December 30, 2012

Civilization begins

Civilization begins when the strong finally realize they have a duty to protect the weak. That duty is the foundation of civilization, the bedrock on which everything else rests.

Cuba , Stephen Coontz p. 89

December 25, 2012

Need help with roof damage

I have reindeer poop and hoof holes in the roof

and a very fat man stuck in the flue .......... what do I do??

December 11, 2012

Grover Norquist to be on WCCO about 4:10 today

add: that would be 'CCO radio

December 8, 2012

Everyone needs to call all their Congressional offices

I am getting real sick of hearing about how this country needs to protect all the 'job creators'

If these 'job creators' are so important and they need special protections then each congressional office should have a very detailed list of them. Demand that your reps and senators send you a list of these important people within their district or within the state. If they do not have a list then they really can not be that important.

If you do happen to get a list then you can go to them and demand that they create a job for you at the wage that would make you non-lazy, a taxpayer, and give you a living wage.

I do not think this is too much to ask for because they have had 30 years to create all of these jobs. At the very least they have had the last ten years.

So call and tell them you need a job and they will set you up with one on Monday.

December 3, 2012

Quotations

Study the past if you would define the future ....Confucius


History is a maiden, and you can dress her however you wish ..... Chinese Proverb


All countries large and small suffer one defect in common: the surrounding of the ruler with unworthy personnel. Those who would control rulers, first discover their secret fears and wishes ....
Han Fei Tzu, 3rd century BCE

November 29, 2012

Bill Clinton for Secretary of State ...... n/t

November 28, 2012

Just listened to Rep.John Kline (MN-2) on local radio

and he says President Obama has to list the spending cuts before they will talk about revenues
and how raising taxes will hurt small family businesses ............... the man is an ass

November 27, 2012

The one tax graph you really need to know

I do not know if this was posted before however, it might be worth looking at again.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2012/09/19/heres-why-the-47-percent-argument-is-an-abuse-of-tax-data/

Posted by Ezra Klein on September 19, 2012 at 1:37 pm



This entire conversation is the result of a (largely successful) effort to redefine the debate over taxes from “how much in taxes do you pay” to “how much in federal income taxes do you pay?” This is good framing if you want to cut taxes on the rich. It’s bad framing if you want to have even a basic understanding of who pays how much in taxes.

There’s a reason some would prefer that more limited conversation. For most Americans, payroll and state and local taxes make up the majority of their tax bill. The federal income tax, by contrast, is our most progressive tax — it’s the tax we’ve designed to place the heaviest burden on the rich while bypassing the poor. And we’ve done that, again, because the working class is already paying a fairly high tax bill through payroll and state and local taxes.

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Which is why, if you want to understand who’s paying what in taxes, you don’t want to just look at federal income taxes, or federal payroll taxes, or state sales taxes — you want to look at total taxes. And, luckily, the tax analysis group Citizens for Tax Justice keeps those numbers. So here is total taxes — which includes corporate taxes, income taxes, payroll taxes, state sales taxes, and more — paid by different income groups and broken into federal and state and local burdens:



But here is really the only tax graph you need: It’s total tax burden by income group. And as you’ll see, every income group is paying something, and the rich aren’t paying much more, as a percentage of their incomes, then the middle class.

November 26, 2012

As I hear and read what the republicans are saying

I hate them more and more everyday

November 16, 2012

Scott DesJarlais Abortion Scandal: Congressman's Wife Had 2 Abortions, Court Transcripts Say

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/15/scott-desjarlais-abortion_n_2139110.html?icid=maing-grid10%7Chtmlws-main-nb%7Cdl3%7Csec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D235216

Posted: 11/15/2012 2:42 pm EST Updated: 11/15/2012 5:22 pm EST

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Republican U.S. Rep. Scott DesJarlais of Tennessee testified during divorce proceedings that he and his former wife made a "mutual" decision for her to have two abortions, according to divorce transcripts released Thursday.

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DesJarlais easily won a second term despite revelations that he once urged a patient with whom he was having an affair to get an abortion. DesJarlais, whose campaign platform opposed abortion, acknowledged the conversation but said he was only trying to get her to admit she wasn't pregnant.

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DesJarlais' first wife had supported earlier efforts to release the court records, though her attorney said Thursday he hadn't had time to review them enough to comment.

Transcripts of the DesJarlais divorce proceedings also reveal that the congressman had affairs with women who worked for him, including a lab technician he was with at a hospital Christmas party. Other parts of the transcript reveal patients who said they had sex with the doctor also claiming he wrote them drug prescriptions.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/15/scott-desjarlais-abortion_n_2139110.html?icid=maing-grid10%7Chtmlws-main-nb%7Cdl3%7Csec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D235216


If the republicans had any principles they would refuse to seat him .........