America Is Not The Cause Of Your Problems!

Get over it.

Normally I stay clear of sex, religion and politics on this blog.
It's for good reason but today I'm breaking that rule.

I've been watching the economic meltdown, as is everybody but
I'm noticing a trend that has me setting up this rant.
Everybody seems to blame the US for their own economic problems
and that's what pisses me off.

Get a damn life! No matter what country we're talking about,
when citizens of the US were buying your cheap ass products, you
didn't have a problem with us.

When your governments wanted to 'borrow' money you knew damned
well you had no way of paying back, and the US ponied-up to help
your ass out your own mess, you didn't have a problem with us.

When your 'wealthy' classes wanted to stop paying taxes in
their home country because they got tired of being 'raped and
pillaged at will', the US was a safe haven and no one had a bad
word to say about it - didn't have a problem with us then
either.

And for my fellow Americans - Stop the effing whining! Times
have been tough in one way or another, for some more than
others, for years. We've always come back and now is no damned
different!

Instead of relying on the government or the military to solve
your problems, get off your ass and solve them yourself! You
made them, so take the consequences of your actions.

Instead of acting 'brain dead stupid' over the latest cell
phone, get off the phone and help clean up your own neighborhood.

Hate the drug dealers and gang-banger-wannabes at your kid's
schools? Get off your lazy ass and support the cops who are
trying to get them off the streets and out of the schools!

Instead of running to the welfare office every generation to ask
for a handout, get off your ass and start digging the ditches
immigrants are working daily to feed their families!

Instead of complaining about businesses closing, which you can't
do a damned thing about - get off your -owe me- ass and create
a business that provides jobs.

Instead of spending your time looking for easy money and lottery
winnings, attend a parent-teacher event at your child's school
so we don't have to wonder why the Spelling Bee has turned into
a Spelling Can't!

Pissed off? Not enough because if you were really pissed off and
tired of the stupidity, you would do something about what you see
happening in your own back yard.

It's easy to point fingers, blame everybody and everything else
for your problems. The hard part it seems is getting your hands
dirty to help be part of the solution.

Should we create more jails isn't the issue. Should we come
together and believe in our country enough to help get back on
our feet is the issue.

Black, white, red, brown, purple or green - we're all in this
together! No one is immune and unless we intend to flap our
arms to leave, this is the battlefield we are on. Right here,
on Earth, right now.

And for those of you not in the US - Clean up your own house
before you give advice on how I need to clean mine!

Remember this - Your enemy today may be your partner tomorrow.
History repeats itself, always have and always will unless we
learn from it.


That's it for this week and I leave you with this -

The best place to find a helping hand is at the end of
your own arm.~ Anonymous

Keep Your Email Private & Clean!

Quick update.

I've noticed the 'viagra' spammers are trying to cash in on the summer
travelers and that means your inbox is going to get slammed (especially
on Yahoo, Hotmail, AOL and the like - which is where these losers
are now hanging out it seems).

Found this service I'm using that appears for now to work in
helping to keep my primary email private and inbox clean.

Give it a shot, and as always - take what you can use and
leave the rest!

My Trashy Mail

Webinar Crusher Is Live!

2 Anti-Social Nerds Do 312+ Hours Of Live Webinars

These are the marketing techniques they are currently using in 2009. Not
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for nothing - don't go there!

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Direct from the site:

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Secret #3: Higher responsive lists: One time Jason built a list with Lance Tamashiro. Size was 3,150 in ten days. First thing they did? Offered a low ticket webinar to "warm up" the list. Result? 64 testimonials, customers who have since bought nearly everything Jason has put out (and that's a lot!) and email open rates through the roof

Secret #4: The 5 minute "before webinar" preparation strategy. Robert and Jason don't plan webinars anymore. They don't have to. Instead, they follow a simple formula almost anyone could use to outline 2 hours of webinar content in only five minutes.

Secret #5: ANY stand along product you currently have (or any PLR product) can be turned into a high ticket webinar... and sold to people who already own the stand alone product (in fact, they are your best customers!)

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Secret #7: The exact format your sales letter and emails should follow to achieve the highest conversion rates for selling webinars

That's it for this week and I leave you with this -

"Faith can move mountains. Doubt can create them."~ Howard Wight

Solo's Plan B - Expect the Unexpected

Have you noticed how many people that are left holding a job probably
shouldn't have one?! After finally getting my computer back, I examined the
fiasco that got all this started, and of course it had to do with
my bank.

While attempting to use one of the bank's services, I received
an error message I hadn't seen before related to Java
that ended up being the problem (do not allow that sucker to auto-
update! Especially if you're still on XP3).

Anywho, the bank's IT department tells me "Oh, it must be a virus
on your system because it isn't anything wrong with ours." Really?

I'm not going to get into the muck of Java Runtime, if you're
any kind of tech person, you already know what happened.

Here's how they handled it: If you can't dazzle them with brilliance,
obfuscate with bullshit!

They had no idea what the problem was (instead of checking),
yet assumed everybody was scared of having a virus so that was the
expedient answer.

I hang out with black hatters (yes, those guys and gals) and was 99%
certain it wasn't a virus causing the problem.

Here's why this should bother you: When you choose online banking and there's a problem, can you trust the IT staff or department of your bank to fix it?

Tellers have no clue and those in customer service may have no idea what you're talking about - data which? Ja-what??

As a business person, don't only look to your personal banker as
the reason for choosing your bank. Ask questions about their
online banking capabilities.

Everybody promises security, but what good does online security
do you if the technical end of their service doesn't work?

When was the last time you really looked at the activity on your
bank statement?

Was that really a hacker attempt or did the IT department during one of their improvements screw up and now your banking transactions have become transparent without your knowledge? Might want to check.


I believe in 'full disclosure' and you know by know that I'm up to
naming names when it comes to business stupidity (even my own), so
here's the name of the bank: Sound Community Bank

Can I be sued?! Ask me if I care because as I've been telling you folks for years: I am a close blood relative of Jack!

That's it for today and I leave you with this -

Do what you can do with what you have, until you can get what you need to do what you want to do.