Friday B-Movie Pick: Eraser
We’re keeping the Schwarzenegger action movie theme rolling with the 1996 flick, Eraser. The plot is about…ok, let us be honest here, the plot isn’t the cornerstone of this movie. It’s an Arnold Schwarzenegger action movie for crying out loud. It’s about the action. That isn’t to say this movie doesn’t have a great cast, and I’m just not talking about Vanessa Villiams role as ‘damsel in distress’/eye candy. Nope, serious acting chops in this one, with James Caan and James Coburn topping the list. James Cromwell and Robert Pastorelli are also raising the acting bar on this film. Hands down, James Caan has the best line in the movie, “I can’t believe you nailed me with this cheap piece of mail-order shit!”, which he delivers after Arnold’s character stabs him with a belt buckle knife.
Independence Day Quote of the Day
“Races didn’t bother the Americans. They were something a lot better than any race. They were a People. They were the first self-constituted, self-declared, self-created People in the history of the world.”
The Glorious Fourth
Bill Whittle takes a look at American History.
Cat in a Box
I’m pretty sure Amazon doesn’t deliver kittens, yet…
Obamacare is a tax act
Filed under: Barking Moonbats, Obamaspeak, Our Dear Leader, Politics, Video
Obama’s Chief of Staff tries to weasel, but Chris Wallace commits actual journalism and provides actual facts, to which our Dear Leader‘s CoS continually denies and repeats the same lies.
The Obama regime SG argued to the Supreme Court that Obamacare is a tax, the Supreme Court ruled that the only way it passed Constitutional muster was under the government’s ability to tax. They were very clear that it was not Constitutional under the Commerce Clause or under the “promote the general welfare” clause. The Obamacare act does not fund a single additional doctor, but it does fund 16,000 new IRS agents in order to collect revenue that will be generated by the Obamacare (more accurately “Obamatax” act). That alone should tell you what the basic nature of the act is, it’s a tax!
Update:
It’s A Tax Hike Stupid! Supreme Court Rules that ObamaCare Really a Tax Increase, Not a Mandate
Quote of the Day
“In the political language of today, people who want to keep what they have earned are said to be “greedy,” while those who wish to take their earnings from them and give it to others (who will vote for them in return) show “compassion.”
75% of Obamacare Costs Will Fall on Backs of Those Making Less Than $120K a Year
Filed under: economy, Obama Economy, Our Dear Leader, Politics, Taxes
TANSTAAFL, baby, TANSTAAFL.
Stephen Moore, Senior Economics Writer with the Wall Street Journal explains the reality of socialist “medical care.”
If you are confused over the whole Obamacare/Obamatax thing, just keep these two things in mind.
1. It contains no provisions to provide any additional doctors or nurses. It does contain funding for 16,000 new IRS agents in order to fund Obamacare.
2. Massachusetts elected a Republican to the Senate and his primary election promise was to oppose Obamacare.
Monday Book Pick: Tax Payers’ Tea Party: How to Become Politically Active — and Why
Filed under: Monday Book Pick, Political Books, Politics, Tea Party
Tax Payers’ Tea Party: How to Become Politically Active — and Why by Sharon Cooper with illustrations by Chuck Asay
Since the vote for Independence was passed on July 2, 1776, I’m going with a political book the founders would have approved of. This book is about citizen government, i.e. a government that works for the citizens not the other way around. It is a manual on how to get involved in politics at a grass roots level. It encourages people to become knowledgeable on the current political issues and lists ways to effectively communicate with elected government representatives.
Sunday SciFi: Buckaroo Banzai
I’ve been a Buckaroo Banzai fan since I saw it, twice, during the opening week back in 1984. Saw it at the old Juliet Theater in Poughkeepsie.
Got the paperback and the long sleeved Jet Car t-shirt.
Now there is a Buckaroo Banzai RPG.
This is not Doctor Banzai’s first appearance in an RPG. Team Banzai was an official part of the Battletech universe.
This is the first official RPG focused on the Banzai Institute though.
Bottom line, Buckaroo Banzai was a fun movie, a good read, and it’s a damn shame a sequel was never made.
Check it out.
Heed the words of Bandit Six
So every four years we elect a king. Since people like consistency, we tend to elect the same king as many times as we can get away with. (See previous paragraph.) And the king, especially in any sort of emergency, has a lot of power. They don’t always, or even most of the time, have enough to fix things right away. But they’ve got a lot of power.
Including the power to totally screw things up.
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For the kids reading this, this is a very important point. When you choose your king, forget most of the reasons you think you should vote for the king. Mostly, the king can’t do much about the economy but ruin it. They can’t make you richer or smarter (although they can manage the reverse). If you want one suggestion, think about all the contingencies under which that king (or queen in this case) may hold your lives in his or her hands. And choose wisely.