Younger Set Waking to Healthcare Albatross

It sure does seem that way.

Let’s hope more become educated about that.

Marriage Penalty

Or. How I learned to stay single and lose my incentive to excel.

… sounds like another stupid movie title …

Unfortunately, it is not. At least, not according to the data Allen Quist presents to us.

Someone tell me again why the whole of Congress won’t be a part of this “plan”.

Oh, and besides – isn’t there also a “marriage penalty” barrier built into the IRS tax rules?

Rush versus Dodd Rumor

After lunch today, I heard Rush Limbaugh (welcome back, Rush) speak of why it is best for an elected official to resign/retire gracefully instead of losing a re-election (or other means of removal).

It is so that individual can come back as a lobbyist. Rush’s words.

Yet, here is a rumor that Countrywide Dodd could become Treasury Secretary!

Good Golly. Can you imagine that. Kinda makes you want throw a brick at the TV now doesn’t it? Or. Worse.

Not a Good Sign

Nope. It sure is not.

” … Toward the end of 2007, the total number of government jobs exceeded the total number of goods producing jobs. Welcome to the government payroll economy.”

And there is also no sign anyone is attempting to reverse this, which, of course, would mean that someone in authority believes in the free enterprise system.

UPDATE: Turbocharged Motor Voter

What the Dems know that we don’t: Universal Voter Registration

Do you know anyone NOT registered to vote?
Are you registered to vote? No? Well you may soon will be, without your knowledge.

“In January, Chuck Schumer and Barney Frank will propose universal voter registration. What is universal voter registration? It means all of the state laws on elections will be overriden by a federal mandate. The feds will tell the states: ‘take everyone on every list of welfare that you have, take everyone on every list of unemployed you have, take everyone on every list of property owners, take everyone on every list of driver’s license holders and register them to vote regardless of whether they want to be…”

UPDATE: During a luncheon meeting with my campaign manager and treasurer, we discussed this tidbit of upcoming legislation. We have some legitimate concerns about this that I think others may need to know, in case you may not have come to the same points. First, if such wide classes of people are plugged into voter lists – what will be their party affiliation, since those people won’t know this is being done for them and without their knowledge? Second, how will these people find out about their voting eligibility status change? Some folks deliberately dropped off the voting rolls because they fear being called for jury duty, or simply because of no longer voting (in some/most/ all states, inactive voting can result in being purged from the rolls).

Or, is this simply the case that the party (!) interested in mandating this Universal Voter Registration (over the objection of states, I would presume) wants to have contact addresses (locations) to embellish their means to drive voting statistics?

Responsible people (and Candidates) want to know. Myself in particular, because I have my doubts about the honesty and integrity behind this push by (at least) Senators Schumer and Frank.

Costly Counting

It’s that time of decade. The senses detect a Census.

And $340M to advertise it.

Now what does your sense tell you?

UPDATEx11: Kill the HealthCare Bill

Read this. Explains the core of this issue. Short and not-so-sweet:

1) Restricts personal choice to more expense
2) Destroys economic incentives
3) Creates an existence tax.

Is this the change we voted for? I say it isn’t.

Both Hot Air and Politico indicate high level pressure from the White House to get this Healthcare Bill passed. Hhhhmm. Why not listen to us folks?
But, The One is about to hold a “party” on Tuesday …

Perhaps not. Thanks a whole heckuva lot there, Joe.

2nd BUMP: Well, it looks like Nelson (D-Nebraska) caved. And now, another weekend of Senate wrangling to vote on Healthcare by Monday early. What will Christmas feel like this year? And look what is in this package.

Not good. Not. Good. At. All.

3rd BUMP: Today’s Senate Schedule. The Not OK Corral.

Updatex4: Let Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) tell you what remains in the bill.

Updatex5: Stupac tells all. I hope.

Updatex6: Well, Glenn Reynolds points the way to reality again. Dare I say it? Read both links. Read the whole thing.

Updatex7: The Senate Health Bill Timeline. (Assuming most of this survives the conference on melding the House and Senate Bills into one.) If you don’t know how it spreads out and affects you by the numbers, this should open your eyes.

Updatex8: And these people want to control our healthcare? Not on my life, yours or Rush Limbaugh’s!

Updatex9: An Op-Ed piece in New York Times against the Healthcare Bill? Wow. And after reading it myself, I can’t say I am pleased about this either.

Updatex10: Yet another reason the costs of Healthcare are going to to increase (no matter what the politicians tell us). Can we all be Joe Wilson now?

Updatex11: Is this an example of what is coming here (U.S.A.) for us? Pathetic.

Heads Up

Apparently, the Healthcare “conference” will not be.

Anybody think this is a good idea? No? I didn’t think so.

The totally fair, transparent (yes, we see right through you) Congress is about to give us a ‘present’ sometime soon. They still won’t listen to the Republicans there nor us.

I have my torch and pitchfork. Do you have yours?

Nail in the AGW Coffin?

According to recent research mentioned in Science Daily, it could be.

UPDATE: Pssst, and there are well-qualified skeptics (on our side, that is).

A Lovely Letter

America Rising

Oh. Yeah. Yes. Indeed. For now and years into the future.

UPDATE: The link is fixed. Be sure to click on the HQ button near bottom right corner of video. It might open in that mode already.