"...people with incomes of like say, 2, 3 million a year and up, and then slowly move it down.”
--Conservative economist Ben Stein on Fox & Friends. Also?
“You do not think Washington just has a spending problem?” Steve Doocy wondered.
“I do not think they just have a spending problem,” Stein explained. “I think they also have a too-low taxes problem. And while all due respect to Fox, whom I love like brothers and sisters, the taxes are too low.”
File this under Choir, Preaching to, Stuff They Don't Want to Hear.
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Ya know, I thought I felt the Earth move today!
#28,
I think Chris Christie was jogging today. That could explain it.
Want to split hairs it was an act of terrorism. Obama said it was a terrorist act. PERIOD! Just more BS from the right in a political move. I guess Issa hasn't had enough after the Fast & Frivolous debacle.
Hey xxx....boy do I miss this format....I don't think there are nearly as many folks blogging on the Ed Show now as before the change.
That's a FACT and if we could form a union and all come on the Maddow blog in solidarity we can show them we mean business. Don't worry TAP no dues...
no dues???? what would a union be without dues??? I want to be President of the Union ....and there will indeed be dues.....LOL.
In all seriousness...we should all come over here...maybe Ed will get the message.
xxx....the new format is a prime example of liberal change....LOL.
TAP, Hi. I am home again, and out of the glare of what looked like the operating room. (The new format). I didn't know until someone told me today that Rachael had the old format! Whew!
OMG, I should play Pink Floyd's Coming Back to Life!
They just thought they where doing the RIGHT thing!!!
Hey India....good to see you....boy that other format is terrible....we should encourage all of our friends to come over here...I really think that they will see it was a mistake and go back to the good ole days....Play some Floyd....
xxx....touche'
Yeah, Ditto TAP. LOL We need to get everyone over here. Let the fun begin!
XXXOOO I never was into doing the RIGHT thing!
Victim of Changes.....Judas Priest.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKSU1W0ZUmQ
TAP
http://www.ask.com/videos/watch-video/pink-floyd-coming-back-to-life-pulse/34w0cJGfUZJAtWg_W2Giiw?o=100000031&l=dis&ver=11&domain=ask.com
^^^^^^^^Ah Yes.....Good Stuff^^^^^^^^Thanks India.
Well, xxx, you know that doing the right thing is always wrong.
Hey TM....if I didn't know better....I would think I was on the Ed Show Blog....do you think they will change it back?
Here is a joke that I think you will love.
http://www.romneytaxplan.com/
Thankful mom is here! Hail, Hail, the gang's all here!
Rachael, I love you. You are the best! I have always loved your show. Please keep this format!
Sure Don't know. They screwed up Lawrence's as well. I have had time to look at the other ones that are in general. Theirs were already different. I do know this.
Thom Hartmann posted today.
corporate CEOs have been exposed for compelling their employees to vote for Mitt Romney - and warning them that should Barack Obama win re-election, then they might lose their jobs. Billionaire CEO of Westgate Resorts - David Siegel wrote a mass email to his employees saying that during a Obama second-term, he will, "have no choice but to reduce the size of his company." Similar emails have been sent out within the Koch brothers Georgia Pacific Corporation - and Ohio's Murray Energy company. Now, we know where all of this may have started.
As labor journalist Mike Elk with In These Times reports - during a June 2012 conference call with the National Federation of Independent Businesses - Mitt Romney told employers that they should make it clear to their employees who to vote for this election. As Romney said, "I hope you make it very clear to your employees what you believe is in the best interest of your enterprise and therefore their job and their future in the upcoming elections...Nothing illegal about you talking to your employees about what you believe is best for the business." One of the consequences of the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision is that employers now have a lot more freedom to compel workers to vote in a certain way.
So not only can corporate plutocrats spend as much money as they'd like to help Mitt Romney - but they can also enlist their employees to be Romney campaign foot soldiers. And Mitt Romney is in on the ploy. In the Citizens United world - the wealthy have seen their free speech rights expanded, while working people have seen their free speech rights restricted.
This radical ruling needs to be overturned to stop Mitt Romney and the plutocrats' power grab. Go to MoveToAmend.org
-Thom
TAP, India, TM I wonder how much longer they will have this blog in this format, I just cannot do that white blinding background...
Amen cm...
CM, Same here. It hurts my eyes. I feel like I'm in the glare of the operating room. I have had five post-vitriol detachments in my left eye and am very sensitive to light. It blinds me. The format is confusing, too. I can't do it.
OMG!!! There has been a shift in the universe. Not only did BS state the obvious but he did it on FOX.
I thought that the 'candy and spinach' line from Chris Wallace was a sign but then this happens ........ I cannot wait to see what happens next!
Alicia MI,
Let's hope what happens next is a surge in the polls for Obama!
Huffington Post has Obama at 277 electorial votes.
A FEW STUPID QUESTIONS
Would it cost less to build a fresh water pipeline to Illinois, Iowa and Kansas diverting the floodwaters from Minnesota to Mississippi?
facts:
CBS REPORTED JUNE 27, 2011:
The flooding on the Mississippi River is sure to cost billions of dollars in damage and lost business.
ASK.COM STATES:
The Ogallala aquifer located in the Midwestern United States is believed to be the world's largest aquifer and is estimated to hold about 650 trillion gallons (2,500 trillion liters)! It underlies parts of eight states, stretching about 800 miles (1,288 km) from South Dakota to Texas. The Ogallala aquifer supplies vast amounts of water to irrigate the crops in this vitally important agricultural area.
CATO INSTITUTE JUNE 2009:
The U.S. Department of Agriculture distributes between $10 billion and $30 billion in cash subsidies to farmers and owners of farmland each year.1 The particular amount depends on market prices for crops, the level of disaster payments, and other factors. More than 90 percent of agriculture subsidies go to farmers of five crops—wheat, corn, soybeans, rice, and cotton.2 More than 800,000 farmers and landowners receive subsidies, but the payments are heavily tilted toward the largest producers.3
In addition to routine cash subsidies, the USDA provides subsidized crop insurance, marketing support, and other services to farm businesses. The USDA also performs extensive agricultural research and collects statistical data for the industry. These indirect subsidies and services cost taxpayers about $5 billion each year, putting total farm support at between $15 billion and $35 billion annually.
Why is gasoline $6 per gallon in California?
facts:
FROM WIKIPEDIA, THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA:
California’s crude oil output accounts for more than one-tenth of total U.S. production. California ranks third in the United States in petroleum refining capacity and accounts for more than one-tenth of total U.S. capacity.{fact} In addition to oil from California, California’s refineries process crude oil from Alaska and foreign suppliers.
10 percent of US supply is 512,725,318,500 gallons (eia data)
eia U.S. Energy Information Administration
In 2011, the United States consumed about 134 billion gallons1 (or 3.19 billion barrels2) of gasoline, a daily average of about 367.08 million gallons (8.74 million barrels).
HTTP://WWW.BOE.CA.GOV/SPTAXPROG/REPORTS/MVF_10_YEAR_REPORT
Net Taxable Gasoline Gallons California used in 2011 14,728,734,063 (14.7 billion)
U.S. Total Gasoline Retail Sales by Refiners 2011 5,127,253,185,000 (5.1 trillion)
Is congress ripping off “WE THE PEOPLE”?
facts:
By KATHY KRISTOF, The Fiscal Times August 4, 2010
As the rest of the country suffers, congressional perks and benefits are on the rise, costing taxpayers $4.66 billion a year.
Congresswoman Ann Kirkpatrick of Arizona is part of a rarefied group. With an annual salary of $174,000, she earns more than 97 percent of American workers. She’s also got a generous guaranteed pension, great health benefits, including on-site care, lots of free travel and an expense account that could make a corporate titan drool. She thinks it’s time that she took a pay cut.
The full cost of legislative perquisites is impossible to estimate, says Paul Singer, associate editor and investigative reporter at Roll Call, a newspaper that’s covered the capital since 1955. That’s because legislative travel to foreign lands—like those “fact finding” trips to Italy—are so badly accounted for that Singer found a $30 million gap between the amounts legislators claimed to have spent when compared to what the U.S. Treasury said it paid for the same trips.
Rare indeed, They don't mention a wage drop but want all else (Romney military spending left out) They should lead by example and should only get what they need and have to ask and account for everything. Voucher anyone?
The Ogala aquifer is the reason why Obama put on hold the Keystone XL pipline. It was the governor of Neberaska that refused to have the pipeline going through his state because he didn't want to risk polluting the aquifer that is the backbone of his state economy.
http://www.granttribune.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4899:xl-pipeline-governor-opposes-routerefuses-to-endorse-legislative-session-to-change-it
Nebraska is about as red as a state can get. Another reason gas is high in California is that there are very strict requirement for clean gas here.
Al Smith Dinner, hit the mute. Romney's jokes so far are as lame as he is. All attacking Obama. Hahahahahahaha
Seems to me the President did allot less reading from the script and ad-libed more.
I thought there was only a couple of funny jokes from Rmoney and the President was very funny throughout.
Mostly Rmoney was campaigning and being nasty.
XXXOOO,
Romney has no sense of humour. He's a typical sociopath. They don't have the humanity necessary to poke fun at themselves. They don't "get" that.
Sociopaths have to mimic human emotion. They don't have it in the same way as other people. Romney is too full of himself, and used to getting his way. That makes him a bad candidate for president or for the comedy club.
pmoody, I like your avatar, but can't say what it is. What is it? It's not Paul Ryan is it?
I liked the way Mitt made the point that he's not a substance abuser like Obama is.
Twice. At least on the second he knew his scriptures.
willard doesn't even know what he missed.
Romney is uncomfortable in his skin and has no sense of timing. Obama could do well with his own show on Comedy Central after his second term.
roscoe
Many of us have in our past consumed substances. We grew out of that as Obama has. Romney OTOH has never really grown up. That's a far worse problem.
I knew Ben wasn't all that bad.
And yes this is a better format than Eddies new one. I know I said closing down someone just because you disagree was weak, but the trolls what of the trolls. You get a feel of justice when reporting them and seeing them later getting banned.
Maybe we can get the new format banned!
Let's niot get too comfortable. MSNBC owns all 4 blogs and the vine. This is the only one they haven't changed yet. Just thought of that today.
OMG, Larry, we have to do something! If they change Rachael's blog we're cooked! At least I am. My eyes won't take that new format.
I see you have a new avatar. I put my old one up until Nov. 6.
This is what I say to the new Ed format......
Aerosmith.....No More No More
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-0UKJpzMWs&feature=g-vrec
We just moved here. They better leave it alone. I'll be very disappointed if they mess with it. I support all the others. It was just that Ed has the poll.
Rachel Maddow we all know is a staunch biased Obama supporter, distorter of the truth, and a bleeding heart liberal Jew, need I say anymore?
And just what is wrong with being a Jew? And she tells much more truth than you or your right wingnut friends. Go back to Fox Lies. Nobody is forcing you to watch Rachel. But I do notice you like coming to her blog for the purpose of trying to insult her.
Larry,
Wow..........they're out there...
Time to do the laundry, #34, your sheets look a little dirty, and is that a tobacco stain on the hood? Maybe the "little woman" will wash them for you?
She is a displaced Jew by no fault of her own, an accident of birth! Do you think she should self-deport back to the homeland where then you could love her. Them Jew's don't have any business in America do they? Maybe we can get the Native Americans to do the same?
xxooo, If I live to be 100, I will never understand that kind of thinking. And, I am grateful for that. I was not cursed with the "prejudice gene", thank God.
Some people just have so much self-hatred or something that they need to find a group, or groups of people to "look down on" and despise; it helps them feel better, somehow. It is so ugly. It turns my stomach.
Bruce and Bill on the road again......
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/18/bruce-springsteen-obama_n_1982329.html?utm_hp_ref=elections-2012
Rachel Maddow?? How can you blindly, support Obama who is pro Muslim, when you're a Jew yourself? While you spew out your blind biased support for Obama (who went on The David Letterman show while ignoring the Isralei Prime Minister), I suggest you start presenting the truth and not your usuall liberal pander. Rachel, you are a true embarassment and a turn-coat, doing a diservice to both yourself, and your country!
STFU. You're nothing but a bigoted racist that wouldn't know a fact if it hit you in the ass. Take your hate some place they appreciate it. Try Fox Lies blog. And you are a disgrace to the human race.
so being a staunch supporter of Obama on a liberal network is bad. The the Fox staff better run for cover because they are all BAD, BAD, AND BAD in more was than just being biased to the right, they also are liars.
Thankful mum is here! Hail, Hail, the gang's all here! We have found a new home.
I love Rachael Maddow and she has a great show and a great blog. Please keep it this way!
Rachael, I have always thought you were a beautiful person, but never more so than now!
Taxes must be higher. I'm retired and I need your tax dollars.
Really, there are so many of us baby boomers that the taxes must be higher to
give us the kind of retirement we can feel good about!
63% of the well to do polled said tax us more. Patriotic or maybe grateful or both and going to bed with a clear conscience weighs heavy too. Its been a talking point that 47% don't pay taxes, but if they had to it would hurt so many businesses they would be hurting too. Of course if the companies payed a living wage it wouldn't be so.. And believe me they all would rather have it that way. So make underpaid workers the ones at fault? And place the people at odds with one another? Now that's what I call class warfare! A very clever and cold calculation to do this and drill it in the heads of people who still have jobs? It just breeds hate and that my opinion is not the American way!
I must thank Rachel for being a gracious host while we go though this occupation of her blog.
Don't leave!! I enjoy your posts!!
Thanks Rachel, I enjoyed watching Obama and Willards Speaches tonight....Obama spent more time making fun of himself....and he said that romney's middle name was mitt.....and he wished he could use his middle name.
Hey,xxx, you found a new audience!
http://www.funnyjunk.com/youtube/4151032/Mitt+Romney+Style/
Mitt Style .....funny song. But they took away the film.
TM, So glad we are all here! I am here to stay, that's for sure.
Hey I'm like the President I will liberally redistribute my humor for all.
Have a seat, are clint eastwood will start yelling at them.
India I had to take my grandson to the Art Museum tonight. So I'm late.
This is interesting.....way to go ryan!
WASHINGTON -- In the wake of Rep. Paul Ryan's embarrassing soup kitchen photo-op last week, the organization that runs the facility tells The Huffington Post that donors have begun pulling their money out of the Youngstown, Ohio charity.
Ryan may have suffered a few late-night jokes, but the fallout for the soup kitchen appears to be far more bruising. Brian J. Antal, president of the Mahoning County St. Vincent De Paul Society, confirmed that donors have begun an exodus in protest over Ryan's embarrassment. The monetary losses have been big. "It appears to be a substantial amount," Antal said. "You can rest assured there has been a substantial backlash."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/18/soup-kitchen-paul-ryan-photo-donor_n_1980541.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular
Well Woolard can do the laundry and Ryan can wash dishes...The both may make good First Ladies someday..........
I thought the humor was good by both and seemed to be scripted by the same tit-for-tat writer/s.
Though Romney was there I think he wished it was the Joesph Smith Dinner. Mitt said he was allways the designated driver. So now we know why Boehner wanted Mitt! Good thing Boehner wasn't there he would have been throwing peanuts at the camera operators..
You think.....maybe they were given the same foremat. LOL
He he he heeeeeeee ! AWwwwwww Who Gives A RattS A$$ Anyway ?
Where have you been?
Been on that New Insane Blog set-up - that Is Just Completely STUPID !!!!
My Avatar will Soon Transform ! I Cannot Wait !
You love to live on the edge. Gomer.
I ! Who Really Gives a Ratts A$$ ! He he he heeeeee !!!!!!!!!!
How have you been My Sister ?
Woolard is Head Troll and has run for the Office of President before so does that make him a RE-REG?
PRETTY in pink.....which one was most beautiful.....I vote Michelle.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/fash-track/michelle-obama-ann-romney-wear-379503
Glad you finally woke up. How was the nap. HeHeHe
How are You Brother ? The nap was Far toooooo Long !
Looks Like Its Time To ROCK !!!!!!!!!!!!! he he he heeeeeeeee !!!!!!!!
Goodnight...India, xxx, TM, Mud...all the Ed show folks....
I'm just glad we still have one place to blog that doesn't give me a headache.....
God Help us make good decisions.......
TAP
That is not where I get the pain over there.
Hi TAP and TM...
Hey cm....good to see you....I'm getting ready to hit the hay....Enjoy the blog while you can....Hopefully they won't change this format.
Goodnight TAP, this is so much nicer...
Yes indeed....zzzzz
Woolard's foreign policy is so bad he would be the Commander in Mischief!
Maybe for once he can't lie his way about foreign policy......That reminds me of Obama's Joke about going to Europe and he was accused of being a celebrity and how that didn't happen to romney.....LOL
Hello Ms. Rachel
Maddox,
I have to say the enjoyment of watching your show and the
shows before, and after your show are very convincing in sense making. Why the
programs make sense? In all the statements made is fighting for democracy, and
it does not just display a one side belief the program also give those who
oppose an ear as well. (Meaning voice his\her opinion)
I would like to state how it is possible for a human-being want
to change the country to a lower status, yet want the people of the country to
continue to work for them as well. Money is rule of all evil, but in so many
words you cannot continue to strain those you feel are beneath you. For instance, Governor Romney totally
disrespected President Obama just because he has more money. I know money
matter not just for Mr. Romney and company, but for all Americans. The
Americans people should pay more attention to the voting poles, because just
like George Bush told the Americans people anything (G) Mitt Romney is pushing
the same format in the matter. The
matter will conduct more under handing implications not just fabrications of
the policies, overseas jobs to protect the pockets of those of wealth, and
women rights.
I really do not think
the American people are not in Gov. Romney best interest, if the
American people do not wake-up, we the American people will slowly be place in
a sleep state. In this state of mind
women will not have rights, which in other words left barefoot and pregnant,
and no jobs of worth to support families.
Along in the matter there will be unnecessary wars, which will allow
more deaths of the Americans people, and this will come from stilling. I say
stilling because of the oil, which relates to what George Bush jr did, and must
didn’t finish in the case of his staff is followers of Romney’s.
The American people are not paying any attention, just like
the people over in the Middle East did not like “BUSH” they are going to apply
the same methods with Romney if elected. If elected, the greed of Mr. Romney will leave him thinking matters over
in the class room of 4, 5, 6, and 7 year olds.
People of America need a leader\leaders who is going to move
forward in progression to grow, which will better the future for the children
of tomorrow. I believe this begins with President Obama.
It would appear that this blog needs some boost ! Something to livin' it up !
Funny that some on here ride the fence and expect some kind of Respect towards themselves ? HAH ! Oh - Yeah !
Blackfoot.....Highway Song.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkGU6IDBOZQ&feature=related
That should help.
zzzzz time for my nap.
Mud....don't hate....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtC7i4KMRgo ---- M.H. = Dreams I'll Never See
tap = Likewise !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!???????????????????????????
Ok.......Head East.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7jW8_2Us5c&feature=related
Goodnight.
I Certainly do not expect "You Or Your Kind" to come to the light and actually SEE just what it is that "You People" Support and agree with or take a Pledge to , For "you people " have NOT A Path to travel for yourself ; You All simply Follow A Set Path that you actually have No Idea Where It May even lead You ! Poor - Mis-guided Souls ! Yes , the Sheeple , You All Are ! Face-It ! Ha haaaaa !
Mud....I hear what you are saying but do you think that I am willingly supporting someone that is going to destroy our great country?.....I would never do that.....Just like I don't think you would either.....what you fail to see is that there is two sides to a coin....I try my best to see your side....I don't always agree with the Right side of the coin.....but I have to go with what I think will help our country and bring prosperity to my kids......
Have you considered that maybe you are wrong....I have considered that I could be wrong....and in doing this... you call me a fence walker...well maybe I like to make sure my grass is actually greener....if you don't look across the fence.....you could be eating weeds for nothing.
He he heeeee ... Well , You had best look to the obverse side of that coin especially when you are soooo focused on the Other side , the side that will take Our country even farther into Hell !!
Dont hand me that crap that you look to the other side of the coin from which you peer ! You dance and on both sides and you jump from one side to the other - you do Not fool Me - For I Am Not A Fool ! You propose to be opened minded , but you are Not !
OK Mud....I will look harder at your side....will you consider that maybe you could be wrong?
As I have stated before "you people" Just PROJECT and Continue to PROJECT ; Thats OK According to "you people" just keep it up ; it doesn't matter because WE Already See Exactly what "You people" Are Doing and have in your tiny little minds !You All Actually believe that WE believe that "you people" are being Straight forward with US ? HAH ; Really ; Well You All Are Just Kidding Yourselves !
I accept what you are saying TAP and I agree with looking for the kids future, one of the main reasons I just cannot accept Romney is the women's issue, then there is the Pell grants and student loans, then the healthcare issues, he just goes back and forth and doesn't take a stand whether its popular or not, I actually believe he would govern in a more radical manner than most people thought GWB did, I think Romney is way right of Bush and not really for the middle class.
Well I'm glad you have it all figured out Mud.....Enjoy the weeds.
Goodnight.
cm....I respect your view of Romney.....I just don't see Obama helping my family. I am very tired and must get some sleep.....Goodnight Everyone and God bless you all....
Have Fun in the Swamp ! Don't Slither Tooo hard to make it there ! he he heeeeeeee !!
Good enough TAP, have a wonderful day tomorrow...
Those that are Blind , Will Never SEE !
Those that are purposefully blind , REFUSE to SEE !
cm
Romney unlike Bush is not an ideologue. He is a businessman and see no value in losing. He will bring management techniques to the white house and will be a pragmatist who will seek the optimum solutions to problems. If you are afraid of the optimum solutions as they exist for efficiency rather than to adhere to a philosophy then you are on the right side. I vote for doing he most effective thing not the most popular thing.
Hey tc.....now thinking like that is going to get you labeled a fence walker...He...He.....Heeeeeee!
I could not agree with you more about Romney and Obama. We are literally stuck in the mud right now and no end in sight unless Romney is the new POTUS.
Our spending is out of control and Obama's plans of raising taxes on the rich will do nothing but make a talking point for him in an election year.
Hope your doing well tc.
Your Friend TAP
thanks tap
Getting close and the natives are restless. I will all be over soon 17 days and counting. Whatever the outcome it will be interesting to red the comments on the next day. Here is a little something
http://youtu.be/KnrPOVBk7dA
I'm sure somebody will be singing that song....LOL.
By the way......Lawrence says he has called Mitt Romney a liar, so if romney's son want to hit him he can come and try, and he doesn't have any secret service guys surrounding him. He offered to even go to him......he is waiting for his reply. LOL. He knows that mitt's boy is a coward.
you may be living up, but I'm bushed and it is well past my bed time. So live it up.
Hello Ms. Rachel
Maddox,
I have to say the enjoyment of watching your show and the
shows before, and after your show are very convincing in sense making. Why the
programs make sense? In all the statements made is fighting for democracy, and
it does not just display a one side belief the program also give those who
oppose an ear as well. (Meaning voice his\her opinion)
I would like to state how it is possible for a human-being want
to change the country to a lower status, yet want the people of the country to
continue to work for them as well. Money is rule of all evil, but in so many
words you cannot continue to strain those you feel are beneath you. For instance, Governor Romney totally
disrespected President Obama just because he has more money. I know money
matter not just for Mr. Romney and company, but for all Americans. The
Americans people should pay more attention to the voting poles, because just
like George Bush told the Americans people anything (G) Mitt Romney is pushing
the same format in the matter. The
matter will conduct more under handing implications not just fabrications of
the policies, overseas jobs to protect the pockets of those of wealth, and
women rights.
I really do not think
the American people are not in Gov. Romney best interest, if the
American people do not wake-up, we the American people will slowly be place in
a sleep state. In this state of mind
women will not have rights, which in other words left barefoot and pregnant,
and no jobs of worth to support families.
Along in the matter there will be unnecessary wars, which will allow
more deaths of the Americans people, and this will come from stilling. I say
stilling because of the oil, which relates to what George Bush jr did, and must
didn’t finish in the case of his staff is followers of Romney’s.
The American people are not paying any attention, just like
the people over in the Middle East did not like “BUSH” they are going to apply
the same methods with Romney if elected. If elected, the greed of Mr. Romney will leave him thinking matters over
in the class room of 4, 5, 6, and 7 year olds.
People of America need a leader\leaders who is going to move
forward in progression to grow, which will better the future for the children
of tomorrow. I believe this begins with President Obama.
Night Light..CLICK!
Hope to see you all back here later and this blog is still the same. Get a clue guys!!!
Nighty night, all !!
I tried this site 2 days ago and yesterday. I *swear* it was just like Ed's is now. Clicked the first comment section of the page both times.
Also on both days, read other people's recent comments on their page, clicked on ones that had a comment (and complaint <s>) and ended up on "blogdaddy". Hmmmm.
Enjoyed reading *most* of the posts. <s> Guess that I have to leap frog through friend's Accounts. Used India's again and it worked tonight.
I have found if I wait after I come to MSNBC it logs me in automatically or it may be I never logged out? I'll check that. None the less that is also a pain...
Now if we could just figure out what Stein had been drinking or inhaling to make him tell the truth!!
This elction has become more of show for the Republicans, once they put it out there they cannot handle the show displayed by them.
Ben Stein on Fox and Friends: Taxes are too Low:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/18/ben-stein-taxes-low_n_1980540.html
Can't anybody who supports Mr. Romney do simple arithmetic? Romney wants to cut everyone's taxes by 20% and then pay for that by eliminating an equal amount in deductions. If not paid for it adds to debt which he promises he will not do. So--what is the break-even of 20% against deductions? It is something like this: you earn 5 million and are taxed 1 million, so 20% is 200,000. Exactly equal to the deductions you now give up under his plan. Presto, no change, a wash. The further down you go in income from there, the more likely it is that deductions you lose exceed the 20% off the top, so your taxes go up. The higher you go in income from there, the more deductions (and remember many of these are capped to start with) just don't matter to you in your tax calculations. Who cares about 2-300,000 in lost deductions when they skim an additional 20% off 10 or 20 million?
I do not care what I pay in taxes or what you pay in taxes, but if you people manage to elect Mitt Romney, the middle class gets f-d further out of existence, and the country becomes that much more unstable.
Not that HE cares. His money is safe in Switzerland. "Believe in America!" indeed.
WTO Hands Obama Victory in U.S. China Steel Case:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/18/us-usa-china-steel-idUSBRE89H10920121018?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Reuters%2FPoliticsNews+%28Reuters+Politics+News%29