While the Democrats beat the bushes for more voters, I wonder if we might be better off if a lot of voters stayed home.
The Intercollegiate Studies Institute gave a basic civic literacy test to 2,500 Americans including college students, elected officials and other randomly selected citizens. Nearly 1,800 flunked the test, in fact, elected officials scored slightly lower than the general public with an average score of 44% compared to 49%. Only 0.8 % scored an A.
I scored a 82 %.
Give it a try if you want.
test
Friday, November 28, 2008
Thursday, November 27, 2008
The Man
When I need a logical perspective to balance out the barrage of non-sense from the main stream media I often turn to Thomas Sowell.
Friday, November 21, 2008
Home Schooling=Demented
Joy Behar of the View shares her view on home schooling.
A lot of the children are "demented". And it makes them "afraid of other children"
Joy-what's your excuse?
A lot of the children are "demented". And it makes them "afraid of other children"
Joy-what's your excuse?
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Sunday, November 09, 2008
The One
Why wait.
From the Topeka Capital-Journal
11/09/08
Plans are being made to promote a national holiday for Barack Obama, who will become the nation's 44th president when he takes the oath of office Jan. 20.
"Yes We Can" planning rallies will be at 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. every Tuesday at the downtown McDonald's restaurant, 1100 Kansas Ave., until Jan. 13. The goals are to secure a national holiday in Obama's honor, to organize celebrations around his inauguration and to celebrate the 200th birthday of President Abraham Lincoln, who was born on Feb. 12 1809.
At 7:30 a.m. on Inauguration Day, Obama Cake will be served at the downtown McDonald's, and a celebration is scheduled for 8 p.m. to midnight Jan. 20 at the Ramada Hotel and Convention Center, 420 S.E. 6th.
Obama cake- no that's too easy.
UPDATE: Plans for making Nov. 4th a national holiday in honor of Barack Obama's election have hit a snag. The owner of the McDonald's isn't on board with the plan.
"You absolutely do not have permission to do any kind of Obama planning," owner Karen Tyler said in a voice mail left on Sonny Scroggins phone..."
From the Topeka Capital-Journal
11/09/08
Plans are being made to promote a national holiday for Barack Obama, who will become the nation's 44th president when he takes the oath of office Jan. 20.
"Yes We Can" planning rallies will be at 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. every Tuesday at the downtown McDonald's restaurant, 1100 Kansas Ave., until Jan. 13. The goals are to secure a national holiday in Obama's honor, to organize celebrations around his inauguration and to celebrate the 200th birthday of President Abraham Lincoln, who was born on Feb. 12 1809.
At 7:30 a.m. on Inauguration Day, Obama Cake will be served at the downtown McDonald's, and a celebration is scheduled for 8 p.m. to midnight Jan. 20 at the Ramada Hotel and Convention Center, 420 S.E. 6th.
Obama cake- no that's too easy.
UPDATE: Plans for making Nov. 4th a national holiday in honor of Barack Obama's election have hit a snag. The owner of the McDonald's isn't on board with the plan.
"You absolutely do not have permission to do any kind of Obama planning," owner Karen Tyler said in a voice mail left on Sonny Scroggins phone..."
Saturday, November 08, 2008
It's All About the Little Guy
FROM PRESIDENT ELECT OBAMA'S VICTORY SPEECH:
"But above all, I will never forget who this victory truly belongs to – it belongs to you.
I was never the likeliest candidate for this office. We didn't start with much money or many endorsements. Our campaign was not hatched in the halls of Washington – it began in the backyards of Des Moines and the living rooms of Concord and the front porches of Charleston.
It was built by working men and women who dug into what little savings they had to give five dollars and ten dollars and twenty dollars to this cause."
While it is true that millions of regular people like Obama's illegal alien aunt on public housing gave their rent money to Obama, the Guardian from London has an interesting list of donors to mister "change".
Goldman Sachs employees and families provided $847,207.
People associated with JP Morgan $581,460.
Citigroup associates $581,216.
The famoulsly liberal University of Cal. employees, members and families gave $909,203.
Yep, it's all about the little guy. Oh yeah, and Change.
"But above all, I will never forget who this victory truly belongs to – it belongs to you.
I was never the likeliest candidate for this office. We didn't start with much money or many endorsements. Our campaign was not hatched in the halls of Washington – it began in the backyards of Des Moines and the living rooms of Concord and the front porches of Charleston.
It was built by working men and women who dug into what little savings they had to give five dollars and ten dollars and twenty dollars to this cause."
While it is true that millions of regular people like Obama's illegal alien aunt on public housing gave their rent money to Obama, the Guardian from London has an interesting list of donors to mister "change".
Goldman Sachs employees and families provided $847,207.
People associated with JP Morgan $581,460.
Citigroup associates $581,216.
The famoulsly liberal University of Cal. employees, members and families gave $909,203.
Yep, it's all about the little guy. Oh yeah, and Change.
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
Obamamania
"I won't have to worry about putting gas in my car. I won't have to worry about paying my mortgage." Wow you can't argue with that logic.
Friday, October 31, 2008
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Go toward the light
From Wired mag.
"A team of scientists from the United States and China announced last week that, for the first time, they had found a means of selectively and safely erasing memories in mice, using the signaling molecule αCaMKII. It's a big step forward, and one that will be of considerable interest to the military, which has devoted efforts to memory manipulation as a means of treating post-traumatic stress disorder. But some military research has moved in another direction entirely. "
Yes let's simply erase any memory of anything we don't like. And perhaps the memory of the Constitution and founding fathers. What better way to reprogram than to start with a clean slate.
"A team of scientists from the United States and China announced last week that, for the first time, they had found a means of selectively and safely erasing memories in mice, using the signaling molecule αCaMKII. It's a big step forward, and one that will be of considerable interest to the military, which has devoted efforts to memory manipulation as a means of treating post-traumatic stress disorder. But some military research has moved in another direction entirely. "
Yes let's simply erase any memory of anything we don't like. And perhaps the memory of the Constitution and founding fathers. What better way to reprogram than to start with a clean slate.
Bailout or Buy Out?
It's nice to know that when the federal government trough is open one of our local banks is not asleep at the wheel.
The Register Guard. on 10/29/08 had an article claiming that Umpqua Holdings, the parent company of Umpqua Bank has received preliminary approval of its application for $214 Million in investment money from the U.S. Treasury.
In their lame attempt to jump-start the economy and unfreeze the credit market the feds are throwing this money around like horny college kids at a strip club.
What is sad is that the idea behind the money was to open up the credit crunch. To make it easier and more attractive for banks to make loans-but Umpqua brags that they don't need the money for that so they are planning on "increasing our footprint". In other words they are going to use our money for mergers and acquisitions and "explore new market opportunities". Maybe they can use it to purchase some subprime loans or credit defaults.
The feds in turn will be getting senior preferred shares in return, the bank will now be in business with the government.
Ideas like this would have never been entertained even a few years ago, now it seems like no big deal.
The Register Guard. on 10/29/08 had an article claiming that Umpqua Holdings, the parent company of Umpqua Bank has received preliminary approval of its application for $214 Million in investment money from the U.S. Treasury.
In their lame attempt to jump-start the economy and unfreeze the credit market the feds are throwing this money around like horny college kids at a strip club.
What is sad is that the idea behind the money was to open up the credit crunch. To make it easier and more attractive for banks to make loans-but Umpqua brags that they don't need the money for that so they are planning on "increasing our footprint". In other words they are going to use our money for mergers and acquisitions and "explore new market opportunities". Maybe they can use it to purchase some subprime loans or credit defaults.
The feds in turn will be getting senior preferred shares in return, the bank will now be in business with the government.
Ideas like this would have never been entertained even a few years ago, now it seems like no big deal.
Remember Every Vote Counts
Maybe. Almost eight years after the voting debacle with hanging chads and Supreme Court decisions we are no more secure in our voting legitimacy than ever. Watch this video for the latest electronic voting machine fraud. Who makes these machines, Ronco?
Friday, October 24, 2008
Yes-Finally!!!
"Washington, DC -- October 23, 2008
City Must Follow State Law Requiring Police Officers to Report Suspected Aliens Arrested on Drug Charges to Feds
Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced today that the First District Court of Appeal for the State of California has ruled in a Judicial Watch taxpayer lawsuit that the San Francisco Police Department must comply with a state law requiring police officers to notify federal authorities when they arrest a person for various narcotics offenses whom they suspect to be an alien, legal or illegal [Fonseca v. Fong, Case No. A120206].
The appellate court reversed a lower court ruling that the SFPD was not required to obey the law because the law in question, Section 11369 of the California Health and Safety Code, invaded the federal government's exclusive power to regulate immigration. "
"As a result of the appellate ruling, San Francisco must now end its sanctuary policy that protects aliens arrested for certain drug offenses from being reported to ICE."
City Must Follow State Law Requiring Police Officers to Report Suspected Aliens Arrested on Drug Charges to Feds
Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced today that the First District Court of Appeal for the State of California has ruled in a Judicial Watch taxpayer lawsuit that the San Francisco Police Department must comply with a state law requiring police officers to notify federal authorities when they arrest a person for various narcotics offenses whom they suspect to be an alien, legal or illegal [Fonseca v. Fong, Case No. A120206].
The appellate court reversed a lower court ruling that the SFPD was not required to obey the law because the law in question, Section 11369 of the California Health and Safety Code, invaded the federal government's exclusive power to regulate immigration. "
"As a result of the appellate ruling, San Francisco must now end its sanctuary policy that protects aliens arrested for certain drug offenses from being reported to ICE."
Thursday, October 23, 2008
More on the Unfairness Doctrine
The Democrat Senator from New Mexico, Jeff Bingaman, has joined the band wagon to protect us from the evils of talk radio. He is unhappy that we little people have the option of listening to what ever we like. He is under the impression that the government would be able to determine "fairness" and somehow implement it on the airwaves. The only thing they could possibly accomplish is to stifle free speech drive radio stations out of business.
Monday, October 13, 2008
Friday, October 10, 2008
The Truth Shall Set You Free
The Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas has just released a report varifying what some of us have known for years. Illegal immigration and crime go hand in hand.
The analysis found that in 2007, illegal immigrants accounted for 21.8% of the felonies compared to an estimated population of 9%.
The analysis found that in 2007, illegal immigrants accounted for 21.8% of the felonies compared to an estimated population of 9%.
Sunday, October 05, 2008
Tribute to our Glorious Leader
You've probably by now seen the cute little kids singing for the Glorious Leader Obama.
But have you seen this disturbing alteration?
But have you seen this disturbing alteration?
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