Caleb Jones

Where Americans Are Moving To

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Map

Great map right here that shows exactly which states Americans are moving to, and away from.

Not surprisingly, the states people are fleeing from are the high tax, high cost of living industrial states. The worst are New Jersey, Illinois, and New York.

Also not surprisingly, they are moving mostly towards low-tax states, like Nevada, Texas, both Carolinas, and Colorado.

See…this is what happens when you start taxing people too much. They leave. This is so painful for a lot of progressives to understand or admit. Continue reading →

Obama’s Latest Poll Numbers

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According to Gallup, when asked if Obama can manage government effectively, only 39% say yes, 60% say no. When asked if he has a clear plan for solving the country’s problems, 34% say yes, 65% say no.

These numbers are much worse than you think, since about 25%-30% of Americans will support Obama no matter what he does or how incompetent he gets. That means that you’re looking at almost 100% of everyone else thinking Obama doesn’t know what the hell he’s doing.

Which of course, he doesn’t. A great campaigner who makes great speeches does not a good manager make. Continue reading →

Expendables – Harrison Ford vs. Jet Li

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I couldn’t keep a smile off my face while watching this. I even tried. Failed.

The in-joke of breaking Wesley Snipes out of jail was great. And Harrison Ford’s comment to Jet Li was awesome. (Did you ever expect a movie where Harrison Ford talks to Jet Li while standing in front of Arnold?)

Hopefully Jet Li gets more screen time in this one. With such a crowded cast, we’ll see.

The Entire Iraq War Was A Waste

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Now that American troops have largely pulled out of Iraq, Sunni insurgents from Syria have taken over three of Iraq’s four major cities (Mosul, Tikrit, and Kirkuk). They did it in less than four days.

So America invaded Iraq to bring stability and freedom, spending about a trillion dollars and costing almost 4500 American lives and tens of thousands of Iraqi lives…for…no reason.

America’s war in Iraq will go down in history as one of its greatest blunders, one of many on its slow road to collapse. George W. Bush will go down in history as one of America’s greatest clowns. Continue reading →

The Economics of Jennifer Anniston

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Jennifer Anniston

Recently I was listening to a radio show where they were reporting on Jennifer Anniston’s recent remodel of her house. She and her husband were doing things like relocating entire stairways, adding on multiple wings, etc.

The entire cost of this little remodel was $21 million.

One of the commentators immediately went into the predictable tirade about how horrible it was that Jennifer Anniston would have the audacity to spend that kind of money on something as frivolous as a home remodel. It was ridiculous, he said. There’s no way her and her husband are actually doing to “use all that crap”. It was also completely “unfair” that any one person should be “allowed” to have all that money, and spend that money on such a “ridiculous” thing. Continue reading →

Being Healthy

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HealthAssessment

This my results from a health assessment I did through my health insurance company. I scored 98 out 100, even though I’m over 40 and still technically overweight. Not bad.

It’s complaining that I need to lose weight (duh, and I still am) and not drive as fast as I do, since I honestly reported that I often drive more than 10 mph over the posted speed limit. But hey, in my defense, I only do that on freeways and even then I always set the cruise control to exactly 13 mph over the posted limit…that way I’m going reasonably fast and not wasting time, but won’t get a speeding ticket. It’s not like I’m hot-rodding through city streets or neighborhoods like a teenager. I drive like an old man in those areas. Continue reading →

Christie Brinkley At Age 60

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Christie Brinkley

Yep, this is her at age 60.

Photoshopped? Perhaps. You never know about this stuff. So here’s another current pic that has lower odds of being “shopped”.

Christie Brinkley

But she’s had work done!

Of course she has. So what?

Well of course SHE looks that good! She’s Christie Brinkley!

I personally know plenty of people in their 50s or early 60s who are not wealthy and not celebrities who, while they don’t look quite this good, do look pretty damn good. I certainly know many people in their 40s who are very, very good looking, and I’m not talking about “good for their age”, but very good looking. Continue reading →

Expendables at Cannes

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Expendables 3

And for today’s happy moment, we have Sylvester Stallone, Mel Gibson, Harrison Ford, and Jason Statham standing on a tank. You’re welcome.

For today’s unhappy news, Expendables 3 will be rated PG-13.

God dammit.

The Greatest Century

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What was the greatest century in all of human history? The 20th? The 17th? Something earlier perhaps?

There’s actually some consensus about this. Most historians consider the century between 1815 and 1914 as the greatest century of all of human history.

Why? Primarily because of two factors:

A) Massive advances in technology, trade, and standard of living.

B) Worldwide, it was a comparatively peaceful 100 years as compared to just about any other 100 year block of time you can find.

Most laypeople consider the 20th century as the “best”, but it really isn’t if you consider all the horrible things that happened during that time, such as: Continue reading →

I Can’t Believe I Agree With Ralph Nader

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It’s a very strange world we live in where a small-government libertarian jerkwad like me finds himself agreeing with most points made by Ralph Nader, who is as socialist as they come.

I don’t agree with all of his points, but certainly with more than two-thirds of them. Here are his stances in the video with my opinions by each.

1. Raise the minimum wage – No. Way too many unintended consequences when you do this (increased prices, increased unemployment, less business growth, etc). Wage and price controls are never a good idea outside of something like wartime. Plus the stats say the vast majority of people making minimum wage are teenagers or close to it. Continue reading →


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