Thursday, August 14, 2008
Chronicle to consolidate printing functions in Grand Rapids - Muskegon Chronicle - MLive.com
Chronicle to consolidate printing functions in Grand Rapids - Muskegon Chronicle - MLive.com: "Declining advertising revenue has led The Muskegon Chronicle to announce it will be printed outside Muskegon for the first time in its 151-year history"
Power Line: If the Editors of the NY Times Were High School Students, They Would Flunk
Power Line: If the Editors of the NY Times Were High School Students, They Would Flunk: "Today, a red-faced New York Times issued this correction:
An article on Wednesday about a Government Accountability Office study reporting on the percentage of corporations that paid no federal income taxes from 1998 through 2005 gave an incorrect figure for the estimated tax liability of the 1.3 million companies covered by the study. It is not $875 billion. The correct amount cannot be calculated because it would be based on the companies paying the standard rate of 35 percent on their net income, a figure that is not available. (The incorrect figure of $875 billion was based on the companies paying the standard rate on their $2.5 trillion in gross sales.)
Unbelievable. Even for the New York Times, absolutely unbelievable."
An article on Wednesday about a Government Accountability Office study reporting on the percentage of corporations that paid no federal income taxes from 1998 through 2005 gave an incorrect figure for the estimated tax liability of the 1.3 million companies covered by the study. It is not $875 billion. The correct amount cannot be calculated because it would be based on the companies paying the standard rate of 35 percent on their net income, a figure that is not available. (The incorrect figure of $875 billion was based on the companies paying the standard rate on their $2.5 trillion in gross sales.)
Unbelievable. Even for the New York Times, absolutely unbelievable."
Kremlin dusts off Cold War lexicon to make US villain in Georgia - Times Online
Kremlin dusts off Cold War lexicon to make US villain in Georgia - Times Online: "Russians were told over breakfast yesterday what really happened in Georgia: the conflict in South Ossetia was part of a plot by Dick Cheney, the Vice-President, to stop Barak Obama being elected president of the United States."
Open ANWR Already!: The case for drilling—and more energy production - Reason Magazine
Open ANWR Already!: The case for drilling—and more energy production
"In July, CNN repeatedly reported that offshore drilling would take 'seven to 10 years' to get into production. Yet Brazil's Petrobras expects its new finds in extraordinarily deep waters to already be producing 100,000 barrels per day in just two years. What is wrong with American oil companies that they would take so long?
In fact, the world oil shortage is political, not geological."
"In July, CNN repeatedly reported that offshore drilling would take 'seven to 10 years' to get into production. Yet Brazil's Petrobras expects its new finds in extraordinarily deep waters to already be producing 100,000 barrels per day in just two years. What is wrong with American oil companies that they would take so long?
In fact, the world oil shortage is political, not geological."
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
I Know The Secrets That You Keep
I Know The Secrets That You Keep
"Glenn Reynolds has been wondering what other secrets the media is sitting on and what other stories they are not pursuing that might damage Obama. I have a nominee."
"Glenn Reynolds has been wondering what other secrets the media is sitting on and what other stories they are not pursuing that might damage Obama. I have a nominee."
Priceline.com wins tax break to bring 250 jobs
Priceline.com wins tax break to bring 250 jobs
"City officials fast-tracked a tax break for Priceline.com ....
A special City Council meeting this week approved a 10-year, 100-percent property tax abatement on up to $6 million in fixtures and equipment."
No property tax for 10 years?
Or no property tax on new investment?
Miserably written article.....
"City officials fast-tracked a tax break for Priceline.com ....
A special City Council meeting this week approved a 10-year, 100-percent property tax abatement on up to $6 million in fixtures and equipment."
No property tax for 10 years?
Or no property tax on new investment?
Miserably written article.....
Home science under attack
Home science under attack
"Pamela Wilderman, the code enforcement officer for Marlboro, stated, 'I think Mr. Deeb has crossed a line somewhere. This is not what we would consider to be a customary home occupation.'
Allow me to translate Ms. Wilderman's words into plain English: 'Mr. Deeb hasn't actually violated any law or regulation that I can find, but I don't like what he's doing because I'm ignorant and irrationally afraid of chemicals, so I'll abuse my power to steal his property and shut him down.'
..... It appears that Deeb has grounds for a nice juicy lawsuit here.
There's a lesson here for all of us .... The government is not our friend. Massachusetts is the prototypical nanny state, of course, but the other 49 aren't far behind. ........ There's a word for what just happened in Massachusetts. Tyranny."
Do NOT forget this lesson!
The incredible expansion of government at EVERY level has coincided with a similar expansion of moronic government employees who abuse and expand their power over ALL of us!
(thanks to Atlanta Lou for this depressing article)
"Pamela Wilderman, the code enforcement officer for Marlboro, stated, 'I think Mr. Deeb has crossed a line somewhere. This is not what we would consider to be a customary home occupation.'
Allow me to translate Ms. Wilderman's words into plain English: 'Mr. Deeb hasn't actually violated any law or regulation that I can find, but I don't like what he's doing because I'm ignorant and irrationally afraid of chemicals, so I'll abuse my power to steal his property and shut him down.'
..... It appears that Deeb has grounds for a nice juicy lawsuit here.
There's a lesson here for all of us .... The government is not our friend. Massachusetts is the prototypical nanny state, of course, but the other 49 aren't far behind. ........ There's a word for what just happened in Massachusetts. Tyranny."
Do NOT forget this lesson!
The incredible expansion of government at EVERY level has coincided with a similar expansion of moronic government employees who abuse and expand their power over ALL of us!
(thanks to Atlanta Lou for this depressing article)
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Enviro-lib eco-lies debunked!
Instapundit.com -:
"AT THE WASHINGTON POST, debunking 'snake oil' about offshore drilling.
Compare to Bob Herbert's uncritical passing-along of same."
"AT THE WASHINGTON POST, debunking 'snake oil' about offshore drilling.
Compare to Bob Herbert's uncritical passing-along of same."
Tire-Gauge Industry Pumps Up Obama Campaign Coffers
Tire-Gauge Industry Pumps Up Obama Campaign Coffers
"On June 16, 2008, John Zimmerman, chief financial officer of Tomkins, gave nearly $7,000 in campaign contributions to Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. Lo and behold, nary two months later Obama's in Springfield, Missouri, suggesting drivers inflate their tires to save gas (and, by the way, curb CO2 emissions). Coincidence? We think not. Does it come as any surprise that Tomkins owns the Syracuse Gauge Company, which bills itself as manufacturing the 'largest selection and variety of tools in the United States for filling tires [and] checking tire pressure'?"
Sort of surprising how cheaply Obama can be bought.
"On June 16, 2008, John Zimmerman, chief financial officer of Tomkins, gave nearly $7,000 in campaign contributions to Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. Lo and behold, nary two months later Obama's in Springfield, Missouri, suggesting drivers inflate their tires to save gas (and, by the way, curb CO2 emissions). Coincidence? We think not. Does it come as any surprise that Tomkins owns the Syracuse Gauge Company, which bills itself as manufacturing the 'largest selection and variety of tools in the United States for filling tires [and] checking tire pressure'?"
Sort of surprising how cheaply Obama can be bought.
Muskegon County administrator abruptly steps down over budget fight
Muskegon County administrator abruptly steps down over budget fight
"Muskegon County Administrator Jack Niemiec stunned Muskegon County Commissioners and county staff Tuesday afternoon by abruptly announcing his retirement as of Sept. 12."
This is BIG!
Someone must stand up for the taxpayers and citizens of our county!
So far EVERYONE has bowed down to the big county employee unions that are bankrupting our county.
We are not all that far from becoming "Detroit West".
Are there any statesmen in our county?
"Muskegon County Administrator Jack Niemiec stunned Muskegon County Commissioners and county staff Tuesday afternoon by abruptly announcing his retirement as of Sept. 12."
This is BIG!
Someone must stand up for the taxpayers and citizens of our county!
So far EVERYONE has bowed down to the big county employee unions that are bankrupting our county.
We are not all that far from becoming "Detroit West".
Are there any statesmen in our county?
George Furth, an Actor and Playwright, Dies at 75
George Furth, an Actor and Playwright, Dies at 75
"Perhaps his most memorable role was as Woodcock, the loyal railway employee who allows himself to be blown up not once, but twice, by Paul Newman’s Butch Cassidy, rather than let the train he is riding be robbed.
“Butch, you know if it were my money, there’s nobody I’d rather have steal it than you,” Woodcock calls memorably through a locked door, moments before it explodes in his face for a second time. “But you see, I am still in the employment of E. H. Harriman of the Union Pacific Railroad.”"
"Perhaps his most memorable role was as Woodcock, the loyal railway employee who allows himself to be blown up not once, but twice, by Paul Newman’s Butch Cassidy, rather than let the train he is riding be robbed.
“Butch, you know if it were my money, there’s nobody I’d rather have steal it than you,” Woodcock calls memorably through a locked door, moments before it explodes in his face for a second time. “But you see, I am still in the employment of E. H. Harriman of the Union Pacific Railroad.”"
Cyberspace Barrage Preceded Russian Fighting
Cyberspace Barrage Preceded Russian Fighting
“It costs about 4 cents per machine,” Mr. Woodcock said. “You could fund an entire cyberwarfare campaign for the cost of replacing a tank tread, so you would be foolish not to.”“It costs about 4 cents per machine,” Mr. Woodcock said. “You could fund an entire cyberwarfare campaign for the cost of replacing a tank tread, so you would be foolish not to.”"
“It costs about 4 cents per machine,” Mr. Woodcock said. “You could fund an entire cyberwarfare campaign for the cost of replacing a tank tread, so you would be foolish not to.”“It costs about 4 cents per machine,” Mr. Woodcock said. “You could fund an entire cyberwarfare campaign for the cost of replacing a tank tread, so you would be foolish not to.”"
Obama's 'no income taxes on seniors' draws critics
Obama's 'no income taxes on seniors' draws critics
"The Tax Policy Center, a think tank run jointly by the Brookings Institution and the Urban Institute, gave the idea bad grades in a recent study of the two presidential candidates' tax plans."
Hey you kollege kids!
Barry the Prez is gonna give your grama and granpa mo of your moolah!
Cool idea?
You'll get change all right........
"The Tax Policy Center, a think tank run jointly by the Brookings Institution and the Urban Institute, gave the idea bad grades in a recent study of the two presidential candidates' tax plans."
Hey you kollege kids!
Barry the Prez is gonna give your grama and granpa mo of your moolah!
Cool idea?
You'll get change all right........
FCC Commissioner: Return of Fairness Doctrine Could Control Web Content
FCC Commissioner: Return of Fairness Doctrine Could Control Web Content: "There’s a huge concern among conservative talk radio hosts that reinstatement of the Fairness Doctrine would all-but destroy the industry due to equal time constraints. But speech limits might not stop at radio. They could even be extended to include the Internet and “government dictating content policy.”"
Beijing Olympics: Faking scandal over girl who 'sang' in opening ceremony - Telegraph
Beijing Olympics: Faking scandal over girl who 'sang' in opening ceremony
"The girl in the red dress with the pigtails, called Lin Miaoke, 9, and from a Beijing primary school, has become a national sensation since Friday night, giving interviews to all the most popular newspapers.
But the show's musical designer felt forced to set the record straight. He gave an interview to Beijing radio saying the real singer was a seven-year-old girl who had won a gruelling competition to perform the anthem, a patriotic song called 'Hymn to the Motherland'."
"The girl in the red dress with the pigtails, called Lin Miaoke, 9, and from a Beijing primary school, has become a national sensation since Friday night, giving interviews to all the most popular newspapers.
But the show's musical designer felt forced to set the record straight. He gave an interview to Beijing radio saying the real singer was a seven-year-old girl who had won a gruelling competition to perform the anthem, a patriotic song called 'Hymn to the Motherland'."
Heights council chastises mayor over fence repair
Heights council chastises mayor over fence repair
"The mayor's decision to spend city funds without council approval came after the city's insurance company denied a resident's claim that a city snow plow had damaged her fence earlier this year, council members said."
Good old "Detroit West", NOW with a "Kwame" in residence!
"The mayor's decision to spend city funds without council approval came after the city's insurance company denied a resident's claim that a city snow plow had damaged her fence earlier this year, council members said."
Good old "Detroit West", NOW with a "Kwame" in residence!
Obama without his script
Obama without his script
"The Obama campaign has for months pursued the odd strategy of having the junior senator from Illinois act as if he were already kinda-sorta president of the United States"
Imagine BHussein calling President Putin over the Georgian invasion.... ...really, think about it...... "ah...ah..... Prezzident...ah......Putin.......ah... ..this..is....Prezzident....ah.....ah...... ..Barry......."
"The Obama campaign has for months pursued the odd strategy of having the junior senator from Illinois act as if he were already kinda-sorta president of the United States"
Imagine BHussein calling President Putin over the Georgian invasion.... ...really, think about it...... "ah...ah..... Prezzident...ah......Putin.......ah... ..this..is....Prezzident....ah.....ah...... ..Barry......."
Monday, August 11, 2008
Battle brewing over county budget c$uts
Battle brewing over county budget cuts
"Muskegon County's proposed 2008 fiscal year budget was released last week, and officials are already squaring off for a brutal fight over a shrinking pot of general fund dollars.
On one side is county Administrator Jack Niemiec and his supporters on the county board, who put together a $2.6 million deficit reduction plan that would force numerous county departments, including those run by countywide elected officials, to tighten their belts considerably.
They say they were forced to impose the plan because many of the elected officials, as well as several court administrators, failed to respond to a request to cut their budgets by 6 percent."
About time!
This is gonna be ugly, but ugly is what ya get when the cancer has spread for so long.
"Muskegon County's proposed 2008 fiscal year budget was released last week, and officials are already squaring off for a brutal fight over a shrinking pot of general fund dollars.
On one side is county Administrator Jack Niemiec and his supporters on the county board, who put together a $2.6 million deficit reduction plan that would force numerous county departments, including those run by countywide elected officials, to tighten their belts considerably.
They say they were forced to impose the plan because many of the elected officials, as well as several court administrators, failed to respond to a request to cut their budgets by 6 percent."
About time!
This is gonna be ugly, but ugly is what ya get when the cancer has spread for so long.
Media pain
Instapundit.com -: "Well, with story after story on how cars are polar-bear-killing inventions of the devil, you'd think they'd be glad to be rid of all that dirty money."
Real good talker Barack Obama loses mind on stage
Real good talker Barack Obama loses mind on stage
"The poor famous guy in this video from an Indiana TV station may be a regular rock star in Germany and have just turned 47 last week. Which, admittedly, is getting up there in years.
And he did not have his usual teleprompter. But it sure does sound like he's not very happy with this America that he wants to be the president of, if he really doesn't want his daughters to grow up in it."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d667NAI9HIM
"The poor famous guy in this video from an Indiana TV station may be a regular rock star in Germany and have just turned 47 last week. Which, admittedly, is getting up there in years.
And he did not have his usual teleprompter. But it sure does sound like he's not very happy with this America that he wants to be the president of, if he really doesn't want his daughters to grow up in it."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d667NAI9HIM
Saturday, August 09, 2008
The rich are not so different after all: Hamptons town struggles with $12M deficit
The rich are not so different after all: Hamptons town struggles with $12M deficit
"East Hampton, one of the main towns on the eastern end of Long Island that make up the Hamptons, is burdened with a deficit that could exceed $12 million. And that has become a rich source of irony, given the community's spectacular wealth and its concentration of Wall Street money-management talent."
"East Hampton, one of the main towns on the eastern end of Long Island that make up the Hamptons, is burdened with a deficit that could exceed $12 million. And that has become a rich source of irony, given the community's spectacular wealth and its concentration of Wall Street money-management talent."
Punditry | Professor Bainbridge
Punditry Professor Bainbridge: "Public criticism of judges, moreover, is one of the limited avenues available to hold unelected judges accountable. Criticism of judges invokes the social sanction known as shaming. Society long has made use of shame as a sanction. The Pilgrim’s stocks find a modern counterpart in the perp walk beloved of white collar prosecutors. The core idea is that reputationally sensitive individuals can be influenced by having their conduct held up to public obloquy."
Friday, August 08, 2008
The Loyalty?
"Obama Sign of Progress"?
In lieu of GDP increases or personal freedom?
You're either "Loyal" or you're ........?
Scary!
Thursday, August 07, 2008
You heard it here first: We won the war
You heard it here first: We won the war
"Somebody has to write this. The United States has won the war in Iraq.
I'm compelled to proclaim victory because, these days, winning wars has become politically incorrect in Western societies."
But, oh so painful a truth for those delicate liberal ears.
"Somebody has to write this. The United States has won the war in Iraq.
I'm compelled to proclaim victory because, these days, winning wars has become politically incorrect in Western societies."
But, oh so painful a truth for those delicate liberal ears.
A scandal for Denver?
A scandal for Denver?
"Former DNC chief Don Fowler delivers the Democratic grown-ups' message, on the record, as reported in the Charlotte Observer--
If Edwards fails to clear up the story in short order, he risks party officials deciding not to have him speak or, if they do, creating a distraction from a week focused on Barack Obama accepting the nomination.
'If there is not an explanation that's satisfactory, acceptable and meets high moral standards, the answer is 'no,' he would not be a prime candidate to make a major address to the convention,' said Don Fowler, a former Democratic National Committee chair."
The Edwards "lovebaby" story gonna be BIG!
"Former DNC chief Don Fowler delivers the Democratic grown-ups' message, on the record, as reported in the Charlotte Observer--
If Edwards fails to clear up the story in short order, he risks party officials deciding not to have him speak or, if they do, creating a distraction from a week focused on Barack Obama accepting the nomination.
'If there is not an explanation that's satisfactory, acceptable and meets high moral standards, the answer is 'no,' he would not be a prime candidate to make a major address to the convention,' said Don Fowler, a former Democratic National Committee chair."
The Edwards "lovebaby" story gonna be BIG!
The audacity of Bathos!
The American Spectator: "Since the MSM hasn't seen fit to accurately publicize this amazing insight, I must insist that the senator's complete Obama-fuels program be immediately broadcast to the nation. This bold nine-point initiative will make both oil imports and new domestic drilling completely unnecessary by the end of Barack's eight-to-ten-year presidency."
Point two: Diet and exercise. If Americans lose, on average, ten pounds per person, each national car trip will be lighter by three billion pounds -- saving enough fuel in a year to offset weeks of ANWR oil production. This healthy-choice initiative will also allow Michael Moore and Al Gore to make outsized personal contributions to energy independence.
Point two: Diet and exercise. If Americans lose, on average, ten pounds per person, each national car trip will be lighter by three billion pounds -- saving enough fuel in a year to offset weeks of ANWR oil production. This healthy-choice initiative will also allow Michael Moore and Al Gore to make outsized personal contributions to energy independence.
(hat tip to Atlanta Lou for "The audacity of Bathos")
U.S. mail carrier demands kilt uniform option
U.S. mail carrier demands kilt uniform option
"A 6-foot-tall, 250-pound mail carrier wants the U.S. Postal Service to add kilts as a uniform option for men."
"A 6-foot-tall, 250-pound mail carrier wants the U.S. Postal Service to add kilts as a uniform option for men."
First presidential campaign plane in history to have all American flags removed
First presidential campaign plane in history to have all American flags removed.
Does anyone suspect a pattern here?
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