cyanide and Happiness of The Week

Before I head off to the mountain for some skiing, here is the Cyanide and Happiness of the Week.

Believe: Part Three (Trade Policy)

Now that I am on Spring Break and can take a little break, it is time to finish up Believe. After a dominant win in Illinois, it is becoming clearer and clearer it will be a Romney and Obama election. What about this newcomer Kony? Well the whole Kony 2012 movement could work out well for him. He has a great poster and logo, but I just don't think he can pull it off this late in the election season. Maybe Kony 2011 would have worked out better for him. Anyways, here is the Trade Policy chapter of Part Three and a Mitt Romney music video.

The Marketplace

I had a sudden bout of inspiration and wrote a short story. Heavy on the short. It is only about 240(ish) words. It is called The Marketplace. Enjoy.

Learning To Fly

It is common knowledge that the first flight was done by the Wright Brothers in North Carolina. People had done the damndest things to try and fly before them, but what is not so common knowledge is that the Hansler family has done some crazy things too. For three generations, from grandfather to grandson, the Hansler clan has attempted to fly.

Too Short For A Blog III

Romney is coming back I swear, but I got more hours at work, so that is huge. With my recent speeding ticket, car going into the shop, and my taxes due in a month, any penny is needed. Until then, you will just have to settle with some fill-in-with-whatever-is-on-my-mind. Up tonight is Kony, Andy Pettitte's return and the beginning of Santorum's run through the South.

Cyanide and Happiness of the Week

Here is your Cyanide and Happiness of the week. Don't plan on anything new until at least Thursday night because I have three tests in between now and then. Not fun. But this did really cheer me up...

Skiing at Northstar

Over the weekend, I went to Northstar-at-Tahoe for some skiing. It was amazing, despite there only being a little over 50" of snow. It was a sunny and just perfect conditions. At Northstar, they have people at the top of lifts and at some of the jumps who are taking pictures. They take said pictures and then link them with your lift pass electronically and then you can access them online. They cost an extravagant amount of money -- just like everything else at Northstar -- to own, but none to take a screen shot of and then post to your blog. Oops. Shouldn't have said that. Pictures and synopsis of the day after the jump.

Believe: Part Three (Regulatory Policy)

It's back baby! I think I can finally take a breath and finish up the Regulatory Policy in Part Three. So where did we leave off? Oh yeah, the economy is in shambles and Romney blamed it on the black guy. Typical. To the regulations!

Cyanide and Happiness of the Week

So to hold you over until I finish the next part of Romney's Believe (hopefully today or tomorrow), here is a Cyanide and Happiness of the Week.

Another First

Here is another first: I am going to openly trash someone. This is going to be vulgar and mean, just to prepare you. I have a lot of work and tests in the upcoming few days so the posts may be sporadic. I will be back for the rest of Mitt Romney's Believe In America book in just a few days.

Just A Thought

Why, when people are suicidal, do they become melancholy? I understand that oftentimes it can spring from depression; however, once you hit a point where you are going to kill yourself, why not do everything? Go jump off a cliff into a body of water; drive faster than you ever have; find the biggest hill you can and board down it; jump out of an airplane; learn to ride a motorcycle; ride that motorcycle too fast; go car surfing; BASE jump off a canyon side; enjoy toasting some bread in the bath; go skiing in an avalanche; go white water rafting; mountain bike down a mountain; because hey, if you crash or things don't go as planned? You were planning on dying anyways. And through all of this maybe you will fall in love with life again, and see that there is something worth living for.

Part Three: Mitt Romney's Plan (Tax Policy)

Now that we have gotten past all of the fluff of the introduction, the assessment of America in our economic crisis and the "failure's" of President Obama we can move on to Romney's Plan. This is the bulk of the book that he has released and should be the most interesting. So without further ado, here is the first section of Part Three: Tax Policy.

Too Short For A Blog II

So I still can't keep my train of thought running and on track, so here are a few more short posts that I collaged together. SPOILER ALERT: There is a little video bonus after the jump. Also on the list for this one is the historic US soccer win over Italy and the bump in car sales in February.

Part Two: President Obama's Failure

Damn, we are just moving right along! We are already on Part Two and so far we have learned that Romney is literate and conservative. Learning new things already! All joking aside, congratulations to Romney for winning Michigan and Arizona yesterday. Gained him back some momentum and slowed Santorum's roll as we move along to Super Tuesday. Now, back to the economic plan!
Previous Installments: Introduction and Part One