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Bail out on the bailout
Put simply - the problem with the bailout is this - who are we bailing out, exactly, with the current Bill (HR 1424)? The now 420+ paged monstrosity includes things such as tax breaks for employers who encourage their workers to take bicycles to work, a 2500+ dollar tax for electric vehichle purchases, an alternative fuel tax credit, credits for biodesiel and alternative fuels, credits for carbon dioxide sequestration, credits for geothermal heat pumps, tax breaks for the steel industry, changes to the Alternative Minimum Tax system, oh and among my personal favorites, a seven year amortization table for the expenses associated with development and running a motocycle racing track. Yes, you heard me - motocross racing tax provisions.
I Hate Snotty Europeans
I hate snotty Europeans. They show up in America’s major cities and bring with them not only their hatred against President George W. Bush, the Iraq war and U.S. foreign policies, but also their disdain for Americans and American culture in general.
More often than not, these snotty Europeans display their disdain toward America openly, with [...]
Gov. Palin “knocks it out of the park” with her convention speech…
Text of the speech… it was amazingly delivered and was hard hitting:
Mr. Chairman, delegates, and fellow citizens: I am honored to be considered for the nomination for Vice President of the United States…
I accept the call to help our nominee for president to serve and defend America.
I accept the challenge of a tough fight in [...]
The “real” McCain game changer as Vice President - Pick Hillary
In the race for who will be the Vice Presidential nominee for the Republican ticket, pundits and commentarists alike exclaim that Sen. McCain needs a dynamic choice - a “game changer” - that will somehow propel the party back to national prominence and expunge the significant defects of Sen. McCain’s voting record with some of [...]
Who the heck reads this blog anyways?
For some time now, I’ve used various tracking software to get a sense of who reads my blog, and why. In part, I’ve tried to make better blog postings from the data. In part, it just satisfies curiosity and provides an ego boost. But it does reveal some things about the nature of the internet, [...]
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