I started my long service leave away from work this week. So far I haven’t been as productive as I would have liked yet, but I am starting to improve. Each morning I dedicate a couple of hours to study so that I am ready to take my MCSE exam soon. It is a large amount of study and I am finding it to be very laborious. My main goal is to get as much study done before Vanilla Bean arrives, so at least I am doing well in that regard.
One of my friends posted this video on Facebook today.
I realise that it is old, but I hadn’t seen it before. I had a good laugh at it, but then wondered how someone like this gets through their day to life? Surely she isn’t for real? What do you guys think?
Posts This Week
This week I had 3 posts this week
- The first was my post that reviews the highs and lows of 2012
- The second was a $100 Giveaway title Get Smarter About Money In 6 Steps
- The last was my December 2012 Goal Review.
Welcome to the Pool Room
Time for the Pool Room and I have only 1 entry this week because I feel it is exceptionally important.
In case you don’t know what the pool room is, I explain it in this post.
1st place this week goes to funancials.biz with the following post about Putting the Senate’s Fiscal Proposal into Perspective. As many of you will be aware, the US continues to max out it’s credit card at the expense of the American tax payer and about the next 10 generations of tax payers. This post does a good job of showing how far the savings are really going.
This video (a little bit dated now) does an excellent job also. It is a parody on the US debt situation/crisis and is well worth watching.
And while I’m on a role, the following videos/websites will also likely tickle your funny bone if you enjoyed the previous one.
The first is an Australia comedy duo who tackle the big issues with their own brand of satire.
This one is of Mr Nigel Farage of the UK Independence Party telling it how it really is. You just couldn’t make this stuff up!
Finally my favourite website for showing just how real the problem is Demonocracy. They recently put together a video showing the US National Debt. It almost brings a tear to your eye seeing all that debt surrounding The Statue of Liberty.
If you think that’s bad you would be right, but the global derivatives casino market is significantly worse! See below also taken from Demonocracy.
An info graphic of the 9 Biggest Banks’ Derivative Exposure – $228.72 Trillion. (That small thing in front of the White House and the truck is a man standing next to $100 million dollars)
Puts things into perspective a little bit doesn’t it…
For next week – If you think you have a top post and you want to make sure I see it, be sure to leave a comment somewhere on my blog and include the link in the Comment Luv section. I make sure I check every blog owners page if they have left a comment on my blog, so that’s a sure fire way to ensure I see your blog post.
Washington increasingly resembles The Capital of Hunger Games. They all look at the US taxpayers and say “May the odds be ever in your favor”.
Thad recently posted..Using Apple TV Just Gets Better: 4 Weeks Out
It is sad to see how bad things have gotten.
lol, good point Thad! I think the U.S. is a lot like “the capital” in a lot of ways. There are a lot of subtle and not so subtle similarities.
Holly@ClubThrifty recently posted..The VIP Club Roundup – 15th Edition
I’m really keen on seeing the second movie when it comes out.
I liked that post as well. Seeing what we’ve had going on here in the States honestly makes me embarrassed to be an American. Our do nothing Congress creates a problem and then plays a game of chicken to see who flinches first at the absolute last minute only to kick the can down the road for two more months. Now that I got that off of my chest, I am going to stop there as opposed to going on a rant.
John S @ Frugal Rules recently posted..Frugal Friday: Posts That Ruled This Week, it’s 2013 Edition!
Sometimes you wonder if they realise that they are playing with peoples lives.
I’ve become much more of a fiscal conservative the past four years or so. I was a big Ron Paul supporter in the past election cycle (he came to speak at my wife’s alma mater, which was an awesome event to be at!). I think that drastic changes are needed. I’m glad Rand Paul is in the Senate because he is one of the few representatives out there who is willing to say that even the Republicans plans do very little to solve long-term problems.
I took a derivatives class in college and it was fun to learn the basics and get a good background on it. Probably the funnest thing about being a finance major was really getting a good foundation of knowledge on things like derivatives and international finance.
DC @ Young Adult Money recently posted..Strategies for Introverts to Avoid Becoming Drained
I agree DC, the US debt is sad. The FED has to end.
On a funny note, I love the mph video – hilarious!
Jason Clayton | frugal habits recently posted..Keys to Achieving your New Year’s Resolutions
These are certainly interesting times. I suspect a major change will be forced upon us before the end of my lifetime.
It is all very interesting to learn about, but scary when you think about the consequences of a couple of the big boys going under and the cascade that will undoubtedly follow.
I can’t watch the videos at the moment, but that last photo is nuts! It reminds me of an xkcd poster that put a lot of things in perspective, for how overwhelming they look when placed on a scale we can (sort of) comprehend. It would be interesting to see the same done for Canada.
Anne @ Unique Gifter recently posted..Ways to Save on Weddings Post-Christmas
I can’t imagine Canada being as bad as the US.
Either that dude thinks his wife is dumb enough that we wants to expose her to the world (in which case he’s an ass) or they’re in it together, right? Funny stuff. What’s the MCSE?
AverageJoe recently posted..Saturday! Let’s Play Money
I have the same thoughts…something about it seems too good to be true, but regardless, I was geeking out. I like the 2nd video as well, and the 3rd, and the 4th. Thanks a bunch for highlighting my article.
A quick google search shows the MCSE to be Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert – which doesn’t make any more sense to me than MCSE. Do tell us what that is…
funancials recently posted..Who Wants a Free Funancials T-Shirt?
The MCSE is a Microsoft qualification that allows me to be more employable. Each time a new operation system is released they update the certification and you have to take an upgrade exam in order to remain qualified.
As my role requires me to know a lot about various technologies (including Microsoft Windows) I need to finish off my study and pass the exam.