Tony Demaio
IMMIGRATION REFORM
Friday, May 3rd, 2013IMMIGRATION REFORM It was with sadness I listened to Marco Rubio unveil his “comprehensive immigration reform plan”. As I understand the plan, it will allow those illegal immigrants already in the United States to remain in the United States with some sort of “in limbo” status where they may remain, but may not collect any [...]
CENSUS CALLING
Wednesday, April 24th, 2013I filled out my census form and told them how many folks were living in my house. They subsequently called and my wife answered the phone. They wanted to ask her questions, and she told them she didn’t answer questions on the phone. They called again, and she again told them she didn’t answer questions [...]
MORTGAGES
Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013Author Tony De Maio (Get One?, Eliminate One?, Replace One?) I received this letter from a fiend of mine a while back. Subsequently, I have received several more of a similar nature from other folks–either about paying off a home loan or refinancing. I put considerable effort into the replies, and found that the answer [...]
The Trouble with Obamacare
Sunday, March 10th, 2013Author Tony De Maio (Chatting With Lefty) Dear Lefty, . It’s been awhile. I hope you are doing well. I received your letter, and from it I surmise that you are pleased that Obamacare has passed and survived several attacks from various sources. Before you congratulate yourself too much, I suggest you consider the following. [...]
MEDICARE/OBAMACARE
Tuesday, February 12th, 2013Author Tony De Maio I listened to Ben Carson’s prayer breakfast speech. It was quite refreshing. I particularly like the spiel about giving each new born an MSA. After the speech, I rummaged around and found this paper I had written a few years ago and made a few changes to it. I hope you [...]
The Medical Appointment
Friday, February 1st, 2013Author Tony De Maio I went to the doctor last week. It was a “new” doctor in the practice–a young girl (at MY age, EVERYBODY is “young”–when I was born, the Dead Sea wasn‘t even sick) who was quite enthusiastic. She was obviously a liberal by her dress and manner. I was thinking of hitting [...]
Gun Grabbing 101
Sunday, January 20th, 2013Author Tony De Maio This country is currently engaged in a discussion of “gun control”, and assault rifles. To date, I have not yet heard a reasonable definition of either one, but that does not seem cause any discomfort to our political leaders or the gun grabbers–at least it has not concerned them in the [...]
THE ABOMINABLE NO MEN
Monday, January 14th, 2013Author Tony De Maio I’ve always been one to “try things”. Most didn’t work–those that did made up for the ones that didn’t. I never have feared failure–which proves you can get used to anything if it happens often enough. It has always surprised me that folks are very much afraid of failure–often to the [...]
Still Waiting Part III
Friday, January 4th, 2013Author Tony De Maio Prologue Here is Part III. I hope you enjoy it. Again, I apologize for the length. Believe it or not, I left quite a bit out. I was actually tempted to break this up into multiple parts also. Part I and Part II can be found at http://thetexasring.com/2012/12/16/waiting-part-1/ http://thetexasring.com/2012/12/24/still-waiting-part-2/ . . [...]
Still Waiting Part 2
Monday, December 24th, 2012Author Tony De Maio Prologue (Part II) I expected this to be the end of the paper. Unfortunately (and I DO mean “unfortunately“), there was so much to report, that I had to break it up. There was just too much progress to report in a single paper. Part III will follow. For some reason, [...]