What is it with democrats not paying taxes?
Ok, it’s pretty damn clear by now that one of the reason why democrats are so eager to vote for any tax increase that comes across their desk is that have no intention of ever paying it.
Case in point, democrat Senator from Missouri, Clair McCaskill. She just “forgot” to pay $287,000 in property taxes on her very own private jet.
Wait! It gets even better! McCaskill signed on in February as a co-sponsor of Senate legislation that would fire federal employees if they are “seriously delinquent” in paying their own federal taxes…
Yup, by her own rules, democrat Senator McCaskill should be fired.
Wait yet again! There is still more! What was McCaskill’s job from 1999 to 2007? She was the state auditor for Missouri!
So let’s review. We have a current Senator and former state auditor calling for the firing of federal employees who are “seriously delinquent” in paying their federal taxes who just “forgot” to pay $287,000 in property taxes on her personal private jet.
What is no surprise is that Senator McCaskill is a democrat.
Prime Snark
Excellent Snark here in this reply to a blog post about our Dear Leader‘s “foreign adventures”:
What I like about Obama
Obviously, the biggest problem with Bush was sending the military into an Arab Muslim country that hadn’t even attacked us. Among the several things that made that offensive were
* the rush to war – it was only several months after the possibility of military involvement was raised that combat operations began
* lack of United Nations sanction – only 17 relevant resolutions were ever passed before they were enforced
* lack of Congressional oversight – the President authorized the use of military force based on the flimsy pretext of a bill passed by Congress titled “Authorization of the Use of Military Force”, rather than seeking a document that had the words “declaration of war” in it; that’s every bit as bad as getting no Congressional approval at all
* obvious financial motives – clearly no one approved of the murderous dictator or sought a normal working relationship with him besides the French; at the same time, one couldn’t help but be suspicious of the fact that the population we were ostensibly protecting was located conveniently near the oil fields
* stretching our military – we were overburdened as it was, and our brave military despite its courage lacked the resources for yet another operation
* inflating our military – the only way to keep the bloodthirsty Pentagon beast fed was to give it the hordes of jobless young men who had no prospects in an economy that saw unemployment skyrocket above 4% in most states
* ignoring our generals – the decision to go to war was made by political hacks who had never worn a uniform
* inflaming the Arab Street – despite some touchy-feely talk about Islam, it was impossible for the Muslim world not to notice how the President made repeated, insistent proclamations of his Christianity, how he only ever used the military against Muslim targets, and how at the time the war started he’d kept the concentration camp at Guantanamo open for over a year
* wasting money – it was completely irresponsible to commit the military to an expensive mission when the President’s fiscal mismanagement had resulted in a budget deficit of over $150 billion in 2002But anyway, what I really like about Obama is that he’s gone 29-3 in his bracket picks over the first two days. You have to spend a lot of time watching college basketball to be that good.
Meanwhile in Wisconsin…
Threats made against blogger Ann Althouse for publishing actual facts about the Union protests.
This must that “new civility” the leftists have been talking about…
Extra bonus democrat corruption outside Wisconsin:
Two Democratic Party leaders in Michigan face nine felony counts for trying to fix an election. The real news here is that they are actually facing charges, given that election fraud is reliable method of collecting democrat votes.
Update: 20 Days of Left-Wing Thuggery in Wisconsin: When Will Obama, Democrats, and MSM Call for Civility?
I’m not advising you to hold your breath waiting for it.
Update 2: Death Threats by the Dozens in Wisconsin. What is it with so called “liberals” and death threats against anybody who dares to disagree with them? Why is the left so afraid of an open debate of ideas? The next question is just how stupid these death threat making liberals really are. Perhaps the answer lies with this idiot, who posts death threats from his twitter account.
Eat A Tasty Animal Day!
Today we celebrate “Eat a Tasty Animal Day“!
Eat tasty animal flesh at least once today, preferably at every meal.
Doing so shows your support for actual science, which clearly shows that Homo Sapiens evolved as an omnivore.
If you don’t eat meat, you are denying Science!
If one of those smelly hippy vegetarians objects to your eating the tasty flesh of animals, as science says we should, accuse them of being “evolution deniers” and being “anti-science.”
Morning Roundup
Let’s review:
It didn’t take long for the left’s anti-science bias use the natural disasters in Japan to push their agenda:
- The earthquake and tsunami are the result of, wait for it, yup…Global Warming.
- The watermelons are out beating the “No Nukes” drum.
Let’s review the facts of the matter, the nuclear power plant safety systems *survived the 8.9 magnitude earthquake*.
That is worth repeating. The nuclear power plant safety systems still functioned after a 8.9 magnitude earthquake.
It took an 8.9 magnitude earthquake, closely followed by a major tsunami to take them out.
Meanwhile, in California, dozens of people are killed by a natural gas explosion because the gas company can’t keep track of the type of pipe they have buried.
If you want to donate to a relief group that will help the Japanese people, check out Americares or the American Red Cross.
Don’t worry, our Dear Leader isn’t missing his regular 18 holes of golf because of the crisis in Japan.
Former democrat President Bill Clinton is channeling Sarah Palin now, and not how you would think. Mr. Clinton is speaking out against our Dear Leader‘s ban on off shore drilling.
James O’Keefe exposed racism at NPR, which most of the MSM is strangely (or not so strangely) quiet about.
Liberals and socialists are mean-spirited, but we knew that…
Quote of the Day
“Congress has not unlimited powers to provide for the general welfare, but only those specifically enumerated.”
– Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States of America.
Monday Book Pick: Heat Wave
Heat Wave by Richard Castle
OK, OK…it’s a spin off media from the Castle TV show. I read it after watching the first season. For murder mystery pulp, and I have read more than a few, it’s not that bad. Reasonably decent as a stand alone, but the tie ins to the TV show are what make the book more than average. One of my favorites was naming the Judge the writer character plays poker with “Simpson” and noting his resemblance to Homer Simpson. The TV tie in is that the judge character in the show is played by Dan Castellaneta, who is the voice of Homer Simpson! Whomever the author is, I hope he got a decent fee for this. He or she probably had some fun writing it, and now that the next few mortgage payments are made, can focus on work their name can go on…
Sunday SciFi: Babylon 5
Very good, nay, excellent SciFi. Especially for TV. This show wasn’t just SciFi, it was Space Opera in the best sense of the genre.
Grand sweeping story arcs over five seasons, great battles; personal, man to alien, and large fleets of space craft battling for control over this corner of the galaxy.
Much, much better than the Star Trek knock off of Babylon 5. Yes, gentle readers, Star Trek: Deep Space 9 was a cheap knock off of Babylon 5.
The B5 pilot aired first, even though Paramount rushed ST:DS9 to the small screen before the B5 series was approved and made it to the airways. The best ST:DS9 seasons were the ones where they did what B5 did the season before. The ST:DS9 “creative” team even hired the same actor B5 used the season before in appear in what was essentially the same role. The B5 team found this out when they tried to bring the actor back to reprise the role and found out he was over at Paramount filming a DS9 episode. JMS responded by killing off the character and replacing him!
Five full seasons, plus a handful of made for TV movies. Enough to keep you busy for a while if you enjoy really good SciFi.
Morning Round Up
Let’s start with a cartoon by John Cox
The US Tax code is a Byzantine maze that Rube Goldberg would claim is too complex. As I said before…
One of good ideas of the President’s deficit reduction panel was to drastically simplify the tax code and reduce the highest tax rate to 25%. That will reduce the 30% plus overhead of the IRS and get uber-rich democrats, like my senior Senator, to actually pay their fair share of the taxes paid by almost every other working American.
Don’t expect democrats to embrace this idea though. It goes against their core values, like waging class warfare.
Speaking of taxes and the economy, let’s review this bit of news…
Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said a surge in U.S. government “activism,” including fiscal stimulus, housing subsidies and new regulations, is holding back the economic recovery.
Wait! It gets better as Mr. Greenspan puts yet another nail in the coffin of Keynesianism.
“Any withdrawal of action to allow the economy to heal could restore some, or much, of the dynamic of the pre-crisis decade, without its imbalances.”
Not that this will slow down the big government fanatics in our Dear Leader‘s administration.
Speaking of which, it’s time to play “Fear the Boom and Bust” again!
Moving on, I’m am not surprised that democrat Sheila Jackson Lee is a really, really bad boss and would be brought up on harassment charges in the private sector.
Overcoming Liberalism: Step 12
Step 12 of 12: Be a missionary
Once you have completed the previous steps to overcoming liberalism, it’s time for you to share this awakening with others who are not as fortunate. Go out amongst the liberal sheep and spread the good word of your freedom from the chains of ignorance that once bound you. Congratulations, and welcome to reality.