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REAL source of Spitzer’s downfall

I would write about something other than Eliot Spitzer (D-NY), but I couldn’t pass this up.  Spitzer was destined to hook up with prostitutes because, among other things (including Bush)…his daddy treated him badly at Monopoly.  To think, this whole thing could have been averted had only Little Elliot secured Boardwalk!

Wow.  Just. friggin’. wow!

March 13, 2008 Posted by | media bias, shameful, Spitzer | 3 Comments

Dems in Senate aim to increase taxes

From MSNBC:

The Senate on Thursday gave a sweeping endorsement to some of President Bush’s tax cuts but rejected renewing others as all three major presidential candidates interrupted their campaigns to cast key votes on the budget.

The chamber voted 52-47 to reject a move by Sen. Lindsay Graham, R-S.C., to extend Bush’s tax cuts for middle- and higher-income taxpayers, investors and people inheriting businesses and big estates.

Only raise taxes on “the rich”, huh?  Apparently in liberal la-la-land, this qualifies as wealthy:

Obama and Clinton both promise to reverse Bush’s tax cuts for wealthier taxpayers, but the Democratic budget they’ll be voting for would allow income tax rates to go up on individuals making as little as $31,850 and couples earning $63,700 or more.

Next time you hear some liberal blowhard talking about the evil “rich”, keep the prior paragraph in mind.  Teachers, construction workers, and similar professions obviously qualify as part of the “wealthy elite” now!

For you functional economic illiterates out there, let me explain this to you: not renewing the tax cuts is the 100% exact same thing as passing a tax increase.  I mean, if you paid $1,000 in income taxes this year, and then the tax cuts expire and you pay $2,000 in income taxes next year, on what planet does that not qualify as a tax increase?

As the left clamors to get us to believe we are slouching towards a recession, they are going to make damned sure that Uncle Sam gets his before John Q. Public get to keep his money.  Given the choice between an American doing more with less and Uncle Sam doing more with less, what do you think our imperial federal government is going to do?  “Recession?  Hey, I’ve got a great idea!  In this recession, let’s take EVEN MORE money away from the producers!  Brilliant!”

March 13, 2008 Posted by | economic ignorance, taxes | 9 Comments

Kerry stumped during confrontation about Winter Soldier

Head over to Michelle Malkin’s site to see the eye candy that is Jean-Francois Heinz-Kerry squirming over questions about his slanderous Winter Soldier lies.  Awesomely McAwesome!

March 13, 2008 Posted by | Kerry | 3 Comments

Reid: Founding Fathers would approve of pork

The more this asshat speaks, the more of a caricature he becomes.  From The Hill:

“As we look back in history, the Founding Fathers would be cringing to hear people talking about eliminating earmarks,” Reid said, noting that the Founders dictated in the Constitution that all spending should originate in Congress, not the executive branch. 

Yes, I’m sure that the original George W, as well as his homies Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, etc., thought that the proper role for the federal government was to pilfer taxpayer money to fund quarter-billion-dollar Bridges to Nowhere in Alaska or to confiscate darned near a million bucks of productive people’s fruits of labor to fund online courses for a NV community college.  What federal purposes those serve, I have no idea, but Reid swears that we fought the Revolution for that purpose.

Citizens Against Government Waste found a quote from Jefferson that, as luck would have it, seems to contradict Reid:

Thomas Jefferson made a similar prediction in a letter to James Madison dated March 6, 1796, challenging Madison’s proposition for improvements to roads used in a system of national mail delivery. Jefferson wrote:

Have you considered all the consequences of your proposition respecting post roads? I view it as a source of boundless patronage to the executive, jobbing to members of Congress & their friends, and a bottomless abyss of public money. You will begin by only appropriating the surplus of the post office revenues; but the other revenues will soon be called into their aid, and it will be a scene of eternal scramble among the members, who can get the most money wasted in their State; and they will always get most who are meanest. 

Then again, what does Jefferson know about what the Founding Fathers thought of pork?  It’s not like Tommy J was one of the Founding Fath…oh, wait.  Yeah, he was.  OK, never mind.

March 13, 2008 Posted by | pork, Reid | 2 Comments

Moonbats: Spitzer porking ho’s is Bush’s fault

Come on, folks…you knew this was coming, right?  From Radio Equalizer:

Determined to make lemonade out of their partisan lemons, a fast- growing group of libtalkers, bloggers, feminists, San Francisco media types and other assorted kooks are pushing a theory that fallen New York Governor Eliot Spitzer was somehow “set up” by the Bush Administration.

It proves once again that liberals are not about to allow Spitzer’s self- destruction hurt their party’s chances in November.Though certainly not alone with her assessment of the true motives behind Spitzer’s troubles, libtalker Randi Rhodes delivered a typically over- the- top analysis of the situation at the beginning of Wednesday’s show:

RHODES: The more you look at this the more you understand this man was set up. Now now, wait, I know I just said that. He was easier to set up then Lincoln logs. He was easier to set up then a Christmas train set, which is difficult.

This was easy. This was no I I mean he admitted that he did this thing. But the idea that the guy who ran the escort service that caused Eliot Spitzer to get caught that this man was an enrolled IRS agent running an escort service and it was the IRS who became suspicious because of money transfer is so on its face a set up, it’s unbelievable. However, you know he did do it, there’s no question. He did it.

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When the left resorts to pathetic conspiracy- mongering, you know they’re worried sick about how the downfall of a high- profile partisan might hurt their movement. You can bet your Zapruders they aren’t going to give up on this idea anytime soon.
 

Moonbats: the gift that keeps on giving!

March 13, 2008 Posted by | moonbats, Spitzer | 6 Comments

Reuters stunned to learn makeup of gun owners

From al-Reuters:

… The American affinity for guns may puzzle foreigners who link high ownership rates and liberal gun ownership laws to the 84 gun deaths and 34 gun homicides that occur in the United States each day and wonder why gun control is not an issue in the U.S. presidential election.

The owners are not just urban criminals and drug dealers. There are hunters and home security advocates, and then there are the gun collectors. 

Whoa!  You mean it’s not just bad guys that own guns?  Who knew?

March 13, 2008 Posted by | gun rights, media bias | 1 Comment

KY legislators irked that budget gets in the way of more important matters

When they’re not busy trying to regulate Internet speech, KY state legislators have other similar pressing priorities:

Chicken, cornhole (WTF? – Ed.) and Corvettes. An effort to honor General Motors’ iconic Corvette as the official sports car of Kentucky has stalled in the state’s legislature along with efforts to honor other famous exports.

General Motors Corp assembles Corvettes at a plant in Bowling Green, Kentucky, where it employs almost 1,000 workers. There are plans to add 2,000 more workers when the company adds two more vehicle lines by 2012.

C.B. Embry Jr., a Republican member of Kentucky’s General Assembly, introduced a measure earlier this year to boost the state’s spirits and honor “one of the bright spots” of Kentucky’s economy.

But with pressing issues such as the state budget, casino gambling and proposed tax hikes occupying the legislature, the effort to honor the Corvette has been tabled for now.

Other measures put on hold include a proposal to name Kentucky Fried Chicken as the official picnic food and to make cornhole — a bean bag toss game — the official state game.

“It would still be easy to spend five or 10 minutes to do this bill,” Embry told Reuters in an interview. “We certainly waste a lot more time than that standing around.” …

Seriously…”cornh0le”?  Dude. “Welcome to Kentucky, The Cornh0le State!”

March 13, 2008 Posted by | bizarre | 3 Comments

Thoughts on Spitzer, Vitter, and prostitution

I received an e-mail from a friend who wanted to know how my libertarian views on prostitution square with my belief that Spitzer (who, by his own admission, is guilty) and Vitter (who hasn’t specifically admitted guilt to solicitation, but to being a scumbag…but that’s semantics, I guess) should be prosecuted. That’s a fair question, but it has an easy answer: prostitution is illegal.My friends, many of you will disagree with me on this, and that’s cool, but I think prostitution should be legalized for a couple of reasons.

1. It is not the responsibility of the government to get involved with the voluntary contract between two willing, legally consenting individuals. If a woman wants to charge a fee to provide gratification to a man, and he is willing to pay that fee, than both should be free to do so.

2. There are crimes much more severe than a girl giving a dude an orgasm.

3. If prostitution were legal, it would be subject to health regulations (like restaurant workers, bar owners, etc.) and to federal taxation (income and SS/Medicare).

Many argue that prostitution undermines the family (in the case of married participants). So does adultery of any kind, but that’s not a crime, now is it? Others argue that it leads to the spreading of diseases. That may or may not be true, but that’s where subjecting it to health regulations would be helpful. Besides, unprotected sex of any kind leads to the spreading of diseases, but unprotected sex isn’t a crime, now is it? Adding the element of money somehow makes it less acceptable than giving it away?

Finally, this is about personal responsibility and freedom. If you are free to hook up with a hooker, then you are going to have to be responsible for whatever happens to you: nothing, or divorce, or getting a disease, or getting her pregnant, or whatever else may happen. If you don’t like the risks, don’t get with a hooker. Period. I don’t like the risks, so I’ve never gotten with a hooker. Your risk tolerance may be different than mine.

Anywho, the point is that while I believe that prostitution should be legal, the simple fact is that it is not legal. It is a crime, whether I like it or not, and as such, anyone who violates the law and commits a crime should be punished accordingly: Spitzer, Vitter, or any other hooker or john.

March 13, 2008 Posted by | libertarian, Spitzer | 7 Comments

FL has a fee-vah, and the only prescription is more TP

It’s official: my state has finally run out of problems to solve.  Once again, we’re putting the “duh!” in Floriduh.  Observe:

A proposed law currently making its way through the Florida legislature might help you with what can be an embarrassing problem. Here’s the bottom line, the bill would be a mandate that all eating establishment must have enough toilet paper when you go into the restroom.

The only problem is the bill doesn’t dictate how much toilet paper is “enough.”  (Awesome foresight, you idiot! – Ed.)

State Senator Victor Crist, a Republican from Tampa (no relation to the governor – Ed.), felt the problem was so important, a law must be passed to protect the backsides of anyone in Florida. The measure will also try to regulate the cleanliness of restrooms in eating establishments.

Crist, says in the bill, restaurant inspectors, “should also check the restrooms along with the kitchens to make sure that basic cleanliness necessities are in place.”

The Senate Regulated Industries Committee approved the bill, SB 836, on Monday. It has two more stops to go and as long as it’s not wiped out before then, it could then go to the Senate floor. A similar measure is currently awaiting passage by the House. 

Yes, my friends, this is at the state level.  Some state legislator had a bad experience when a restaurant didn’t have TP for his bungh0le, so he decides to use his position of power to address the problem.  Cornh0le.

Look, I detest gross public bathrooms as much as anyone does, but it seems that the proper remedy is to let the market work this out.  If enough people think an establishment’s lavatory is barely fit for rats, either the owner will correct the problem or watch business walk out the door and possibly go belly up.  Eventually, the problem gets solved.

Besides, if the government is going to get involved, why stop at restaurants?  Who among us hasn’t been to a gas station with horrendous bathrooms?  Gas stations, truck stops, rest stops, etc., all tend to have filthier conditions in their restrooms than do restaurants.  I guess had ol’ Vic got stuck on a bad bowl at the Quik Stop in Wildwood, his efforts would be directed towards that “end” (yes, pun intended).

March 13, 2008 Posted by | big government, Florida | 9 Comments

   

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