I reluctantly went to the DMV (Department of Motor Vehicles) about 2 weeks ago to finish off a wild goose chase that my insurance company put me on.  When it was my turn to take a number, the employee at the front desk gave me a cold stare like I was trash, and rudely told me that I was next. He asks me about the purpose of my visit, and I explain it to him in a normal tone, but without even listening to me, he gives me a BS answer in a very aggressive voice. My blood was boiling, but I didn’t make a scene, I just calmly grabbed a number and took a seat. But it was one of those moments where if I could do it again, I’d take my number and give him a nice juicy head butt.  But considering that our state of California is having one of it’s biggest budget deficit, I have to wonder why we have so many incompetent people working for the government. I have to say, if we ran the government like it was a business then there wouldn’t be a budget deficit.

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In light of the recent shoe attack on George Bush, I’ve compiled a list of people who I’d like to throw my own size 10 at.

1. Navin Jain CEO of Intellius. He’s the one that scammed me out of 40 bucks. He deserves a big shoe in his face. see related post

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So I heard about this Canon PowerShot “So You Want To Be A Pop Star?” Contest from my friend today.  I checked out his contest video, and simply thought his voice was amazing.

VOTE FOR IVAN (I-RICH) AS AMERICA’S NEXT POP STAR!

You can vote for him by clicking this link:

Click to Vote

By Voting, you could also be a winner, too!  One lucky voter will win a PowerShot SD1100 IS Digital ELPH Camera.

Tell everyone you know, whether it be friends, producers, classmates, or loved ones.

A message from Ivan:

Vote for a change. Want another girl Pop Sensation? How about the nation experiences its first Asian male Pop Star?! You can make this happen by voting NOW! Don’t waste any more of your time.
Vote NOW!

Happy Holidays,
Ivan “I-Rich” Richard

Intellius claims to be a website that can check the background on anyone they choose. I chose to do a reverse phone number check because about 2 months ago I found this lost dog which had a phone number on it’s collar that didn’t work. I was desperately trying to find this dogs owner, and went as far as paying 4.95 to intellius to do a reverse phone number search. Unfortunately, and not surprisingly, Intellius came back with nothing and refunded my money. Luckily I used a credit card because today I found a strange charge of $19.95 to a company called 24 Protect Plus.

I do some Google investigation and discover that many people have fallen for this same scam. They grab your credit card number with a fake people search website, then months later when you least expect it, they charge you on your card. An amount small enough that it probably goes unnoticed by a lot of people. But how are these scam artists allowed to still be in business and not thrown in prison.

just remember: DO NOT EVER DO A PEOPLE SEARCH

here is some resource material to look into: source

1. Money/Gift Card ($200 that John lost on our Thanksgiving Vacation)

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20 million for this, 45 million for that, these numbers reflect the type of salaries superstars are making.  During good times it makes sense they get these over inflated salaries.  The average joe has enough disposable income to give their favorite basketball players or musicians the life style of the rich and famous.  I mean these are highly marketable public figures which brings entertainment and joy to our lives, even if it’s only skin deep.  But during the bad times, why should record companies, movie studios, and sports franchises give them all this money. If everyone else is suffering than celebrities should be directly affected.

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Junkies filling our streets, the collapse of society, this is what people envision when they hear about drugs being legal. I’ve never lived in a time where drugs were ever legal, nor do I know anyone, so I can’t say if a degradation of society would actually occur. But the statistical data that exists on this “War on Drugs” is very scary. Many robberies are committed by druggies desperate for some cash to support their habits. Drug cartels are making billions, and they become as powerful as the countries they live in. Tax payer money is spent in the billions of dollars to employ people to fight this drug war, and no progress has been made. The reality is that making drugs illegal is creating more harm then good.

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