Cat in a Box

July 3, 2012 by · Leave a Comment
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I’m pretty sure Amazon doesn’t deliver kittens, yet…

Obamacare is a tax act

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!

HT to Gateway Pundit

Update:

It’s A Tax Hike Stupid! Supreme Court Rules that ObamaCare Really a Tax Increase, Not a Mandate

Quote of the Day

July 3, 2012 by · Leave a Comment
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“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.”

— Thomas Sowell

75% of Obamacare Costs Will Fall on Backs of Those Making Less Than $120K a Year

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.

HT to Gateway Pundit

Monday Book Pick: Tax Payers’ Tea Party: How to Become Politically Active — and Why

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.

Monday Book Pick Archive

Sunday SciFi: Buckaroo Banzai

July 1, 2012 by · Leave a Comment
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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

June 30, 2012 by · Leave a Comment
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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.
…
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.

— Bandit Six

Friday B-Movie Pick: Total Recall

June 29, 2012 by · 1 Comment
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Total Recall

Let us set the WayBack Machine to 1990, when Arnold Schwarzenegger ruled the action movie kingdom. Total Recall draws its SciFi roots from the Phillip K. Dick short story, “We Can Remember It for You Wholesale.” From there, it jams the action meter up to 11. The special effects were ground breaking and Oscar winning for the time. With the remake coming out this summer, take the time to check out the original film. Oh, and take the time to read some Phillip K. Dick as well.

Friday B-Movie Pick Archives

Round Up Post

If you have been following the massive wildfires in Colorado, you probably didn’t hear about this on CNN/MSNBC/ABC/PBS/CBS “News”:

Washington-based Human Events magazine reported in September of 2011 that nearly half of the federal government’s air tankers sat idle at a California airport, as wildfires ripped through national forests throughout California, Texas, New Mexico, and other states. It turns out the Obama administration ended a long-standing contract, leaving the Forest Service with only 11 tankers to battle 50 wildfires that were burning nationwide. A decade ago, the Forest Service had 40 firefighting tankers.

Three hours after the Supreme Court ruled on Arizona’s immigration laws, the Obama regime revoked Arizona’s 287 G “privileges.’  This means that Arizona has been denied the use of the Federal database set up specifically for state governments to identify illegal aliens.

There is bi-partisan support for contempt vote against Obama AG Holder.

Federal Judge Refuses To Halt Florida’s Clean Up Of Voter Rolls.

Drew over at AoSHQ nails it shut:

Illegal voters, Democrats and Eric Holder hit hardest.

While everyone was focused on Arizona, the EPA is getting set to cause the economy to nose dive.

In Which We Learn that ABC News is Literally In Bed With the Obama Campaign…

Team Obama Prepping Thousands of Lawyers for November Election

They want to make sure their traditional voter base, the dead, have their vote counted.

MSNBC 9/11 Troofer host smacked down by College Republican

Obama doesn’t know the difference between outsourcing and offshoring.

Mia Love of Utah Hopes to Become the First Black Republican Woman in Congress

Quote of the Day

June 28, 2012 by · Leave a Comment
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“Aaron Sorkin’s Newsroom. I watched it. I freaking love it but for the reasons you wouldn’t understand. It proves liberals are giving up and retreating back into Aaron’s world of make believe. It’s a left wing wet dream of a show. And everytime Aaron opens up his piehole and bloviates the democrats tend to lose elected office. Go for it Aaron, I hope CNN takes your advice to heart and becomes MSNBC Lite. So they can lose even more viewers.”

— BlondeHouseWife

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