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Tear Down Sandy Hook School because, well, because…
A task force of elected officials on Friday recommended tearing down the elementary school where 20 first-graders and six educators were shot dead in December and rebuilding on the site.
The group of 28 Newtown elected officials voted unanimously in favor of a plan that would construct a new building on the property where the existing Sandy Hook Elementary School is located. The proposal now goes to the local school board and then before voters as a referendum.
A study found building a new school on the existing site would cost $57 million.
Let’s look at the Liberal logic in this:
Something very bad happened, so now they are going to double down?
What kind of lesson is this for kids, to solve problems by smashing stuff when life doesn’t go your way?
What’s wrong with new paint, a modest remodel, and a memorial monument off site?
Plenty. It would be cost effective.
This is what elected politicians do with other people’s money.
President Obama Calls Homosexual Basketball Player “Courageous”
Jason Collins, 34, becomes the first active player in one of four major U.S. professional sports leagues to come out as gay.
Hours after Collins disclosed his sexuality in an online article, Obama reached out by phone, expressing his support and telling Collins he was impressed by his courage, the White House said.
And first lady Michelle Obama chimed in on Twitter on Monday afternoon to applaud Collins.
Former President Bill Clinton also voiced encouragement, releasing a statement that asks fans, NBA colleagues and the media to support and respect him. Clinton said Collins’ announcement Monday is an “important moment” for professional sports and the history of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.
George Bush visits wounded veterans to express support for their courage.
Bush may not have been the best president, but his head was screwed on right.
Boat Riddled with Bullet Holes Now Confiscated
It was bad enough that police shot up the boat where D* T* (that’s UNIX for “I don’t want to type out all those $*&% random characters”) was hiding, but now the FBI has taken the boat from the owner.
It just doesn’t pay to report potential criminals on your property. Better to tell them to go somewhere else, if you like your stuff. Does not the following apply?
5) No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
ShareEnjoy the Decline, The Video
I am the target audience of this book.
Someone who finds the rules have changed, and is now living in a socialist United States.
What should I do with the rest of my life in this shitty new environment?
Given that the book shows up at my house on Friday, I have found this video available now,
from the author explaining his philosphy, and what you can do with the rest of your life.
He’s very humorous, and spot on. Particularly when he rants about “How stupid could these people who want socialism possibly be? Electing people who make their life crappy.” Or the immigrants who are attracted to the US, but vote in the same type of shitty government they are fleeing.
He’s stealing my lines!
Get a nice soda from the fridge and get comfortable for 45 minutes.
ShareSenate approves $60.4 billion Superstorm Sandy aid bill
The title says it all. Politicians socialize risk by allocating tax monies the rest cannot refuse to pay, to their supporters. Just so they can retain power of political office. The use of political office for theft isn’t new. Roman emperors falsely charged patricians with crimes so they would be executed and their wealth seized to fund gladiatorial combat for the public or to build personal palaces.
In countries without corruption, private citizens and businesses buy insurance against natural disaster. If insurance rates are too high, rational thinking persuades people to not place wealth in harm’s way. Not only does socializing risk force the rest of us to pay blue states’ insurance claims, it causes moral hazard.
Another reason to not allow politicians access to money or power.
ShareBlocking Facebook
How to block the shitty people at Facebook from collecting your data.
The hostfile is used to map human friendly hostnames to numeric IP addresses.
One easy way to block unwanted traffic out of your machine is to use “home” or the loopback
address 127.0.0.1
Your Windows XP hostname ascii file is located at
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\HOSTS
A blocking line will look like this:
127.0.0.1 facebook.com
When outbound traffic is directed to facebook.com, your machine hijacks it, redirecting it to your own machine at 127.0.0.1
You can download a hostfile from this site, that blocks a lot of unwanted snooping.
http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm
Microsoft Windows8 prevents you from blocking Facebook and other adware via the hostfile.
Even if you write protect your hostfile, Windows Defender will overwrite your wishes.
There are a few ways around this.
http://www.howtogeek.com/122404/how-to-block-websites-in-windows-8s-hosts-file/
ShareAtlas Shrugged II !
We’ve been so distracted by the election we missed this film, out for almost a month!
It’s still in theaters. I’m going tonight.
Takers > Makers
If there was any doubt in any fiscal conservative’s mind, it’s now squelched. Mitt Romney was a great candidate, and he ran a great campaign. Better than Ronald Reagan.
Mitt is ethical, principled, accomplished, an experienced leader in managing projects and budgets, a very hard worker, and had the US’ best interest at heart. I thank Mitt for serving his country with such a campaign. I’m glad I financially contributed.
But…
Even Ronald Reagan could not have won in 2012.
“The country has changed.”
We are past the 51% tipping point.There are now more Takers than Makers. The Takers don’t see themselves as takers. They see themselves in circumstances out of their control in which they just need a “little help” and use the voting booth to get it. No inconvenience of personal responsibility involved here.
Hispanics tipped the election. Many must not realize they are causing the US to become like the bad governments they fled. Nothing good comes from the corruption of trading your vote in exchange for left wing politicians granting citizenship to your illegal friends. I’m sorry this is harsh, but if you did this, you are corrupt. Go back home.
Ann Coulter on Takers vs. Makers
Paul Ryan on Takers vs. Makers
ShareElection Eve Humor
Those cookies don’t look good to me either.
They look cheap under an egregious heap of sugar saturated with food coloring. Romney wouldn’t put one in his mouth because he didn’t want to be on camera spitting it back out.
No wonder Pennsylvania is hard for Romney to win.
ShareWhy is there little help to Sandy Hurricane Victims?
The reason why there is no help, is because last time, people did come to help. They drove hundreds of miles through bad weather, and damaged highways carrying their own gas to sell supplies at market price. But the shitty people didn’t like the higher market price and complained to politicians. Laws against “price gouging” this time persuaded help to stay in their warm homes and watch the hurricane on TV.
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ShareHumility in the President
ShareOne of the most admirable aspects of Washington’s character was his sense of humility, his self-effacement, his respectful deference to others. He was quick to decline credit and quicker to assign credit to others. He was often vocal about his personally perceived shortcomings and genuinely modest when receiving praise for efforts that even he had to acknowledge (often reluctantly) were meritorious.
If Willard Mitt Romney is sworn in as the 45th president of the United States in January 2013, we the people can and should expect a president who is more humble, more Washington-like in this regard, than the 44th president. In kind, Romney’s voters and supporters aren’t likely to display the irrational exuberance and unquestioning adoration toward him that supporters of the current president did (some still do). Instead, more critical thinking, healthy skepticism, and level-headedness will prevail.
By all indications, a Romney presidency, if it comes to be, will be worthy of the immense respect that comes with the office. As importantly, he will have more respect for the office — and our heritage and traditions — than does the current president.
Don’t let your ‘Meat Loaf’
Dressed in a baggy black suit accented with multicolor sequins, the singer, who rose to fame from his star turn in “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” dramatically stormed the Defiance, Ohio stage to the shock of many of those in the audience, who turned to each other with questioning faces.
But it wasn’t just people in the crowd who were surprised to see Meat Loaf. Taking the stage a few moments later, Romney seemed as surprised as anyone to have received the singer’s backing.
The aging rocker, perhaps best known for his 1994 hit “I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That),” performed a series of power ballads familiar only to the most devoted Meat Loaf fans
‘This is the most important election in the history of the United States,” Meat Loaf explained. “Because there has storm clouds come over the United States. There is thunderstorms over Europe. There are hail storms–and I mean major hail storms–in the Middle East. There are storms brewing through China, through Asia, through everywhere… I want you to know there is one man who will stand tall in this country and fight the storm and bring the United States back to what it should be. Gov. Mitt Romney!”
Share“Meat Loaf was here,” the GOP candidate said. “Can you believe it?”
Why we don’t want Mourdock on our team
See? This is what I was talking about.
President Barack Obama suspended the levity during an interview with late-night TV talk show host Jay Leno on Wednesday to address a Republican Senate candidate’s assertion that pregnancies resulting from rape are intended by God.
The Obama campaign, which enjoys leads among women voters in many election battleground states, sought swiftly to connect Mourdock with Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. This summer Romney had to distance himself from remarks by another Republican Senate candidate, Todd Akin of Missouri, about what he called “legitimate rape.”
All it takes is one dumbsh*t to change history. Well, two dumbsh*ts. There’s Akin.
ShareRichard Mourdock, how Stupid are you?
We’re trying to rid the country of Obama and the entitlement spenders, at least I am. If that is your plan, saying “God’s intention”, “rape”, and “abortion” in the same sentence is not a winning strategy. It shows you are a moron. It shows your priorities are not the spending and money printing problems.
Mourdock: Loose talk like this not only affects your race, but it affects the presidential race.
I would not vote for Mourdock if I lived in Indiana. I’d vote for the independent.
I don’t vote for liabilities.
Obama first thought he won the debate : now changing story
The spin from the White House media machine today:
“He knew when he walked off that stage and he also knew as he’s watched the tape of that debate that he’s got to be more energetic. “
A lot different than 10 days ago:
When President Barack Obama stepped off the stage in Denver last week the 60 million Americans watching the debate against Mitt Romney already knew it had been a disaster for him.
But what nobody knew, until now, was that Obama believed he had actually won.
In an extraordinary insight into the events leading up to the 90 minute showdown which changed the face of the election, a Democrat close to the Obama campaign today reveals that the President also did not take his debate preparation seriously, ignored the advice of senior aides and ignored one-liners that had been prepared to wound Romney.
The Democrat said that Obama’s inner circle was dismayed at the ‘disaster’ and that he believed the central problem was that the President was so disdainful of Romney that he didn’t believe he needed to engage with him.
‘President Obama made it clear he wanted to be doing anything else – anything – but debate prep,’ the Democrat said. ‘He kept breaking off whenever he got the opportunity and never really focused on the event.
The truth is, when Obama walked off that stage, he didn’t know sh*t.
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2012/10/09/obama-thought-he-won-wednesdays-debate
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Team Obama hopes veep debate halts GOP momentum
You have got to be shitting me. Team Obama seriously thinks something good will happen for them.
ShareMore Excuses
“I was too polite.”
“I had a bad night.”
“I had a wet dream.”
Governor Romney, uh, went to a lot of trouble to try to hide what his positions are. Because he knows that those ideas have been rejected. They won’t work. And if he’s making an honest presentation about what he’s proposed, he will lose because the American people are not going to go back there. What this comes down to is how are we going to grow an economy which everyone gets a fair shot. And Governor Romney, tax breaks for the wealthy, roll back regulations I put in place, blah, blah, blah…
What won’t work are Obama voters.
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Why Obama Lost the Debate
Obama lost the debate because his ideology is flawed, and he doesn’t know what he’s talking about. It’s a defect no amount of debate preparation can fix.
Romney does know what he’s talking about. He’s done his homework. His free market, individual responsibility/initiative business experience provides a plan on what type of motivation creates success or failure.
Columnists at Forbes agree:
My own view, first, is that Mr. Romney won because he actually knows what he’s talking about, because he has a superior vision and program for America, because he’s bright, articulate, experienced, and energetic, a proven leader, and a decent, honest man who appreciates America’s founding principles (individualistic, free-market), and as president, would at least try to re-apply some of them. But Mr. Obama, in contrast, is nearly the reverse of Mr. Romney, in all these key ways.
My wife said this: Mr. Obama has emotional, left-leaning convictions, and for most of his upbringing he was steeped in leftism, but mostly he’s hollow at his core; he relies on others to craft his speeches and remarks, which he can deliver only by teleprompter. In public he tends to address only adoring, supportive crowds (or reporters), and then counts on whipping them up with populist, rich-bashing rhetoric and hate speech; whenever his more incendiary and offensive material surfaces before a broader audience, he is bailed out, papered over, or excused by media sympathizers. The key to his debate loss, she concluded, is that he suddenly had none of the things which he had come to rely on so heavily – no remarks written out for him by others in advance, no teleprompter, no boisterous and adoring crowd, no biased moderator or media contingent on stage, willing and able to bail him out or prop him up. Had he deployed his usual repertoire of race-baiting, envy, class warfare, or rich-bashing he would have looked simply crazy. He had to stand there fully exposed and completely himself – a cypher, facing a superior man and candidate.
forbes/why-obama-lost-the-first-debate-and-might-lose-the-next
ShareIn Jail with No Bond
Nakoula Basseley the man who made a low budget anti-muslim film has been jailed without bond because he poses a flight risk. That he used an alias in making the film is alledgedly in violation of his probation.
Could the real reason Basseley used an alias in making the film be:
Enraged Muslims have demanded punishment for Nakoula, and a Pakistani cabinet minister has offered a $100,000 bounty to anyone who kills him.
We all know what’s really going on here. The US State Department’s carelessness got our Libyan embassy staff killed. They need someone to blame and incarcerate to show they are “doing something.” Basseley will eventually be stripped of his possessions, and jailed the rest of his life, and no one will produce controversial films anymore.
ShareIt’s so Stupid it’s Funny
Wearing an oven mitt to a political rally.
I’m sure there’s baseball players in the audience too.
“Dave, I need to be on tonight’s show”
The audience has been sorted. They are all standing and cheering when Obama arrives. Since the election is close, I would expect half to be sitting or booing.
And my expectation is, is that if you want to be president, you gotta work for everybody, not just for some,” Obama said.
What he really means:
Economic crashes caused by entitlement spending affect every citizen.
“What I think the majority of people, Democrats and Republicans, believe is is that we’ve got some obligations to each other, and there’s nothing wrong with us giving each other a helping hand,” Obama said.
What he really means:
Moral stigma for mooching is so 19th century. We’ve progressed beyond that.
I would be angry if I had been scheduled 2 months ago to appear on Letterman, and Obama stole my night for his campaign.
ShareWhat does “Forward” mean?
We heard it for four days. We saw it for four days.
What steps will Obama take to improve the economy?
“Forward”
What is US foreign policy for the next four years?
“Forward”
How will the mounting US debt be serviced next term?
“Forward”
Obama’s DNC audience chanting “Forward” reminded me a lot of Ron Popeil’s infomercial cult audience chanting “Set it, and forget it!” on que to his Showtime Rotisserie.
What exactly does “Forward” mean?
Not much to the average American, but if you know your European Marxist history, ”Forward” is what communists name their underground newspapers.
ShareThe slogan “Forward!” reflected the conviction of European Marxists and radicals that their movements reflected the march of history, which would move forward past capitalism and into socialism and communism.
My Take on the Democratic Convention
Democrats have a symbiotic relationship with their voters.
Both are parasites feeding off their host, but they enable each other.
It’s a stressful time for them. The host is dying.
The Democratic convention is much funner to watch than the Republican one.
It doesn’t have to be based in reality, so there’s none of those burdensome discussions over debt and spending.
Only Pollyannic promises of college degrees regardless of ability so attendees can earn a “living wage.” Mix in billionaire envy, progress, equal pay for equal work, forward not backward, the rich paying their fair share, loving whomever you want regardless of gender, and it’s all “so deliciously low, so horribly dirty” to quote Henry Higgins.
Observe blatantly stolen dialogue from the Republican convention. “Romney is a nice guy, but…” Their voters don’t watch our stuff, so it won’t be noticed by them. It’s OK.
The Democrats certainly have better speech writers, and actually have handlers that fix their rough edges. After all, that’s their product. Hype.
Their bingo parlour crowd is something else. We’ve seen them on daytime TV.
“Let’s make a Deal”, “The Price is Right”; actually I’m wrong. That’s a better, different crowd with no jobs, thinking they will get something for nothing if they make enough noise.
These are welfare recipients. SEIU picketers.
Here’s a friends’ take:
“I realized tonight that the Republican politicians are very much like their constituency: educated people who understand the complexity of the problem and want to fix it. They are honest and tell it like it is.”
The democratic politicians are not honest. They don’t tell it like it is. They are intellectually dishonest. They use sophistry to twist facts to fabricate false truth that uneducated people will like to believe.
I hate to say it, but the republican politicians are probably not as smart as the democratic politicians, but at least they are honest and tell it like it is.”
ShareRomney has it Wrong on Reducing College Expenses
Tuitions and fees for four-year public colleges grew by 72 percent above inflation over the past decade, averaging $8,244 last year, according to the College Board, which represents more than 6,000 schools. Student loan debt in the U.S. has hit $914 billion; the average borrower owes more than $24,000, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York says.
“Flooding colleges with federal dollars only serves to drive tuition higher,” said Romney’s education paper, “A Chance for Every Child.”
It said Romney would improve college access and affordability: “A Romney administration will tackle this challenge by making clear that the federal government will no longer write a blank check to universities to reward their tuition increases.”
Romney would eliminate duplicative federal college financial aid programs, direct Pell grants to “students that need them most” and put the program on a sustainable long-term path, the document said. It provides few details.
He would put private lenders back in the business of issuing federally backed student loans, let companies compile data about lending and colleges for consumers and help families save for higher education. The paper says little about how.
Those red letters are a cause of high unemployment among recent college graduates.
It’s called “Moral Hazard.” When banks no longer have to worry about solvent student loans because the US government will pay on defaults, they change their policy towards risk. Banks no longer have to evaluate whether the student is choosing a major that will result in a high paying job after graduation that can pay them back.
In essence, politicians have persuaded banks to no longer help students make good life choices about their careers.
No wonder there are so many sociologists, women’s and gender studies, art, English, and political science majors looking for government jobs. This is the same mechanism of Federally backed mortgages causing the housing bubble and collapse.
http://news.yahoo.com/obama-gop-duel-over-rising-college-expenses
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_hazard
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Rat Heads in Coke Bottles
Taxpayer Protection Pledge
I _______, pledge to the taxpayers of the __________ district of the state of ________, and to the American people that I will:
ONE, oppose any and all efforts to increase the marginal income tax
rates for individuals and/or businesses; and
TWO, oppose any net reduction or elimination of deductions and
credits, unless matched dollar for dollar by further reducing tax rates.
Few have heard of Grover Norquist, founder of Americans for Tax Reform.
Mr. Norquist is the originator of “The Pledge”, a document Republicans sign pledging they will never raise taxes under ANY circumstances. 279 current Republicans have signed The Pledge.
Signers are closely monitored to ensure quality control, i.e. they do not vote for tax increases. Transgressors are encouraged to find other lines of work such as “shoplifting or bank robbing, where they have to do their own stealing” via voter awareness. Mr. Norquist wishes to reduce government to its year 1900 levels, where it would become “the size where it could fit in a bathtub.”
The explains why the federal government has been increasing the debt ceiling without income tax increases. The Pledge says nothing about voting on the debt ceiling. There may be no rat heads in the Republican Party, but there certainly are plenty of rat asses.
Colorful interview with Grover Norquist
Americans for Tax Reform site – find who has signed
