Good evening, my friends,
Yes, for the second time in as many years, someone got the number off my Master Card and attempted to charge a whopping $8.11 on line. Thank goodness for the fraud division of Chase - they called me immediately this morning and I verified that I do not use my m/c on line.
So, now I have to go through getting a new card and hoping they transfer all of those hard-earned air miles from this card to the new one. Last time it cost me 8,600 miles because I didn’t catch on to the fact that they did not transfer them. By that time, they said it was too late…so, goodbye miles.
I have made up my mind, and you might want to do the same, that from now on, I will NOT just give my credit card to a waiter to take somewhere to supposedly pay my bill. I will inform him or her that I will pay the cashier myself as I leave the establishment. That way, no one has my card for more than a few seconds and I can see what they do with it.
The fact that the server walks off with my card has always bugged me, but I let it go; knowing everyone else does the same - well, not any longer. I hope you will join me.
Lots of fire and brimstone on the TV over the health bill. I think the Democrats will rue this day when November rolls around, but we’ll see. I sincerely hope the American public remembers and doesn’t let up on their opposition to this bill. It’s too costly and we should be focusing on creating jobs - not causing more losses.
If I was an employer of say 200 employees and was informed that if they didn’t have insurance, I would have to pay a fine for each, I think I might consider taking my act on the road to another country, or just closing up shop and retiring to Cabo San Lucas to catch Marlin for the remainder of my days on earth.
Smaller government is what we need, not BIG BROTHER watching over our shoulders.
But, enough for tonight. We’ll see how it plays in Peoria in November.
Until next time, keep your eye on your credit card and pray.
Vaya con Dias, my friends,
Karl