A Patriotic Response To The "Clown Prince;" 03/31/2012
barackingham Palace,
District of Corruption
March 31, 2012
Over the last few months, I’ve been talking about a choice we face as a country. We can either settle for an economy where a few people do really well and everyone else struggles to get by, or we can build an economy where hard work pays off again – where everyone gets a fair shot, everyone does their fair share, and everyone plays by the same rules. That’s up to us. Today, I want to talk to you about the idea that everyone in this country should do their fair share. Now, if this were a perfect world, we’d have unlimited resources. No one would ever have to pay any taxes, and we could spend as much as we wanted. But we live in the real world. We don’t have unlimited resources. We have a deficit that needs to be paid down. And we also have to pay for investments that will help our economy grow and keep our country safe: education, research and technology, a strong military, and retirement programs like Medicare and Social Security. That means we have to make choices. When it comes to paying down the deficit and investing in our future, should we ask middle-class Americans to pay even more at a time when their budgets are already stretched to the breaking point? Or should we ask some of the wealthiest Americans to pay their fair share?
[What I'm not telling you: Here I go again!! On-and-on with my wealth re-distribution schemes. Some Americans are too rich!! Some Americans are too poor!! To that end, those evil rich Americans must be made to fund the wants (not the NEEDS) of the poor. Discussing those in the poorer--serf--class is distressing to me, on two counts. First, the mere fact that there is an American 'serf class' is primarily a function of the federal government; secondarily a function of the lack of drive; the lack of self-esteem; the lack of desire, of those participating in life as serfs.
Society's "do-gooders" may or may not have had the public's best interests at heart when the federal mindset of the 1950s and early '60s was slowly transformed into the basis of Lyndon Johnson's "Great Society" of the mid-1960s. What had started as a plan to end racial and economic segregation, to end housing and employment discrimination; evolved into what it is today: Programs that continue a mindset that 'the government' will take care of those who can't--or won't--work; that the federal government exists solely to pass out "owe-bama money!!" The "Great Society" came along at exactly the wrong time; America's booming post-WWII economy was winding down although the economic slowdown had yet to be felt by the majority of Americans. In anticipation, President Kennedy had reduced the top marginal tax rate from 91% to 71%!! This caused a 10% increase in GDP, IMMEDIATELY; a 15% increase in personal disposible income in 1966, ALONE!! The current crop of socio-fascists forget these statistics, preferring to continue--across-the-board--wealth re-distribution, no matter the affects on the general economy, on the national mindset.
Those evil rich guys--and gals--I continue to vilify by-and-large, are only rich on paper. The vast majority are on the lower rungs of the rich 'ladder;' having most of their wealth invested in plant-and-equipment; making products for the American public; employing--by a huge percentage--the largest number of Americans. You'll note though, that I use Warren Buffett and Bill Gates--the uber-rich--as examples that you should associate with all those I consider the evil rich! There is no other way to say it: this is class-warfare; pitting the middleclass against those evil rich guys!! While using both Buffett and Gates as my 'poster guys' for the evil rich, I intentionally leave out 'big' Hollywood, 'big' football, 'big' basketball, 'big' baseball, 'big' social-networking, 'big' internet, 'big' college coaches, practically anyone 'big' who just--coincidentally--happens to be an owe-bama supporter, an owe-bama donor!! How cleaver is that?!?
For example if we were to include--say--'big' baseball in our vilification efforts: In 2010, the total league payroll surpassed $2,725,000,000!! That's nearly THREE-BILLION-DOLLARS, which only increases each--and every--year. If the socialists are going to denegrate the country's 'producers' we may just as well start with sports and continue on to Hollywood, the internet, social networking, et al!! Much like the visual effects of oil drilling: Everyone wants more-and-more access to fossil fuels, but no one wants an oil derrick in their back yard! The same with taxation: everyone wants 'the other guy' taxed out of existence, but "leave my money alone!!"
The deficit. Oh, how I love deficit spending!! I get to piss-away billions-upon-billions and never have any ill affects, either financially or personally or politically!! The 'pot-of-gold' will never be emptied, so long as China has funds to loan!! I make all the appropiate 'noises' about the necessity of paying down the existing deficit--meanwhile--overspending every known 'yardstick' in existance!! I'd never consider reducing the federal budget--IF the socio-fascist majority in the Senate EVER approves one--there's far too many supporters and donors who deserve continuing bribes!!
Sorry folks! I kinda got sidetracked over to that blather about professional baseball. Again, sorry! The "Great Society" and the myriad of other socio-fascist programs have been wildly successful. The majority of Americans are--finally, under my rule--"riding in the wagon!" 52% are 'riders' while 46% are hard-working, wagon-PULLERS!! So long as we can maintain this ratio, the socio-fascist will be the default American ruler for generations to come. The only thing that can stop us: A total economic collapse when the 46% FINALLY realize they're essentially "workin' for nuthin'!!"
When the American voter finally wakes up and replaces the majority--if not all--of the socio-fascists in government; the economy will begin to recover, the jobs market will begin to recover, et al. To that end, a question:
Will the new political majority in office finally alter the meaning of 'American Freedom?!?' During the revolution a rallying cry was "No Taxation Without Representation!" I contend that those evil republicRATics will--SHOULD--alter that phrase--just a lil' bit--to read: "No Representation Without Taxation!" And, rightfully so. Without 'skin-in-the-game' what keeps the 'wagon-riders' from continuing to vote themselves a raise--much like any bureaucrat--with no actual work to earn their "owe-bama money!" A 10% tax on all UNEARNED benefits would not be out of the question!! Everyone feels better when they contribute to the total effort.]
That’s the choice. Over the last decade, we’ve spent hundreds of billions of dollars on what was supposed to be a temporary tax cut for the wealthiest two percent of Americans. Now we’re scheduled to spend almost a trillion more. Today, the wealthiest Americans are paying taxes at one of the lowest rates in 50 years. Warren Buffett is paying a lower rate than his secretary. Meanwhile, over the last 30 years, the tax rates for middle class families have barely budged. That’s not fair. It doesn’t make any sense. Do we want to keep giving tax breaks to the wealthiest Americans like me, or Warren Buffett, or Bill Gates – people who don’t need them and never asked for them? Or do we want to keep investing in things that will grow our economy and keep us secure? Because we can’t afford to do both. Now, some people call this class warfare. But I think asking a billionaire to pay at least the same tax rate as his secretary is just common sense. We don’t envy success in this country. We aspire to it. But we also believe that anyone who does well for themselves should do their fair share in return, so that more people have the opportunity to get ahead – not just a few. That’s the America I believe in. And in the next few weeks, Members of Congress will get a chance to show you where they stand. Congress is going to vote on what’s called the Buffett Rule: If you make more than $1 million a year, you should pay at least the same percentage of your income in taxes as middle class families do. On the other hand, if you make under $250,000 a year – like 98 percent of American families do – your taxes shouldn’t go up. You’re the ones struggling with the rising cost of everything from college tuition to groceries. You’re the ones who deserve a break.
[What I'm not telling you: Why do socio-fascists--like myself, your exalted ruler--continue to denegrate the concept of 'enjoying the fruits of your labor?!?' It would seem that if we--as socio-fascists--truly want to see wealth re-distribution, we should do it ourselves, with voluntary checks to the national treasury. But.... do we?!? Not no but HELL NO!! Much like the oil derrick analogy, "don't touch my money!!" We expect everyone in the country to fund our grandiose ideas of economic and social Utopia!!
As for taxation in general, the more money the public is allowed to keep, the more money is invested. Said investment goes to fund industries which hire and retain workers for the betterment of the entire American society no matter the level. On the other hand, the more money the public is allowed to keep, the less that's confuscated through taxation. The end result--to we socio-fascists--is the less we confuscate via taxation, the less power we have over society in general! The socio-fascist mindset is all about power and control!
During my vilifications, I--as your exalted ruler--NEVER blather "apples versus apples," it's always "apples versus oranges!" Those evil rich: Warren Buffett, Bill Gates.... even Mitt Romney, receive the vast majority of their income as 'capital gains' NOT earned income! Warren Buffett--for instance--only receives $100,000 in annual salary; the remaining--the vast majority--of his income comes as 'capital gains;' the result of his--and his companies'--investments. The average middleclass worker--NON-wagon rider--doesn't have the investments necessary to produce more income than his level of EARNED income! Most--if not all--of Mitt Romney's personal income comes from investments he made in those evil companies he worked for, plus the family trusts he and his wife set up to insure their family's financial future. Wise investments, all!!
The 'congressional vote.' My re-immaculation campaign is based solely on a 'do-nothing CONGRESS.' I can't use the republicRATics as a campaign topic; said party members are more-than-willing to vote on various pieces of legislation where 'pinky' reid just ignores those that don't meet his socio-fascist requirements! I can't use my party--the owe-bamacRATics--in my campaign; they do little more than pass wealth re-distributive legislation. The voting public--the NON-wagon riders--are seeing through that ploy; they want no more of it!! My socio-fascists will find this 'Congress showing us where they stand' to be detrimental to our objectives. By recording their votes against socio-fascist legislation, the Congress will indicate to the voting public just who is in support of logical, sensible legislation for the majority's benefit.]
So every Member of Congress is going to go on record. And if they vote to keep giving tax breaks to people like me – tax breaks our country can’t afford – then they’re going to have to explain to you where that money comes from. Either it’s going to add to our deficit, or it’s going to come out of your pocket. Seniors will have to pay more for their Medicare benefits. Students will see their interest rates go up at a time when they can’t afford it. Families who are scraping by will have to do more because the richest Americans are doing less. That’s not right. That’s not who we are. In America, our story has never been about what we can do by ourselves – it’s about what we can do together. It’s about believing in our future and the future of this country. So tell your Members of Congress to do the right thing. Call them up, write them a letter, pay them a visit, and tell them to stop giving tax breaks to people who don’t need them and start investing in the things that will help our economy grow and put people back to work.
[What I'm not telling you: The country--the federal budget--could easily afford to keep the tax rates just as they are, with just one alteration:
Stop Excessive--Deficit--Spending!!
The seniors have to pay more for their Medicare benefits because owe-bamaKare raided their funds by 500 BILLION DOLLARS!!
The students--as ingrained by foolish socio-fascist doctrine of entitlement--demand that their education come immediately, no matter the cost to their parents; no matter the future cost of interest and inflation!!
A change in tax rates--The Buffett Rule--will have little positive affect on the middleclass!! Those evil rich who are affected by my rule change will just do less, economically; do less financially, until the federal government comes to it's senses and realizes that there's a limit to what any American will tolerate, no matter the subject!!
Oh.... BTW: I--conveniently--forgot to mention: Starting April Fools Day--TOMORROW--new EPA regulations will effectively STRANGLE coal-fired power plants!! You remember the EPA, right?!? Those unelected, unsupervised, uncontrolled, out-of-control bureaucRATs whose sole purpose-in-life is to make the American citizen miserable in the name of the 'global-warming scam, SHAM!! Enjoy paying your future utility bills, as well as mine in barackingham Palace!!]
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Friday, March 30, 2012
This'n'That; March Thirtieth #2; George Washington
George Washington Refused To Be 'King!'
Early on, the framers of the Constitution wanted George Washington to be the head of state of the United States. As such, they wanted said head-of-state to be 'King of America.' After Mr Washington refused the 'kingship,' it was determined he would be president with a definite term of office.
George Washington was the only U.S. President in history to have been unanimously elected to office.
George Washington--while too poor to fund his trip to his inauguration--refused to accept the presidential $25,000 annual salary.
Look what Mr Washington gave up: Said $25,000 would equal $316,325.12 in 2010's purchasing power!!
Anyone confused enough to think "Clown Prince ZERO-bama, the Narcissist" would refuse any of the above: the 'kingship' or the purchasing power of $316,325?!? owe-bama certainly had enough money to get from Tony Resko's house in Chicago to barackingham Palace!!
'Splain to me again why YOU elected this Arschloch!?!
Til Nex'Time....
Early on, the framers of the Constitution wanted George Washington to be the head of state of the United States. As such, they wanted said head-of-state to be 'King of America.' After Mr Washington refused the 'kingship,' it was determined he would be president with a definite term of office.
George Washington was the only U.S. President in history to have been unanimously elected to office.
George Washington--while too poor to fund his trip to his inauguration--refused to accept the presidential $25,000 annual salary.
Look what Mr Washington gave up: Said $25,000 would equal $316,325.12 in 2010's purchasing power!!
Anyone confused enough to think "Clown Prince ZERO-bama, the Narcissist" would refuse any of the above: the 'kingship' or the purchasing power of $316,325?!? owe-bama certainly had enough money to get from Tony Resko's house in Chicago to barackingham Palace!!
'Splain to me again why YOU elected this Arschloch!?!
Til Nex'Time....
This'n'That; March Thirtieth #1; Unremarkable Remarks
Unremarkable Remarks
Continuing Demonization of 'Big Oil'
barackingham Palace,
District of Corruption
March 29, 2012
Today, members of Congress have a simple choice to make: They can stand with the big oil companies, or they can stand with the American people. Right now, the biggest oil companies are raking in record profits –- profits that go up every time folks pull up into a gas station. But on top of these record profits, oil companies are also getting billions a year -- billions a year in taxpayer subsidies -– a subsidy that they’ve enjoyed year after year for the last century. Think about that. It’s like hitting the American people twice. You’re already paying a premium at the pump right now. And on top of that, Congress, up until this point, has thought it was a good idea to send billions of dollars more in tax dollars to the oil industry. It’s not as if these companies can’t stand on their own. Last year, the three biggest U.S. oil companies took home more than $80 billion in profits. Exxon pocketed nearly $4.7 million every hour. And when the price of oil goes up, prices at the pump go up, and so do these companies’ profits. In fact, one analysis shows that every time gas goes up by a penny, these companies usually pocket another $200 million in quarterly profits. Meanwhile, these companies pay a lower tax rate than most other companies on their investments, partly because we’re giving them billions in tax giveaways every year.
I might have said: (this is being written post-Senate vote!) What the hell kinda ruler can't even get his own party's support? The Senate has voted to let those evil oil companies keep the subsidies that really aren't subsidies. What I disparagingly call 'subsidies' are more correctly defined as tax DEDUCTIONS! They're nothing more-or-less than your mortgage interest deduction or your deduction for a home-office; but on a grander scale. These are completely legal--NOT shameful as I characterize them--written into the tax code, as are said individual tax deductions.
That $4 billion to those evil oil companies in annual tax deductions must be returned to my energy slush-fund!! One the average year, I blow through 15-18 billion dollars, essentially wasted on green technology that--in it's current direction--will never be sustainable! The evil oil companies' aforementioned $4 billion would allow me to fund other supporters and donors and continue to bribe my current supporters and donors.
Is the United States Senate losing it's socialistic frame of mind, or is it just ME? Any other ruler could have gotten this evil oil company tax vote to go their way; I know "Slick-Willie" Clinton would have gotten it done!! This leads me into my regime's 'signature' piece of legislation; owe-bamaKare! I've not been able to exert the influence on my appointees to the Supreme Court that I had hoped. Those socio-fascists--namely, Sotomayor and Kagan--had agreed to vote in the regime's favor should they be confirmed to the empty court seats. That seems to not be the case, likely either the mandate or the entire scam will go-down-in-flames!! The only possibility I had for even a partially positive re-immaculation campaign was owe-bamaKare; alas, that's not to be! With absolutely no publically-accepted accomplishments to run on, it'll be a dismal campaign at best.
Now, I want to make clear, we all know that drilling for oil has to be a key part of our overall energy strategy. We want U.S. oil companies to be doing well. We want them to succeed. That’s why under my administration, we’ve opened up millions of acres of federal lands and waters to oil and gas production. We’ve quadrupled the number of operating oil rigs to a record high. We’ve added enough oil and gas pipeline to circle the Earth and then some. And just yesterday, we announced the next step for potential new oil and gas exploration in the Atlantic. So the fact is, we’re producing more oil right now than we have in eight years, and we’re importing less of it as well. For two years in a row, America has bought less oil from other countries than we produce here at home -– for the first time in over a decade. So American oil is booming. The oil industry is doing just fine. With record profits and rising production, I’m not worried about the big oil companies. With high oil prices around the world, they’ve got more than enough incentive to produce even more oil. That’s why I think it’s time they got by without more help from taxpayers who are already having a tough enough time paying the bills and filling up their gas tank. And I think it’s curious that some folks in Congress, who are the first to belittle investments in new sources of energy, are the ones that are fighting the hardest to maintain these giveaways for the oil companies. Instead of taxpayer giveaways to an industry that’s never been more profitable, we should be using that money to double-down on investments in clean energy technologies that have never been more promising -- investments in wind power and solar power and biofuels; investments in fuel-efficient cars and trucks, and energy-efficient homes and buildings. That’s the future. That’s the only way we're going to break this cycle of high gas prices that happen year after year after year. As the economy is growing, the only time you start seeing lower gas prices is when the economy is doing badly. That’s not the kind of pattern that we want to be in. We want the economy doing well, and people to be able to afford their energy costs. And keep in mind, we can’t just drill our way out of this problem. As I said, oil production here in the United States is doing very well, and it's been doing well even as gas prices are going up. Well, the reason is because we use more than 20 percent of the world’s oil but we only have 2 percent of the world’s known oil reserves. And that means we could drill every drop of American oil tomorrow but we’d still have to buy oil from other countries to make up the difference. We’d still have to depend on other countries to meet our energy needs. And because it’s a world market, the fact that we’re doing more here in the United States doesn’t necessarily help us because even U.S. oil companies they’re selling that oil on a worldwide market. They’re not keeping it just for us. And that means that if there’s rising demand around the world then the prices are going to up.
I might have said: I have opened millions of acres of federal lands and waters to oil and gas exploration. I've just not allowed the Department of Energy to issue and/or approve drilling permits. Those drilling rigs in the federal waters? They're operating on permits wisely approved by that evil President George W. Bush. The pipelines approved had nothing to do with me or the regime; they're intra-state or interstate. The only one that I had any control over, I DISAPPROVED! The "Keystone XL Pipeline" project was the only one to come before the regime that is international; it crosses the U.S.-Canadian border. Disapproval could--as is my desire--result in much of the Canadian oil being sold to the Chinese. Within days of my DISAPPROVAL, the Canadians were in negotiations to redirect the pipeline to the Canadian west coast for shipments to China.
As an illustration of the phrase:
Ya can't fix STUPID!!
check this out: If we can't 'drill our way out' of this kerfuffle, how did the United States become the third-largest oil producing country on the planet?!? Is that a stupid statement, or what?!?
We most certainly can drill our way out of the owe-bamaDepression, but we should have started on Day One of my regime! Had we, the owe-bamaDepression--or at the very least, the worst affects--might have been averted. Even when drilling might solve America's petroleum problems, we still have the EPA to contend with. This group of UNELECTED socio-crats have formulated policies that do not allow for more oil refineries to be built in the United States. This continues an already choking bottle-neck in the production and processing end of the industry. One direct result of the aforementioned problems in domestic energy production is the purchase of foreign oil!
The owe-bama Regime only invests in those green energy companies that are weeks or days away from bankruptcy. That's the primary--in addition to the 'union dues system'--method of rewarding and repaying my supporters and donors. To double-down on this system of quasi-legal, political money-laundering is the ultimate DISSERVICE to the hardworking, taxpaying Americans! These green energy sources are better researched and developed on someone's "kitchen table;" that's where Henry Ford figuratively developed his automobile engine; that's figuratively where Thomas Edison developed his lightbulb and the multitude of other popular inventions.
That’s not the future that I want for America. I don’t want folks like these back here and the folks in front of me to have to pay more at the pump every time that there’s some unrest in the Middle East and oil speculators get nervous about whether there’s going to be enough supply. I don’t want our kids to be held hostage to events on the other side of the world. I want us to control our own destiny. I want us to forge our own future. And that’s why, as long as I’m President, America is going to pursue an all-of-the-above energy strategy, which means we will continue developing our oil and gas resources in a robust and responsible way. But it also means that we’re going to keep developing more advanced homegrown biofuels, the kinds that are already powering truck fleets across America. We’re going to keep investing in clean energy like the wind power and solar power that’s already lighting thousands of homes and creating thousands of jobs. We’re going to keep manufacturing more cars and trucks to get more miles to the gallon so that you can fill up once every two weeks instead of every week. We’re going to keep building more homes and businesses that waste less energy so that you’re in charge of your own energy bills. We’re going to do all of this by harnessing our most inexhaustible resource: American ingenuity and American imagination. That’s what we need to keep going. That’s what’s at stake right now. That’s the choice that we face. And that’s the choice that’s facing Congress today. They can either vote to spend billions of dollars more in oil subsidies that keep us trapped in the past, or they can vote to end these taxpayer subsidies that aren’t needed to boost oil production so that we can invest in the future. It’s that simple. And as long as I’m President, I’m betting on the future. And as the people I’ve talked to around the country, including the people who are behind me here today, they put their faith in the future as well. That’s what we do as Americans. That’s who we are. We innovate. We discover. We seek new solutions to some of our biggest challenges. And, ultimately, because we stick with it, we succeed. And I believe that we’re going to do that again. Today, the American people are going to be watching Congress to see if they have that same faith.
I might have said: Reducing America's dependency on foreign oil will help to solve the increasing pump prices. That reduction will come about with more oil refineries, more APPROVED drilling permits, more APPROVED international pipelines; all which fall under my purview!! I have not been successful in strangling the oil sector of the energy industry. I shall continue in that effort. In the meantime, the oil sector is successful--where green-energy sectors are dismal failures--simply because oil is sustainable; green-energy is not! When using the private-sector numbers--ignoring the federal government-created prognostications--the United States has enough oil reserves to contine at current demand, for three-hundred, plus years (300+ years)!!
In conclusion I'm going to comment on a recent event, namely the Trayvon Martin tragedy. While it is a tragedy, the family deserves much, much more than they're currently getting. The racist I installed as the Attorney-General, eric holder is clearly as racist as I am incompetent! After our friends in the New Black Panthers organization put a $10,000 bounty on George Zimmerman's head; after our friends in the New Black Panthers organization formed a posse to hunt the guy down, no one from the regime--to include those in barackingham Palace; to include those in the Socio-Justice Department--has taken the first step to have said 'panther' miscreants arrested and charged with several appropriate felonies!! I--and again, Ya can't fix STUPID!!--would have to be completely ignorant to believe that these recent felonious actions by our friends in the New Black Panthers organization; actions like voter intimidation, by our friends in the New Black Panthers organization won't become THE topic of campaign debates; THE topic of campaign advertising!!
Remember:
"There are some rulers who are too stupid to realize just how stupid they actually are!!"
Continuing Demonization of 'Big Oil'
barackingham Palace,
District of Corruption
March 29, 2012
Today, members of Congress have a simple choice to make: They can stand with the big oil companies, or they can stand with the American people. Right now, the biggest oil companies are raking in record profits –- profits that go up every time folks pull up into a gas station. But on top of these record profits, oil companies are also getting billions a year -- billions a year in taxpayer subsidies -– a subsidy that they’ve enjoyed year after year for the last century. Think about that. It’s like hitting the American people twice. You’re already paying a premium at the pump right now. And on top of that, Congress, up until this point, has thought it was a good idea to send billions of dollars more in tax dollars to the oil industry. It’s not as if these companies can’t stand on their own. Last year, the three biggest U.S. oil companies took home more than $80 billion in profits. Exxon pocketed nearly $4.7 million every hour. And when the price of oil goes up, prices at the pump go up, and so do these companies’ profits. In fact, one analysis shows that every time gas goes up by a penny, these companies usually pocket another $200 million in quarterly profits. Meanwhile, these companies pay a lower tax rate than most other companies on their investments, partly because we’re giving them billions in tax giveaways every year.
I might have said: (this is being written post-Senate vote!) What the hell kinda ruler can't even get his own party's support? The Senate has voted to let those evil oil companies keep the subsidies that really aren't subsidies. What I disparagingly call 'subsidies' are more correctly defined as tax DEDUCTIONS! They're nothing more-or-less than your mortgage interest deduction or your deduction for a home-office; but on a grander scale. These are completely legal--NOT shameful as I characterize them--written into the tax code, as are said individual tax deductions.
That $4 billion to those evil oil companies in annual tax deductions must be returned to my energy slush-fund!! One the average year, I blow through 15-18 billion dollars, essentially wasted on green technology that--in it's current direction--will never be sustainable! The evil oil companies' aforementioned $4 billion would allow me to fund other supporters and donors and continue to bribe my current supporters and donors.
Is the United States Senate losing it's socialistic frame of mind, or is it just ME? Any other ruler could have gotten this evil oil company tax vote to go their way; I know "Slick-Willie" Clinton would have gotten it done!! This leads me into my regime's 'signature' piece of legislation; owe-bamaKare! I've not been able to exert the influence on my appointees to the Supreme Court that I had hoped. Those socio-fascists--namely, Sotomayor and Kagan--had agreed to vote in the regime's favor should they be confirmed to the empty court seats. That seems to not be the case, likely either the mandate or the entire scam will go-down-in-flames!! The only possibility I had for even a partially positive re-immaculation campaign was owe-bamaKare; alas, that's not to be! With absolutely no publically-accepted accomplishments to run on, it'll be a dismal campaign at best.
Now, I want to make clear, we all know that drilling for oil has to be a key part of our overall energy strategy. We want U.S. oil companies to be doing well. We want them to succeed. That’s why under my administration, we’ve opened up millions of acres of federal lands and waters to oil and gas production. We’ve quadrupled the number of operating oil rigs to a record high. We’ve added enough oil and gas pipeline to circle the Earth and then some. And just yesterday, we announced the next step for potential new oil and gas exploration in the Atlantic. So the fact is, we’re producing more oil right now than we have in eight years, and we’re importing less of it as well. For two years in a row, America has bought less oil from other countries than we produce here at home -– for the first time in over a decade. So American oil is booming. The oil industry is doing just fine. With record profits and rising production, I’m not worried about the big oil companies. With high oil prices around the world, they’ve got more than enough incentive to produce even more oil. That’s why I think it’s time they got by without more help from taxpayers who are already having a tough enough time paying the bills and filling up their gas tank. And I think it’s curious that some folks in Congress, who are the first to belittle investments in new sources of energy, are the ones that are fighting the hardest to maintain these giveaways for the oil companies. Instead of taxpayer giveaways to an industry that’s never been more profitable, we should be using that money to double-down on investments in clean energy technologies that have never been more promising -- investments in wind power and solar power and biofuels; investments in fuel-efficient cars and trucks, and energy-efficient homes and buildings. That’s the future. That’s the only way we're going to break this cycle of high gas prices that happen year after year after year. As the economy is growing, the only time you start seeing lower gas prices is when the economy is doing badly. That’s not the kind of pattern that we want to be in. We want the economy doing well, and people to be able to afford their energy costs. And keep in mind, we can’t just drill our way out of this problem. As I said, oil production here in the United States is doing very well, and it's been doing well even as gas prices are going up. Well, the reason is because we use more than 20 percent of the world’s oil but we only have 2 percent of the world’s known oil reserves. And that means we could drill every drop of American oil tomorrow but we’d still have to buy oil from other countries to make up the difference. We’d still have to depend on other countries to meet our energy needs. And because it’s a world market, the fact that we’re doing more here in the United States doesn’t necessarily help us because even U.S. oil companies they’re selling that oil on a worldwide market. They’re not keeping it just for us. And that means that if there’s rising demand around the world then the prices are going to up.
I might have said: I have opened millions of acres of federal lands and waters to oil and gas exploration. I've just not allowed the Department of Energy to issue and/or approve drilling permits. Those drilling rigs in the federal waters? They're operating on permits wisely approved by that evil President George W. Bush. The pipelines approved had nothing to do with me or the regime; they're intra-state or interstate. The only one that I had any control over, I DISAPPROVED! The "Keystone XL Pipeline" project was the only one to come before the regime that is international; it crosses the U.S.-Canadian border. Disapproval could--as is my desire--result in much of the Canadian oil being sold to the Chinese. Within days of my DISAPPROVAL, the Canadians were in negotiations to redirect the pipeline to the Canadian west coast for shipments to China.
As an illustration of the phrase:
Ya can't fix STUPID!!
check this out: If we can't 'drill our way out' of this kerfuffle, how did the United States become the third-largest oil producing country on the planet?!? Is that a stupid statement, or what?!?
We most certainly can drill our way out of the owe-bamaDepression, but we should have started on Day One of my regime! Had we, the owe-bamaDepression--or at the very least, the worst affects--might have been averted. Even when drilling might solve America's petroleum problems, we still have the EPA to contend with. This group of UNELECTED socio-crats have formulated policies that do not allow for more oil refineries to be built in the United States. This continues an already choking bottle-neck in the production and processing end of the industry. One direct result of the aforementioned problems in domestic energy production is the purchase of foreign oil!
The owe-bama Regime only invests in those green energy companies that are weeks or days away from bankruptcy. That's the primary--in addition to the 'union dues system'--method of rewarding and repaying my supporters and donors. To double-down on this system of quasi-legal, political money-laundering is the ultimate DISSERVICE to the hardworking, taxpaying Americans! These green energy sources are better researched and developed on someone's "kitchen table;" that's where Henry Ford figuratively developed his automobile engine; that's figuratively where Thomas Edison developed his lightbulb and the multitude of other popular inventions.
That’s not the future that I want for America. I don’t want folks like these back here and the folks in front of me to have to pay more at the pump every time that there’s some unrest in the Middle East and oil speculators get nervous about whether there’s going to be enough supply. I don’t want our kids to be held hostage to events on the other side of the world. I want us to control our own destiny. I want us to forge our own future. And that’s why, as long as I’m President, America is going to pursue an all-of-the-above energy strategy, which means we will continue developing our oil and gas resources in a robust and responsible way. But it also means that we’re going to keep developing more advanced homegrown biofuels, the kinds that are already powering truck fleets across America. We’re going to keep investing in clean energy like the wind power and solar power that’s already lighting thousands of homes and creating thousands of jobs. We’re going to keep manufacturing more cars and trucks to get more miles to the gallon so that you can fill up once every two weeks instead of every week. We’re going to keep building more homes and businesses that waste less energy so that you’re in charge of your own energy bills. We’re going to do all of this by harnessing our most inexhaustible resource: American ingenuity and American imagination. That’s what we need to keep going. That’s what’s at stake right now. That’s the choice that we face. And that’s the choice that’s facing Congress today. They can either vote to spend billions of dollars more in oil subsidies that keep us trapped in the past, or they can vote to end these taxpayer subsidies that aren’t needed to boost oil production so that we can invest in the future. It’s that simple. And as long as I’m President, I’m betting on the future. And as the people I’ve talked to around the country, including the people who are behind me here today, they put their faith in the future as well. That’s what we do as Americans. That’s who we are. We innovate. We discover. We seek new solutions to some of our biggest challenges. And, ultimately, because we stick with it, we succeed. And I believe that we’re going to do that again. Today, the American people are going to be watching Congress to see if they have that same faith.
I might have said: Reducing America's dependency on foreign oil will help to solve the increasing pump prices. That reduction will come about with more oil refineries, more APPROVED drilling permits, more APPROVED international pipelines; all which fall under my purview!! I have not been successful in strangling the oil sector of the energy industry. I shall continue in that effort. In the meantime, the oil sector is successful--where green-energy sectors are dismal failures--simply because oil is sustainable; green-energy is not! When using the private-sector numbers--ignoring the federal government-created prognostications--the United States has enough oil reserves to contine at current demand, for three-hundred, plus years (300+ years)!!
In conclusion I'm going to comment on a recent event, namely the Trayvon Martin tragedy. While it is a tragedy, the family deserves much, much more than they're currently getting. The racist I installed as the Attorney-General, eric holder is clearly as racist as I am incompetent! After our friends in the New Black Panthers organization put a $10,000 bounty on George Zimmerman's head; after our friends in the New Black Panthers organization formed a posse to hunt the guy down, no one from the regime--to include those in barackingham Palace; to include those in the Socio-Justice Department--has taken the first step to have said 'panther' miscreants arrested and charged with several appropriate felonies!! I--and again, Ya can't fix STUPID!!--would have to be completely ignorant to believe that these recent felonious actions by our friends in the New Black Panthers organization; actions like voter intimidation, by our friends in the New Black Panthers organization won't become THE topic of campaign debates; THE topic of campaign advertising!!
Remember:
"There are some rulers who are too stupid to realize just how stupid they actually are!!"
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Thursday, March 29, 2012
This'n'That; March Twenty-Ninth #2; "Slick, REALLY Slick!
owe-bama "Junta-Socioista" Scams System, Again.... STILL!
"Michelle-Antoinette" owe-bama--once again, scamming 'the system'--is taking the princesses to Alameda, California to commission a U.S. Coast Guard cutter. One big problem with the trip: She ain't gonna 'bust-the-bottle-against-the-boat' until Saturday, but she left barackingham Palace YESTERDAY, Wednesday ....an' she ain't walkin' there!! That's three travel days to arrive in at her appointment in California on Saturday!!
With nothing to do for three days, "Michelle-Antoinette" first went to Mount Rushmore, South Dakota, scouting a place for "Clown Prince ZERO-bama, the Narcissist's" bust--complete with ears--to be carved. Later in the day--after feasting on sugar-free, fat-free ice cream; feasting on sugar-free, fat-free fudge--the entourage landed in Las Vegas. Friday she'll be involved in a San Francisco fundraiser--conveniently (sort'a) on the way to Alameda--where she may actually enhance the "Clown Prince's" warchest!
The owe-bama family is an exact illustration of why George Washington declined being made "King of America!!"
'Splain to me again why YOU elected this Arschloch!?!
Til Nex'Time....
"Michelle-Antoinette" owe-bama--once again, scamming 'the system'--is taking the princesses to Alameda, California to commission a U.S. Coast Guard cutter. One big problem with the trip: She ain't gonna 'bust-the-bottle-against-the-boat' until Saturday, but she left barackingham Palace YESTERDAY, Wednesday ....an' she ain't walkin' there!! That's three travel days to arrive in at her appointment in California on Saturday!!
With nothing to do for three days, "Michelle-Antoinette" first went to Mount Rushmore, South Dakota, scouting a place for "Clown Prince ZERO-bama, the Narcissist's" bust--complete with ears--to be carved. Later in the day--after feasting on sugar-free, fat-free ice cream; feasting on sugar-free, fat-free fudge--the entourage landed in Las Vegas. Friday she'll be involved in a San Francisco fundraiser--conveniently (sort'a) on the way to Alameda--where she may actually enhance the "Clown Prince's" warchest!
The owe-bama family is an exact illustration of why George Washington declined being made "King of America!!"
'Splain to me again why YOU elected this Arschloch!?!
Til Nex'Time....
This'n'That; March Twenty-Ninth #1; 'Ya Can't Fix....'
owe-bama To Prove Stupidity!
"Clown Prince ZERO-bama, the Narcissist"--in his normally feeble attempt--is about to try to best his award of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. That prize--reduced to the equilivancy of a 'bubble gum baseball card'--was awarded to him due to his "efforts...." NO ACCOMPLISHMENTS REQUIRED!! Later today the "Clown Prince" will reiterate his call for the Congress to end 'the billions' paid out to oil companies in annual subsidies.
As is he is wont to do, "Clown Prince ZERO-bama, the Narcissist" will be doing exactly the WRONG thing, at the right time! This is the wrong time for reducing income to the oil companies, they'll just pass that loss onto the consumer in higher wholesale gas prices to the distributors. This is the RIGHT time for one thing: for the Congress--on a month-to-month basis--forego collecting the federal fuel tax on each gallon of gas.
This will reduce the pump price of gas 18.4 cents, OVERNIGHT!!
When the country STARTS COMING OUT of the owe-bamaDepression, then start adding the tax back, say.... 25% per month until the original gas tax total is resumed.
But, alas.... NO! The "Clown Prince" will again affirm the public opinion that "Ya can't fix STUPID!!"
'Splain to me again why YOU elected this Arschloch!?!
Til Nex'Time....
"Clown Prince ZERO-bama, the Narcissist"--in his normally feeble attempt--is about to try to best his award of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. That prize--reduced to the equilivancy of a 'bubble gum baseball card'--was awarded to him due to his "efforts...." NO ACCOMPLISHMENTS REQUIRED!! Later today the "Clown Prince" will reiterate his call for the Congress to end 'the billions' paid out to oil companies in annual subsidies.
As is he is wont to do, "Clown Prince ZERO-bama, the Narcissist" will be doing exactly the WRONG thing, at the right time! This is the wrong time for reducing income to the oil companies, they'll just pass that loss onto the consumer in higher wholesale gas prices to the distributors. This is the RIGHT time for one thing: for the Congress--on a month-to-month basis--forego collecting the federal fuel tax on each gallon of gas.
This will reduce the pump price of gas 18.4 cents, OVERNIGHT!!
When the country STARTS COMING OUT of the owe-bamaDepression, then start adding the tax back, say.... 25% per month until the original gas tax total is resumed.
But, alas.... NO! The "Clown Prince" will again affirm the public opinion that "Ya can't fix STUPID!!"
'Splain to me again why YOU elected this Arschloch!?!
Til Nex'Time....
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Wednesday, March 28, 2012
This'n'That; March Twenty-Eighth #3; No Outrage?!?
Federal 'Arschloch' Suspiciously Quiet!
There is a national outrage centering around the tragic Trayvon Martin shooting and death.... as well there should be!! As expected--the human vultures--Jesse Jackson and Not-A-Reverend Al Sharpton are circling the carrion--as it were--scoping out anyone who can be shaken-down as Jesse Jackson has done numerous times in the past. N.A.R. Sharpton is equally famous, albeit fabricating evidence as well as manufactured outrage, ala Tawana Brawley!! BTW-N.A.R. Sharpton has yet to pay the hundreds-of-thousands in fines, penalties and court awards against him in the Brawley case of November, 1987. With the entire planet well aware of the funding methods both Jackson and N.A.R. Sharpton use for their quasi-nonprofits, why are these two miscreants given any press at all?!?
What's even more baffling is the deafening silence surrounding "Clown Prince ZERO-bama, the Narcissist" and the associated miscreant 'General' eric holder!! "Clownie" waited a full five-weeks--count'em F-I-V-E--before commenting the Trayvon Martin tragedy; then interjecting race into the issue: Would "Clownie's" son look like Trayvon if "Clownie's" son were a pasty white kid?!? Where's the Socio-Justice Department's outrage with a bounty being placed on the alleged shooter, George Zimmerman?!?
The "Clown Prince" didn't even wait a week before racially excoriating the law enforcement personnel involved in the 'Professor Henry Louis Gates' kerfuffle and yet, he--and the aforementioned miscreant--are blatantly SILENT on the 'bounty issue!' It gets kinda tough--doesn't it, "Mr Clown"--when the vast majority of those involved are of races that can't be criticized!
Remember the 'New Black Panther Party?!?' They were allegedly employed by George Soros to perform their--very efficient--form of voter intimidation in Philadelphia and other cities with questionable owe-bamacRAT support. Their leader--some clown named Malik Zulu Shabazz--has placed a $10,000 bounty on Mr Zimmerman's head. The group has--also allegedly--put together a 5,000 person posse to hunt Mr Zimmerman down and bring him to 'justice,' even though he's not been charged in the Martin tragedy.
'General' holder's "lack of curiousity" in the bounty, in the posse actions, falls in line with the Department of Socio-Justice's position that cases with white victims won't be prosecuted; much like the 'General's' ignoring the New Black Panther-voter intimidation case. As a point of media corpse' complicity in the matter: early on, the corpse referred to Mr Zimmerman as a hispanic; then as a latino; still later as a "white-hispanic!!" How racially complicit is that?!? Has there ever been a more blatant example of a Soros, owe-bama controlled media corpse?!?
Til Nex'Time....
There is a national outrage centering around the tragic Trayvon Martin shooting and death.... as well there should be!! As expected--the human vultures--Jesse Jackson and Not-A-Reverend Al Sharpton are circling the carrion--as it were--scoping out anyone who can be shaken-down as Jesse Jackson has done numerous times in the past. N.A.R. Sharpton is equally famous, albeit fabricating evidence as well as manufactured outrage, ala Tawana Brawley!! BTW-N.A.R. Sharpton has yet to pay the hundreds-of-thousands in fines, penalties and court awards against him in the Brawley case of November, 1987. With the entire planet well aware of the funding methods both Jackson and N.A.R. Sharpton use for their quasi-nonprofits, why are these two miscreants given any press at all?!?
What's even more baffling is the deafening silence surrounding "Clown Prince ZERO-bama, the Narcissist" and the associated miscreant 'General' eric holder!! "Clownie" waited a full five-weeks--count'em F-I-V-E--before commenting the Trayvon Martin tragedy; then interjecting race into the issue: Would "Clownie's" son look like Trayvon if "Clownie's" son were a pasty white kid?!? Where's the Socio-Justice Department's outrage with a bounty being placed on the alleged shooter, George Zimmerman?!?
The "Clown Prince" didn't even wait a week before racially excoriating the law enforcement personnel involved in the 'Professor Henry Louis Gates' kerfuffle and yet, he--and the aforementioned miscreant--are blatantly SILENT on the 'bounty issue!' It gets kinda tough--doesn't it, "Mr Clown"--when the vast majority of those involved are of races that can't be criticized!
Remember the 'New Black Panther Party?!?' They were allegedly employed by George Soros to perform their--very efficient--form of voter intimidation in Philadelphia and other cities with questionable owe-bamacRAT support. Their leader--some clown named Malik Zulu Shabazz--has placed a $10,000 bounty on Mr Zimmerman's head. The group has--also allegedly--put together a 5,000 person posse to hunt Mr Zimmerman down and bring him to 'justice,' even though he's not been charged in the Martin tragedy.
'General' holder's "lack of curiousity" in the bounty, in the posse actions, falls in line with the Department of Socio-Justice's position that cases with white victims won't be prosecuted; much like the 'General's' ignoring the New Black Panther-voter intimidation case. As a point of media corpse' complicity in the matter: early on, the corpse referred to Mr Zimmerman as a hispanic; then as a latino; still later as a "white-hispanic!!" How racially complicit is that?!? Has there ever been a more blatant example of a Soros, owe-bama controlled media corpse?!?
Til Nex'Time....
This'n'That; March Twenty-Eighth #2; SCOTUS, Day #2
Kagan non-Recusal May Not Be Important
Justices Alito, Kennedy and Scalia as well as Chief Justice John Roberts verbally handed Solicitor General Verrilli his-ass-on-a-silver-platter during today's arguments on owe-bamaKare. Even the ever-socialist Justice Ginsburg got into the act.... on the respondents' (conservative) side of the argument.
Justice Scalia (URL below: pg 3, ln 10) was the first to verbally 'step-up-to-the-plate. Justice Scalia asked the 'General' if the problems he posed, weren't addressed directly by the federal government.
Justice Kennedy (pg 3, ln 25) asked if commerce can be created in order to regulate it.
Justice Scalia ( pg 5, ln 9) asked about 'self purchasing.' He then commented that the failure to purchase a product in a particular market would subject one to regulation.
Chief Justice Roberts (pg 5, ln 25) compared owe-bamaKare with emergency services, i.e., police, fire, ambulance, road-side service, et al. The 'consumer' never knows when he will require emergency services or health care, or if he ever will, thus a market already exists. Chief Justice Roberts also suggested that the government might mandate cell phone ownership, to facilitate calls to 9-1-1.
Justice Alito (pg 7, ln 12) brought up the possible necessity for burial insurance which completely baffled 'General' Verrilli. Judging by the text, 'General' Verrilli stumbled over his tongue for several minutes during his exchange with the justice.
Justice Alito (pg 9, ln 23) may have discovered as the true intent of owe-bamaKare, I quote the justice:
"....isn't it the case that what this mandate is really doing is not requiring the people who are subject to it to pay for the servies they are going to consume? It is requiring them to subsidize services that will be received by somebody else."
Justice Ginsburg (pg 10, ln 20) got into the act with this quote:
"If you're going to have insurance, this is how insurance works."
The testimony before the Court continued for a total of 109 pages; over 2 hours, 2 minutes. I thought it might be dry and legalistic, but actually enjoyed reading the transcript of Day #1. The give-and-take between the justices and 'General' Verrilli looked--to me--to be very embarrassing for the 'General.' Later today I intend to read the respondents' arguments.
Til Nex'Time....
http://www.forbes.com/sites/aroy/2012/03/27/obamacare-at-the-supreme-court-day-two-rapid-reactions/
http://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_audio_detail.aspx?argument=11-398-Tuesday
http://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/11-398-Tuesday.pdf
Justices Alito, Kennedy and Scalia as well as Chief Justice John Roberts verbally handed Solicitor General Verrilli his-ass-on-a-silver-platter during today's arguments on owe-bamaKare. Even the ever-socialist Justice Ginsburg got into the act.... on the respondents' (conservative) side of the argument.
Justice Scalia (URL below: pg 3, ln 10) was the first to verbally 'step-up-to-the-plate. Justice Scalia asked the 'General' if the problems he posed, weren't addressed directly by the federal government.
Justice Kennedy (pg 3, ln 25) asked if commerce can be created in order to regulate it.
Justice Scalia ( pg 5, ln 9) asked about 'self purchasing.' He then commented that the failure to purchase a product in a particular market would subject one to regulation.
Chief Justice Roberts (pg 5, ln 25) compared owe-bamaKare with emergency services, i.e., police, fire, ambulance, road-side service, et al. The 'consumer' never knows when he will require emergency services or health care, or if he ever will, thus a market already exists. Chief Justice Roberts also suggested that the government might mandate cell phone ownership, to facilitate calls to 9-1-1.
Justice Alito (pg 7, ln 12) brought up the possible necessity for burial insurance which completely baffled 'General' Verrilli. Judging by the text, 'General' Verrilli stumbled over his tongue for several minutes during his exchange with the justice.
Justice Alito (pg 9, ln 23) may have discovered as the true intent of owe-bamaKare, I quote the justice:
"....isn't it the case that what this mandate is really doing is not requiring the people who are subject to it to pay for the servies they are going to consume? It is requiring them to subsidize services that will be received by somebody else."
Justice Ginsburg (pg 10, ln 20) got into the act with this quote:
"If you're going to have insurance, this is how insurance works."
The testimony before the Court continued for a total of 109 pages; over 2 hours, 2 minutes. I thought it might be dry and legalistic, but actually enjoyed reading the transcript of Day #1. The give-and-take between the justices and 'General' Verrilli looked--to me--to be very embarrassing for the 'General.' Later today I intend to read the respondents' arguments.
Til Nex'Time....
http://www.forbes.com/sites/aroy/2012/03/27/obamacare-at-the-supreme-court-day-two-rapid-reactions/
http://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_audio_detail.aspx?argument=11-398-Tuesday
http://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/11-398-Tuesday.pdf
This'n'That; March Twenty-Eighth #1;owe-bamaKare-SCOTUS
Day #1 owe-bamaKare Arguments Before SCOTUS
Monday--March 26th--was Day #1 of the Regime's Solicitor General arguing possible merits of owe-bamaKare before the Supreme Court. The first day's proceedings involved:
Robert Long, ( *URL below; page 3) court appointed for the Amicus Curiae (friend of the Court),
Donald Verrilli, Jr., (page 30) Solicitor General, on behalf of the Petitioners,
Gregory Katsas, (page 56) on behalf of the Respondents,
Robert Long, (page 73) rebuttal for the Amicus Curiae.
Mr Long argued the assessment and collection of the section 5000A penalties and how the "Anti-Injunction Act (1867)" applies to the legality of said assessments and collections. Chief Justice Roberts, the Associate Justices and Mr Long had a lengthy 'go-around' concerning possible applications of the Anti-Injunction Act (1867); what's a procedural rule; what's a jurisdictional rule as well as why a monetary item might be an assessment or a penalty but not a tax.
'General' Verrilli intially argues that the penalties assessed in owe-bamaKare are not a tax. Justice Alito intimated that 'General' Verrilli would be back on Day #2 to argue that the penalties assessed are taxes. Confused?!? So am I! 'General' Verrilli also referenced various cases inwhich the constitutionality of said assessment, whether they were penalties or taxes. Justice Scalia took an occasion to scold 'General' Verrilli:
"Don't do that again (referencing Davis v. Passman). Because I think that goes too far. I don't think that's restraining the collection of a tax. It's restraining the payment of a tax. You don't want to let that bone go, do you?"
In later stages several associate justices 'ganged-up on' 'General' Verrilli and cornered him concerning welfareRATs and their use of emergency rooms for 'no-cost' health care rather than using health insurance or Medicare. 'General' Verrilli had problems justifying that while owe-bamaKare will raise revenues, the penalties are not some form of taxation.
Mr Katsas--at the start of his segment--delved into the conservative side of jursidictional determination. He used 'Gonzalez v. Thaler' to buttress his argument... much to Justice Sotomayor's consternation. Justice Brayer made two salient points: 'language is relevant' and '....taxes are the life's blood of government.'
Justice Sotomayor--in trying to firm up the government's position--suggested that 'it (the owe-bamaKare statute) is jurisdictional except when the Solicitor General waives it.' In my mind, that seems to put "all the eggs in the government basket!"
Chief Justice Roberts spent time--also in a 'government support' role--trying to convince Mr Katsas that owe-bamaKare mandated insurance purchases, penalties and/or taxes are a 'command.' the Chief Justice is of the opinion that if the commoner does not follow the 'command,' nothing will happen as a consequence. Mr Katsas argued that:
"....there is a difference between what the law requires and what enforcement consequences happen to you. This statute (owe-bamaKare) was very deliberately written to separate mandate from penalty in several different ways...."
The discussion--on exceptions to the mandate; exceptions to the penalties; who is-who isn't--between the Chief Justice, the several Associate Justices and Mr Katsas went on for several pages, and on, and on....
This is the first time I've ever read the text of an on-going Supreme Court case, let alone one as important as the topic-at-hand! I found it quite informative, in an argumentative way. I suggest that everyone read the transcripts of the entire 'owe-bamaKare' arguments, no matter which side you come down on.
The long, drawn-out, interrupted arguments are quite tedious to read. Maybe the audio version--URL also listed below--would be easier to follow. Due to hearing problems, I haven't tried that yet.
Til Nex'Time....
http://www.forbes.com/sites/aroy/2012/03/26/obamacare-at-the-supreme-court-day-one-rapid-reactions/
http://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_audio_detail.aspx?argument=11-398-Monday
* http://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/11-398-Monday.pdf
(Davis v. Passman) http://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/442/228/
(Gonzalez v. Thaler) http://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/565/10-895/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Injunction_Act_(1867)
Monday--March 26th--was Day #1 of the Regime's Solicitor General arguing possible merits of owe-bamaKare before the Supreme Court. The first day's proceedings involved:
Robert Long, ( *URL below; page 3) court appointed for the Amicus Curiae (friend of the Court),
Donald Verrilli, Jr., (page 30) Solicitor General, on behalf of the Petitioners,
Gregory Katsas, (page 56) on behalf of the Respondents,
Robert Long, (page 73) rebuttal for the Amicus Curiae.
Mr Long argued the assessment and collection of the section 5000A penalties and how the "Anti-Injunction Act (1867)" applies to the legality of said assessments and collections. Chief Justice Roberts, the Associate Justices and Mr Long had a lengthy 'go-around' concerning possible applications of the Anti-Injunction Act (1867); what's a procedural rule; what's a jurisdictional rule as well as why a monetary item might be an assessment or a penalty but not a tax.
'General' Verrilli intially argues that the penalties assessed in owe-bamaKare are not a tax. Justice Alito intimated that 'General' Verrilli would be back on Day #2 to argue that the penalties assessed are taxes. Confused?!? So am I! 'General' Verrilli also referenced various cases inwhich the constitutionality of said assessment, whether they were penalties or taxes. Justice Scalia took an occasion to scold 'General' Verrilli:
"Don't do that again (referencing Davis v. Passman). Because I think that goes too far. I don't think that's restraining the collection of a tax. It's restraining the payment of a tax. You don't want to let that bone go, do you?"
In later stages several associate justices 'ganged-up on' 'General' Verrilli and cornered him concerning welfareRATs and their use of emergency rooms for 'no-cost' health care rather than using health insurance or Medicare. 'General' Verrilli had problems justifying that while owe-bamaKare will raise revenues, the penalties are not some form of taxation.
Mr Katsas--at the start of his segment--delved into the conservative side of jursidictional determination. He used 'Gonzalez v. Thaler' to buttress his argument... much to Justice Sotomayor's consternation. Justice Brayer made two salient points: 'language is relevant' and '....taxes are the life's blood of government.'
Justice Sotomayor--in trying to firm up the government's position--suggested that 'it (the owe-bamaKare statute) is jurisdictional except when the Solicitor General waives it.' In my mind, that seems to put "all the eggs in the government basket!"
Chief Justice Roberts spent time--also in a 'government support' role--trying to convince Mr Katsas that owe-bamaKare mandated insurance purchases, penalties and/or taxes are a 'command.' the Chief Justice is of the opinion that if the commoner does not follow the 'command,' nothing will happen as a consequence. Mr Katsas argued that:
"....there is a difference between what the law requires and what enforcement consequences happen to you. This statute (owe-bamaKare) was very deliberately written to separate mandate from penalty in several different ways...."
The discussion--on exceptions to the mandate; exceptions to the penalties; who is-who isn't--between the Chief Justice, the several Associate Justices and Mr Katsas went on for several pages, and on, and on....
This is the first time I've ever read the text of an on-going Supreme Court case, let alone one as important as the topic-at-hand! I found it quite informative, in an argumentative way. I suggest that everyone read the transcripts of the entire 'owe-bamaKare' arguments, no matter which side you come down on.
The long, drawn-out, interrupted arguments are quite tedious to read. Maybe the audio version--URL also listed below--would be easier to follow. Due to hearing problems, I haven't tried that yet.
Til Nex'Time....
http://www.forbes.com/sites/aroy/2012/03/26/obamacare-at-the-supreme-court-day-one-rapid-reactions/
http://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_audio_detail.aspx?argument=11-398-Monday
* http://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/11-398-Monday.pdf
(Davis v. Passman) http://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/442/228/
(Gonzalez v. Thaler) http://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/565/10-895/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Injunction_Act_(1867)
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Tuesday, March 27, 2012
This'n'That; March Twenty-Seventh #2; 'Royal' Lies
The Sum'bitch Lies CONSTANTLY!
During the last presidential campaign we were all blinded by 'the fluff.' Our knowledge, information and opinions were all guided by a complicit, duplicitous, incompetent, untruthful national media corpse. "Clown Prince ZERO-bama, the Narcissist's" adult life is built on the 'sands of falsehood;' built long before the aforementioned "Campaign of Fluff." Here's a quote from body-language expert Patti Wood:
(On the owe-bama speech, Selma, Ala., 2007)
"....in the Selma speech he turns his face and body to his right side then left again and again, rather than focus to the front and center. Front and center speaking is read as more honest, more forthright and powerful."
Some of the vast array of lies being postulated by "Clown Prince ZERO-bama, the Narcissist:"
**He promised not to accept public funding of his 2008 campaign, and
**He said no abortions would be covered by his healthcare scam, and
**When he ennumerates the amount of oil at U.S. disposal, and
**When he says a president can't lower the price of gas (look for an "October Surprise" which will 'suddenly' reduce said prices), and
**When he promised that unemployment would NEVER go over 8%, and
**When he denied his close relationship with unindicted terrorist, Pentagon bomber-William Ayers, and
**When he said no one would lose their doctor or health plan under owe-bamaKare, and
**When he spoke of 'shovel-ready' jobs, and
**When he--and most of his buds--spoke of his 'doctored' birth certificate, and
**When he said he did not vote THREE-TIMES to allow infant abortion survivors to die of neglect;FORBIDDING their treatment, and
**When he took his 'oath of office' to support and defend the Constitution, and
**When he says he never took money from lobbyists, and
**When he said the public would have a MORE TRANSPARENT government, plus untold hundreds-and-hundreds more!!
'Splain to me again why YOU elected this Arschloch!?!
Til Nex'Time....
http://bodylanguagelady.blogspot.com/2008/09/body-language-analysis-of-presidential.html
http://davidmweinberg.com/2012/03/05/read-obamas-body-language/
During the last presidential campaign we were all blinded by 'the fluff.' Our knowledge, information and opinions were all guided by a complicit, duplicitous, incompetent, untruthful national media corpse. "Clown Prince ZERO-bama, the Narcissist's" adult life is built on the 'sands of falsehood;' built long before the aforementioned "Campaign of Fluff." Here's a quote from body-language expert Patti Wood:
(On the owe-bama speech, Selma, Ala., 2007)
"....in the Selma speech he turns his face and body to his right side then left again and again, rather than focus to the front and center. Front and center speaking is read as more honest, more forthright and powerful."
Some of the vast array of lies being postulated by "Clown Prince ZERO-bama, the Narcissist:"
**He promised not to accept public funding of his 2008 campaign, and
**He said no abortions would be covered by his healthcare scam, and
**When he ennumerates the amount of oil at U.S. disposal, and
**When he says a president can't lower the price of gas (look for an "October Surprise" which will 'suddenly' reduce said prices), and
**When he promised that unemployment would NEVER go over 8%, and
**When he denied his close relationship with unindicted terrorist, Pentagon bomber-William Ayers, and
**When he said no one would lose their doctor or health plan under owe-bamaKare, and
**When he spoke of 'shovel-ready' jobs, and
**When he--and most of his buds--spoke of his 'doctored' birth certificate, and
**When he said he did not vote THREE-TIMES to allow infant abortion survivors to die of neglect;FORBIDDING their treatment, and
**When he took his 'oath of office' to support and defend the Constitution, and
**When he says he never took money from lobbyists, and
**When he said the public would have a MORE TRANSPARENT government, plus untold hundreds-and-hundreds more!!
'Splain to me again why YOU elected this Arschloch!?!
Til Nex'Time....
http://bodylanguagelady.blogspot.com/2008/09/body-language-analysis-of-presidential.html
http://davidmweinberg.com/2012/03/05/read-obamas-body-language/
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This'n'That; March Twenty-Seventh #1; A 4-4 Tie!
Kagan NOT Eligible To Hear ANY obamaKare!
The United States' Solicitor General is the individual appointed to represent the federal government before the United States Supreme Court. The Solicitor General is responsible for determing the legal position the federal government will take in actions before said Supreme Court.
As the "Clown Prince" nominated (and Senate confirmed) Solicitor General, Ms Kagan has never--prior to her term as Solicitor General--tried a case before ANY court, at ANY level, ANYwhere!! As the owe-bamacRATic Solicitor General, Ms Kagan was instrumental in the formulation of the defense to any EXPECTED cases involving owe-bamaKare. As such, Ms Kagan is barred from hearing testimony--and participating in the decision--concerning the upcoming/ongoing owebamaKare litigation before the current Supreme Court.
The website "TulaneLink" has a study of the 'recusal statutes,'
United States Code, Title 28, Section 455: "Disqualification of Justice, Judge or Magistrate." The point at which said code applies to Ms Kagan:
http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2012/03/26/nobody_doubts_how_the_liberal_members_of_the_supreme_court_will_rule
http://www.tulanelink.com/tulanelink/recusal_99a.htm
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/03/26/4367477/kagan-defies-judicial-ethics-and.html
The United States' Solicitor General is the individual appointed to represent the federal government before the United States Supreme Court. The Solicitor General is responsible for determing the legal position the federal government will take in actions before said Supreme Court.
As the "Clown Prince" nominated (and Senate confirmed) Solicitor General, Ms Kagan has never--prior to her term as Solicitor General--tried a case before ANY court, at ANY level, ANYwhere!! As the owe-bamacRATic Solicitor General, Ms Kagan was instrumental in the formulation of the defense to any EXPECTED cases involving owe-bamaKare. As such, Ms Kagan is barred from hearing testimony--and participating in the decision--concerning the upcoming/ongoing owebamaKare litigation before the current Supreme Court.
The website "TulaneLink" has a study of the 'recusal statutes,'
United States Code, Title 28, Section 455: "Disqualification of Justice, Judge or Magistrate." The point at which said code applies to Ms Kagan:
USC28-455(b)(3): "Where he has served in governmental employment and in such capacity participated as counsel, advisor or material witness concerning the proceeding or expressed an opinion concerning the merits of the particular case in controversy"Under any interpretation of the aforementioned, Justice Kagan should recuse herself from any involvement--to any degree--in the owe-bamaKare case before the Supreme Court. If no recusal is forthcoming, her more-than-ample ass should be tossed off the bench!!Til Nex'Time....http://www.exposeobama.com/2012/03/26/elena-kagan-breaks-federal-law-by-hearing-obamacare-case-republicans-silent/
http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2012/03/26/nobody_doubts_how_the_liberal_members_of_the_supreme_court_will_rule
http://www.tulanelink.com/tulanelink/recusal_99a.htm
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/03/26/4367477/kagan-defies-judicial-ethics-and.html
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Monday, March 26, 2012
This'n'That; March Twenty-Sixth #3; Lying To Whom?!?
To Whom Does The "Clown Prince" Lie?!?
"Clown Prince ZERO-bama, the Narcissist" was caught unawares--by definition, off-teleprompter--while speaking to the Russian President Dmitri Medvedev about how said president can help him with his improbable re-immaculation. The "Clown Prince"--by definition, George Soros--is feeling the heat of abandoning the entire American electorate, with the possible exception of the 52% welfareRAT miscreants 'riding-in-the-wagon.' He's more-or-less assured of those votes and doesn't see the necessity of cultivating middle-class worker bees like you and I.
Here's what the "Clown Prince" said.... You be the judge....:
Clown Prince: "On all these issues, but particularly the missile defense, this, this can be solved but it's important for him to give me space."
President Medvedev: "Yeah, I understand. I understand your message about space. Space for you...."
Clown Prince: "This is my last election. After my election I have more flexibility."
President Medvedev: "I understand. I will transmit this to Vladimir (Putin-Russia's Dictator-in-Chief)."
The way I see this:
1. There is a God! This God has arranged for the American public to clearly see--on more than one occasion--the 'fox-in-the-henhouse,' AKA "Clown Prince ZERO-bama, the Narcissist."
2. The "Clown Prince" is preparing for--in his mind--his imminent re-immaculation.
3. The "Clown Prince" seems to be preparing for a contested election, ala President George W. Bush in which the Supreme Court settled the kerfuffle. The "Clown Prince" is surely aware that very few voters--let alone, members of the Supreme Court--will vote against him, just because it's racist not to side with a racist negro!!
I'm thinkin' maybe we should side with the "Clown Prince!!"
He deserves all the space; all the flexibility of a private citizen!
The "Clown Prince" clearly is constrained by freedom, liberty, the rights of the American citizen; constrained by the very Constitution he's sworn to support and defend!!
'Splain to me again why YOU elected this Arschloch!?!
Til Nex'Time....
"Clown Prince ZERO-bama, the Narcissist" was caught unawares--by definition, off-teleprompter--while speaking to the Russian President Dmitri Medvedev about how said president can help him with his improbable re-immaculation. The "Clown Prince"--by definition, George Soros--is feeling the heat of abandoning the entire American electorate, with the possible exception of the 52% welfareRAT miscreants 'riding-in-the-wagon.' He's more-or-less assured of those votes and doesn't see the necessity of cultivating middle-class worker bees like you and I.
Here's what the "Clown Prince" said.... You be the judge....:
Clown Prince: "On all these issues, but particularly the missile defense, this, this can be solved but it's important for him to give me space."
President Medvedev: "Yeah, I understand. I understand your message about space. Space for you...."
Clown Prince: "This is my last election. After my election I have more flexibility."
President Medvedev: "I understand. I will transmit this to Vladimir (Putin-Russia's Dictator-in-Chief)."
The way I see this:
1. There is a God! This God has arranged for the American public to clearly see--on more than one occasion--the 'fox-in-the-henhouse,' AKA "Clown Prince ZERO-bama, the Narcissist."
2. The "Clown Prince" is preparing for--in his mind--his imminent re-immaculation.
3. The "Clown Prince" seems to be preparing for a contested election, ala President George W. Bush in which the Supreme Court settled the kerfuffle. The "Clown Prince" is surely aware that very few voters--let alone, members of the Supreme Court--will vote against him, just because it's racist not to side with a racist negro!!
I'm thinkin' maybe we should side with the "Clown Prince!!"
He deserves all the space; all the flexibility of a private citizen!
The "Clown Prince" clearly is constrained by freedom, liberty, the rights of the American citizen; constrained by the very Constitution he's sworn to support and defend!!
'Splain to me again why YOU elected this Arschloch!?!
Til Nex'Time....
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This'n'That; March Twenty-Sixth #2; CFLs
'Curly-Fry' Lightblubs (CFLs)
The 'Curly-Fry' lighbulb is the only legal lightbulb since January 1, 2012, right?!? You've been relegated to a dim reading light, not matter what size CFL you use, right?!? Not so.... and.... Not so!!!
Leave it to American ingenuity to find a LEGAL way around the 'Curly-Fry' lightbulb mandate! A guy--who just happened to own the company--called Rush Limbaugh's talkshow a couple of weeks ago with the solution to the 'dim-bulbs' we're being subjected to--both politically and realistically!! The lightbulb also got 'a mention' on Jim Salmon's Home Repair radio show on WHAM Radio, Rochester, N.Y., yesterday (03/25).
The 'long-and-short' of it is, Larry Birnbaum found a way around the federal law requiring 'Curly-Fry' lightbulbs by manufacturing and marketing the "rough service" incandescent lightbulb. These bulbs--not only legal in the U.S.--will last an astounding 10,000 hours!! The company is also looking for more distributors for their products.
Til Nex'Time....
http://www.newcandescent.com/index.html
http://www.wham1180.com/pages/JimSalmon.html
The 'Curly-Fry' lighbulb is the only legal lightbulb since January 1, 2012, right?!? You've been relegated to a dim reading light, not matter what size CFL you use, right?!? Not so.... and.... Not so!!!
Leave it to American ingenuity to find a LEGAL way around the 'Curly-Fry' lightbulb mandate! A guy--who just happened to own the company--called Rush Limbaugh's talkshow a couple of weeks ago with the solution to the 'dim-bulbs' we're being subjected to--both politically and realistically!! The lightbulb also got 'a mention' on Jim Salmon's Home Repair radio show on WHAM Radio, Rochester, N.Y., yesterday (03/25).
The 'long-and-short' of it is, Larry Birnbaum found a way around the federal law requiring 'Curly-Fry' lightbulbs by manufacturing and marketing the "rough service" incandescent lightbulb. These bulbs--not only legal in the U.S.--will last an astounding 10,000 hours!! The company is also looking for more distributors for their products.
Til Nex'Time....
http://www.newcandescent.com/index.html
http://www.wham1180.com/pages/JimSalmon.html
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This'n'That; March Twenty-Sixth #1;
"Clown Prince" Strategy Change?!?
"Clown Prince ZERO-bama, the Narcissist" normally bucks the world's democracies while demonstrating support for the communist, fascist, Marxist, Leninist, et al; regimes. Yesterday (03/25), the "Clown Prince" stood by--both physically and verbally--South Korean President Lee in 'suggesting' that North Korea not fire off a rocket to celebrate the 100th anniversary of some communist miscreant.
As evidenced by "Clown Prince ZERO-bama, the Narcissist's" annual 'Worldwide Apology Tour,' he most generally is in favor of kissing each-and-every communist ass he comes in contact with!! Is there a change in the "Clown Prince's" approach to re-immaculation?!?
We shall see what we shall see!!
'Splain to me again why YOU elected this Arschloch!?!
Til Nex'Time....
"Clown Prince ZERO-bama, the Narcissist" normally bucks the world's democracies while demonstrating support for the communist, fascist, Marxist, Leninist, et al; regimes. Yesterday (03/25), the "Clown Prince" stood by--both physically and verbally--South Korean President Lee in 'suggesting' that North Korea not fire off a rocket to celebrate the 100th anniversary of some communist miscreant.
As evidenced by "Clown Prince ZERO-bama, the Narcissist's" annual 'Worldwide Apology Tour,' he most generally is in favor of kissing each-and-every communist ass he comes in contact with!! Is there a change in the "Clown Prince's" approach to re-immaculation?!?
We shall see what we shall see!!
'Splain to me again why YOU elected this Arschloch!?!
Til Nex'Time....
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Sunday, March 25, 2012
The Sunday 'Report;' 03/25/2012
What The National Pamphleteers Don't Report:
7 Popular Ways You Can Be Scammed... And How to Stop Them
by Laura Moss,
Mother Nature Network (mnn.com)
March 20, 2012
Fraud and deception.
You're smart, you're financially savvy, and you'd never fall for one of those get-rich schemes. But that doesn't mean you won't get scammed. It's easy to assume that only the truly gullible are prey for con artists and scammers, but that's not always the case. Take a look at these seven popular scams.
1. ATM skimming
This type of crime has been around for decades, and as technology has improved, so have ways to duplicate ATM cards. Here's one way it works: Criminals attach a device on an ATM that captures information about [....]
http://shine.yahoo.com/finfit/7-popular-ways-scammed-stop-them-192500788.html
Why Is the Story About Malia Obama Vacationing in Mexico Disappearing from the Web?
by Erica Ritz,
theblaze.com
March 19, 2012
UPDATE: The Administration has just responded to the disappearing stories.
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/white-house-admits-to-asking-news-agencies-to-pull-malia-obama-vacation-story/
Have you heard that Malia Obama, the president’s daughter, is reportedly spending her spring break in Oaxaca, Mexico? Allegedly, she’s jetting off with some of her classmates and 25 Secret Service agents to a country that the State Department has said all Americans should avoid. But something is different about the latest “Obama vacation controversy:” references to it are disappearing from the Internet — and fast. Around 3:00 EST, a Telegraph story reporting on the event was the first to vanish (note how the url remains the same in the “before” and “after”): [....]
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/why-is-the-story-about-malia-obama-vacationing-in-mexico-disappearing-from-the-web/
The North Dakota Oil Boom
by Chip Wood,
Personal Liberty Digest
March 16, 2012
More oil is being produced in North Dakota than in any other State.The average prices of a gallon of gas and a barrel of oil are near 150-year highs. Most pundits expect them to go higher. Are you ready for $5-per-gallon gasoline? In a recent speech, President Barack Obama said: “We’re not going to be able to just drill our way out of the problem of high gas prices.” Actually, to a large extent, we can. For proof, let’s compare what’s been happening in California to the extraordinary accomplishments in North Dakota. According to the Fraser Institute’s 2011 Global Petroleum Survey, California is the worst State in the Nation for its hostility to drilling. In fact, measured against the rest of the world, California ranks 91st. Thanks to years of placating environmental extremists, California’s anti-drilling regulations make it almost impossible to drill for new oil anywhere in the State, onshore or off. As a result, its [....]
http://personalliberty.com/2012/03/16/the-north-dakota-oil-boom/?eiid=
[New York State] Public pension 'millionaires' club
Potential payouts over 30 years add to debate over tax costs
by Rick Karlin,
timesunion.com
March 21, 2012
ALBANY — A fiscally conservative advocacy group from the Midwest arrived in Albany to propose an intriguing math experiment: If retired public employees maxed out their pensions by retiring early at age 55 and living to the ripe old age of 85, who would get the biggest hypothetical payout? Philip W. Wood, a retired SUNY vice chancellor for capital facilities, leads the pack in this latest iteration of the ongoing debate over public pension costs. According to Taxpayers United of America, Wood's $186,295 annual pension would be worth about $6.9 million over 30 years. The sum assumes that he retired at age 55 and lived to be 85 years old. It would [....]
http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Public-pension-millionaires-club-3422261.php
[Related Content] Union ‘buy’ laws attack
Gov warns against pension revenge
by Erik Kriss,
New York Post Bureau Chief
March 21, 2012ALBANY — Gov. Cuomo yesterday suggested New York’s biggest state employee union could be buying votes by freezing campaign contributions to lawmakers who supported a bill cutting pension benefits for future government workers.
"If you are linking political contributions to a specific vote, you may get a call from the attorney general or the district attorney or JCOPE” — the state’s new ethics enforcement agency, said Cuomo. “There should be no campaign contributions for specific votes,” Cuomo — a former attorney general who warred with labor unions this month over his Tier VI pension proposal — added during an appearance on Albany’s Talk 1300 AM radio.
Civil Service Employees Association president Danny Donohue said he suspended all political contributions and endorsements on Monday as “a direct result of [....]
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/union_buy_laws_attack_aMlOMD39YTvyJYq1O9jq1I
Obama Impeachment Bill
by Bob Livingston,
Personal Liberty Digest
March 16, 2012 Representative Walter B. Jones Jr. (R-N.C.) introduced a bill to impeach President Barack Obama.Commenting on my Wednesday column, Congressional Irrelevance, commenter James asked why I had not yet written about the Obama Impeachment Bill recently introduced in Congress by Representative Walter B. Jones Jr. (R-N.C.). Quite simply, I had not planned to comment upon it all.
A bill of impeachment is irrelevant political theater, just as it was during the Bill Clinton Presidency. Congress is a criminal enterprise and a good ole boys club. No bill of impeachment will go anywhere, because the fox is guarding the henhouse. Congress members have no fealty to the Constitution. But if they did actually believe and abide by the oath they took, they would never consider removing the first black [....]http://personalliberty.com/2012/03/16/the-obama-impeachment-bill/?eiid=
Fourth Largest Gun Maker In US Is Out Of Guns by Tyler Durden,
H/T RevolutionRadio.orgMarch 23, 2012
In a somewhat sad and shocking slap of reality to the face of our 'recovery' and 'freedom-based-debt-holdings', today's press-release-of-the-day (since we still haven't heard from BATS) goes to Sturm, Ruger (the 4th largest gun-maker in the US) who after receiving orders for over one million units in Q1 has temporarily suspended the acceptance of new orders. Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (NYSE: RGR), announced today that for the first quarter 2012, the Company has received orders for more than one million units. Therefore, the Company has temporarily suspended the acceptance of new orders.
Chief Executive Officer Michael O. Fifer made the following comments:
The Company's Retailer Programs that were offered from January 1, 2012 through February 29, 2012 were very successful and generated significant orders from retailers to independent wholesale distributors for Ruger firearms. Year-to-date, the [....]http://poorrichards-blog.blogspot.com/
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/fourth-largest-gun-maker-us-out-guns
NFL star Hines Ward to sell $7.5 million home by Josh Lindenbaum,
Curbed
March 20, 2012
[Photo Caption:]
Pro football receiver Hines Ward went for a "W Hotel" look with his mansion in Atlanta.
Photo: Curbed
Hines Ward has been a football player. And a dancer. Back in August of last year when Curbed Atlanta was in its infancy and keeping a decidedly low profile, we ran a profile of the NFL Pro Bowler / Dancing With the Stars Winner / architecture buff's mansion, which he has now listed for sale for $7,500,000. Reports of [....] http://realestate.yahoo.com/promo/nfl-star-hines-ward-to-sell-75-million-home.html
Billions flowed to organizations with lawmaker, family ties Staff Report,
LegiStorm.com
March 21, 2012 Members of Congress have earmarked at least $3.11 billion since 2007 for organizations connected to them or their family members - such as clients, employers or alma maters. That's one number that emerges from a ground-breaking database LegiStorm has compiled of family ties of members of Congress, built on an exhaustive report by the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW). The work highlights the intersection of the public work of members of Congress with their private interests. The full CREW report can be found at http://www.citizensforethics.org/familyaffair.
CREW explored a range of family ties, including: Family members on the campaign or official payroll; lawmakers directing earmarks to family members' groups; lobbyists trading on their family connections to Capitol Hill. For example, Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-Fla.) has paid his girlfriend Patricia Williams more than $1.5 million in salary from his official congressional office since 2000 even while he privately owes her as much as $1 million in legal fees. Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) paid six family members salary or fees from his campaign - more than any other member - and five other family members were reimbursed for expenses. Rep. Buck McKeon (R-Calif.) paid his wife nearly $240,000 in salary over two campaign cycles to act as treasurer. CREW's report examines these and scores of other examples in which members of the House of Representatives may have conveyed advantage to their family members based on their public office.
CREW's report is the first-ever complete study of how members of the House of Representatives use their positions to benefit themselves and their families. The organization did a similar, smaller study in 2007, but expanded the scope this time to review the family ties of every current representative.
Meanwhile, LegiStorm has been quietly mapping family relations among members of Congress, their staff and lobbyists for years. Now, with the partnership of CREW, we are able to [....]http://www.legistorm.com/blog/billions-flowed-to-organizations-with-lawmaker-family-ties.html
Modern FamilyPlural relationships have gotten a bad name, thanks to lascivious cult leaders like Warren Jeffs.by Alex French,
Details Magazine
November 2011 Issue On an unseasonably cool August Sunday morning in Topanga Canyon, just north of Malibu, a family of four arrives at the Inn of the Seventh Ray, an all-cage-free, everything-local restaurant that's typical of the neighborhood. This brunch is a welcome respite from the errands and worries that increasingly fill their days. Jaiya Ma, the center of the clan, is a 34-year-old with dark, wavy hair and caramel skin. Her life is wide open; she falls in love easily, suffers willingly. Next to her is Ian Ferguson, a thin 44-year-old with a shaved head and a goatee, feeding bits of eggs Benedict to their energetic 2-year-old son, Eamon. Ian and Jaiya have been lovers for four years. Sitting across from Jaiya is Jon Hanauer, an extremely fit 48-year-old wearing wire-rimmed glasses, who serves as Eamon's primary caretaker. He and Jaiya have been in a committed relationship for almost a decade. They all live together just a few [....]http://www.details.com/culture-trends/critical-eye/201111/polyandry-plural-families
Keeping Terrorism in Perspectiveby Scott Stewart,
STRATfor.com
March 22, 2012 As we conclude our series on the fundamentals of terrorism, it is only fitting that we do so with a discussion of the importance of keeping terrorism in perspective.
By design, terrorist attacks are intended to have a psychological impact far outweighing the physical damage the attack causes. As their name suggests, they are meant to cause terror that amplifies the actual attack. A target population responding to a terrorist attack with panic and hysteria allows the perpetrators to obtain a maximum return on their physical effort. Certainly, al Qaeda reaped such a maximum return from the Sept. 11 attacks, which totally altered the foreign policy and domestic security policies of the world's only superpower and resulted in the invasion of Afghanistan and military operations across the globe. Al Qaeda also maximized its return from the March 11, 2004, Madrid train bombings, which occurred three days before the 2004 Spanish general elections that ousted the ruling party from power.
One way to mitigate the psychological impact of terrorism is to remove the mystique and hype associated with it. The first step in this demystification is recognizing that terrorism is a tactic used by a variety of actors and that it will not go away, something we discussed at length in our first analysis in this series. Terrorism and, more broadly, violence are and will remain part of the human condition. The Chinese, for example [....]http://www.stratfor.com/weekly/keeping-terrorism-perspective?utm_source=freelist-f&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20120322&utm_term=sweekly&utm_content=readmore&elq=39bd80cbc4614b83b452e0d9ce5c3fe1
New photo clue energizes next Earhart searchby Brian Burnes,
The Kansas City Star
March 21, 2012Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum Timeline
June 1, 1937: Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan begin trans-global flight.
July 2, 1937: The plane leaves for Howland Island, never to be seen again.
Oct. 1940: Bones are found with old sextant box on Gardner Island, but are lost during World War II.
Sept. 1989: First expedition of the International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery to Gardner, now called Nikumaroro.
Oct. 1991: The group finds heel to woman’s shoe.
Jan. 1996: The group finds Plexiglas pieces.
July 2010: The group finds bone fragments but DNA is unusable.
July 2012: The group prepares to use robotic subs to search off the reef.
This summer, 75 years after the aviator’s plane lost contact with the world, Amelia Earhart’s disappearance could be solved. Or not. What makes this summer’s expedition different from many other failed forays?
A new look at an old photograph.
And official ballast.
Hillary Clinton is aboard, figuratively, this time.
As is Robert Ballard, the explorer who located the wreck of [....]http://www.kansascity.com/2012/03/20/3503376/new-photographic-clue-energizes.html
Left Wants Classes Promoting Racism In Arizona SchoolsStaff Report,
exposeobama.com
March 21, 2012On January 1,2011, a law banning certain “ethnic studies” classes went into effect in Arizona. The law makes it illegal for a school district to teach courses which “promote the overthrow of the US government,promote resentment of a particular race or class of people,are designed primarily for students of a particular ethnic group,or advocate ‘ethnic solidarity’ instead of the treatment of pupils as individuals.” But it was not the ever-compassionate,ethnicity-conscious left which wrote and implemented legislation making it a crime to teach violence and racism. Rather,the law was passed by the Republican-controlled Arizona legislature and signed by the State’s Republican governor.
And the left is fit to be tied over it!
According to one liberal professor,the Arizona legislature has committed “ethnocide,” or more properly “ethnonormativity” by implementing a law which hopes to preserve some semblance of sanity in Arizona schools. As the professor puts it,the law “takes the teachings of one culture—the colonizer’s—and makes it the standard version of history while literally banning other accounts,turning the master narrative into the ‘normal’ one…” In short, the evil “colonizing white man” has once [....]http://www.exposeobama.com/2012/03/21/left-wants-classes-promoting-racism-in-arizona-schools/
Obama’s Latest Executive Order NDRP:
Martial Law, Confiscation of Private Property and Forced Labor Posted by "Paul,"
wesurroundrochester.com
Rochester, N.Y.
March 20, 2012 Another very interesting article about this power grab courtesy of our friend at Poor Richards Blog. I'd say the only difference between crazy conspiracy theories and recent executive orders is NOTHING.
Please do not gloss this one over the similarities between Obama and Mussolini are astonishing.
Question: Is it possible to be a socialist, communist, and fascist all at the same time?
Answer: Hopey Changey makes all things possible!
Copy of Article Below
March 19, 2012
On Friday, March 16, Obama issued another unconstitutional executive order. The National Defense Resources Preparedness EO allows the government to confiscate your property without due process under the direction of Janet Napolitano and the Department of Homeland Security.
[Obama Il Duce: Executive order permits government and corporations to steal private property.] Obama’s EO allows the president to “take actions necessary to ensure the availability of adequate resources and production capability, including services and critical technology, for national defense requirements” in the event of a “potential threat to the security of the United States.” Obama’s latest EO demonstrates once again that the executive will continue to violate the Constitution, in particular Article I, Section 1, which states: “All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.” Any enactment of law by the executive is made in Excess of Jurisdiction and is by definition treason.
Fascist Executive Orders
Obama’s latest EO underscores and reemphasizes Bill Clinton’s EO 12919, signed on June 6, 1994.
Clinton’s 12919 followed a number of earlier [....]http://www.wesurroundrochester.com/messages/boards/thread/21579262?thread=21579262
These "Pick-and-Shovel" Investments Pay Double-Digit Dividend Yieldsby Nathan Slaughter,
townhall.com
March 22, 2012 When gold was first discovered at Sutter's Mill in the foothills of California's Sierra Nevada mountains in 1848, thousands of people dropped everything and headed west with dreams of striking it rich. Within a year, San Francisco was transformed from a sleepy outpost with a few dozen shacks into a bustling mining hub. As gold fever spread, would-be prospectors poured in by the boatload from as far away as Chile and Hawaii. There was plenty of gold to be had in rivers and streams, particularly in the early days. But much of it went to larger operations that utilized high-volume hydraulic recovery techniques. The average miner sifting with a simple pan or other crude device was lucky to break even and recoup expenses. Thousands went home disillusioned and broke. But while the great gold rush was a bust for many, the huge population influx was a boon for gaming houses, saloons and brothels. Several entrepreneurs made a fortune, among them a peddler of denim pants named Levi Strauss.
In fact, the first millionaire to emerge from all of this was an enterprising retailer named Sam Brannan. Brannan famously cornered the market and bought nearly all of the available supplies of picks, shovels and pans. Then to drum up business, he ran through the streets showing everyone the newfound gold dust. Brannan was clever. He knew that some would find gold and others wouldn't -- but they would all need tools. And he was happy [....]http://finance.townhall.com/columnists/nathanslaughter/2012/03/22/these_pickandshovel_investments_pay_doubledigit_dividend_yields/page/full/
How Myanmar Liberates Asia
by Robert D. Kaplan
STRATfor.com
March 21, 2012 Myanmar's ongoing liberalization and its normalization of relations with the outside world have the possibility of profoundly affecting geopolitics in Asia -- and all for the better. Geographically, Myanmar dominates the Bay of Bengal. It is where the spheres of influence of China and India overlap. Myanmar is also abundant in oil, natural gas, coal, zinc, copper, precious stones, timber and hydropower, with some uranium deposits as well. The prize of the Indo-Pacific region, Myanmar has been locked up by dictatorship for decades, even as the Chinese have been slowly stripping it of natural resources. Think of Myanmar as another Afghanistan in terms [....]http://www.stratfor.com/analysis/how-myanmar-liberates-asia-robert-d-kaplan?utm_source=freelist-f&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20120321&utm_term=kaplan&utm_content=readmore&elq=7a292ef3ece7474c8fd41457b26923e4
Highest Yield Dividend StocksStaff Report,
dividend.com
Date Unknown Dividend yield is one of the main factors to consider when investing in dividend-paying stocks. Watch out for "dividend traps," however -- stocks having a dividend yield of 10% and above are usually very risky investments.
[Charts containing lists of dividend paying stocks]
[....]http://www.dividend.com/dividend-stocks/high-dividend-yield-stocks.php
Afghanistan and the Long Warby George Friedman,
STRATfor.com
March 19, 2012 The war in Afghanistan has been under way for more than 10 years. It has not been the only war fought during this time; for seven of those years another, larger war was waged in Iraq, and smaller conflicts were under way in a number of other countries as well. But the Afghanistan War is still the longest large-scale, multi-divisional war fought in American history. An American soldier's killing of 16 Afghan civilians, including nine children, on March 11 represents only a moment in this long war, but it is an important moment.
In the course of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, military strategists in the United States developed the concept of the long war. The theory was presented in many ways, but its core argument was this: The defeat of Taliban forces and the Iraqi resistance would take a long time, but success would not end the war because Islamist terrorism [....]http://www.stratfor.com/weekly/afghanistan-and-long-war?utm_source=freelist-f&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20120320&utm_term=gweekly&utm_content=readmore&elq=109b0bf932f94c6bb74ececd41fdddc4
Forgerygate: An Open Letter To The Staff Of Andrew Breitbartby Tom Ballantyne Jr.
westernjournalism.com
March 21, 2012From a Tea Party activist (and one-time fan): While I’ve never witnessed a gaggle of rats (they’re not geese, but surely they’re not a flock or a pack…although each of the three terms seems surprisingly relevant here) scurrying frantically about the deck of a sinking ship (how many can say that they have?), in the aftermath of Sheriff Joe’s apparently irrefutable findings (has anyone within the sound of my voice heard a single substantive rebuttal of even one point?), I am beginning to picture clearly just how such a scene must look…as the aforementioned “gaggle” of “conservative” (no longer can I capitalize that) “reporters,” in a lemming-like frenzy, desperately seek shelter from the deadly light (or twilight) of truth – putting their at-once sheepish and pack-like behavior on full display! (Try saying that quickly!)
Although the youthful Ben Shapiro (twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old – born in 1984) does not yet know it, he and I are (were, actually) inextricably “joined at the hip” (Surely I will be forced to deny or explain this) – on-air, at least – this past Saturday morning! You see, Ben – reportedly the youngest nationally-syndicated columnist in the country, and now Editor-At-Large of Breitbart.com – occupied the first thirteen minutes [....]http://www.westernjournalism.com/forgerygate-an-open-letter-to-the-staff-of-andrew-breitbart/
[Related Content]
Forgerygate: Media Threatened With Federal Investigations If Obama Birth Certificate Story Reportedby Doug Book,
westernjournalism.com
March 20, 2012 Individuals and member organizations of the American media were threatened with FTC and FCC investigation if information gathered by Sheriff Arpaio’s Cold Case Posse concerning the forgery of Barack Obama’s long form birth certificate were passed on to the American public. It was Posse lead investigator Mike Zullo who made this stunning revelation, stating “During our investigation, we actually were told [that media] had been threatened with FTC investigations. Commentators [had been] threatened with their jobs.” And Jerome Corsi, author of “Where’s the birth certificate,” the book whose imminent publication was responsible for forcing Barack Obama to quickly create and place the fraudulent long form birth certificate on the White House web site, has said that “Testimony is being developed that the White House is intimidating, in a systematic way, the mainstream media and if any broadcasters dare go into this birther story, they’re going to risk FCC investigations… people are going to have careers ruined… thrown off the air.” Zullo went on to say the [....]http://www.westernjournalism.com/forgerygate-media-threatened-with-federal-investigations-if-obama-birth-certificate-story-reported/
1940 Census To Be Released Soon“Unlike previous census years, images of the 1940 U.S. Federal Census will be made available as free digital images.”
On April 2, 2012, NARA will provide access to the images of the 1940 United States Federal Census for the first time. Unlike previous census years, images of the 1940 U.S. Federal Census will be made available as free digital images. Upon its release, the 1940 U.S. Census Community Project, a joint initiative between Archives.com, FamilySearch, findmypast.com, and other leading genealogy organizations, will coordinate [....]https://the1940census.com/
Until Next Sunday....
7 Popular Ways You Can Be Scammed... And How to Stop Them
by Laura Moss,
Mother Nature Network (mnn.com)
March 20, 2012
Fraud and deception.
You're smart, you're financially savvy, and you'd never fall for one of those get-rich schemes. But that doesn't mean you won't get scammed. It's easy to assume that only the truly gullible are prey for con artists and scammers, but that's not always the case. Take a look at these seven popular scams.
1. ATM skimming
This type of crime has been around for decades, and as technology has improved, so have ways to duplicate ATM cards. Here's one way it works: Criminals attach a device on an ATM that captures information about [....]
http://shine.yahoo.com/finfit/7-popular-ways-scammed-stop-them-192500788.html
Why Is the Story About Malia Obama Vacationing in Mexico Disappearing from the Web?
by Erica Ritz,
theblaze.com
March 19, 2012
UPDATE: The Administration has just responded to the disappearing stories.
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/white-house-admits-to-asking-news-agencies-to-pull-malia-obama-vacation-story/
Have you heard that Malia Obama, the president’s daughter, is reportedly spending her spring break in Oaxaca, Mexico? Allegedly, she’s jetting off with some of her classmates and 25 Secret Service agents to a country that the State Department has said all Americans should avoid. But something is different about the latest “Obama vacation controversy:” references to it are disappearing from the Internet — and fast. Around 3:00 EST, a Telegraph story reporting on the event was the first to vanish (note how the url remains the same in the “before” and “after”): [....]
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/why-is-the-story-about-malia-obama-vacationing-in-mexico-disappearing-from-the-web/
The North Dakota Oil Boom
by Chip Wood,
Personal Liberty Digest
March 16, 2012
More oil is being produced in North Dakota than in any other State.The average prices of a gallon of gas and a barrel of oil are near 150-year highs. Most pundits expect them to go higher. Are you ready for $5-per-gallon gasoline? In a recent speech, President Barack Obama said: “We’re not going to be able to just drill our way out of the problem of high gas prices.” Actually, to a large extent, we can. For proof, let’s compare what’s been happening in California to the extraordinary accomplishments in North Dakota. According to the Fraser Institute’s 2011 Global Petroleum Survey, California is the worst State in the Nation for its hostility to drilling. In fact, measured against the rest of the world, California ranks 91st. Thanks to years of placating environmental extremists, California’s anti-drilling regulations make it almost impossible to drill for new oil anywhere in the State, onshore or off. As a result, its [....]
http://personalliberty.com/2012/03/16/the-north-dakota-oil-boom/?eiid=
[New York State] Public pension 'millionaires' club
Potential payouts over 30 years add to debate over tax costs
by Rick Karlin,
timesunion.com
March 21, 2012
ALBANY — A fiscally conservative advocacy group from the Midwest arrived in Albany to propose an intriguing math experiment: If retired public employees maxed out their pensions by retiring early at age 55 and living to the ripe old age of 85, who would get the biggest hypothetical payout? Philip W. Wood, a retired SUNY vice chancellor for capital facilities, leads the pack in this latest iteration of the ongoing debate over public pension costs. According to Taxpayers United of America, Wood's $186,295 annual pension would be worth about $6.9 million over 30 years. The sum assumes that he retired at age 55 and lived to be 85 years old. It would [....]
http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Public-pension-millionaires-club-3422261.php
[Related Content] Union ‘buy’ laws attack
Gov warns against pension revenge
by Erik Kriss,
New York Post Bureau Chief
March 21, 2012ALBANY — Gov. Cuomo yesterday suggested New York’s biggest state employee union could be buying votes by freezing campaign contributions to lawmakers who supported a bill cutting pension benefits for future government workers.
"If you are linking political contributions to a specific vote, you may get a call from the attorney general or the district attorney or JCOPE” — the state’s new ethics enforcement agency, said Cuomo. “There should be no campaign contributions for specific votes,” Cuomo — a former attorney general who warred with labor unions this month over his Tier VI pension proposal — added during an appearance on Albany’s Talk 1300 AM radio.
Civil Service Employees Association president Danny Donohue said he suspended all political contributions and endorsements on Monday as “a direct result of [....]
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/union_buy_laws_attack_aMlOMD39YTvyJYq1O9jq1I
Obama Impeachment Bill
by Bob Livingston,
Personal Liberty Digest
March 16, 2012 Representative Walter B. Jones Jr. (R-N.C.) introduced a bill to impeach President Barack Obama.Commenting on my Wednesday column, Congressional Irrelevance, commenter James asked why I had not yet written about the Obama Impeachment Bill recently introduced in Congress by Representative Walter B. Jones Jr. (R-N.C.). Quite simply, I had not planned to comment upon it all.
A bill of impeachment is irrelevant political theater, just as it was during the Bill Clinton Presidency. Congress is a criminal enterprise and a good ole boys club. No bill of impeachment will go anywhere, because the fox is guarding the henhouse. Congress members have no fealty to the Constitution. But if they did actually believe and abide by the oath they took, they would never consider removing the first black [....]http://personalliberty.com/2012/03/16/the-obama-impeachment-bill/?eiid=
Fourth Largest Gun Maker In US Is Out Of Guns by Tyler Durden,
H/T RevolutionRadio.orgMarch 23, 2012
In a somewhat sad and shocking slap of reality to the face of our 'recovery' and 'freedom-based-debt-holdings', today's press-release-of-the-day (since we still haven't heard from BATS) goes to Sturm, Ruger (the 4th largest gun-maker in the US) who after receiving orders for over one million units in Q1 has temporarily suspended the acceptance of new orders. Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (NYSE: RGR), announced today that for the first quarter 2012, the Company has received orders for more than one million units. Therefore, the Company has temporarily suspended the acceptance of new orders.
Chief Executive Officer Michael O. Fifer made the following comments:
The Company's Retailer Programs that were offered from January 1, 2012 through February 29, 2012 were very successful and generated significant orders from retailers to independent wholesale distributors for Ruger firearms. Year-to-date, the [....]http://poorrichards-blog.blogspot.com/
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/fourth-largest-gun-maker-us-out-guns
NFL star Hines Ward to sell $7.5 million home by Josh Lindenbaum,
Curbed
March 20, 2012
[Photo Caption:]
Pro football receiver Hines Ward went for a "W Hotel" look with his mansion in Atlanta.
Photo: Curbed
Hines Ward has been a football player. And a dancer. Back in August of last year when Curbed Atlanta was in its infancy and keeping a decidedly low profile, we ran a profile of the NFL Pro Bowler / Dancing With the Stars Winner / architecture buff's mansion, which he has now listed for sale for $7,500,000. Reports of [....] http://realestate.yahoo.com/promo/nfl-star-hines-ward-to-sell-75-million-home.html
Billions flowed to organizations with lawmaker, family ties Staff Report,
LegiStorm.com
March 21, 2012 Members of Congress have earmarked at least $3.11 billion since 2007 for organizations connected to them or their family members - such as clients, employers or alma maters. That's one number that emerges from a ground-breaking database LegiStorm has compiled of family ties of members of Congress, built on an exhaustive report by the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW). The work highlights the intersection of the public work of members of Congress with their private interests. The full CREW report can be found at http://www.citizensforethics.org/familyaffair.
CREW explored a range of family ties, including: Family members on the campaign or official payroll; lawmakers directing earmarks to family members' groups; lobbyists trading on their family connections to Capitol Hill. For example, Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-Fla.) has paid his girlfriend Patricia Williams more than $1.5 million in salary from his official congressional office since 2000 even while he privately owes her as much as $1 million in legal fees. Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) paid six family members salary or fees from his campaign - more than any other member - and five other family members were reimbursed for expenses. Rep. Buck McKeon (R-Calif.) paid his wife nearly $240,000 in salary over two campaign cycles to act as treasurer. CREW's report examines these and scores of other examples in which members of the House of Representatives may have conveyed advantage to their family members based on their public office.
CREW's report is the first-ever complete study of how members of the House of Representatives use their positions to benefit themselves and their families. The organization did a similar, smaller study in 2007, but expanded the scope this time to review the family ties of every current representative.
Meanwhile, LegiStorm has been quietly mapping family relations among members of Congress, their staff and lobbyists for years. Now, with the partnership of CREW, we are able to [....]http://www.legistorm.com/blog/billions-flowed-to-organizations-with-lawmaker-family-ties.html
Modern FamilyPlural relationships have gotten a bad name, thanks to lascivious cult leaders like Warren Jeffs.by Alex French,
Details Magazine
November 2011 Issue On an unseasonably cool August Sunday morning in Topanga Canyon, just north of Malibu, a family of four arrives at the Inn of the Seventh Ray, an all-cage-free, everything-local restaurant that's typical of the neighborhood. This brunch is a welcome respite from the errands and worries that increasingly fill their days. Jaiya Ma, the center of the clan, is a 34-year-old with dark, wavy hair and caramel skin. Her life is wide open; she falls in love easily, suffers willingly. Next to her is Ian Ferguson, a thin 44-year-old with a shaved head and a goatee, feeding bits of eggs Benedict to their energetic 2-year-old son, Eamon. Ian and Jaiya have been lovers for four years. Sitting across from Jaiya is Jon Hanauer, an extremely fit 48-year-old wearing wire-rimmed glasses, who serves as Eamon's primary caretaker. He and Jaiya have been in a committed relationship for almost a decade. They all live together just a few [....]http://www.details.com/culture-trends/critical-eye/201111/polyandry-plural-families
Keeping Terrorism in Perspectiveby Scott Stewart,
STRATfor.com
March 22, 2012 As we conclude our series on the fundamentals of terrorism, it is only fitting that we do so with a discussion of the importance of keeping terrorism in perspective.
By design, terrorist attacks are intended to have a psychological impact far outweighing the physical damage the attack causes. As their name suggests, they are meant to cause terror that amplifies the actual attack. A target population responding to a terrorist attack with panic and hysteria allows the perpetrators to obtain a maximum return on their physical effort. Certainly, al Qaeda reaped such a maximum return from the Sept. 11 attacks, which totally altered the foreign policy and domestic security policies of the world's only superpower and resulted in the invasion of Afghanistan and military operations across the globe. Al Qaeda also maximized its return from the March 11, 2004, Madrid train bombings, which occurred three days before the 2004 Spanish general elections that ousted the ruling party from power.
One way to mitigate the psychological impact of terrorism is to remove the mystique and hype associated with it. The first step in this demystification is recognizing that terrorism is a tactic used by a variety of actors and that it will not go away, something we discussed at length in our first analysis in this series. Terrorism and, more broadly, violence are and will remain part of the human condition. The Chinese, for example [....]http://www.stratfor.com/weekly/keeping-terrorism-perspective?utm_source=freelist-f&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20120322&utm_term=sweekly&utm_content=readmore&elq=39bd80cbc4614b83b452e0d9ce5c3fe1
New photo clue energizes next Earhart searchby Brian Burnes,
The Kansas City Star
March 21, 2012Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum Timeline
June 1, 1937: Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan begin trans-global flight.
July 2, 1937: The plane leaves for Howland Island, never to be seen again.
Oct. 1940: Bones are found with old sextant box on Gardner Island, but are lost during World War II.
Sept. 1989: First expedition of the International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery to Gardner, now called Nikumaroro.
Oct. 1991: The group finds heel to woman’s shoe.
Jan. 1996: The group finds Plexiglas pieces.
July 2010: The group finds bone fragments but DNA is unusable.
July 2012: The group prepares to use robotic subs to search off the reef.
This summer, 75 years after the aviator’s plane lost contact with the world, Amelia Earhart’s disappearance could be solved. Or not. What makes this summer’s expedition different from many other failed forays?
A new look at an old photograph.
And official ballast.
Hillary Clinton is aboard, figuratively, this time.
As is Robert Ballard, the explorer who located the wreck of [....]http://www.kansascity.com/2012/03/20/3503376/new-photographic-clue-energizes.html
Left Wants Classes Promoting Racism In Arizona SchoolsStaff Report,
exposeobama.com
March 21, 2012On January 1,2011, a law banning certain “ethnic studies” classes went into effect in Arizona. The law makes it illegal for a school district to teach courses which “promote the overthrow of the US government,promote resentment of a particular race or class of people,are designed primarily for students of a particular ethnic group,or advocate ‘ethnic solidarity’ instead of the treatment of pupils as individuals.” But it was not the ever-compassionate,ethnicity-conscious left which wrote and implemented legislation making it a crime to teach violence and racism. Rather,the law was passed by the Republican-controlled Arizona legislature and signed by the State’s Republican governor.
And the left is fit to be tied over it!
According to one liberal professor,the Arizona legislature has committed “ethnocide,” or more properly “ethnonormativity” by implementing a law which hopes to preserve some semblance of sanity in Arizona schools. As the professor puts it,the law “takes the teachings of one culture—the colonizer’s—and makes it the standard version of history while literally banning other accounts,turning the master narrative into the ‘normal’ one…” In short, the evil “colonizing white man” has once [....]http://www.exposeobama.com/2012/03/21/left-wants-classes-promoting-racism-in-arizona-schools/
Obama’s Latest Executive Order NDRP:
Martial Law, Confiscation of Private Property and Forced Labor Posted by "Paul,"
wesurroundrochester.com
Rochester, N.Y.
March 20, 2012 Another very interesting article about this power grab courtesy of our friend at Poor Richards Blog. I'd say the only difference between crazy conspiracy theories and recent executive orders is NOTHING.
Please do not gloss this one over the similarities between Obama and Mussolini are astonishing.
Question: Is it possible to be a socialist, communist, and fascist all at the same time?
Answer: Hopey Changey makes all things possible!
Copy of Article Below
March 19, 2012
On Friday, March 16, Obama issued another unconstitutional executive order. The National Defense Resources Preparedness EO allows the government to confiscate your property without due process under the direction of Janet Napolitano and the Department of Homeland Security.
[Obama Il Duce: Executive order permits government and corporations to steal private property.] Obama’s EO allows the president to “take actions necessary to ensure the availability of adequate resources and production capability, including services and critical technology, for national defense requirements” in the event of a “potential threat to the security of the United States.” Obama’s latest EO demonstrates once again that the executive will continue to violate the Constitution, in particular Article I, Section 1, which states: “All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.” Any enactment of law by the executive is made in Excess of Jurisdiction and is by definition treason.
Fascist Executive Orders
Obama’s latest EO underscores and reemphasizes Bill Clinton’s EO 12919, signed on June 6, 1994.
Clinton’s 12919 followed a number of earlier [....]http://www.wesurroundrochester.com/messages/boards/thread/21579262?thread=21579262
These "Pick-and-Shovel" Investments Pay Double-Digit Dividend Yieldsby Nathan Slaughter,
townhall.com
March 22, 2012 When gold was first discovered at Sutter's Mill in the foothills of California's Sierra Nevada mountains in 1848, thousands of people dropped everything and headed west with dreams of striking it rich. Within a year, San Francisco was transformed from a sleepy outpost with a few dozen shacks into a bustling mining hub. As gold fever spread, would-be prospectors poured in by the boatload from as far away as Chile and Hawaii. There was plenty of gold to be had in rivers and streams, particularly in the early days. But much of it went to larger operations that utilized high-volume hydraulic recovery techniques. The average miner sifting with a simple pan or other crude device was lucky to break even and recoup expenses. Thousands went home disillusioned and broke. But while the great gold rush was a bust for many, the huge population influx was a boon for gaming houses, saloons and brothels. Several entrepreneurs made a fortune, among them a peddler of denim pants named Levi Strauss.
In fact, the first millionaire to emerge from all of this was an enterprising retailer named Sam Brannan. Brannan famously cornered the market and bought nearly all of the available supplies of picks, shovels and pans. Then to drum up business, he ran through the streets showing everyone the newfound gold dust. Brannan was clever. He knew that some would find gold and others wouldn't -- but they would all need tools. And he was happy [....]http://finance.townhall.com/columnists/nathanslaughter/2012/03/22/these_pickandshovel_investments_pay_doubledigit_dividend_yields/page/full/
How Myanmar Liberates Asia
by Robert D. Kaplan
STRATfor.com
March 21, 2012 Myanmar's ongoing liberalization and its normalization of relations with the outside world have the possibility of profoundly affecting geopolitics in Asia -- and all for the better. Geographically, Myanmar dominates the Bay of Bengal. It is where the spheres of influence of China and India overlap. Myanmar is also abundant in oil, natural gas, coal, zinc, copper, precious stones, timber and hydropower, with some uranium deposits as well. The prize of the Indo-Pacific region, Myanmar has been locked up by dictatorship for decades, even as the Chinese have been slowly stripping it of natural resources. Think of Myanmar as another Afghanistan in terms [....]http://www.stratfor.com/analysis/how-myanmar-liberates-asia-robert-d-kaplan?utm_source=freelist-f&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20120321&utm_term=kaplan&utm_content=readmore&elq=7a292ef3ece7474c8fd41457b26923e4
Highest Yield Dividend StocksStaff Report,
dividend.com
Date Unknown Dividend yield is one of the main factors to consider when investing in dividend-paying stocks. Watch out for "dividend traps," however -- stocks having a dividend yield of 10% and above are usually very risky investments.
[Charts containing lists of dividend paying stocks]
[....]http://www.dividend.com/dividend-stocks/high-dividend-yield-stocks.php
Afghanistan and the Long Warby George Friedman,
STRATfor.com
March 19, 2012 The war in Afghanistan has been under way for more than 10 years. It has not been the only war fought during this time; for seven of those years another, larger war was waged in Iraq, and smaller conflicts were under way in a number of other countries as well. But the Afghanistan War is still the longest large-scale, multi-divisional war fought in American history. An American soldier's killing of 16 Afghan civilians, including nine children, on March 11 represents only a moment in this long war, but it is an important moment.
In the course of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, military strategists in the United States developed the concept of the long war. The theory was presented in many ways, but its core argument was this: The defeat of Taliban forces and the Iraqi resistance would take a long time, but success would not end the war because Islamist terrorism [....]http://www.stratfor.com/weekly/afghanistan-and-long-war?utm_source=freelist-f&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20120320&utm_term=gweekly&utm_content=readmore&elq=109b0bf932f94c6bb74ececd41fdddc4
Forgerygate: An Open Letter To The Staff Of Andrew Breitbartby Tom Ballantyne Jr.
westernjournalism.com
March 21, 2012From a Tea Party activist (and one-time fan): While I’ve never witnessed a gaggle of rats (they’re not geese, but surely they’re not a flock or a pack…although each of the three terms seems surprisingly relevant here) scurrying frantically about the deck of a sinking ship (how many can say that they have?), in the aftermath of Sheriff Joe’s apparently irrefutable findings (has anyone within the sound of my voice heard a single substantive rebuttal of even one point?), I am beginning to picture clearly just how such a scene must look…as the aforementioned “gaggle” of “conservative” (no longer can I capitalize that) “reporters,” in a lemming-like frenzy, desperately seek shelter from the deadly light (or twilight) of truth – putting their at-once sheepish and pack-like behavior on full display! (Try saying that quickly!)
Although the youthful Ben Shapiro (twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old – born in 1984) does not yet know it, he and I are (were, actually) inextricably “joined at the hip” (Surely I will be forced to deny or explain this) – on-air, at least – this past Saturday morning! You see, Ben – reportedly the youngest nationally-syndicated columnist in the country, and now Editor-At-Large of Breitbart.com – occupied the first thirteen minutes [....]http://www.westernjournalism.com/forgerygate-an-open-letter-to-the-staff-of-andrew-breitbart/
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Forgerygate: Media Threatened With Federal Investigations If Obama Birth Certificate Story Reportedby Doug Book,
westernjournalism.com
March 20, 2012 Individuals and member organizations of the American media were threatened with FTC and FCC investigation if information gathered by Sheriff Arpaio’s Cold Case Posse concerning the forgery of Barack Obama’s long form birth certificate were passed on to the American public. It was Posse lead investigator Mike Zullo who made this stunning revelation, stating “During our investigation, we actually were told [that media] had been threatened with FTC investigations. Commentators [had been] threatened with their jobs.” And Jerome Corsi, author of “Where’s the birth certificate,” the book whose imminent publication was responsible for forcing Barack Obama to quickly create and place the fraudulent long form birth certificate on the White House web site, has said that “Testimony is being developed that the White House is intimidating, in a systematic way, the mainstream media and if any broadcasters dare go into this birther story, they’re going to risk FCC investigations… people are going to have careers ruined… thrown off the air.” Zullo went on to say the [....]http://www.westernjournalism.com/forgerygate-media-threatened-with-federal-investigations-if-obama-birth-certificate-story-reported/
1940 Census To Be Released Soon“Unlike previous census years, images of the 1940 U.S. Federal Census will be made available as free digital images.”
On April 2, 2012, NARA will provide access to the images of the 1940 United States Federal Census for the first time. Unlike previous census years, images of the 1940 U.S. Federal Census will be made available as free digital images. Upon its release, the 1940 U.S. Census Community Project, a joint initiative between Archives.com, FamilySearch, findmypast.com, and other leading genealogy organizations, will coordinate [....]https://the1940census.com/
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