David McGinnis
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Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Going for a ride
David McGinnis
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Sunday, November 23, 2008
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Is that the Checkers by our church?
David McGinnis
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Tuesday, November 11, 2008
"Who wore it better?
From: "McGinnis, David R." <David.McGinnis@gapac.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 01:26:50 -0500
Subject: Turbo as Piggy
To: "michellenmcginnis@gmail.com" <michellenmcginnis@gmail.com>
I'm not sure who's cuter with this costume on!
David McGinnis
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Monday, November 10, 2008
Location?
Some of you aren't allowed to guess. I just want to see who recognizes it.
David McGinnis
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Wednesday, November 5, 2008
piggy as piggy
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Sunday, November 2, 2008
Grandma great is coming for TG
Grandma in demolition mode back in ~'03. The linoleum tile you see was there when they moved into that house in 1953.
Cody and friend
Cody and 
his best friend Duke.
David helped me with this effort. I could have never done it on my own. More accurately I WOULD have never done it on my own.
his best friend Duke.David helped me with this effort. I could have never done it on my own. More accurately I WOULD have never done it on my own.
Friday, October 31, 2008
The pig-pig
Also, since I finally have a picture of her where she doesn't look like she's running away, I thought that was post-worthy. Besides, it's not like I truly have something more worthwhile to do whilst sitting on MARTA. I've already read up on Drudge (www.drudgereport.com). And everybody already knows that I think mr. Sin Laden is a poor choice for President. Granted there has to be SOME benefit to people all over the world being in love with your leader... (I have to retain at least a little optimism)
Although I've already proven that I thought the picture was good enough to stand alone, I thought it worth the time to plug my favorite news site and my term of endearment for McCain's opposition.
I really did want to talk about how cute Piggy is, but that's what the picture is for. I suppose if you're smart you stopped reading a while ago. Perhaps my next ride on public transit will be more inspiring. (However, considering the potential blog-worthy situations that come to mind as a possibility on MARTA, I hope not)
David McGinnis
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Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Sweaty Noah
Anyway the picture I attached is Noah post-costumously because the dern thing was makin' him sweat so bad. I would have preferred a video of him sliding down the basement stairs in his costume (don't worry, feet first; all that padding kept him from getting hurt, but without the padding he wouldn't have slid....) Or at least a picture of him as the purple monster thingy, but this is what I have. Besides, maybe one of yous guys can put up a Halloween party picture or 3.
David McGinnis
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Saturday, October 25, 2008
New one
"Is it the dead one or the alive one?"
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Saturday, October 18, 2008
Derrick tennant
Derrick@leftarmcomedy.com
http://www.leftarmcomedy.com
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http://www.leftarmcomedy.com
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Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Financial Crisis
Below is the most succinct capture of what's wrong & why:
(I will say that I didn't write it, but I may actually stay OUT of trouble if I don't note the author...)
[regarding the current economic crisis:]
Almost all of these problems (and much of the current chaos) are, at their root, the result of political failure.
Our government attempted to stimulate more home ownership than the market would have created on its own. It is our own government that encouraged the over-development of homes, particularly homes for first-time buyers financed with subprime mortgages.
The government created this crisis by lowering the cost of funds to banks to such a low level that lenders (and borrowers) were encouraged to build, even when many borrowers could not afford the monthly payment.
To make matters worse, other borrowers began building with the intent to resell. They believed home values would only go up, allowing them to make a quick profit. This caused housing prices to rise to unsustainable levels in many parts of the country. But when the market became glutted with much more construction than it needed (or that homeowners could afford), we ended up with poor quality mortgages and excess homes throughout the country.
The government kept this false economy moving for a number of years through its indirect support and regulation of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which purchased many of those "toxic" mortgages.
Taxpayers are now on the hook for at least $200 billion which may or may not be recoverable in the future, and the dominoes are still falling. Add in the $150 billion economic stimulus package that ended this summer and proposals such as the $700 billion bailout, and the cost of this failure could exceed one trillion dollars! That’s close to 7 percent of our nation’s economy.
The real cost of this failure is that billions of dollars of capital were funneled into housing instead of more productive assets.
As investors grew cautious of the deterioration in asset quality, three large financial institutions, Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers and AIG, failed. Three others, Merrill Lynch, Washington Mutual and Wachovia, are being merged out of existence with other more solvent institutions. These failures have caused fear and panic in the financial system.
Capital has literally stopped flowing between savers and borrowers, and even between banks. Credit is largely based on trust, and this trust has been severely compromised. Without equity and debt capital flowing to entrepreneurs and credit-worthy companies or consumers, the economy could slow dramatically.
We have watched the financial markets closely for several months. Without hesitation, I can confirm that the system really has seized up. Reports of this are not exaggerated. Given this crisis, the government is stepping in to support the system in hopes that capital will start flowing again, giving entrepreneurs the capital to invest and allowing loans to be made to support them.
A market economy functions best when governments do not attempt to influence outcomes with a political agenda. It is regrettable that our government is stepping in again to do just that. These bailouts, buyouts and “supports” are poor policy that will cause more long-term harm than good. Why? Because each government intervention leads to new problems, prompting calls for even more government intervention.
Very soon, we will be faced with higher taxes to pay for any bailout, even more regulation and a weaker currency. The value of the dollar will be driven down by our ever-increasing debt. Interest rates will rise, too, making it all the more difficult to be competitive in a world economy.
In the short run, government intervention might help restart these markets, but whether it will or not simply isn't clear because we have rarely faced market disruptions this severe.
In the long run, however, these steps are likely to cost us far more than any benefits we might gain in the short run. If we learn anything from crises such as this, it should be that government intervention - no matter how well-intended - tends to cause more harm than good.
This crisis also underscores the importance of personal responsibility, including living within our means. What we are witnessing is not a failure of markets, but a failure of certain individuals, corporations and our own government. Many core principles - especially Integrity and Humility - have been alarmingly absent.
[We do] not support government interference in the market; however, the fact that our monetary system is a government system is undeniable. Thus, the government determines the health of the financial system. Consequently, some form of action to restore confidence in financial markets is necessary, but only so long as the government does not continue overreaching, attaching political and policy agendas to its actions, and picking the winners and losers. The proposed bailout package that was voted down by the U.S. House of Representatives on Monday violated all of these tenets.
(I will say that I didn't write it, but I may actually stay OUT of trouble if I don't note the author...)
[regarding the current economic crisis:]
Almost all of these problems (and much of the current chaos) are, at their root, the result of political failure.
Our government attempted to stimulate more home ownership than the market would have created on its own. It is our own government that encouraged the over-development of homes, particularly homes for first-time buyers financed with subprime mortgages.
The government created this crisis by lowering the cost of funds to banks to such a low level that lenders (and borrowers) were encouraged to build, even when many borrowers could not afford the monthly payment.
To make matters worse, other borrowers began building with the intent to resell. They believed home values would only go up, allowing them to make a quick profit. This caused housing prices to rise to unsustainable levels in many parts of the country. But when the market became glutted with much more construction than it needed (or that homeowners could afford), we ended up with poor quality mortgages and excess homes throughout the country.
The government kept this false economy moving for a number of years through its indirect support and regulation of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which purchased many of those "toxic" mortgages.
Taxpayers are now on the hook for at least $200 billion which may or may not be recoverable in the future, and the dominoes are still falling. Add in the $150 billion economic stimulus package that ended this summer and proposals such as the $700 billion bailout, and the cost of this failure could exceed one trillion dollars! That’s close to 7 percent of our nation’s economy.
The real cost of this failure is that billions of dollars of capital were funneled into housing instead of more productive assets.
As investors grew cautious of the deterioration in asset quality, three large financial institutions, Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers and AIG, failed. Three others, Merrill Lynch, Washington Mutual and Wachovia, are being merged out of existence with other more solvent institutions. These failures have caused fear and panic in the financial system.
Capital has literally stopped flowing between savers and borrowers, and even between banks. Credit is largely based on trust, and this trust has been severely compromised. Without equity and debt capital flowing to entrepreneurs and credit-worthy companies or consumers, the economy could slow dramatically.
We have watched the financial markets closely for several months. Without hesitation, I can confirm that the system really has seized up. Reports of this are not exaggerated. Given this crisis, the government is stepping in to support the system in hopes that capital will start flowing again, giving entrepreneurs the capital to invest and allowing loans to be made to support them.
A market economy functions best when governments do not attempt to influence outcomes with a political agenda. It is regrettable that our government is stepping in again to do just that. These bailouts, buyouts and “supports” are poor policy that will cause more long-term harm than good. Why? Because each government intervention leads to new problems, prompting calls for even more government intervention.
Very soon, we will be faced with higher taxes to pay for any bailout, even more regulation and a weaker currency. The value of the dollar will be driven down by our ever-increasing debt. Interest rates will rise, too, making it all the more difficult to be competitive in a world economy.
In the short run, government intervention might help restart these markets, but whether it will or not simply isn't clear because we have rarely faced market disruptions this severe.
In the long run, however, these steps are likely to cost us far more than any benefits we might gain in the short run. If we learn anything from crises such as this, it should be that government intervention - no matter how well-intended - tends to cause more harm than good.
This crisis also underscores the importance of personal responsibility, including living within our means. What we are witnessing is not a failure of markets, but a failure of certain individuals, corporations and our own government. Many core principles - especially Integrity and Humility - have been alarmingly absent.
[We do] not support government interference in the market; however, the fact that our monetary system is a government system is undeniable. Thus, the government determines the health of the financial system. Consequently, some form of action to restore confidence in financial markets is necessary, but only so long as the government does not continue overreaching, attaching political and policy agendas to its actions, and picking the winners and losers. The proposed bailout package that was voted down by the U.S. House of Representatives on Monday violated all of these tenets.
Monday, September 29, 2008
Gas Shortage
well, it looks like i figured out why we don't have much gas...
according to a contributor in a USA today article "... there was a three- to four-week period of refinery capacity not operating. That's basically a month when nothing's being produced."
I always wondered how long a month was.
anyway, if you guys know of a good site that lists which gas stations have fuel, that may prove useful (to those of you that are in the southeast this week!)
I thought I heard DaveFM say that they would have something on their site, but I couldn't find it.
I'd love it if you guys created your own blogs on this site. that would be wicked-awesome.
according to a contributor in a USA today article "... there was a three- to four-week period of refinery capacity not operating. That's basically a month when nothing's being produced."
I always wondered how long a month was.
anyway, if you guys know of a good site that lists which gas stations have fuel, that may prove useful (to those of you that are in the southeast this week!)
I thought I heard DaveFM say that they would have something on their site, but I couldn't find it.
I'd love it if you guys created your own blogs on this site. that would be wicked-awesome.
Sunday, September 28, 2008
McGinnis Family Sayings
What about Norton?
I have a story!
Look Mom, She likes it!
Butter-wich-yer-roll?
OOH right in the fig newtons
there's a better way to do that :)
"it is not a tumor"
I have a story!
Look Mom, She likes it!
Butter-wich-yer-roll?
OOH right in the fig newtons
there's a better way to do that :)
"it is not a tumor"
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