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• UC Berkeley Professor Equates Boston Bombings With ‘Islamophobia’

  May 15, 2013 at 4:41pm

  Took the time to look at his organization’s website. Worth a visit if you want to see what our children are being exposed to at this “fine institution of higher learning”. And we all wonder why college fees have gone up significantly faster than inflation. No doubt this organization would immediately qualify for IRS not for profit status.
  http://crg.berkeley.edu/

• Here’s What’s Included in Maryland’s Controversial ‘Rain Tax’ (It’s Exactly What It Sounds Like)

  April 11, 2013 at 8:01pm

  Perfect karma for a State that has elected Democrats in all 4 top State officials, both Senators and 5 of 7 Congress Members

• Dianne Feinstein Battles Ted Cruz in Heated Senate Showdown Over Guns: ‘I’m Not a 6th Grader’

  March 14, 2013 at 3:48pm

  If weapons = child porn, can someone please ask the “good senior senator from CA” why she has a CCP for her gun?

• Head of Obama’s Jobs Council: ‘State-Run Communism’ Actually ‘Works’

  December 11, 2012 at 1:39pm

  Now retired, I spent almost 20 years as an advisor to Boards of Directors regarding assessing executive performance. I continue to be amazed, given GE’s stock performance over his tenure, that Jeffrey Immelt has been retained as CEO.
  My clients placed strict limits on the amount of time that their CEO could spend on “outside activities” not directly related to the business. Serving on a Presidential Commission, while prestigious, would appear to consume a lot of Mr. Immelt’s time. If I was a GE shareholder, my question would be, “So who is running the company while he is away and why are we paying him so much money if he is devoting a significant amount of his time and attention to BHO’s Jobs Council?”
  I’ll leave others to comment as to how successful his leadership has been as head of Jobs Council given the net number of US jobs created by this Administration.

• Agriculture Secretary: Rural America Is ‘Becoming Less and Less Relevant’

  December 8, 2012 at 2:24pm

  In reply to BlackCrow.

  Blackcrow thanks for reminding us of this foolishness, however given what we are learning about Agenda 21, I now see it as very scary and potentially real proposal. I had read a long article on Buffalo Commons a number of years ago in the NY Times magazine and couldn’t remember the name and simply dismissed it, at the time as an academic exercise. WOW was I wrong not to become concerned.
  Do follow the link to Great Plains Restoration Council. “Great Plains Restoration Council (GPRC) works to restore and protect our shattered prairies and plains through developing youth leaders in Ecological Health. Protecting wild nature is a matter of public health, and participating in its hands-on recovery offers therapeutic modalities for many social and physical ills.”

• Plane Forced to Emergency Land After Man Refuses to Stop Praying in the Aisle (& Fellow Passengers Subdue Him)

  November 9, 2012 at 5:25pm

  Passangers helped subdue him—Never again we any of us sit quietly in our seats. The heroes of UA 93 showed us “The Way” and I know they watch over all of us who fly.

• Wild Video Shows 83-Year-Old Protester Spitting in Romney Supporter’s Face

  August 18, 2012 at 2:23pm

  Please tell her that its not 1972, Nixon is gone and the Viet Nam War is over. Ageing hippies stuck in a “time warp” are very sad. Make sure cops check for her SDS card.

• Calif. Cities Are Going Broke & It Could Become a National Trend: Here’s What you Need to Know

  August 8, 2012 at 3:03pm

  In reply to LaderaCa.

  Sorry rest of the long post
  3. Back in the day, government workers did earn a lower salary than their private sector counterparts. Government employees were willing to trade the security of a paycheck, better vacation, excellent health care and a guaranteed retirement for relatively lower pay. However as unions secured better cash salaries more in line with or above the private sector, no (downward) adjustment was made in the benefits package granted to governmental employees to keep cost under control. The total remuneration package (cash + benefits + retirement) quickly exceeded that if similar jobs in the private sector. No one added up the total package to see how it compared to private sector or even calculated total costs. You have to look at the sum of the parts rather than letting the discussion center around any of the components (base pay, dental, vacation time, health benefits, etc.)
  4. At least out here in CA, a significant number of the city pension plans have automatic increases built into them, so if the current employees get a 3% raise, retirees also see an equal increment in their pension payments. A number of cities also pay “productivity” bonuses to active employees which in turn are paid to retirees regardless of how long they have been retired.
  Is there a solution? Perhaps, but only after voters revolt and refuse to approve the tax increases necessary to continue the Ponzi Scheme. Overall government employee remuneration needs to be reduced back

• Calif. Cities Are Going Broke & It Could Become a National Trend: Here’s What you Need to Know

  August 8, 2012 at 2:57pm

  First apologies for the long post, however understanding how we got into this mess may help us to understand how to fix the problem. Unfortunately the problems are not restricted to CA and can be found in almost every state and city.
  There are a number of underlying causes to the mess faced by local & state governments with regards to the costs associated with the pay and benefits plans provided to their mostly unionized workers. Here are a few:
  1. There is, unlike the private sector, no adversarial relationship between the union and management. Public sector unions are the largest contributors to reelection campaigns and additionally can be depended to turn out the votes on Election Day, consequently politicians take their cues from the union. The net effect is that when it comes to contract time, effectively everyone is sitting “on the same side of the table”. Our state and local governments are run for and by the public sector unions.
  2. Lack of accountability for the funds. A number of others have already pointed this fact out. It’s not the politicians’ money and they are long gone before the bills come due. A politicians’ job does not depend on “striking a hard bargain” and getting the best deal for tax payers (the true stakeholders in the process). Funding the union benefits has been a simple matter of increasing taxes.
  3. Back in the day, government workers did earn a lower salary than their private sector counterparts. Government employees were wi

• Updated With Response: Playboy Playmate Reportedly Receives ‘Genius’ Immigration Visa

  June 30, 2012 at 11:15am

  Doesn’t take a genius to figure this one out, simply go to any of sites that track campaign
  contributions. Playboy’s headquartered in Chicago and the founder and his daughter are contributors to (fill in the blank) political party.