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Sunday, February 21, 2010
2010 Census Bureau Asks Nosy Rosy Questions.......
I am really not comfortable with some of these questions.
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Sunday, September 13, 2009
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Sunday, August 16, 2009
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Cash for Clunkers unless they are really clunkers.....
This pre-1984 exclusion really doesn't make sense. JC
Nearly 5 million of the nation's most polluting vehicles were quietly excluded from the popular "cash for clunkers" program after lobbyists for antique auto parts suppliers and car collectors persuaded the government to shut out cars built before 1984.
The restriction has prevented consumers nationwide who own older cars and trucks from cashing in on the $3-billion federal program even though many don't consider their jalopies to be collectors' items.
When the federal government announced the rebates of up to $4,500, Chris Hurst said, it looked like the perfect time to unload his gas-guzzling 1981 Ford F-150 pickup. Hurst, who lives in the Sierra foothills north of Fresno, was surprised to discover his truck was too old to qualify.
"If we could have gotten that rebate, it would have worked perfectly for us," said Hurst, who is now trying to sell the vehicle, equipped with Ford's biggest V-8 engine, for $1,600.
The restrictions were pushed by lobbyists for the Specialty Equipment Market Assn., a Diamond Bar group that represents companies that sell parts and services to classic and antique car collectors. The group, as well as classic car enthusiasts, have opposed cash for clunkers because they don't want older vehicles to be destroyed.
When the proposals for a clunker buyback program surfaced early this year, the specialty equipment association opposed the entire concept because such a program could shrink the size of the market for aftermarket parts. The association eventually got lawmakers to adopt the age limit.
"We are very pleased that Congress was able to include that in the program," said Stuart Gosswein, director of regulatory affairs at the association.
The association represents more than 7,000 companies that make all manner of auto-related products, including reproduction Model T tires and AMC Gremlin upholstery. The powerful interest group has won legislative battles nationwide to protect owners of classic cars and hot rods from laws covering vehicle noise, emissions tests and much else.
The cash-for-clunkers legislation was sponsored by Rep. Betty Sutton (D-Ohio) and Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.). Neither returned calls seeking comment. The final wording of the bill, including the provision requested by the interest group, was ironed out in a legislative conference committee and attached to a military spending bill.
Consumer and environmental groups reluctantly went along with the provision because they were fighting for any rule that would push consumers to buy more fuel-efficient vehicles than the ones they were trading in.
"I don't know that the program makes a whole lot of environmental sense," said Lena Pons, a policy analyst for Public Citizen, which pushed for tougher fuel-economy standards. "There is not a whole lot of justification for the classic car industry to block older vehicles from being traded in."
cont.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-clunkers13-2009aug13,0,6098269.story
http://conservativepatriot.wordpress.com/2009/08/09/cash-for-clunkers-%e2%80%93-deal-or-no-deal/
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Monday, August 10, 2009
What Does it Acomplish for Government to Apolgize for the Misdeeds of Others Many Years Ago?
The government has issued an apology to Native Americans which it cannot even clarify. What does it mean? What good can it do? Is it meaningless?
Is this just more "feel good" policy coming out of a "feel good" administration?
Will it help one person of Native American ancestry? JC
Monday, August 10, 2009
By Penny Starr, Senior Staff Writer
Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) sponsored a resolution approved last week by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs apologizing to "native people" for the harm done to them by the U.S. government and U.S. citizens. (AP Photo)(CNSNews.com) – The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs passed a resolution by voice vote last week apologizing "on behalf of American people" to all Indian tribes for the mistreatment and violence by American citizens.
Senate Joint Resolution 14, sponsored by Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kan.), states that its purpose is “to acknowledge a long history of official depredations and ill-conceived policies by the Federal Government regarding Indian Tribes and offer an apology to all Native Peoples on behalf of the United States.”
In Section 1A, No. 4 of the resolution states that the apology is on behalf of U.S. citizens for harm they have done to “Native Peoples.” In the resolution, native peoples are defined as people who “inhabited the land of the present-day United States since time immemorial and for thousands of years before the arrival of people of European descent.”
“Apologizes on behalf of the people of the United States to all Native Peoples for the many instances of violence, maltreatment, and neglect inflicted on Native Peoples by citizens of the United States,” the resolution reads.
Requests by CNSNews.com for clarification of the language in the bill were not answered by Brownback’s office by press time, but Brownback issued a statement on Friday about the passage of his resolution.
“I am pleased that my colleagues have decided to move forward with a formal apology from the federal government to Native Americans," Brownback said. "This is a resolution of apology and reconciliation, and is a step toward healing divisive wounds.
“With this resolution we have the potential to start a new era of positive relations between tribal governments and the federal government,” Brownback said.
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Is this just more "feel good" policy coming out of a "feel good" administration?
Will it help one person of Native American ancestry? JC
CNSNews.com
Senate Committee Apologizes to All Native Americans for Violence and Maltreatment by U.S. CitizensMonday, August 10, 2009
By Penny Starr, Senior Staff Writer
Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) sponsored a resolution approved last week by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs apologizing to "native people" for the harm done to them by the U.S. government and U.S. citizens. (AP Photo)
Senate Joint Resolution 14, sponsored by Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kan.), states that its purpose is “to acknowledge a long history of official depredations and ill-conceived policies by the Federal Government regarding Indian Tribes and offer an apology to all Native Peoples on behalf of the United States.”
In Section 1A, No. 4 of the resolution states that the apology is on behalf of U.S. citizens for harm they have done to “Native Peoples.” In the resolution, native peoples are defined as people who “inhabited the land of the present-day United States since time immemorial and for thousands of years before the arrival of people of European descent.”
“Apologizes on behalf of the people of the United States to all Native Peoples for the many instances of violence, maltreatment, and neglect inflicted on Native Peoples by citizens of the United States,” the resolution reads.
Requests by CNSNews.com for clarification of the language in the bill were not answered by Brownback’s office by press time, but Brownback issued a statement on Friday about the passage of his resolution.
“I am pleased that my colleagues have decided to move forward with a formal apology from the federal government to Native Americans," Brownback said. "This is a resolution of apology and reconciliation, and is a step toward healing divisive wounds.
“With this resolution we have the potential to start a new era of positive relations between tribal governments and the federal government,” Brownback said.
“For too much of our history, federal-tribal relations have been marked by broken treaties, mistreatment and dishonorable dealings. With this resolution, we can acknowledge past failures, express sincere regrets and establish a brighter future for all Americans,” he added.http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=52254
Neither Brownback’s statement nor the resolution says whether the apology is on behalf of U.S. citizens who are alive today or U.S. citizens who lived in the past.
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Friday, July 17, 2009
What a Couple of Big Sell Outs: Harry and Louise
Hat Tip: Chickaboomer
This horrible national health plan makes me feel like Dracula has arisen and is stalking the land. That silver bullet must have had some lead in it.
Man, I wish we didn't have to hit rock bottom before the people in this country WAKE UP!!!!!
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/17/business/media/17adco.html
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Monday, July 6, 2009
Read My Tea Bags.....
'Tea Party Patriots' take to the streets to protest health care reform
Posted: 07/05/2009 05:26:45 PM PDT
Updated: 07/05/2009 09:46:07 PM PDT
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Bill Cook of Sunnyvale wears a few tea bags during rally sponsored by the San... ( Gary Reyes )
Waving an American flag as huge as his distaste for the Obama administration, Sunnyvale trucker Dirck Jackman took his anger to the edge of Winchester Boulevard on Sunday afternoon to tell Washington to keep its hands off America's health care system.
"They're trying to nationalize health care, but I like it just the way it is," said Jackman, one of hundreds of protesters who showed up for a "Tea Party Patriots" rally against the government's health care reform efforts.
The equation was clear: More government equals less individual choice. And to prove it, Jackman showed that all politics are ultimately personal.
"My mother had two cataracts removed, two new knees and a new hip, and she's up and running at 79," he said. "With a single-payer system, she'd still be a long waiting list. And I don't want to be on a waiting list when I get to be her age."
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Saturday, June 6, 2009
Obama will be hands on immediately to forge new health care
by Janet Crain
Would somebody tell me how a private company can compete with the government? The government will just borrow and/or print more money. Private companies can't compete on such an uneven playing field.
Obama to Forge a Greater Role on Health Care
Published: June 6, 2009
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Would somebody tell me how a private company can compete with the government? The government will just borrow and/or print more money. Private companies can't compete on such an uneven playing field.
Obama to Forge a Greater Role on Health Care
Published: June 6, 2009
WASHINGTON — After months of insisting he would leave the details to Congress, President Obama has concluded that he must exert greater control over the health care debate and is preparing an intense push for legislation that will include speeches, town-hall-style meetings and much deeper engagement with lawmakers, senior White House officials say.
Mindful of the failures of former President Bill Clinton, whose intricate proposal for universal care collapsed on Capitol Hill 15 years ago, Mr. Obama until now had charted a different course, setting forth broad principles and concentrating on bringing disparate factions — doctors, insurers, hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, labor unions — to the negotiating table.
But Mr. Obama has grown concerned that he is losing the debate over certain policy prescriptions he favors, like a government-run insurance plan to compete with the private sector, said one Democrat familiar with his thinking. With Congress beginning a burst of work on the measure, top advisers say, the president is determined to make certain the final bill bears his stamp.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/07/us/politics/07policy.html?_r=1&hp
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Saturday, February 21, 2009
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
With Friends Like This...........
Recorded Nov. 5th (the day after election) as part of an ongoing investigation:
"I've got this thing and it's f***ing golden, and, uh, uh, I'm just not giving it up for f***in' nothing. I'm not gonna do it. And I can always use it. I can parachute me there," Blagojevich said in a phone call secretly recorded by the FBI on November 5, the day after the election, according to the affidavit.
The FBI affidavit said Blagojevich had been told by an adviser "the President-elect can get ROD BLAGOJEVICH's wife on paid corporate boards in exchange for naming the President-elect's pick to the Senate."
Told by two other advisers he has to "suck it up" for two years, the FBI says it heard Blagojevich complain he has to give this "motherf***er [the President-elect] his Senator. F*** him. For nothing? F*** him."
The following articles will help familiarize you with the key players in this sordid saga beginning to unfold:
Evelyn Pringle is a columnist for OpEd News and an investigative journalist focused n exposing corruption in government and corporate America. Read her reports and prepare to be astonished. Many of those names "paying to play" will be familiar:
Part I - Curtain for Barack Obama
Part II - Curtain Time for Barack Obama
Part III - Curtain Time for Barack Obama - The Final Chapter
Part IV - Curtain Time for Barack Obama
Hat Tip to www.Radarsite.com
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"I've got this thing and it's f***ing golden, and, uh, uh, I'm just not giving it up for f***in' nothing. I'm not gonna do it. And I can always use it. I can parachute me there," Blagojevich said in a phone call secretly recorded by the FBI on November 5, the day after the election, according to the affidavit.
The FBI affidavit said Blagojevich had been told by an adviser "the President-elect can get ROD BLAGOJEVICH's wife on paid corporate boards in exchange for naming the President-elect's pick to the Senate."
Told by two other advisers he has to "suck it up" for two years, the FBI says it heard Blagojevich complain he has to give this "motherf***er [the President-elect] his Senator. F*** him. For nothing? F*** him."
The following articles will help familiarize you with the key players in this sordid saga beginning to unfold:
Evelyn Pringle is a columnist for OpEd News and an investigative journalist focused n exposing corruption in government and corporate America. Read her reports and prepare to be astonished. Many of those names "paying to play" will be familiar:
Part I - Curtain for Barack Obama
Part II - Curtain Time for Barack Obama
Part III - Curtain Time for Barack Obama - The Final Chapter
Part IV - Curtain Time for Barack Obama
Hat Tip to www.Radarsite.com
Click here to view all recent Sarah Palin in 2012 posts
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