Value of a Dollar

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The humans of our country are having problems with their money. They have made all sorts of stupid decisions that have caused financial institutions to be in a world of hurt.

I have a small story about my Human's part of not knowing the value of a dollar.

Over the weekend, one of my canine room mates chewed up a dollar bill. My Human found some of it on the bed and the floor.

Today she found some more of it in some poop outside.

But she didn't try to salvage it!

mishmosh

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My Human is feeling better.

But it is still hot and stupid outside.

My Human is reading John Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath. It's taken her about 5 years, so far.

My Human found a blog she's obsessed with.

I got a paper towel tube, but Meepie took it from me.

The ants are marching 1 by 1. Hurrah. Hurrah.

I think it's stupid that the US government is eliminating analog television broadcasting.

AND I think it is stupid that the US government is giving every American human a $40 coupon to get a converter for their analog TV to be able to recieve digital signals. I can think of many things better to do with $990,000,000 the goverment has allocated to the conversion...like let the US tax paying public keep it!

Economic Stimulus Plan

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As the currency of the United States is becoming less valuable, the prices of important things like Cuzzes goes up. As a candidate for the Presidency, I am developing a plan to stimulate the economy. I will be eliminating taxes. Yes, no more income tax, sales tax, or any type of tax or tacks.

But how will I be funding the government? Well, big government is stupid. I am for making it small. There are few things that the government does successfully.

I do know, however, that there are still needs for government funding. And I do have a three part plan to raise money.

1. As I outlined in my blog entry from June 30, 2007, humans are willing to part with their money willingly if you send them an email. It helps, of course to include a cute picture and to be polite.

2. Humans are not only stupid, but gullible. They are more than willing to part with their money if you tell them that they will be better off (less stupid) if they were to give their money to someone else. You can read more about this aspect of my plan in my August 5, 2007 blog entry.

3. This is my new idea. I have seen commercials on television for companies that encourage humans to mail them their gold, silver, and platinum which the company will exchange for cash. As I've mentioned, humans are stupid and gullible. We will have them send us their gold and we can send them a picture of a cute puppy. Puppy pictures are definitely worth their weight in gold.

The real beauty of my economic plans is that they are completely voluntary! To paraphrase what P.T. Barnum once said, "No one's ever gone broke underestimating the intelligence of humans."

Stupidity Offsets

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I came up with another brilliant idea to separate stupid humans from their money. I'm now offering to sell them "stupidity offsets." I've already persuaded a bunch of humans to give me money so they will be less stupid. It's really a win/win situation. The humans feel better about themselves because they think that they are less stupid, and I have more money for my campaign!

Below are a couple of pictures of me informing the humans about this:

Appeal for Campaign Funds

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I want more money for my Presidential Campaign. I've heard that humans are very stupid and are more than willing to give their money away when they get an e-mail inviting them to. So I decided to send all humans an e-mail:



Dr Meep said that I can't be that brutally honest in my e-mail, so I revised it. You'll notice that not only am I nicer, but I put a cute picture of myself in the e-mail, too!

Human Update

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My Human is in the process of finding a new job. I just don't understand humans and their stupid jobs! My Human decided last weekend to thoroughly clean the house, getting rid of our smells and fluffs. She seemed to think that she needed to do this to put herself in the right frame of mind for her job search. My Human has posted her resume on the various well known internet job
websites. She's gotten contacts from a couple well-known national financial service companies that are located in our town. Now, there is nothing in my Human's background indicating any experience in this realm. (And she's not even all that good with her own money.) She figures that this is some sort of scam or something. If she doesn't get a job by this Monday, she intends on going to the interview. My Human thinks that it's a good idea to go to lots of interviews just for experience sake.

Of course my Human has made the ludicrous comment that we should get jobs 'cause we're members of the "working group!" She's not funny. Not at all!

I've posted these 2 photos of me and Roo Roo to show you how the stress of the job hunt is affecting my Human's photography!

Meepie Wants You to Know...

Former Enron Corp. chief Kenneth Lay went to the same university that my Human went to, but it was a really long time ago. That's really about all that they have in common. My Human has never been really rich, but she's also never been convicted of conspiracy to commit securities fraud, either.

In 1999 Mr. Lay gave Mizzou $1.1 million dollars to endow a chair in economics in his name. The University never got anyone to sit in that really expensive chair, so the money remains unused. Now Mr. Lay would like the money back, but the University says that the gift is irrevocable. Also, the money can't be used for any other purpose. So a bunch of stupid humans from the University and Mr. Lay's representatives are trying to figure out what to do with the money. Mizzou insists that they are still trying to find someone to take the Kenneth Lay Chair in Economics.