Thursday, October 05, 2006
JS Online:
JS Online:: "Milwaukee's taverns and nightclubs could be required to install security cameras to keep an eye on customers both inside and outside, under an ordinance proposed by downtown Ald. Bob Bauman."
Wednesday, October 04, 2006
Sensible Mom: Stock Market At All-Time High, But....
Sensible Mom: Stock Market At All-Time High, But....: "From the Chicago Tribune here's a Debbie Downer article about the stock market surge headlined, 'As Dow Surges, Many Left Behind.' Get your kleenexes ready:
'In current dollars, the economy is more than a third larger than six years ago, with gross domestic product, or annual output of goods and services, exceeding $13 trillion. Joblessness still is low at 4.7 percent.
But much has changed about the U.S. economy since the boom and the subsequent bust. Inequality within American society has grown. The budget deficit is looming as a major problem as the Baby Boomers begin to retire. Health-care costs have skyrocketed. The savings rate is negative as people go deeper in debt or use home equity loans to pay for "
'In current dollars, the economy is more than a third larger than six years ago, with gross domestic product, or annual output of goods and services, exceeding $13 trillion. Joblessness still is low at 4.7 percent.
But much has changed about the U.S. economy since the boom and the subsequent bust. Inequality within American society has grown. The budget deficit is looming as a major problem as the Baby Boomers begin to retire. Health-care costs have skyrocketed. The savings rate is negative as people go deeper in debt or use home equity loans to pay for "
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
Did Democrats Page Mark Foley? - Yahoo! News
Did Democrats Page Mark Foley? - Yahoo! News: "Scandal: Right after Mark Foley was revealed to have had inappropriate e-mail conversations with a 16-year-old page, he resigned and checked into rehab. Now, what did Democrats know, and when did they know it? "
Monday, October 02, 2006
Works and Days: America and its Discontents
Works and Days: America and its Discontents: "Jimmy Carter, the subject of the last blog, almost immediately was back in the news claiming that the United States was one of the world�s great abusers of civil rights (I wonder how our internecine body count in Plains, Georgia stacks up with that in Rwanda, Kosovo, or Dafur?). He adds that all Presidents�except the current one�have been supporters of human rights.
In his dotage, Carter is proving once again that he is as malicious and mean-spirited a public figure as he is historically ignorant. And for all his sanctimonious Christian veneer, and fly-fishing, �aw shucks blue-jeans image, he can�t hide an essentially ungracious and unkind soul. "
In his dotage, Carter is proving once again that he is as malicious and mean-spirited a public figure as he is historically ignorant. And for all his sanctimonious Christian veneer, and fly-fishing, �aw shucks blue-jeans image, he can�t hide an essentially ungracious and unkind soul. "
Sunday, October 01, 2006
Olbermann Watch: The 18-Second Gap
Olbermann Watch: The 18-Second Gap: "The 18-Second Gap
On Friday, Countdown reported on the latest allegations against George Allen. We noted that they did so by rerunning a report that aired Thursday on Hardball. David Shuster interviewed a woman who said she heard Allen using racial slurs.
But as we revealed exclusively on Olbermann Watch, the Countdown version differed from the original Hardball broadcast in one significant respect. Snipped from the taped piece were a series of questions that revealed the political affiliation of accuser Pat Waring. We will disclose now what Keith Olbermann did not want you to hear.
From the transcript of Thursday's Hardball, this is the exchange that was censored from Friday's night's Hour of Spin:
SHUSTER: You volunteer, you acknowledge you are a registered Democrat.
WARING: I am indeed.
SHUSTER: You volunteer at the local Democratic office?
WARING: I do.
SHUSTER: Once a week?
WARING: Once a week,
SHUSTER: Couple hours?
WARING: Yes.
SHUSTER: What do you do for them?
WARING I sit there and answer the phone and give people signs.
Obviously, MSNBC believed that the partisan bias of the accuser was relevant if viewers were to fairly assess her credibility. Just as obviously, somebody decided that this exchange, roughly 18 seconds long, had to be removed when the piece was shown on Countdown. Result: the accuser's background as a Democrat activist was never disclosed to the audience.
Who ordered that a pre-taped piece should be sent back to the editing bay, just to remove these particular 18 seconds? Was it notorious quote-doctorer Shuster who decided this report should be doctored? If so, why a special, edited version just for Countdown? Or is it more likely that the infamous, deplorable Keith Olbermann "
On Friday, Countdown reported on the latest allegations against George Allen. We noted that they did so by rerunning a report that aired Thursday on Hardball. David Shuster interviewed a woman who said she heard Allen using racial slurs.
But as we revealed exclusively on Olbermann Watch, the Countdown version differed from the original Hardball broadcast in one significant respect. Snipped from the taped piece were a series of questions that revealed the political affiliation of accuser Pat Waring. We will disclose now what Keith Olbermann did not want you to hear.
From the transcript of Thursday's Hardball, this is the exchange that was censored from Friday's night's Hour of Spin:
SHUSTER: You volunteer, you acknowledge you are a registered Democrat.
WARING: I am indeed.
SHUSTER: You volunteer at the local Democratic office?
WARING: I do.
SHUSTER: Once a week?
WARING: Once a week,
SHUSTER: Couple hours?
WARING: Yes.
SHUSTER: What do you do for them?
WARING I sit there and answer the phone and give people signs.
Obviously, MSNBC believed that the partisan bias of the accuser was relevant if viewers were to fairly assess her credibility. Just as obviously, somebody decided that this exchange, roughly 18 seconds long, had to be removed when the piece was shown on Countdown. Result: the accuser's background as a Democrat activist was never disclosed to the audience.
Who ordered that a pre-taped piece should be sent back to the editing bay, just to remove these particular 18 seconds? Was it notorious quote-doctorer Shuster who decided this report should be doctored? If so, why a special, edited version just for Countdown? Or is it more likely that the infamous, deplorable Keith Olbermann "
Saturday, September 30, 2006
GOPers deserve to lose
My Way News - Foley E-Mails 1st Reported in Fall '05: "Rep. Thomas Reynolds, head of the House Republican election effort, said Saturday he told Speaker Dennis Hastert months ago about concerns that a fellow GOP lawmaker had sent inappropriate messages to a teenage boy. Hastert's office said aides referred the matter to the proper authorities last fall but they were only told the messages were 'over-friendly.'
Reynolds, R-N.Y., was told about e-mails sent by Rep. Mark Foley and is now defending himself from Democratic accusations that he did too little. Foley, R-Fla., resigned Friday after ABC News questioned him about the e-mails to a former congressional page and about sexually suggestive instant messages to other pages."
Reynolds, R-N.Y., was told about e-mails sent by Rep. Mark Foley and is now defending himself from Democratic accusations that he did too little. Foley, R-Fla., resigned Friday after ABC News questioned him about the e-mails to a former congressional page and about sexually suggestive instant messages to other pages."
Friday, September 29, 2006
SuperNanny
Mr Lockbox finds another way to get international government into your life.
DRUDGE REPORT FLASH 2006: "Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore warned hundreds of U.N. diplomats and staff on Thursday evening about the perils of climate change, claiming: Cigarette smoking is a 'significant contributor to global warming!'"
So are volcanos, private jets, cow farts, human beings and everything else in the world. Gimme a break!
DRUDGE REPORT FLASH 2006: "Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore warned hundreds of U.N. diplomats and staff on Thursday evening about the perils of climate change, claiming: Cigarette smoking is a 'significant contributor to global warming!'"
So are volcanos, private jets, cow farts, human beings and everything else in the world. Gimme a break!
AirFair 2007 CANCELLED!
Going, going ... Gone? After losing $700,000 the past five years, the Air Fair announces there will be no show in 2007: "Financial losses have grounded the Muskegon Air Fair for 2007 and left the show's future up in the air. "
Duh!
Without studies who'd of guessed?
Grand Rapids is fat: "A study released Wednesday shows the majority of Grand Rapidians are overweight, bordering on obese."
Grand Rapids is fat: "A study released Wednesday shows the majority of Grand Rapidians are overweight, bordering on obese."
Krauts gettin' the message!
German union, VW agree to longer work week without raise: "German carmaker Volkswagen AG and labor union said Friday that they have agreed to increase working hours at western German plants by more than four hours, without pay hikes."
Thursday, September 28, 2006
Hey! We're just like California!
ABC News: Retiree Health Care May Overwhelm Gov'ts: "'A surprising number of public entities didn't even make informal estimates of long-term costs prior to the new accounting rules,' Whitworth said. "
NTSB Advisory
NTSB Advisory: "Witness marks on scene indicate that all three landing gear were on the ground as the airplane exited the runway. "
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Illegals granted Social Security�-�Nation/Politics�-�The Washington Times, America's Newspaper
Illegals granted Social Security�-�Nation/Politics�-�The Washington Times, America's Newspaper: "The Senate voted yesterday to allow illegal aliens to collect Social Security benefits based on past illegal employment -- even if the job was obtained through forged or stolen documents.
'There was a felony they were committing, and now they can't be prosecuted. That sounds like amnesty to me,' said Sen. John Ensign, the Nevada Republican who offered the amendment yesterday to strip out those provisions of the immigration reform bill. 'It just boggles the mind how people could be against this amendment.'
The Ensign amendment was defeated on a 50-49 vote.
'We all know that millions of undocumented immigrants pay Social Security and Medicare taxes for years and sometimes decades while they work to contribute to our economy,' said Sen. John McCain, Arizona Republican.
'The Ensign amendment would undermine the work of these people by preventing lawfully present immigrant workers from claiming Social Security benefits that they earned before they were authorized to work in our community,' he said. 'If this amendment were enacted, the nest egg that these immigrants have worked hard for would be taken from them and their families.'
Mr. Ensign was among 44 Republicans and five Democrats who voted to block such payouts.
'It makes no sense to reward millions of illegal immigrants for criminal behavior while our Social Security system is already in crisis,' said Sen. Jim DeMint, South Carolina Republican. 'Why in the world would we endorse this criminal activity with federal benefits? The Senate missed a big opportunity to improve this bill, and I doubt American seniors will be pleased with the result.'
Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, Vermont Democrat, said it would be unfair to deny ill"
'There was a felony they were committing, and now they can't be prosecuted. That sounds like amnesty to me,' said Sen. John Ensign, the Nevada Republican who offered the amendment yesterday to strip out those provisions of the immigration reform bill. 'It just boggles the mind how people could be against this amendment.'
The Ensign amendment was defeated on a 50-49 vote.
'We all know that millions of undocumented immigrants pay Social Security and Medicare taxes for years and sometimes decades while they work to contribute to our economy,' said Sen. John McCain, Arizona Republican.
'The Ensign amendment would undermine the work of these people by preventing lawfully present immigrant workers from claiming Social Security benefits that they earned before they were authorized to work in our community,' he said. 'If this amendment were enacted, the nest egg that these immigrants have worked hard for would be taken from them and their families.'
Mr. Ensign was among 44 Republicans and five Democrats who voted to block such payouts.
'It makes no sense to reward millions of illegal immigrants for criminal behavior while our Social Security system is already in crisis,' said Sen. Jim DeMint, South Carolina Republican. 'Why in the world would we endorse this criminal activity with federal benefits? The Senate missed a big opportunity to improve this bill, and I doubt American seniors will be pleased with the result.'
Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, Vermont Democrat, said it would be unfair to deny ill"
This does not ban affirmative action!
It bans preferential treatment!
A colorblind Michigan?::By George Will: "A proposal to amend the state constitution to ban affirmative action programs that give preferential treatment to groups or individuals based on their race, gender, color, ethnicity or national origin for public employment, education or contracting purposes.' "
Monday, September 25, 2006
Clinton lies never seem to end
Unless the MSM sanatizes...
Frist Fence Flakeout? By Mickey Kaus - Slate Magazine: "Elvis Down: Chris Wallace did too ask a Bush aide (Rumsfeld) pointed questions about why Bush didn't go after bin Laden--Patterico's got 'em. ..."
Sunday, September 24, 2006
Didn't see this on PerkyKatie....or anyone else
Threads2: "One million white South Africans - almost a fifth - have left the country in the past ten years. This figure was released this week in a report from the South African Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR). Frans Cronj� who compiled the report, said it were especially crime and affirmative action which had driven a fifth of South Africa's white population out of the country.
Comments:
I imagine they also refer to white farmers being forced to sell their farms and bargain basement prices as ''affirmative action.'' It's not just the crime but the rising corruption and injustices at the hands of the thug ANC government. Another decade of them in charge and S Africa will be begging for aid. "
Comments:
I imagine they also refer to white farmers being forced to sell their farms and bargain basement prices as ''affirmative action.'' It's not just the crime but the rising corruption and injustices at the hands of the thug ANC government. Another decade of them in charge and S Africa will be begging for aid. "
Crash may be last straw for expensive maglev train
Crash may be last straw for expensive maglev train: "The maglev has always sucked in vast public subsidies, a relic of an era when government 'industrial policies' were often based on applying seed money to what politicians hoped were the trends of tomorrow. "
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