Review of Metro fares, service raises civil rights concerns
"Metro must do a better job of evaluating whether fare increases and service changes disproportionately affect low-income and minority customers, a federal review found.
The Federal Transit Administration's review also found the transit agency needs to improve services to customers with limited English skills."
Oh, the unintended consequences of subsidived government transit-care...."everyone here is equal. Some are just more equal than others"
Saturday, August 01, 2009
CBS Buries Democrat Label in Chris Dodd/Kent Conrad Countrywide Scandal Story
CBS Buries Democrat Label in Chris Dodd/Kent Conrad Countrywide Scandal Story
"the two most prominent figures currently still in government who are implicated in the scandal are Democratic Senators Christopher Dodd and Kent Conrad, neither Senator was identified by Attkisson as a Democrat."
"the two most prominent figures currently still in government who are implicated in the scandal are Democratic Senators Christopher Dodd and Kent Conrad, neither Senator was identified by Attkisson as a Democrat."
The Weekly Standard
The Weekly Standard
"Kennedy received a Presidential Medal of Freedom this week, the highest honor that can be bestowed upon any American civilian.
Liberals freely lionize the good senator, thinking nothing of honoring him at the 2008 Democratic National Convention with a tribute video with a water motif, no less. It is considered bad form for conservatives to mention Mary Jo Kopechne (who would have been close to 70 now if she had lived), especially now that Kennedy himself has fallen ill with a brain tumor"
"Kennedy received a Presidential Medal of Freedom this week, the highest honor that can be bestowed upon any American civilian.
Liberals freely lionize the good senator, thinking nothing of honoring him at the 2008 Democratic National Convention with a tribute video with a water motif, no less. It is considered bad form for conservatives to mention Mary Jo Kopechne (who would have been close to 70 now if she had lived), especially now that Kennedy himself has fallen ill with a brain tumor"
Robbing the bank
Robbing the bank
"Rep. Barney Frank, Massachusetts Democrat, is threatening to revive legislation that would let bankruptcy judges rewrite mortgage contracts if banks don't 'voluntarily' write off a larger percentage of bad home loans."
"Rep. Barney Frank, Massachusetts Democrat, is threatening to revive legislation that would let bankruptcy judges rewrite mortgage contracts if banks don't 'voluntarily' write off a larger percentage of bad home loans."
Oakland County service providers must verify workers are legal
Oakland County service providers must verify workers are legal
"The move will require service vendors to use the E-Verify program to avoid hiring illegal workers"
Read the comments below the article!
"The move will require service vendors to use the E-Verify program to avoid hiring illegal workers"
Read the comments below the article!
Michigan teachers oppose fast track to teaching math, science
Michigan teachers oppose fast track to teaching math, science
"The Michigan Education Association, the state's largest union for school employees, commissioned the survey conducted by EPIC-MRA.
Among the findings released Thursday: 58% of the 400 educators surveyed oppose the plan."
"The Michigan Education Association, the state's largest union for school employees, commissioned the survey conducted by EPIC-MRA.
Among the findings released Thursday: 58% of the 400 educators surveyed oppose the plan."
Bad bridges passed up for stimulus cash
Bad bridges passed up for stimulus cash
"Tens of thousands of unsafe or decaying bridges carrying 100 million drivers a day must wait for repairs because states are spending stimulus money on spans that are already in good shape or on easier projects like repaving roads, an Associated Press analysis shows"
"Tens of thousands of unsafe or decaying bridges carrying 100 million drivers a day must wait for repairs because states are spending stimulus money on spans that are already in good shape or on easier projects like repaving roads, an Associated Press analysis shows"
A Minimum Wage Equals Minimum Jobs: The unseen costs of minimum wage laws
A Minimum Wage Equals Minimum Jobs: The unseen costs of minimum wage laws
"Wage minimums tell employers: 'Don't give a beginner a chance.'
Such losses are hard to see, but they are widespread.
One company closes because it can't afford to pay higher wages.
Another decides to produce its product with fewer workers, and another never expands.
Perhaps most importantly, there's the business that never opens.
The people who were never hired don't complain—they wouldn't know whom to blame—they don't even know that they were harmed.
They are the unseen victims."
"Wage minimums tell employers: 'Don't give a beginner a chance.'
Such losses are hard to see, but they are widespread.
One company closes because it can't afford to pay higher wages.
Another decides to produce its product with fewer workers, and another never expands.
Perhaps most importantly, there's the business that never opens.
The people who were never hired don't complain—they wouldn't know whom to blame—they don't even know that they were harmed.
They are the unseen victims."
Behold!
Behold! - Jonah Goldberg
"I lamented the non-existence of a good Biden gaffe agglomerator.
Within three hours, JoeBidenSaidThat.com was born!"
"I lamented the non-existence of a good Biden gaffe agglomerator.
Within three hours, JoeBidenSaidThat.com was born!"
George Perles gives reasons for 10-win prediction
George Perles gives reasons for 10-win prediction
"'I've been around here since 1956, and I've never seen the entire athletic department in better shape.'"
"'I've been around here since 1956, and I've never seen the entire athletic department in better shape.'"
Speaker Will Keep 'Villains' Money
Speaker Will Keep 'Villains' Money
"Pelosi ranked 55th among members of the 111th Congress in contributions from health insurers since the 1989-1990 election cycle, according to CRP, having taken in $186,750"
"Pelosi ranked 55th among members of the 111th Congress in contributions from health insurers since the 1989-1990 election cycle, according to CRP, having taken in $186,750"
Pelosi lashes out against insurance companies
Pelosi lashes out against insurance companies
"'It's almost immoral what they are doing,' Pelosi said to reporters, referring to insurance companies. 'Of course they've been immoral all along in how they have treated the people that they insure,' she said, adding, 'They are the villains. They have been part of the problem in a major way. They are doing everything in their power to stop a public option from happening.'"
"'It's almost immoral what they are doing,' Pelosi said to reporters, referring to insurance companies. 'Of course they've been immoral all along in how they have treated the people that they insure,' she said, adding, 'They are the villains. They have been part of the problem in a major way. They are doing everything in their power to stop a public option from happening.'"
Friday, July 31, 2009
Beck Exposes 'Cash for Clunkers' Language Giving Feds Authority to Take Control of Computers | NewsBusters.org
Beck Exposes 'Cash for Clunkers' Language Giving Feds Authority to Take Control of Computers NewsBusters.org: "Guilfoyle also said legally the government can use Web software to track your computer any time they want once you've logged into the site."
Dead Lansing businesses: Story Olds, Benigan's, Villegas, Boston Market
Yes, I know... it's Engler's fault.....
Alabama County Faces Major Layoffs
Alabama County Faces Major Layoffs
"It is hardly unusual these days for a government building to forgo a fresh paint job or regular lawn care to cut costs. But last week, the director of the Jefferson County public nursing home was told that the county could no longer afford to bury indigent patients."
Substitute "Muskegon" for Alabama and hold on to your wallet!
"It is hardly unusual these days for a government building to forgo a fresh paint job or regular lawn care to cut costs. But last week, the director of the Jefferson County public nursing home was told that the county could no longer afford to bury indigent patients."
Substitute "Muskegon" for Alabama and hold on to your wallet!
New Cash Steered to Clunkers
New Cash Steered to Clunkers
"Congress moved Friday to inject fresh funds into the wildly popular 'cash for clunkers' program after it nearly ran out of money, threatening to become a symbol of government bungling."
Serious "DUH" here.
Giving away free money is ALWAYS "wildly popular".
....hmmmm...I've got a junker worth $800 and Great Leader will give me $4500 for it?
Who'd of guessed?
"Congress moved Friday to inject fresh funds into the wildly popular 'cash for clunkers' program after it nearly ran out of money, threatening to become a symbol of government bungling."
Serious "DUH" here.
Giving away free money is ALWAYS "wildly popular".
....hmmmm...I've got a junker worth $800 and Great Leader will give me $4500 for it?
Who'd of guessed?
Big Sale at Amazon.com: Jessica Simpson Women's Acadia Pump: Shoes
Come on gals!
The deals are on NOW!
... it's for the economy ya know.....
Tax Burden of Top 1% Now Exceeds That of Bottom 95%
Tax Burden of Top 1% Now Exceeds That of Bottom 95%
Newly released data from the IRS clearly debunks the conventional Beltway rhetoric that the "rich" are not paying their fair share of taxes.
Indeed, the IRS data shows that in 2007—the most recent data available—the top 1 percent of taxpayers paid 40.4 percent of the total income taxes collected by the federal government. This is the highest percentage in modern history. By contrast, the top 1 percent paid 24.8 percent of the income tax burden in 1987, the year following the 1986 tax reform act.
Remarkably, the share of the tax burden borne by the top 1 percent now exceeds the share paid by the bottom 95 percent of taxpayers combined. In 2007, the bottom 95 percent paid 39.4 percent of the income tax burden. This is down from the 58 percent of the total income tax burden they paid twenty years ago.
To put this in perspective, the top 1 percent is comprised of just 1.4 million taxpayers and they pay a larger share of the income tax burden now than the bottom 134 million taxpayers combined.
Newly released data from the IRS clearly debunks the conventional Beltway rhetoric that the "rich" are not paying their fair share of taxes.
Indeed, the IRS data shows that in 2007—the most recent data available—the top 1 percent of taxpayers paid 40.4 percent of the total income taxes collected by the federal government. This is the highest percentage in modern history. By contrast, the top 1 percent paid 24.8 percent of the income tax burden in 1987, the year following the 1986 tax reform act.
Remarkably, the share of the tax burden borne by the top 1 percent now exceeds the share paid by the bottom 95 percent of taxpayers combined. In 2007, the bottom 95 percent paid 39.4 percent of the income tax burden. This is down from the 58 percent of the total income tax burden they paid twenty years ago.
To put this in perspective, the top 1 percent is comprised of just 1.4 million taxpayers and they pay a larger share of the income tax burden now than the bottom 134 million taxpayers combined.
Cash Flow: The Real Reason for the "Cash for Clunkers" Suspension (The Ex-Car Salesman Blog)
The Real Reason for the "Cash for Clunkers" Suspension (The Ex-Car Salesman Blog)
"Second, the CARS dealer website -- where dealerships submit applications -- cannot handle the traffic. Dealers continuously report website crashes rendering them unable to submit their application. This increases the amount of time dealers must wait before they receive their rebate check -- depleting cash flow.
Third, worry is building in many dealerships because many applications for the rebate are being denied after the car deal. Some on this blog have expressed outraged after dealers have called them back demanding the customer make up for the denied CARS rebate (up to $4,500.00) or else they would have to return the car immediately.
Some have had their trade-in cars already destroyed."
"Second, the CARS dealer website -- where dealerships submit applications -- cannot handle the traffic. Dealers continuously report website crashes rendering them unable to submit their application. This increases the amount of time dealers must wait before they receive their rebate check -- depleting cash flow.
Third, worry is building in many dealerships because many applications for the rebate are being denied after the car deal. Some on this blog have expressed outraged after dealers have called them back demanding the customer make up for the denied CARS rebate (up to $4,500.00) or else they would have to return the car immediately.
Some have had their trade-in cars already destroyed."
Thursday, July 30, 2009
GOOD NEWS, OR BAD? Organic food is no healthier, study finds.
GOOD NEWS, OR BAD? Organic food is no healthier, study finds. “Researchers from the London School
“Researchers from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine said consumers were paying higher prices for organic food because of its perceived health benefits, creating a global organic market worth an estimated $48 billion in 2007. A systematic review of 162 scientific papers published in the scientific literature over the last 50 years, however, found there was no significant difference.”
Posted at by Glenn Reynolds at 2:36 pm"
“Researchers from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine said consumers were paying higher prices for organic food because of its perceived health benefits, creating a global organic market worth an estimated $48 billion in 2007. A systematic review of 162 scientific papers published in the scientific literature over the last 50 years, however, found there was no significant difference.”
Posted at by Glenn Reynolds at 2:36 pm"
AP sources: Govt to suspend 'cash for clunkers'
AP sources: Govt to suspend 'cash for clunkers': "Congressional officials say the government plans to suspend the popular 'cash for clunkers' program amid concerns it could quickly use up the $1 billion in rebates for new car purchases.
The Transportation Department called congressional offices late Thursday to alert them to the decision to halt the program, which offered owners of old cars and trucks $3,500 or $4,500 toward a new, more fuel-efficient vehicle."
The Transportation Department called congressional offices late Thursday to alert them to the decision to halt the program, which offered owners of old cars and trucks $3,500 or $4,500 toward a new, more fuel-efficient vehicle."
No. 3 at Justice OK'd Panther reversal
No. 3 at Justice OK'd Panther reversal
"Associate Attorney General Thomas J. Perrelli, the No. 3 official in the Obama Justice Department, was consulted and ultimately approved a decision in May to reverse course and drop a civil complaint accusing three members of the New Black Panther Party of intimidating voters in Philadelphia during November's election, according to interviews"
Black on black crime continues to be OK..... even federally protected, with B Hussein and his minions.....
"Associate Attorney General Thomas J. Perrelli, the No. 3 official in the Obama Justice Department, was consulted and ultimately approved a decision in May to reverse course and drop a civil complaint accusing three members of the New Black Panther Party of intimidating voters in Philadelphia during November's election, according to interviews"
Black on black crime continues to be OK..... even federally protected, with B Hussein and his minions.....
Pelosi lashes out against insurance companies
Pelosi lashes out against insurance companies
"U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday ramped up her criticism of insurance companies, accusing them of unethical behavior and working to kill a plan to create a new government-run health plan.'It's almost immoral what they are doing,' Pelosi said to reporters, referring to insurance companies. 'Of course they've been immoral all along in how they have treated the people that they insure,' she said, adding, 'They are the villains. They have been part of the problem in a major way. They are doing everything in their power to stop a public option from happening.'"
Say what?
And the Pelosi congress super-spenders are..........
"U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday ramped up her criticism of insurance companies, accusing them of unethical behavior and working to kill a plan to create a new government-run health plan.'It's almost immoral what they are doing,' Pelosi said to reporters, referring to insurance companies. 'Of course they've been immoral all along in how they have treated the people that they insure,' she said, adding, 'They are the villains. They have been part of the problem in a major way. They are doing everything in their power to stop a public option from happening.'"
Say what?
And the Pelosi congress super-spenders are..........
Video Shows ACORN Founder Wade Rathke Plotting America's Downfall
Video Shows ACORN Founder Wade Rathke Plotting America's Downfall
"On his TV show today, Glenn Beck spotlighted a fascinating interview that ACORNcracked.com editor Kyle Olson conducted with disgraced ACORN founder Wade Rathke."
This AMAZING expose is even better because it's Muskegon's own Kyle Olson who did the interview of the ACORN founder and was on Glenn beck's show last night!
Lucianne.com had this comment on their main page:
"On his TV show today, Glenn Beck spotlighted a fascinating interview that ACORNcracked.com editor Kyle Olson conducted with disgraced ACORN founder Wade Rathke."
This AMAZING expose is even better because it's Muskegon's own Kyle Olson who did the interview of the ACORN founder and was on Glenn beck's show last night!
Lucianne.com had this comment on their main page:
Video Shows ACORN Founder Wade RathkePlotting America's Downfall
Watch for stepped up attacks on Glenn Beck forhaving the stones to show us this.
We need more brave Americans like Kyle and Glenn!
Weak Treasury Sales Raise Worries About US Debt Burden
Weak Treasury Sales Raise Worries About US Debt Burden
"The U.S. Treasury sold $39 billion in five-year debt Wednesday in an auction that drew poor demand, raising worries over the cost of financing the government's burgeoning budget deficit.
It was the second lackluster showing in as many days,"
"The U.S. Treasury sold $39 billion in five-year debt Wednesday in an auction that drew poor demand, raising worries over the cost of financing the government's burgeoning budget deficit.
It was the second lackluster showing in as many days,"
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
:: Bersa Talk :: - IRAQ vs. D.C. DEATHS
:: Bersa Talk :: - IRAQ vs. D.C. DEATHS: "An interesting letter in the Australian Shooter Magazine this week, which I quote: 'If you consider that there has been an average of 160,000 troops in the Iraq theater of operations during the past 22 months, and a total of 2112 deaths, that gives a firearm death rate of 60 per 100,000 soldiers.
The firearm death rate in Washington, DC is 80.6 per 100,000 for the same period. That means you are about 25 per cent more likely to be shot and killed in the US capital, which has some of the strictest gun control laws in the US , than you are in Iraq .
Conclusion: The US should pull out of Washington"
The firearm death rate in Washington, DC is 80.6 per 100,000 for the same period. That means you are about 25 per cent more likely to be shot and killed in the US capital, which has some of the strictest gun control laws in the US , than you are in Iraq .
Conclusion: The US should pull out of Washington"
CARPE DIEM: More on Cash for Clunkers and Clunky Paperwork
CARPE DIEM: More on Cash for Clunkers and Clunky Paperwork: "Scott Lambert, vice president of the Minnesota Auto Dealers Association, said he was 'astounded' to learn at a meeting Tuesday representing about 150 Minnesota dealers that not one has had a deal approved. 'We had dealers representing 1,500 to 2,000 transactions,' he said. 'We asked how many had a deal approved yet, and not one hand went up.'
Lambert said the government has created a program that's 'so big and cumbersome that it can't find a way to accept anything."
Lambert said the government has created a program that's 'so big and cumbersome that it can't find a way to accept anything."
Massachusetts Lawmakers May Restore $2M Zoo Budget After Animal Death Threats
Massachusetts Lawmakers May Restore $2M Zoo Budget After Animal Death Threats
"BOSTON — Massachusetts lawmakers could vote as early as Wednesday on a plan to restore $2 million to the budget of the Boston area's two major zoos weeks after zoo officials raised the specter of animals being euthanized because of funding cuts.
Officials at Zoo New England said the Franklin Park Zoo in Boston and the Stone Zoo in Stoneham faced shutting down and the possibility that some zoo animals would have to be killed if lawmakers didn't restore a $4 million budget cut.
Gov. Deval Patrick has defended the cuts saying the zoos shouldn't be exempt from cuts during a fiscal crisis and that no animals were ever really threatened.
A bill set to come up before lawmakers would restore $2 million of the $4 million cut"
Don't forget to insure that abortion moneys aren't cut!
"BOSTON — Massachusetts lawmakers could vote as early as Wednesday on a plan to restore $2 million to the budget of the Boston area's two major zoos weeks after zoo officials raised the specter of animals being euthanized because of funding cuts.
Officials at Zoo New England said the Franklin Park Zoo in Boston and the Stone Zoo in Stoneham faced shutting down and the possibility that some zoo animals would have to be killed if lawmakers didn't restore a $4 million budget cut.
Gov. Deval Patrick has defended the cuts saying the zoos shouldn't be exempt from cuts during a fiscal crisis and that no animals were ever really threatened.
A bill set to come up before lawmakers would restore $2 million of the $4 million cut"
Don't forget to insure that abortion moneys aren't cut!
Analysis: Spartans count on freshmen
Analysis: Spartans count on freshmen
"'I think this past year's recruiting class really is the foundation for the future,' Dantonio said here Tuesday on at the conclusion of the Big Ten's two-day media sessions. 'I firmly believe that in the next four years, that group of players will see a Big Ten championship.'"
"'I think this past year's recruiting class really is the foundation for the future,' Dantonio said here Tuesday on at the conclusion of the Big Ten's two-day media sessions. 'I firmly believe that in the next four years, that group of players will see a Big Ten championship.'"
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