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Here Are Two Dots. Connect Them, Please

July 28, 2010 by Rick Caldwell

Two headlines from Reuters:

Obama backs letting tax cuts on rich expire: W.House

Obama pushes Congress to pass small business plan

So, the American Idol wants to increase the tax burden on the rich. And, at the same time, he wants small businesses to follow some "plan" to create more jobs. Do you see what's wrong with this plan? If you don't, and would like a clue, ask yourself who owns the small businesses.

And The Local Media Sockpuppets Dare Not Speak It's Name

July 21, 2010 by Rick Caldwell

Last week, Portsmouth Mayor James Holley was recalled by an overwhelming 2-1 margin. And one fact seems to go uninterpreted by all the sockpuppets who report it.

In voter turnout of 26 percent, about 16,000 people cast ballots - about 6,000 more than what the May elections for City Council and School Board garnered.

Do the math. About 10,700 people showed up at the polls to vote no to Holley. Whereas in May, about 10,000 total people showed up to vote for Holley, for Holley's opponent, and to write in Spongebob Squarepants combined. Yet nobody seems to understand the significance of this statistic. I'm certain that even the voters who showed up to vote in this recall election, but did not make the same effort during the Mayoral election never took the time to really assess why. Do you see it?

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