Archive of entries posted on 19th September 2011

Nuke the News: Taxes Create Jobs, Day of Yawn, and Yay Fraud

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* Hey, I know what will create more jobs: More taxes!

I haven’t even seen a Democrat attempt to explain how exactly taxing rich people leads to job growth. It’s a logical leap too far for even the most craven partisan. I guess the best they could do now is to say they’re taking money from the rich and then using it instead for Obama’s jobs bill.

Think about that: We’re taking money from the rich — people in this country who have proven they can build wealth and create and expand businesses (thus making jobs) — and instead giving it to Obama who has proven he can spend a trillion dollars to no noticeable effect.

They call the right “anti-science”, but the left seem to be anti-basic logic. What are the left these days but a bunch of people patting themselves on the back for believing evolution while walking into traffic?

* Apparently a couple hundred people gathered at Wall Street over the weekend to have a “Day of Rage” to protest… who knows what. And don’t you think it would have been more effective if they did it while Wall Street was actually open? Maybe they have school weekdays — I kinda doubt they have jobs.

We have too many pointless protests in this country. I guess it comes from a misreading of history where people think big change was caused by poster board with rhyming slogans. “Hey, let’s get some placards and write stuff on it and then the world will change!” Yes, protest marches have happened in concurrence with change, but I think we’re not understanding cause and effect. If anything ever was changed exclusively by a protest, it must have been a pretty pointless thing to begin with.

* The Palestinians are turning to the U.N. to get statehood. I think Palestinians statehood is a great idea because the one thing the Middle East doesn’t have enough of is violent Muslim countries. We could really use another one. Maybe one that hates Israel. Of course, if Palestine ever gets statehood, I assume Israel would just bomb and invade them as an enemy country.

Maybe we can just give Palestinians a special place in the U.N…. like maybe a cage hanging from the ceiling.

* I keep being amazed there is opposition to having to present an ID to vote. People keep trying to act like this is controversial, even though a super majority support it (and are probably surprised there is even a debate). I keep seeing this anti-reality statement that there is no record of voter fraud so none exists. Oh really; we don’t check for voter fraud, and thus we have no record of it. How conclusive!

Oh, I just got an email from Chicago; they say they’ve done a study no voter fraud has ever existed ever. That settles it.

Some are trying to make an issue of this with Perry because they passed a voter ID law in Texas, and he should really run with it. If any on the Democrat side wants to be against it, make them carry the pro-voter fraud label as there is no — NO — logical reason to be against having to prove you can vote before voting other than that you are for voter fraud and think it will help your side. We can’t let people this craven get away with quietly holding this view.

* Wisdom of the Day: “Child pornographers are the scum of the earth and should be prosecuted as if they were adults.” –Jonathan Katz

* So Nicolas Cage is some sort of Twilight vampire as evidenced by a Civil War photo. Some people were gathered before Nicolas Cage’s latest movie saying Cage is an unholy, unnatural thing that must be destroyed. I wonder what those people will say when they find out he’s a vampire?

* BTW, today is International Talk Like a Pirate Day. Arrr! Mateys!

Yeah, that’s all you’re getting from me.

Random Thoughts

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We’d have a lot fewer of these death row controversies if people would just murder less.

The economy is still not very good. I’m thinking of rioting. Who’s with me?

When they canceled the marathon, there was a race riot.

In the Star Wars Blu-ray release, Lucas used CGI to make Anakin less angry at sand.

Q. What does the doctor do when you have a big gash on your cheek?
A. SEWS YOUR FACE!

Gandalf is protesting in front of the Mines of Moria in a Day of Mage.

To protest, TNT is playing nothing but awful movies in a Day of Cage.

My wife likes to work with different herbs. Today is Day of Sage.

I notice Intrade now has Romney above Perry. I hate Romney. I’ll vote for him, but I hate him. Actually, I’m in Idaho; doesn’t really matter if I vote in the presidential race.

Do you know how many people are murdered by babies per year? Nearly none. Nearly.

Taxing rich people will increase jobs by…

Is there actually any logic behind taxing the rich other than placating idiot whiners?

“Oh, I know! To help the economy, let’s take money from people who know how to build wealth and give it to moron spenders in D.C.!”

There’s no logical reason to oppose voter ID laws other than that you want voter fraud and hope it will help your party.

People keep claiming voter fraud is rare. How do they know that without voter IDs?

To most people, asking whether voters should show ID is like asking whether murderers should be arrested. There’s no debate.

I hope my favorite show Community wins an Emmy. It will be a huge upset if they do since they didn’t get nominated for anything.

Are sombreros racist?

I just heard they decided no shows were good enough for an Emmy this year and they’re ending the awards early.

We’ve successfully taught Buttercup to say “nom nom nom” when she eats.

Did something from HBO win best drama? Something from HBO is usually pretty good (though vulgar).

Democrat math

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Have you seen Obama’s new proposal? Remember that bill he wanted Congress to pass that night he gave the speech. It seems they finally got around to writing it. It calls for “$1.5 trillion in new tax revenue” plus another $1.5 trillion in spending cuts over 10 years.

What cuts?

Well, it cuts $250 billion from Medicare over 10 years. How much did Paul Ryan’s plan — the one where the Democrats showed grandma being thrown off a cliff — cut in the next 10 years? Zero. I guess Obama doesn’t want to wait until 2022 to toss grandma off a cliff. He threw his under the bus, so why not toss yours over a cliff, right?

Oh, yes, there are other savings, too. $330 billion from cuts to Medicaid and farm subsidies, according to the reports.

So, that’s 1/2 trillion dollars. Where does the other $1 trillion come from? The military. Specifically, it would be from money not spent on troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.

So, does that mean that if Congress doesn’t pass the bill, he’s going to leave the troops over there? Is Obama kidnapping our military and holding them for ransom?

Because if the troops were coming home anyway, the money saved from bringing them back wouldn’t count as part of the proposal, right?

Here’s how his math works.

Raise taxes $1.5 trillion. Cut Medicare, Medicaid, and farm subsidies a third of that. That equals $3 trillion in savings.

Yeah, I can’t get the numbers to add up either. Or figure out how raising taxes is savings.

Must be another example of where reality is to be ignored in order to follow Dear Leader’s plan. There seems to be a lot of that.

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