Monday, May 07, 2007
"Limited jurisdiction...."?
The libs must love the fact that we don't teach "American" history in schools anymore.......
"In the first place, it is to be remembered, that the general government is not to be charged with the whole power of making and administering laws: its jurisdiction is limited to certaine numerated objects, which concern all the members of the republic, but which are not to be attained by the separate provisions of any."-- James Madison (Federalist No. 14, 30 November 1787)
Sunday, May 06, 2007
Ummm...case closed.....
I love "case closed".
Soldier in Augusta comes home early, kills burglar SavannahNow.com: "AUGUSTA - A man who police said broke into a U.S. Army officer's south Augusta house to steal guns was fatally shot Wednesday by the soldier living there......
Neighbors told police that Bollinger, who is stationed at Fort Gordon, generally works from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., but occasionally he returns home early.
There were no plans to charge Bollinger in the shooting, police said."
Neighbors told police that Bollinger, who is stationed at Fort Gordon, generally works from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., but occasionally he returns home early.
There were no plans to charge Bollinger in the shooting, police said."
The lib tsunami continues
This is a class-action lawyer's dream. "Soft ground" harms disabled kids. "Hard ground" harms non-gimp kids. Until all playgrounds are closed and turned into homeless "sanctuaries", the democrat class-action lawyer money fountain will gush. Disgusting!
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY / Wood chips ruled unfriendly to disabled kids: "A Contra Costa County school district's use of wood chips in play boxes makes it harder for boys and girls in wheelchairs to get to swings and slides, a violation of the disabled children's rights, a federal judge has ruled.
The decision by U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken of Oakland could lead to replacement of wood chips with firmer surfaces in public playgrounds at other schools and parks around the country,"
The decision by U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken of Oakland could lead to replacement of wood chips with firmer surfaces in public playgrounds at other schools and parks around the country,"
A bit of history
Seems kind of important if we're going to be informed about a potential President of the USA. Don't you think?
Hillary's assets - Editorials/Op-Ed - The Washington Times, America's Newspaper: "The odds of a retail trader executing the intraday transactions that generated a 530 percent overnight return, which Mrs. Clinton achieved on her first day, 'are about the same as [the odds] of finding the Dead Sea Scrolls on the steps of the State House in Little Rock,' according to estimates by Wall Street Journal financial columnist Caroline Baum and commodities speculator Victor Niederhoffer in their devastating account (Feb. 20, 1995; National Review) of Mrs. Clinton's trading activity. "
Saturday, May 05, 2007
This poll explains alot.
61% of American, democrat party members think Bush might have known in advance of 9-11!
Rasmussen Reports™: The most comprehensive public opinion coverage ever provided for a mid-term election.: "Democrats in America are evenly divided on the question of whether George W. Bush knew about the 9/11 terrorist attacks in advance. Thirty-five percent (35%) of Democrats believe he did know, 39% say he did not know, and 26% are not sure."
Friday, May 04, 2007
Great driving combo
My Way - Sports News: "St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Josh Hancock was drunk and talking on his cell phone at the time of his fatal accident, and marijuana was found in the sport utility vehicle he was driving. "
Of course.......
Help! A child has been injured! Someone call a lawyer!
Boy who fell 17-feet at museum can move arms, legs - MLive.com blog : Muskegon Chronicle: "The boy was with his mother when she briefly became distracted by her 6-month-old, and Jacarious somehow fell over the railing, his father said. He said the museum should do more to protect children."
Talk Show Host Says He's Glad Radio Rival's Mother Is Dead - News Story - WISN Milwaukee
No big deal. The hating talker is black. Mrs. Sykes is white. No job will be lost... unless Sykes gets uppity.....
Talk Show Host Says He's Glad Radio Rival's Mother Is Dead - News Story - WISN Milwaukee: "'Mother Sykes, she dead. To me it's the vengeance of God. I ain't got no tears. Matter of fact a woman that would have a fool like that deserve whatever is coming her. She raised a sure enough idiot,' McGee said on his radio show. 'My instincts say Charlie Sykes killed his momma, cuz she live out in this big palace in Mequon all isolated. He got tired of waiting for her money.'"
Talk Show Host Says He's Glad Radio Rival's Mother Is Dead - News Story - WISN Milwaukee: "'Mother Sykes, she dead. To me it's the vengeance of God. I ain't got no tears. Matter of fact a woman that would have a fool like that deserve whatever is coming her. She raised a sure enough idiot,' McGee said on his radio show. 'My instincts say Charlie Sykes killed his momma, cuz she live out in this big palace in Mequon all isolated. He got tired of waiting for her money.'"
What revenue shortfall?
$30 million here, $80 million there. No problem, just increase taxes. Although we may need some good PR if we raise the sales taxes any more.
WZZM13 - Tourism leaders want more money spent touting state: "Leaders in Michigan's tourism industry today called for a giant boost in state spending to attract travelers as a way to revive the state economy and generate new tax revenue. ...
The TIME campaign (Tourism Improving Michigan's Economy) wants the Legislature and Gov. Jennifer Granholm to double spending on “Pure Michigan” advertising to $30 million from $15.6 million."
WZZM13 - Tourism leaders want more money spent touting state: "Leaders in Michigan's tourism industry today called for a giant boost in state spending to attract travelers as a way to revive the state economy and generate new tax revenue. ...
The TIME campaign (Tourism Improving Michigan's Economy) wants the Legislature and Gov. Jennifer Granholm to double spending on “Pure Michigan” advertising to $30 million from $15.6 million."
Oh my God, Oh my God, Oh my God......
Just when you thought Detroit couldn't get any more crooked and wasteful.
Pour millions (billions?) into the hands of the same Detroit "leaders" who have led this once great city into hell and add in their own "Dnewsbureau" to sanitize news of their perfidy and voila!..........
Detroit Renaissance leaders offer economic turnaround plan:
"the coalition’s wide-ranging program includes backing for new loan programs for entrepreneurs to establishing a creative corridor along Woodward Avenue to lure and support musicians, filmmakers, artists and designers.
Other strategies include building support for an Aerotropolis, or airport city, in the land between Metro Airport and Willow Run airports; and establishing a Mobility Community Leadership Cooperative to market southeast Michigan as the best business climate for any mobility-industry enterprise.
Proposals also included creation of a “Dnewsbureau” to promote positive stories in the media about metro Detroit."
Pour millions (billions?) into the hands of the same Detroit "leaders" who have led this once great city into hell and add in their own "Dnewsbureau" to sanitize news of their perfidy and voila!..........
Detroit Renaissance leaders offer economic turnaround plan:
"the coalition’s wide-ranging program includes backing for new loan programs for entrepreneurs to establishing a creative corridor along Woodward Avenue to lure and support musicians, filmmakers, artists and designers.
Other strategies include building support for an Aerotropolis, or airport city, in the land between Metro Airport and Willow Run airports; and establishing a Mobility Community Leadership Cooperative to market southeast Michigan as the best business climate for any mobility-industry enterprise.
Proposals also included creation of a “Dnewsbureau” to promote positive stories in the media about metro Detroit."
Classic liberal response
Pizza delivery people are murdered. The choice is more cops or ban pizza deliveries. Not much difference between "cut and run" and "run and hide".
"A controversial plan to halt nighttime pizza and food deliveries in Swissvale has come to a halt. The idea was brought up after two delivery drivers for Vocelli Pizza were killed in the the last two years.
The latest murder happened just last month in Wilkinsburg.
Bonacci now wants to meet with Vocelli Pizza and work things out with them.
He wants to work with the business to see how they check out addresses and where exactly they deliver.
The latest murder happened just last month in Wilkinsburg.
Bonacci now wants to meet with Vocelli Pizza and work things out with them.
He wants to work with the business to see how they check out addresses and where exactly they deliver.
Ekranoplans Showcase
Dark Roasted Blend: Ekranoplans Showcase: "They hover and skim above the water surface at speeds of up to 250 miles an hour, they carry heavier loads of cargo and troops than any airplane - the Ekranoplans, or 'Wing-in-Ground' (WIG) vehicles are possibly the most exciting and strange looking technology ever designed by men.
Developed mostly by Soviets during Cold Wars years (by Rostislav Alexeev's design firm) some of them were over 500 feet in length and had an estimated weight of over 500 tons! And yet they skimmed the waves with grace, at high speeds, able to negotiate stormy conditions, unseen by the radar - all thanks to an aerodynamic principle known as the 'ground effect'."
Developed mostly by Soviets during Cold Wars years (by Rostislav Alexeev's design firm) some of them were over 500 feet in length and had an estimated weight of over 500 tons! And yet they skimmed the waves with grace, at high speeds, able to negotiate stormy conditions, unseen by the radar - all thanks to an aerodynamic principle known as the 'ground effect'."
Same old........
STATEWIDE: Tax plans require compromise: "Q: Who wins under either plan?
A: Manufacturers like the big automakers are big winners under the House Democratic plan. Among the estimated 32,000 losers are contractors, commercial property owners, some professional partnerships with high net worth and small payrolls, and other small businesses that pay little or no tax now."
A: Manufacturers like the big automakers are big winners under the House Democratic plan. Among the estimated 32,000 losers are contractors, commercial property owners, some professional partnerships with high net worth and small payrolls, and other small businesses that pay little or no tax now."
If we cut and run now.....
This comes from T.A.Jurgens, who fought in WWII and survived with one other soldier in a battle where all others were killed. He's going strong in his late 80's, in Fremont, Nebr., where they just celebrated their 60th Wedding Anniversary last Nov., Lil having been an Armed Services nurse (and that's how they met). An extraordinary couple, for sure, and I'm proud to be amongst their relatives. There's some good "food for thought" herein. jw
SOME OF YOU ARE NOT OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER THAT NEARLY EVERY FAMILY IN AMERICA WAS GROSSLY AFFECTED BY WW II . MOST OF YOU DON'T REMEMBER THE RATIONING OF MEAT, SHOES, GASOLINE, AND SUGAR.
NO TIRES FOR OUR AUTOMOBILES, AND A SPEED LIMIT OF 35 MILES AN HOUR ON THE ROAD, NOT TO MENTION, NO NEW AUTOMOBILES.
READ THIS AND THINK ABOUT HOW WE WOULD REACT TO BEING TAKEN OVER BY FOREIGNERS IN 2007.
Historical Significance
Sixty-three years ago, Nazi Germany had overrun almost all of Europe and hammered England to the verge of bankruptcy and defeat. The Nazis had sunk more than 400 British ships in their convoys between England and America taking food and war materials.
At that time the US was in an isolationist, pacifist mood, and most Americans wanted nothing to do with the European or the Asian war.
Then along came Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, and in outrage Congress unanimously declared war on Japan, and the following day on Germany , who had not yet attacked us. It was a dicey thing. We had few allies.
France was not an ally, as the Vichy government of France quickly aligned itself with its German occupiers. Germany was certainly not an ally, as Hitler was intent on setting up a Thousand Year Reich in Europe. Japan was not an ally, as it was well on its way to owning and controlling all of Asia.
Together, Japan and Germany had long-range plans of invading Canada and Mexico, as launching pads to get into the United States over our northern and southern borders, after they finished gaining control of Asia & gt; and Europe.
America's only allies then were England, Ireland, Scotland, Canada, Australia, and Russia. That was about it All of Europe, from Norway to Italy (except Russia in the East) was already under the Nazi heel.
The US was certainly not prepared for war. The US had drastically downgraded most of its military forces after WW I because of the depression, so that at the outbreak of WW II, Army units were training with broomsticks because they didn't have guns, and cars with "tank" painted on the doors because they didn't have real tanks A huge chunk of our Navy had just been sunk or damaged at Pearl Harbor.
SOME OF YOU ARE NOT OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER THAT NEARLY EVERY FAMILY IN AMERICA WAS GROSSLY AFFECTED BY WW II . MOST OF YOU DON'T REMEMBER THE RATIONING OF MEAT, SHOES, GASOLINE, AND SUGAR.
NO TIRES FOR OUR AUTOMOBILES, AND A SPEED LIMIT OF 35 MILES AN HOUR ON THE ROAD, NOT TO MENTION, NO NEW AUTOMOBILES.
READ THIS AND THINK ABOUT HOW WE WOULD REACT TO BEING TAKEN OVER BY FOREIGNERS IN 2007.
Historical Significance
Sixty-three years ago, Nazi Germany had overrun almost all of Europe and hammered England to the verge of bankruptcy and defeat. The Nazis had sunk more than 400 British ships in their convoys between England and America taking food and war materials.
At that time the US was in an isolationist, pacifist mood, and most Americans wanted nothing to do with the European or the Asian war.
Then along came Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, and in outrage Congress unanimously declared war on Japan, and the following day on Germany , who had not yet attacked us. It was a dicey thing. We had few allies.
France was not an ally, as the Vichy government of France quickly aligned itself with its German occupiers. Germany was certainly not an ally, as Hitler was intent on setting up a Thousand Year Reich in Europe. Japan was not an ally, as it was well on its way to owning and controlling all of Asia.
Together, Japan and Germany had long-range plans of invading Canada and Mexico, as launching pads to get into the United States over our northern and southern borders, after they finished gaining control of Asia & gt; and Europe.
America's only allies then were England, Ireland, Scotland, Canada, Australia, and Russia. That was about it All of Europe, from Norway to Italy (except Russia in the East) was already under the Nazi heel.
The US was certainly not prepared for war. The US had drastically downgraded most of its military forces after WW I because of the depression, so that at the outbreak of WW II, Army units were training with broomsticks because they didn't have guns, and cars with "tank" painted on the doors because they didn't have real tanks A huge chunk of our Navy had just been sunk or damaged at Pearl Harbor.
The rest of this wonderful history is in the "comments" section below.
Thursday, May 03, 2007
Out of money? Buy a new boat!
Is anyone seeing a pattern here?
Counting trout.....
mlive.com: NewsFlash - Department of Natural Resources has new research boat: "The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is launching a new fisheries research boat.
The 56-foot Lake Char was christened Tuesday in Marquette's Lower Harbor. It replaces the Judy, which was in service 53 years — the last 28 for the DNR.
Among other projects, new vessel will be used to measure trout populations in Lake Superior"
Easier to measure trout than the employed human populations in this anti-employer "stay the course" state.
Counting trout.....
mlive.com: NewsFlash - Department of Natural Resources has new research boat: "The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is launching a new fisheries research boat.
The 56-foot Lake Char was christened Tuesday in Marquette's Lower Harbor. It replaces the Judy, which was in service 53 years — the last 28 for the DNR.
Among other projects, new vessel will be used to measure trout populations in Lake Superior"
Easier to measure trout than the employed human populations in this anti-employer "stay the course" state.
Guy/Chicks, Chick/Guys want this?
Daily Kent Stater: "April Templeman was pleasantly surprised when she saw that the sign on the family restroom on the third floor of the Student Center had been changed to read, 'unisex.'
Templeman, co-chair of the Queer Liberation Front, said she and other members have been talking with university administration about installing more unisex bathrooms to accommodate transgender students.
'I was really excited when I saw it,' she said. 'We went to the administration about this because it's something we've seen on other campuses, and we think it needs to be incorporated into our campus as well.'
Thomas Euclide, director of the Office of the University Architect, said although the department doesn't have the funding to put gender neutral bathrooms into every building on campus, all new designs and renovations will include at least one.
'Taylor Hall is the only building on campus with faculty bathrooms, and we're looking at ways to convert at least one of those into a unisex bathroom,' he said. 'We have grander plans, though.' "
Templeman, co-chair of the Queer Liberation Front, said she and other members have been talking with university administration about installing more unisex bathrooms to accommodate transgender students.
'I was really excited when I saw it,' she said. 'We went to the administration about this because it's something we've seen on other campuses, and we think it needs to be incorporated into our campus as well.'
Thomas Euclide, director of the Office of the University Architect, said although the department doesn't have the funding to put gender neutral bathrooms into every building on campus, all new designs and renovations will include at least one.
'Taylor Hall is the only building on campus with faculty bathrooms, and we're looking at ways to convert at least one of those into a unisex bathroom,' he said. 'We have grander plans, though.' "
HillaryCare preview
Disney World?
Don Surber » Blog Archive » Your health bucks are going to Disney World: "It seems four federal agencies are sponsoring a 3-day conference at the Walt Disney World Resort — on health care:
1. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
2. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
3. Department of Veterans Affairs, Health Services Research and Development Service (VA HSR&D)
4. National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
Think of it as the nomenklatura going to the Black Sea."
1. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
2. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
3. Department of Veterans Affairs, Health Services Research and Development Service (VA HSR&D)
4. National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
Think of it as the nomenklatura going to the Black Sea."
$1.30 to $2.94?
This smells so bad in so many ways.
Why the gigantic increase?
Why were they "selling water to customers for less than is was paying to buy it"?
Is the idiot who underpriced the H2O still employed?
And the change to monthly billing. I wonder what the late penalties will be.......
Water bills to shift from quarterly to monthly: "On the north side, the rate increased from $1.30 to $2.94 per unit, which is 750 gallons. On the south side, rates increased from $1.85 to $2.70 per unit.
The increase was necessary because the water system was selling water to customers for less than it was paying to buy it from the city of Muskegon, according to Ribbens. "
Why the gigantic increase?
Why were they "selling water to customers for less than is was paying to buy it"?
Is the idiot who underpriced the H2O still employed?
And the change to monthly billing. I wonder what the late penalties will be.......
Water bills to shift from quarterly to monthly: "On the north side, the rate increased from $1.30 to $2.94 per unit, which is 750 gallons. On the south side, rates increased from $1.85 to $2.70 per unit.
The increase was necessary because the water system was selling water to customers for less than it was paying to buy it from the city of Muskegon, according to Ribbens. "
Say good bye to retail sales in Michigan
This must be the right thing to do because it's a Fair Tax. Say "good night" Michigan. It's gonna get dark real soon.
- Fair-tax bill to be introduced in Michigan Legislature: "Legislation that would let Michigan residents vote to eliminate personal income and business taxes, and raise the state's sales tax and expand it to services will be unveiled Thursday.
If both the state House and Senate approve the so-called 'fair tax' resolution by a two-thirds vote, it will go on the November 2008 statewide ballot. Otherwise, the Michigan FairTax Association hopes to collect hundreds of thousands of voter signatures to place it on the ballot.
Individuals would pay property taxes and a sales tax between 8.5 cents and 9 cents on the dollar under the plan, which also would expand the sales tax to include all services such as haircuts. "
- Fair-tax bill to be introduced in Michigan Legislature: "Legislation that would let Michigan residents vote to eliminate personal income and business taxes, and raise the state's sales tax and expand it to services will be unveiled Thursday.
If both the state House and Senate approve the so-called 'fair tax' resolution by a two-thirds vote, it will go on the November 2008 statewide ballot. Otherwise, the Michigan FairTax Association hopes to collect hundreds of thousands of voter signatures to place it on the ballot.
Individuals would pay property taxes and a sales tax between 8.5 cents and 9 cents on the dollar under the plan, which also would expand the sales tax to include all services such as haircuts. "
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