Well, it's official: Tiger Woods turned out to be another talented dirtbag. He's a moron, but I'm still going to buy Nike golf shirts and wish I could hit the ball as far as he does. He's first and foremost a golfer, and he can and will always be admired for his expert skill. People flock behind him on the 18th for the soul reason to see something magical. Not because of the commercials he did or because of who he is married to or because of the car he drives. The guy is a genius with a golf club - plain and simple. What he does off the course could matter SO much less to me...but anyone who does that sorta thing is a jerk to the core. (He's still my pick for next years masters and I can't wait for people to yell "cheetah" instead of "tiger".)
CLIMATE GATE: My favorite thing to happen to hippies since hipster-hippie skirts finally became uncool!!! Al Gore is cancelling appearences and is STILL nowhere to be found. The Arnold is on his heels warning that CA is going to drown, and Barbara Boxer wants to play world police woman and get the "criminal" who "illegally" obtained and released these Ease Anglia emails. HEY LADY...don't be so quick to juuuudddgggeee. Maybe he was just insane like Nidal Hasann. And who ever said that these emails were obtained illegally??? Whistleblower???
Hmmm what else...healthcare? Sure...let's delve.
Congress's rating is the lowest it's been in decades, yet these people may ultimately be IR-responsible for my health? Are you kidding me?
Okay I gotta run, but just wanted to get back that this stuff.
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
"Sweet Like Sugar"
Yesterday, at a town-hall style "meeting" in Annandale, VA., the 44th POTUS, knowing what he'd be asked and how to answer, continued to bombard the public with "doom-and-gloom" predictions of how awful America currently is and will be 10 years from now (he even used TWITTER! HE'S SO COOL!). Unless Obama's carrying around a crystal ball, how can he predict the future like this? And if he can predict the future, why didn't he intervene years ago so that he wouldn't need to "inherit this mess." Maybe he's masochistic, but nevertheless, don't be fooled. His claim of what lies ahead is as credible as his affirmation that taxes won't be increased to pay for his domestic policies of Cap and Trade and Obama-Care. His approach of buttering up his policies is at the utter of politics. Things are always sugar coated in hopes that the initial sweet taste will be enough to get it through congress. But throwing a little bit of water on the topic usually washes away the saccharine and exposes the bitter center.
Obama's proposals of Cap and Trade and Obama-Care are like giant jawbreakers with a bitter center. Tons of hard sugar shield very, very sour details. An example of this sugar is Mr. Bill Burton, the 44th's Deputy White House Press Secretary and former campaign press secretary.
Yesterday, he was interviewed by Juan Williams of NPR on Fox News’ O’Reilly Factor about the current Cap and Trade bill that narrowly passed through the House last week. Williams poked and prodded at the FACT that Obama promised his economic policies would not require ANY tax increases; but the prodding was deflected by Burton. Upon broad inspection, it's apparent that Obama based his entire campaign on the promise to give 95% of Americans a tax cut. Maybe his crystal ball was cloudy but now it seems that Obama will be forced to approve tax increases, be them direct or indirect, in order to pay for his policies (he can't see one year ahead, let alone 15, or even 20). The money simply won't just appear out of nowhere (and yes, inflation is just as damaging if not more so than a tax, so printing money is not a solution either). This undoubtedly makes Barton and the rest of the Obama administration sweat.
To cover for his boss, Barton defended that the President's words were “not written in stone.” This may be true, but when a presidential candidate is on the campaign trail, he is without question speaking with a very sharp stylus for a tongue. On behalf of Obama, Barton stated that the bill was "first and foremost a jobs bill" that would create green jobs. Mmmmm, pretty sweet, huh?
After attacking the jawbreaker, sore tongue and all, the bitter center is exposed. Green jobs will be created by energy legislation; this is fact. It is reported, however, that the resulting job loss from green legislation will be much greater than job creation by as high of a factor as 2.2 to 1. "The loss of jobs could be greater if you account for the amount of lost industry that moves out of the country due to higher energy prices," said economics professor, Gabriel Calzada of King Juan Carlos University in Madrid.
This is key, and is very revealing of Obama’s crystal ball policy making. He promised to “save or create 4 million jobs” by 2010. If he can create 4 million green jobs, but 8 million are lost, he has not broken a promise. If green legislation doesn’t pass, he can always claim that he saved jobs; “heads we win; tails I win, and you thank me for saving jobs.”
Approving green legislation will eliminate American jobs by Cap and Trade taxes, and by forcing American businesses to outsource to foreign countries. China and India, the two largest industrial economies in the world, behind the US, have not signed on to green legislation. They will not be taxed by Cap and Trade on industrial production like US businesses will, making their products significantly cheaper. This will force American businesses that try to renovate to meet green standards to buy the cheaper, foreign products, inevitably driving American industry companies out of business.
With the unemployment rate at 14.7 million (9.5%), Obama’s promise of creating 4 million green jobs will single-handedly raise unemployment to 19.5 million, a STAGGERING 12.6%, the nations highest since the 1983 recession! This is strictly based on the results of the Madrid study, and does not account for the loss of jobs due to outsourcing. HOW BITTER DOES THAT TASTE?
Conservatives may be doing a lot of red-flag waving; and the Statist response is “well, do you have any better idea?” The answer is yes; keep the government out of the American economy and let the free market figure it out. And even if this solution isn’t good enough for a Statist to accept, it should be pointed out that at least there is agreement across party lines that this is not the best solution.
FYI...Michael Jackson will NOT be buried at Neverland.
Don't forget to change your light bulbs.
-TCM
Obama's proposals of Cap and Trade and Obama-Care are like giant jawbreakers with a bitter center. Tons of hard sugar shield very, very sour details. An example of this sugar is Mr. Bill Burton, the 44th's Deputy White House Press Secretary and former campaign press secretary.
Yesterday, he was interviewed by Juan Williams of NPR on Fox News’ O’Reilly Factor about the current Cap and Trade bill that narrowly passed through the House last week. Williams poked and prodded at the FACT that Obama promised his economic policies would not require ANY tax increases; but the prodding was deflected by Burton. Upon broad inspection, it's apparent that Obama based his entire campaign on the promise to give 95% of Americans a tax cut. Maybe his crystal ball was cloudy but now it seems that Obama will be forced to approve tax increases, be them direct or indirect, in order to pay for his policies (he can't see one year ahead, let alone 15, or even 20). The money simply won't just appear out of nowhere (and yes, inflation is just as damaging if not more so than a tax, so printing money is not a solution either). This undoubtedly makes Barton and the rest of the Obama administration sweat.
To cover for his boss, Barton defended that the President's words were “not written in stone.” This may be true, but when a presidential candidate is on the campaign trail, he is without question speaking with a very sharp stylus for a tongue. On behalf of Obama, Barton stated that the bill was "first and foremost a jobs bill" that would create green jobs. Mmmmm, pretty sweet, huh?
After attacking the jawbreaker, sore tongue and all, the bitter center is exposed. Green jobs will be created by energy legislation; this is fact. It is reported, however, that the resulting job loss from green legislation will be much greater than job creation by as high of a factor as 2.2 to 1. "The loss of jobs could be greater if you account for the amount of lost industry that moves out of the country due to higher energy prices," said economics professor, Gabriel Calzada of King Juan Carlos University in Madrid.
This is key, and is very revealing of Obama’s crystal ball policy making. He promised to “save or create 4 million jobs” by 2010. If he can create 4 million green jobs, but 8 million are lost, he has not broken a promise. If green legislation doesn’t pass, he can always claim that he saved jobs; “heads we win; tails I win, and you thank me for saving jobs.”
Approving green legislation will eliminate American jobs by Cap and Trade taxes, and by forcing American businesses to outsource to foreign countries. China and India, the two largest industrial economies in the world, behind the US, have not signed on to green legislation. They will not be taxed by Cap and Trade on industrial production like US businesses will, making their products significantly cheaper. This will force American businesses that try to renovate to meet green standards to buy the cheaper, foreign products, inevitably driving American industry companies out of business.
With the unemployment rate at 14.7 million (9.5%), Obama’s promise of creating 4 million green jobs will single-handedly raise unemployment to 19.5 million, a STAGGERING 12.6%, the nations highest since the 1983 recession! This is strictly based on the results of the Madrid study, and does not account for the loss of jobs due to outsourcing. HOW BITTER DOES THAT TASTE?
Conservatives may be doing a lot of red-flag waving; and the Statist response is “well, do you have any better idea?” The answer is yes; keep the government out of the American economy and let the free market figure it out. And even if this solution isn’t good enough for a Statist to accept, it should be pointed out that at least there is agreement across party lines that this is not the best solution.
FYI...Michael Jackson will NOT be buried at Neverland.
Don't forget to change your light bulbs.
-TCM
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Cap and Trade; Tax; Kill
Sooooo what is Cap and Trade?
Cap and Trade is a means to limit an industrial company's output of greenhouse gasses, like carbon DIoxide (carbon in general), by the threat of monetary penalty if these limits are breached. In order for this plan to work in the government's favor, the limits will be very stringent. A company may buy allowances (legal infringements of these limits) to prevent being fined by the EPA. Why not pay the fines? Because the fines are more expensive than the cost of the allowance. On top of it all, a fine is encumbered for every "emission tier" that is exceeded without an allowance. So if this bill does pass, as much as it hurts, it is actually more beneficial for the company to buy the allowances.
The problem lies in the fact that emission limits or "caps" are not set, but rather, adjustable. A company, in theory, may spend unlimited time trying to meet the ever changing criteria set by the EPA...which leads to the definition of Cap and Tax.
Cap and Tax:
Cap and Trade, like much of Obama's plans, favors Big Business and makes it impossible for the blue-collar community to succeed. How? Well, money of course. As stated before, a company must pay for the allowances in order to emit a certain amount carbon, or find a way to lower its emissions so they buy fewer allowances or ideally none at all (in a perfect world). Renovations like this are extremely costly to a business and, as predicted by congress, will not be the course of action taken by most businesses. Most businesses will pay THE GOVERNMENT for allowances. Large unionized companies (those with congressional oomph) will be able to afford, or find the money to renovate. In most cases, they will over-renovate. This will allow them to exceed the expectations of the EPA by emitting less carbon than their allowances permit. In order to get the most for their money, the company is warranted to sell (*trade*) their leftover allowances in a free market setting. This may sound good for small business, but small business still must pay for these allowances, except they get them cheaper.
Unfortunately, the struggling manufacturing plant on Mystery Street cannot afford to renovate. It will have to front the recurring and growing cost of the allowances. Their production is downsized, and their costs are increased. Who pays for this rise in cost? The consumer does, just like any other tax. Although it appears that the money goes to the company and not to directly to the government, the company is merely a middle man. And like a dirty shirt into the washing machine, the money is laundered from the consumer DIRECTLY TO THE GOVERNMENT. So out of desperation comes Cap and Kill...
Cap and Kill
As big business sits on a picnic blanket on that Hill in D.C., Billy Blue-Collar is waking up with a cold sweat around his neck and breathing hard from his soon-to-be-reality of a nightmare. The company he works for (the struggling manufacturing plant) cannot afford him anymore. Trying to keep personal relationships out of the equation, Billy is fired from his job. No one else is hiring, and his cash flow has ceased. Billy cannot afford the things he once could, other companies suffer from his inability to spend, and so begins the kill of the economy. This, again predicted by congress, forces people to start accepting things like nationalized healthcare and the stimulus package, making Obama look like a savior, rather than a tyrant.
But we are wise to this intent. The Obama Administration is trying to blast Cap and Trade, Obama-Care, and the Stimulus Package through Congress so that we won't even be able to comprehend what it all means. But a simple thought storm will produce what I've stated above very quickly.
Forget calling your Representative now, call your Senator, and tell them to vote NO on Cap and Trade. It is a money laundering scheme to broaden government control further than ever before. VOTE NO! And call your Representative later. Tell him to stuff it if he/she voted to pass this violation of the Constitution. Oh and in case you haven't heard...Michael Jackson died at 50 years old from a heart attack.
Make sure to change your light bulbs,
- TCM
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