|
|
SANTORUM
Santorum bought his new lease on life. He will probably see more money coming in. He will still get creamed in New Hampshire but if he does well in SC he will begin to demonstrate depth in support.
My personal take on him? Morally and evangelically we are mostly in tune. Although I think the deficit spending he has helped along is totally immorally. To reuse one of Newt’s phrases, it IS generational theft. Historically Santorum is way too quick to spend my money and more importantly my children’s money. This is why I haven’t considered him as a top tier in my personal primary. Between him and Obama there is however no comparison. If he manages to secure the nomination it will be [...]
Continue reading A Rogue Take On Iowa
I was working on a project that had me staying at my brother’s place in Canyon Country north of LA back in the mid 90’s. One morning I came out to my truck to get in and head off to a jobsite. Just as I reached the truck it started wobbling. It was an older truck with worn out springs and it looked to me like one of the neighborhood kids was perhaps crouched on the other side of the truck shaking it as a joke. I had seen and talked to a few of the kids around that time of morning as they waited for a school bus so I assumed that was what it was. Before I could say anything the earth under [...]
Continue reading My First Earthquake
While this is Lincoln’s White House it is probably quite close to Washington’s original vision.
From the official White House site.
For two hundred years, the White House has stood as a symbol of the Presidency, the United States government, and the American people.
Construction began when the first cornerstone was laid in October of 1792. Although President Washington oversaw the construction of the house, he never lived in it. It was not until 1800, when the White House was nearly completed, that its first residents, President John Adams and his wife, Abigail, moved in.
There are 132 rooms, 35 bathrooms, and 6 levels in the Residence. There are also 412 doors, 147 windows, 28 fireplaces, 8 staircases, and 3 [...]
Continue reading The White House from Washington to Obama. A metaphor.
How does Boehner take knowing he has been called out on the carpet?
You naughty little Ohioan!!!!
It is interesting how the MSM builds a perception.
I wonder how they would take a Boehner summoning Obama to the House floor. Offer him the podium for an hour if he will promise to bring his detailed vision how to balance the budget. Let the Saetoro fly.
For that matter let loud mouth Chris Van Hollen explain how his Balanced Budget Amendment would work since he says the Republican version is unfair. Come on Chrissie, if the Republican BBA is unfair show us what a balanced BBA should look like. And remember it HAS to balance the budget. Which means when your class warfare tax policies shrink [...]
Continue reading When Obama Summons Boehner to the White House does he use a process server?
Image by Getty Images via @daylife
It seems to be occurring to some small degree, the US House is coalescing around the Cut, Cap and Balance idea.
If carried through with firmness this might one day be regarded as THE turning point in the United States.
If not, it will be one in a list of many missed opportunities that could have averted national bankruptcy.
I must admit I am skeptical Boehner will have the courage to actually force the issue.
But we must dispense with the idea that he CAN’T force this issue. The Republicans HAVE the ability to force the Amendment through the US Senate. Reid’s hand can be forced on this.
It is the Democrats and their bloated programs that [...]
Continue reading Negotiating by Legislating
Image by Getty Images via @daylife
The Business Consumption Tax
What are the implications?
1. It is a hidden tax. When congress wants to raise it only a few greedy corporations will complain. The average voter will be easily sold hikes on this tax as sticking it to the evil rich.
2. It is a tax on labor. Costs of goods and services are subtracted out. It used to be a fundamental conservative understanding that if you want less of something; TAX IT. By way of explaining progressive terminology I remind that LABOR means JOBS for WORKERS. Taxing labor, as this VAT does, means fewer jobs and not as a function of increased productivity (good) but as a function of the tax [...]
Continue reading A Few Quick Thoughts on The Ryan Plan
Image by World Economic Forum via Flickr
(Reuters) – Egyptians on the streets of Cairo said on Monday they had reservations about opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei, who has offered to act as transitional leader to prepare Egypt for democratic elections.
ElBaradei, former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), returned to Egypt on the eve of the protests which swept the country on Friday, when tens of thousands of people called for the overthrow of President Hosni Mubarak.
Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work with the IAEA, ElBaradei and the powerful Muslim Brotherhood said on Sunday he had a mandate from opposition groups to make contact with the army and negotiate a government of national unity.
At least one opposition [...]
Continue reading Another PEACE prize winner foments civil war
Except, Rick Perry. Here.
Several of us recently had a debate in the diaries (Here and Here.) regarding the scam and how to end it. Thanks again GC.
The other side of the argument was that Social Security is “defacto constitution,” whatever that means, and that nobody who is anybody is saying it should be ended.
Not only is Perry talking about ending Social Security, he is talking about ending ALL of the New Deal. Income Tax, SS, and More.
Perry criticized President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal and an early 20th-century “progressive era” movement that “gave the federal government access to our wallets via taxation.”
Perry,” I want people to be afraid not to talk about that Social Security is bankrupt and is a [...]
Continue reading No major nationally known politician will talk about ending the Social Security Ponzi Scheme.
A Tale of Two Futures
I could have kept Dickens original title describing two cities. One is a city on a hill providing light to the world, a beacon of liberty as envisioned by our forefathers. The other city is a Pompeii-esque backwater ossifying under a mountain of debt, excessive taxation and suffocating regulation destined for the ash heap.
One of these two cities is our future. We have delayed the decision for as long as possible. Much as the population of Pompeii, perhaps too ignorant to understand the signs and thus the danger when Vesuvius began its eruption, did not flee until it was too late; we too have delayed a choice, ignoring the signs and minimizing the danger. If we choose not to decide, [...]
Continue reading A Tale of Two Futures
|
|
