tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56885928971635851282024-03-18T23:01:07.997-05:00The View From Mid-AmericaI live in a land called Mid-America. Here, we want less government involvement in our lives. And we're mostly non-elite, working middle-class. "I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them." Thomas JeffersonStevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13381253392008428899noreply@blogger.comBlogger398125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5688592897163585128.post-81460036310927155542018-06-04T04:55:00.001-05:002018-06-04T04:55:03.878-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5688592897163585128.post-11708350059731847212011-11-28T12:24:00.000-06:002011-11-28T12:24:27.150-06:00Quotes from LaLa LandThe following material from the <a href="http://www.mrc.org/" target="_blank">Media Research Center</a>. It's indicative of why compromise with the left is impossible. How is it possible to compromise with people who think and talk like this?<br />
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“The utter confusion in the Republican presidential nominating process results from two discernible facts. One: they hate. That’s the simplest explanation of the disastrous course of this selection process. They hate so much they are not in the mood to fall in love with a candidate or even fall in behind someone. Their brains, racked as they are by hatred, they lack the ‘like’ mode. They are in no mood to go around looking around for a politician they like. The hating is so much more satisfying.”— MSNBC’s Chris Matthews on Hardball, November 15.<br />
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Sad thing for this confused man is that he actually believes what he says.<br />
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</div><strong>HBO’s Bill Maher: </strong>“You’ve got to feel very bad for Mitt Romney. I mean, he’s been led, so far, by Trump, then Bachmann. Then Perry. Then Cain.”<br />
<strong>Host George Stephanopoulos:</strong> “But, he kinda hangs in there. He’s everyone’s second choice.”<br />
<strong>Maher:</strong> “I’m rooting for him. You know? Because, look, in a country with only two political parties, the Republican can always win. I mean, at least he eats with a knife and fork. I mean, he is all that stands between us and the rise of the apes.”<br />
<strong>— ABC’s <em>Good Morning America</em>, November 14.</strong> <br />
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So who's filled with hate? The sad part about this is that Bill Maher is a joke, yet gets to say this kind of stuff on network TV.<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"> ---</div>“When I point out that Sarah Palin is a vainglorious braggart, a liar, a whiner, a bully who sells patriotism like a pimp, and the leader of a family of inbred weirdos straight out of <em>The Hills Have Eyes</em>, that’s not sexist. I’m saying it because it’s true.”<br />
<strong>— Bill Maher, as quoted in a November 21 <em>Newsweek</em> profile of the HBO <em>Real Time</em> host.</strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">I rest my case. </span></strong>Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13381253392008428899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5688592897163585128.post-62434376766547645152011-11-25T09:27:00.000-06:002011-11-25T09:27:11.471-06:00Who are the obstructionists?Favorite line of Democrats when it comes to the failure of the supercommittee: It's the Republican's fault! Well, facts don't really back this up.<br />
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First of all, depending on which report you read, the Republicans on the supercommittee were willing to accept anywhere from $250 billion to $500 billion in additional revenue (translated as tax increases). But the Democrats wanted $1 trillion. <br />
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Secondly, the Democrats really didn't support any spending cuts. John Kerry, a member on the committee, admitted on MSNBC that the cuts the supercommittee Democrats were proposing were actually just a slowing of the rate of growth of government and not actual cuts.<br />
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<a href="http://www.prudenpolitics.com/" target="_blank">Wes Pruden</a> puts it this way:<br />
<blockquote>If only there was no profound (insert word “partisan” here) and angry disagreement over how to find a detour from the road to financial oblivion. If only the Democrats would agree to cut the size of government. If only the Republicans would agree that big government is the answer. If only pigs could fly.<br />
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But they can’t, and neither can the partisan divide be bridged by a pontoon, however well meaning the pontoon men may be. Money is only part of what the debate is fundamentally about. Big government, designed to grow ever bigger with the turning of the seasons, is what the modern Democratic Party is all about. The Democrats are committed to building a bigger trough. The Republicans are committed to dismantling troughs. It’s all in the DNA.<br />
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President Obama is not to blame. He is a true believer in the European model of the welfare state. Everybody who was listening learned that three years ago. The fact that the European welfare states are crashing is irrelevant to him; true believers are never rattled by facts, not even facts that slap them in the face like a cream pie. The opportunity to impose a failing welfare state on America is what drew him to the presidency in the first place. The congressional elections last year, the Republican rout that Mr. Obama rightly called a “shellacking” of his party, made no impression, either. The results were all about cutting taxes and dismantling government, but not to Mr. Obama. Those elections were merely a few pebbles in the road to Utopia.</blockquote>And here's an interesting chart, especially for all of you out there still ranting "it's Bush's fault!"<br />
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Please note that the deficits, by fiscal year, don't include FY2011, in which the deficit was $1.3 trillion. Bush averaged $266.7 <i>billion</i> a year, while Obama's average is $1.33 <i><b>trillion</b></i>.Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13381253392008428899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5688592897163585128.post-4576620077378010612011-11-23T10:29:00.001-06:002011-11-23T15:38:20.169-06:00Occupiers have to be idiots because Pelosi loves themOr is Pelosi the idiot? Probably both. <br />
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On the occupy protesters, <a href="http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/pelosi-occupy-wall-street-protesters-god-bless-them_595117.html" target="_blank">Pelosi previously said</a>: "God bless them . . . for their spontaneity. It's independent . . . it's young, it's spontaneous, and it's focused. And it's going to be effective."<br />
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These people really don't even know what they are protesting about. Wall Street? Banks? If they're mad about their economic situations, they mostly have themselves to blame, or the university they attended. They were scammed. They should be protesting their universities, their professors who sold them a lot of crap. Or they should be on the steps of Congress, which for the last 40 years has created a mess of of things.<br />
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Obama loves them too. Go figure. He recently said that the occupiers were the "reason he ran for office." Give me a break. He ran for office because he is a narcissist and wanted the power. All he's done is make it harder for people like the occupiers to succeed (of course if they'd quit protesting, cut their hair and take a bath, and start looking for work, they'd be better off, but I digress).<br />
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Now, I'm not defending the banking industry per se. There is much to be fixed, and neither Democrats nor Republicans have fixed the industry. Probably made it worse.<br />
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But when you embrace anarchy, theft, sexual assault and rape, and even murder, which all have happened at many of the "camps," then you don't belong in Congress or the White House.Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13381253392008428899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5688592897163585128.post-87094609021284292552011-11-22T10:13:00.000-06:002011-11-22T10:13:00.388-06:00The failure of the Super CommitteeLiberals will be in denial (and <a href="http://theimpolitic.blogspot.com/2011/11/something-to-cheer-about.html">are</a>), but the real reason the committee failed to compromise on budget cuts is not the intransigence of the GOP, but the desire of Democrats to raise taxes. Obama and the Dems have tried to raise taxes all year, but the GOP hasn't budged. Sometimes NO is a better answer than YES. If you're a parent, you'll understand that.<br />
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According to Conference Co-Chairman Jeb Hensarling, at the <i>Wall Street Journal</i>, "<a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204531404577052240098105190.html?mod=WSJ_hp_LEFTTopStories" target="_blank">Why the Super Committee Failed</a>:<br />
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<blockquote class="tr_bq">Even if Republicans agreed to every tax increase desired by the president, our national debt would continue to grow uncontrollably. Controlling spending is therefore a crucial challenge. The other is economic growth and job creation, which would produce the necessary revenue to fund our priorities.<br />
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In the midst of persistent 9% unemployment, the committee could have enacted fundamental tax reform to simplify the tax code, help create jobs, and bring in over time the higher revenues that come with economic growth. Republicans put such a plan on the table—and even agreed to $250 billion in new revenue by eliminating or limiting most of the deductions, credits, loopholes and tax expenditures mainly enjoyed by higher-income Americans. We offered this to avoid the even larger tax increases already written into current law that will intensify the pain Americans are feeling during these difficult economic times.</blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq">Republicans were willing to agree to additional tax revenue, but only in the context of fundamental pro-growth tax reform that would broaden the base, lower rates, and maintain current levels of progressivity. This is the approach to tax reform used by recent bipartisan deficit reduction efforts such as the Bowles-Simpson fiscal commission and the Rivlin-Domenici plan.<br />
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The Democrats said no. They were unwilling to agree to anything less than $1 trillion in tax hikes—and unwilling to offer any structural reforms to put our health-care entitlements on a permanently sustainable basis.<br />
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Unfortunately, the committee's challenge was made more difficult by President Obama. Since the committee was formed, he has demanded more stimulus spending and issued a veto threat against any proposed committee solution to the spending problem that was not coupled with a massive tax increase.</blockquote>The GOP has passed 15 pieces of job creation legislation this year, but the Dems in the Senate have refused to even vote on them. Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13381253392008428899noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5688592897163585128.post-20419648422683355762011-11-01T08:33:00.001-05:002011-11-01T08:35:01.147-05:00Global Warming. Global Cooling. Whatever!From the PJ Tattler: <a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_774858266">Another food fight breaks out</a><br />
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The charts are misleading, because the top chart is over more than 200 years, while the bottom chart is over only about 10, but look at the top right corner of the top graph: it drops, and appears to stay flat for the rest of the chart. The bottom graph is a magnification of just that section, and shows how flat temperatures have been for the last ten years (and a substantial dip right at the end — this could be a cold winter, folks.)<br />
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Of course, the problem with that is that the CO2-forced anthropogenic global warming models all say temperatures should be increasing steadily, not taking 10-15 years off. Now, not that this isn’t a disproof: there are other possibile explanations, but it is evidence against the simple models that ought to be explained, not hidden.<br />
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Actually, the average temperature over the last 50 years has increased 1.6 degrees. If it continues, that is about 3 degrees per century, not the 10-15 degrees claimed by many. Go back 1000 years. The planet was warmer than it is today. Go back 85 million years. It was a lot warmer than today. Explanation? There are only hypothesis, not proof.<br />
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For those of you who think the debate on global warming (climate change) is over, as per Mr. Gore, you need to realize that when scientific debate is closed, it becomes more like a religion than scientific investigation. <br />
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The climate has always been changing. Most likely always will, but I -- and you -- can't prove a thing. <br />
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And that's probably my first and last post on this subject.Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13381253392008428899noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5688592897163585128.post-68099560843648629252011-10-20T08:18:00.001-05:002011-10-20T08:21:57.191-05:00The Democrats Don't Have A ClueWhy anyone would vote for a Democrat is beyond me.<br />
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Did you know that a <a href="http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=46958">recent bill was proposed by a Democrat</a> to provide free diapers? <br />
<blockquote>An economic recovery bill authored by Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D.-Conn.) seeks to empower struggling families by directing the federal government to distribute free diapers through day care centers.<br />
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The Diaper Investment and Aid to Promote Economic Recovery Act (DIAPER Act) would “relieve some of the stress on families facing hardship in this economy” by providing this direct service, DeLauro said in a letter to congressional colleagues urging them to co-sponsor her bill.</blockquote>And <a href="http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article/588707/201110191852/Clueless-About-Job-Creation.htm">Harry Reid says</a> private sector job market is doing just fine! <br />
<blockquote>Responding Wednesday from the Senate floor to a question about a new Democrat plan to raise taxes on working Americans to pay for another $35 billion bailout for the states and public employee unions, Reid said:<br />
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"It's very clear that private-sector jobs have been doing just fine; it's the public-sector jobs where we've lost huge numbers, and that's what this legislation is all about."<br />
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No, we're not making this up. The comment is utterly wrong, of course, and underscores Democrats' cluelessness and insensitivity to the damage they've inflicted on the private economy since taking power in 2006.</blockquote> And then <a href="http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=46983">Biden accuses Republicans</a> of wanting more rape!<br />
<blockquote>It was on Tuesday during a speech at the University of Pennsylvania where Biden initially argued that another round of government spending was needed to prevent sexual assaults. “It’s not temporary [administration’s proposed stimulus] when that 911 call comes in and a woman’s being raped, if a cop shows up in time to prevent the rape. It’s not temporary to that woman.” Then in the same speech he wished Republicans <a href="http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/biden-i-wish-jobs-bill-critics-knew-what-it-feels-be-raped-robbed" target="_blank">were themselves rape victims</a>. “I wish they had some notion of what it was like to be on the other side of a gun, or [to have] a 200-pound man standing over you, telling you to submit.”<br />
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Biden’s demagogic language aside, police budgets are the responsibility of each individual state, not federal bureaucrats. And as Ed Morrissey at <a href="http://hotair.com/archives/2011/10/19/biden-i-wish-my-opponents-knew-what-it-was-like-to-be-robbed-or-raped/" target="_blank"><i>HotAir</i> notes</a>, the President’s “jobs” bill doesn’t go directly to hire police officers anyway. Instead, “it allows states to paper-over budget gaps for another year rather than address their systemic budgetary issues, and protect unionized bureaucrats whose jobs should be on the chopping block.”<br />
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The exchange between the vice president and HUMAN EVENTS was taken on Wednesday after Biden gave a speech calling for yet another government stimulus program. This one is union-backed, and aimed at getting teachers and public-sector employees back to work. </blockquote> And of course, Obama is out there saying crap like this:<br />
<blockquote>"My plan says we’re going to put teachers back in the classrooms, construction workers back to work," President Obama said at a campaign event today. "Tax cuts for small businesses, tax cuts for hiring veterans, tax cuts if you give your workers a raise –- that’s my plan."<br />
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The Republicans plan, Obama says, boils down to this: 'Dirtier air, dirtier water, less people with health insurance.' </blockquote>Actually, Mr. Obama, the Republicans want to quit spending money we don't have. If nearly a trillion dollars of "stimulus" money didn't work, why would $480 billion work? If you think the anyone with half a brain believes you, wait until November 2012.<br />
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And people think it's the Republicans, who haven't actually had control of Congress since late 2006. That's five years of Democratic rule. So if you think it's the Republicans, you really are clueless.Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13381253392008428899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5688592897163585128.post-36272709098958612612011-10-20T07:39:00.000-05:002011-10-20T07:39:28.513-05:00The Straight StuffThe folks who are getting free stuff,<br />
Don't like the folks who are paying for the free stuff,<br />
Because the folks who are paying for the free stuff,<br />
Can no longer afford to pay for both the free stuff and their own stuff.<br />
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And;<br />
The folks who are paying for the free stuff,<br />
Want the free stuff to stop.<br />
And the folks who are getting the free stuff,<br />
Want even MORE free stuff on top of the free stuff they're already getting!<br />
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Now;<br />
The people who are forcing the people who PAY for the free stuff,<br />
Have told the people who are RECEIVING the free stuff,<br />
That the people who are PAYING for the free stuff,<br />
Are being mean, prejudiced, and racist.<br />
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So;<br />
The people who are GETTING the free stuff,<br />
Have been convinced they need to HATE the people who are PAYING for<br />
the free stuff by the people who are forcing the people who are PAYING for<br />
the free stuff and GIVING them the free stuff in the first place.<br />
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And,<br />
That's the straight stuff!<br />
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Hat tip to <a href="http://gartalker.wordpress.com/2011/10/11/crap/">Gary Simmons</a> (I softened the language slightly)Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13381253392008428899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5688592897163585128.post-49145021738210362602011-10-10T09:42:00.000-05:002011-10-10T09:42:31.805-05:00The 1st Admendment and Occupy Wall StreetI fully support the first amendment and the right of the Occupy Wall Street protesters, as mis-guided and ill-informed as they are. <br />
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What's really going on? <br />
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F. Robert, over at F. Robert's World, could not have stated it better. I repeat his entire post here:<br />
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Massive, highly organized, and well financed demonstrations are occurring across the country and in my opinion they represent a perfect example of transference to divert the electorate’s attention from the problems facing President Obama and the Democrat Party. Just consider who is behind these Occupy Wall Street gatherings: MoveOn.org, the Teamster’s Union, the Service Employee’s International Union, George Soros, and several other groups that thrive with the support of the current sympathetic administration and the Democrat Party votes (think ACORN).<br />
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With President Barack Hussein Obama’s support continuing to fall in the polls, unemployment hovering around 9.1%, and a strong campaign challenge being formed by the Republican Party, I believe the current demonstrations are all meant to divert attention away from the President’s problems, and cast the Republican’s and their candidates as the villains.<br />
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When questioned, many of those demonstrating cannot render a coherent reason for their participation. The main-stream media is granting the demonstrators a major forum with constant video on the major national newscasts, but few if any call attention to the fact that the Democrat Party was responsible for the legislation that led to the collapse of the financial institutions, the failure of over-sight by a Democrat controlled Congress, the failure of Congressional pressures from Senators Durbin (D-IL) and Dodd (D-CT), and Rep. Frank (D-MA). Why were Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, AIG, and other financial institutions urged to grant loans to individuals who had little or no ability to repay their debt?<br />
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These demonstrations are an old political trick that has been around for years and we have seen it work time and time again. When you tell a lie enough times, people will believe it. The banks and Wall Street are not the cause of the current financial problems being faced by this country, because it was the utter failure of Presidential and Congressional leadership to adequately provide proper over-sight and appropriate controls.<br />
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All these demonstrations redirect the electorate’s attention from the current problems facing the Obama administration, such as illegal immigration, Operation Fast and Furious, growing $14.5 trillion federal debt, staggering 9.1% unemployment, Obamacare, considerable growth of government employment, and massive spending under Obama, etc.<br />
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Obama’s cohorts were successful in his first campaign using transference effectively and they are doing it again. Wake-up America! You are being used and abused and diverted from the significant issues of the day so Obama’s re-election chances are enhanced by diverting our attention away from the important issues of the day with a phony, divisive, well-organized and financed nation-wide mob action.<br />
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<a href="http://frobertsworld.blogspot.com/">http://frobertsworld.blogspot.com/</a>Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13381253392008428899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5688592897163585128.post-47000368189450820422011-10-04T15:50:00.000-05:002011-10-04T15:50:58.569-05:00Which Speaker of the House had the largest debt increase?When Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) gave her inaugural address as Speaker of the House in 2007, she vowed there would be “no new deficit spending.” Since that day, the national debt has increased by $5 trillion, according to the U.S. Treasury Department.<br />
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The chart below tells a different story.<br />
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One quote of his that I like a lot. <br />
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"I didn't get older by accident, it just happened. If you're lucky, it will happen to you."<br />
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Yea, baby. If you think it's a bitch getting older, think again.Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13381253392008428899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5688592897163585128.post-74437530565073128652011-09-23T08:00:00.003-05:002011-09-23T10:20:39.841-05:00How "Progressives" are taking over our countryFrom Orange County, California, as reported by the <a href="http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2011/09/ca_couple_ordered_by_city_not_to_hold_home_bible_study.html">American Thinker</a> (among others):<br />
<blockquote>An Orange County couple has been ordered to stop holding a Bible study in their home on the grounds that the meeting violates a city ordinance as a "church" and not as a private gathering.</blockquote><blockquote>Homeowners Chuck and Stephanie Fromm, of San Juan Capistrano, were fined $300 earlier this month for holding what city officials called "a regular gathering of more than three people".<br />
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That type of meeting would require a conditional use permit as defined by the city, according to Pacific Justice Institute (PJI), the couple's legal representation.<br />
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The Fromms also reportedly face subsequent fines of $500 per meeting for any further "religious gatherings" in their home, according to Pacific Justice Institute.<br />
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"We're just gathering and enjoying each other's company and fellowship. And we enjoy studying God's word." Stephanie Fromm told CBS2.<br />
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</blockquote>If we left these "progressives" to continue to take control of our schools, homes and government, we will sink into tyranny (we're almost there folks). Another reason people are leaving California for Texas and Oklahoma, where you can hold bible study at home. <br />
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An note about the $300 fine for holding regular gatherings in your home with more than three people. I guess the weekly poker games with the guys is a thing of the past as well. <br />
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Astounding. You think it couldn't happen here!Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13381253392008428899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5688592897163585128.post-63882572851230757402011-09-22T10:13:00.002-05:002011-09-22T11:12:09.183-05:00Guess they don't teach math at HavardPresident Obama said this the other day: "They should have to defend that unfairness -- explain why somebody who's making $50 million a year in the financial markets should be paying 15 percent on their taxes, when a teacher making $50,000 a year is paying more than that -- paying a higher rate."<br />
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Huh? Here's the actual taxes both would pay.<br />
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-Taxpayer earning $50K - pays $4,156 in federal income taxes, or 8.3% effective tax rate (not higher than 15% as erroneously bellowed by the illustrious campaigner)<br />
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-Taxpayer earning $50M - pays $17,466,318 in federal income taxes or 34.9% effective tax rate (considerably higher than, well, you know)<br />
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Remember how taxes work? For the single teacher making a gross income of $50,000 after standard deductions and exceptions, he or she is not paying tax on the full $50,000. The first $8,500 of taxable income is taxed at 10 percent. From there, up to $34,500, the tax rate is 15 percent, then 25 percent over $34,500. So the amount of tax paid as a percentage of income is never the highest bracket your marginal income may land you. Obama is intentionally misleading the public to conduct his class warfare. <br />
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Even if the $50M were all long-term capital gains (assets held for one year or longer), the taxes would be $7.5 million, or 15%, nearly twice the effective rate of the teacher. <br />
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Guess Obama and his staff need to go back to class. No wonder you can't fix anything.And Mr. President, this <i>is </i>indeed class warfare, regardless of what you say. (Hard to believe anything this guy says anymore).Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13381253392008428899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5688592897163585128.post-19783575619311051552011-09-22T07:55:00.000-05:002011-09-22T07:55:09.100-05:00Perry's first web adThis is not an endorsement of Gov. Perry. I am yet undecided. There is too much time left before the primaries to make a decision. A lot could happen. But as political ads go, I think Perry's is not bad at all. <br />
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<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/8EL5Atp_vF0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13381253392008428899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5688592897163585128.post-80425676541044309992011-09-02T14:05:00.000-05:002011-09-02T14:05:40.275-05:00A List of TaxesI'm sure there are more, but you get the drift. Are you fed up yet? And please note, none of these taxes existed 100 years ago. Some of these are called "fees" but I consider any payment to the government a tax. Now, remember, our liberal friends in power want to tax sodas and carbon dioxide. Where will it stop?<br />
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Accounts Receivable Tax<br />
Building Permit Tax<br />
CDL license Tax<br />
Cigarette Tax<br />
Corporate Income Tax<br />
Driver's License Tax<br />
Dog License Tax<br />
Excise Taxes<br />
Federal Income Tax<br />
Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)<br />
Fishing License Tax<br />
Food License Tax<br />
Fuel Permit Tax<br />
Gasoline Tax (currently 44.75 cents per gallon)<br />
Gross Receipts Tax<br />
Hunting License Tax<br />
Inheritance Tax<br />
Inventory Tax<br />
IRS Interest Charges&Penalties-tax on top of tax<br />
Liquor Tax<br />
Luxury Taxes<br />
Marriage License Tax<br />
Medicare Tax<br />
Personal Property Tax<br />
Property Tax<br />
Real Estate Tax<br />
Service Charge Tax<br />
Social Security Tax<br />
Road Usage Tax<br />
Recreational Vehicle Tax<br />
Sales Tax<br />
School Tax<br />
State Income Tax<br />
State Unemployment Tax (SUTA)<br />
Telephone Federal Excise Tax<br />
Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Tax<br />
Telephone Federal, State & Local Surcharge Taxes<br />
Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax<br />
Telephone Recurring and Nonrecurring Charges Tax<br />
Telephone State and Local Tax<br />
Telephone Usage Charge Tax<br />
Utility Taxes<br />
Vehicle License Registration Tax<br />
Vehicle Sales Tax<br />
Watercraft Registration Tax<br />
Well Permit Tax<br />
Workers Compensation Tax Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13381253392008428899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5688592897163585128.post-68436141184576785672011-08-22T17:21:00.000-05:002011-08-22T17:21:00.353-05:00Obama the OracleA recent prediction of Obama, during a <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/08/21/sunday/main20095020.shtml">CBS interview</a> last week:<br />
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"I don't think we're in danger of another recession, but we are in danger of not having a recovery that's fast enough to deal with what is a genuine unemployment crisis for a whole lot of folks out there..."<br />
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Because not one of his other predictions have come true, I'll stick with my financial advisor, who thinks there is a huge chance of another recession, or even a depression, and a bear market like he predicted in October 2007. He has a much better track record than any politician.<br />
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What does Mr. Obama want to do? (After he gets off vacation of course.) While he talks about reducing the deficit and balancing the budget, he doesn't mean now. No, no. He's talking 10 to 20 years from now. Right now we have to "double-down" on stimulus spending. Oops, I meant investment. Because the last few trillion worked so well at jump-starting the economy, which we know it didn't.<br />
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That's because we haven't done enough. Well, Mr. President, I think you and your party have done more than enough, and if you and Congress would just stay on vacation and leave us alone, we'll work this out just fine without you. <br />
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Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13381253392008428899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5688592897163585128.post-70794467314313019782011-08-22T07:56:00.000-05:002011-08-22T07:56:10.845-05:00Treacherous puppets of The Man"There may be a touch of Stockholm syndrome in there, because anytime I see a person of color or a female in the Republican Party or the conservative movement or the tea party, I wonder how they could be trying to curry favor with the oppressors."<br />
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This was out of the mouth of actress Janeane Garofalo -- a former comedian who has become a vile, offensive, Republican-bashing bitch -- on the Current TV talk show of foul-mouthed and former MSNBC host Keith Olbermann.<br />
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The response from Michelle Malkin, a "person of color" herself, and a female conservative:<br />
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"I've heard more than 20 years of this oppressive windbaggery from do-gooder liberals who treat my unhyphenated American brothers and sisters and me as treacherous puppets for The Man. Their smug refusal to acknowledge free will, individual choice and true diversity of thought confirms that race-obsessed liberals remain the most unrepentant and odious racists of all."<br />
Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13381253392008428899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5688592897163585128.post-34481710596146600602011-08-20T09:30:00.000-05:002011-08-20T09:30:00.192-05:00For those who survived the 30s thru the 70sGot this in an email. Thought it cute enought to repeat...<br />
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TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED THE 1930s, 40s, 50s, 60s and 70s! <br />
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First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they were pregnant. <br />
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They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can and didn't get tested for diabetes. <br />
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Then after that trauma, we were put to sleep on our tummies in baby cribs covered with bright colored lead-base paints. <br />
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We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, locks on doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had baseball caps not helmets on our heads. <br />
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As infants and children, we would ride in cars with no car seats, no booster seats, no seat belts, no air bags, bald tires and sometimes no brakes. <br />
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Riding in the back of a pickup truck on a warm day was always a special treat. <br />
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We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle. <br />
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We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and no one actually died from this. <br />
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We ate cupcakes, white bread, real butter and bacon. We drank Kool-Aid made with real white sugar. And, we weren't overweight. WHY? Because we were always outside playing...that's why! <br />
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We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on. <br />
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No one was able to reach us all day. And, we were OKAY. <br />
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We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride them down the hill; only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem <br />
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We did not have Play stations, Nintendo's and X-boxes. There were no video games, no 150 channels on cable, no video movies or DVDs, no surround-sound or CDs, no cell phones, no personal computers no Internet and no chat rooms. <br />
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We had friends and we went outside and found them! <br />
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We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents.<br />
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We would get spankings with wooden spoons, switches, ping pong paddles, or just a bare hand and no one would call child services to report abuse. <br />
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We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever. <br />
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We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays, made up games with sticks and tennis balls and, although we were told it would happen, we did not put out very many eyes. <br />
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We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just walked in and talked to them. <br />
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Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that! <br />
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The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law! When we got in trouble in school, our parents sided with the school. It was double trouble.<br />
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These generations have produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever. The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas. <br />
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We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned how to deal with it all.. <br />
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If you are one of us, congratulations! <br />
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You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as kids, before the lawyers and the government regulated so much of our lives for our own good. <br />
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While you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave and lucky their parents were. <br />
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Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn't it? Or at least eat a big bowl of real ice cream, not the low-fat variety...<br />
Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13381253392008428899noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5688592897163585128.post-75896397372036494062011-08-19T18:01:00.001-05:002011-08-19T18:01:00.761-05:00Tax the miles you drive?As vehicles get better and better gas mileage, we use less gas. That reduces the revenue the government collects because it taxes each gallon. Well, that just won't do. Democrats will always find a way to increase taxes.<br />
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By the way, is there anything that is not taxed today?<br />
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So to increase the amount of revenue for all of Obama's pet projects, Sen. Kent Conrad (D.-N.D.), chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, is expected to make a recommendation later this year on whether the federal government should drop the gas tax and implement the Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) tax.<br />
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But it probably won't go very far. Even environmentalists oppose the legislation because they said it would be contrary to the incentive to buy fuel-efficiency vehicles, and that the technology required to collect the mileage information is an invasion of privacy.<br />
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But the idea does shed light on the way your average Democrat thinks.<br />
Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13381253392008428899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5688592897163585128.post-11501202070269068452011-08-19T17:11:00.000-05:002011-08-19T17:11:00.532-05:00What has become of America?Originally printed in the local newspaper in Tawas City, Michigan, by Ken Huber:<br />
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Has America become the land of special interest and home of the double standard? Lets see:<br />
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If we lie to the Congress, it's a felony and if the Congress lies to us its just politics; if we dislike a black person, we're racist and if a black person dislikes whites, its their 1st Amendment right; the government spends millions to rehabilitate criminals and they do almost nothing for the victims; in public schools you can teach that homosexuality is OK, but you better not use the word God in the process; you can kill an unborn child, but it is wrong to execute a mass murderer; we don't burn [history] books in America, we now rewrite them; we got rid of communist and socialist threats by renaming them progressive; we are unable to close our border with Mexico, but have no problem protecting the 38th parallel in Korea; if you protest against President Obama's policies you're a terrorist, but if you burned an American flag or George Bush in effigy it was your 1st Amendment right.<br />
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You can have pornography on TV or the internet, but you better not put a nativity scene in a public park during Christmas; we have eliminated all criminals in America, they are now called sick people; we can use a human fetus for medical research, but it is wrong to use an animal.<br />
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We take money from those who work hard for it and give it to those who don't want to work; we all support the Constitution, but only when it supports our political ideology; we still have freedom of speech, but only if we are being politically correct; parenting has been replaced with Ritalin and video games; the land of opportunity is now the land of hand outs; the similarity between Hurricane Katrina and the gulf oil spill is that neither president did anything to help.<br />
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And how do we handle a major crisis today? The government appoints a committee to determine who's at fault, then threatens them, passes a law, raises our taxes, then tells us the problem is solved so they can get back to their reelection campaign.<br />
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What has happened to the land of the free and home of the brave?<br />
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Those poor, poor Texans. And it must be Perry's fault to treat Texans so mean. (Perry has already been called "Perry the Meany")<br />
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But not so fast, batman! Statistics are useless unless you dig into the data and find out why the numbers are what they are.<br />
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The following facts are based on an article in the <a href="http://campaign2012.washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/uninsured-texas-and-perrys-candidacy">Washington Examiner</a>: <br />
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1. Census data on the number of uninsured are often misunderstood or intentionally distorted. <br />
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2. The high proportion of Hispanic immigrants, a community that has a higher than average uninsured rate. In fact, if you look at the <a href="http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/hlthins/data/incpovhlth/2009/tables.html">Census data on the uninsured</a>, the four states that border Mexico are among the top six states when it comes to the uninsured rate: Texas (1), New Mexico (2), Arizona (5), and California (6). The top 10 included other states in the general neighborhood: Nevada (4) and Louisiana (10); and Florida (3), which also has a high Hispanic immigrant population.<br />
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3. It has been estimated that in 2006, 29 percent of the state’s uninsured were illegal immigrants.<br />
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4. Texas has a younger population than the national average, and as noted above, many young people don’t purchase insurance because they don’t feel they need it. <br />
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5. Another factor is that despite being a low regulation state in many ways, Texas actually ranks fourth when it comes to mandating insurers offer certain benefits in all of their policies, according to a Council on Affordable Health Insurance report. Texas has 60 such mandates driving up the cost of insurance, such as making sure policies cover in vitro fertilization and morbid obesity treatment. Perry opposed most of these mandates, but was overridden by the State Legislature.<br />
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Perry will have a tough time defending the insured rate in Texas, because the underlying reasons are complicated, which can't be crammed into a 30-second sound bite. <br />
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And then, if you're a liberal, you won't listen anyway.Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13381253392008428899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5688592897163585128.post-26350899291407843442011-08-17T17:27:00.001-05:002011-08-17T17:28:20.709-05:00Refuting liberal talking points about TexasI knew it wouldn't take long after Gov. Rick Perry announced his presidential campaign before all the pundits came out with "facts" about how Texas is really a bad place and Perry is a bad governor. I've heard it all before, but most of it is not based on any thoughtful analysis of the real data. <br />
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Here's one example. One writer compared the median income in California vs. Texas, stating that the level of income in Texas was so much worse than anywhere else. California has a median income of $56,000 while Texas comes in at $48,000. Now go look at the cost of living and decide which income has more purchasing power. Texas blows California away. According to apartmentratings.com, a one-bedroom apartment in Los Angeles ranges from $1,500 to $2,500 a month. In Dallas, the same apartment rents for $700 to $1,200. You can get a fairly nice three-bedroom, 1400-square-foot house in the Dallas area for about $100,000, maybe a little more. Try that in California. <br />
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But don't get me wrong. Texas ain't perfect and I haven't decided if I'd vote for Perry. And while there is no income tax, property taxes make up for it. Take a look at Texas' neighbor Oklahoma, with an income tax, but lower property taxes. And it's <span style="background-color: white;">scorchingly</span> hot here in the summer. Like Phoenix, but with a little extra humidity thrown in. But the winters are much colder. Half the state is mostly desert, and it's pretty flat. I like mountains, so I'll probably not retire here, but many people from California and New York are doing so right now. But baby, there <em>are</em> jobs here.<br />
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Here's some more liberal myths (thanks to <a href="http://politcalmathblog.com/">PolitcalMathBlog.com</a>):<br />
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<strong>Texas Liberal Myth #2: Texas' 8.2 percent unemployment is hardly exceptional</strong> - Texas is adding jobs at a rate faster than any state at 2.2 percent. But the state's unemployment rate is 8.2 percent, which is higher than blue states like Massachusetts and New York. How is this possible? Easy. Texas' population is growing much faster than any other state. They have added 739,000 residents since the recession began. If Texas had the same population at the beginning of the recession that they do now, its unemployment rate would be 2.3%.<br />
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<strong>Texas Liberal Myth #3: Texas has only created low-paying jobs</strong> - Texas median hourly wage is $15.14 which is actually slightly below the median (28th out of 51 regions). But wages in Texas have actually increased in Texas since the recession began. In fact, since the recession started hourly wages in Texas have increased at a 6th fastest pace in the nation. And as stated above, the cost of living in Texas more than makes up for slightly lower wages.<br />
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<strong>Texas Liberal Myth #3: Texas wouldn't be leading in job creation without the oil industry</strong> - Energy has been a major source of job growth in Texas. In the last year, 25 percent of all job growth has come from the energy sector (which includes all natural gas, coal, and electricity generation). But even if you remove all of Texas' energy-job growth, it would still lead the nation in job creation.<br />
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At <a href="http://politicalmathblog.com/">PoliticalMathBlog.com</a>, the following line of reasoning highlights the errors in thinking made by many people:<br />
<blockquote>One can argue that Perry had very little to do with the job situation in Texas, but such a person should probably prepare themselves for the consequences of that line of reasoning. If Rick Perry had nothing to do with creating jobs in Texas, than why does Obama have something to do with creating jobs anywhere? And why would someone advocate any sort of "job creating" policies if policies don't seem to matter when it comes to the decade-long governor of Texas? In short, it seems to me that this line of reasoning, in addition to sounding desperate and partisan, hogties its adherents into a position where they are simultaneously saying that government doesn't create jobs while arguing for a set of policies where government will create jobs.</blockquote>You can also <a href="http://www.politicalmathblog.com/?p=1590">read about more myths</a> and why there aren't really true, with charts and data sources. <a href="http://campaign2012.washingtonexaminer.com/article/weak-argument-against-jobs-governor">Another author blows Debbie Wasserman's (DNC Chairman) reasoning out the water</a>. <br />
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So the next time you hear left-wing talking points about Texas coming from the mouths of Democrats, or MSNBC, the Huffington Post, bloggers, or other "news" sources, think again. While I may or may not support Perry for president, I'm pretty tired on "informed" people blowing "facts" out of their rear ends. If you want to refute this post, you'd better have some hard data, with links, and not some reference to a idiot blogger. <br />
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Yea, I get cranky about this. So be it. I'm just tired of all the bool sheet, as they say in Texas.Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13381253392008428899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5688592897163585128.post-83448635119590704472011-08-17T08:18:00.001-05:002011-08-17T08:18:31.182-05:00Worst President Ever!"President Obama is barnstorming the heartland to boost U.S. jobs in a taxpayer-financed luxury bus the government had custom built -- in Canada, The New York Post has learned."<br />
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For more information about the Gunnery Sgt. Ermy, see <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Lee_Ermey">R. Lee Ermey at Wikpedia</a>. (Hint: He played a therapist in a Geico commericial, among many other tv and film projects).<br />
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