Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Time for an uprising in Benton Harbor
Time for an uprising in Benton Harbor - Chicago Sun-Times
"But Benton Harbor may become to economic justice what the small town of Selma was to civil rights."
"But Benton Harbor may become to economic justice what the small town of Selma was to civil rights."
Obama’s Trump Card
Obama’s Trump Card - Thomas Sowell - National Review Online
"Why Republicans seem not to understand the crucial importance of putting the same time and attention into articulating their positions as the Democrats do is one of the enduring mysteries of American politics.
It was obvious that the Democrats coordinated their talking points and catch-phrases — “social justice,” “tax cuts for the rich,” etc. — even before the overheard and recorded statements of Sen. Chuck Schumer about Democrats’ plans to repeatedly use the word “extreme” to characterize Republicans.
But how many Republican catch phrases can you remember?
Republican rhetoric tends to range from low key to no key."
Can you close your eyes and imagine a republican candidate, at any level-state-local-national, that articulated the vision of simply paying for what you bought?
With passion?
I don't think that winning elections ought to as hard as it is for us.
We need more Alan Jagers (Muskegon county commissioner) in the republican world.
"Why Republicans seem not to understand the crucial importance of putting the same time and attention into articulating their positions as the Democrats do is one of the enduring mysteries of American politics.
It was obvious that the Democrats coordinated their talking points and catch-phrases — “social justice,” “tax cuts for the rich,” etc. — even before the overheard and recorded statements of Sen. Chuck Schumer about Democrats’ plans to repeatedly use the word “extreme” to characterize Republicans.
But how many Republican catch phrases can you remember?
Republican rhetoric tends to range from low key to no key."
Can you close your eyes and imagine a republican candidate, at any level-state-local-national, that articulated the vision of simply paying for what you bought?
With passion?
I don't think that winning elections ought to as hard as it is for us.
We need more Alan Jagers (Muskegon county commissioner) in the republican world.
The Truth About Tax Increases On Big Oil
The Truth About Tax Increases On Big Oil The Freaking Truth
"Here’s the freaking truth about raising taxes on oil companies.
They’re just going to pass the cost on to us.
This is how it works on any tax increase on business."
"Here’s the freaking truth about raising taxes on oil companies.
They’re just going to pass the cost on to us.
This is how it works on any tax increase on business."
Town Rescinds 'Unconstitutional' Tea Party Sign Ban
Town Rescinds 'Unconstitutional' Tea Party Sign Ban [Michigan Capitol Confidential]
"The city of Coldwater also agreed to pay the legal costs of $8,347.50 for the tea party Common Sense Patriots of Branch County."
"The city of Coldwater also agreed to pay the legal costs of $8,347.50 for the tea party Common Sense Patriots of Branch County."
Thanks to Obama, Gas Jumps in a Flash
Pajamas Media » Thanks to Obama, Gas Jumps in a Flash
There was just one problem: reality.
Even though, as critcs were eager to point out, any additional American drilling was years in the future, oil prices immediately went into free-fall.
By Friday, July 18, the price of a barrel of crude had dropped to $128.94, a 12% decrease.
A month later, on August 14, the price had fallen to $115.05.
In spectacular fashion, Bush’s academic and media critics were proven seriously wrong.
For commodities traders who’d been pricing oil based on a supposition of scarcity, the potential for millions of additional barrels on the market hit like a thunderbolt.
The simple act of putting America’s resources on the table popped the oil bubble, and a stunning price drop followed in short order.
By election day, November 4, the price of a barrel of crude had plummeted to $70.84 — a 51% decrease in less than five months.
There was just one problem: reality.
Even though, as critcs were eager to point out, any additional American drilling was years in the future, oil prices immediately went into free-fall.
By Friday, July 18, the price of a barrel of crude had dropped to $128.94, a 12% decrease.
A month later, on August 14, the price had fallen to $115.05.
In spectacular fashion, Bush’s academic and media critics were proven seriously wrong.
For commodities traders who’d been pricing oil based on a supposition of scarcity, the potential for millions of additional barrels on the market hit like a thunderbolt.
The simple act of putting America’s resources on the table popped the oil bubble, and a stunning price drop followed in short order.
By election day, November 4, the price of a barrel of crude had plummeted to $70.84 — a 51% decrease in less than five months.
Trail of melted ice cream leads police to suspect in break-in of Egelston Township business
Trail of melted ice cream leads police to suspect in break-in of Egelston Township business MLive.com: "During a discussion with a deputy, the man said: “If you found my shoes next to the ice cream shop door, then I must have broken into it,” the report said.
“He said that it wouldn’t surprise him or anyone else if he did break into this business because he does do stupid things like that when he is drunk,” the report said."
“He said that it wouldn’t surprise him or anyone else if he did break into this business because he does do stupid things like that when he is drunk,” the report said."
WH's Carney Laughs Off Obama Not Giving Easter Statement
RealClearPolitics - Video - WH's Carney Laughs Off Obama Not Giving Easter Statement
If Barry O'Muslim wasn't so phony, no one would care... but he is such a transparently phony "christian".
If Barry O'Muslim wasn't so phony, no one would care... but he is such a transparently phony "christian".
Rep. Amash rejects Sen. Graham's version of 'freedom agenda'
Rep. Amash rejects Sen. Graham's version of 'freedom agenda' - The Hill's Floor Action
"Freshman Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.) on Sunday night flatly rejected a recommendation from Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) that the U.S. should start bombing Col. Moammar Gadhafi's inner circle in order to force him to leave Libya."
Strong, brave and ....so rare!
"Freshman Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.) on Sunday night flatly rejected a recommendation from Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) that the U.S. should start bombing Col. Moammar Gadhafi's inner circle in order to force him to leave Libya."
Strong, brave and ....so rare!
Monday, April 25, 2011
TOMORROW! Be THERE!
Muskegon Taxpayers Alliance: TOMORROW! Be THERE!
"Another Muskegon County meeting that YOU aren't supposed to know about or attend.
Tomorrow 1:00 PM at the Community Mental Health Bldg. 376 Apple.
Laptops and other spenathons sure to be on the agenda...that we can't see in advance!"
"Another Muskegon County meeting that YOU aren't supposed to know about or attend.
Tomorrow 1:00 PM at the Community Mental Health Bldg. 376 Apple.
Laptops and other spenathons sure to be on the agenda...that we can't see in advance!"
Althouse: "How law schools completely misrepresent their job numbers."
"Counting temporary and permanent jobs, only 45% had 'real legal jobs.'
Drop below the 'top 50,' and the percentages are almost certainly worse."
When salespeople (law school recruiters) lie to their customers about the value of their product, shouldn't the customers (students/parents) be able to sue based on fraud?
Muskegon-to-Milwaukee Lake Express ferry service to delay start of season
"The start of the 2011 Lake Express sailing season will be delayed by about three weeks as work is done to complete an off-season engine maintenance program"
It takes 6 months to fix an engine?
Not a good sign for the future......and with gasoline peaking.......
I love and travel on the Express but this may be the end if fuel prices keep rising.
Thanks, environ nuts BarryO and the rest of your democrat comrades.
How sad what "hope and change" has brought us.
Barack Obama's reluctance to release birth certificate may be due to identity of his father
Barack Obama's reluctance to release birth certificate may be due to identity of his father Mail Online
"As well as his birth certificate, the U.S. President has fought to keep his school records, employment records and medical records hidden.
'Why would anybody, let alone the president of the United States, spend millions of dollars in legal fees to keep that hidden?
'As long as that goes on,' he concluded, 'I think it's a legitimate issue,' Slom said."
"As well as his birth certificate, the U.S. President has fought to keep his school records, employment records and medical records hidden.
'Why would anybody, let alone the president of the United States, spend millions of dollars in legal fees to keep that hidden?
'As long as that goes on,' he concluded, 'I think it's a legitimate issue,' Slom said."
Box-office power of Ayn Rand’s ‘Atlas Shrugged’ baffles insiders
The "insiders" being Hollywood leftists.
What wouldn't baffle them?
Closing in on the Solar Singularity
Closing in on the Solar Singularity - The Speculist
"The big one of course is solar power.
The sun is out there, blasting our planet every day with far more energy than we could need or (right now) even think about using.
Ray Kurzweil says that our current level of solar power use is bout eight doublings away from being great enough to power our entire civilization.
Will we achieve those doublings?
If we do, it will be because of developments like this:"
"The big one of course is solar power.
The sun is out there, blasting our planet every day with far more energy than we could need or (right now) even think about using.
Ray Kurzweil says that our current level of solar power use is bout eight doublings away from being great enough to power our entire civilization.
Will we achieve those doublings?
If we do, it will be because of developments like this:"
Bill Gross Battles Bond Dealers on Outlook as Treasuries Gain
Bill Gross Battles Bond Dealers on Outlook as Treasuries Gain - Bloomberg
“I could join the dealers and say the 10-year’s not going to go to 4 percent, so what am I left with?” Gross said in a telephone interview April 20.
“I’m left with an under-yielding, less-than-inflation security.
I have better choices.
As a firm we’re not going to put up with it.”"
“I could join the dealers and say the 10-year’s not going to go to 4 percent, so what am I left with?” Gross said in a telephone interview April 20.
“I’m left with an under-yielding, less-than-inflation security.
I have better choices.
As a firm we’re not going to put up with it.”"
IMF bombshell: Age of America nears end
"Just 10 years ago, the U.S. economy was three times the size of China's."
Tea party gets involved in local school board elections
Tea party gets involved in local school board elections - ksl.com
It's about time someone who representeted the students and the parents had some input.
It's about time someone who representeted the students and the parents had some input.
Shutter Fraternities for Young Women's Good
Shutter Fraternities for Young Women's Good Home Land - WSJ.com#articleTabs=article
"My fourth night at school, I went with some friends to Rugby Road, where the fraternity houses are located. They are built of the same Jeffersonian architecture as the rest of the campus.
At once august and moldering, they seemed sinister, to stand for male power at its most malevolent and institutionally condoned.
I remember standing there thinking I'd made a terrible mistake.
It wasn't worth it, I decided.
The next day I withdrew from the university."
This insane paranoiac wants to end "choice" for men on campus.
Ah, the liberal left....
"My fourth night at school, I went with some friends to Rugby Road, where the fraternity houses are located. They are built of the same Jeffersonian architecture as the rest of the campus.
At once august and moldering, they seemed sinister, to stand for male power at its most malevolent and institutionally condoned.
I remember standing there thinking I'd made a terrible mistake.
It wasn't worth it, I decided.
The next day I withdrew from the university."
This insane paranoiac wants to end "choice" for men on campus.
Ah, the liberal left....
Lakes Mall to host Senior Health and Fitness Day
Lakes Mall to host Senior Health and Fitness Day MLive.com
"There will be a National Senior Health and Fitness Day 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 25 at the Lakes Mall in Fruitport Township.
Activities include Pickleball and demonstrations of tai chi, yoga and zumba."
Wow!
Pickleball!
"There will be a National Senior Health and Fitness Day 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 25 at the Lakes Mall in Fruitport Township.
Activities include Pickleball and demonstrations of tai chi, yoga and zumba."
Wow!
Pickleball!
The ghost from birthdays past
PRUDEN: The ghost from birthdays past - Washington Times
"But the state of Hawaii still won’t release the “long-form birth certificate.”
Only the president can authorize such release, and so far, for reasons that may be perfectly innocent and eminently reasonable, he won’t do it.
He offers only defense by assertion.
The rest of us can only speculate."
"But the state of Hawaii still won’t release the “long-form birth certificate.”
Only the president can authorize such release, and so far, for reasons that may be perfectly innocent and eminently reasonable, he won’t do it.
He offers only defense by assertion.
The rest of us can only speculate."
Why Air Traffic Controllers Fall Asleep on the Job
Bond and Poole: Why Air Traffic Controllers Fall Asleep on the Job - WSJ.com
"Within air traffic circles, this problem is so well-known that 2-2-1 has long been called 'the rattler,' since it can come back and bite the controller, degrading his performance.
But controllers and their union have fought to keep 2-2-1 because it gives them a three-day weekend afterwards."
It's the unions, stupid!
"Within air traffic circles, this problem is so well-known that 2-2-1 has long been called 'the rattler,' since it can come back and bite the controller, degrading his performance.
But controllers and their union have fought to keep 2-2-1 because it gives them a three-day weekend afterwards."
It's the unions, stupid!
Wisconsin School Employee Makes Threatening Phone Call to Business for Selling Gas to GOPer
Michelle Malkin » Wisconsin School Employee Makes Threatening Phone Call to Business for Selling Gas to GOPer
"A Sheboygan gas station owner is baffled after a mystery caller tells a clerk it’s a bad idea to do business with a Sheboygan-area state senator.
It started Tuesday when a woman called Dick Hiers’s Northeast Standard gas station after she thought she saw Senator Joe Leibham there. Her call was caught on the answering machine.
The answering machine here in the back of the store was left on from the night before and was recording the entire conversation.
Caller: “Can you verify that was Senator Leibham at the gas station this morning?”
Gas station clerk: “Senator Leibham?”
Caller: “Yes. Do you guys support him?”
Clerk: “I have nothing to say about that, I am not politically involved.”
Caller: “Alright, well you can tell Dick he’s not good for business, I’ll tell you that.”
Shocked over the 26-second conversation, Hiers quickly traced the call — only to get surprise number two.
“And it turned out to be coming from the Sheboygan area district school office,” he said."
"A Sheboygan gas station owner is baffled after a mystery caller tells a clerk it’s a bad idea to do business with a Sheboygan-area state senator.
It started Tuesday when a woman called Dick Hiers’s Northeast Standard gas station after she thought she saw Senator Joe Leibham there. Her call was caught on the answering machine.
The answering machine here in the back of the store was left on from the night before and was recording the entire conversation.
Caller: “Can you verify that was Senator Leibham at the gas station this morning?”
Gas station clerk: “Senator Leibham?”
Caller: “Yes. Do you guys support him?”
Clerk: “I have nothing to say about that, I am not politically involved.”
Caller: “Alright, well you can tell Dick he’s not good for business, I’ll tell you that.”
Shocked over the 26-second conversation, Hiers quickly traced the call — only to get surprise number two.
“And it turned out to be coming from the Sheboygan area district school office,” he said."
Obama’s Pain at the Pump
Obama’s Pain at the Pump NetRight Daily
"The Federal Reserve, the nation’s central bank, has increased its balance sheet from about $947 billion to over $2.73 trillion.
That was mostly to bail out the banks by buying $1.25 trillion of mortgage-backed securities and prop up the U.S. Treasury with nearly $1 trillion in new loans to back up the gargantuan levels of government spending"
"The Federal Reserve, the nation’s central bank, has increased its balance sheet from about $947 billion to over $2.73 trillion.
That was mostly to bail out the banks by buying $1.25 trillion of mortgage-backed securities and prop up the U.S. Treasury with nearly $1 trillion in new loans to back up the gargantuan levels of government spending"
Sunday, April 24, 2011
City of Muskegon changes cell phone carrier and orders 'smart phones' for selected staff
City of Muskegon changes cell phone carrier and orders 'smart phones' for selected staff MLive.com
"The city of Muskegon has changed cell phone vendors and for the first time will provide a limited number of city employees with advanced “smart phone” technology."
Hey, they've got LOTS of money for important things...right?
"The city of Muskegon has changed cell phone vendors and for the first time will provide a limited number of city employees with advanced “smart phone” technology."
Hey, they've got LOTS of money for important things...right?
Government Cash Handouts Now Top Tax Revenues
Government Cash Handouts Now Top Tax Revenues - FoxBusiness.com
"U.S. households are now getting more in cash handouts from the government than they are paying in taxes for the first time since the Great Depression."
"U.S. households are now getting more in cash handouts from the government than they are paying in taxes for the first time since the Great Depression."
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