1. Here's a nudge towards the corporate world by the Obama administration - cut the corporate income tax from 35 to 28 percent, but eliminate all of the other deductions and tax loop holes that allow companies to pay less than 35% or nothing at all. My guess is that the corporate boards won't like this arrangement. And, they talk about entitlement programs for the poor the and middle class which are economically destructive?:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/obama-to-propose-lowering-corporate-tax-rate-to-28-percent/2012/02/22/gIQA1sjdSR_story.html?wpisrc=nl_headlines
2. The South believes that it can start the movement that created the Civil War. The mini-minds of the GeeOpee in the state of Georgia actually wants to exempt itself from Federal Laws that it deems objectionable. What part of Democracy does this idea not understand?:
http://www.ajc.com/news/georgia-government/should-georgia-exempt-itself-1357558.html
3. Santorum's assault on public education and critical thinking is not a new thing. This article points to where he is coming from:
http://www.truth-out.org/print/12802
4. Take a few minutes and read about the uber-rich billionaires who give freely of their chump change to the Republican Super PACs. This is America - land of where the volume of freedom of speech is equal to the amount of money you have:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/22/us/politics/in-republican-race-a-new-breed-of-superdonor.html?_r=1&nl=us&emc=politicsemailema1&pagewanted=print
5. Gasoline is sky high and going higher in price. So, you think there is reason to believe the "drill-baby-drill" crowd? Not a chance. We are actually consuming less gasoline that we have last year, and the USA is actually in a position that it cannot consume all it produces, and is selling it out on the global market. And, that is where the problem is. Petrol Casino Players (known as speculators) are betting that Iran is going to shut it off, and so speculation buyers outnumber sellers. Is there any more reason that we should get off the black gooey addictive chemical compound?:
http://www.truth-out.org/print/12828
6. Thom Hartman and his news. Normally, I draft this mess the night before, and I include the East-Coast midnight change-over editions of the NY Times, and the Washington Post, and some early next-day offerings from the LA Times. However, I am going to end it right here for now. Instead, I am going to watch the modern day version of Wiley Coyote and the Three Stooges and watch the GeeOpee debate, then shower up and go to bed.
7. Ah hell, I'm back. I tried for about 10 minutes, and watched those clowns talk about the family, abstinence, and birth control. Is there any reality that exists in the field of candidates, other than an occasional glimmer from Ron Paul? What I saw looked like the Captain and his crew on board the Costa Concordia trying to get close enough to the Arizona crowd and say "howdy".
8. George Will can, and does, eloquently, fill up a whole page with bits and pieces to end with the fact that neither Romney or Santorum are viable candidates to run for president:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/santorum-and-romney-are-miscast-candidates/2012/02/21/gIQA1l48TR_print.html
9. Gov. Chris Christie advises Warren Buffett to shut up about the rich should pay more taxes. If Christie would follow his own advice and "shut up" perhaps his closed pie hole would ne prevented from accepting any more food. From my perspective, it is impossible for him to "come out of the closet" since the doorway is not wide enough:
http://money.cnn.com/2012/02/21/news/economy/chris_christie_warren_buffett/index.htm?iid=HP_LN&hpt=hp_c3
10. Gail Collins did stick around for the entire GeeOpee confab last night. This is her review. I did not miss a thing. I watched The Rachael Maddow Show, instead. Much better:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/23/opinion/collins-four-dudes-and-a-table.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print
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Juan
"See, I'm a visionary. I'm ahead of my time. Trouble is, I'm only about an hour and a half ahead."
-- George Carlin
-- George Carlin
"How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live."
-- Henry David Thoreau
-- Henry David Thoreau
"If we were not all so interested in ourselves, life would be so uninteresting that none of us would be able to endure it."
-- Arthur Schopenhauer
-- Arthur Schopenhauer
"I was the kid next door's imaginary friend."
-- Emo Phillips
-- Emo Phillips
"Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion."
-- Ambrose Bierce
-- Ambrose Bierce
--
Juan
"See, I'm a visionary. I'm ahead of my time. Trouble is, I'm only about an hour and a half ahead."
-- George Carlin
-- George Carlin
"How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live."
-- Henry David Thoreau
-- Henry David Thoreau
"If we were not all so interested in ourselves, life would be so uninteresting that none of us would be able to endure it."
-- Arthur Schopenhauer
-- Arthur Schopenhauer
"I was the kid next door's imaginary friend."
-- Emo Phillips
-- Emo Phillips
"Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion."
-- Ambrose Bierce
-- Ambrose Bierce
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