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CONGRATULATIONS, NEW YORK!
Friday, December 22, 2006
THAT'S 88,891 LESS FUTURE WELFARE CASES, 88,891 LESS CRIMINALS, 88,891 WHO ARE BETTER OFF DEAD THAN ALIVE--GEEZ, THEY WOULD HAVE HAD TO GROW UP IN NEW YORK... New York City Birth Rate Plunges - December 21, 2006 - The New York Sun: "The number of reported abortions in the city was down to a low in the past 10 years, to 88,891 in 2005 from 91,673 in 2004."
posted by Jack Mercer @ 12/22/2006 09:52:00 AM   0 comments
WORLD GONE MAD...COMPLETELY
Thursday, December 21, 2006
The Herald-Mail ONLINE - School accuses 5-year-old of sex harassment (print view): "HAGERSTOWN - A kindergarten student was accused earlier this month of sexually harassing a classmate at Lincolnshire Elementary School, an accusation that will remain on his record until he moves to middle school. Washington County Public Schools spokeswoman Carol Mowen said the definition of sexual harassment used by the school system is, 'unwelcome sexual advances, request for sexual favors and/or other inappropriate verbal, written or physical conduct of a sexual nature directed toward others.' Mowen said that definition comes from the Maryland State Department of Education. According to a school document provided by the boy's father, the 5-year-old pinched a girl's buttocks on Dec. 8 in a hallway at the school south of Hagerstown. Charles Vallance, the boy's father, said he was unable to explain to his son what he had done. 'He knows nothing about sex,' Vallance said. 'There's no way to explain what he's been written up for. He knows it as playing around. He doesn't know it as anything sexual at all.' "
posted by Jack Mercer @ 12/21/2006 11:33:00 AM   0 comments
THE INNOCENT CLINTON ADMINISTRATION
My Way News - Report Says Berger Hid Archive Documents: "WASHINGTON (AP) - President Clinton's national security adviser removed classified documents from the National Archives, hid them under a construction trailer and later tried to find the trash collector to retrieve them, the agency's internal watchdog said Wednesday. The report was issued more than a year after Sandy Berger pleaded guilty and received a criminal sentence for removing the documents. Berger took the documents in the fall of 2003 while working to prepare himself and Clinton administration witnesses for testimony to the Sept. 11 commission. Berger was authorized as the Clinton administration's representative to make sure the commission got the correct classified materials." HAS ANYONE NOTICED THIS ON THE NEWS? ISN'T THIS OF WATERGATE PROPORTIONS? HELLO, HELLO?
posted by Jack Mercer @ 12/21/2006 09:21:00 AM   0 comments
COMPANY STORE - SOLD!
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
Bush says backs minimum wage raise with tax relief | Politics News | Reuters.com: "President George W. Bush said on Wednesday that he supports a Democratic proposal to increase the U.S. minimum wage but said it should be coupled with tax and regulatory relief for small businesses."
posted by Jack Mercer @ 12/20/2006 02:32:00 PM   0 comments
KEYNESIAN ECONOMICS
Graham attacks low Wal-Mart prices Ralph Bristol December 20, 2006 Sen. Lindsey Graham is unhappy with President Bush again. This time it's because prices are too cheap at Wal-Mart, and it's Bush’s fault. Let's backtrack a little. Senator Graham and his friend, Democratic Senator Charles Schumer of New York, have been the leading critics in Congress of China for allegedly manipulating its currency. What does that mean and why should you care? It means that China has allegedly artificially depressed the value of the Chinese yuan compared to the American dollar. It takes 40 percent more yuan to buy a dollar than it should, or so goes the charge. Why does that matter? If a United States company produces a computer chip that costs, say $20, and it took five yuan to buy one American dollar, it would cost the Chinese consumer 100 yuan to buy the computer chip. But, if the yuan is deflated by 40% and it takes 7 yuan to buy one dollar, then it costs the Chinese consumer 140 yuan to buy the chip. The Chinese can afford fewer American computer chips and that hurts the computer chip business, which employs American workers. Now, let's look at the flip side. Let's say the Chinese can make T-shirts for 10 yuan, and there’s a big market for T-shirts in America. If the exchange rate were five yuan to the dollar, the shirt would have to sell for more than $2 for the Chinese to make a profit. But if the exchange rate is 7-1, the shirt would start making a profit after $1.40. That means an American T-shirt company would have to be able to make T-shirts for $1.40, instead of $2, to compete with the Chinese. To do that, they may have to pay their employees less than they otherwise would. So goes the Graham-Schumer et al argument. They want the U.S. government to either convince the Chinese to quit deflating the yuan, or to impose a big tariff on Chinese goods entering the United States. The Bush administration has determined that it cannot cite China as a currency manipulator. Democrats (and Sen. Graham) are furious with the administration finding, and have promised hearings on the matter next year. Either of the actions favored by Graham and Schumer would raise the prices at Wal-Mart – and other places too of course. That apparently is what they want, in order to help American producers. They have chosen to side with producers over consumers in the belief that their position will improve the American job market. I disagree. So far this year, Americans have purchased $243 billion worth of goods from China. If we forced the Chinese to inflate the yuan by 40 percent, those goods would have cost $340 billion. But we didn’t have $340 billion to spend on that stuff. We had $243 billion. If prices were higher, we would have bought less stuff, which would not likely have helped American jobs, but would probably have depressed Chinese jobs. I can't guarantee that would have been the effect, but I know this for sure. When prices are lower, people buy more stuff. When they are higher, we buy less. When we buy less, companies need to produce less, and they need fewer workers. Exactly where the job gains and losses occur when prices go up and down is less predictable. The Chinese may be hurting our workers by deflating their yuan, but they are hurting their consumers more. American politicians, including Sen. Graham, want to follow the Chinese model of trying to help producers by hurting consumers. The U.S. unemployment rate has hovered around five percent for some time now, while the last reported Chinese unemployment rate was over nine percent. The only time since the great depression that the U.S. had a nine percent unemployment rate was when Jimmy Carter was finishing his first and only term as President. President Reagan helped bring that rate down with lower taxes and free trade policies. Let's not go back to the Carter glory years by forcing higher prices on U.S. consumers. Sen. Graham needs a healthy dose of economic philosophy from Adam Smith, Milton Friedman and Walter Williams, and a little less influence from Chuck Schumer. NEWS SNIPET NOTE: Senator Graham (R-SC) is essentially a socialist. Socialist adovocate Keynesian economic models as valid fixes. The only economies that resond well to Keynesian models are those under totalitarian,(or close-to) rule (Communism, fascism, socialism).
posted by Jack Mercer @ 12/20/2006 10:59:00 AM   0 comments
MICHAEL MOORE'S CROWING ACHIEVEMENT
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
FOXNews.com - Is Building Housing for Gay and Lesbian Couples Discrimination? - Brit Hume | Special Report: "Al Qaeda and its supporters have their own 24-hour TV station in the Middle East. Media reports say Al-Zawraa — which means 'first channel' in Arabic — is back on the air after the Iraqi government pulled the plug last month. Al-Zawraa broadcasts a steady stream of anti-western material, including video of sniper attacks on U.S. soldiers and bombings of U.S. vehicles — along with Michael Moore's movie 'Fahrenheit 9/11.'"
posted by Jack Mercer @ 12/19/2006 11:45:00 AM   0 comments
WHITE HOUSE FOR SALE
Conservatives fear tax-increase deal - Nation/Politics - The Washington Times, America's Newspaper: "The Bush administration has sent signals since last month's elections that the president is prepared to accept some tax increases on upper-income families, worrying congressional Republicans and fiscal conservative watchdogs who say he will compromise with Democrats to win a legacy accomplishment. These moves come even as Democrats have pledged to rein in earmarks, winning praise from the same conservative groups that are criticizing Mr. Bush. "
posted by Jack Mercer @ 12/19/2006 10:35:00 AM   0 comments
EDU-FASCIST
DEMOCRACY MEANS NOTHING TO FASCISTS. GreenvilleOnline.com -Pickens County News-School improvement plan angers some residents - (12/19/2006): "'The taxpayer and voter in Pickens County have basically just been bulldozed over,' business owner and City Councilman Dave Watson said of the installment plan approved by the school board. Dr. B.J. Skelton was among the six trustees who voted in favor of the plan. He agreed that the board's decision was an end-run around the voters. 'In a sense it is, yes,' said Skelton, who defended his vote by saying the improvements are needed."
posted by Jack Mercer @ 12/19/2006 09:27:00 AM   0 comments
THE RELIGION OF ENVIRONMENTALISM
Monday, December 18, 2006
THE RELIGIOUS-FUNDAMENTALIST-FASCIST-ENVIRONMENTALISTS. British Lord Stings Senators Rockefeller and Snowe: 'Uphold Free Speech or Resign' | Green Coast Foundation SAY THREE "HAIL, EARTH MOTHERS" AND BUY A HYBRID.
posted by Jack Mercer @ 12/18/2006 02:30:00 PM   0 comments
GO AHEAD!
SAY IT ISN'T POLITICAL! British Lord Stings Senators Rockefeller and Snowe: 'Uphold Free Speech or Resign' | Green Coast Foundation: "WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Lord Monckton, Viscount of Brenchley, has sent an open letter to Senators Rockefeller (D-WV) and Snowe (R-Maine) in response to their recent open letter telling the CEO of ExxonMobil to cease funding climate-skeptic scientists. (http://ff.org/centers/csspp/pdf/20061212_monckton.pdf). Lord Monckton, former policy adviser to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, writes: 'You defy every tenet of democracy when you invite ExxonMobil to deny itself the right to provide information to 'senior elected and appointed government officials' who disagree with your opinion.' In what The Charleston (WV) Daily Mail has called 'an intemperate attempt to squelch debate with a hint of political consequences,' Senators Rockefeller and Snowe released an open letter dated October 30 to ExxonMobil CEO, Rex Tillerson, insisting he end Exxon's funding of a 'climate change denial campaign.' The Senators labeled scientists with whom they disagree as 'deniers,' a term usually directed at 'Holocaust deniers.' Some voices on the political left have called for the arrest and prosecution of skeptical scientists. The British Foreign Secretary has said skeptics should be treated like advocates of Islamic terror and must be denied access to the media. Responds Lord Monckton, 'Sceptics and those who have the courage to support them are actually helpful in getting the science right. They do not, as you improperly suggest, 'obfuscate' the issue: they assist in clarifying it by challenging weaknesses in the 'consensus' argument and they compel necessary corrections ... '"
posted by Jack Mercer @ 12/18/2006 02:27:00 PM   0 comments
VALUES
Being a celebrity is the 'best thing in the world' say children | the Daily Mail: "Children under 10 think being a celebrity is the 'very best thing in the world' but do not think quite as much of God, a survey has revealed. The poll of just under 1,500 youngsters ranked 'God' as their tenth favourite thing in the world, with celebrity, 'good looks' and being rich at one, two and three respectively. "
posted by Jack Mercer @ 12/18/2006 10:03:00 AM   1 comments
QUALIFIED!
WHEN ONE FAILS AT EVERYTHING ELSE, IT IS NICE TO KNOW THAT THERE IS A JOB ONE'S STILL QUALIFIED FOR! After Bankruptcy Filing, Recriminations Fly at Air America - New York Times: "Al Franken, Air America’s name brand, on the air a couple of months ago. Now on a U.S.O. tour, he may run for the Senate after his return."
posted by Jack Mercer @ 12/18/2006 07:13:00 AM   0 comments
TIME - PERSON OF THE YEAR
Sunday, December 17, 2006
My Way News - Time Magazine's Person of the Year: You: "NEW YORK (AP) - Congratulations! You are the Time magazine 'Person of the Year.'" WHAT? IT'S NOT MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD? KIM JONG IL? HUGO CHAVEZ? NANCY PELOSI?
posted by Jack Mercer @ 12/17/2006 09:58:00 AM   5 comments
THE FUTURE OF STEM CELL RESEARCH
Saturday, December 16, 2006
CAN YOU SAY "SOLIENT GREEN?" BBC NEWS | Europe | Ukraine babies in stem cell probe: "Healthy new-born babies may have been killed in Ukraine to feed a flourishing international trade in stem cells, evidence obtained by the BBC suggests. Disturbing video footage of post-mortem examinations on dismembered tiny bodies raises serious questions about what happened to them."
posted by Jack Mercer @ 12/16/2006 10:24:00 AM   0 comments
I SAY WE IMPEACH BUSH!
Friday, December 15, 2006
What Did The Democrats Say About Iraq's WMD: "'Without question, we need to disarm Saddam Hussein. He is a brutal, murderous dictator, leading an oppressive regime ... He presents a particularly grievous threat because he is so consistently prone to miscalculation ... And now he is miscalculating America's response to his continued deceit and his consistent grasp for weapons of mass destruction ... So the threat of Saddam Hussein with weapons of mass destruction is real...' - Sen. John F. Kerry (D, MA), Jan. 23. 2003 | Source 'I will be voting to give the President of the United States the authority to use force -- if necessary -- to disarm Saddam Hussein because I believe that a deadly arsenal of weapons of mass destruction in his hands is a real and grave threat to our security.' - Sen. John F. Kerry (D, MA), Oct. 9, 2002 | Source 'One way or the other, we are determined to deny Iraq the capacity to develop weapons of mass destruction and the missiles to deliver them. That is our bottom line.' - President Clinton, Feb. 4, 1998 | Source 'If Saddam rejects peace and we have to use force, our purpose is clear. We want to seriously diminish the threat posed by Iraq's weapons of mass destruction program.' - President Bill Clinton, Feb. 17, 1998 | Source 'We must stop Saddam from ever again jeopardizing the stability and security of his neighbors with weapons of mass destruction.' - Madeline Albright, Feb 1, 1998 | Source 'He will use those weapons of mass destruction again, as he has ten times since 1983.' - Sandy Berger, Clinton National Security Adviser, Feb, 18, 1998 | Source '[W]e urge you, after consulting with Congress, and consistent with the U.S. Constitution and laws, to take necessary actions (including, if appropriate air and missile strikes on suspect Iraqi sites) to respond effectively to the threat posed by Iraq's refusal to end its weapons of mass destruction programs." Letter to President Clinton. - (D) Senators Carl Levin, Tom Daschle, John Kerry, others, Oct. 9, 1998 | Source "Saddam Hussein has been engaged in the development of weapons of mass destruction technology which is a threat to countries in the region and he has made a mockery of the weapons inspection process." - Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D, CA), Dec. 16, 1998 | Source "Hussein has ... chosen to spend his money on building weapons of mass destruction and palaces for his cronies." - Madeline Albright, Clinton Secretary of State, Nov. 10, 1999 | Source "We begin with the common belief that Saddam Hussein is a tyrant and a threat to the peace and stability of the region. He has ignored the mandate of the United Nations and is building weapons of mass destruction and th! e means of delivering them." - Sen. Carl Levin (D, MI), Sept. 19, 2002 | Source "We know that he has stored secret supplies of biological and chemical weapons throughout his country." - Al Gore, Sept. 23, 2002 | Source "Iraq's search for weapons of mass destruction has proven impossible to deter and we should assume that it will continue for as long as Saddam is in power." - Al Gore, Sept. 23, 2002 | Source "We have known for many years that Saddam Hussein is seeking and developing weapons of mass destruction." - Sen. Ted Kennedy (D, MA), Sept. 27, 2002 | Source "The last UN weapons inspectors left Iraq in October of 1998. We are confident that Saddam Hussein retains some stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons, and that he has since embarked on a crash course to build up his chemical and biological warfare capabilities. Intelligence reports indicate that he is seeking nuclear weapons..." - Sen. Robert Byrd (D, WV), Oct. 3, 2002 | Source "There is unmistakable evidence that Saddam Hussein is working aggressively to develop nuclear weapons and will likely have nuclear weapons within the next five years ... We also should remember we have always underestimated the progress Saddam has made in development of weapons of mass destruction." - Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D, WV), Oct 10, 2002 | Source "In the four years since the inspectors left, intelligence reports show that Saddam Hussein has worked to rebuild his chemical and biological weapons stock, his missile delivery capability, and his nuclear program. He has also given aid, comfort, and sanctuary to terrorists, including al Qaeda members ... It is clear, however, that if left unchecked, Saddam Hussein will continue to increase his capacity to wage biological and chemical warfare, and will keep trying to develop nuclear weapons." - Sen. Hillary Clinton (D, NY), Oct 10, 2002 | Source "We are in possession of what I think to be compelling evidence that Saddam Hussein has, and has had for a number of years, a developing capacity for the production and storage of weapons of mass destruction." - Sen. Bob Graham (D, FL), Dec. 8, 2002 | Source"
posted by Jack Mercer @ 12/15/2006 05:43:00 PM   0 comments
WOW! SCIENTIFIC ANOMALY! HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?
Bush: happy for Cheney's gay daughter pregnancy | US News | Reuters.com: "WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President Dick Cheney's pregnant lesbian daughter Mary will make a 'fine mom,' President George W. Bush said, sidestepping his past comment that a child ideally would be raised by a mother and father."
posted by Jack Mercer @ 12/15/2006 03:45:00 PM   0 comments
LOOK AT ME! PLEASE LOOK AT ME!
I GOT MY NAME IN THE NEWS AGAIN! RedOrbit - Science - Gore Urges Scientists to Be More Active: "SAN FRANCISCO -- Former Vice President Al Gore said Thursday there was a 'temptation' to suppress scientific findings that don't agree with policy and urged scientists to take a more active role in communicating research with the public." A MORE APT TITLE FOR THIS ARTICLE IS: "GORE URGES IDEOLOGIC PSEUDO-'SCIENTISTS' WHO SUPPORT HIS 'SKY IS FALLING' GOSPEL TO MORE ACTIVELY SPREAD THEIR PROPAGANDA.' I GUESS AT THE END OF THESE SERVICES THEY ARE GOING TO START HAVING AN ALTER-CALL AND SINGING THREE STANZA'S OF "MORNING HAS BROKEN"
posted by Jack Mercer @ 12/15/2006 01:37:00 PM   0 comments
PRIMING FOR PRESIDENT
THERE'S NOTHING BETTER THAN SCANDAL TO LAUNCH A DEMOCRAT PRESIDENT'S CAREER! For now, Obama's scandal is too small to hurt. - By John Dickerson - Slate Magazine: "OK, I'll stop. When you read the Chicago columnists having fun with the relationship between Obama and Rezko, the wiseacre rubs off on you. Here's the story, without the mustard: Barack Obama has a little real-estate scandal that raises questions about his judgment."
posted by Jack Mercer @ 12/15/2006 11:05:00 AM   0 comments
NOBLE DEMOCRATS
Wednesday, December 13, 2006
Democrats shopped Foley story to papers - Nation/Politics - The Washington Times, America's Newspaper: "Democratic campaign operatives pushed newspapers to write about then-Rep. Mark Foley's e-mails to teenage pages in the hope that a scandal would emerge before the midterm elections, according to a House ethics report. "
posted by Jack Mercer @ 12/13/2006 09:20:00 AM   0 comments
EDU-FASCISTS
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
ALTHOUGH THE TERM "FASCIST" IS BANDIED ABOUT THE INTERNET INDISCRIMINATELY, THERE ARE TIMES WHEN THE SHOE FITS. THE AMERICAN EDUCATION SYSTEM IS LARGELY FASCIST IN BOTH PHILOSOPHY AND PRACTICE. A LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD WENT TO VOTERS TO APPROVE A SCHOOL SPENDING REFERENDUM OF APPROXIMATELY $100 MILLION. THE REFERENDUM WAS DEFEATED SOUNDLY (2 TO 1). THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE WAS IGNORED AND THE SCHOOL BOARD DECIDED TO CIRCUMVENT THE DEMOCRATIC WILL OF THE PEOPLE AND ENFORCE THEIR OWN BY FORMING A DUMMY CORPORATION TO BORROW THE MONEY (NOW $318 MILLION) AND STICK ITS PROPERTY OWNERS WITH A 40 MILL INCREASE. THIS SHOULD ANGER CONSERVATIVES AND LIBERALS ALIKE. GreenvilleOnline.com -Local News-School financing plans OK - (12/12/2006): "Chuck Saylors, chairman of the Greenville County school board, said he was pleased with the ruling. 'I think it's wonderful,' he said. 'I think all the school districts in South Carolina, irregardless of size, should have everything at their disposal to build schools that are adequate, safe and state of the art."
posted by Jack Mercer @ 12/12/2006 11:19:00 AM   2 comments
WILL IT MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO CHICKEN LITTLE?
THE DEBATE SURROUNDING GLOBAL WARMING IS OFTEN UNSUPPORTED BY SOUND SCIENCE. BUT THIS WON'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO THE POLITICAL OPPORTUNIST, I-FOUND-A-TOPIC-THAT-PUTS-ME-IN-THE-NEWS-EVERY-DAY AL GORES OR THE EMOTIONAL, RUN-THE-SKY-IS-FALLING LEONARDO DICAPRIOS Telegraph | News | UN downgrades man's impact on the climate: "Mankind has had less effect on global warming than previously supposed, a United Nations report on climate change will claim next year."
posted by Jack Mercer @ 12/12/2006 09:07:00 AM   1 comments
YOU'RE WRONG, KIRK!
Monday, December 11, 2006
Kirk Douglas Issues Editorial on His 90th Birthday, Saturday, December 9th: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance: "Let's face it: THE WORLD IS IN A MESS and you are inheriting it. Generation Y, you are on the cusp. You are the group facing many problems: abject poverty, global warming, genocide, AIDS, and suicide bombers to name a few. These problems exist, and the world is silent. We have done very little to solve these problems. Now, we leave it to you. You have to fix it because the situation is intolerable." YOU'RE GENERATION WENT ABOUT FIXING PROBLEMS-- OURS TALKS ABOUT THEM YOU'RE GENERATION SACRIFICED LIFE AND PROSPERITY-- OURS ONLY TAKES AND FEELS ENTITLED TO MORE YOU'RE GENERATION SURVIVED THE GREAT DEPRESSION-- OURS COMPLAINS ABOUT THE LACK OF WELFARE YOU'RE GENERATION DEFEATED A GREAT EVIL-- OURS WANTS TO RUN AND HIDE YOU'RE GENERATION BUILT THE GREATEST FREE-MARKET ECONOMY IN THE WORLD-- OURS JUST WANTS ITS BENEFITS WITHOUT THE WORK YOU'RE GENERATION FOUGHT FOR OUR FREEDOM-- OURS GIVES IT AWAY WITHOUT A SECOND THOUGHT YOU'RE GENERATION GAVE-- OURS ONLY TAKES
posted by Jack Mercer @ 12/11/2006 03:24:00 PM   0 comments
CATALYTIC CONVERTERS NEEDED FOR COWS
LIMIT COW EMISSIONS Independent Online Edition > Environment: "Meet the world's top destroyer of the environment. It is not the car, or the plane,or even George Bush: it is the cow. A United Nations report has identified the world's rapidly growing herds of cattle as the greatest threat to the climate, forests and wildlife. And they are blamed for a host of other environmental crimes, from acid rain to the introduction of alien species, from producing deserts to creating dead zones in the oceans, from poisoning rivers and drinking water to destroying coral reefs." I GUESS ONE CAN'T HAVE THEIR STEAK AND EAT IT TOO.
posted by Jack Mercer @ 12/11/2006 11:30:00 AM   0 comments
SCEPTICS GUIDE TO GLOBAL WARMING
Friday, December 08, 2006
THE "SATANIC VERSES" OF THE GLOBAL WARMING DEBATE U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works: "Washington D.C. - Senator James Inhofe (R-Okla.), the outgoing Chairman of Environment & Public Works Committee, is pleased to announce the public release of the Senate Committee published booklet entitled "A Skeptic's Guide to Debunking Global Warming Alarmism. Hot & Cold Media Spin Cycle: A Challenge To Journalists who Cover Global Warming.""
posted by Jack Mercer @ 12/08/2006 09:29:00 PM   0 comments
SO MUCH NEWS!
Wednesday, December 06, 2006
SO LITTLE TIME... Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting TERRORIST MEET WITH DEMOCRATS Hamas smuggled $66 million in 8 months Jerusalem Post: "Meanwhile, sources close to the Hamas-led government claimed that Hamas representatives recently held talks with officials from the US Democratic Party at a secret location. "
Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting JAMES BAKER PANEL EXCLUDES ISRAEL Insight: "The White House has been examining a proposal by James Baker to launch a Middle East peace effort without Israel."
Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting IRAQI'S WANT US THERE? BREITBART.COM - 'This is unfair' say Iraqis on US panel threat: "A call for President George W. Bush to reduce US support to Iraq if Baghdad fails to improve security drew a sour response from Iraqi politicians, who said Washington had an obligation to back their government. "
Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting PLEASE, SOMEBODY PLEASE LISTEN TO ME! (AND, OH, BY THE WAY, I REALLY WON THE ELECTION) Political Radar: "Calling the Iraq war 'the worst strategic mistake in the entire history of the United States' and 'worse than a civil war,' former Vice President Gore urged President Bush to find a way to get U.S. troops out of Iraq 'as quickly as possible without making the situation worse' while appearing this morning on NBC’s 'Today.' "
Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting HEY! I'VE FIGURED OUT A WAY TO GET ON THE NEWS EVERY DAY, AL. FOLLOW MY LEAD! BREITBART.COM - Follow God or vanish, Ahmadinejad tells West: "Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has warned Western leaders to follow the path of God or 'vanish from the face of the earth'. "
Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting NO ONE HAS LISTENED TO ME FOR YEARS SO MAYBE I'LL TRY WHAT AL IS DOING. IT SEEMS TO WORK FOR HIM. 'We're living on borrowed time', claims Charles News This is London: "Prince Charles launched his 'green revolution' with a stark warning that we are all 'living on borrowed time' if we don't stop eating up the world's resources."
Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting NOW WHERE DID I PUT THAT MOUSE? Scotsman.com News - Sci-Tech - Cats at risk of Alzheimer's: "CATS can suffer from a feline form of Alzheimer's disease, Edinburgh scientists revealed today. "
posted by Jack Mercer @ 12/06/2006 03:54:00 PM   2 comments
OINK!
Las Vegas SUN: Sen. Reid's promotion could mean more Nevada largesse: "LAS VEGAS (AP) - Sen. Harry Reid's ascension to Senate majority leader may boost his ability to direct federal funding to the Silver State, which already ranks 8th nationwide in the pork procurement game, a watchdog group says. "
posted by Jack Mercer @ 12/06/2006 03:21:00 PM   0 comments
Spending, day by day
Are you willing to spend 15 cents a day for space exploration? I am. I'm one of those silly, romantic fools who thinks man's primary purpose is to explore. We're the only ones intellectually equipped to do so (on earth anyway), and the universe is so vast, it begs for exploration. I'll happily chip in 15 cents a day to help NASA explore the universe. That's what NASA Administrator Michael Griffin says it costs - 15 cents a day for every man, woman and child in the U.S. I'm glad he broke it down that way. I've seen others break down spending that way too, and it gave me an idea. Let's break down all government spending at all levels that way. Some clever think tank needs to collect the data on government spending for national defense, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, public education, immigration control, highway construction and maintenance, mass transit, airports, space exploration, foreign aid, etc. To keep the project from getting out of hand, let's make it the top 100 government expenditures, and break the spending down to a dollar amount per American, per day. That would be a good way to personalize something that almost no one understands. It is nearly impossible to grasp government spending. As a result, too few people have any idea how much we spend on what. Even if you say that we spend $500 billion a year for Social Security, what does that mean to the average American? Well, it breaks down to $1,666 each, or $4.56 a day for every man woman and child. If you're a family of four, your family’s fair share of the bill is $18.26 a day or $6,666 a year. By knowing that, you have a better idea of whether you think Social Security is too expensive, whether we skimp on Social Security spending, or whether it's just about right. Let's do that same thing with the top 100 things for which government collects and spends our money – at all levels of government. Maybe then, people can start to focus on where we spend too much and too little, based on their own perspective of the worthiness and importance of various government services. So far, we know that Social Security costs you 30 times as much as space exploration. Is that about right, or would you like to spend more or less on one or the other? Assuming you're an average American, contributing an average amount in taxes, how much of your money does the government, at all levels, spend everyday on building and maintaining highways? How much on mass transit to ease the congestion on highways? I have no idea. If I did, I might be better able to decide whether to support or oppose more highway and/or mass transit spending. These are all very knowable figures. It would be a great project for a policy think tank, and the product would be a very useful research tool for college students and professors, politicians, the media and the general public. It would provide people with a common understanding with which to debate spending priorities. Of course, very few people contribute an "average" amount in taxes, but I think most of us can imagine what we think that "average" person should be required to contribute for one government service or another. It doesn't take too much imagination to step into that average person's shoes and decide whether he is overcharged or undercharged for a common need. For the record, total government spending at all levels in the U.S. is now about $4.3 trillion a year. That breaks down to $40 a day for you -- $160 a day for a family of four. If you think that's about the right amount for your family to contribute each day, then please disregard this dispatch. Ralph Bristol December 6, 2006
posted by Jack Mercer @ 12/06/2006 11:01:00 AM   6 comments
BAD CHRISTIAN MOVIES!
Tuesday, December 05, 2006
NBC Trumpets Vindication for Murtha, But No Mention of Okinawa --12/5/2006-- Media Research Center: "In the midst of an otherwise positive story Monday night about the 'revival' of religiously-inspired movies, such as The Nativity Story and Facing the Giants, CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric saw a dark side. She pressed Catherine Hardwicke, director of The Nativity Story and Mike Rich, the film's screenwriter: 'Do you worry at all that non-believers may feel excluded and diminished at a time when we're so divided about so much?' " OF COURSE WE ALL REALIZE THAT THERE ARE HARDLY ANY MOVIES OUT THERE FOR "NON-BELIEVERS" TO ENJOY...
posted by Jack Mercer @ 12/05/2006 11:59:00 AM   1 comments
NEW TERM
Monday, December 04, 2006
There is a new term to define a segment of the population who is struggling to reconcile the ideals of individualism with egalitarianism: LIBERALTARIAN More on this to come.
posted by Jack Mercer @ 12/04/2006 02:12:00 PM   0 comments
SOCIALISM AT WORK
Chavez backs possible vote to close private TV stations - CNN.com: "CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez backed the possibility of holding a national referendum, if he's re-elected, on whether to shut down private television stations that he has accused of subversive activities."
posted by Jack Mercer @ 12/04/2006 07:19:00 AM   0 comments
WHILE BURNING EFFIGIES OF MARK FOLEY
Saturday, December 02, 2006
Friends 'Honor' First Gay Rep. Gerry Studds: "Friends of the nation's first openly gay congressman remembered him Saturday as a man who went to Washington to end the Vietnam War and protect the environment, then became a champion of gay rights." FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T REMEMBER, STUDDS(DEMOCRAT) IS THE FIRST REPRESENTATIVE TO BE CAUGHT HAVING HOMOSEXUAL RELATIONS WITH AN UNDERAGE INTERN.
posted by Jack Mercer @ 12/02/2006 10:09:00 PM   0 comments
HOLLYWOOD ACTRESSES MUCH DUMBER...
THAN AVERAGE AMERICANS. BREITBART.COM - US actress Gwyneth Paltrow prefers British dinner talk: "'I like living here because I don't fit into the bad side of American psychology. The British are much more intelligent and civilized than the Americans,' the 34-year-old added. Paltrow, who won a best actress Oscar for 1998's 'Shakespeare in Love,' lives in London with British band Coldplay's frontman Chris Martin whom she wed in 2003."
posted by Jack Mercer @ 12/02/2006 03:04:00 PM   5 comments
Agenda for the Democratic National Convention for 2008
Friday, December 01, 2006
Just Released- Agenda for the Democratic National Convention for 2008: 7:00 P.M. Opening flag burning. 7:15 P.M. Pledge of allegiance to U.N. 7:30 P.M. Ted Kennedy proposes a toast 7:30 till 8:00 P.M. Nonreligious prayer and worship. Jessie Jackson and Al Sharpton. 8:00 P.M. Ted Kennedy proposes a toast. 8:05 P.M. Ceremonial tree hugging. 8:15- 8:30 P.M. Gay Wedding-- Barney Frank Presiding. 8:30 P.M. Ted Kennedy proposes a toast. 8:35 P.M. Free Saddam Rally. Cindy Sheehan-- Susan Sarandon. 9:00 P.M. Keynote speech. The proper etiquette for surrender-- French President Jacques Chirac 9:15 P.M. Ted Kennedy proposes a toast. 9:20 P.M. Collection to benefit Osama Bin Laden kidney transplant fund 9:30 P.M. Unveiling of plan to free freedom fighters from Guantanamo Bay. Sean Penn 9:40 P.M. Why I hate the Military, A short talk by William Jefferson Clinton 9:45 P.M. Ted Kennedy proposes a toast 9:50 P.M . Dan Rather presented Truth in Broadcasting award, presented by Michael Moore 9:55 P.M., Ted Kennedy proposes a toast 10:00 P.M. How George bush and Donald Rumsfeld brought down the World Trade Center Towers-- Howard Dean 10:30 P.M. Nomination of Hillary Rodham Clinton by Mahmud Ahmadinejad 11:00 P.M. Ted Kennedy proposes a toast 11:05 P.M. Al Gore reinvents Internet 11:15 P.M. Our Troops are War criminals-- John Kerry 11:30 P.M. Coronation Of Mrs. Rodham Clinton 12:00 A.M. Ted Kennedy proposes a toast 12:05 A.M. Bill asks Ted to drive Hillary home Hat tip: Nena
posted by Jack Mercer @ 12/01/2006 02:19:00 PM   1 comments
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