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.
...has exposed several cover-ups over the war in Afghanistan, including the deaths of hundreds of civilians.
Summary
The following statistical report is based on information gathered during the first half of 2010. The data used to create this statistical report is available for public viewing in the database section of this site. From January 2010 through June 2010 there were:
* 2,541 Unique reports of police misconduct cited.
* 3,240 Law enforcement officers cited in recorded police misconduct reports.
* 178 Of the law enforcement officers reported were departmental leaders, police chiefs, and sheriffs.
* 4,199 Alleged victims of police misconduct associated with these reports.
* 124 Fatalities associated with these reports.
* 17.9 Law enforcement officers cited in the news for misconduct each day on average.
* $148,512,000 in approximated police misconduct related settlements and judgments paid out in this period.
The smell was unlike anything I've smelled before, a mixture of feces, urine, blood, smoke, and something else indescribable.
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?
Elmhurst (Illinois) officials self-important, sanctimonious, thin-skinned petty tyrants are considering creating a "disturbance and disorderly conduct" violation after a resident accused of rolling her eyes and sighing was ejected from a public meeting.
When historians look back on the period between 2001 and 2011, they will be amazed that a nation that professed to hate bureaucracy produced so much of it.
The only thing Americans hate more than big government is the absence of government protection.
Florida burglar used cross to pry open church poor boxes
Nick Schulz weighs in on the liberaltarianism debate:
The original fusionist project of Frank Meyer and others was predicated on a belief that libertarians and conservatives (social/religious/paleo) actually agreed on some basic philosophical principles, not just shared goals such as opposing Soviet communism (as important as that was). Two of these have always been paramount: The importance of protecting individual liberty, and an appreciation for the vital role played by civil society and traditional mediating institutions that made American culture and ordered liberty possible.
