Tag archive for ‘Crowds’
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.
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 [...]
Why does America so love Barrack Obama?
When Sen. Barrack Obama announced his candidacy to rockstar crowds, I shook my head and said, “oh boy - this guy may be the real deal. He may be lightening in a bottle.” My colleagues, some of them democrats, got me to change my initial impression of Obama, telling me how Hillary would ultimately beat [...]
Fight the smears - Obama tries to swift-boat Republicans?
I was listening to Limbaugh most of the week, and I must admit not until this afternoon was I able to visit the “famous” www.fightthesmears.com website, set up by the Barrack Obama campaign.
The purpose of this website is clear - intimidation of the “rightosphere” and conservative talk radio. The website picks out specific blogs to [...]
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