tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85896392024-03-13T13:54:03.229-04:00Hall of RecordAn examination of government, economy, climate, and culture, in a logical and skeptical manner.
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..Bruce Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10059364916503527807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8589639.post-18059857303122012282013-01-30T14:42:00.001-05:002013-01-30T15:58:23.230-05:00I Forgot What This Post Was Supposed To Be<span style="color: #cc0000;">SEARCH BLOG: DUH.</span><br />
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..Bruce Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10059364916503527807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8589639.post-9554961412318731842013-01-30T13:18:00.000-05:002013-01-30T13:21:42.626-05:00Justin Bieber's Gun Assault<span style="color: #cc0000;">SEARCH BLOG: 2ND AMENDMENT.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">R</span>ecently, <b><i><a href="http://hallofrecord.blogspot.com/2013/01/shoot-em-up.html" target="_blank">small children were suspended from school for pointing with their index fingers</a></i></b>. That was considered extremely dangerous behavior by the school. Now Justin Bieber is being investigated for possible assault charges for tossing <i><b>foam </b></i>projectiles.<br />
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As Voltaire said: "<b><i><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Common sense is not so common</span></i></b>." Some of these so-called gun-control advocates have their anuses squeezed so tightly they are simply spewing shit through their mouths.<br />
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..Bruce Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10059364916503527807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8589639.post-7177114164437351022013-01-30T12:01:00.002-05:002013-01-30T12:01:47.773-05:00Economy Flat Due To Less Government And Corporate Spending<span style="color: #cc0000;">SEARCH BLOG: ECONOMY.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">E</span>conomists tell us that in order to correct the federal government revenue/spending imbalance, we will either have to raise taxes or have no-growth or a declining economy... which is then used to justify spending even more. Debt is a problem for the next generation. <b><i>We</i></b> need to keep up appearances of prosperity.<br />
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A small taste of the impact of reduced spending appeared in the 4th quarter of 2012 as defense spending and corporate inventories shrank [companies produced from their inventories without adequate replacement] resulting in a Gross Domestic Product decrease of 0.1% from the previous quarter. That's hardly reason for panic, but it does tell us that without <b><i>excessive borrowing</i></b>, economic measures will look anemic.<br />
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<b>The question is whether that is a bad thing</b>.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">But a drop in CO<sub>2</sub></span></b>.<br />
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..Bruce Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10059364916503527807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8589639.post-87928851835392883032013-01-29T18:09:00.001-05:002013-01-29T18:12:32.316-05:00Bad Day For Democratic Politicians In Michigan<span style="color: #cc0000;">SEARCH BLOG: POLITICS.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">W</span>hat do you call a former mayor who ran an organized crime ring in his office and a state supreme court justice convicted of bank fraud? Why Democrats, of course.<br />
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From the <b><i>Detroit Free Press</i></b>:<br />
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From <i><b>myfoxdetroit.com</b></i>:<br />
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><i>Here's the deal. She will spend up to 18 months in a federal prison. She will pay up to $90,000 in restitution, and she will pay a fine of approximately $30,000. After that, she'll spend three to five years on supervised probation, and all the other charges against her will be dismissed.</i></span></blockquote>
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No surprise, of course.<br />
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..Bruce Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10059364916503527807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8589639.post-47055191705616673322013-01-29T15:26:00.002-05:002013-01-29T15:26:52.102-05:004K Television Broadcasts Coming By 2025 Or Not<span style="color: #cc0000;">SEARCH BLOG: TELEVISION.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">W</span>e've just gotten used to 4G for cell phones. The next upgrade may come in the form of 4K broadcasting. 4K is roughly 4 times the resolution of a Blu-ray DVD.<br />
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<b>Look for it sometime in the 2nd quarter of this century</b>. Meanwhile...<br />
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We could have it sooner, but that would mean your monthly cable bill would go up 100% or so. And some people think that it is just not worth it.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-33199_7-57566079-221/why-ultra-hd-4k-tvs-are-still-stupid/" target="_blank">Why Ultra HD 4K TVs are still stupid</a>.</span></h1>
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..Bruce Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10059364916503527807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8589639.post-78701094563891875392013-01-29T08:30:00.001-05:002013-01-29T08:30:56.235-05:00Never Let A Crisis Go To Waste<span style="color: #cc0000;">SEARCH BLOG: EGYPT.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I</span>t seems that Egypt's President Morsi has taken some advice from President Obama's former Chief of Staff and now mayor of Chicago, <b><i><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122721278056345271.html" target="_blank">Rahm Emanuel</a></i></b>.
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<i style="background-color: #eeeeee;">More than 50 people have died in days of protests and violence. </i></blockquote>
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<i style="background-color: #eeeeee;">Overnight, thousands of people in Port Said, Ismailia and Suez - where some of the worst unrest has been - ignored a night-time curfew to take to the streets. [<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-21241753" target="_blank">source</a>]</i></blockquote>
<b>This crisis has allowed President Morsi to use the army to quell opposition to his Islamist constitution and imposition of Sharia law.</b><br />
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There seems to be something about people that resents elected officials who use their positions to try to <i style="font-weight: bold;">fundamentally change</i> their societies and trample the rights and freedoms that have been a tradition for centuries. Fortunately, here in the United States, we don't have politicians like that, do we?<br />
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Hmmm. We have fundamentally changed our debt.</div>
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..Bruce Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10059364916503527807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8589639.post-4914618362117559452013-01-28T18:43:00.000-05:002013-01-28T18:43:34.039-05:00Detroit - How Low Can You Go?<span style="color: #cc0000;">SEARCH BLOG: DETROIT.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">T</span>he <b><i><a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/automotive/sns-rt-us-usa-detroit-bankruptcybre90r13o-20130128,0,5798956.story" target="_blank">Chicago Tribune</a></i></b> ran this headline:<br />
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<i style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="color: #292727; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;">The story of Detroit's decline is decades old: Its tax revenue and population have shrunk and labor costs have remained out of whack. But the city's budget problems have deepened to such an extent that it could run out of cash in a matter of weeks or months and ultimately be forced into what would be the largest-ever Chapter 9 municipal bankruptcy filing in the United States.</span></i></blockquote>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: #292727; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;"><i>Frustrated by the lack of concrete progress, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder, a Republican, last month appointed a team to scour the city's books. The audit could result in a state takeover of Detroit's finances through the appointment of an emergency financial manager. Such a manager, who would seize control of the city's checkbook, could then propose federal bankruptcy court as the best option.</i></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 14px;">My wife and I moved to Michigan 5 years after the riots... she was not happy with the idea. But we took up residence in a suburb and stayed in that area for almost 40 years, during which I worked for periods in Detroit and watched it disintegrate physically, financially, and racially. Detroit's doom was sealed with Coleman Young and his "hate whitey" politics which quickly accelerated the white exodus to more welcoming places. Kwame Kilpatrick was the second version of Coleman Young and took corruption to new heights. But the black "super majority" seemed to take the approach that "he is a crook, but he's our crook" rather than kicking the bum out. That was left to the courts.</span> </span></blockquote>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Bankruptcy may take some of the urgency away from solving the myriad problems that are Detroit, but it only postpones facing the music. Detroit is a shell of its former self... a rotting shell. There are some enclaves of relative prosperity, but they are fragmented and disconnected from the whole. Ultimately, there is only one solution for Detroit... dissolution.</span></span></blockquote>
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..Bruce Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10059364916503527807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8589639.post-10429624949908292602013-01-28T09:48:00.000-05:002013-01-28T09:48:04.679-05:00Ignoring Immigration Laws And Calling It Reform<span style="color: #cc0000;">SEARCH BLOG: IMMIGRATION.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">T</span>he people of the United States have had a principle that the rule of law rather than the whims of leaders was necessary and required to have this republic function properly. As with any principle, this one can be and has been subverted many times for many "good reasons." This subversion has occurred millions of times in ways small and subtle to presidential "recess appointments." Even the courts of the land will jump and twist through legal "double think" to fit judgments to political expediency.<br />
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Therefore, is it any wonder that immigration laws are subject to the same whims? On the one hand, you have millions of people who have followed the letter and spirit of the law in their efforts to come to America and become citizens of these United States. On the other hand, you have millions of people who have simply walked or driven in, taken up residence, used up local and national resources, demanded cultural accommodations, and created a wide crack in our "rule of law."<br />
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Some local law enforcement agencies have attempted to enforce the immigration laws, but have been penalized by the federal government which claims jurisdiction. The same actions have been taken against states that attempt to enforce these laws within their borders. The problem, of course, has been that the federal government has been more interested in asserting its power than enforcing the laws. Consequently, we now have somewhere in excess of 10 million illegal aliens residing in the U.S.<br />
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This same federal government which paid people up to 99 weeks for not working has argued that these illegal aliens benefit the U.S. because they take jobs that nobody else will take. You may find that to be a non-issue, but others will rightly ask what are the jobs that illegal aliens take that others refuse? Construction? Agriculture? Service jobs? And isn't it illegal to hire illegals? Or is this another version of "don't ask, don't tell?"<br />
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Now the federal government says it is going to get serious about illegal immigration. It will come up with a "path to citizenship" that makes the 10 million illegal aliens not so illegal. A so-called "gang of eight" congressmen are working on just such a proposal.<br />
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<i style="background-color: #eeeeee;">A bipartisan group of eight senators plans to announce they have agreed on a set of principles for comprehensive immigration reform.</i> </div>
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<i style="background-color: #eeeeee;">The deal, which will be announced at a news conference Monday afternoon, covers border security, guest workers and employer verification, as well as a path to citizenship for the 11 million illegal immigrants already in this country.</i> </div>
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<i style="background-color: #eeeeee;">The eight senators expected to endorse the new principles are Democrats Charles Schumer of New York, Dick Durbin of Illinois, Robert Menendez of New Jersey and Michael Bennet of Colorado; and Republicans John McCain of Arizona, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Marco Rubio of Florida and Jeff Flake of Arizona. [<a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/01/28/bipartisan-group-8-senators-reach-deal-on-immigration-changes/" target="_blank">source</a>]</i></div>
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The <a href="http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/01/28/3204447/rubio-senate-gang-of-eight-unveil.html" target="_blank">Miami Herald</a> reports:<br />
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<i style="background-color: #eeeeee;">1. Create a tough but fair path to citizenship for unauthorized immigrants currently living in the United States that is contingent upon securing our borders and tracking whether legal immigrants have left the country when required.</i></div>
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<i style="background-color: #eeeeee;">2. Reform our legal immigration system to better recognize the importance of characteristics that will help build the American economy and strengthen American families.</i></div>
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<i style="background-color: #eeeeee;">3. Create an effective employment verification system that will prevent identity theft and end the hiring of future unauthorized workers.</i></div>
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<i style="background-color: #eeeeee;">4. Establish an improved process for admitting future workers to serve our nation’s workforce needs, while simultaneously protecting all workers.</i></div>
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<i style="background-color: #eeeeee;">The plan is just a framework. So many of the hard details concerning how long people would wait for citizenship, how the border is declared secure and roughly how much it would all cost will have to be worked out in the coming months.</i></div>
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<i style="background-color: #eeeeee;">The Senate legislation, whenever it’s drafted, will also spell out how the visa process would be streamlined, what new types of work permits would be available and how the government plans to stop businesses from hiring illegal immigrants.</i></div>
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In other words, the law was not obeyed, so "let's make a deal."<br />
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I like that concept and think that should Sen. Diane Feinstein's firearms legislation pass that millions of American should simple ignore the law and force the federal government to "make a deal." What? You say that's not the same thing? Of course not. Senator Feinstein and her cohorts are attempting to ignore a Constitutional right that Americans have. The "gang of eight" are simply trying to grant Constitutional protection to those who have broken the laws of the nation. So, indeed, they are not the same thing.<br />
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..Bruce Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10059364916503527807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8589639.post-2589828419490323412013-01-28T00:00:00.000-05:002013-01-28T00:00:01.318-05:00If Women Combat Soldiers, Then Children Combat Soldiers?<span style="color: #cc0000;">SEARCH BLOG: MILITARY.</span><br />
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I've written my position about women in combat:<br />
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Others are not quite so equivocal:<br />
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Still others may not think that is "inclusive" enough:<br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://www.awsg.us/block-edit/">Obama admin says the use of Child Soldiers in conflict is in the ‘national interest of the United States’.</a></b></span><br />
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More here:<br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://the%20u.s.%20can%20do%20more%20to%20keep%20children%20off%20the%20battlefield/">The U.S. Can Do More to Keep Children off the Battlefield</a>.</b></span></blockquote>
<b><i>Not opposing</i></b> "Child Soldiers" in other countries is not the same as advocating it for the U.S. ... yet. But, hey, it might <a href="http://www.npr.org/2012/07/28/157454927/gang-violence-smoulders-on-hot-chicago-streets" target="_blank"><b>keep them out of street gangs</b></a>. That probably would be in the "national interest of the United States."<br />
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But for now, the president will start with <b><i>community organizing</i></b> various youth corps.<br />
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: #333333; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><i>They'll set a goal that all middle school and high school students engage in 50 hours of community service a year, and develop a plan for all college students who engage in 100 hours of community service to receive a fully-refundable tax credit of $4,000 for their education. [<b><a href="http://change.gov/americaserves/" target="_blank">source</a></b>]</i></span></blockquote>
That could be expanded into areas more in line with the "national interest of the United States." Protecting the <i>Vaterland</i>, so to speak. Frogs in pots of water being heated. <br />
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..Bruce Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10059364916503527807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8589639.post-80617648661151029212013-01-27T15:15:00.001-05:002013-01-27T15:15:37.879-05:00Obama Explains The REAL Reason Assault-Style Rifles Are So Dangerous<span style="color: #cc0000;">SEARCH BLOG: OBAMA and GUNS.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">A</span> lot has been said about the fact that assault-<b><i>style</i></b> rifles are exceptionally dangerous despite the fact that many of them are virtually identical, mechanically, to <b><i>non</i></b>-assault-<b><i>style </i></b>rifles. But the mechanical aspects are not important. Neither are the pistol-style grips. Neither are the shoulder straps or the carry handles. Neither are the magazines.<br />
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No, President Obama has divined the <i style="font-weight: bold;">real reason</i> why assault-<b><i>style</i></b> rifles are so dangerous. <b><a href="http://liberallogic101.com/?p=1734" target="_blank">Read about it here</a></b>.<br />
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..Bruce Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10059364916503527807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8589639.post-45932403166496258652013-01-27T12:50:00.001-05:002013-01-27T12:50:31.629-05:00The Egyptian Mafia<span style="color: #cc0000;">SEARCH BLOG: CRIME and ISLAM.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">M</span>ost adults have at least heard about organized crime... often referred to as the Mafia. It used to be just about Italians, but now it encompasses just about any ethnic group of criminals... Irish, Russian, etc.<br />
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Now there is an <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Egyptian Mafia</span></b>. That's not what they call themselves, of course. They go by the name of the "Brigade of Muslims." Here's an excerpt.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 21.109375px; text-align: justify;"><i style="background-color: #eeeeee;">An armed Islamic movement calling itself the "Brigade of Muslims" released a statement on Saturday threatening Egypt's Coptic Christians and asking them to pay tribute. </i><span style="background-color: white;">[ </span></span><a href="http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/304125/jizya" target="_blank"><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 21.828125px;"><span class="srTitle">jizya</span></b><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 21.828125px;">,</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 21.828125px;"> also spelled </span><span class="alternate" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-weight: bold; line-height: 21.828125px;">jizyah, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 21.828125px;">Arabic </span><span class="alternate" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-weight: bold; line-height: 21.828125px;">jizyah </span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 21.828125px;"><a href="http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/304125/jizya" target="_blank">, head or poll tax that early Islamic rulers demanded from their non-Muslim subjects</a>.</span><span style="line-height: 21.109375px; text-align: justify;">]</span></span></blockquote>
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<i style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"<strong>Egypt is an Islamic country and will be ruled according to Shariah</strong>," the statement added. [<a href="http://www.jihadwatch.org/2013/01/myjihad-in-egypt-muslim-group-threatens-christians-tells-them-to-pay-jizya.html" target="_blank">source</a>]</i></blockquote>
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Meanwhile, <b><a href="http://hallofrecord.blogspot.com/2013/01/theyre-rioting-in-africa-and-president.html" target="_blank">the U.S. sends military equipment to Egypt and other Islamic countries</a></b> to defend themselves against ??? Perhaps those Copts?</div>
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..Bruce Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10059364916503527807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8589639.post-52413091097233526652013-01-27T09:07:00.002-05:002013-01-27T09:12:37.722-05:00Economic Recovery Ending?<span style="color: #cc0000;">SEARCH BLOG: ECONOMY.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">F</span><i><b>or those of you who may have missed it</b></i>, the economic recovery is now in its <b>fourth year</b>. <br />
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<b>So, it's not too unexpected that various national economies might be slowing down.</b><br />
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<b>However, in the U.S., the stock market has been plowing right along to 5-year highs.</b><br />
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<b>Does that mean the U.S. economic outlook is really good?</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i style="background-color: #eeeeee;">The unemployment rate registered a dramatic 0.5 percentage-point drop over the past two months, but economists in the latest Wall Street Journal forecasting survey don't expect that pace of decline to continue.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"The general trend in the unemployment rate is lower, and this should continue to be true as long as the economy grows along the profile we project," said Joseph LaVorgna at Deutsche Bank. "However, the cumulative five-tenths decline over the past two months appears to be overdone."</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i style="background-color: #eeeeee;">On average, the 48 respondents, not all of whom answer every question, expect the jobless rate will still be at 7.8% in June of next year—matching the September figure released last week. The reason for the stagnation in the job market is expectations for lackluster economic growth during the rest of 2012 and into 2013. Through the first half of next year, the average forecast is for growth in gross domestic product below 2% at a seasonally adjusted annual rate.</i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; line-height: 1.5em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Expansion is seen picking up as the year progresses, but isn't expected to surpass 3% through 2014. That means that even when the unemployment rate does begin to fall, the economists don't see it doing so quickly. On average, they still expect the rate to be at 7.1% in December 2014.</i></span></span></div>
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<b>That's a "yes, maybe, no."</b><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">F</span>rom <i><b><a href="http://floppingaces.net/2013/01/26/this-question-has-to-be-asked-reader-post/" target="_blank">Fox News via Flopping Aces</a></b></i>:<br />
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..Bruce Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10059364916503527807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8589639.post-53744623319230613632013-01-26T13:17:00.000-05:002013-01-26T13:17:48.122-05:00Treasury Securities - U.S. Debt Greecing The Skids<span style="color: #cc0000;">SEARCH BLOG: ECONOMY.</span><br />
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..Bruce Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10059364916503527807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8589639.post-64215917635780738272013-01-26T09:39:00.001-05:002013-01-26T09:42:37.976-05:00Capitalism, Corporatism, And Communism<span style="color: #cc0000;">SEARCH BLOG: ECONOMY and BAILOUTS.</span><br />
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Via <i><b><a href="http://theothermccain.com/2013/01/26/daniel-hannan-is-one-of-the-reasons-we-dont-lose-hope/" target="_blank">The Other McCain</a></b></i>... a very good video for those who think the bank bailouts were a good thing.<br />
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..Bruce Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10059364916503527807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8589639.post-28854294643213370452013-01-25T17:42:00.001-05:002013-01-25T17:42:49.510-05:00How Do You Tackle A Kid In A Wheelchair?<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I</span> can't see what could go wrong here, can you?<br />
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<i style="background-color: #eeeeee;">WASHINGTON (AP) — Breaking new ground, the U.S. <span class="yshortcuts cs4-visible" id="lw_1359090725_0" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(54, 99, 136); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 2px; color: #366388; cursor: pointer;">Education Department</span> is telling schools they must include <span class="yshortcuts cs4-visible" id="lw_1359090725_1" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(54, 99, 136); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 2px; color: #366388; cursor: pointer;">students with disabilities</span> in <span class="yshortcuts cs4-visible" id="lw_1359090725_2" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(54, 99, 136); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 2px; color: #366388; cursor: pointer;">sports programs</span> or provide <b>equal </b>alternative options. The directive, reminiscent of the Title IX expansion of athletic opportunities for women, could bring sweeping changes to school budgets and locker rooms for years to come.</i></blockquote>
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Fits right in with sending women into hand-to-hand combat.<br />
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..Bruce Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10059364916503527807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8589639.post-24917981361787736402013-01-25T10:38:00.000-05:002013-01-25T10:38:36.419-05:00Indian Women Given "Weapons" To Protect Themselves<span style="color: #cc0000;">SEARCH BLOG: CRIME.</span><br />
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After a particularly horrendous rape-homicide in India, a political party has taken action.<br />
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So that's how "civilized" societies protect their women... pen knives and chili powder! Let's look for that to spread quickly to the U.S. once Sen. Diane Feinstein gets her revocation of the 2nd Amendment passed through Congress and signed by the great Peace Prize president.<br />
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..Bruce Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10059364916503527807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8589639.post-42990838626313174262013-01-24T10:06:00.000-05:002013-01-24T16:17:32.766-05:00Women Okayed For Combat Duty... But Is That Okay?<span style="color: #cc0000;">SEARCH BLOG: MILITARY.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I</span> have very mixed feelings about women being allowed into ground combat. I'll admit that I'm from a generation that would consider such a move to be the antithesis of what a military should be. Neither men nor women are "made" for combat, but I question the wisdom of placing women in certain combat situations where sheer physical strength may be the difference between living and dying.<br />
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<i style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">But mostly it just annoyed me. Honestly, I don’t know a single woman who would want to serve in combat. But the exclusion, and its defenders, were so paternalistic that its existence was a sign of how conservative and reactionary we can be as a nation (not politically, just that whole “change” thing). The repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell hasn’t been simple, but it has been relatively easy. The earth did not fall.</span></i></div>
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<i style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced Wednesday he will remove the ban on women in combat. There will be difficulties with these changes, I have no doubt. And it was clearly the litigation by women who have served, have won purple hearts, and who have been denied opportunities (and who also represented the more than 150 women who have died being in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan in all but formal legal designation) that finally moved the Pentagon. As I note in <a class="a" href="http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2012/11/29/pentagon-rules-excluding-women-aren-worth-defending/KuhVU4yZm2oWhv14eg7WVK/story.html" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.1s linear, background-color 0.1s linear; color: #666666; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">this column</a>, this administration was not likely to be too fond of defending the rules.</span></i></div>
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<i style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">But starting from a position where women are included, and the details are worked out, is a far better place for this nation and our security. [<a href="http://www.boston.com/opinion/2013/01/23/military-now-place-opportunity-for-women/AKe9Q63E1TSPT5QonCYOKO/story.html" target="_blank">source</a>]</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">First of all, what were the "<i style="background-color: #eeeeee; line-height: 26px;">more than 150 women who have died being in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan in all but formal legal designation</i><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; line-height: 26px;">"</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 26px;"> actually doing in those situations. Were they at a forward base that was attacked? Were they on medic teams? Were they simply at the wrong place at the wrong time? If they were not "formally" part of the combat, were they unfortunate bystanders?</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 26px;">Combat can mean a variety of things. Flying drones may be considered combat. Flying planes may be part of combat [and women do fly fighter jets already]. Driving an armored vehicle into combat is certainly something either sex is capable of doing. So are there limits? Perhaps not. Perhaps in modern warfare with modern technology, even the most strenuous combat activity is within the realm of reason.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 26px;">But one thing should not be compromised: physical training requirement should be absolutely the same for men and women who will be sent into combat units. <b>No special consideration should be given to women so that they can pass the physical training tests. That means no lowering of the requirements for all soldiers to accommodate women.</b> There will be no special consideration given on the field of combat and male combatants should not be placed in a situation where they have to fight an opponent while trying to protect a less-capable woman along side them.</span></span><br />
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Women are subject to greater risk for certain types of back and leg injuries than men because of the geometry of the skeletons. But if women are serious about strength and conditioning, they can overcome most of that risk. The real question remains: is it in the best interests of the military to include women in certain types of ground combat missions?</div>
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We investigated the physical and occupational capabilities of male and females soldiers before and after 12 weeks of specialised physical training. The Combat Fitness Assessment (CFA) was employed to assess the infantry-related occupational capabilities, which consisted of a 15-km march at 5.5 km/h followed by the Run-Dodge-Jump (RDJ) activity. <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">All soldiers (35 males and 28 females) carried 34.6 kg, which was based on the requirements for a 3-day operation. Physiological assessments of muscular strength and endurance, and aerobic and anaerobic capacities were also performed. All males could complete the RDJ in a rested state, prior to the march, whereas the majority of females (57%) could not complete the RDJ with weapon and webbing. The majority of males (91%) completed the 15-km in 165 min, whereas fewer females could complete the march successfully (36%). All infantry soldiers and the majority of combat-corps soldiers (79%) could complete the post-march RDJ in less than 70 sec, whereas the fastest female required 73 sec to complete the course. The specialised physical training improved strength and aerobic capacity for the female group and strength only for the male group, although the female scores remained below those of the males. These improvements did not translate into improved success in the infantry-based CFA task, i.e. no female could pass the 70-sec RDJ barrier. Post-specialised physical training one female completed the post-march RDJ in 73 sec, while another Control female achieved an RDJ time of 65 sec after the physical training period.</span></b> Therefore, assuming that this small sub-group of female soldiers are representative of the whole Army, it is likely that a small number of female soldiers are physically able to complete this assessment within the same performance limits as current infantry soldiers. The elevated environmental heat stress encountered during the post specialised physical training CFA potentially masked any possible benefit gained from the physical training program. Combined with the dramatic drop in soldier numbers it is difficult to provide definitive conclusions as to the effectiveness of the specialised physical training program. CFA administration should be planned for the cooler less humid months to diminish the likelihood of thermal injuries. If the CFA is conducted in hotter and more humid conditions, <b>longer completion times (allowing rest periods), reduced distance and lighter loads should be considered</b>. [<b><a href="http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA465910" target="_blank">source</a></b>]</i></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #eeeeee;">4. Direct the Attorney General to review categories of individuals prohibited from having a gun to make sure dangerous people are not slipping through the cracks. [<b>CRIMINALS OR JUST PEOPLE WHO OWN GUNS?</b>]</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #eeeeee;">5. Propose rulemaking to give law enforcement the ability to<span style="color: #cc0000;"> run a full background check on an individual before returning a seized gun</span>.</i></span><i style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </i><i style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">[<b>PRIVACY?</b>]</i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #eeeeee;">6. Publish a letter from ATF to <span style="color: #cc0000;">federally licensed gun dealers providing guidance on how to run background checks for private sellers</span>.</i></span><i style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </i><i style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">[<b>PRIVACY?</b>]</i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="line-height: 21px;">7. Launch a national safe and responsible gun ownership campaign. [<b>ANTI-GUN PROPAGANDA?</b>]</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #eeeeee;">8. Review <span style="color: #cc0000;">safety standards for gun locks and gun safes</span> (Consumer Product Safety Commission). </i></span><i style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </i><i style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">[<b>PRIVACY?</b>]</i><i style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #eeeeee;">9. Issue a Presidential Memorandum to require <span style="color: #cc0000;">federal </span>law enforcement to <span style="color: #cc0000;">trace guns recovered in criminal investigations</span>. [<b>DOES THIS INCLUDE STATE AND LOCAL INVESTIGATIONS?</b>]</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #eeeeee;">10. Release a DOJ <span style="color: #cc0000;">report </span>analyzing information on lost and stolen guns and make it widely available to law enforcement. [<b>DOES HE MEAN CREATE A NEW FEDERAL SYSTEM? AGENCY?</b>]</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #eeeeee;">11. <span style="color: #cc0000;">Nominate an ATF director</span>. [<b>TO INVESTIGATE "FAST AND FURIOUS?"</b>]</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #eeeeee;">12. Provide law enforcement, <span style="color: #cc0000;">first responders</span>, and school officials with <span style="color: #cc0000;">proper training for active shooter situations</span>. [<b>WILL "FIRST RESPONDERS" INCLUDE HOMEOWNERS WITH GUNS? HOMEOWNERS WITH GUNS MADE ILLEGAL BY NEW YORK?</b>]</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #eeeeee;">13. <span style="color: #cc0000;">Maximize enforcement efforts to prevent gun violence</span> and prosecute gun crime. [<b>CONFISCATION?</b>]</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #eeeeee;">14. Issue a Presidential Memorandum directing the Centers for Disease Control to <span style="color: #cc0000;">research the causes and prevention of gun violence</span>. [<b>OR KNIFE VIOLENCE OR BLUNT INSTRUMENT VIOLENCE OR EXPLOSIVES VIOLENCE OR FIST VIOLENCE OR HUMAN ANGER OR CRAZINESS?</b>]</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #eeeeee;">15. Direct the Attorney General to issue a report on the availability and most effective use of<span style="color: #cc0000;"> new gun safety technologies</span> and challenge the private sector to develop innovative technologies. [<b>DISABLE OR CRIPPLE PRIVATELY OWNED FIREARMS?</b>]</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #eeeeee;">16. Clarify that <span style="color: #cc0000;">the Affordable Care Act does not prohibit doctors asking their patients about guns</span> in their homes. [<b><u>REQUIRE</u> DOCTORS TO ASK ABOUT GUNS?</b>]</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #eeeeee;">17. Release a letter to health care providers clarifying that <span style="color: #cc0000;">no federal law prohibits them from reporting threats of violence to law enforcement authorities</span>. [<b>REQUIRES THEM TO DO SO?</b>]</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #eeeeee;">18. Provide incentives for schools to<span style="color: #cc0000;"> hire school resource officers</span>. [<b>WHO WILL DO WHAT?</b>]</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #eeeeee;">19. Develop<span style="color: #cc0000;"> model emergency response plans</span> for schools, houses of worship and institutions of higher education. [<b>PUT YOUR HEAD BETWEEN YOUR KNEES AND KISS YOUR ASS GOODBYE? WHAT ABOUT ARMED SECURITY GUARDS?</b>]</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #eeeeee;">20. Release a letter to state health officials <span style="color: #cc0000;">clarifying the scope of mental health services that Medicaid plans must cover</span>. [<b>THOSE SERVICES THAT HAVE BEEN CUT BACK?</b>]</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #eeeeee;">21. Finalize regulations <span style="color: #cc0000;">clarifying essential health benefits and parity requirements within ACA exchanges</span>. [<b>MEANING?</b>]</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #eeeeee;">22. Commit to<span style="color: #cc0000;"> finalizing mental health parity <u>regulations</u></span>. [<b>MORE REGULATIONS THAT DO WHAT?</b>]</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #eeeeee;">23. <span style="color: #cc0000;">Launch a national dialogue</span> led by Secretaries Sebelius and Duncan on mental health. [<b>HAS THERE ACTUALLY BEEN ANY "DIALOGUE" WITH ANYONE BY THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION?</b>]</i></span></div>
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Many people will say that all of those sound just fine... common sense, if you will. An innocuous question here, a regulatory roadblock there, minor restrictions here, tying gun control to health care there. Nothing to <b><i>take away</i></b> the 2nd Amendment, just <b><i>chip away</i></b> at it some more.<br />
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Here is what a senator from Oklahoma has to say:<br />
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..Bruce Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10059364916503527807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8589639.post-61244729732831492752013-01-23T15:12:00.002-05:002013-01-23T15:13:18.905-05:00Federal Government Still Absolutely Not Serious About Addressing The Debt<span style="color: #cc0000;">SEARCH BLOG: TAXES and SPENDING.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">T</span>his was after the so-called Fiscal Cliff deadline.<br />
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14.399999618530273px; line-height: 22.450000762939453px;"><i>WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House overwhelmingly passed a bill Wednesday to permit the government to borrow enough money to avoid a first-time default for at least four months, defusing a looming crisis setting up a springtime debate over taxes, spending and the deficit.</i></span></blockquote>
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..Bruce Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10059364916503527807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8589639.post-28009129010418825922013-01-23T00:00:00.000-05:002013-01-23T00:00:06.669-05:00The Politician's Answer To All Problems: Invest In Transportation<span style="color: #cc0000;">SEARCH BLOG: TRANSPORTATION.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">W</span>hen it comes to "problem solving" and "thinking big," the professional politician has one fallback position: "invest in transportation." The American dream has always been to get there from here. "Getting there" wasn't always a journey in a vehicle. It mostly meant a journey of personal growth and wealth. But now it seems that the once grand dream has been reduced to a daydream of mass transportation and electric vehicles.<br />
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A few days ago, <b>Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood</b> visited Detroit, Michigan <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/18/m1-rail-ray-lahood-detroit-25-million-woodward_n_2502335.html" target="_blank"><b>bearing a gift of $25 million dollars</b></a> to help build an "<b><a href="http://www.freep.com/article/20130119/NEWS01/301190077/M-1-Rail-line-gets-25-million-from-U-S-to-get-it-done?odyssey=nav%7Chead" target="_blank">M-1</a></b>" mass transit system <b>estimated to cost $140 million</b> [before waste and corruption] for just over ... <b>three miles</b>. Well, in Detroit, three miles is about all you want to go... in the city. Mostly you want to go about 20 miles... out of the city. Besides, <a href="http://www.mackinac.org/9137" target="_blank"><b>Detroit's last mass transit effort was pretty much a flop</b></a>. That could be because all of those "masses" left the city which once held 2-1/2 times as many people.<br />
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Regardless, that $25 million should go a long way in helping solve Detroit's chronic $250 million budget deficit. Let's presume it was a "thank you" gift from the Obama administration for delivering those 800,000 votes from that city of 700,000 people. But, I guess it is "better than nothin'."<br />
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A few days before that, <b>Michigan Governor Rick Snyder</b> gave his State of the State address and slipped in a message that he thought some new taxes to raise <b><a href="http://www.mlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2013/01/gov_rick_snyder_hits_the_road.html" target="_blank">$1.2 billion or so each year</a></b> for roads and bridges would be a good "problem solving" exercise for Michigan.<br />
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And <b>President Obama</b>, in his inaugural speech, thought that "investment" in transportation would get us to where we wanted to go. It solves unemployment, deficits, and a myriad other problems like really bad fiscal management.<br />
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Now the only problem left is to get people to travel again. <b>So many roads... so little money for gas.</b><br />
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We all like good roads, but we'd like a nation that can afford those good roads, too. Maxing out another national credit card may not be the best approach.<br />
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..Bruce Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10059364916503527807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8589639.post-61926430739385355342013-01-22T16:53:00.000-05:002013-01-22T18:28:12.801-05:00Cold Weather Consistent With Global Warming<span style="color: #cc0000;">SEARCH BLOG: WEATHER.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">A</span>ctually, cold weather is consistent with winter. This odd map of pressure systems is unlike most I've seen before. Must be consistent with something that will require government action and new taxes.<br />
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..Bruce Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10059364916503527807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8589639.post-114738374682749772013-01-22T00:00:00.000-05:002013-01-22T14:24:57.477-05:00Good Thing Dick Wagner Of Alice Cooper, Aerosmith, And Kiss Got His Surgery Before 2013<span style="color: #cc0000;">SEARCH BLOG: HEALTH CARE.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">T</span>he U.S. health care system is about to change under the Affordable Care Act... aka Obamacare. Some think for the better. That may be true... for some. This is a story about Dick Wagner, lead guitar player for bands such as Alice Cooper, Aerosmith, and Kiss. His story could well have turned out differently from this year forward. This was written less than a week ago.<br />
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[<b><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Health/rock-star-curable-dementia-loses-career-shunt-surgery/t/story?id=18224954&ref=http%3A%2F%2Fwtvr.com%2F2013%2F01%2F16%2Frock-stars-dementia-was-curable-though-he-almost-lost-all%2F" target="_blank">read more</a></b>]</div>
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Now listen to this and learn why his story and yours could be far different under President Obama's version of "health care."</div>
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Well, <b><i>Dick Wagner's</i></b> outcome might not have changed. He <b><i>could afford to go outside of the U.S.</i></b> for health care, if needed. Can you? Can your parents or grandparents?</div>
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Welcome to the world of <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">the 51%-ers</span></b>.<br />
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[<b><a href="http://theulstermanreport.com/2013/01/21/obamacare-set-to-crash-entire-private-healthcare-system-force-state-run-coverage/" target="_blank">source</a></b>]</div>
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..Bruce Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10059364916503527807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8589639.post-63175121832629277012013-01-21T10:35:00.003-05:002013-01-21T10:35:56.642-05:00MLK - Still Dreaming?<span style="color: #cc0000;">SEARCH BLOG: MARTIN LUTHER KING.</span><br />
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Today is one of those holidays that not everyone celebrates, but perhaps they should.<br />
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Interesting how that has become accepted by those who you might not think would accept it and rejected by those who you think would be the strongest proponents.<br />
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