"You can say, 'The millionaire is evil,' but they don't just put their money in a coffee can," said Christopher Summers, president of the nonpartisan Maryland Public Policy Institute. "They employ people ... That fact is, you need rich people to keep working hard so they will invest."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090927/ap_on_re_us/us_taxing_the_rich
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Just The Top Header At Drudge:
Iran test-fires short-range missiles...
'Could reach Israel'...
Revolutionary Guards begins war games...
Venezuela exploring uranium deposits with Russia...
China to display upgraded missiles in Oct 1 parade...
India raises nuclear stakes; Can make high-yield weapons...
Yep! this is a good time to be talking about reducing our nuclear stockpile.
It's scary that Obama thinks that just beause he says something, everyone is going to obey him.
'Could reach Israel'...
Revolutionary Guards begins war games...
Venezuela exploring uranium deposits with Russia...
China to display upgraded missiles in Oct 1 parade...
India raises nuclear stakes; Can make high-yield weapons...
Yep! this is a good time to be talking about reducing our nuclear stockpile.
It's scary that Obama thinks that just beause he says something, everyone is going to obey him.
Friday, September 25, 2009
I Don't Kow What To Say.....
Things are spiraling out of control, and we are now seeing definitive proof that Obama is over his head.
Iran Discovered To Have An Undeclared, Secret Nuclear Development Site
http://ace.mu.nu/archives/292824.php
'Ahmadinejad has enough uranium to go whole way’
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/nuclear-showdown-with-iran-escalates-1793483.html
This of course backs Israel in a corner even more. They know Obama will not back them. In fact he's doing everything possible to pressure them not to act and even to make concessions.
He has shitcanned Europe's missle defense and did everthing but raised a white flag at the UN.
Israel will be forced to strike Iran before the end of the year (my opinion).
If that happens expect gas prices to hit $5 a gallon which in itself will be bad, but I think with Obama and the Dems reckless spending and socialist policies, will send us into a full-fledged depression with out-of-control inflation.
As John Bolton said "Obama is the first post-American President"
He is destroying our country, and three years from now we will be a Third-World nation who won't be able to even influence our Allies.
Iran Discovered To Have An Undeclared, Secret Nuclear Development Site
http://ace.mu.nu/archives/292824.php
'Ahmadinejad has enough uranium to go whole way’
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/nuclear-showdown-with-iran-escalates-1793483.html
This of course backs Israel in a corner even more. They know Obama will not back them. In fact he's doing everything possible to pressure them not to act and even to make concessions.
He has shitcanned Europe's missle defense and did everthing but raised a white flag at the UN.
Israel will be forced to strike Iran before the end of the year (my opinion).
If that happens expect gas prices to hit $5 a gallon which in itself will be bad, but I think with Obama and the Dems reckless spending and socialist policies, will send us into a full-fledged depression with out-of-control inflation.
As John Bolton said "Obama is the first post-American President"
He is destroying our country, and three years from now we will be a Third-World nation who won't be able to even influence our Allies.
Friday, September 11, 2009
8 Years Ago: 9/11/01
NEVER FORGIVE! NEVER FORGET!
My memories from Septmeber 11, 2001:
A perfect day. That's what I thought of as I reported for duty at 0700 hrs. on Tuesday September 11, 2001. It was a perfect day, a crystal clear blue sky without a single cloud and just a hint of a chill in the air. I shouldn't be at work today I thought, I should be outside enjoying this perfect weather. Oh well, tomorrow should be just as nice, maybe I'd give my Dad a call and take him fishing.
I am a professional firefighter in the City of Easton Pennsylvania, about 60 miles from New York City. After a cup of coffee, we start our day. Drivers check their vehicles, while the riders do housework, mopping floors and such. I take note that I have House Watch from 0900 to 1100.
Around ten minutes before nine, someone yells out to the apparatus floor that a plane has crashed into the World Trade Center. I head to the communications booth thinking that it must have been an accident. Perhaps the pilot of a small plane had a heart attack, or engine trouble. I remember reading that in 1945 a B-25 crashed into the Empire State Building. In the booth I turn on Fox News, and there on the screen is Tower 1 with smoke pouring out of a huge gaping hole the entire width of the building. That was no small plane, it must have been a commercial airliner. Strange, even if the pilot had a heart attack the co-pilot or engineer would be able to avoid hitting a building.
I called my cousin Chris before he leaves for work to tell him what had happened. As I was talking to him, out of the corner of my eye, I catch the image of another airliner cross the TV screen. I say, "Holy shit! Look at this asshole! He must want a better look." As the last word came out of my mouth, I saw the plane disappear into Tower 2 and a fireball erupt out the other side. "Holy shit! Did you see that? Chris, I gotta go." I got on the PA system and announced what I had just saw, and added "This has to be an attack".
As I watched the events unfold on the screen, I thought of people I knew.
Roy, a friend of mine, was on Engine 28 in Manhattan, first due for the WTC. Was he on duty today? Donna, she worked in the WTC, but which building? I hope not the towers, she'd have a hell of a time getting out. Donna is blind. Kenny, Engine 220, Park Slope in Brooklyn, I wonder if they'll end up calling him in?
The Chief comes in and I ask him if he's been following this. He says he has. I say, "Shades of Tom Clancy," referring to the book "Debt of Honor" where a Japanese pilot crashes a 747 into the Capital Building. He says he was thinking the same thing.
From this point on events are blurred and yet clear.
Rumors of more planes hijacked, fighters being scrambled, planes headed for Washington. Watching TV and seeing the people trapped above the fires. Firefighters climbing over 80 flights of stairs, that's gotta suck. Could I do that? "Oh my God! They're jumping!" Tower 2 collapses. The realization that thousands of people have just died. Firefighters, my brothers, hundreds of them would have been in that Tower. They're all dead! Roy. I start to pray. The endless repetition of Tower 2 collapsing. They're showing it again, Holy Shit! That was Tower 1! More people dead. Thousands more.
More rumors. More planes hijacked. Two more. Four more. The Pentagon has been hit. Fighters are searching for others. A plane crashed in western Pa. Shot down?
More headed for Washington? Sorrow. Fear. Rage. Each emotion stronger than the last.
My memories from Septmeber 11, 2001:
A perfect day. That's what I thought of as I reported for duty at 0700 hrs. on Tuesday September 11, 2001. It was a perfect day, a crystal clear blue sky without a single cloud and just a hint of a chill in the air. I shouldn't be at work today I thought, I should be outside enjoying this perfect weather. Oh well, tomorrow should be just as nice, maybe I'd give my Dad a call and take him fishing.
I am a professional firefighter in the City of Easton Pennsylvania, about 60 miles from New York City. After a cup of coffee, we start our day. Drivers check their vehicles, while the riders do housework, mopping floors and such. I take note that I have House Watch from 0900 to 1100.
Around ten minutes before nine, someone yells out to the apparatus floor that a plane has crashed into the World Trade Center. I head to the communications booth thinking that it must have been an accident. Perhaps the pilot of a small plane had a heart attack, or engine trouble. I remember reading that in 1945 a B-25 crashed into the Empire State Building. In the booth I turn on Fox News, and there on the screen is Tower 1 with smoke pouring out of a huge gaping hole the entire width of the building. That was no small plane, it must have been a commercial airliner. Strange, even if the pilot had a heart attack the co-pilot or engineer would be able to avoid hitting a building.
I called my cousin Chris before he leaves for work to tell him what had happened. As I was talking to him, out of the corner of my eye, I catch the image of another airliner cross the TV screen. I say, "Holy shit! Look at this asshole! He must want a better look." As the last word came out of my mouth, I saw the plane disappear into Tower 2 and a fireball erupt out the other side. "Holy shit! Did you see that? Chris, I gotta go." I got on the PA system and announced what I had just saw, and added "This has to be an attack".
As I watched the events unfold on the screen, I thought of people I knew.
Roy, a friend of mine, was on Engine 28 in Manhattan, first due for the WTC. Was he on duty today? Donna, she worked in the WTC, but which building? I hope not the towers, she'd have a hell of a time getting out. Donna is blind. Kenny, Engine 220, Park Slope in Brooklyn, I wonder if they'll end up calling him in?
The Chief comes in and I ask him if he's been following this. He says he has. I say, "Shades of Tom Clancy," referring to the book "Debt of Honor" where a Japanese pilot crashes a 747 into the Capital Building. He says he was thinking the same thing.
From this point on events are blurred and yet clear.
Rumors of more planes hijacked, fighters being scrambled, planes headed for Washington. Watching TV and seeing the people trapped above the fires. Firefighters climbing over 80 flights of stairs, that's gotta suck. Could I do that? "Oh my God! They're jumping!" Tower 2 collapses. The realization that thousands of people have just died. Firefighters, my brothers, hundreds of them would have been in that Tower. They're all dead! Roy. I start to pray. The endless repetition of Tower 2 collapsing. They're showing it again, Holy Shit! That was Tower 1! More people dead. Thousands more.
More rumors. More planes hijacked. Two more. Four more. The Pentagon has been hit. Fighters are searching for others. A plane crashed in western Pa. Shot down?
More headed for Washington? Sorrow. Fear. Rage. Each emotion stronger than the last.
I finally go outside for air. I look up at the sky, that crystal clear, bright blue sky, and realize that the whole world has changed. I say a prayer for those that died. Then I call my parents just to tell them I love them.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Ditto!
Uncle Jimbo over at AoSHQ says what I've been saying for along time!
Too short to excerpt, so I'll post the whole thing.
But drop by and give Ace some traffic: http://ace.mu.nu/
Why isn't tort reform in play? —Uncle Jimbo
OK I know why tort reform is not in any of the Democratic healthcare proposals currently in play. I mean it's common knowledge that the lawyers hold title on the Democrats. But why aren't the Republicans poking them in the eye with this? Lawyers, especially the ambulance-chasing kind are one of the main reasons healthcare costs so much. Many of the tests that doctors order have no medical purpose whatsoever and are simply to immunize them against a possible lawsuit.
I want Boehner and Cantor and Ryan and the rest of the Republican team standing on their desks hollering about the outrageous cost these frivolous suits add and why the Dems are scared to do anything about them. It is a joke to consider reforming healthcare and still allowing the vultures to feed. Who knows the way things have been going you may shame them into doing something. They need to pass something and the public option is history. I could accept a deal as long as tort reform is part of the puzzle.
Oh yeah and a solid restriction against illegal aliens getting a thing, and written in the bill not left for later.
Too short to excerpt, so I'll post the whole thing.
But drop by and give Ace some traffic: http://ace.mu.nu/
Why isn't tort reform in play? —Uncle Jimbo
OK I know why tort reform is not in any of the Democratic healthcare proposals currently in play. I mean it's common knowledge that the lawyers hold title on the Democrats. But why aren't the Republicans poking them in the eye with this? Lawyers, especially the ambulance-chasing kind are one of the main reasons healthcare costs so much. Many of the tests that doctors order have no medical purpose whatsoever and are simply to immunize them against a possible lawsuit.
I want Boehner and Cantor and Ryan and the rest of the Republican team standing on their desks hollering about the outrageous cost these frivolous suits add and why the Dems are scared to do anything about them. It is a joke to consider reforming healthcare and still allowing the vultures to feed. Who knows the way things have been going you may shame them into doing something. They need to pass something and the public option is history. I could accept a deal as long as tort reform is part of the puzzle.
Oh yeah and a solid restriction against illegal aliens getting a thing, and written in the bill not left for later.
Monday, September 7, 2009
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Sentenced to death on the NHS
And THIS is what Sarah Palin has been talking about.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/6127514/Sentenced-to-death-on-the-NHS.html
Patients with terminal illnesses are being made to die prematurely under an NHS scheme to help end their lives, leading doctors have warned.
Look people, under a national healthcare system, this is inevitable!
The government will need to control costs and so will end up having to ration money for procedures. Terminally ill patients with no hope of recovery (like Ted Kennedy) will no be treated since it will be deemed "a waste of resources". They will be made comfortable and kept sedated. And since they have no hope for recovery, it will also be inevitable that this will happen:
Under NHS guidance introduced across England to help doctors and medical staff deal with dying patients, they can then have fluid and drugs withdrawn and many are put on continuous sedation until they pass away.
Read that again. Doctors and medical staff can withhold water and medication until the patient dies.
“As a result a national wave of discontent is building up, as family and friends witness the denial of fluids and food to patients."
Now read this last paragraph, and if it doesn't send chills up your spine then there's something wrong with you!
Many people receive excellent care at the end of their lives. We are investing £286 million over the two years to 2011 to support implementation of the End of Life Care Strategy to help improve end of life care for all adults, regardless of where they live.”
Instead of funding research for new treatments or meds, they are willing to spend almost $500,000,000 to help end peoples lives.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/6127514/Sentenced-to-death-on-the-NHS.html
Patients with terminal illnesses are being made to die prematurely under an NHS scheme to help end their lives, leading doctors have warned.
Look people, under a national healthcare system, this is inevitable!
The government will need to control costs and so will end up having to ration money for procedures. Terminally ill patients with no hope of recovery (like Ted Kennedy) will no be treated since it will be deemed "a waste of resources". They will be made comfortable and kept sedated. And since they have no hope for recovery, it will also be inevitable that this will happen:
Under NHS guidance introduced across England to help doctors and medical staff deal with dying patients, they can then have fluid and drugs withdrawn and many are put on continuous sedation until they pass away.
Read that again. Doctors and medical staff can withhold water and medication until the patient dies.
“As a result a national wave of discontent is building up, as family and friends witness the denial of fluids and food to patients."
Now read this last paragraph, and if it doesn't send chills up your spine then there's something wrong with you!
Many people receive excellent care at the end of their lives. We are investing £286 million over the two years to 2011 to support implementation of the End of Life Care Strategy to help improve end of life care for all adults, regardless of where they live.”
Instead of funding research for new treatments or meds, they are willing to spend almost $500,000,000 to help end peoples lives.
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Now That's Funny, Right There...
I almost fell off my chair reading this about the Trilateral Commission:
The underlying claim behind both is that these groups of wealthy men have been working to create the infamous One-World Government that you'll see pop up in most of these conspiracy theories. They want a totalitarian regime that will enslave all of mankind, all at once.
Of course these guys have had decades to establish their plan, but instead they apparently opted for plan B, One-World Clusterfuck. Europe hates America; the Middle East is more fucked than a German whore on coupon day; all China cares about is exporting delicious lead paint; and North Korea is still run by that crazy fucker with the big granny glasses. It's almost as if the result of their "one-world government" conspiracy looks exactly like the random chaos of geopolitical events we've seen for the last few thousand years.
http://www.cracked.com/article_17469_5-pathetic-groups-that-people-think-rule-world.html
The underlying claim behind both is that these groups of wealthy men have been working to create the infamous One-World Government that you'll see pop up in most of these conspiracy theories. They want a totalitarian regime that will enslave all of mankind, all at once.
Of course these guys have had decades to establish their plan, but instead they apparently opted for plan B, One-World Clusterfuck. Europe hates America; the Middle East is more fucked than a German whore on coupon day; all China cares about is exporting delicious lead paint; and North Korea is still run by that crazy fucker with the big granny glasses. It's almost as if the result of their "one-world government" conspiracy looks exactly like the random chaos of geopolitical events we've seen for the last few thousand years.
http://www.cracked.com/article_17469_5-pathetic-groups-that-people-think-rule-world.html
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