"Okeydoke"
Sunday, September 19, 2010
For real, already.
Stop retreating from the truth !
Come home. The losers of 2006 and 2008 are not the people to trust.
Hello?
The Democrats began taking back the country in 2006. It is time to continue...
I am tired of the mimicking and gimmicking of the electorate.
The Republicans aren't interested in 'taking the country back' in the way the electorate defines it. BUT. They and the Tea Baggers definately are interested in taking back the country the way they had it before.
Where is the Highway Blogger when you need him?
Inquirer Editorial: End tax cuts for rich
Posted on Sun, Sep. 19, 2010
By now you've heard the argument that President Obama's plan to raise taxes on the wealthy would imperil the economic recovery by hurting many small businesses.
The claim is a whopping exaggeration of the likely impact of Obama's proposal to raise marginal tax rates on the highest earners.
Congress must decide by the end of this year whether to extend Bush-era tax cuts that are set to expire. Obama and his Democratic allies want to reinstate the tax cuts for individuals earning less than $200,000 or families under $250,000.
Republicans, and some Democrats, want to preserve the tax cuts for everyone regardless of income level.
Yet they also profess, with a straight face, to being worried sick about deficits. They can't have it both ways.
Opponents of Obama's plan argue that raising taxes on the wealthy would either force small businesses to lay off employees or prevent them from creating more jobs.
But IRS data show that only 3 percent of taxpayers who report any business income would pay the higher tax rates. The nonpartisan Tax Policy Center puts the figure closer to 8 percent - a level higher than most Democratic lawmakers are willing to concede because they want you to believe a tax on the wealthy will have virtually no negative impact.
Regardless, more than 90 percent of taxpayers with business income wouldn't be touched because their earnings fall below Obama's income threshold.
Further, some of the people who would pay higher taxes are not proprietors of a business - they're corporate executives and other wealthy investors who receive some passive business income.
Reporting income as an S-corporation or a partnership does not necessarily qualify a person as a "small-business owner." The total includes people who earn side income as consultants or, for example, receive income from real estate - but who aren't likely to have employees.
Raising taxes on the wealthiest 2 or 3 percent of taxpayers would have an impact on deficits, the subject of valid concern across the political spectrum. The cost to the government of extending tax cuts for families earning $250,000 or more would be $700 billion over 10 years
That sum would be financed by borrowing from foreign governments, and paid off in the decades ahead by our children and grandchildren. That course is irresponsible. In fact, when the economy rebounds sufficiently, Washington will need to revisit the question of raising tax rates on all income groups.
The Democrats' proposal to extend tax cuts for the middle class also comes at a considerable cost to the Treasury - $2.8 trillion over the next decade.
But extending tax cuts for the middle class is more justified by its impact on an anemic economic recovery. The middle class tends to spend more of the money it gets back from tax relief, stimulating job growth. The wealthiest taxpayers tend to save the additional money.
Congress probably won't act on tax cuts until after the November elections. But the best course is to preserve the lower rates for those who can least afford an increase.
By now you've heard the argument that President Obama's plan to raise taxes on the wealthy would imperil the economic recovery by hurting many small businesses.
The claim is a whopping exaggeration of the likely impact of Obama's proposal to raise marginal tax rates on the highest earners.
Congress must decide by the end of this year whether to extend Bush-era tax cuts that are set to expire. Obama and his Democratic allies want to reinstate the tax cuts for individuals earning less than $200,000 or families under $250,000.
Republicans, and some Democrats, want to preserve the tax cuts for everyone regardless of income level.
Yet they also profess, with a straight face, to being worried sick about deficits. They can't have it both ways.
Opponents of Obama's plan argue that raising taxes on the wealthy would either force small businesses to lay off employees or prevent them from creating more jobs.
But IRS data show that only 3 percent of taxpayers who report any business income would pay the higher tax rates. The nonpartisan Tax Policy Center puts the figure closer to 8 percent - a level higher than most Democratic lawmakers are willing to concede because they want you to believe a tax on the wealthy will have virtually no negative impact.
Regardless, more than 90 percent of taxpayers with business income wouldn't be touched because their earnings fall below Obama's income threshold.
Further, some of the people who would pay higher taxes are not proprietors of a business - they're corporate executives and other wealthy investors who receive some passive business income.
Reporting income as an S-corporation or a partnership does not necessarily qualify a person as a "small-business owner." The total includes people who earn side income as consultants or, for example, receive income from real estate - but who aren't likely to have employees.
Raising taxes on the wealthiest 2 or 3 percent of taxpayers would have an impact on deficits, the subject of valid concern across the political spectrum. The cost to the government of extending tax cuts for families earning $250,000 or more would be $700 billion over 10 years
That sum would be financed by borrowing from foreign governments, and paid off in the decades ahead by our children and grandchildren. That course is irresponsible. In fact, when the economy rebounds sufficiently, Washington will need to revisit the question of raising tax rates on all income groups.
The Democrats' proposal to extend tax cuts for the middle class also comes at a considerable cost to the Treasury - $2.8 trillion over the next decade.
But extending tax cuts for the middle class is more justified by its impact on an anemic economic recovery. The middle class tends to spend more of the money it gets back from tax relief, stimulating job growth. The wealthiest taxpayers tend to save the additional money.
Congress probably won't act on tax cuts until after the November elections. But the best course is to preserve the lower rates for those who can least afford an increase.
Repeal health care reform? The Reform Bill has some of the best outcomes for helping small businesses.
There is nothing more discouraging than to have to retrain employees after they have perfected their skills. They move on to better opportunities and provide a liability to small businesses. It inhibits growth and profit.
Small businesses will also be able to save money on their health care benefits to their employees. They will belong to larger. monitored and cost controlled pools. It will serve to 'stabilize' expenses and allow PLANNING for future growth.
The 'idea' that a repeal of health care reform is suppose to be about stemming socialism. Socialism doesn't necessary allow businesses to function better so much as simply absorb costs by the government. There is nothing 'socialistic' about the Health Care Reform bill.
Consumers are going to help decide the cost of their insurance policies. 85% of the premiums have to be put back into actual health care costs. That means if consumers are healthier by their own design of a healthy food supply, exercise in moderation and clear air with safe working conditions they can bend their own cost curve down. That isn't socialism, that is heavy based in capitalism.
Stop Health Insurance Industry Profiteering (click title to entry - thank you)
by Zack Kaldveer, Consumer Federation of California
July 28th, 2007
Skyrocketing health insurance costs are a huge burden to consumers and businesses alike. Health insurance premiums rose 87 percent from 2000 to 2005, nearly five times the rate of inflation and four times the rate of wages.
Many employers pass these premium increases onto workers. Workers are now paying $1,094 more in premiums annually for family coverage than they did in 2000.
Consider where all this money is going:
• Four HMOs regulated by the Department of Managed Health Care have transferred $3.2 billion in profit out of California since 2002 – enough money to provide full coverage to 1 million Californians for an entire year.
• According to Weiss Ratings, between 2001 and 2005, HMOs and health insurers have increased their profits by 170%.
• Kaiser has $10 billion in reserves in the bank – ten times the state’s requirement – all funded with consumer premiums.
Until California adopts a single payer, “Medicare for All” style health care system (i.e. SB 840, Kuehl), and finally eliminates the private insurance middle man altogether, we need to regulate industry profiteering....
The Republicans are fuming over tax cuts that will return function to the federal government? It is ridiculous.
What are people thinking? That somehow a 'balance' of Democrats and Republicans 'will fix everything?'
NOT !
Allowing the corruption and extremist ridden GOP back into the picture only set the country at risk again.
Do Americans live so much in denial because they are so far removed from quality of life that somehow the words these people speak don't matter? Americans actually believe their candidates are different than they state? Or is this simply a "Wacko Year?" I mean even Murkowski never took her own primary seriously. That is denial. Denial in a very big way. She wrapped herself in 'Wall Street and Big Oil' while Alaskans were saying, "No way." Maybe they live with too much Hubris.
..."I know $250,000 of income (click title to entry - thank you) is a lot of money for an individual, but if you're a small business with 10 or 12 employees and your overall income is around 250,000 bucks, that's not a lot of money for that business and they want to put that money back into the business," Matheson says...
That statement is bizarre. That $250,000 is profit after expenses including salaries of 10 to 12 employees. There is room within in a quarter million US in profit to hire more people or expand a business. If more monies were spent on hiring or expansion it would not fall into the upper income bracket. The argument that somehow a quarter million US is small business poverty is hideous and stupid.
These are wealthy Americans. Where do you think they have invested their tax cuts?
It is almost as though citizens actually are testing the limits on how stupid and crude the government can be.
I don't know why Murdoch's paper is 'toning down' the Republican victories. Perhaps to insure their base isn't too embarassed to actually show up for November elections.
I don't believe Republican turn out is going to be an issue. The Wachos know this is their big chance. The RNC should be so proud.
By TENNILLE TRACY
WASHINGTON—A leading conservative senator voiced doubts (click title to entry - thank you) over whether Republicans could gain control of the U.S. Senate in November's midterm elections.
Sen. Jim DeMint (R., S.C.) said that while Republicans could seize control of the U.S. House, "the chances of a [GOP] majority in the Senate may not be that great." Mr. DeMint, appearing on CNN's "State of the Union" Sunday, said the reason was because fewer seats are in play.
Republicans are expected to post big wins in the House and Senate this fall. But the size of the potential GOP gains remain unclear, especially in the wake of victories by tea party candidates over establishment-backed candidates in several GOP primaries....
This is a wealthy American. How did Bachman 'create' a Tea Party Congressional caucus when she is a Republican?
Are you sure?
What kind of policy do they believe they will actually effect?
Look, Bachmann is only ahead by nine points. What is the DNC waiting for? The district isn't that big. Where is the 'end Michele Bachman' occupation of the House BUS?
...While Bachmann (click here) is already dedicated to the movement, some other Republicans " would like the Tea Party to rally as many right-of-center voters to the polls as possible but not have to take any responsibility for the movement's more radical stands or the unseemly rhetoric that issues from some of its supporters," Dionne writes.
He continues: "At the very moment many Republicans are trying to figure out how to finesse the Tea Party, Bachmann is setting out to make the finesse a little bit harder."
At least one other Republican, however, is already on board with Bachmann, Jill Jackson reports: When asked if he'd join the Tea Party Caucus, Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.) said, "You betcha."...
Target the Tea Party Caucus and get rid of them. The backing of Ms. Witchcraft American, Ms. O'Donnell, is enough to disqualify Bachman on 'character and judgement' alone. Unless she plans on carrying out the Salem trials all over again? The Tea Party candidates are dangerous to the USA. If that isn't obvious, I don't what is.
Michele Bachmann Leads Opponent Tarryl Clark By Nine Points (click title to entry - thank you)
09/18/10
by Bridgette P. LaVictoire
As a note of caution, the majority of polling firms have made the assumption that Republicans will turn out en masse to vote this year. While this appears to be the case, it is not necessarily going to happen. In this very Republican “year”, Michele Bachmann is polling only nine points ahead of her Democratic opponent Tarryl Clark (pictured left). Bachmann has held onto to a nine point lead through much of this election. The thing is, with a margin of error of 4.1% and a high number of undecideds, this election may still end up being a loss for Bachmann....
The Obama Tax Cuts uphold the most important tax structure. The 'purchasing power' of the Middle Class.
No hardly. When the deficit is being addressed and the USA's Middle Class has the tax relief they deserve the SMALL BUSINESSES touted by the Republicans as vital to the economy will be seeing an increase in income and 'in that' more opportunity to increase their employee base.
Years ago, the USA legislature ended welfare for the poorest and replaced it 'work fare.' It is time to end 'wealth fare' and pay down the debt that occurred because the USA economy was trashed for corporate wealth.
Local economies. Take back your country.
March 16, 2009
...To hear some of the anti-tax organizations (click title to entry - thank you) whining about the Obama budget, which follows the Obama campaign promises on tax cuts for most working Americans and small tax increases for the wealthiest Americans, you'd think that the proposal was unprecedented in the level of taxes....
These two women are now wealthy Americans. Why? Because they were willing to be Anti-Abortion.
...She fuelled speculation (click title to entry - thank you) by travelling to Iowa to address the Republican Party's annual Ronald Reagan dinner. Her appearance was the clearest indication yet that she is considering running for the presidency in 2012....
The Conspiracy Theory returns. Everyone is 'out to get' Palin's endorsed candidate.
Palin endorses an extremist and all of a sudden the media is on the hunt. Well, the word extremist means something. But, then Sarah Palin knows something about being an extremist that is not qualified for office and being EXPOSED by the media.
Paranoia reigns among the Tea Baggers. Go ahead everyone, explain how that is 'normal' behavior for a 'new party.' A new party is suppose to have enough SEASONED leaders to actually lead. When one looks at the Tea Party Line up, all together they don't have the as much experience in government as a single Democratic leader. Tea Bagger candidates don't lead, they pander to their electorate and ASK permission to vote!
Sarah Palin To O'Donnell: Media Is "seeking ur destruction"
September 19th, 2010 4:31 pm ET
...O'Donnell's campaign has responded to such media inquires on past statements by dismissing them as dated and irrelevant to the concerns of Delaware's voters. And the campaign is following the Palin Tweeted advice of "speak through Fox" News instead of the rest of the press. But O'Donnell is now cancelling on Fox as well. Scheduled to appear on "Fox News Sunday", the campaign had abruptly cancelled over the weekend. And host Chris Wallace stated that it may have been the campaign's decision to avoid being questioned on the "witchcraft" comments....
http://www.examiner.com/rnc-in-washington-dc/sarah-palin-to-o-donnell-media-is-seeking-ur-destruction
This is a wealthy American.
...While the Tea Party (click title to entry - thank you) has scored some serious successes in this primary season, there is one race in which its candidates suffered nothing short of a humiliating defeat: the GOP Senate primary in Illinois. None of the five candidates who challenged Representative Mark Kirk from the right were able to win many votes. The strongest among them, attorney Patrick Hughes received public endorsements from Conservative radio hosts Laura Ingraham and Mark Levin, got only 19 percent of the vote to Kirk's 57. It seems that the people have spoken....
These are wealthy Americans. Where do the other 98% of the citizens believe these men will spend their tax cuts?
The word "Local" is being abused and used for any definiton under the Sun. Wal-mart and multinational companies are NOT local companies. Anyone indicating they would suggest investing locally by placing multi-naitonal companies at the top of their investment lists are manipulating the idea that a franchise actually serves Americans with diversity and employment and GOOD pay and opporutnity.
NOT !!!
There is not an American alive that does not understand the damage Wal-Mart does to local economies and local environments. Companies such as Wal-mart actually cost the local, state and federal government to operate because they pay lousy, discriminate and have poor health care insurance.
It is better for local economies to reclaim their focus and put local insurance brokers to work in providing "Insurance Pools" to small businesses in the area.
This is outrageous. Americans are thought of as fools to be deceived and manipulated either unwittingly or for political purposes. There is no morality anymore, just money and power brokers to it.
Investment Guide: timely opportunities picked (click title to entry - thank you)
By JOHN STANCAVAGE World Staff Writer
Published: 9/19/2010 2:26 AM
Last Modified: 9/19/2010 6:16 AM
...As always, we asked our group of local money managers to pick the local-interest stocks they think will perform best in the next 12 months. As we tabulated the votes from each picker to produce our top 20 list, a couple of themes emerged.
If things improve, consumer spending will rise, which probably was the reason Wal-Mart Stores Inc. grabbed the top spot this year.
Our pickers also liked natural gas plays such as ONEOK Inc. and Williams Cos. If business activity increases, natural gas use could rise, finally driving prices up from recent lows beneath $4 per thousand cubic feet....
Even in 2009, after the largest investment bank collapse in history, the GUIDE only names huge companies with abandon. How many AMERICANS have these companies put back to work manufacturing products that Americans use?
Tulsa World Investment Guide 2009
1. AT&T Inc.: the big apple
2. Bank of America: through the fire
3. JPMorgan Chase & Co.: good show
4. Chevron Corp.: Prolific but second
5. IBM Corp.: new services
http://www.tulsaworld.com/webextra/content/2009/investment09/5a.aspx
Ranking the Area Investment Stocks 2008
l. Conoco Phillips
2. Walmart
etc......
http://www.tulsaworld.com/webextra/content/2009/investment09/2a.aspx
This is a wealthy American.
She is worried. She is worried because she has allowed an extremists right winger win at the instigation of Sarah Palin. All of a sudden her Big Oil alliance seems far less important than saving Alaska from an extremist with 'simpleton' ideas. I feel bad for her, but, she along with every other Republicans in office during the first two years of the Obama Administration did NOTHING except obstruct vital legislation to protect the poeple of the USA.
Now she is attempting a 'write in' to run for her current seat. Evidently, submitting her values to the Libertarian Party was a little to much for her and of course, a Green Party candidate is out of the question.
Gee, you think there is a country and its assets and people at stake with these extremist candidates.
Ah, yeah!
The Republican Party is in disarray and the country is 'at risk.' Why didn't Michael Steele and his alliance with Murdoch see it coming and why didn't he care?
Republicans are about power. They do not care about citizens. If they did, we would not have experiened some of the most corrupt government in the country's history for 8 years under Bush and Cheney. Who is sorry now?
Palin is about money. Not good government. But, it sells well.
Despite Murkowski loss, lands bill not dead (click title to entry - thank you)
By Mary Pemberton
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Story last updated at 9/19/2010 - 10:28 am
The Associated Presss
Editor's note: An incomplete version of this article appeared in Thursday's Empire.
ANCHORAGE - A lands bill that would allow a private Native corporation to pick select lands in the largest national forest is not dead despite the election loss of its main advocate.
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski's defeat in the Republican primary to tea party favorite Joe Miller could lead to major changes in the bill, including removal of the most contentious aspect that has given rise to criticism that Sealaska Corp. is conducting a land grab in the Tongass National Forest in southeast Alaska....
How a Republican House Representative can avoid talking about the Bush Tax Cuts. Smart as a Foxx?
We had good news yesterday as Congresswoman Virginia Foxx became a co-sponsor of the FairTax HR25. She is the 64th co-sponsor in this congress and represents District 5 in North Carolina. Please take time to thank Representative Foxx with a phone call, email or letter, you can find her contact information by going to Virginia Foxx.com.
Now she can use our help spreading the word about the FairTax. We can write letters to the editor of our newspapers extolling the virtues of the FairTax. In a public forum we can ask her about the FairTax and also ask her opponent Billy Kennedy why he is not a FairTax supporter.
This is also a good time to get back after your own Incumbents and ask them to co-sponsor using Congresswoman Foxx as an example.
To all the volunteers that have been working with Representative Foxx in the last years, you deserve thanks and applause.
Let’s keep up the pressure.
John Pierce
State Director
North Carolina
PS Feel free to go to www.ncfairtax.org to make any size donation to support the grassroots efforts in North Carolina
"Plutocracy" by Animosity
The dream is dead and seldom lived
So there has to be a better way than just hoping to be rich
But I look around and what I see
Plutocracy
You're purose is to pollute me, to degrade me
Plutocracy
sign my name unwillingly agree to fucking slavery
I know it fucking sucks, but what can I do I've got to hold on, have to try to make it through
When we are left on our own to freeze, every man is the enemy
Spend my life to improve his
Toil while he is spoiled
It doesn't make sense
Everyday it kills me
But what can I do
To be a part of the system is to be ruled
No one is given a fair chance and at times life is a gamble
Brought it to existence born already wearing the capitalist shackles.
Push me to the bottom and crush me into the earth
HOw low I go or tall I stand traces back to my birth
Use it to defile my freedom and despoil my home
Desecrate my mind and my life as a whole
I know there is more to life than this, but I can't just forget
You want to feed yourself, then place your bet
The only true freedom from this shit is isolation
But I won't live interned to a cage in captivation
So there has to be a better way than just hoping to be rich
But I look around and what I see
Plutocracy
You're purose is to pollute me, to degrade me
Plutocracy
sign my name unwillingly agree to fucking slavery
I know it fucking sucks, but what can I do I've got to hold on, have to try to make it through
When we are left on our own to freeze, every man is the enemy
Spend my life to improve his
Toil while he is spoiled
It doesn't make sense
Everyday it kills me
But what can I do
To be a part of the system is to be ruled
No one is given a fair chance and at times life is a gamble
Brought it to existence born already wearing the capitalist shackles.
Push me to the bottom and crush me into the earth
HOw low I go or tall I stand traces back to my birth
Use it to defile my freedom and despoil my home
Desecrate my mind and my life as a whole
I know there is more to life than this, but I can't just forget
You want to feed yourself, then place your bet
The only true freedom from this shit is isolation
But I won't live interned to a cage in captivation
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Friday, September 17, 2010
Case in point. The damage done by the Bush Administration and its aggressive Rumsfeld/Cheney agenda of global domination.
Did Bush make the USA safer?
No.
Secretary Gates took over an aggresive global agenda from Don Rumsfeld in 2006. December 18, 2006. Just before Christmas if that makes a difference.
I never envied his job post Rumsfeld and here is some of the aftermath of a Neocon determined to bring the global community under his thumb.
The contract Syria made with Russia was in 2007. Three years ago. There was dearly little to anything Secretary Gates could do to stop it. Upping the 'ante' was all part of the justification of Bush and Cheney to increase the dominance of the USA. Disarming was not in Bush's dogma. He didn't understand the defintion of disarmament. If one recalls he trashed the ABM Treaty.
So, what does a Robert Gates do about alliances that were taking place out of the need to secure their nations from a very aggressive and ambitious USA that wanted to rob the world of its natural resources to fuel the treasuries of companies such as Halliburton?
What Gates position was in 2007 with Bush as President was to maintain maximum readiness while concentrating on Iraq and its 'staging' to elections, etc.
When it came to promoting peace there was no 'path' to success. So, nations such as Syria which BORDERED Iraq was not about to be caught unprepared to protect its borders and rightfully so. I am sure the 'finger pointing' by Rumsfeld at porous borders with Syria raised the ante all that much more.
So now, three years later, Syria is looking at a very different set of dynamics. The USA is no longer engaged in battle and aggression in Iraq, we are concentrating on an insurgency in Afghanistan and the USA is no longer waving its finger at Syria about porous borders.
So, Russia is faced with living up to its contracts or BY CHANCE reconsidering such contracts to promote the Middle East Peace Process. Will Secretary Gates and Secretary Clinton be able to deliver security to Syria, to provide confidence to allow that nation to step away from such a contract?
Perhaps. But, there is a dynamics in the Middle East that cannot be denied. Increasing the 'hardware of war' has been on the agenda and after all we just began the process of settling a huge contract with Saudi Arabia ourselves.
I believe there is an opportunity to bring down the 'armament' tone of the Middle East, but, to be realistic 'at this point' the sincerely open path to all parties is to achieve a sense of security of nations and assess the 'likelihood' of those nations to actually use those weapons in aggression rather than defense.
To say the USA has a difficult 'path to peace' with all these nations is an understatement, but, to also realize it is proceeding and there is definately progress being made. Not minor progress, but, sincere and measurable progress that seems like a 'relief' to Palestine as well as Israel.
The 'balance' to the Middle East has to be established and it means making these nations realize the brevity to their decisions in purchasing such weapons, the brevity of spending monies on weapons rather than on their people and the brevity of going to war.
The USA will never abandon Israel and 'in that' is the reality that Syria will have a good deal of trouble in stockpiling such weapons and placing itself at the center of a 'target' for even housing such weapons.
The decision of 'arming a nation' has its own brevity and it is best all nations in the Middle East take it seriously and realize this is not a decision to make without its consequences.
I do not see why this 'contract' that was entered into under the umbrella of fear by the Bush White House cannot still be rethought, but, if it should go forward I do not see why it will ever be an impediment to peace. After all, Taiwan now has a productive relationship with China (which has nuclear weapons) and they never gave up their defense posture nor ever stopped protecting its people.
I do believe Secretary Clinton needs to get on with drawing up the ultimate contract and that is the one that will make all these armaments in the Middle East seeem completely silly.
Redefining power. Up to now, after eight years of self inflicted helplessness under "W" is OPPRESSION.
The MICRO - particulates will kill people. They will claim STATES rights. But, the Clean Air Act preempts the emmission issue. IT IS NOT clean energy. The Clean Air Act will require the ceasation of emissions as soon as 'THE WIND' carries the pollution over the state line.
FirstEnergy cleared for $200m Ohio biomass project
The move means that any power generated by the power plant using biomass fuels can be classed as renewable energy under the state’s renewable energy credits system of incentives.
It would be eligible for up to 75MW of renewable energy credits from the project, more if the facility uses less than 20% coal and fuel oil....
http://www.brighterenergy.org/14973/news/bioenergy/firstenergy-cleared-for-200m-biomass-co-firing-project-in-ohio/
I used to review Mike's blog on a regular basis over the years and maybe I need to do that again. The review usually spoke for itself and all I needed to do was list the articles and briefly comment. As of late, Michael Moore is becoming more 'Main Stream' than not and his work in Michigan has huge dynamics. He literally revitalized Traverse City AND the region by introducing 'art' and 'film art' to a nearly extinct part of Michigan. Northern Michigan was not only deteriorated and abandoned, but, down right primative.
Recently, Traverse City defeated the building of four Biomass Plansts that would have dumped tonnes and tonnes of deadly toxins in to a NEW TOURIST rich region that also hosts one of the most prestigious arts high schools on the planet.
Even though these sets of biomass plants are shelved and the city is seeking alternative energies and other methods of energy the sad truth about these plants are only beginning in the USA. I could go on and on about Adenocarcomas and how they are the "Non-Smoker" lung cancer that result from deadly and tiny particles from biomass plants and coal plants, but, that would take some space and this isn't about 'conservation or energy.' It is however, about the people of Michigan and the 'kindly' manner they have fostered within their culture to absorb disappointment and allow abuse of power.
I haven't read Ms. Huffington's book yet, but, I am hoping her "Third World America" has captured this exact phenomena in a real way. Abuse of Power is real. It causes oppression and we have witnessed it globally. When populous of citizens are helpless to change their circumstances they don't 'retreat' but they do 'resign.' They resign to being 'correct' and 'know the truth' and 'bond together' and 'hunker down at the local pub' to civilly talk about how lousy life actually is and how this was never explained to them as they sacrificed and toiled all their lives.
There are issues with Americans. They have had thirty years or more years of Republican Oppression intermitently interrupted by a Democratic President that would set their circumstances straight. To make the USA an honest and better place. To revitalize THE TRUTH as the doctrine of the USA Constitution and take seriously 'the promise' so easily trashed by the Republicans Capitalistic Focus and Indulgence.
There are millions of 'resigned' Americans within its borders. The African American Community of the USA doesn't know what it is to be resigned, for if they did, they would never be allowed to be successful.
The USA needs to be 'disturbed' enough to save itself anymore 'blows to their freedoms' by idiots we are now witnessing mentored by flunkies like Palin, Gingrich and Murdoch. Of the three, the only one that has managed to maintain their status for a lifetime is Murdoch. Palin lost her Governorship to obsession of wealth and Gingrich was drummed out of the 'corp of Republicans' by making a 'contract with America' that turned out to be a 'bogus' PLEDGE.
You can call it 'draining the swamp' if you want, but, what is occurring in the USA is 'resignation of hope.' The people of this country need to find their anger is a way that is productive and achieves purpose. They need to fight the fires of hatred, even though they don't recognize it as hatred.
I frequently state, "President Obama sincerely loves us." That means he takes himself and us seriously enough to seek out people like Elizabeth Warren to 'Fight the Good Fight." He can't do it alone. The 'Spirit of 1776" has to be revitalized even when sports heroes are wrongly ruled on. Believe me the Tea Bagger have no idea what the Founding Father's Spirit is all about, they only know the one that Murdoch dictates and it doesn't even come close.
Get up and fight America, but, do it with an understanding that you've been 'beaten and abused' into an emotional corner that 'feels good' but has no real substance to sustain life in a democracy.
Those that demonstrated for peace under Bush know what the word oppression means when they faced snippers on rooftops while they were marching in a PERMITTED event. They wore all their costumes and carried signs that would humilitate. We are now today out of Iraq and will be leaving Afghansitan. They were far from a failutre.
...But maybe the Bears game wouldn't be so bad had (click title to entry - thank you) not Armando Galarraga of the Detroit Tigers also had his perfect game ripped from him by an umpire back in June. Not only did he throw a perfect game (not a single batter made it to first base in 8 2/3 innings, a virtually impossible feat), but he also got the last out of the game by running over to first base himself to touch the bag in plenty of time before the runner got there.
There have only been 20 perfect games in the history of baseball. The 21st, by this umpire's own admission after the game, was stolen from Galarraga because of his bad call.
Neither call, in baseball or football, was reversed. And neither Detroiter asked for it to be. Galarraga and Johnson took their abuse with such good grace and forgiveness, it set an example that all of us wished we could see in sports every week. People were amazed not to witness any Motor City madmen action -- only humility and kindness.
Well, I'm from Flint, so I ain't all that forgiving. That these two huge blown calls could happen in the same summer to a town already so badly battered just sucks. I'm not saying that umps and refs have it out for Detroit. But ask yourself this: Do you think two blown calls on huge historic plays in one summer would be allowed without any howl or cry if they happened to two teams in New York? You know the answer....
FirstEnergy cleared for $200m Ohio biomass project
Published: August 18, 2010
...The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has certified the 156-megawatt units at the Shadyside facility as eligible as renewable energy generators under state law.The move means that any power generated by the power plant using biomass fuels can be classed as renewable energy under the state’s renewable energy credits system of incentives.
It would be eligible for up to 75MW of renewable energy credits from the project, more if the facility uses less than 20% coal and fuel oil....
http://www.brighterenergy.org/14973/news/bioenergy/firstenergy-cleared-for-200m-biomass-co-firing-project-in-ohio/
I used to review Mike's blog on a regular basis over the years and maybe I need to do that again. The review usually spoke for itself and all I needed to do was list the articles and briefly comment. As of late, Michael Moore is becoming more 'Main Stream' than not and his work in Michigan has huge dynamics. He literally revitalized Traverse City AND the region by introducing 'art' and 'film art' to a nearly extinct part of Michigan. Northern Michigan was not only deteriorated and abandoned, but, down right primative.
Recently, Traverse City defeated the building of four Biomass Plansts that would have dumped tonnes and tonnes of deadly toxins in to a NEW TOURIST rich region that also hosts one of the most prestigious arts high schools on the planet.
Even though these sets of biomass plants are shelved and the city is seeking alternative energies and other methods of energy the sad truth about these plants are only beginning in the USA. I could go on and on about Adenocarcomas and how they are the "Non-Smoker" lung cancer that result from deadly and tiny particles from biomass plants and coal plants, but, that would take some space and this isn't about 'conservation or energy.' It is however, about the people of Michigan and the 'kindly' manner they have fostered within their culture to absorb disappointment and allow abuse of power.
I haven't read Ms. Huffington's book yet, but, I am hoping her "Third World America" has captured this exact phenomena in a real way. Abuse of Power is real. It causes oppression and we have witnessed it globally. When populous of citizens are helpless to change their circumstances they don't 'retreat' but they do 'resign.' They resign to being 'correct' and 'know the truth' and 'bond together' and 'hunker down at the local pub' to civilly talk about how lousy life actually is and how this was never explained to them as they sacrificed and toiled all their lives.
There are issues with Americans. They have had thirty years or more years of Republican Oppression intermitently interrupted by a Democratic President that would set their circumstances straight. To make the USA an honest and better place. To revitalize THE TRUTH as the doctrine of the USA Constitution and take seriously 'the promise' so easily trashed by the Republicans Capitalistic Focus and Indulgence.
There are millions of 'resigned' Americans within its borders. The African American Community of the USA doesn't know what it is to be resigned, for if they did, they would never be allowed to be successful.
The USA needs to be 'disturbed' enough to save itself anymore 'blows to their freedoms' by idiots we are now witnessing mentored by flunkies like Palin, Gingrich and Murdoch. Of the three, the only one that has managed to maintain their status for a lifetime is Murdoch. Palin lost her Governorship to obsession of wealth and Gingrich was drummed out of the 'corp of Republicans' by making a 'contract with America' that turned out to be a 'bogus' PLEDGE.
You can call it 'draining the swamp' if you want, but, what is occurring in the USA is 'resignation of hope.' The people of this country need to find their anger is a way that is productive and achieves purpose. They need to fight the fires of hatred, even though they don't recognize it as hatred.
I frequently state, "President Obama sincerely loves us." That means he takes himself and us seriously enough to seek out people like Elizabeth Warren to 'Fight the Good Fight." He can't do it alone. The 'Spirit of 1776" has to be revitalized even when sports heroes are wrongly ruled on. Believe me the Tea Bagger have no idea what the Founding Father's Spirit is all about, they only know the one that Murdoch dictates and it doesn't even come close.
Get up and fight America, but, do it with an understanding that you've been 'beaten and abused' into an emotional corner that 'feels good' but has no real substance to sustain life in a democracy.
Those that demonstrated for peace under Bush know what the word oppression means when they faced snippers on rooftops while they were marching in a PERMITTED event. They wore all their costumes and carried signs that would humilitate. We are now today out of Iraq and will be leaving Afghansitan. They were far from a failutre.
...But maybe the Bears game wouldn't be so bad had (click title to entry - thank you) not Armando Galarraga of the Detroit Tigers also had his perfect game ripped from him by an umpire back in June. Not only did he throw a perfect game (not a single batter made it to first base in 8 2/3 innings, a virtually impossible feat), but he also got the last out of the game by running over to first base himself to touch the bag in plenty of time before the runner got there.
There have only been 20 perfect games in the history of baseball. The 21st, by this umpire's own admission after the game, was stolen from Galarraga because of his bad call.
Neither call, in baseball or football, was reversed. And neither Detroiter asked for it to be. Galarraga and Johnson took their abuse with such good grace and forgiveness, it set an example that all of us wished we could see in sports every week. People were amazed not to witness any Motor City madmen action -- only humility and kindness.
Well, I'm from Flint, so I ain't all that forgiving. That these two huge blown calls could happen in the same summer to a town already so badly battered just sucks. I'm not saying that umps and refs have it out for Detroit. But ask yourself this: Do you think two blown calls on huge historic plays in one summer would be allowed without any howl or cry if they happened to two teams in New York? You know the answer....
Things are getting very silly when it comes to the Climate Crisis.
California Braces for Showdown on Emissions (click title to entry - thank you)
By ADAM NAGOURNEY
Published: September 16, 2010
LOS ANGELES — A ballot initiative to suspend a milestone California law curbing greenhouse gas emissions is drawing a wave of contributions from out-of-state oil companies, raising concerns among conservationists as it emerges as a test of public support for potentially costly environmental measures during tough economic times.
Charles and David Koch, the billionaires from Kansas who have played a prominent role in financing the Tea Party movement, donated $1 million to the campaign to suspend the Global Warming Solutions Act, which was passed four years ago,...
There was a 2007 Decision by the USA Supreme Court mandating the EPA was to rule in the regulation of Greenhouse Gases. This 'action' in California is empty and unconstitutional. It won't survive the first court challenge. It is nothing but an election stunt as far as I am concerned.
I mean California was one of many states that sued the EPA under the Bush Administration that brought about the ruling in the first place. This is a hideous petition and simply carries no brevity except for political rhetoric. And the Koch 'addicts' are spending a million US on a campaign initiative, but, what else is new?
High Court Faults EPA Inaction on Emissions
Critics of Bush Stance on Warming Claim Victory
By Robert Barnes and Juliet Eilperin
Washington Post Staff Writers
Tuesday, April 3, 2007
..."EPA has offered no reasoned explanation for its refusal to decide whether greenhouse gases cause or contribute to climate change," Justice John Paul Stevens wrote for the majority. The agency "identifies nothing suggesting that Congress meant to curtail EPA's power to treat greenhouse gases as air pollutants," the opinion....
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/02/AR2007040200487.html
There is another article in the NY Times about tornadoes hitting the city. Think 'HEAT SINK.'
What is a 'heat sink' and why are major metropolitan areas being struck by tornadoes?
A few years ago I was tracking a 'system' on radar and I could not believe what I saw. As the system came closer to St. Louis, Missouri it was picking up vorticity (velocity). The closer it got to the city the more danger there was and before much longer there were tornadoes warnings. When I looked at the newspapers in regard to the 'aftermath' there was significant damage done to St. Matthew's church. Of course, I blogged about it and to some it would seem as though God was speaking loud and clear.
Supreme Court: EPA must address climate risk
The high court's 5-to-4 ruling Monday rejects the White House's view and hands environmentalists a major victory.
By Warren Richey, Staff Writer, Brad Knickerbocker, Staff Writer / April 3, 2007
WASHINGTON AND ASHLAND, ORE.
The Environmental Protection Agency must take action to assess the environmental perils of global warming.
In a major victory for environmentalists, the US Supreme Court on Monday rejected the Bush administration's view that the EPA has discretion to decide when and how to best respond to international environmental threats. The vote was 5 to 4.
Instead, the high court said laws passed by Congress to protect the environment require the EPA to swing into action to assess environmental threats that jeopardize human health and safety.
"Under the clear terms of the Clean Air Act, EPA can avoid taking further action only if it determines that greenhouse gases do not contribute to climate change or if it provides some reasonable explanation," writes Justice John Paul Stevens for the majority. He says the agency had offered no reasonable explanation to avoid the clear instructions of the Clean Air Act.
"This is the congressional design," Justice Stevens writes. "EPA has refused to comply with this clear statutory command." Joining Stevens in the majority were Justices Anthony Kennedy, David Souter, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Stephen Breyer....
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0403/p01s01-usju.html
BUT, there would be more of these 'city tornado episodes.' There was one that struck a CNN studio and did a lot of damage. It was all over the media and people were astounded by the force of what most people would term 'a strong storm.' There would be a growing number of these 'incidents' which includes stadiums and the 'weather broadcasters' were calling them 'down blasts.' Another name for a low level tornado of short duration.
In recent history New York City has experienced tornadoes. I believe it was last year or the year before an F1 touched down doing a fair amount of damage to a community.
So am I surprised that while it seems 'more logical' to have 'tornado touchdowns' closer to Eastern Lake Ontario than NYC, the answer is "No."
Why? I really think nearly anyone that understands the Climate Crisis began with Human Induced Global WARMING , will 'figure out' what a 'heat sink' is and why they are FUELING their own destructive storms.
Will they get worse? Yes. But, they will become more frequent before they get worse. Or. Will they?
If the cities are 'unsure' what to do with this phenomena, the white roofs will help, but, they need regular cleaning. Also, one might recall an interest in a "Paris" design modeled after the "Hanging Gardens of Babylon."
What was that? Let's see.
If you haven't run across Blanc's work before, prepare to be wowed. He's the creator of Le Mur Vegetal -- the remarkable "vertical gardens" that now adorn the exterior walls of buildings in Paris, Manhattan, Bangkok, and other cities. One notable example is the Musée du quai Branly in Paris (photo © goodduckling @ Flickr):
http://www.onearth.org/community-blog/concrete-canyons-hanging-gardens-patrick-blancs-green-walls
It is no substitution for healthy forests, but, it will soak up some carbon dioxide and anything 'green' will bring temperatures down. Try walking across a street and then across a lawn. Notice two things. The level of noise caused by your feet and the temperature difference.
Below is the Massachusetts ruling that send same ot the Supreme Court.
While the court recognized the validity behind the science as opposed to the politics of the Bush White House. One other thing. Now that we know the Brisith scientists were victimized and the opposition that grew around the invasion of privacy of a professor's email is bogus, what happened to the investigation that would find and convict those that broke into the British university website?
...1. Petitioners have standing to challenge the EPA’s denial of their rulemaking petition. Pp. 12–23.
(a) This case suffers from none of the defects that would preclude it from being a justiciable Article III “Controvers[y].” See, e.g., Luther v. Borden, 7 How. 1. Moreover, the proper construction of a congressional statute is an eminently suitable question for federal-court resolution, and Congress has authorized precisely this type of challenge to EPA action,...
http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/05-1120.ZS.html
By ADAM NAGOURNEY
Published: September 16, 2010
LOS ANGELES — A ballot initiative to suspend a milestone California law curbing greenhouse gas emissions is drawing a wave of contributions from out-of-state oil companies, raising concerns among conservationists as it emerges as a test of public support for potentially costly environmental measures during tough economic times.
Charles and David Koch, the billionaires from Kansas who have played a prominent role in financing the Tea Party movement, donated $1 million to the campaign to suspend the Global Warming Solutions Act, which was passed four years ago,...
There was a 2007 Decision by the USA Supreme Court mandating the EPA was to rule in the regulation of Greenhouse Gases. This 'action' in California is empty and unconstitutional. It won't survive the first court challenge. It is nothing but an election stunt as far as I am concerned.
I mean California was one of many states that sued the EPA under the Bush Administration that brought about the ruling in the first place. This is a hideous petition and simply carries no brevity except for political rhetoric. And the Koch 'addicts' are spending a million US on a campaign initiative, but, what else is new?
High Court Faults EPA Inaction on Emissions
Critics of Bush Stance on Warming Claim Victory
By Robert Barnes and Juliet Eilperin
Washington Post Staff Writers
Tuesday, April 3, 2007
..."EPA has offered no reasoned explanation for its refusal to decide whether greenhouse gases cause or contribute to climate change," Justice John Paul Stevens wrote for the majority. The agency "identifies nothing suggesting that Congress meant to curtail EPA's power to treat greenhouse gases as air pollutants," the opinion....
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/02/AR2007040200487.html
There is another article in the NY Times about tornadoes hitting the city. Think 'HEAT SINK.'
What is a 'heat sink' and why are major metropolitan areas being struck by tornadoes?
A few years ago I was tracking a 'system' on radar and I could not believe what I saw. As the system came closer to St. Louis, Missouri it was picking up vorticity (velocity). The closer it got to the city the more danger there was and before much longer there were tornadoes warnings. When I looked at the newspapers in regard to the 'aftermath' there was significant damage done to St. Matthew's church. Of course, I blogged about it and to some it would seem as though God was speaking loud and clear.
Supreme Court: EPA must address climate risk
The high court's 5-to-4 ruling Monday rejects the White House's view and hands environmentalists a major victory.
By Warren Richey, Staff Writer, Brad Knickerbocker, Staff Writer / April 3, 2007
WASHINGTON AND ASHLAND, ORE.
The Environmental Protection Agency must take action to assess the environmental perils of global warming.
In a major victory for environmentalists, the US Supreme Court on Monday rejected the Bush administration's view that the EPA has discretion to decide when and how to best respond to international environmental threats. The vote was 5 to 4.
Instead, the high court said laws passed by Congress to protect the environment require the EPA to swing into action to assess environmental threats that jeopardize human health and safety.
"Under the clear terms of the Clean Air Act, EPA can avoid taking further action only if it determines that greenhouse gases do not contribute to climate change or if it provides some reasonable explanation," writes Justice John Paul Stevens for the majority. He says the agency had offered no reasonable explanation to avoid the clear instructions of the Clean Air Act.
"This is the congressional design," Justice Stevens writes. "EPA has refused to comply with this clear statutory command." Joining Stevens in the majority were Justices Anthony Kennedy, David Souter, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Stephen Breyer....
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0403/p01s01-usju.html
BUT, there would be more of these 'city tornado episodes.' There was one that struck a CNN studio and did a lot of damage. It was all over the media and people were astounded by the force of what most people would term 'a strong storm.' There would be a growing number of these 'incidents' which includes stadiums and the 'weather broadcasters' were calling them 'down blasts.' Another name for a low level tornado of short duration.
In recent history New York City has experienced tornadoes. I believe it was last year or the year before an F1 touched down doing a fair amount of damage to a community.
So am I surprised that while it seems 'more logical' to have 'tornado touchdowns' closer to Eastern Lake Ontario than NYC, the answer is "No."
Why? I really think nearly anyone that understands the Climate Crisis began with Human Induced Global WARMING , will 'figure out' what a 'heat sink' is and why they are FUELING their own destructive storms.
Will they get worse? Yes. But, they will become more frequent before they get worse. Or. Will they?
If the cities are 'unsure' what to do with this phenomena, the white roofs will help, but, they need regular cleaning. Also, one might recall an interest in a "Paris" design modeled after the "Hanging Gardens of Babylon."
What was that? Let's see.
If you haven't run across Blanc's work before, prepare to be wowed. He's the creator of Le Mur Vegetal -- the remarkable "vertical gardens" that now adorn the exterior walls of buildings in Paris, Manhattan, Bangkok, and other cities. One notable example is the Musée du quai Branly in Paris (photo © goodduckling @ Flickr):
http://www.onearth.org/community-blog/concrete-canyons-hanging-gardens-patrick-blancs-green-walls
It is no substitution for healthy forests, but, it will soak up some carbon dioxide and anything 'green' will bring temperatures down. Try walking across a street and then across a lawn. Notice two things. The level of noise caused by your feet and the temperature difference.
Below is the Massachusetts ruling that send same ot the Supreme Court.
While the court recognized the validity behind the science as opposed to the politics of the Bush White House. One other thing. Now that we know the Brisith scientists were victimized and the opposition that grew around the invasion of privacy of a professor's email is bogus, what happened to the investigation that would find and convict those that broke into the British university website?
...1. Petitioners have standing to challenge the EPA’s denial of their rulemaking petition. Pp. 12–23.
(a) This case suffers from none of the defects that would preclude it from being a justiciable Article III “Controvers[y].” See, e.g., Luther v. Borden, 7 How. 1. Moreover, the proper construction of a congressional statute is an eminently suitable question for federal-court resolution, and Congress has authorized precisely this type of challenge to EPA action,...
http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/05-1120.ZS.html
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