Would be funny if it weren't so creepy

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Charge your iPod, kill a polar bear?

Posted on The Seattle Times

In a report Wednesday, the Paris-based International Energy Agency estimates new electronic gadgets will triple their energy consumption by 2030 to 1,700 terawatt hours, the equivalent of today's home electricity consumption of the United States and Japan combined.

The world would have to build around 200 new nuclear power plants just to power all the TVs, iPods, PCs and other home electronics expected to be plugged in by 2030, when the global electric bill to power them will rise to $200 billion a year, the IEA said.

Ummm, if environmentalists are concerned about the increased electrical power needed to charge our iPods in the future, they're gonna go freakin' ape-shit when we start plugging in all the electric cars they're gonna make us drive.

It's ironic that these environmentalists are the same environmentalists who don't want us to build any more power-generating plants. After all, the polar bears need a place to live, too.

Words to live by

These words are frequently misattributed to Abraham Lincoln, due to a speech Ronald Reagan gave in 1992. The true author of these words was William J. H. Boetcker,a 19th-century, German born Presbyterian minister. These words appeared in a pamphlet he published in 1916, entitled "The Ten Cannots".

• You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
• You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
• You cannot help little men by tearing down big men.
• You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.
• You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.
• You cannot establish sound security on borrowed money.
• You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.
• You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than you earn.
• You cannot build character and courage by destroying men's initiative and independence.
• And you cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they can and should do for themselves.

These ten statements are what differentiates traditional liberal values from conservative values. They espouse civic virtue, personal responsibility and personal liberty, while not creating a reliance upon the state to provide everything for everybody. However, in my opinion, neither of the mainstream political parties in this country truly represent these values. The Republican party used to be close, but has strayed over the years. And the Democratic party, in my opinion, was never very close. Perhaps it is time for a 3rd party to emerge? Sure, I know our political system already has numerous "also-rans". However, none of them are big enough to compete, nor will the Big 2 really allow them to compete.

Why is it we have 12 candidates from which to chose the next American Idol, but only 2 from which to chose our next president?

Zombies

nuff said...

Excuse me sir, but your slip is showing

So, James Carville, the political consultant and strategist for the Democratic party thinks the Democrats will retain their majority status for the next 40 years. He's so sure of himself and his prediction, he has written a book entitled "40 More Years: How the Democrats Will Rule the Next Generation."

Notice the title...he uses the word Rule. I would think an American political consultant would know that Americans do not elect rulers, we elect leaders to represent us in our government. Remember the whole "government of the people, by the people, and for the people" thing??

If I wanted to be ruled over, I'd move to some other flea infested rat hole third world country. I would rather my elected officials lead or govern me. Ruling is what socialist dictators do. Sound familiar?

Perhaps Carville's book title is correct. He envisions the Democratic party ruling Americans for the next 40 years. Telling us what to do, how to do it, when to do it, and how much to pay for it. And not to worry...those of us who don't fall in line will just get branded as potential terrorists by the Department of Homeland Security.

Those of us who are already counting down the days until November 2012 and praying we make it until then, should be happy to see the left so convinced of their longevity. The more convinced they are, the easier it may be for them to fall.

Amen.

Message to Senator Obama, et al,

Was the invasion of Iraq a mistake? Was the ensuing violence and death not worth it? Was "The Surge" a failure? Rather than sit 2000 miles away and pass judgment, why not ask someone who actually experienced things first hand, like Army Specialist Joe Cook.

And make sure you watch it to the end.



Worth it or not, my heart and gratitude goes out to all our troops. Thank you for your service.

Community Organizers LOVE loopholes

Pay attention people. Pay close attention. Senator Obama promises that he, once elected, will not raise taxes on anyone making over $250,000, $200,000, $150,000 a year. Perhaps someone should ask the Boy Wonder how he defines the term "tax increase". In it's simplest forms, Senator Obama's tax plan will let the Bush Tax Cuts expire in 2010, returning everybody's tax rate back to what it was in 2000. Senator Obama doesn't consider this a tax increase. He considers this as "just letting a tax cut lapse."

He promises not to raise taxes on 95% of working Americans. And he won't. Once he allows the Bush tax cuts to lapse, he will have raised the taxes not on 5%, but 100% of working Americans. We will ALL pay more. And this is BEFORE his actual promised tax increase for some of us.

Ned Barnett from American Thinker explains this (as well as the other 3 lies loopholes in Senator Obama's tax plan) very well...

Check this for yourself. Go to http://www.irs.gov/formspubs/ and pull up the 1040 instructions for 2000 and 2007 and go to the tax tables. Based on your 2007 income, check your taxes rates for 2000 and 2007, and apply them to your taxable income for 2007. In 2000 -- Senator Obama's benchmark year -- you would have paid significantly more taxes for the income you earned in 2007. The Bush Tax Cuts, which Senator Obama has said he will allow to lapse, saved you money, and without those cuts, your taxes will go back up to the 2000 level. Senator Obama doesn't call it a "tax increase," but your taxes under "President" Obama will increase -- significantly.

According to the tax tables in Ned's article, a married family, filing jointly and earning $75,000 a year, will pay $3,074 more in taxes after the Bush tax cuts lapse. A family making just $50,000 will see an increase of $1,512. Remember, Obama doesn't even consider this a tax increase.

Another loophole, pointed out by Ned, is in the Social Security tax.

Currently, there is an inflation-adjusted cap, and according to the non-profit Tax Foundation, in 2006 -- the most recent year for which tax data is available -- only the first $94,700 of an unmarried individual's earnings were subject to the 12.4 percent payroll tax. However, Senator Obama has proposed lifting that cap, adding an additional 12.4 percent tax on every dollar earned above that cap -- and in spite of his promise, impacting all those who earn between $94,700 and $249,999.

I don't know about you, but I'd rather keep the money I make, rather than send it into President Obama for him to redistribute.

Over at Snapped Shot, captainfish has posted a very good synopsis on what Obama actually stands for, since the media certainly doesn't dwell on it:

Obama's Friends
Tony Rezko. Rev. Jeremiah Wright. Rev Phlegger. ACORN. Louis Farrakhan. Jesse Jackson. Al Sharpton. Saul Alinksi. Bill Ayers. Palestinian Activist Rashid Khalidi.

Obama's Supporters
ACORN. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Hamas. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. Palestinians. Radical Islam. George Soros. Hollywood. Matt Damon. Anti-Semites. Palestinian Activist Rashid Khalidi. CAIR. Nation of Islam. New Party - Chicago (Socialist party of which he is a member).

Obama's Enemies. (People he does not like)
Christians. Gun Owners. Americans. White People. Corporations. CEOs. People Who Earn Profit. Israel. "People Clinging To Their Guns And Their Religion". Reporters Who Ask Questions.

What Obama Believes About The Constitution
Flawed. Created By White Slavers. Fluid Document. Does Not Protect Rights Of Minorities. Does Not Distribute Unfair Wealth. Does Not Speak Of Reparations. Affects Everyone Worldwide. "Constitution Is A Charter Of Negative Liberties". "Doesn't Say What The Governments MUST Do For You".

What Obama Believes About The Government
Should Ensure A Shot At Success. Should Distribute Wealth. Should Grow Economy From Bottom-Up. Does Not Do Enough To Give Money To Poor. Does Not Do Enough To Restrict Rights. Government's Job Is To Give All Desires To Everyone. Is To Free And Unregulated. Must Subsidize Everything. Must Grow.

What Obama Believes About The Courts
Should Create Laws To Redistribute Wealth. Should Create Laws To Push Immorality. To Mandate Abortion. To Enact Quotas In Employment, Education And Military. "To Enact Redistributive Change". Must Accept Foreign Rulings To Guide Decisions. Protect America's Enemies.

What Obama Believes About The Military
Unfair To Minorities. Terroristic. Murderous. Killers of Civilians, Innocents and Babies. Too Big. Too Mean. Unfair to Non-Militarized Countries. Too Technological. Must Share Technology With Enemies Else Not Have Technology.

What Obama Believes About The Economy
Must Be Regulated And Controlled. Must Be Taxed. Must Benefit Minorities First. Prices Of Goods, Supplies And Fuel To Low. Capitalism Benefits Rich And Harms Poor. Socialism Equalizes All. Marxism Assures Equality.

What Obama Believes About Election Process
Racist. Must Be Geared Toward Minorities. Too Regulated. Too Restrictive. Must Allow Non-Americans (illegals, foreigners, dead people, terrorists) A Voice In Deciding President. People Are Easily Fooled. Who Can Lie The Best. ACORN.

What Obama Believes In
Abortion. Reparations. Socialism. Marxism. Taxes. Reverse-Slavery. Quotas. Stalin. Alinsky. Chavez. Cuba. Restrictions Against Majority's Liberties. Racist America. Social Change. Taxes. Mass-Welfare. Censorship. Abortion For Teens. "Redistributionary Forces To Achieve Social and Political Justice".

What Obama Does Not Believe In
Capitalism. Liberty. Freedom. Constitution. Founding Fathers. Freedom of Speech. Gun Ownership. Property Ownership By Whites. Wealthy People Creating Jobs. America's Purpose. America's God. Less Government. Freedom of Choice (in all things). Legal Justice.

But don't dwell too much on any of this, lest anyone think you might be a racist.

Trick or Treat

Obama-nomics in a nutshell