Dean Parisian Chippewa Partners

Prayer for your life.............

2009-07-06T15:51:00.001-04:00

A Rabbi dies and is waiting in line to enter heaven. In front of him is a guy dressed in a loud shirt, leather jacket, jeans and sunglasses.

Gabriel addresses this guy, "I need to know who you are so that I can determine whether or not to admit you to the Kingdom of Heaven?"

The guy replies, "I'm Moishe Levy, taxi driver."

Gabriel consults his list, smiles and says to the taxi driver, "OK. Take this silken robe and golden staff and enter the Kingdom of Heaven."

Now it's the Rabbi's turn. He stands upright and says, "I am Benjamin Himmelfarb and I had been Rabbi forty years."

Gabriel looks at his list and says to the Rabbi, "OK. Take this cotton robe and wooden staff and enter the Kingdom of Heaven."

"Hold on a minute," says Rabbi Himmelfarb, "that man before me was a taxi driver - why did he get a silken robe and golden staff?"

"Up here, we only work by results," says Gabriel. "While you preached, people slept - but while he drove, people prayed."

This weekend.........

2009-07-06T15:23:00.002-04:00

It will be great to get back in the water at LaJolla Cove. It's been 20 years since the LaJolla offices of Drexel Burnham Lambert were locked forever. In some ways it seems like yesterday.

Why politicians are the worlds worst actors

2009-07-06T15:22:00.001-04:00

"A lot of people think actors make good liars, but really, they have to be the most honest people in the world. It's their job."

-Daphne Ashbrook

The Goon Squad at Work..........

2009-07-05T17:17:00.002-04:00

Vice President Joe Biden says the Obama administration "misread how bad the economy was" but stands by its stimulus package and believes the plan will create more jobs as the pace of its spending picks up.

What rock did the Vice-President crawl out from?

His econ classes pbviously weren't very good at getting him "book smarts" on how the economy works. Americans foot the trillions for their "misreading" and it's life as usual inside the Beltway. Joe taking one for the Commander-in-Lies.

Ted Nugent Talks, July 4, 2009

2009-07-05T10:48:00.000-04:00

NUGENT: 'It's Independence Day, But Only For Those Of Us Who Refuse To Be Eaten By Fedzilla' - July 4, 2009

Legendary rocker Ted Nugent has penned the following "Fourth Of July" essay:

"As the stunned and defeated British army marched out of Yorktown, their band appropriately played the song 'A World Turned Upside Down'.

"Our forefathers pledged their lives and fortunes to fight and defeat the world's mightiest army and give birth to America. Our victory over King George was the greatest military upset in the annals of human history. George Washington believed our amazing victory was a result of divine providence.

"The dream of limited government, personal freedom and liberty, rugged individualism, and self-sufficiency that our forefathers fought and died for is rapidly disappearing in 2009. It is once again a world turned upside down.

"Our federal government is turning into the very type of heavy-handed, unaccountable, and disrespectful government our forefathers despised, fought against, and warned us to avoid. Too few Americans know and appreciate this critically important piece of American history. Shame on them.

"Instead of heeding the warnings of our forefathers, we have embraced big government and both political parties have been more than happy to give it to us over the past 45 years, thereby making us more dependent on Fedzilla — the federal beast with a voracious appetite for our tax dollars, and intentionally creating dependency and control. We are once again becoming subjects, not citizens.

"Fedzilla is the most unresponsive, unaccountable, bloated and ineffective bureaucratic nightmare the world has ever witnessed. It punishes the producers and risk-takers while rewarding the simpletons it has conned into believing it is helping. Fedzilla is the enemy of the free market and freedom.

"Instead of allowing the free market to correct itself, Fedzilla meddles in the free market and makes things worse. I give you Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. Using our tax dollars, Fedzilla has purchased General Motors, and bailed out AIG and other financial institutions.

"Fedzilla pushed through an unauthorized trillion-dollar economic stimulus bill that not one elected representative read before voting on it. Regardless what legal nuance or loophole some Fedzillacrat lawyer could point to in our constitution or court decision that allows for such grotesque meddling and spending, I adamantly believe this level of federal meddling and control was not the dream of our forefathers.

"And guess what? It’s not working. Our economy would recover more and faster if Congress repealed the phony 'stimulus' and get out of the way of free market capitalism.

"In the latest of initiatives that 'we must solve immediately,' President Obama wants to Fedzillarize the health-care industry. Placing your health and trust in the bureaucratic hands of Fedzilla is analogous to asking a drunk driver for a ride. Fedzilla will destroy your health. It creates cancer, does not cure it.

"We are witnessing what large government will do to its citizens and to itself if left virtually unchecked. Due to unsustainable and out-of-control 'budgets,' the state of California is on verge of a financial meltdown. Other states such as New York are not far behind. Fedzilla will ultimately collapse under its own weight because the socialism model it is built upon is ultimately unsustainable. However, the social, economic, and cultural carnage it will cause to America until it collapses will be catastrophic. Free men and women are horrified.

"Higher taxes and more government ultimately lead to economic genocide. Alternatively, lower taxes, less government, and more independence lead to prosperity for all who are willing to take advantage of it. Our forefathers who threw the tea over the side of the ship in Boston Harbor knew this. The people who attended the Tea Parties this past April know it. Do you?

"Sometime during your Dependence Day celebration, you should take a few moments and read the Declaration of Independence aloud to your children, relatives and guests. Read it slowly and let the words sink in. When finished, reflect for a moment on our forefathers who bravely signed their names to it, thereby signing their own death warrant.

"Think about that. They were willing to die for the chance at limited federal
government, independence, freedom and liberty. They didn't fight and die for freedom so you could have Fedzilla housing, food, transportation and health care.

"To my fellow Americans who still cherish the dream of our founding fathers, I wish you a wonderful and Happy Independence Day. To those of you who are willing to compromise your liberty and freedom in the hopes that Fedzilla will provide you an artificial blanket of security, enjoy your Dependence Day.

"I'm a free man — a citizen, not a subject — who still hears the distant ringing of the Liberty Bell. Don't tread on me and I won't be forced to Ted on you. Be forewarned: push me too far at your own peril."

Foreign reciprocity.......

2009-06-26T09:50:00.000-04:00

A warning to people from Nigeria; if you get an email from Washington D.C asking for money, it's a scam.

The Gloved One.........

2009-06-26T08:10:00.002-04:00

The Coroner is determining what to put on Michael Jackson's death certificate, black or white?

Thanks for the music Mr. Jackson. I hope your people did a great job in planning and providing for the welfare of your children.

Pure and patently false doo-doo............

2009-06-25T15:42:00.004-04:00

Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke on Thursday said he is confident the central bank can exit its rescue programs while keeping inflation in check.

Yo, Mr. Ben, you can't have it both ways. You can't stimulate/spend and then cut back overnight on the trillions. Your lies will come back to haunt you when this inflationary spiral gets going. No one gets out of a recession by government spending. It was asswipes like Barney Frank (government employee) and Franklin Raines (quasi-government employee) that allowed the likes of Stan O'Neil of Merrill Lynch fame and Jimmy "asleep at the bridge table as to his firms risk" Cayne of Bear Stearns that helped bring this baby down.

Those fat cats and the countless thousands upon thousands of church-going citizens who inflated loan documents, lied on mortgage applications and pumped up real estate valuations at the bank along with some shady real estate agents and deals.

All in all, yet just another reason to read John Bogle's book, "Enough".

Montana wins ..............

2009-06-24T11:32:00.003-04:00

Three cowboys were seated around the campfire out on the lonesome sagebrush prairie and with the pride for which these men were famous; it was a night of bravado, a night of tall tales.

Vern, the hand from Wyoming says, 'I must be the strongest, meanest, toughest cowboy there is. Why, just the other day, a bull got loose in the corral. It gored six men before I wrestled it to the ground by the horns with my bare hands and castrated that sucker with my teeth.'

Larry, from Colorado, couldn't stand to be bested. 'That's nothing, I was walking down the trail yesterday and a 10 foot Diamondback rattler slid out from under a rock and made a move for me. I grabbed that bastard with my bare hands, bit off its head, and sucked the poison down in one gulp and didn't even get a belly ache.'

Old grizzled-faced Dean, the cowboy from Montana, remained silent, slowly stirring the campfire coals with his pecker.

Sickness that needs reform.........

2009-06-23T18:04:00.001-04:00

NEW YORK (June 23) -- Hundreds of New York City public school teachers accused of offenses ranging from insubordination to sexual misconduct are being paid their full salaries to sit around all day playing Scrabble, surfing the Internet or just staring at the wall, if that's what they want to do.

Because their union contract makes it extremely difficult to fire them, the teachers have been banished by the school system to its "rubber rooms" — off-campus office space where they wait months, even years, for their disciplinary hearings.

The 700 or so teachers can practice yoga, work on their novels, paint portraits of their colleagues — pretty much anything but school work. They have summer vacation just like their classroom colleagues and enjoy weekends and holidays through the school year.

Health.........

2009-06-23T13:06:00.004-04:00

Health care reform won't work. America doesn't want to be healthy. Look around. Look at how America eats. Look how America exercises. Look at what the youth of America do for their entertainment. Where are the incentives for making your health better? Subsidizing tobacco farmers for cigarette manufacture will make America healthier? Where are the health care providers going to come from, Mars?

Your health is your responsibility, not the governments, and for sure not mine.

Cash for Clunkers

2009-06-23T13:03:00.001-04:00

More change, more "gubment" waste.

Capitalism is headed for the hills.

So much talk, so much money, so little truth

2009-06-23T12:37:00.002-04:00

Listening to the President today talk about expecting his health care reform to bring down the cost of health care is very similiar to expecting the Easter Bunny to show up at the door.

Loaded.............

2009-06-22T19:35:00.000-04:00

I was once asked by a lady visiting if I had a gun in the house. To which I said I did. She said, "Well, I certainly hope it isn't loaded!" To which I said, of course it is loaded, can't work without bullets. She then asked, "Are you that afraid of someone evil coming into your house?" My reply was, "No, not at all. I am not afraid of the house catching fire either, but I have fire extinguishers around and THEY ARE ALL LOADED."

On parental oversight............

2009-06-17T22:02:00.001-04:00

A 6 year old and a 4 year old are upstairs in their bedroom. 'You know what?' says the 6 year old. 'I think it's about time we started cussing.

The 4 year old nods his head in approval. The 6 year old continues, 'When we go downstairs for breakfast, I'm gonna say something with hell and you say something with ass..'

The 4 year old agrees with enthusiasm. When the mother walks into the kitchen and asks the 6 year old what he wants for breakfast, he replies, 'Aw, hell, Mom, I guess I'll have some Cheerios.'

WHACK! He flies out of his chair, tumbles across the kitchen floor, gets up, and runs upstairs crying his eyes out, with his mother in hot pursuit, slapping his rear with every step. His mom locks him in his room and shouts, 'You can stay there until I let you out!'

She then comes back downstairs, looks at the 4 year old and asks with a stern voice, 'And what do YOU want for breakfast, young man?'

'I don't know', he blubbers, 'but you can bet your fat ass it won't be Cheerios!'

Beautiful, just beautiful........

2009-06-17T17:06:00.002-04:00

If this weren't true it might be laughable. Only in the United States is there such waste.

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=7415354

Gerald Walpin

2009-06-17T13:16:00.001-04:00

A true American. Doing the right thing for America.

A fine example of the lack of "character" found in this Administration.

Cowboy Justice, Cowboy Ethics.........

2009-06-17T07:54:00.000-04:00

A Cowboy's View on Terrorism

Buck Lynn, a west texas working cowboy was being interviewed on a local radio station about an upcoming ranch rodeo when the radio host asked him what thought about the allegations of torture of suspected terrorists.

His reply prompted a standing ovation from those in the audience with numerous people calling in to agree.

HIS STATEMENT:

'If hooking up one rag-head terrorist prisoner's testicles to a car battery to get the truth out of the lying little camelshagger will save just one American life, then I have only three things to say,'

"Red is positive, black is negative, and make sure his nuts are wet."

Another reason for mandatory gun ownership

2009-06-15T12:09:00.000-04:00

Remember the average response time to a 911 call is over 4 minutes.

The average response time of a .357 magnum is 1400 FPS.

Reasons to Fire Your Stockbroker

2009-06-15T10:48:00.000-04:00

Your stock broker is not a fiduciary. Their best interests are not your best interests. They are employees of brokerage firms who work for the benefit of their brokerage firm, not your financial outcome.

Your stockbroker’s fancy title is not awarded for achieving above average investment results for clients’, it is for charging clients big fees and commissions no matter how well your portfolio performed.

Do you think it’s responsible and prudent to trust your “financial life” in retirement and your portfolio and serious money to a salesman rather than a fiduciary like the investment management firm of Chippewa Partners?

Stockbrokers worry about generating income for themselves, before worrying about your results. If they don’t, they lose their job even if market conditions warrant doing nothing with your portfolio. They still need to churn your assets.

Last time we checked, stockbrokers who call themselves financial planners are usually far more concerned with planning their commissions and fees from your portfolio rather than planning your financial future.

When was the last time your broker made any serious money for you or any money at all? Brokers are not trained to trade stocks, they are trained to gather assets and sell investment products. Few brokers have made themselves serious money in the stock market.

A stockbroker's goals are based on "gross production sales credits" which are the fees and commissions charged to clients and not the performance of their client’s investments.

If your brokers are so successful at investing, why are they still working for a brokerage firm and not independently or better yet, why are they still working to generate commissions instead of working at a money management firm on a performance basis?

An area of investing where huge fees are still “hidden” is in annuities. If your stockbroker wants your assets in annuities you better think again. Remember, studies show that most brokerage firm clients think their broker is “free” because he never sends them a bill.

A financial advisor compensated via commissions is really a salesman with huge conflicts of interest with the client and it is in his best interests to keep his client ignorant.

High Quality Stocks...........

2009-06-15T09:54:00.002-04:00

Day after day, year after year I hear the mavens on financial TV tout how they only buy "high quality" stocks and stay away from "low quality" stocks.

Let me be very clear on the amount of risk one should incur in owning either high or low quality cars, wives, bonds, guns, boats or stocks.

Risk should be the amount of money you are willing to lose on the trade before you exit the trade. To that end one must only trade in a "liquid" market. As a matter of full disclosure wives are not liquid.

When high quality stocks go down as much as low quality stocks in normal market corrections and when low quality stocks go up faster in the next up-leg of the market who decides what is high and what is low. Isn't high quality what goes up and low quality what doesn't go up or goes down?

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls. They all are risky. Control the risk. Decide how much you can stomach to lose on paper before you exit the trade. Simple.

Fathers Day gift ideas.........

2009-06-12T09:18:00.002-04:00

SEATTLE, Jun 12, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- With Father's Day rapidly approaching, Lard Butt LLC (), an apparel and lifestyle company for below-average athletes and weekend warriors, today announced that it has published its 'Ten WORST Father's Day Gift Ideas' on its popular LardBlog () discussion forum. Lard Butt also announced a Father's Day promotion in which it will include a free 'Lard Butt Golf' shirt with any and all orders made on its site prior to midnight Pacific Time on Father's Day: Sunday, June 21. Among Lard Butt's 'Ten WORST Father's Day Gift Ideas' are: -- Any lawnmower lacking a comfortable seat and beverage holder -- A Tupperware Party -- To-do Lists.

Lard Butt is an apparel and lifestyle company dedicated to below-average athletes, providing 'athletic apparel for the rest of us,' along with an online hub for Lard Butts everywhere to exchange stories, photos, and more. In an era when overpaid professional athletes are making headlines for steroid use, fistfights, and pouting over $5 million-per-year salaries, Lard Butt celebrates those of us who just want to get into the game -- even if we get severely winded getting TO the game! We don't need steroids to have fun; mostly, we just need something to eat!

This is not education

2009-06-12T07:54:00.001-04:00

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Thursday, June 11, 2009

A principal has resigned and an assistant principal is under investigation at a DeKalb County school implicated by the state in a possible test cheating probe.

Former Atherton Elementary School Principal James Berry and Assistant Principal Doretha Alexander now face accusations of cheating from system officials.

“Atherton is a great school. It’s got great students. It’s got great teachers,” DeKalb chief deputy superintendent Robert Moseley said in an interview Thursday afternoon.

Moseley said no student and “no teacher has been implicated in this mess. It’s all the principal and assistant principal. Cheating? Yes, and that is an understatement. It’s the students who were cheated by the administrators.”

According to state and local officials, preliminary audit results by the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement reveal that someone at Atherton and three other Georgia schools deliberately changed students’ answers last summer on fifth-grade standardized math retests.

At Atherton, half of the DeKalb school’s fifth-graders failed a yearly state test in the spring. When the 32 students took retests, not only did every one of them pass — 26 scored at the highest level.

Economic Reality..............

2009-06-12T07:29:00.001-04:00

Recession is when your neighbor loses his job.

Depression is when you lose yours.

Recovery is when Obama and his administration leave the White House.

Ken Lewis

2009-06-11T10:37:00.003-04:00

Today's interrogation of Ken Lewis by the esteemed panel of Congressional misfits deserves it's place in the YouTube Hall of Fame.

This much is clear. The lack of clarity and "smarts" in the analysis of economic reality shows just how little the guys at the top understand.

Only the lobbyists know. Or those on sabbatical from Goldman Sachs.