| Listing Obama’s Taxes … Since taking office, President Barack Obama has signed into law twenty-one new or higher taxes: 1. A 156 percent increase in the federal excise tax on tobacco: On February 4, 2009, just sixteen days into his Administration, Obama signed into law a 156 percent increase in the federal excise tax on tobacco, a hike of 61 cents per pack. The median income of smokers is just over $36,000 per year. 2. Obamacare Individual Mandate Excise Tax (takes effect in Jan 2014): Starting in 2014, anyone not buying “qualifying” health insurance must pay an income surtax according to the higher of the following ... Read More |
Friday, September 9, 2011
OBAMA'S ILL THOUGHT OUT TAXES AND HARRY REID'S FOOLISHNESS
NEW YORK CITY'S MAYOR LAMEBRAIN FOULS UP 9/11 COMMEMORATION CEREMONY WITH BONEHEADED ACTIONS!
American Conservative,
Putting your life on the line is not enough to get you an invitation to the 9/11 ten-year memorial! That is the attitude of the Mayor of New York.
This has created an outrage among firefighters, policemen and other "first responders" from New York City!
And you should be outraged also. You watched 9/11 that day; and saw the firefighters going in and going up---and many never came back down alive! Everyone knows the ultimate sacrifices that were made that day. Yet, ten years later, their brothers and fellow-workers are banned from the anniversary celebration. They have been totally SNUBBED!
Putting your life on the line is not enough to get you an invitation to the 9/11 ten-year memorial! That is the attitude of the Mayor of New York.
This has created an outrage among firefighters, policemen and other "first responders" from New York City!
And you should be outraged also. You watched 9/11 that day; and saw the firefighters going in and going up---and many never came back down alive! Everyone knows the ultimate sacrifices that were made that day. Yet, ten years later, their brothers and fellow-workers are banned from the anniversary celebration. They have been totally SNUBBED!
WHO CAN ARREST HOLDER?
At ATF, 200 Murders Earns Transfers to DC
Until Obama is no longer President, it is a no-brainer that Attorney General Holder, who has been complicit in this whole Fast and Furious debacle, will not order his own arrest. However, the House of Representatives could appoint an independent counsel and put him in the Office of the Sergeant at Arms, who heads up the Capitol Hill Police Force.....
http://www.newswithviews.com/Pratt/larry120.htm
by Larry Pratt
Until Obama is no longer President, it is a no-brainer that Attorney General Holder, who has been complicit in this whole Fast and Furious debacle, will not order his own arrest. However, the House of Representatives could appoint an independent counsel and put him in the Office of the Sergeant at Arms, who heads up the Capitol Hill Police Force.....
http://www.newswithviews.com/Pratt/larry120.htm
by Larry Pratt
ALLIANCE ALERTS 09/09/2011
Headlines - Friday, September 9, 2011
- ADF: Will 2nd Circuit uphold right of NY town to allow prayer before public meetings?September 9, 2011
- Forgiving the Boomers for destroying the worldSeptember 9, 2011
- Holy smoke: check out the disparity in abortion rate between cohabiting and married couplesSeptember 9, 2011
- Alabama Supreme Court says woman can sue over fetus deathSeptember 9, 2011
- 7th Circuit upholds public school graduation being held in rented space at a Christian ChurchSeptember 9, 2011
ADF in the News
THANK GOD FOR THE TEA PARTY!
When Liberals are the Oppressors
Liberal ideas were developed in the good old days when landowners, slave owners, and business owners were the bad guys. So liberals developed the notions of protest, civil disobedience, and passive resistance as the means by which the oppressed, assisted by their educated allies, could register their protest against injustice, expose the hypocrisies of the powerful, and win through to a just society. But now a new justice movement has emerged onto the political radar. Only this time it is not a liberal movement, enthusiastically supported by our liberal friends. Instead this movement, the Tea Party movement, is anti-liberal. It has arisen to oppose the injustices of liberalism.Read More
Liberal ideas were developed in the good old days when landowners, slave owners, and business owners were the bad guys. So liberals developed the notions of protest, civil disobedience, and passive resistance as the means by which the oppressed, assisted by their educated allies, could register their protest against injustice, expose the hypocrisies of the powerful, and win through to a just society. But now a new justice movement has emerged onto the political radar. Only this time it is not a liberal movement, enthusiastically supported by our liberal friends. Instead this movement, the Tea Party movement, is anti-liberal. It has arisen to oppose the injustices of liberalism.Read More
MORE AND MORE REASONS TO FIRE HOLDER! OBAMA TOO!!!
More Crime tied to failed Fast and Furious program
In the second violent crime in this country connected with the ATF’s failed Fast and Furious program, two Arizona undercover police officers were allegedly assaulted last year when they attempted to stop two men in a stolen vehicle with two of the program’s weapons in a confrontation south of Phoenix. The officers, members of an elite Arizona Department of Public Safety law enforcement unit, said the driver rammed their cars and threatened them with the firearms, and then fled into the Arizona desert. The driver was caught and arrested, and two firearms –- a Beretta pistol and AK-47 semiautomatic assault rifle — were found in the stolen Ford truck, the police said.Read More
In the second violent crime in this country connected with the ATF’s failed Fast and Furious program, two Arizona undercover police officers were allegedly assaulted last year when they attempted to stop two men in a stolen vehicle with two of the program’s weapons in a confrontation south of Phoenix. The officers, members of an elite Arizona Department of Public Safety law enforcement unit, said the driver rammed their cars and threatened them with the firearms, and then fled into the Arizona desert. The driver was caught and arrested, and two firearms –- a Beretta pistol and AK-47 semiautomatic assault rifle — were found in the stolen Ford truck, the police said.Read More
LOOK AT HOW MANY MORE TRILLIONS OBAMA WANTS TO SPEND!
| Obama, few GOP want a $447 billion package In a last-gasp attempt to jolt the economy and his reelection prospects, President Barack Obama on Thursday put forward a $447 billion jobs package, challenging Congress to shut down the “political circus” and pass his bill as soon as possible. After three weeks of buildup, Obama delivered the speech amid high stakes, potentially one of his last major opportunities to wrest the economic debate back from Republicans and reenergize the economy after months of sputtering growth. But expectations that the entirety of his plan would prove palatable to the Republican-controlled House remained low. Read More |
NEVADA - MEDIA WILL NOT DIVULGE TEACHERS' SALARIES, COLLEGE TUITION or PER PUPIL SPENDING (averages)
Confusion is the Plan
The ‘Nevada Plan' fosters confusion about per-pupil spending
By Geoffrey Lawrence
How much do Nevada taxpayers spend to educate every child in the state's K-12 education system?
The question is straightforward and objective. Yet the answers to it vary greatly, depending upon the speaker.
School administrators, politicians, union bosses and federal and state bureaucrats all answer this question differently — while looking at the same figures. All of their answers also differ from what might be expected from a private-sector accountant or entrepreneur.
The chief culprit in this confusion is the complexity of the Silver State's school finance mechanism. The "Nevada Plan," as it's called, requires state lawmakers to determine what will be the "basic support per pupil" amount that will be guaranteed to school districts each year. This "basic support per pupil" amount — which will rise to $5,263 in the 2011-12 school year — is often cited by tax-increase advocates who complain that Silver State schools are drastically underfunded compared to other states.
"Basic support," however, should not be confused with "total support."
DHS SECRETARY CONTINUES TO DENT FACTS...MAYBE SHE IS OVER HER HEAD LIKE HOLDER AND GEITHNER
NAPOLITANO DEFENDS DHS AFTER GOP DEBATE
U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano took many issues with the GOP presidential candidates following remarks and criticisms they made during last night’s political debate. Napolitano particularly took issue with Texas Governor Rick Perry’s assertion that when President Obama says the border is safer than it’s ever been, “either he has some of the poorest intel of a president in the history of this country, or he was an abject liar to the American people.” Secretary Napolitano suggests talking with some of the border mayors for their take on the matter.
POLITICAL DIGEST 09/10/2011 CONSERVATIVE
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Fly the Flag on 9/11
Old Jarhead Blog Removed?
Okay, they tell me that this is fixed. So hopefully you’ll see this digest on the Blog early Saturday morning without my having to jump through hoops.
So now I’m a Twit
Well, I signed up for Twitter, so I guess Twit’s the term, though I don’t Tweet much. But I find things for the blog, when I have a chance to look at it. @tartanmarine
Recent blog posts you might have missed (mostly while I was away)
I’m an SOB?
Response to "I'm Tired" criticism
Guest Post: American Exceptionalism
Charities I support
More Random Thoughts
SCOTUS LAX IN PROTECTING U.S. CONSTITUTION
The Post & Email has posted a new item, ''
Supreme Court: Faithful Guardian of the Constitution? Nope!
http://www.thepostemail.com/2011/09/03/supreme-court-faithful-guardian-of-the-constitution-nope/
ARE THERE ANY DEFENDERS OF THE CONSTITUTION LEFT?
by Jim Delaney, blogging at Opinerlog
(Sep. 3, 2011) — On the grounds that Justice Thomas's wife is involved with
the Tea Party movement, Jeffrey Toobin of The New Yorker recently demanded that
Justice Thomas recuse himself from sitting on a case challenging the
constitutionality of Obamacare's "individual mandate," [...]
Supreme Court: Faithful Guardian of the Constitution? Nope!
http://www.thepostemail.com/2011/09/03/supreme-court-faithful-guardian-of-the-constitution-nope/
ARE THERE ANY DEFENDERS OF THE CONSTITUTION LEFT?
by Jim Delaney, blogging at Opinerlog
(Sep. 3, 2011) — On the grounds that Justice Thomas's wife is involved with
the Tea Party movement, Jeffrey Toobin of The New Yorker recently demanded that
Justice Thomas recuse himself from sitting on a case challenging the
constitutionality of Obamacare's "individual mandate," [...]
WHERE IS OUR LEADER? WHO WILL ANSWER THE CALL?
It's Time To Get Angry
by Lee S Gliddon Jr
I am about as angry as a human being can be and am tired of sitting back and taking it!
The 'so-called' President of the United States of America is either the most stupid person alive or getting away with destroying this country, on purpose,with the support of his Liberal backers.
We hear the head of Unions call Tea Party members, "sons of bitches,' as he seeks to justify his position with lie after lie. Then Bob Bekel, a FOX News Liberal puppet, asserts that Conservatives are the offspring of men who married their sisters! The man is disgusting and being paid to express such hogwash. I am angry that these types are allowed to spout their garbage for people to hear that have no idea as to what is being advocated; violence between U.S. Citizens!
Then we are told that our 'so-called' President intends to unveil his 'new' jobs plan. That 'plan' amounts to another call for Stimulus spending and, no matter how he says his words, will accomplish but one goal, the further bankrupting of this nation. His intent is to create Union jobs; however temporary.
by Lee S Gliddon Jr
I am about as angry as a human being can be and am tired of sitting back and taking it!
The 'so-called' President of the United States of America is either the most stupid person alive or getting away with destroying this country, on purpose,with the support of his Liberal backers.
We hear the head of Unions call Tea Party members, "sons of bitches,' as he seeks to justify his position with lie after lie. Then Bob Bekel, a FOX News Liberal puppet, asserts that Conservatives are the offspring of men who married their sisters! The man is disgusting and being paid to express such hogwash. I am angry that these types are allowed to spout their garbage for people to hear that have no idea as to what is being advocated; violence between U.S. Citizens!
Then we are told that our 'so-called' President intends to unveil his 'new' jobs plan. That 'plan' amounts to another call for Stimulus spending and, no matter how he says his words, will accomplish but one goal, the further bankrupting of this nation. His intent is to create Union jobs; however temporary.