You voted for these big spending leaches. Why?-----Replace per-gallon fuel tax with higher wholesale tax (Senate Roll Call 662)

Senate Roll Call 662 - Michigan Votes
2014 House Bill 5477: Replace per-gallon fuel tax with higher wholesale tax (Senate Roll Call 662)

   

Passed 23 to 14 in the Senate on November 13, 2014, to replace the current 19-cent per gallon gas tax and 15-cent diesel tax with a 9.5 percent wholesale fuel tax, gradually increasing to 15.5 percent in 2018. When fully phased-in this would represent a tax hike of around $1.0 billion at current wholesale fuel prices, or around 10 cents per gallon. When in place, the tax could only rise or fall by 5 percent per year even if wholesale prices rose or fell faster.
View All of House Bill 5477: History, Amendments & Comments 

The vote was 23 in favor, 14 against, and 1 not voting.
(Senate Roll Call 662)

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Republican 50% 46% 3% 26 total votes

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Replace per-gallon fuel tax with higher wholesale tax

IN FAVOR

SENATE DEMOCRATS

Ananich (D)	Bieda (D)	Gregory (D)	Hood (D)	Hunter (D)
Johnson (D)	Smith (D)	Warren (D)	Whitmer (D)	Young (D)

SENATE REPUBLICANS

Booher (R)	Casperson (R)	Emmons (R)	Hansen (R)	Kahn (R)
Kowall (R)	Marleau (R)	Meekhof (R)	Nofs (R)	Pappageorge (R)
Richardville (R)	Schuitmaker (R)	Walker (R)

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AGAINST

SENATE DEMOCRATS

Anderson (D)

Hopgood (D)

SENATE REPUBLICANS

Brandenburg (R)	Caswell (R)	Colbeck (R)	Green (R)	Hildenbrand (R)
Hune (R)	Jansen (R)	Jones (R)	Pavlov (R)	Proos (R)
Robertson (R)	Rocca (R)

The 100 Greatest Innovations Of The Year

The 100 Greatest Innovations Of The Year | Popular Science

Dear Mr. Obama, It Must Be Good to Be King | TheBlaze.com

Dear Mr. Obama, It Must Be Good to Be King | TheBlaze.com:

"Dear President Obama, Lord, Sultan, Emperor, Pharaoh, Caesar, God-king, Prince of the Americas, whatever we’re supposed to call you. ‘President’ alone simply won’t suffice, will it, Your Grace? We had a thing called a president once, but that lowly office could scarcely contain your Majesty. You found that you couldn’t effectively govern while constrained by the rule of law, so you superseded it, just as you’ve done countless times before. This time you are waving your mighty scepter and magically granting defacto citizenship to millions of illegal aliens."


This is an excellent letter.  I wish the author a harassment free life.

TaxProf Blog: The IRS Scandal, Day 562

TaxProf Blog: The IRS Scandal, Day 562
Wall Street Journal:  IRS Finds Missing Emails of Former Top Official Lerner in Targeting Probe:

The watchdog agency for the Internal Revenue Service said it has found as many as 30,000 missing emails that could be relevant to a long-running congressional inquiry into alleged IRS targeting of conservative groups.

Investigators for the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration recently recovered the emails from IRS backup tapes, according to a spokeswoman for the watchdog agency. The emails belong to a former top IRS official, Lois Lerner, who has been a focus of congressional inquiries. ...

Top IRS officials had told lawmakers that backup tapes were routinely recycled and therefore weren't useful in the effort to find the missing email records. The agency said it had used other employees’ hard drives to recover thousands of the missing emails.

But TIGTA investigators succeeded in locating thousands of Ms. Lerner’s emails on the backup tapes. ...

The IRS said in a statement: “As Commissioner Koskinen has stated, the IRS welcomes TIGTA’s independent review and expert forensic analysis. Commissioner Koskinen has said for some time he would be pleased if additional Lois Lerner emails from this time frame could be found.”

The revelations promise to draw new attention to the targeting controversy, just before lawmakers return to Washington for the new Congress next year. TIGTA officials told lawmakers on Friday about the discovery of the missing emails, but congressional aides said it could take some weeks before the emails are sorted and in shape to examine. The emails must be decrypted and in some cases must be redacted to remove taxpayer-identifying information, aides said.

• Bloomberg:  Some Missing Lois Lerner E-Mails May Have Been Found, Panel Says
• Breitbart:  Surprise, 30,000 Lois Lerner IRS Emails Discovered Late Friday Afternoon
• Daily Caller:  30,000 Lois Lerner Emails Recovered
• The Hill:  Senators: Lerner Emails Might Have Been Found
• Legal Insurrection:  IRS Finds 30,000 Lerner Emails Days After “Threat” of Buggy Whipping, by William Jacobson (Cornell)

Gruber Called To Testify On Obamacare Transparency Failures | The Daily Caller

Gruber Called To Testify On Obamacare Transparency Failures | The Daily Caller:

"Issa also sent a letter to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrator Marilyn Tavener requesting her testimony as well on Dec. 9.
“I expect Mr. Gruber and Administrator Tavenner to testify publicly next month about the arrogance and deceptions surrounding the passage and implementation of ObamaCare,” Issa said in a statement released Friday."

Film Incentive Supporters: Michigan Program a Failure [Michigan Capitol Confidential]

Film Incentive Supporters: Michigan Program a Failure [Michigan Capitol Confidential]:

"Michigan passed its program in 2008 and has appropriated almost $500 million. The state has fewer jobs today than it did prior to the subsidies.

The Michigan Senate recently passed a bill that would continue the subsidies indefinitely. The bill is now being considered by the Michigan House."

10 of the Worst School Lunches From the #ThanksMichelleObama Hashtag | TheBlaze.com

10 of the Worst School Lunches From the #ThanksMichelleObama Hashtag | TheBlaze.com:

"It seems teenagers across the country are unhappy with some of their new lunch menus and are blaming First Lady Michelle Obama’s push for federally mandated “healthy” lunches.

Using the hashtag #ThanksMichelleObama, teens and some parents tweeted photos of some of the meals currently being served in America’s high schools. We warn you, some of them might make you lose your appetite."




If the queen doesn't respond, it will prove that she is the Elitist Witch we've always known her to be.
How does a non-elected individual change the lunch program for public schools across the nation?
This took place before the official crowning on November 20, 2014!

'Fair Share?' The Typical Beneficiary Of Obama's Illegal Immigration Plan Won't Pay Net Income Taxes

'Fair Share?' The Typical Beneficiary Of Obama's Illegal Immigration Plan Won't Pay Net Income Taxes:
Income statistics for illegals are, as you might imagine, not so easy to discern. 
But the Century Foundation analysis, published in Mother Jones, estimates that in 2005, “we can be virtually certain that illegal immigrants earned less than $24,000 per year, on average, probably much less.” 
That’s about $29,177 in 2014 dollars. According to theCongressional Budget Office, a person making that kind of money would pay negligible federal taxes, and receive around $10,000 in government benefits.

Our government at war with its citizens------‘Now, That’s What I Call a Friday News Dump’: Final Report Released After Two-Year Investigation Into Benghazi

‘Now, That’s What I Call a Friday News Dump’: Final Report Released After Two-Year Investigation Into Benghazi | TheBlaze.com:
“We conducted detailed interviews with senior intelligence officials from Benghazi and Tripoli as well as eight security personnel on the ground in Benghazi that night.
Based on the testimony and the documents we reviewed, we concluded that all the CIA officers in Benghazi were heroes. 
Their actions saved lives,” they said."

Al Sharpton Announces Nationwide Race Riots... Here's the List of Cities He's Targeting

BREAKING: Al Sharpton Announces Nationwide Race Riots... Here's the List of Cities He's Targeting

“We all know that when Al Sharpton uses the phrase “peaceful protest,” it’s done with a nudge and a wink.

It’s an meaningless blanket get-out-of-jail-free card meant to keep him out of trouble when these race baiting spectacles inevitably spiral out of control.

It seems that Sharpton seems to sense the writing on the wall as to how the grand jury will go.

This week, Sharpton wrote a piece in the New York Times, suggesting that we do away with the grand jury process (at least in cases like Officer Wilson’s), and merely take the person to jury trial.

Because if the facts don’t work out in your favor, change the rules. And if that doesn’t work, break stuff.

Here are the venues for Sharpton’s Magical Misery Tour:

ATLANTA, GA: 75 Spring St, SW, 2211 U.S. Courthouse

BIRMINGHAM, AL: 1729 5th Avenue North #140

ATLANTIC CITY, NJ: 2715 Atlantic Ave

BROOKLYN, NY: 225 Cadman Plaza E. Brooklyn, NY

CHARLESTON, NC: 200 East Bay Street City of Charleston Police Department, 180 Lockwood Blvd

CHARLOTTE, NC: 401 West Trade Street

CHICAGO, IL: 219 S Dearborn St #74

CINCINNATI, OH: 550 Main Street

PHILADELPHIA, PA: 601 Market Street

CLEVELAND, OH: 801 West Superior Avenue

DETROIT, MI: 231 W Lafayette Blvd

FERGUSON, MO: (Police Department), 222 S. Florissant Road

LOS ANGELES, CA COURT HOUSE: 255 East Temple

NATCHEZ, MS: 109 North Pearl Street

NEWARK, NJ: 970 Broad St. (Broad/Walnut Sts.)

OAKLAND, CA: 1225 Fallon Street

ORLANDO, FL: 401 West Central Boulevard

PATERSON, NJ: 401 Grand Street

PHOENIX, AZ: 400 West Washington

SANFORD, FL: 1300 Park Avenue

TALLAHASSEE, FL: 111 South Adams Street

10 Examples Of The Social Decay That Is Eating Away At America Like Cancer

10 Examples Of The Social Decay That Is Eating Away At America Like Cancer | The Daily Sheeple:

#1 It seems like many of the most horrific crimes these days are happening in middle America.  For example, a woman was recently hit over the head, raped and set on fire in a park in Wichita Kansas…

Wichita police say a woman was sexually assaulted, hit on the head, and set on fire Monday night in Fairmount Park.
According to police, the woman was on the ground, almost in a crawl, barely moving, and naked.
The woman was helped by a neighbor – Johnnye Marshall woke up her boyfriend Deon McPherson when she heard somebody scream for help.
“What if that was my daughter?  I’d want somebody to go in and get her,” McPherson told The Wichita Eagle.  “Where there wasn’t blood, there was a burn.”
The flames from the fire were about 2 to 4 feet high.  McPherson stayed with the woman until firefighters arrived.

CNN Anchor Calls Out Press Secretary Josh Earnest on Live TV: ‘But Here’s the Problem…’ | Video | TheBlaze.com

CNN Anchor Calls Out Press Secretary Josh Earnest on Live TV: ‘But Here’s the Problem…’ | Video | TheBlaze.com:

"CNN’s Chris Cuomo hammered Press Secretary Josh Earnest Friday morning in a tough interview where he pressed the Obama official to explain why the president decided to take executive action on immigration instead of trying to work with the newly-elected Congress next year."

Hey,government will take care of the food. It's "national security".-----Obesity Affects Number Of Those Eligible For Military Service

Obesity Affects Number Of Those Eligible For Military Service « CBS Baltimore
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Unhealthy eating habits could become an issue of national security.
The Department of Defense says that obesity is affecting the number of Americans eligible to serve in the military.
“I am very concerned about the reduced number of men and women who can meet all of the qualifications required to serve in our armed forces,” said retired U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Steven Tomaszeski.
Now, retired admirals from Maryland are releasing a report, citing obesity as the number one reason young adults can’t serve in the military.
“Nearly one quarter, 25 percent of all Americans ages 17-24 are too overweight to serve.
Obesity is not only affecting those who can qualify for military service, it is also creating challenges for our active duty military,” Tomaszeski said.

History for November 22

History for November 22 - On-This-Day.com
George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans) 1819, Charles de Gaulle (France) 1890, Rodney Dangerfield 1921 


Robert Vaughn 1932, Billie Jean King 1943, Jamie Lee Curtis 1958 - Actress 


Mariel Hemingway 1961, Boris Becker 1967, Scarlett Johansson 1984 - Actress (The Island) 


1718 - English pirate Edward Teach (a.k.a. "Blackbeard") was killed during a battle off the coast of North Carolina. British soldiers cornered him aboard his ship and killed him. He was shot and stabbed more than 25 times. 



1906 - The International Radio Telegraphic Convention in Berlin adopted the SOS distress signal. 


1910 - Arthur F. Knight patented a steel shaft to replace wood shafts in golf clubs. 


1935 - The first trans-Pacific airmail flight began in Alameda, CA, when the flying boat known as the China Clipper left for Manila. The craft was carrying over 110,000 pieces of mail. 


1942 - During World War II, the Battle of Stalingrad began. 


1963 - U.S. President Kennedy was assassinated while riding in a motorcade in Dallas, TX. Texas Governor John B. Connally was also seriously wounded. Vice-President Lyndon B. Johnson was inaugurated as the 36th U.S. President. 


1977 - Regular passenger service on the Concorde began between New York and Europe. 


2005 - Angela Merkel was elected as Germany's first female chancellor. 

Obama releases Gitmo detainees, setting up fight with GOP | WashingtonExaminer.com

Obama releases Gitmo detainees, setting up fight with GOP | WashingtonExaminer.com:

"President Obama has opened a new front in his hard line against the incoming Republican Congress by releasing more detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, against lawmakers' objections.

The Pentagon announced Thursday that four al Qaeda fighters from Yemen, including a senior figure who facilitated travel to Afghanistan for Arab extremists, and a Tunisian extremist would be transferred to Slovakia and Georgia."

Thousands of ‘Lost’ Lois Lerner Emails Suddenly Found by IRS Watchdog | TheBlaze.com

Thousands of ‘Lost’ Lois Lerner Emails Suddenly Found by IRS Watchdog | TheBlaze.com:

"As many as 30,000 emails from former IRS official Lois Lerner have reportedly been found, which could give House Republicans another chance to examine Lerner’s precise role in the IRS targeting scandal.
The Washington Examiner reported Friday that as many as 30,000 emails from Lerner have been recovered by Treasury’s Inspector General for Tax Administration."

‘Now, That’s What I Call a Friday News Dump’: Final Report Released After Two-Year Investigation Into Benghazi | TheBlaze.com

‘Now, That’s What I Call a Friday News Dump’: Final Report Released After Two-Year Investigation Into Benghazi | TheBlaze.com:

“We conducted detailed interviews with senior intelligence officials from Benghazi and Tripoli as well as eight security personnel on the ground in Benghazi that night. Based on the testimony and the documents we reviewed, we concluded that all the CIA officers in Benghazi were heroes. Their actions saved lives,” they said."


Amazing isn't it? Only one day after his coronation.

Sheriff’s Tough Message to the President Goes Viral Ahead of Obama’s Big Immigration Speech: ‘Only You Are Singularly Responsible’ | Video | TheBlaze.com

Sheriff’s Tough Message to the President Goes Viral Ahead of Obama’s Big Immigration Speech: ‘Only You Are Singularly Responsible’ | Video | TheBlaze.com:

"Ahead of President Barack Obama’s highly anticipated immigration speech in primetime, Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones recorded a blistering message to the president urging him not to continue “deferring the crisis.”

In the video message, Jones begins by highlighting the tragic murders of Sacramento Sheriff Deputy Danny Oliver and Placer County Sheriff Detective Michael Davis Jr. by an illegal immigrant suspect who had been removed from the U.S. and returned repeatedly without “consequences.”

Obama Vs. Himself on the Constitutionality of Executive Orders

Ex-CBS Reporter Sharyl Attkisson Shares New Revealing Emails From Gov’t Official: ‘She’s Out of Control’ | Video | TheBlaze.com

Ex-CBS Reporter Sharyl Attkisson Shares New Revealing Emails From Gov’t Official: ‘She’s Out of Control’ | Video | TheBlaze.com:

"Former CBS investigative reporter and author of “Stonewalled: My Fight for Truth Against the Forces of Obstruction, Intimidation, and Harassment in Obama’s Washington” Sharyl Attkisson shared new government documents that she says prove the Obama administration is “spinning” taxpayers with their own money.

“Among some of the documents that are being forced to be released now are documents that discuss … my news stories, my Freedom of Information Act requests,” Attkisson explained on The Glenn Beck Program Thursday.“Why did the president of the United States have to step in and keep these things secret, and declare executive privilege?”

Report: Obamacare Enrollment Numbers Were Rigged

Report: Obamacare Enrollment Numbers Were Rigged | Washington Free Beacon:
"A new report shows that the Obama administration mixed dental plan enrollments with other health plan enrollments without notifying the public.
The numbers the administration touted included several hundred thousand of these dental plans in their total number of enrollees, Bloomberg reports.
The Obama administration included as many as 400,000 dental plans in a number it reported for enrollments under the Affordable Care Act, an unpublicized detail that helped surpass a goal for 7 million sign-ups."