Wednesday, August 27, 2008

whiney whiney whiney......

One of the most irritating things I find with today's Democrats is the constant victim mentality that brings about incessant whineyness. The constant refrain that even though they lost that they "deserve" something or that the loss was due to some big conspiracy. Now, that this has been embedded in liberal DNA it's coming back to bite them.

This is evident in the way that the Democrat Party is divided by those who won the primary and those who did not - but just can't let it go. The articles titled "Clinton die-hards voice anger in convention protest" and "Many Clinton Supporters Say Speech Didn't Heal Divisions" say it all. It talks about not being able to "Forgive" Obama. Forgive? What in the world has he done that deserves "forgiveness" other than win a political contest? They demand that 18 million votes should count for something. Um - they did. But you still lost. And now the victims are coming out of the woodwork to claim the DNC set it up and made their candidate lose - so it's a conspiracy and they have been wronged!

I just don't get it. But I'm glad to see they're starting to eat their own. This is the same whiney bullshit that has come out of the last two elections. Obviously if you lose, it's not because the other guys was better, it's because the other guy cheated. It's this mentality that forces the DNC and RNC to send lawyers to polling places in advance. To pre-build the case that the other side cheated and is trying to disenfranchise the voter. This just shows how fragmented the Democratic party is and it's a serious point of weakness. This also shows whats wrong with our two partys. Extreme Left and Extreme Right - both foregoing common sense, principles, and the constitution in order to consolidate power and win an election.

It's also interesting that in many polls Sen Obama is losing ground instead of getting the historical bump in the polls from his VP announcement and the convention. This only further fuels the fires that Hillary stoked by saying he can't beat McCain.

Of course, former President Bill "Slick Willie" Clinton hasn't been helping much with his back handed and under his breath comments about Obama. One thing I've got to give the Billary Team some credit for is that they've always been good at triangulation and strategery so you know that these comments, as well as the insistance that her name be entered into nomination thereby keeping her supports foaming at the mouth, are all part of a grander plan.

The only grander plan I can think of is that they really want Obama to lose so they can give out a triple dose of "i told ya so" and not have to wait 8 years to give it another shot. Hillary is 60 and waiting 4 years isn't a big deal. Eight years however....that may be a bit too much since they're making such a big deal about McCain's age. I truly believe the Clintons are power hungry and would prefer another Democrat loss over having to wait even longer for another shot.

I've watched about 10 total minute of the convention this week. It wasn't 10 minutes in a row - I just can't take much of reporters/hournalists fawning over the Dem effette. It's disgusting to watch but i'll be interested to see if the same reporters and news network play as nice at the RNC . I did catch one small segment that interested me - and showed the bias of this particular broadcast.

They were posting comments up on a big screen that were coming from John Q Citizen - and all of them were showing support for raising taxes. Every one of them. Some were well written and slammed Bush's MBA with statements about not knowing that raising revenue is what is needed when businesses need more money. Not one of them mentioned reducing costs or gave an opposing view. I wonder what the political inclination of the folks picking the posts could be? Reducing costs is usually the first step in business when money gets tight. No one likes to tell their customers that the price is going up because some customers won't accept it.....except the government, and they think it's their money anyway. My point is, this is a strong indicator of what to expect if there is an Obama administration.

Raising taxes to distribute wealth based on a socialist ideal of equality and not based on effort or talent.

I'm gonna stop now before I spin off into 30 more paragraphs about taxes, government and impending socialism.

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Even LUC says WTF!

I had no intention of posting today. I didn't wake up cranky. Didn't have the itch to rant. Then I read an article that said Most companies don't pay income taxes. Those damn corporations and their shady ways. Screwing the little guy once again. Bastards!

Go ahead. Read it. I'll wait here.

Now that you're back did you notice some important things? Let's start with who requested the report. That would be two Democrat Senators looking to rally the wretched poor against the evil empires.

"It's shameful that so many corporations make big profits and pay nothing to support our country," said Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D.

Shameful I say. Just friggin shameful. Of course, no where in that report did it say that those companies actually made big profits. (Where is my "Jump to Conclusions Mat"?)

With the attention span most Americans have these days they'll probably stop there and sharpen their chad punchers so they can go vote for the Goliath killers. What they'll have missed is important.

The next two paragraphs tell the story though. The guy from the CATO Institute explains that Limited Liability Corps and "S" Corps pay taxes through the individual owners personal income taxes....and then he says fully half of todays corporations fall into these categories.

Are you ready for some math....I hope so.

If 2/3s of corporations didn't pay income taxes - yet half of all corporations fall into the LLC/S Corp realm, what does that leave us? ok - for the public school educated - 2/3 = 66% so 66% - 50% would leave us with 16% of companies in the US that didnt' pay income taxes.

So 16% of businesses didn't pay taxes. Why could that be? I dunno - if a business has a loss for the year, they have no tax obligation. If a business gets tax credits that are large enough to offset their tax burden - no tax obligation. If a business re-invests in itself for growth - that could reduce or eliminate a tax obligation.

So who doesn't believe that 16% of businesses in any given year would have a loss and therefore no tax burden?

This is just another case of Democrats trying to instigate further class-warfare in our society. I've said it before - here it is again - Karl Marx would be proud. The funny thing is, for every rediculously paid CEO there are thousands and thousands of small businesses that aren't necessarily making their owners rich. They are giving people jobs. Paying taxes. Paying taxes for the people that they gave jobs to. Building the economy one small sale at a time.

Something else these Democrat class warfare proponents won't tell you - for every employee that a company pays, they also pay a percentage above and beyond the salary. For many this is another 20% tithe to uncle sam for basically doing squat.

Don't let em rip our society apart with this foolishness. America is about being the land of opportunity and not the land of guaranteed results. If you want to succeed it should be on your own merits and not because the government pulled someone down to meet you halfway (which is never halfway).

End the class warfare.

Friday, August 1, 2008

Government control...

It's been a month since I last blathered on here - even though I've had plenty to say I just haven't had the time. However, there are two unrelated items that bring me to my keyboard and away from enjoying the hazy, lazy days of summer.

This is about control. Every time a government organization comes up with a way to "save" us - regardless of whether it's federal, state or local - it is about control. Control over what you can think, hear, see, read, smoke, drink, eat or do. Make no mistake - it is about control. Taking it slowly, with small steps, chipping away at your personal liberties in the name of helping. It's the slow trickle of water that forms the Grand Canyon and it's been happening since the late 1800s.

Our first item takes to Washington, DC where the elite and effete of liberty thieves take up residence. One of the many targets is something called the "Fairness Doctrine". (side note: these folks may not know their ass from a hole in the ground, but they can surely name their legislation in ways that would make PT Barnum proud). The Fairness Doctrine is a relic of the past that forced broadcasters to give equal time to opposing points of view. On the surface it sounds like a well intentioned effort. (Paging LUC!) In it's day it was meant to enhance the discussion. Today, however, it's intention is to combat the successes of conservative talk radio. The liberals couldn't do it in the marketplace since it seems that every effort by them to establish a talk radio presence ends up in a financial failure. Radio Stations, when faced with the choice of putting up money losing content for an equal amount of money making content, will choose the path of least resistance and just find something else to run in the time slots. This will have a chilling effect on the public discourse that occurs on these shows. If radio stations thought they could have successful shows based on liberal ideas and hosts - then they would carry them. It's about ad dollars and not political persuasion for the owners of radio stations.

The scary part of this is the potential for the "Fairness Doctrine" to potentially be extended elsewhere. Imagine the cry that wold come from Hollywood when our government decides that movies and TV shows need to be rolled into the doctrine. What about magazines, newspapers, and blogs? The Fairness Doctrine is an assault on the rights afforded by the first amendment. All because the left can't figure out how to succeed on the radio.

One congressman has put forward a bill to abolish the Fairness Doctrine forever. That bill will never make it to the floor for a vote as long as Democrats control the congress. Write your congressman and senator (you can do it online - Senators - Congressmen)

Next on the hit parade is another, smaller, government entity that feels the need to think for the people they represent. Los Angeles City Council has decide that poor people don't deserve the same choices as the rest of us. Or perhaps they've concluded that poor people are too dumb to make the right choices. Either way - this is just wrong.

The LA City Council has decided to ban fast food franchises in one of the poorest parts of the city because poor people are getting too fat. Once again, government feels the need to think for the people. They wrap it up in a package that seems like they are doing this to help (and I'm sure the council is well intentioned) but regardless of their intentions it's an assault on liberty. First is taking away the choices of the citizen, the option and ability to make their own decisions. Second is taking away the potential positive economic impact of new business in an area that needs an infusion of jobs to help the poor raise themselves out of poverty. The feds just increased the minimum wage and now the local government has just limited the number of jobs that would potentially be created in that area. Jobs that would be directly impacted by the increase in minimum wage. All in the name of babysitting the citizenry.

I'd like to point out the craziness that is America's poor people being too fat. The left likes to always compare the US to the rest of the world so lets do that a bit. America's poor are too fat - the world's poor go hungry and starve. America's poor have televisions, dvd players, cell phones and cars. The world's poor live in mud huts (if they're lucky) and don't have running water or electricity. America's poor have every advantage to pull themselves out of their condition if they choose to work for it. Free education, plenty of jobs, and the freedom of movement in search of success. The world's poor rarely can move beyond their local boundries (unless they become refugees due to war, genocide, etc). Get no education. Have no job prospects regardless of their desire to change their situation. America's poor in the current age are living more comfortably, with more amenities, than our parents and grandparents had while working for a living. America's poor would be the rich folks in most of the world's villages.

Government control. It's all about control of the citizenry. It's about making the people of this country more and more dependent on Uncle Sam. It's about power in the hands of the few. Our government has forgotten that they work for the people and not the other way around. It's the audacity that our government takes 30% of our hard earned income in order for it to pay for itself. It's the forced redistribution of wealth. The vilification of those that succeed as not paying enough. Needing to "Pay Back" which would imply that their success has been given and not earned. It's the top 1% paying more than 40% of the bill - the top 5% pay 90%....and then still being called greedy. It's about initiating class warfare to keep the populace off balance and distracted. It's about shredding the bill of rights in the name of "fairness" and the bastardization of that word.

It's about getting and keeping control.