Fannie, Freddie making out alright... What about their bonus?...

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - "The chief executives for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac received $6 million annual compensation packages as the government mortgage giants try to attract and retain talent to help them support the U.S. housing market, according to regulatory filings Thursday."

Christmas 2009...

Greenpeace treatment...

Senator Jim Webb (D) of Virginia ~You still have time to do what is right for the citizens of Virginia and the United States....

Wahoo fishing in the Florida Keys...

Just got this video clip of some outstanding Wahoo fishing from the Captain I worked with when I was down in the Florida Keys aboard the SeaBoots boat out of Summerland Key...

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Here is a description of the fishing going on down in the Keys that Captain Jim Sharpe sent me while I was spending my free time digging out from the 24"+ snow storm up here in Virginia...

"Last week we had the best day of wahoo fishing I have ever seen. A neighbor came down to weight a wahoo he shot, 63 pounds. He told us there was a whole school of these big wahoo in 100 feet of water off American Shoal Light. The next day we decided to take a bus mans holiday and target the wahoo. We are field testers for Rapala/Williamson products so this was a good excuss. Wow what a wahoo day, wahooooooo! in three and one half hours we fought 18 wahoo and landed 9 from 40 to 65 pounds, we were hooking them six at a time. I have caught as many as 25 wahoo in one day but they are usually 8 to 12 pounds. These were monsters. We lost many fish at the boat due to their size. Luckily I brought along my new Sony high Definition commercial camera and videoed the catch. I have attached a short clip of the wahoo action I hope you enjoy it. A full version DVD is available $14.99 plus shipping and handling. I recently wrote an article for Rapala on their knifes. I know they have a fine knife selection I test them but I never new the details of how they get such high quality steel and sharp blades until my recent research into the matters. I have included the article for you to enjoy, it will appear in Sport fishing magazine shortly You are seeing it first. Please have a happy and safe holidays! Captain Jim Sharpe seaboots5@aol.com 800-238-1746 http://www.seaboots.com/"...

Video footage is aboard the SeaBoots Charter boat out of Summerland Key with Captain Jim Sharpe and can be found here: www.Seaboots.com

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Tall guy in Yellow shirt and wielding the gaff is Captain Mike Weinhofer who also owns and operates the light tackle boat Compass Rose based out of Key West...

More info and photos from the Compass Rose boat can be found here...

Taken to the "Woodshed"...

Timeless...

At 2:45 you can find the important "Change" that President Obama should be striving for...

Impact...

Last year I had the opportunity to visit a shooting range to practice with some very high speed ammunition in 223, 243, and 22-250 and see the results...

"Never embarass your electorate"...

It's not the electorates fault that they are overweight, obese, have coronary disease, smoke, drink, and do not exercise but continue to gather at the buffet line without regard as to what they are doing to themselves...

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We must provide them universal health care for it is their "Right"...
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It's not the electorates fault that they have a house mortgage that they can't afford and will never be able to pay off because they bought a house way out of their price range...

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It was the evil greedy bankers fault for giving them those mortgages and we must punish them for their evil deeds...

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No wonder those "elected" and now in Washington working to make it "fair" for those who voted them there refuse to look at and address the real reasons and cause of many problems we are facing...

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7.3 million private sector jobs lost but Fed workers doing "Just Fine"...

"Federal workers are enjoying an extraordinary boom time — in pay and hiring — during a recession that has cost 7.3 million jobs in the private sector."

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USA TODAY newspaper has an interesting article on how well the federal worker segment of our workforce is making out during this recession we all(?) face...

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"Federal employees making salaries of $100,000 or more jumped from 14% to 19% of civil servants during the recession's first 18 months — and that's before overtime pay and bonuses are counted."
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"When the recession started, the Transportation Department had only one person earning a salary of $170,000 or more. Eighteen months later, 1,690 employees had salaries above $170,000."

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"The growth in six-figure salaries has pushed the average federal worker's pay to $71,206, compared with $40,331 in the private sector."
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I just hope these guys have health care insurance, or do we have to help them with that also?...