"The liberal vision of government is easily understood and makes perfect sense if one acknowledges their misunderstanding and implied assumptions about the sources of income.
Their vision helps explain the language they use and policies they support, such as income redistribution and calls for the rich to give something back.
Suppose the true source of income was a gigantic pile of money meant to be shared equally amongst Americans.
The reason some people have more money than others is because they got to the pile first and greedily took an unfair share.
That being the case, justice requires that the rich give something back, and if they won't do so voluntarily, Congress should confiscate their ill-gotten gains and return them to their rightful owners.
A competing liberal implied assumption about the sources of income is that income is distributed, as in distribution of income.
There might be a dealer of dollars.
The reason why some people have more dollars than others is because the dollar dealer is a racist, a sexist, a multinationalist or a conservative.
The only right thing to do, for those to whom the dollar dealer unfairly dealt too many dollars, is to give back their ill-gotten gains.
If they refuse to do so, then it's the job of Congress to use their agents at the IRS to confiscate their ill-gotten gains and return them to their rightful owners.
In a word, there must be a re-dealing of the dollars or what some people call income redistribution.
The sane among us recognize that in a free society, income is neither taken nor distributed; for the most part, it is earned.
Income is earned by pleasing one's fellow man.
The greater one's ability to please his fellow man, the greater is his claim on what his fellow man produces. Those claims are represented by the number of dollars received from his fellow man."
Friday, June 03, 2011
Plan for Muskegon County's economic development growth being designed Friday
Plan for Muskegon County's economic development growth being designed Friday MLive.com
"The meeting, scheduled for Muskegon Community College's Collegiate Hall, is broken into two sessions.
The public is encouraged to attend the morning session, beginning at 9 a.m., while the afternoon session is geared toward local governmental officials."
Another government funded promise of better times.
All paid for with borrowing from your grandchildren.
"The meeting, scheduled for Muskegon Community College's Collegiate Hall, is broken into two sessions.
The public is encouraged to attend the morning session, beginning at 9 a.m., while the afternoon session is geared toward local governmental officials."
Another government funded promise of better times.
All paid for with borrowing from your grandchildren.
Cinderella and Jackyl booked for Muskegon Summer Celebration; all-festival passes go on sale Thursday
Cinderella and Jackyl booked for Muskegon Summer Celebration; all-festival passes go on sale Thursday MLive.com
"Muskegon Summer Celebration has pretty much set its main-stage entertainment in a “make or break” year as the festival's eight-day passes go on sale Thursday."
"Muskegon Summer Celebration has pretty much set its main-stage entertainment in a “make or break” year as the festival's eight-day passes go on sale Thursday."
Dispute Grows as Egyptian Gas Doesn’t Flow to Israel
Dispute Grows as Egyptian Gas Doesn’t Flow to Israel - NYTimes.com
"More than a month after saboteurs blew up an Egyptian pipeline supplying natural gas to Israel, the line is repaired but gas is not flowing and foreign shareholders of the company suspect politics to be the reason."
I starting to believe that American jews hate Israel.
"More than a month after saboteurs blew up an Egyptian pipeline supplying natural gas to Israel, the line is repaired but gas is not flowing and foreign shareholders of the company suspect politics to be the reason."
I starting to believe that American jews hate Israel.
New schedule, free parking among changes to Muskegon County Airport
New schedule, free parking among changes to Muskegon County Airport MLive.com
"A more consistent schedule for commercial flights and a free parking promotion lead a plan to increase bookings out of Muskegon County Airport."
"A more consistent schedule for commercial flights and a free parking promotion lead a plan to increase bookings out of Muskegon County Airport."
State Employee Public Pension Liability Jumps $900 Million in One Year
State Employee Public Pension Liability Jumps $900 Million in One Year [Michigan Capitol Confidential]
"In one year, the state of Michigan’s unfunded liability for the state employees’ pension plan increased by $900 million due to the poor performance of investments in 2008.
The unfunded liability increased from $3.1 billion in 2009 to $4.0 billion in 2010 for the Michigan State Employees’ Retirement System"
"In one year, the state of Michigan’s unfunded liability for the state employees’ pension plan increased by $900 million due to the poor performance of investments in 2008.
The unfunded liability increased from $3.1 billion in 2009 to $4.0 billion in 2010 for the Michigan State Employees’ Retirement System"
"They took it lugs and all"
Oceana's Herald-Journal
"Approximately 250 pounds of picked asparagus was reported stolen to the Michigan State Police May 26.
MSP Sgt. Mike Cookenmaster said the asparagus was along the roadside in the vicinity of Jackson Road and 200th Avenue in Colfax Township waiting to be picked up.
“They took it lugs and all,” Cookenmaster said.
The theft was reported by Ken Oomen, he said. Large quantity asparagus thefts are not common, Cookenmaster said, but some growers might have small quantities taken from fields.
The incident remains under investigation."
"Approximately 250 pounds of picked asparagus was reported stolen to the Michigan State Police May 26.
MSP Sgt. Mike Cookenmaster said the asparagus was along the roadside in the vicinity of Jackson Road and 200th Avenue in Colfax Township waiting to be picked up.
“They took it lugs and all,” Cookenmaster said.
The theft was reported by Ken Oomen, he said. Large quantity asparagus thefts are not common, Cookenmaster said, but some growers might have small quantities taken from fields.
The incident remains under investigation."
San Jose City Council imposes 10 percent pay cuts on four unions
San Jose City Council imposes 10 percent pay cuts on four unions - San Jose Mercury News
"On an 8-3 vote that signaled growing impatience with labor battles in the face of a fiscal crisis, the San Jose City Council on Tuesday imposed 10 percent pay and benefit cuts on four unions representing more than half the city's workforce."
"On an 8-3 vote that signaled growing impatience with labor battles in the face of a fiscal crisis, the San Jose City Council on Tuesday imposed 10 percent pay and benefit cuts on four unions representing more than half the city's workforce."
Thursday, June 02, 2011
Plan for Muskegon County's economic development growth being designed Friday
Plan for Muskegon County's economic development growth being designed Friday MLive.com
"A consultant hired by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will be here Friday to help the Muskegon community design a road map for “smart growth.”
Muskegon County was one of only 32 communities in the nation selected this year to receive the technical assistance regarding economic development.
The specific program selected for Muskegon County is focused on identifying strategies and policies across all local governmental units to promote business expansion and retention.
The meeting, scheduled for Muskegon Community College's Collegiate Hall, is broken into two sessions.
The public is encouraged to attend the morning session, beginning at 9 a.m., while the afternoon session is geared toward local governmental officials.
By the end of the meeting, the consultant and local officials are expected to create an action plan and look for ways to build community consensus for a course of action involving the community's economic stability."
TOMORROW 9 a.m.!
"A consultant hired by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will be here Friday to help the Muskegon community design a road map for “smart growth.”
Muskegon County was one of only 32 communities in the nation selected this year to receive the technical assistance regarding economic development.
The specific program selected for Muskegon County is focused on identifying strategies and policies across all local governmental units to promote business expansion and retention.
The meeting, scheduled for Muskegon Community College's Collegiate Hall, is broken into two sessions.
The public is encouraged to attend the morning session, beginning at 9 a.m., while the afternoon session is geared toward local governmental officials.
By the end of the meeting, the consultant and local officials are expected to create an action plan and look for ways to build community consensus for a course of action involving the community's economic stability."
TOMORROW 9 a.m.!
Frank Beckman possibly looking at' challenging Stabenow in 2012
Metro and State McCullough 'seriously looking at' challenging Stabenow in 2012 The Detroit News
"A hot rumor making the rounds at the Mackinac conference today was that Detroit radio host Frank Beckmann would seek the Republican nomination to challenge Stabenow."
Oh yeah!
"A hot rumor making the rounds at the Mackinac conference today was that Detroit radio host Frank Beckmann would seek the Republican nomination to challenge Stabenow."
Oh yeah!
BLACKFIVE: Redleg rumba
BLACKFIVE: Redleg rumba
There isn’t an infantryman in the world that doesn’t love the Redlegs (and if he says otherwise, he’s lyin’).
Here’s the “King of Battle” working out.
If you’re not tired at the end of this you aren’t human.
This is how you put steel on target and a lot of it:
There isn’t an infantryman in the world that doesn’t love the Redlegs (and if he says otherwise, he’s lyin’).
Here’s the “King of Battle” working out.
If you’re not tired at the end of this you aren’t human.
This is how you put steel on target and a lot of it:
Food Pyramid replaced with My Plate: Will it help Americans improve their eating habits?
Food Pyramid replaced with My Plate: Will it help Americans improve their eating habits? MLive.com
"Will changing the shape of food guidelines get Americans in better shape?
The Obama administration hopes so.
Today, they unveiled a replacement for the food pyramid -- and this time they are using a circle."
The answer to the question is NO!
But these same government functionaries who scream for government to keep out of our bedrooms now want the feds in our kitchens 3 times a day.
I wonder if they will make a "snack plate" so the can live in our kitchens 24/7.
"Will changing the shape of food guidelines get Americans in better shape?
The Obama administration hopes so.
Today, they unveiled a replacement for the food pyramid -- and this time they are using a circle."
The answer to the question is NO!
But these same government functionaries who scream for government to keep out of our bedrooms now want the feds in our kitchens 3 times a day.
I wonder if they will make a "snack plate" so the can live in our kitchens 24/7.
Report: Michigan drops to 20th in the nation for driver knowledge
Report: Michigan drops to 20th in the nation for driver knowledge MLive.com
"Like last year, nearly one in five motorists were found unfit to drive"
It took a government funded "study" to figure that out?
And guess what ALWAYS follows a government funded study that concludes people aren't smart enough to do something?
Yep! More federal/state money to make the people "smarter".
That always works...right?
"Like last year, nearly one in five motorists were found unfit to drive"
It took a government funded "study" to figure that out?
And guess what ALWAYS follows a government funded study that concludes people aren't smart enough to do something?
Yep! More federal/state money to make the people "smarter".
That always works...right?
Get Ready for QE3
Get Ready for QE3 NetRight Daily
"Times columnist Paul Krugman too jumps into the fray for his part.
He wants “W.P.A.-type programs putting the unemployed to work doing useful things like repairing roads… a serious program of mortgage modification, reducing the debts of troubled homeowners… [and] [w]e could try to get inflation back up to the 4 percent rate”.
Basically, the Left wants more of the same — more “stimulus”—which has already failed.
We know that because of the 4.2 percent decline in home values in the first quarter as measured by the S&P/Case Shiller home price index."
"Times columnist Paul Krugman too jumps into the fray for his part.
He wants “W.P.A.-type programs putting the unemployed to work doing useful things like repairing roads… a serious program of mortgage modification, reducing the debts of troubled homeowners… [and] [w]e could try to get inflation back up to the 4 percent rate”.
Basically, the Left wants more of the same — more “stimulus”—which has already failed.
We know that because of the 4.2 percent decline in home values in the first quarter as measured by the S&P/Case Shiller home price index."
Off the 'gravy train'
Off the 'gravy train' - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
"'The debate about global warming has reached ridiculous proportions and is full of micro-thin half-truths and misunderstandings,' he says.
'I am a scientist who was on the carbon gravy train, understands the evidence, was once an alarmist, but am now a skeptic.'
Empirical evidence from the '90s showed that CO2 is not the primary driver of global temperatures, Evans says.
'(R)ather than admit they were wrong, the governments, and their tame climate scientists, now outrageously maintain the fiction that carbon dioxide is a dangerous pollutant.'
Naturally, Evans has been vilified by other 'experts' because of his remarks.
But, as with other skeptics, his assertions are dismissed, not debated.
It is, as Evans says, a comfortable gravy train for all aboard."
"'The debate about global warming has reached ridiculous proportions and is full of micro-thin half-truths and misunderstandings,' he says.
'I am a scientist who was on the carbon gravy train, understands the evidence, was once an alarmist, but am now a skeptic.'
Empirical evidence from the '90s showed that CO2 is not the primary driver of global temperatures, Evans says.
'(R)ather than admit they were wrong, the governments, and their tame climate scientists, now outrageously maintain the fiction that carbon dioxide is a dangerous pollutant.'
Naturally, Evans has been vilified by other 'experts' because of his remarks.
But, as with other skeptics, his assertions are dismissed, not debated.
It is, as Evans says, a comfortable gravy train for all aboard."
Iran cleric: Killing Israeli children OK
Iran cleric: Killing Israeli children OK - Israel News, Ynetnews
"A senior Iranian cleric, who is known as President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's spiritual mentor, urged followers to continue suicide attacks against Israelis, including children.
Ayatollah Mohammad Taghi Mesbah, considered one of the Islamic Republic's most radical clerics, issued a religious edict on his website whereby suicide attacks are not only legitimate but are a must for every Muslim"
A religion of peace.....
"A senior Iranian cleric, who is known as President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's spiritual mentor, urged followers to continue suicide attacks against Israelis, including children.
Ayatollah Mohammad Taghi Mesbah, considered one of the Islamic Republic's most radical clerics, issued a religious edict on his website whereby suicide attacks are not only legitimate but are a must for every Muslim"
A religion of peace.....
Wall Street Baffled by Slowing Economy, Low Yields: Trader
Wall Street Baffled by Slowing Economy, Low Yields: Trader - CNBC
"'Interest rates are amazingly low and that, thanks to Ben Bernanke, is driving everything,' Yastrow said. 'We’re on the verge of a great, great depression.
The [Federal Reserve] knows it"
"'Interest rates are amazingly low and that, thanks to Ben Bernanke, is driving everything,' Yastrow said. 'We’re on the verge of a great, great depression.
The [Federal Reserve] knows it"
Carmen's today 2:00!
Most every Tues. and Thurs. 2:00-3:15 political chat at Carmen's Cafe.
Today has 2 interesting items:
1. $80 grand to train 10 Heights kids for jobs in the construction business......you might ask "what jobs". They probably won't.
2. Remember the big millage that raised money to redo the Frauenthal and the Walker. Well, that money has been paid back but the county wants to keep the millage and spend the money on......well, they don't say.
We'll talk about that today at 2:00
All are invited.
Just ask for Jim
Today has 2 interesting items:
1. $80 grand to train 10 Heights kids for jobs in the construction business......you might ask "what jobs". They probably won't.
2. Remember the big millage that raised money to redo the Frauenthal and the Walker. Well, that money has been paid back but the county wants to keep the millage and spend the money on......well, they don't say.
We'll talk about that today at 2:00
All are invited.
Just ask for Jim
Rep. Hank Johnson_Guam Tip Over
Guess which party this US Congressman represents.
(old but still an important insight into how we got into this mess)
Wednesday, June 01, 2011
Unfaithful wives should be put to death
Unfaithful wives should be put to death Visalia Times-Delta and Tulare Advance-Register visaliatimesdelta.com
"These slut women do not know how to say no.
To my judgment, these women who freely sleep with married men must be severely punished and put to death."
California style!
"These slut women do not know how to say no.
To my judgment, these women who freely sleep with married men must be severely punished and put to death."
California style!
Guess which Muskegon Marina...
Guess which Muskegon marina is city owned and which is owned by a tax paying, privately owned company. Why does ANY government body own marinas?
photos taken mid-May 2011
Public School Paradox: Record spending, mass teacher layoffs
"The Mackinac Center for Public Policy reports that in 2010 Michigan’s public school revenue totaled $19.4 billion.
That averages to $11,661 spent per student on day-to-day operating expenditures, and represents a 1.5 percent increase from 2009.
Despite the increase in overall spending, there is a steady drumbeat of news stories about how cash-strapped Michigan school districts are being forced to lay off teachers.
How can this be?"
That averages to $11,661 spent per student on day-to-day operating expenditures, and represents a 1.5 percent increase from 2009.
Despite the increase in overall spending, there is a steady drumbeat of news stories about how cash-strapped Michigan school districts are being forced to lay off teachers.
How can this be?"
Michigan Tax Amnesty
Taxes - Frequently Asked Questions
"The Michigan Tax Amnesty program provides a 45-day window for taxpayers to settle tax liabilities with the State, for return periods ending on or before December 31, 2009 and avoid penalty payments. Qualifying taxpayers also avoid civil and criminal penalties and prosecution by the Michigan Department of Treasury."
"The Michigan Tax Amnesty program provides a 45-day window for taxpayers to settle tax liabilities with the State, for return periods ending on or before December 31, 2009 and avoid penalty payments. Qualifying taxpayers also avoid civil and criminal penalties and prosecution by the Michigan Department of Treasury."
GVSU energy center to host July summer entrepreneur academy for West Michigan teens
GVSU energy center to host July summer entrepreneur academy for West Michigan teens MLive.com
"West Michigan high school students have a chance to participate in a five-day summer camp to hone their entrepreneurial talents as the analyze, develop and pitch a detailed business plan for an eco-friendly enterprise."
Gimme a break.
AlGore's movie is a proven fake so now we've got government funded summer eco-madrassas?
Gimme a break!
"West Michigan high school students have a chance to participate in a five-day summer camp to hone their entrepreneurial talents as the analyze, develop and pitch a detailed business plan for an eco-friendly enterprise."
Gimme a break.
AlGore's movie is a proven fake so now we've got government funded summer eco-madrassas?
Gimme a break!
D.C.'s ambulance fleet depleted by repairs
D.C.'s ambulance fleet depleted by repairs Scott McCabe DC Washington Examiner
"Nearly a third of the District's basic life support ambulances are out of service for repairs, a situation that couldn't come at a worse time, union officials said."
When you've stolen all the money, this is what happens.
And they act surprised?
"Nearly a third of the District's basic life support ambulances are out of service for repairs, a situation that couldn't come at a worse time, union officials said."
When you've stolen all the money, this is what happens.
And they act surprised?
Muskegon Taxpayers Alliance: My letter to Muskegon county commissioners
Muskegon Taxpayers Alliance: My letter to Muskegon county commissioners
"Our commissioners will soon face tremendous challenges as they try to maintain county services and keep our county solvent.
They will need more than citizen committees and consultants to deflect the criticism likely to arise from the tough decisions ahead.
They will need the confidence and good will of the citizenry.
A citizenry that trusts our county leaders are honest and up front with the issues we all face."
"Our commissioners will soon face tremendous challenges as they try to maintain county services and keep our county solvent.
They will need more than citizen committees and consultants to deflect the criticism likely to arise from the tough decisions ahead.
They will need the confidence and good will of the citizenry.
A citizenry that trusts our county leaders are honest and up front with the issues we all face."
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