If a bill that comes out of Congress in June ever passes and is signed into law, then a new federal bureaucracy would be formed to manage the complicated new tax called cap & trade.  This would be all to pacify the Global Warming pessimists here and abroad. And then to drastically raise taxes on gasoline. Can you say five to eight dollars a gallon? Does that sound like a plan to you?  I certainly don’t think so.

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I don’t have any kids yet, but have plenty of nieces and nephews.  This video that I found is pretty funny, and I hope that you laugh as much as I did.

Today, I started on the path to my Bachelors Degree in Accounting.  I just finished my Associates, two weeks ago.  This is a long road ahead, because it seems so far away.  At the same time, it is a short road, because it will only take me about two years to finish up.  If I don’t take any time off, then I should have my degree August 2010.

Since I currently do not have a job, I was able to go with my Mom and Step-Dad to the Cache Valley Rendezvous.  We left on Thursday the 22nd of May, and got back today the 26th of May.  It was a blast even though it did rain some of the time.  While you are at your own campsite, you don’t really do anything special, but when you go into the “town”, you dress up like a “Mountain Man”. 

The first day that we went into town, I did not have anything, so I had to borrow a shirt that looked like a mountain man shirt from my Step-Dad, and I also borrowed a hat.  I have some stuff ready now so that I will be somewhat ready for the next rendezvous, because when we went into the town, I bought a felt hat, a leather strand and some beads. 

Kim, my Step-Dad, gave me his old belt.  Then after we got back to camp, he had some rawhide that he used to make me a bag to hold my Fire Starter kit. I of course do not have everything for a full mountain man outfit, but I will buy something new each time I go.  There are a couple rendezvous that my parents go to; one of them is in Cache Valley, Utah, and the other is in Bridger, Wyoming. 

I had tons of fun, and can’t wait for the next one.  Cache Valley is usually on Memorial Day weekend, and I think we will skip that one next year so that we can save up for the one in Bridger.  It doesn’t really cost very much to camp there, the expensive part is the gas to get there.

I will post some pictures, once I get them uploaded off my camera.

Self-made billionaire J.R. Simplot died Sunday in his Boise, Idaho home from natural causes. His rise to wealth and fortune was unheard of. At the age of 14, he dropped out of the eigth grade, and left home after getting into a fight with his father.

Simplot’s entrepreneurial life began while he paid only $1 per day for room and board in a little hotel in Declo, Idaho. At his death, he and his family were ranked 284^th on Forbes’ list of The World’s Billionaires.

To Read more please visit, Forbes.

I was pretty happy tonight.  David Cook is the new American Idol.  From the very beginning of the season, I knew that David Cook would be the winner.  I also predicted the finale would be both of the David’s.  I was right on both accounts.  I think Archuleta was good, and had a awesome sound, but I just don’t think that he would have been as successful as David Cook.  The reason I think Cook is so much of a better choice, because throughout the season, He was able to adapt himself to just about every type of music. 

I am definitly a fan, and will purchase his CD when it comes out.

Last week, I wrote about how I disliked favoritism in the workplace.  Well, now I have to continue on with that.  I lost my job the next day, due to termination.  I think that favoritism had to do with this.  I had an experience over 6 months ago, where things went bad.  I was pulled into the manager’s office, and was told not to let it happen again.  So, I continued with the daily duties of my job, and didn’t let anything happen.  When I was taken into the manager’s office, they played a called where a guy called in a started swearing, and yelling.  I asked him to keep it professional, he continued to yell.  The call was dropped or disconnected some how.  The manager thought that I hung up on the guy, so she fired me. 

However, I don’t think that I was fired for that.  I think deep down inside the reason that I was fired was because I was not meeting the sales goals.  One thing about that company is, that if you are not meeting goal, then they don’t really care about you.  You are only cared about if you are making goals.  The whole time that I was there, I never felt like I was given any kind of “Thanks” or “Hey, Good Job”.  The only people that got that were either at goal, or above goal.

Sister Lindsey Spjute, a Missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, had been serving in Birmingham, England.  She was from Farmington, Utah.  She died while jogging with her companion.Â	Sister Lindsey Spjute
Sister Karen Ann Deschamps, from St. George, UT, had been serving with her husband, Elder Randall Deschamps, in Kirtland, OH.  She died in a car accident. Elder Deschamps remains in critical condition.Â	Elder Randall Deschamps and Sister Karen Ann Deschamps
Instead, of serving returning home with their families at the conclusion of their missionary labors, they have been released from their mortal mission early and returning home to that God who gave them life.  They were valiant soldiers in the battle of souls.  They will be missed by their family and friends.
For more information, visit KSL.com story on Sis. Spjute, and KSL.com story on Elder & Sis. Deschamps

A friend’s blog has the same tribute, but I would like to also post it to my blog.

I share this for two reasons.  The first, is because I served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Oklahoma. And the second reason, is just because I think it is a little bit weird.

In Muskogee, Oklahoma, a nineteen year old has been elected as the city’s new mayor.  This is probably the youngest mayor that I have ever seen or heard of.  Also in this town, the Mayor is an unpaid position.

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There is one thing in the workplace that I really have a problem with, and that is favoritism. Seeing workplace favoritism is one of the most demotivating things that I deal with on a daily basis.

In the workplace, it can refer to when someone - or perhaps a group of people - appear to be treated better than others and not necessarily for reasons related to superior work performance. 

Favoritism in the workplace might result in this person being promoted faster than others unfairly, being paid more to do the same job as others, being given more leeway to come and go during the day as they please, that sort of thing. This is very evident in my profession.  I work in a call center, and we are given a “bank” of sick time.  Once that is used up, then any future sick time is without pay and you are supposed to make up that time during the work week.  There are so many people that get away with using excess sick time, just because they know the right people.  They are allowed to take the time off, and not have to make up the time. 

This same employee that uses excessive amounts of sick time, comes in to work late almost every day.  Usually it is not just 5 minutes late, she tends to be closer to 10 or 15 minutes late.  However, one of my friends got fired from this same job, because he was late one or two times.  If you know the right people, then this is very easy to get away with these kind of things.