Wednesday, February 29, 2012
The results are in.......
Mitt Romney wins both Michigan and Arizona. This doesn't surprise most. What do you think about it?
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
A fun little quiz.
Super Tuesday is only a week away. Before scrolling down, can you name all of the states involved.
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Monday, February 27, 2012
Forbes: Obama’s Tax Plan ‘House of Horrors’
Wednesday, 22 Feb 2012 05:50 PM
By Paul Scicchitano and John Bachman
Former presidential candidate and Forbes magazine editor Steve Forbes tells Newsmax.TV that the Obama administration’s plan to cut the corporate tax rate from 35 to 28 percent is really a “house of horrors.”
While the plan outlined today by Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner would seek an even lower effective rate for manufacturers, the overall plan represents a “not-so-stealth tax increase” that will do more harm than good, according to Forbes, speaking in an exclusive interview on Wednesday.
“It also plays games in terms of picking winners and losers instead of trying to have a neutral tax code,” Forbes insisted. “You see it in terms of taxing overseas earnings which would be devastating to this global economy, reducing deductibility of interest, trying to put taxes on S-Corps and limited liability corporations which would devastate small businesses, playing games with the oil industry and the aircraft industry, going after life insurance, trying to make deductibility of terms of investments less by giving a premium to inflation. I mean you go down the list and it’s a house of horrors.”
Under the Obama administration’s plan, corporations would have to give up dozens of loopholes and subsidies that they now enjoy. Corporations with overseas operations would also face a minimum tax on their foreign earnings.
The proposed tax rate on dividends would soar to almost 45 percent, and strike yet another blow to America’s economic recovery.
“It’s going to hurt the value of their equities, whether it’s direct ownership through mutual funds or through their pension funds,” says Forbes. “It’s going to reduce the payout. Studies have shown that when the dividend tax was reduced back in 2003 the payouts within a few years tripled. Those are going to be restricted again because it’s cheaper to either hold on to the cash or buy back stock rather than paying it out directly in cash to shareholders. It also means a poorer economy because it puts the capital — freezes capital into companies — instead of freeing it up for reinvestment into start-ups.”
Forbes believes that today’s announcement is nothing more than fuel for Obama’s re-election effort.
“It’s a campaign document as was the State of the Union address,” Forbes said. “He [Obama] knows it’s not going to pass, but he figures he can score points by playing populist on things like oil companies, the aircraft industry and going after overseas investment.”
Barring an attack on Iran, Forbes doesn’t see the price of gasoline rising much past $4.50 per gallon prior to the general election though some experts view the $4 mark as a psychological barrier for Americans.
“It’s not going to help the president, but it’s not going to be a total killer. His overall performance should disqualify him enough,” according to Forbes.
Forbes, nevertheless, believes that an Israeli attack on Iran is likely. “I think they’re going to feel desperate enough, feeling the issues are of such existential nature that they will take action against Iran,” he said. “That’s going to have an unknown impact on oil but it’s going to send it up because insurance rates alone for tankers are going to shoot through the roof because of uncertainty about what happens to the Strait of Hormuz.”
Forbes said that the U.S. economy overall is still “fragile,” although it is likely to show improvement this year over 2011. “It’s the equivalent of being on an open highway. Last year we went 20 miles per hour. This year we might get it up to 35 or 40 when we should be doing 70-75 miles an hour.”
While the Dow Jones industrial average briefly surged past the 13,000 mark on Tuesday for the first time since May 2008, Forbes says it should also be higher.
“It shows the economy is better. But we have to remember in real terms the market is still well below what it was in the late 1990s,” Forbes acknowledged. “We’re still barely back where we were when the crisis started in 2007-2008. Given the enormous productivity we’ve had in the economy, and the technological breakthroughs that continue despite Washington, the market today should be at 16,000 or 18,000.”
He also predicted that another candidate may enter the GOP presidential race if Romney does not do well in his home state of Michigan or in Arizona next week. Those are the last two contests leading up to the all-important Super Tuesday contests, when voters in 10 states go to the polls.
Forbes said that Romney has to demonstrate a passion for the issues, while former House Speaker Newt Gingrich must show that he is focused and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum must demonstrate a command for economic issues and “not get caught up on things like Satan.”
He attributed Santorum’s surge to the fact that people are still unhappy with the presidential choices. “We’ll see how well [Santorum] handles it. Newt has let it slip his grasp twice now. Romney looked like he had it in Florida and then blew it,” Forbes explained, adding that Texas Rep. Ron Paul consistently fails to attract more than 10 to 20 percent of the vote.
“With the others out of the race it was Santorum’s turn,” he said.
Forbes also predicted that former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, who has repeatedly declined to toss his hat in the 2012 presidential race, would get the nomination if he decided to run. “And for vice president we’ve got a lot of exciting possibilities such as [Gov.] Bobby Jindal of Louisiana and [Sen.] Marco Rubio of Florida among others,” said Forbes, who added that he favors Gingrich’s tax plan since Texas Gov. Rick Perry dropped out of the race.
“Having the 15 percent alternative flat tax, I think, is an excellent step in the right direction and I hope that prompts eventually Gov. Romney and the others to follow suit,” he said. “We may — the way this race is playing out — end up getting another candidate or two in before it’s over.”
By Paul Scicchitano and John Bachman
Former presidential candidate and Forbes magazine editor Steve Forbes tells Newsmax.TV that the Obama administration’s plan to cut the corporate tax rate from 35 to 28 percent is really a “house of horrors.”
While the plan outlined today by Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner would seek an even lower effective rate for manufacturers, the overall plan represents a “not-so-stealth tax increase” that will do more harm than good, according to Forbes, speaking in an exclusive interview on Wednesday.
“It also plays games in terms of picking winners and losers instead of trying to have a neutral tax code,” Forbes insisted. “You see it in terms of taxing overseas earnings which would be devastating to this global economy, reducing deductibility of interest, trying to put taxes on S-Corps and limited liability corporations which would devastate small businesses, playing games with the oil industry and the aircraft industry, going after life insurance, trying to make deductibility of terms of investments less by giving a premium to inflation. I mean you go down the list and it’s a house of horrors.”
Under the Obama administration’s plan, corporations would have to give up dozens of loopholes and subsidies that they now enjoy. Corporations with overseas operations would also face a minimum tax on their foreign earnings.
The proposed tax rate on dividends would soar to almost 45 percent, and strike yet another blow to America’s economic recovery.
“It’s going to hurt the value of their equities, whether it’s direct ownership through mutual funds or through their pension funds,” says Forbes. “It’s going to reduce the payout. Studies have shown that when the dividend tax was reduced back in 2003 the payouts within a few years tripled. Those are going to be restricted again because it’s cheaper to either hold on to the cash or buy back stock rather than paying it out directly in cash to shareholders. It also means a poorer economy because it puts the capital — freezes capital into companies — instead of freeing it up for reinvestment into start-ups.”
Forbes believes that today’s announcement is nothing more than fuel for Obama’s re-election effort.
“It’s a campaign document as was the State of the Union address,” Forbes said. “He [Obama] knows it’s not going to pass, but he figures he can score points by playing populist on things like oil companies, the aircraft industry and going after overseas investment.”
Barring an attack on Iran, Forbes doesn’t see the price of gasoline rising much past $4.50 per gallon prior to the general election though some experts view the $4 mark as a psychological barrier for Americans.
“It’s not going to help the president, but it’s not going to be a total killer. His overall performance should disqualify him enough,” according to Forbes.
Forbes, nevertheless, believes that an Israeli attack on Iran is likely. “I think they’re going to feel desperate enough, feeling the issues are of such existential nature that they will take action against Iran,” he said. “That’s going to have an unknown impact on oil but it’s going to send it up because insurance rates alone for tankers are going to shoot through the roof because of uncertainty about what happens to the Strait of Hormuz.”
Forbes said that the U.S. economy overall is still “fragile,” although it is likely to show improvement this year over 2011. “It’s the equivalent of being on an open highway. Last year we went 20 miles per hour. This year we might get it up to 35 or 40 when we should be doing 70-75 miles an hour.”
While the Dow Jones industrial average briefly surged past the 13,000 mark on Tuesday for the first time since May 2008, Forbes says it should also be higher.
“It shows the economy is better. But we have to remember in real terms the market is still well below what it was in the late 1990s,” Forbes acknowledged. “We’re still barely back where we were when the crisis started in 2007-2008. Given the enormous productivity we’ve had in the economy, and the technological breakthroughs that continue despite Washington, the market today should be at 16,000 or 18,000.”
He also predicted that another candidate may enter the GOP presidential race if Romney does not do well in his home state of Michigan or in Arizona next week. Those are the last two contests leading up to the all-important Super Tuesday contests, when voters in 10 states go to the polls.
Forbes said that Romney has to demonstrate a passion for the issues, while former House Speaker Newt Gingrich must show that he is focused and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum must demonstrate a command for economic issues and “not get caught up on things like Satan.”
He attributed Santorum’s surge to the fact that people are still unhappy with the presidential choices. “We’ll see how well [Santorum] handles it. Newt has let it slip his grasp twice now. Romney looked like he had it in Florida and then blew it,” Forbes explained, adding that Texas Rep. Ron Paul consistently fails to attract more than 10 to 20 percent of the vote.
“With the others out of the race it was Santorum’s turn,” he said.
Forbes also predicted that former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, who has repeatedly declined to toss his hat in the 2012 presidential race, would get the nomination if he decided to run. “And for vice president we’ve got a lot of exciting possibilities such as [Gov.] Bobby Jindal of Louisiana and [Sen.] Marco Rubio of Florida among others,” said Forbes, who added that he favors Gingrich’s tax plan since Texas Gov. Rick Perry dropped out of the race.
“Having the 15 percent alternative flat tax, I think, is an excellent step in the right direction and I hope that prompts eventually Gov. Romney and the others to follow suit,” he said. “We may — the way this race is playing out — end up getting another candidate or two in before it’s over.”
Friday, February 24, 2012
Michigan - The Unpleasant Penninsula
The talking heads are debating what the Michigan out come will be. Romney is worried, it is his birth state. What does your gut say? Do you care?
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Have you recieved this e-mail?
Have you recieved this e-mail?
The Minnesota Senate is scheduled to vote on House File 1467 this Thursday, February 23. HF 1467 has been one of the NRA's top legislative priorities since its introduction last year and was recently passed in the Senate Finance Committee by a 1 0 to 5 vote. This important legislation, sponsored by state Senator Gretchen Hoffman (R-10) and state Representative Tony Cornish (R-24B), is expected to face a close vote and your support is needed if we want to pass important pro-gun reforms.
Because a Senate vote is scheduled for this Thursday, opponents and anti-gun forces are using every means possible - including major news conferences at the Capitol - to keep HF 1467 from passing and becoming law, so it is imperative that you contact your state Senator today and urge him or her to support HF 1467. Also, forward this alert to your family, friends and fellow gun owners, and urge them to contact their state Senator in support of HF 1467.
Contact information for your state Senator can be found here.
HF 1467 contains thre e important firearm policy improvements:
Stand Your Ground:
HF 1467 would remove a person's "duty to retreat" from an attacker, allowing law-abiding citizens to stand their ground and protect themselves or their family anywhere they are lawfully present. It would create a presumption that an individual who forcefully or stealthily enters or attempts to enter your home or vehicle is there to cause substantial or great bodily injury or death, so the occupant may use force, including deadly force, against that individual. It would also expressly allow an individual to use force, including deadly force, to prevent a forcible felony, and it provides protections against criminal prosecution and civil lawsuits when justifiable force is used.
Universal Recognition:
Currently, Minnesota has reciprocal agreements with only fifteen states and 23 states recognize Minnesota's permit to carry. Unfortunately, Minnesota's Department of Public Safety has not sought out any additional reciprocity agreements. By adding our proposed language, Minnesota will recognize every state that offers a carry permit and drastically improve Minnesotans' abilities to carry for self-defen se in other states. This legislation would also require Minnesota's Department of Public Safety to enter in to reciprocity agreements.
Our own Sen Nienow is one of the authors of this proposal. If you have not called your Senator, please do.
The Minnesota Senate is scheduled to vote on House File 1467 this Thursday, February 23. HF 1467 has been one of the NRA's top legislative priorities since its introduction last year and was recently passed in the Senate Finance Committee by a 1 0 to 5 vote. This important legislation, sponsored by state Senator Gretchen Hoffman (R-10) and state Representative Tony Cornish (R-24B), is expected to face a close vote and your support is needed if we want to pass important pro-gun reforms.
Because a Senate vote is scheduled for this Thursday, opponents and anti-gun forces are using every means possible - including major news conferences at the Capitol - to keep HF 1467 from passing and becoming law, so it is imperative that you contact your state Senator today and urge him or her to support HF 1467. Also, forward this alert to your family, friends and fellow gun owners, and urge them to contact their state Senator in support of HF 1467.
Contact information for your state Senator can be found here.
HF 1467 contains thre e important firearm policy improvements:
Stand Your Ground:
HF 1467 would remove a person's "duty to retreat" from an attacker, allowing law-abiding citizens to stand their ground and protect themselves or their family anywhere they are lawfully present. It would create a presumption that an individual who forcefully or stealthily enters or attempts to enter your home or vehicle is there to cause substantial or great bodily injury or death, so the occupant may use force, including deadly force, against that individual. It would also expressly allow an individual to use force, including deadly force, to prevent a forcible felony, and it provides protections against criminal prosecution and civil lawsuits when justifiable force is used.
Universal Recognition:
Currently, Minnesota has reciprocal agreements with only fifteen states and 23 states recognize Minnesota's permit to carry. Unfortunately, Minnesota's Department of Public Safety has not sought out any additional reciprocity agreements. By adding our proposed language, Minnesota will recognize every state that offers a carry permit and drastically improve Minnesotans' abilities to carry for self-defen se in other states. This legislation would also require Minnesota's Department of Public Safety to enter in to reciprocity agreements.
Our own Sen Nienow is one of the authors of this proposal. If you have not called your Senator, please do.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Hegseth will run!
If you have not had exposure to him try the latest Star Trib article on for size.
Article by: KEVIN DIAZ , Star Tribune
Updated: February 21, 2012 - 9:25 PM
"Never been afraid of long odds," says first-time candidate, about taking on Klobuchar.
WASHINGTON - Armed with a Bronze Star and a Princeton education, Afghanistan war veteran Capt. Pete Hegseth says he intends to run for U.S. Senate against Democratic incumbent Amy Klobuchar.
"I can tell you the paperwork's in the mail," Hegseth told the Star Tribune on Tuesday. "It is very much all systems go."
With a formal announcement planned for next week, Hegseth said he is already putting together a campaign staff led by North Branch campaign operative Anne Neu, who helped Minnesota Republican Chip Cravaack unseat veteran DFL congressman Jim Oberstar in 2010.
Hegseth, 31, has not run for public office before. But he is well known in Republican circles as executive director of Vets for Freedom, a now-dormant national group that supported former President George W. Bush's surge in Iraq, where Hegseth also served.
GOP activists so far have not rallied around any contender. And with no big names in the Minnesota GOP readying to take on a popular DFL incumbent, Hegseth has been hailed among conservatives as a picture-perfect outsider to pick up the GOP mantle in the race.
"He's an outsider, and people like outsiders," said Mitch Pearlstein, president of the Center of the American Experiment, a conservative think tank in Minneapolis where Hegseth has worked as an unpaid senior fellow.
The Army veteran, who lives in Forest Lake, joins three other GOP hopefuls: St. Bonifacius City Council Member Joe Arwood, St. Paul businessman Anthony Hernandez and former state House Rep. Dan "Doc" Severson, who ran unsuccessfully for Minnesota secretary of state in 2010.
Hegseth said right now he's just focused on the GOP endorsement contest. "We're not taking the nomination for granted," he said. "We're not jumping in here thinking this is our nomination to have."
Nor, he said, is he underestimating the strength of Klobuchar, who was elected with 58 percent of the vote and has upwards of $4.6 million in the bank. Klobuchar continues to poll well after five years in the Senate, where she has positioned herself as a moderate who tackles Minnesota-centric consumer issues rather than broad ideological battles.
"We understand the uphill battle," Hegseth said. "We understand she's perceived well. We understand she's got a lot of money, and that a lot of other candidates have decided to hold off and not run against her. But I've never been afraid of long odds, I've never been afraid of the David-vs.-Goliath scenario."
Justin Buoen, a spokesman for Klobuchar's campaign, said that Klobuchar would "continue to focus on fighting for balanced, common-sense solutions for Minnesota, regardless of her opponent."
Like some of Klobuchar's critics on the left, Hegseth, running from the right, seems ready to attack Klobuchar on her greatest political asset: her image as a likable, uncontroversial, centrist Democrat.
"I'm running to represent Minnesota, because we live in times of great consequence," Hegseth said. "I think we deserve leadership that doesn't shy away from large, important issues and problems facing our nation."
As a leader of Vets for Freedom, Hegseth became a national spokesman for the Bush administration's war aims, as well as a critic of President Obama's push to set withdrawal timetables for U.S. combat troops in Afghanistan.
While the war has been an important "personal" issue for him, Hegseth said he does not expect it to be central in the Senate race. Rather, he plans to campaign as a "fiscal conservative who believes in limited government."
Hegseth is married, with a 20-month-old son and another baby on the way. He describes himself as a social conservative. Partly for that reason, he wants to immediately address his 2009 divorce, which he says is a matter of public record.
"It's something folks will bring up, so I want to be candid and proactive about it," he said. "I've certainly sought forgiveness from God, family and friends. I'm not hiding from it."
Kevin Diaz is a correspondent in the Star Tribune Washington Bureau.
Article by: KEVIN DIAZ , Star Tribune
Updated: February 21, 2012 - 9:25 PM
"Never been afraid of long odds," says first-time candidate, about taking on Klobuchar.
WASHINGTON - Armed with a Bronze Star and a Princeton education, Afghanistan war veteran Capt. Pete Hegseth says he intends to run for U.S. Senate against Democratic incumbent Amy Klobuchar.
"I can tell you the paperwork's in the mail," Hegseth told the Star Tribune on Tuesday. "It is very much all systems go."
With a formal announcement planned for next week, Hegseth said he is already putting together a campaign staff led by North Branch campaign operative Anne Neu, who helped Minnesota Republican Chip Cravaack unseat veteran DFL congressman Jim Oberstar in 2010.
Hegseth, 31, has not run for public office before. But he is well known in Republican circles as executive director of Vets for Freedom, a now-dormant national group that supported former President George W. Bush's surge in Iraq, where Hegseth also served.
GOP activists so far have not rallied around any contender. And with no big names in the Minnesota GOP readying to take on a popular DFL incumbent, Hegseth has been hailed among conservatives as a picture-perfect outsider to pick up the GOP mantle in the race.
"He's an outsider, and people like outsiders," said Mitch Pearlstein, president of the Center of the American Experiment, a conservative think tank in Minneapolis where Hegseth has worked as an unpaid senior fellow.
The Army veteran, who lives in Forest Lake, joins three other GOP hopefuls: St. Bonifacius City Council Member Joe Arwood, St. Paul businessman Anthony Hernandez and former state House Rep. Dan "Doc" Severson, who ran unsuccessfully for Minnesota secretary of state in 2010.
Hegseth said right now he's just focused on the GOP endorsement contest. "We're not taking the nomination for granted," he said. "We're not jumping in here thinking this is our nomination to have."
Nor, he said, is he underestimating the strength of Klobuchar, who was elected with 58 percent of the vote and has upwards of $4.6 million in the bank. Klobuchar continues to poll well after five years in the Senate, where she has positioned herself as a moderate who tackles Minnesota-centric consumer issues rather than broad ideological battles.
"We understand the uphill battle," Hegseth said. "We understand she's perceived well. We understand she's got a lot of money, and that a lot of other candidates have decided to hold off and not run against her. But I've never been afraid of long odds, I've never been afraid of the David-vs.-Goliath scenario."
Justin Buoen, a spokesman for Klobuchar's campaign, said that Klobuchar would "continue to focus on fighting for balanced, common-sense solutions for Minnesota, regardless of her opponent."
Like some of Klobuchar's critics on the left, Hegseth, running from the right, seems ready to attack Klobuchar on her greatest political asset: her image as a likable, uncontroversial, centrist Democrat.
"I'm running to represent Minnesota, because we live in times of great consequence," Hegseth said. "I think we deserve leadership that doesn't shy away from large, important issues and problems facing our nation."
As a leader of Vets for Freedom, Hegseth became a national spokesman for the Bush administration's war aims, as well as a critic of President Obama's push to set withdrawal timetables for U.S. combat troops in Afghanistan.
While the war has been an important "personal" issue for him, Hegseth said he does not expect it to be central in the Senate race. Rather, he plans to campaign as a "fiscal conservative who believes in limited government."
Hegseth is married, with a 20-month-old son and another baby on the way. He describes himself as a social conservative. Partly for that reason, he wants to immediately address his 2009 divorce, which he says is a matter of public record.
"It's something folks will bring up, so I want to be candid and proactive about it," he said. "I've certainly sought forgiveness from God, family and friends. I'm not hiding from it."
Kevin Diaz is a correspondent in the Star Tribune Washington Bureau.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
ReDrawn Districts.
The wait is finally over. Wow, what a change in the home town! Chisago County is lucky enough to retain Sean Nienow as its Senator. But, two vacancies in the state rep category. It's a bummer when you represented by somebody you lie, it's exciting to add new blood into our world. How would you view it? Have not seen the map? Click on the Chisago GOp website below to view it.
Sunday, February 19, 2012
MNCC Straw Poll
I nearly forgot. At our last meeting we held a straw poll. The percentages break down as follows.
Ron Paul 44%
Rick Santorum 31%
Mitt Romney 12.5%
Other 12.5%
Newt Gingrich 0%
Ron Paul 44%
Rick Santorum 31%
Mitt Romney 12.5%
Other 12.5%
Newt Gingrich 0%
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Friday, February 17, 2012
Queen Michelle's Food Rules Obeyed!
Preschooler's homemade lunch replaced with nuggets
Published February 14, 2012
| FoxNews.com
A Hoke County preschooler was fed chicken nuggets for lunch because a state worker felt that her homemade lunch did not have enough nutritional value, according to a report by the Carolina Journal.
The West Hoke Elementary School student was in her More at Four classroom when a state agent who was inspecting lunch boxes decided that her packed lunch — which consisted of a turkey and cheese sandwich, a banana, apple juice and potato chips — “did not meet U.S. Department of Agriculture guidelines,” the Journal reports.
The decision was made under consideration of a regulation put in place by the the Division of Child Development and Early Education at the Department of Health and Human Services, which requires all lunches served in pre-kindergarten programs to meet USDA guidelines.
“When home-packed lunches do not include all of the required items, child care providers must supplement them with the missing ones,” the Journal reports.
The student’s mother told the Journal she received a note from the school about the incident and was charged $1.25 for the cafeteria tray, from which her daughter only ate three chicken nuggets.
The note explained how students who did not bring “healthy lunches” would be offered the missing portions and that parents could be charged for the cost of the cafeteria food, the Journal reports.
The mother, who was not identified in the report, expressed concern about school officials telling her daughter that she wasn’t “packing her lunch box properly.”
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/02/14/preschoolers-homemade-lunch-replaced-with-nuggets/#ixzz1mTHCnALC
Published February 14, 2012
| FoxNews.com
A Hoke County preschooler was fed chicken nuggets for lunch because a state worker felt that her homemade lunch did not have enough nutritional value, according to a report by the Carolina Journal.
The West Hoke Elementary School student was in her More at Four classroom when a state agent who was inspecting lunch boxes decided that her packed lunch — which consisted of a turkey and cheese sandwich, a banana, apple juice and potato chips — “did not meet U.S. Department of Agriculture guidelines,” the Journal reports.
The decision was made under consideration of a regulation put in place by the the Division of Child Development and Early Education at the Department of Health and Human Services, which requires all lunches served in pre-kindergarten programs to meet USDA guidelines.
“When home-packed lunches do not include all of the required items, child care providers must supplement them with the missing ones,” the Journal reports.
The student’s mother told the Journal she received a note from the school about the incident and was charged $1.25 for the cafeteria tray, from which her daughter only ate three chicken nuggets.
The note explained how students who did not bring “healthy lunches” would be offered the missing portions and that parents could be charged for the cost of the cafeteria food, the Journal reports.
The mother, who was not identified in the report, expressed concern about school officials telling her daughter that she wasn’t “packing her lunch box properly.”
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/02/14/preschoolers-homemade-lunch-replaced-with-nuggets/#ixzz1mTHCnALC
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Santorum said what?
Rick Santorum at in a recent speech at CPAC said. “I am not a libertarian, and I fight very strongly against libertarian influence within the Republican Party and the conservative movement. I don’t think the libertarians have it right when it comes to what the Constitution is all about. I don’t think they have it right as to what our history is, and we are not a group of people who believe in no government.” I'm a libertarian, and although I cannot speak for the entire MNCC, he lost me with this. I held my nose at the fiscally questionable past but, just go ahead and spit on me.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Greece ain't the word.
Well they did what they needed to. An austerity bill has passed. The cuts will begin and Greece made tough choices finally. Why they didn't do this long ago is maddening. Who do they think they are, the US? Can we as a people not see the writing on the wall. It's headed our way. The dollar has been falling, our debt has been rising. The world wants to abandon our currency. Will Greece remain on the Euro? Will the idiots in the streets get it? Will the rioting end? Will Germany ever forgive them for screwing up Europe? Who is next, Italy? Are you happy that they are taking shots before we are? Or will they recover sooner?
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Romney back on Track?
Mitt won Maine over the weekend. Santorum who rocked the midwest finished low. Does this mean Romney is back on track? Obviously, this thing will go close to convention. Seems that with his pick up on Saturday, Mitt is still the front runner. What does the landscape look like to you?
Monday, February 13, 2012
Even More Confusing Math
The President announced today a new budget. Wait hasn't the Senate missed that mark by over 1,000 days now? His math adds up to this. $3.8 trillion in new spending (shocking) $4 Trillion in cuts. $6.6 Trillion in entitlement growth. So, in my head that leaves a net loss of $6.4 Trillion. And we currently are at $15.36 Trillion in debt. So, we have taken out a credit card from the Bank of China? No wait that's what Bush did right Barry! All of this talking in circles and spinning math, I am confused! I guess that is probably the intention. What does your calculator read?
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
What the .... more proof that the left hates America!
Courts - POLITICS
Ginsburg to Egyptians: I wouldn't use U.S. Constitution as a model
Published February 06, 2012
| FoxNews.com
As Egyptian officials prepare to send to trial 19 American democracy and rights workers, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg visited Cairo last week where she suggested Egyptian revolutionaries not use the U.S. Constitution as a model in the post-Arab Spring.
"I would not look to the U.S. Constitution, if I were drafting a constitution in the year 2012," Ginsburg said in an interview on Al Hayat television last Wednesday. "I might look at the constitution of South Africa. That was a deliberate attempt to have a fundamental instrument of government that embraced basic human rights, have an independent judiciary. It really is, I think, a great piece of work that was done."
As Egypt prepares to write a new constitution, Ginsburg, who was traveling during the court's break to speak with legislators and judges in Egypt as well as Tunisia, spoke to students at Cairo University, encouraging them to enjoy the opportunity to participate in the "exceptional transitional period to a real democratic state."
In a long interview with a reporter who asked her to explain the foundation of the U.S. Constitution and how it would be applied in today's Egypt, Ginsburg suggested with pride that "we have the oldest written constitution still in force in the world, and it starts out with three words, 'We, the people.'"
Ginsburg also extolled several aspects of the document, particularly the separation of powers, the concept of checks and balances and an independent judiciary that can't have its salaries diminished if it rules a law enacted by Congress as unconstitutional.
But asked about models for the Egyptian people, Ginsburg said Egyptians "should certainly be aided by all the constitution-writing that has gone on since the end of World War II."
She then pointed not only to South Africa's constitution, but to Canada's 1982 Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the European Convention on Human Rights.
"Why not take advantage of what is else there in the world? I'm a very strong believer in listening and learning from others," Ginsburg added.
Indeed, Ginsburg's comments are not foreign to her overall philosophy. The justice has previously stated that she weighs foreign law as well as U.S. law when forming a legal opinion.
"The notion that it is improper to look beyond the borders of the United States in grappling with hard questions has a certain kinship to the view that the U.S. Constitution is a document essentially frozen in time as of the date of its ratification," Ginsburg told an audience at the American Society of International Law in April 2005.
Ginsburg told the Egyptian interviewer that she can't dispense advice for Egyptian society about how to set up its constitution, nor can she comment on a document that isn't written or in force yet.
But she said looking at the Federalist Papers -- essays written by the drafters to expound upon the articles before they were ratified by the states -- it's clear that a discussion must be held by all members of the country. She also suggested that a constitution is only as good as the people who live by it.
"If the people don't care, the best constitution in the world won't make any difference," she warned.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/02/06/ginsburg-to-egyptians-wouldnt-use-us-constitution-as-model/#ixzz1ldfV6KYZ
Ginsburg to Egyptians: I wouldn't use U.S. Constitution as a model
Published February 06, 2012
| FoxNews.com
As Egyptian officials prepare to send to trial 19 American democracy and rights workers, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg visited Cairo last week where she suggested Egyptian revolutionaries not use the U.S. Constitution as a model in the post-Arab Spring.
"I would not look to the U.S. Constitution, if I were drafting a constitution in the year 2012," Ginsburg said in an interview on Al Hayat television last Wednesday. "I might look at the constitution of South Africa. That was a deliberate attempt to have a fundamental instrument of government that embraced basic human rights, have an independent judiciary. It really is, I think, a great piece of work that was done."
As Egypt prepares to write a new constitution, Ginsburg, who was traveling during the court's break to speak with legislators and judges in Egypt as well as Tunisia, spoke to students at Cairo University, encouraging them to enjoy the opportunity to participate in the "exceptional transitional period to a real democratic state."
In a long interview with a reporter who asked her to explain the foundation of the U.S. Constitution and how it would be applied in today's Egypt, Ginsburg suggested with pride that "we have the oldest written constitution still in force in the world, and it starts out with three words, 'We, the people.'"
Ginsburg also extolled several aspects of the document, particularly the separation of powers, the concept of checks and balances and an independent judiciary that can't have its salaries diminished if it rules a law enacted by Congress as unconstitutional.
But asked about models for the Egyptian people, Ginsburg said Egyptians "should certainly be aided by all the constitution-writing that has gone on since the end of World War II."
She then pointed not only to South Africa's constitution, but to Canada's 1982 Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the European Convention on Human Rights.
"Why not take advantage of what is else there in the world? I'm a very strong believer in listening and learning from others," Ginsburg added.
Indeed, Ginsburg's comments are not foreign to her overall philosophy. The justice has previously stated that she weighs foreign law as well as U.S. law when forming a legal opinion.
"The notion that it is improper to look beyond the borders of the United States in grappling with hard questions has a certain kinship to the view that the U.S. Constitution is a document essentially frozen in time as of the date of its ratification," Ginsburg told an audience at the American Society of International Law in April 2005.
Ginsburg told the Egyptian interviewer that she can't dispense advice for Egyptian society about how to set up its constitution, nor can she comment on a document that isn't written or in force yet.
But she said looking at the Federalist Papers -- essays written by the drafters to expound upon the articles before they were ratified by the states -- it's clear that a discussion must be held by all members of the country. She also suggested that a constitution is only as good as the people who live by it.
"If the people don't care, the best constitution in the world won't make any difference," she warned.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/02/06/ginsburg-to-egyptians-wouldnt-use-us-constitution-as-model/#ixzz1ldfV6KYZ
Monday, February 6, 2012
MNCC Endorsements
The group declared official endorsement for two of our favorite Representatives. First we recognized the great efforts of Sen Sean Nienow. A true champion. We also, support Rep Bob Barrett. Another hard working leader that has found his path in St Paul. He will do great things with a second term.
Saturday, February 4, 2012
It's Feeling Pretty Ugly!
So, the word is that Newt didn't call Romney to congratulate him on his Florida victory. Why would he do that? Is it me or does it feel like the Republicans are acting like Democrats. The lefties have had a long history of being really mean during the nominating process. I don't remember the last time I felt such hate between camps in a presidential election. The dislike that these two are showing each other seems to be spilling into their supporters. Weigh in, is it just me?
Friday, February 3, 2012
Gay marriage ban supporters raise over $1.2M
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KARE11.com
MINNEAPOLIS - Groups supporting a constitutional ban on gay marriage in Minnesota say they've raised more than $1.2 million to persuade voters to approve the ballot measure in November.
Minnesota for Marriage, the main coalition backing the amendment, says it raised $830,000 last year and recruited more than 10,000 volunteers.
The Minnesota Catholic Conference says it raised $750,000, including $650,000 from the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis and $50,000 each from the dioceses of New Ulm and Duluth. The conference then contributed $350,000 to Minnesota for Marriage.
The archdiocese says it was part of a statewide effort of bishops. It says the money it donated came from investment income, not collection plates or other donations.
The largest anti-amendment group, Minnesotans United for All Families, has more than $1.2 million.
KARE11.com
MINNEAPOLIS - Groups supporting a constitutional ban on gay marriage in Minnesota say they've raised more than $1.2 million to persuade voters to approve the ballot measure in November.
Minnesota for Marriage, the main coalition backing the amendment, says it raised $830,000 last year and recruited more than 10,000 volunteers.
The Minnesota Catholic Conference says it raised $750,000, including $650,000 from the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis and $50,000 each from the dioceses of New Ulm and Duluth. The conference then contributed $350,000 to Minnesota for Marriage.
The archdiocese says it was part of a statewide effort of bishops. It says the money it donated came from investment income, not collection plates or other donations.
The largest anti-amendment group, Minnesotans United for All Families, has more than $1.2 million.
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Romney Wins Florida!
It is no surprise. Mitt Romney easily takes the "sunshine" state. Does that dramatically change the landscape? Who will be the next to drop? What are your thoughts?
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Isn't that funny! - Thanks Fox News
As President Obama prepares to raise the debt ceiling -- after the Senate waived its opposition last week -- $5 trillion hikes evidently are no longer "unpatriotic" as Obama said they were in 2008 while describing former President George W. Bush's $4 trillion increase over eight years.
The White House requested authority earlier this month to raise the debt ceiling to $16.4 trillion, up $1.2 trillion from last summer and more than $5 trillion from the statutory limit of $11.3 trillion set in October 2008 before Obama took office. The debt at the time Obama entered the White House was $10.6 trillion. The ceiling was raised to $12.1 trillion within a month of his inauguration.
Such increases used to be anathema to Obama, who voted in March 2006 along with all his Senate Democratic colleagues against Bush's hike of the debt ceiling to $8.9 trillion.
At the time, Obama called raising the debt limit "a sign of leadership failure." Out on the campaign trail in July 2008, he suggested the move was downright un-American.
"The problem is that the way Bush has done it in the last eight years is to take out a credit card from the Bank of China in the name of our children, driving up our national debt from $5 trillion from the first 42 presidents. No. 43 added $4 trillion by his lonesome. So we now have over $9 trillion of debt that we are going to have to pay back. $30,000 for every man woman and child. That's irresponsible, that's unpatriotic," he said.
In April 2011, during the heat of the debt ceiling debate with Congress, Obama expressed regret for his 2006 stance, which he said was delivered from "the vantage point of a senator versus the vantage point of a president."
"When you're a senator, traditionally what's happened is, this is always a lousy vote. Nobody likes to be tagged as having increased the debt limit -- for the United States by a trillion dollars. As president, you start realizing, you know what, we, we can't play around with this stuff. This is the full faith and credit of the United States."
Under an arrangement reached last summer as the U.S. was about to hit the statutory ceiling, Republicans agreed to let the president raise the limit unless there was effectively a veto-proof majority to disapprove of it. Last week, the House voted to prevent the increase, but the Democratic-led Senate voted to let Obama hike U.S. borrowing capacity.
That would make the fifth increase in the debt ceiling since Obama entered office in January 2009. Under Bush, Congress raised the debt ceiling seven times in his eight years.
On Sunday, House Budget Committee Paul Ryan suggested that it's time to put a stop to the borrowing.
"We are not getting the kind of leadership we need from the outside. At the time when America needs it the most, we have a debt crisis on our horizon. The Senate hasn't budgeted for 1,005 days now. The president is not even proposing to tackle this fiscal crisis," Ryan, R-Wis., told "Fox News Sunday."
"So, what we need is a new president and a new Senate, and we need to give the country a very specific plan, a set of ideas of how we're going to solve these problems and let the country choose in November what they want America to become," he said.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/01/30/as-debt-ceiling-skyrockets-obama-no-longer-calling-bush-increases-unpatriotic/#ixzz1kyz2QrOl
The White House requested authority earlier this month to raise the debt ceiling to $16.4 trillion, up $1.2 trillion from last summer and more than $5 trillion from the statutory limit of $11.3 trillion set in October 2008 before Obama took office. The debt at the time Obama entered the White House was $10.6 trillion. The ceiling was raised to $12.1 trillion within a month of his inauguration.
Such increases used to be anathema to Obama, who voted in March 2006 along with all his Senate Democratic colleagues against Bush's hike of the debt ceiling to $8.9 trillion.
At the time, Obama called raising the debt limit "a sign of leadership failure." Out on the campaign trail in July 2008, he suggested the move was downright un-American.
"The problem is that the way Bush has done it in the last eight years is to take out a credit card from the Bank of China in the name of our children, driving up our national debt from $5 trillion from the first 42 presidents. No. 43 added $4 trillion by his lonesome. So we now have over $9 trillion of debt that we are going to have to pay back. $30,000 for every man woman and child. That's irresponsible, that's unpatriotic," he said.
In April 2011, during the heat of the debt ceiling debate with Congress, Obama expressed regret for his 2006 stance, which he said was delivered from "the vantage point of a senator versus the vantage point of a president."
"When you're a senator, traditionally what's happened is, this is always a lousy vote. Nobody likes to be tagged as having increased the debt limit -- for the United States by a trillion dollars. As president, you start realizing, you know what, we, we can't play around with this stuff. This is the full faith and credit of the United States."
Under an arrangement reached last summer as the U.S. was about to hit the statutory ceiling, Republicans agreed to let the president raise the limit unless there was effectively a veto-proof majority to disapprove of it. Last week, the House voted to prevent the increase, but the Democratic-led Senate voted to let Obama hike U.S. borrowing capacity.
That would make the fifth increase in the debt ceiling since Obama entered office in January 2009. Under Bush, Congress raised the debt ceiling seven times in his eight years.
On Sunday, House Budget Committee Paul Ryan suggested that it's time to put a stop to the borrowing.
"We are not getting the kind of leadership we need from the outside. At the time when America needs it the most, we have a debt crisis on our horizon. The Senate hasn't budgeted for 1,005 days now. The president is not even proposing to tackle this fiscal crisis," Ryan, R-Wis., told "Fox News Sunday."
"So, what we need is a new president and a new Senate, and we need to give the country a very specific plan, a set of ideas of how we're going to solve these problems and let the country choose in November what they want America to become," he said.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/01/30/as-debt-ceiling-skyrockets-obama-no-longer-calling-bush-increases-unpatriotic/#ixzz1kyz2QrOl
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