It's Bad for Our Democracy to Exempt Half the Country From Income Taxes
"A very small number of taxpayers -- the 10% of the country that makes more than $92,400 a year -- pay 72.4% of the nation's income taxes. They're the tip of the triangle that's supporting virtually everyone and everything. Their burden keeps getting heavier."
Monday, April 13, 2009
The Granholm Dossier
The Granholm Dossier
Nifty Granholm retrospective.
Frightening suggestion into the Obama future.
Do click on the video links.
"The official transcript reads:
This month, we held 13 sessions across the state, explaining this fund to standing room only crowds of excited entrepreneurs and business people eager to grow their businesses.
In a few months, we will begin making prudent investments in the diverse companies that will grow jobs in Michigan.
And by this time next year, we'll see new businesses doing just that. In five years, you're going to be blown away by the strength and diversity of Michigan's transformed economy.
That hardly does it justice. This one, folks, is all in the delivery."
Nifty Granholm retrospective.
Frightening suggestion into the Obama future.
Do click on the video links.
"The official transcript reads:
This month, we held 13 sessions across the state, explaining this fund to standing room only crowds of excited entrepreneurs and business people eager to grow their businesses.
In a few months, we will begin making prudent investments in the diverse companies that will grow jobs in Michigan.
And by this time next year, we'll see new businesses doing just that. In five years, you're going to be blown away by the strength and diversity of Michigan's transformed economy.
That hardly does it justice. This one, folks, is all in the delivery."
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Climate Provision Would Allow Global Warming 'Victims' to Sue
Climate Provision Would Allow Global Warming 'Victims' to Sue
"An under-the-radar provision in a House climate bill would give plaintiffs who claim to be victims of global warming a way to sue the federal government or businesses, according to a report Friday in The Washington Times.
The Times reported that Democratic Reps. Henry Waxman of California and Edward Markey of Massachusetts added it into a bill they authored.
The provision, which was just released, reportedly would set grounds for plaintiffs who has 'suffered' or expect to suffer 'harm' attributable at least in part to government inaction. The provision defines 'harm' as 'any effect of air pollution (including climate change),' according to the Times. Plaintiffs could seek up to $75,000 in damages a year from the government, with $1.5 million being the maximum total payout.
The Times reported that Waxman is trying to accelerate passage for the bill through his committee, as the Senate begins drafting its own version."
update:
http://blog.mlive.com/flintjournal/aheller/2009/04/is_it_time_to_sue_mother_natur.html
"let's sue mother nature"!
"An under-the-radar provision in a House climate bill would give plaintiffs who claim to be victims of global warming a way to sue the federal government or businesses, according to a report Friday in The Washington Times.
The Times reported that Democratic Reps. Henry Waxman of California and Edward Markey of Massachusetts added it into a bill they authored.
The provision, which was just released, reportedly would set grounds for plaintiffs who has 'suffered' or expect to suffer 'harm' attributable at least in part to government inaction. The provision defines 'harm' as 'any effect of air pollution (including climate change),' according to the Times. Plaintiffs could seek up to $75,000 in damages a year from the government, with $1.5 million being the maximum total payout.
The Times reported that Waxman is trying to accelerate passage for the bill through his committee, as the Senate begins drafting its own version."
update:
http://blog.mlive.com/flintjournal/aheller/2009/04/is_it_time_to_sue_mother_natur.html
"let's sue mother nature"!
Peeps cupcakes!
Cupcakes Take The Cake: Peeps cupcakes!
"I'm working on Easter and Passover cupcake posts (trying to get them up in a timely manner, I promise!) but just had to post some Peeps cupcakes first!"
"I'm working on Easter and Passover cupcake posts (trying to get them up in a timely manner, I promise!) but just had to post some Peeps cupcakes first!"
Susan Boyle - Singer - Britains Got Talent 2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnmbJzH93NU
an alt link if the original fails (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxPZh4AnWyk)
A Happy Easter gift to us all from the Brits!
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Tax and Spend by Barack Obama
Our President!
And his comrades in his liberal media would prefer you don't click this.
But you're gonna, aren't ya?
Do it!
Muskegon Michigan News Weather Sports Blogs Videos Pictures & More
Muskegon Michigan News Weather Sports Blogs Videos Pictures & More
Who are these people?
The Chronicle replacement?
And are they here to stay?
Who are these people?
The Chronicle replacement?
And are they here to stay?
Patients 'more likely to die' if EU rules on 48-hour week go ahead, doctors warn
Patients 'more likely to die' if EU rules on 48-hour week go ahead, doctors warn
"Patients will be at risk if the Government implements plans to stop doctors working more than 48 hours a week, the president of the Royal College of Surgeons warned today.'Patient safety will be reduced, so it follows that patients are more likely to die,' said John Black, a former general surgeon at Worcestershire Royal Hospital.
The vast majority of doctors think the European Working Time Directive, due to be introduced on August 1, is dangerous"
"Patients will be at risk if the Government implements plans to stop doctors working more than 48 hours a week, the president of the Royal College of Surgeons warned today.'Patient safety will be reduced, so it follows that patients are more likely to die,' said John Black, a former general surgeon at Worcestershire Royal Hospital.
The vast majority of doctors think the European Working Time Directive, due to be introduced on August 1, is dangerous"
Think Progress Contradicts Itself On Obama's Gun Control Position
Think Progress Contradicts Itself On Obama's Gun Control Position
"One such outlet, the George Soros-funded Clinton front group Think Progress, offered the following hysterical headline hours after the shootings:
Right-wing’s false claims that Obama will take away guns ‘has helped fuel the panic buying of firearms.’
Yet, five days later, TP expressed concern the President is going back on campaign promises to -- wait for it! -- reinstate the assault weapons ban:"
"One such outlet, the George Soros-funded Clinton front group Think Progress, offered the following hysterical headline hours after the shootings:
Right-wing’s false claims that Obama will take away guns ‘has helped fuel the panic buying of firearms.’
Yet, five days later, TP expressed concern the President is going back on campaign promises to -- wait for it! -- reinstate the assault weapons ban:"
Tax Facts to Make Your Head Explode. …
Tax Facts to Make Your Head Explode. …: "REASON TV: Tax Facts to Make Your Head Explode."
Ethanol raises cost of nutrition programs
Ethanol raises cost of nutrition programs
"Food stamps and child nutrition programs are expected to cost up to $900 million more this year because of increased ethanol use."
can't wait til carbon credits click in.......
"Food stamps and child nutrition programs are expected to cost up to $900 million more this year because of increased ethanol use."
can't wait til carbon credits click in.......
Friday, April 10, 2009
Dead Man Eating...Last Meals on Death Row
Dead Man Eating...Last Meals on Death Row
calvin shuler
south carolina
june 22, 2007
t-bone steak, well done with A-1 Steak sauce, baked potato, french fries, grape drink and chocolate cake.
Ordering a well done T-bone steak deserves the death penality, in my book.
calvin shuler
south carolina
june 22, 2007
t-bone steak, well done with A-1 Steak sauce, baked potato, french fries, grape drink and chocolate cake.
Ordering a well done T-bone steak deserves the death penality, in my book.
Where did our money go?
Congress-needs-Google-to-find-out-where-stimulus-money-went
"During the stimulus debate, the bill's supporters stressed that it included strong oversight safeguards. But audits and reports are months, if not years, away. Oversight will be after the fact; right now, with the money actually beginning to flow, members of Congress have little or no idea where it is going. What, for example, is the Department of Housing and Urban Development doing with the $1.5 billion Congress approved for a new program called the Homeless Prevention Fund? Lawmakers don't know."
"During the stimulus debate, the bill's supporters stressed that it included strong oversight safeguards. But audits and reports are months, if not years, away. Oversight will be after the fact; right now, with the money actually beginning to flow, members of Congress have little or no idea where it is going. What, for example, is the Department of Housing and Urban Development doing with the $1.5 billion Congress approved for a new program called the Homeless Prevention Fund? Lawmakers don't know."
CELEBRATING OUR DECLINE
CELEBRATING OUR DECLINE
"Our president came bearing a basketful of mea culpas. With varying degrees of directness or obliqueness, Obama indicted his own people for arrogance, for dismissiveness and derisiveness, for genocide, for torture, for Hiroshima, for Guantanamo and for insufficient respect for the Muslim world.
And what did he get for this obsessive denigration of his own country? He wanted more NATO combat troops in Afghanistan to match the surge of 17,000 Americans. He was rudely rebuffed.
He wanted more stimulus spending from Europe. He got nothing.
From Russia, he got no help on Iran. From China, he got the blocking of any action on North Korea.
And what did he get for Guantanamo? France, pop. 64 million, will take one prisoner. One! (Sadly, he'll have to leave his swim buddy behind.) The Austrians said they would take none. As Interior Minister Maria Fekter explained with impeccable Germanic logic, if they're not dangerous, why not just keep them in America?
When Austria is mocking you, you're having a bad week."
"Our president came bearing a basketful of mea culpas. With varying degrees of directness or obliqueness, Obama indicted his own people for arrogance, for dismissiveness and derisiveness, for genocide, for torture, for Hiroshima, for Guantanamo and for insufficient respect for the Muslim world.
And what did he get for this obsessive denigration of his own country? He wanted more NATO combat troops in Afghanistan to match the surge of 17,000 Americans. He was rudely rebuffed.
He wanted more stimulus spending from Europe. He got nothing.
From Russia, he got no help on Iran. From China, he got the blocking of any action on North Korea.
And what did he get for Guantanamo? France, pop. 64 million, will take one prisoner. One! (Sadly, he'll have to leave his swim buddy behind.) The Austrians said they would take none. As Interior Minister Maria Fekter explained with impeccable Germanic logic, if they're not dangerous, why not just keep them in America?
When Austria is mocking you, you're having a bad week."
Social Security's Surplus Disappearing Fast in Downturn
Social Security's Surplus Disappearing Fast in Downturn
"Federal budget worrywarts (myself included) have been fretting for years about the arrival of the Dread Fiscal Year 2017, when Social Security was projected to start becoming a drag on federal finances.
Well, no need to worry about 2017 any more. Thanks to the worst economic downturn since the 1930s, the moment of reckoning is already almost here: According to both the budget proposed by the White House in February and projections issued by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) in March, Social Security benefits ($659 billion, according to the CBO) will exceed payroll taxes ($653 billion) in fiscal 2009 for the first time since 1984."
"Federal budget worrywarts (myself included) have been fretting for years about the arrival of the Dread Fiscal Year 2017, when Social Security was projected to start becoming a drag on federal finances.
Well, no need to worry about 2017 any more. Thanks to the worst economic downturn since the 1930s, the moment of reckoning is already almost here: According to both the budget proposed by the White House in February and projections issued by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) in March, Social Security benefits ($659 billion, according to the CBO) will exceed payroll taxes ($653 billion) in fiscal 2009 for the first time since 1984."
The Futility of Hybrid Cars
The Futility of Hybrid Cars
"The prospects for biofuels are worse. The CRS report cites sources that say a significant increase in biofuel production “would require harvesting various energy crops at a scale that vastly exceeds current practice.” A 2007 study from MIT estimated that as much as 500 million acres of land would be required, which would displace so much cropland that the U.S. would have to become a “substantial agricultural importer.”
Heavy use of biofuels, it seems, would simply move us from depending on foreign oil to depending on foreign food."
Obama's plan will result in national suicide.
"The prospects for biofuels are worse. The CRS report cites sources that say a significant increase in biofuel production “would require harvesting various energy crops at a scale that vastly exceeds current practice.” A 2007 study from MIT estimated that as much as 500 million acres of land would be required, which would displace so much cropland that the U.S. would have to become a “substantial agricultural importer.”
Heavy use of biofuels, it seems, would simply move us from depending on foreign oil to depending on foreign food."
Obama's plan will result in national suicide.
Obama the Pitchfork Operator: A Remake of the Soviet Classic
Obama the Pitchfork Operator: A Remake of the Soviet Classic
"While some of today’s comparisons between Obama and communist dictators may go over the top, the general direction of such thinking is not without merit: since they share a utopian goal of forced equality, it’s logical to expect that their methods may also converge at some point. To wit, recent actions from Obama reminded me of a ploy Stalin used on Western entrepreneurs, which in itself is an illustrative morality play contrasting the differences between socialism and capitalism.
“My administration is the only thing between you and the pitchforks,” Barack Obama told the CEOs of the world’s most powerful financial institutions"
"While some of today’s comparisons between Obama and communist dictators may go over the top, the general direction of such thinking is not without merit: since they share a utopian goal of forced equality, it’s logical to expect that their methods may also converge at some point. To wit, recent actions from Obama reminded me of a ploy Stalin used on Western entrepreneurs, which in itself is an illustrative morality play contrasting the differences between socialism and capitalism.
“My administration is the only thing between you and the pitchforks,” Barack Obama told the CEOs of the world’s most powerful financial institutions"
Benefits widen public, private workers' pay gap
Benefits widen public, private workers' pay gap
"Overall, total compensation for state and local workers was $39.25 an hour — $11.90 more than in private business. In 2007, the gap in wages and benefits was $11.31.
The gap has been expanding because of the increasing value of public employee benefits. Last year, government benefits rose three times more than those in the private sector: up 69 cents an hour for civil servants, 23 cents for private workers."
We work harder, longer at lower pay to support those who work less, retire earlier and make more money in retirement than most of us earn while working.
"Overall, total compensation for state and local workers was $39.25 an hour — $11.90 more than in private business. In 2007, the gap in wages and benefits was $11.31.
The gap has been expanding because of the increasing value of public employee benefits. Last year, government benefits rose three times more than those in the private sector: up 69 cents an hour for civil servants, 23 cents for private workers."
We work harder, longer at lower pay to support those who work less, retire earlier and make more money in retirement than most of us earn while working.
Thursday, April 09, 2009
Haire of the Dog | DeMint, Paul rated lower by U.S. Chamber than Obama, Biden, Clinton
DeMint, Paul rated lower by U.S. Chamber than Obama, Biden, Clinton
"And to further prove that the Chamber is a bastion of liberalism and that big business favors the policies of the Democrats over those of the GOP, the Examiner notes that not only did that exemplar of conservatism DeMint fail to receive SoE Award, he fared worse on the Chamber's rankings than did President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. John Kerry, and Sen. Hillary Clinton. And it's all true. Go here to see the rankings."
"And to further prove that the Chamber is a bastion of liberalism and that big business favors the policies of the Democrats over those of the GOP, the Examiner notes that not only did that exemplar of conservatism DeMint fail to receive SoE Award, he fared worse on the Chamber's rankings than did President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. John Kerry, and Sen. Hillary Clinton. And it's all true. Go here to see the rankings."
Supply of cartridges a shell of former self in Lee County, other areas
Supply of cartridges a shell of former self in Lee County, other areas
"Ammunition is very hard to find because everybody is stockpiling. It's like the paranoia before Y2K.'"
"Ammunition is very hard to find because everybody is stockpiling. It's like the paranoia before Y2K.'"
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