It’s our first ever CF_LUNCH!

Join us tomorrow at Blackstone Brewery in West End. Go ahead and get the details and RSVP below:

http://www.ncfug.com/go/meeting/meetingID/F16E657F-D8AB-3E3A-B4324C465651B618/

I meant to post this last Friday but I had to play Mr. Mom all weekend with the wife gone. Needless to say computer use was at a minimum. So here are the files that go with the jQuery Presentation.

jQuery Presentation Files

Want to thank everyone that came out to the jQuery presentation out at the Nashville ColdFusion User Group. Also big thanks to Scott Gordon at Vaco Technology for providing the Pizza and the NIN tickets!

If you missed it here is a link to the recording:

I want to start this off that I am a huge fan of Dave Ramsey. I have listened to his show for about 8 years now and have seem him grow a company into a very large entity based on something he believes in.

As I was washing dishes this morning a thought came to me. I started to think about the stance that Dave takes on finances and then thought “You know what? He should support Obama”.

Now I don’t know if Dave has come out against one candidate or not but based on what he has said in the past it seems that he is leaning towards the republican candidate.

There are 2 issues that I think he should support Obama on.

1. Tax Policy

I have studied the tax policies of both candidates and I feel that Dave should lean towards Obama on this one and here is why.

One of the biggest things about Dave’s program is that no matter how much income you make you can be “rich”. Yes it might take longer depending on your “shovel” as he calls it (Your income) but regardless if you follow his baby steps and stay away from debt that you will end up “Living like no one else”.

The thing is that about 95% (My statistic) of people that have called in to his show all have incomes below $200,000. They are good people making 50k-80k and yet are able to pay off their house and build wealth. Old men will call in and say “Well I got about a million five in the bank” and Dave always follows up with with “How much did you make a year?” And the answer is usually something like “Oh never more then $35k a year working at the factory”. These are the exact people that will be helped with the Obama tax plan.

Think about it: What kind of jobs make $200k or more? Not many unless you are a Doctor or a Lawyer or some top notch sales man… rarely do you make $40k a year and then all the sudden got a promotion into $250k. Joe the Plumber supports a candidate based on a pipe dream (pun TOTALLY intended) that if he was to buy a business that he all the sudden is going to make $250k a year. Even the boss that owns the business says that it probably would only be a $100k a year job and would require a lot of expansion to make it to $250k.

We need to get off this kick, and Dave would agree with me, that to be rich you have to have a “rich” income. And the true rich are those that have saved and are working the baby steps to build slow wealth with medium shovels.

And on that platform he should support Obama.

2. Health care

One of the leading causes of bankruptcy in America is medical debt according to a Harvard study done in 2001. Dave hates bankruptcy with a passion and discourages it to anyone that suggests it. I think in the 8 years I have been listening I have heard him say once that someone should get a bankruptcy. He didn’t actually say it out right but the guy basically had $500,000 in (oddly enough) medical bills and made like $20k a year. He didn’t say “oh you just need to file bankruptcy” but allude to the fact that he didn’t know of any options and that it would take you years to ever get out from under this.

The health care plan of Obama works to make health insurance not only affordable but also reform the industry so that we don’t have people who have $20k in medical debt even after paying $1000 a month for insurance!

Again, Obama.

The policies of Obama really help the middle class keep more of their money and that seems to be what Dave should be supporting.

In all I guess this is just an idea and I should probably next time think about the Red Sox losing and not on anything intelligent while washing dishes.

Just something to generate discussion on the matter. So please… discuss away! :-)

WHAT: Nashville ColdFusion User Group October Meeting

DATE: Thursday, October 23, 2008
TIME: 6:00 PM Food — 6:30 PM Presentation
LOCATION: Produce Alliance (One Vantage Way Suite C-200 Nashville, TN 37228 )

PRESENTATION:
Introduction to jQuery for the ColdFusion developer

J.J. Merrick will give an introduction to jQuery and show some code demonstrations.

** All attendees must RSVP by sending an e-mail to rsvp AT ncfug DOT com. ** Go to our brand spanking new website and use the RSVP mechnism! http://www.ncfug.com

SPEAKER BIO:
J.J. currently works as a ColdFusion developer with almost 10 years of development under his belt. He specializes in UI design and Customer experience. Past projects include managing a CMS/Web Builder for Churches, a loyalty shopping system for non-profits and Back office systems for Multi-Level Marketing companies. He currently works for Otis Technologies in Brentwood, TN where he is a product developer managing an Ordering system for a Big Box retailer and a “Prosumer” project management application called SpotOn! (http://www.spotonpm.com) He recently acquired eChurchOnline.com from a previous partner and is working on growing that company in his spare time. He resides in Nolensville, TN with his wife Elaine and 3 children; Hannah, River, and Evan.

ACROBAT CONNECT INFORMATION:
This meeting will be broadcast via Acrobat Connect. Click the link below to join the meeting.

http://mmusergroup.adobe.acrobat.com/ncfug/

OFFICERS:
User Group Manager: Aaron West (trajik210 AT gmail DOT com)
Assistant Manager: J.J. Merrick (jay AT cyber-jay DOT com)

SPONSOR INFO:
This meeting is sponsored by Dealerskins (http://www.dealerskins.com) and Vaco Technology (http://www.vacotechnology.com). We thank them for their support. Food and drinks will be provided.

GIVEAWAYS:
A few copies of Learning jQuery and the jQuery Reference Guide courtesy of Packt Publishing
Adobe T-Shirts and a ColdFusion 8 hat

COMMENTS/TOPIC SUGGESTIONS:
Please e-mail all comments and topic suggestions to Aaron West (trajik210 AT gmail DOT com) or J.J. Merrick (jay AT cyber-jay DOT com).