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““European Union Pushes Cuts for Indebted Countries
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/02/25/business/AP-EU-Europe-Age-Of-Austerity.html?pagewanted=all




To keep its debt crisis from mushrooming out of control, the European Union is imposing harsh cutbacks on millions of ordinary people in debt-plagued countries like Greece, Ireland and Portugal.

But some economists think cutbacks right now are a mistake that might tip Europe into a dreaded double-dip recession.

OH MY GOSH! You mean, once your economy is so dependent on government that government spending cuts become a problem and your best option is to raise taxes? Man, who would have ever believed that one? There’s really no problem there, European tax burdens are low.


The Socialist leaders of Greece and Portugal are trying to hold the line at hiring and pay freezes, while avoiding outright pay cuts.

Whose economies are in the most trouble? The most leftist ones? That can’t be. Isn't business the problem?


The cuts are based on a hard fact of economics: the usual path for a country in trouble is to see its currency fall relative to other currencies. That quickly makes it a lower-cost location for business investment and maked its exports cheaper and more competitive, an automatic if painful boost.

But Europe's highly indebted governments such as Ireland, Greece, and Portugal, can't devalue because they belongs to the euro and no longer have their own currency.

Now who would have thought that the collectivist nature of the EU would make it more difficult for these folks? Aren't leftist ideas always in our best interest?


In Spain, shoppers are bracing for a planned 2-point hike in national sales tax to 18 percent and a two-year increase in the retirement age to 67. Pro-austerity economists say this isn't nearly enough.

More tax hikes? If you have two choices: tax hikes and government spending cuts… but wait! We’re leftists, government spending cuts are always a last resort so let's just not even talk about them. Maybe they'll go away.


Ireland has imposed income-tax hikes ranging from 1 percent to 3 percent and slapped a 7 percent charge on the wages of more than 700,000 state-paid workers -- including nurses, teachers and taxmen like Cullen -- to fund their pensions.

Oh wait, Ireland is mentioned as having some success. It must be the increase in taxes.


Neighboring Portugal plans to freeze the pay of its 675,000 civil servants this year and prune payroll by at least 7.5 percent within four years.

Don’t tell me government is the problem? Let’s just blame business for this.


Here it is! This is the villain we’ve all been looking for:

Economist Paul de Grauwe of the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium thinks that panicking markets have the clear upper hand and are forcing governments into slash and burn policies prematurely, before the recovery is self-sustaining enough to endure them. ''It's all a question of timing,'' said de Grauwe.

It’s the market’s fault that we have to cut all our wonderful government programs. We never would have got into this mess if the markets weren’t panicking.




There’s something that really sticks out here:

They report on the cutbacks to “ordinary people.” They report on the tax hikes to “nurses, teachers and taxmen.” They report on tax increases to “shoppers.” They talk about freezing the pay of “civil servants.”


But nowhere does this New York Times article report on how all of these cuts and tax increases effect Europe’s healthcare systems?

I am shocked! Why do you suppose that could be?””

“Up your 39% increase.NM”

“"[T]he Constitution ought to be the standard of construction for the laws, and that wherever there is an evident opposition, the laws ought to give place to the Constitution." --Alexander Hamilton


The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”

“Taxed Enough Already! Join Daniel Hannan at the Brighton Tea Party.

Check this dood out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3fbydsdWJk&feature=player_embedded


Taxed Enough Already Join DANIEL HANNAN MEP at the Brighton Tea Party at 5.30 p.m. this Saturday 27 February at the Best Western Hotel, 143-145 King's Road, Brighton BN1 2PQ

The event will take place on the Conservative Party Spring Forum fringe, but is outside the secure zone, so all members of the public are very welcome to attend. Admission is free. Tea and other refreshments will be available at a small charge. Cash bar.

Daniel, a Council Member of The Freedom Association, says, "you can't tax your way out of recession or borrow your way out of debt".

The Tea Party Movement in the USA has demonstrated the huge scale of public opposition to excessive taxation. In the UK, tax is much higher and, in addition, British membership of the democratically unaccountable EU raises the issue of "no taxation without representation". From the Boston Tea Party to the Brighton Tea Party, it's time to demonstrate our opposition to excessive taxation.”

“they're obviously just racist against Obama”

“Racist? Boy did I find something funny today!


Online debate rages over white group's step win
http://www.kansascity.com/2010/02/26/1776067/online-debate-rages-over-white.html

“Now a white Arkansas team's win in an Atlanta step competition has started a fiery debate over the African-inspired tradition and whether the integration of a once-ethnically exclusive activity constitutes a form of cultural theft.”


“Cultural theft”? And here I thought I lived in the United States of America; a cultural melting pot. What do I know?

Wasn’t basketball started by a bunch of whiteys? Wasn’t baseball started by a bunch of whiteys? Anyone whose knee-jerk reaction would be to call those two sports examples of “cultural theft” ought to be ready for an onslaught of name-calling from leftists.




"Good Job but let the Black folks have their own thing for once!!!" wrote one commenter posting under the name "titetowers"


For once? You mean the NAACP, Affirmative Action, MBDA, DMBE, MBRT, Minority Business Loan Programs, The Minority Business Enterprise Program, and the BET channel (I could actually go on for pages here), aren’t “their own thing”?




"What has happened is black youth culture, what people would call hip hop, sort of made black culture accessible and appealing to all kinds of people," said Walter Kimbrough, president of historically black Philander Smith College in Little Rock, Ark., and an expert on black Greek life. "It really now has become an American experience."


A voice of reason! Too bad he’ll get ignored by all those anti-racist leftists who agree that whitey should stay out of “black culture” events.




On Thursday, sponsor Coca-Cola announced "scoring discrepancies" and said the runner-up - the Alpha Kappa Alpha team from Indiana University, whose members are black - would share first place and receive the same $100,000 in scholarships that the Zeta Tau Alphas won.

It was unclear what the discrepancies were and Coca-Cola would not elaborate.


Well hasn’t this always been the agenda of multiculturalists and people like Jessie Jackson and Al Sharpton. If you make a big enough tantrum about how “the man” keeps minorities down, eventually you may get what you want. And in many cases that means some (as violin would say) “serious coin.”


I truly miss In Living Color’s portrayal of the angry black man, being oppressed by “the man,” as a clown. Homey was such wonderful satire, even the leftists didn’t seem to be too offended. Maybe they just didn’t get it.”

“
Some people's hot
Some people's cold
Some people's not very
Swift to behold

Some people do it
Some see right through it
Some wear po-jamas
If only they knew it�

The po-jama people are boring me to pieces
They make me feel like I am wasting my time
They all got flannel up 'n� down 'em�
A little trap-door back aroun' 'em�
An' some cozy little footies on their mind

Po-jama people!
Po-jama people, people!
Lawd, they make you sleepy
With the things they might say�

Po-jama people!
Po-jama people, people!
Mother, Mary 'n Jozuf, I wish they'd all go away!

Po-jama people!
It's a po-jama people special...
Take one home with you & save a dollar today!

Po-jama people!
Po-jama people, people!
Wrap 'em up�
Roll 'em out�
Get 'em out of my way!

HEY � inna-Hey-inna hennin-a-Hey!

(hoy-hoy-hoy�)

Wrap 'em up�
Roll 'em out�
Get 'em out of my way!

HEY � inna-Hey-inna hennin-a-Hey!

(hoy-hoy-hoy�)




One Size Fits All (1975)
FZ et al.

”

“Tilt hates freedom.”

“My guess is that Tiilt has found "enlightenment."


“There is no issue on which modern liberals consider themselves more thoroughly enlightened than that of race.”

Liberal Fascism. Jonah Goldberg; NY 2008. (p 243)”

“Tilt can obviously stretch um out to make bigger a-holes of some.”

“I watched the videos. ZTAs took it to the hiz-ous. They was toe-up from the flo-up! I say they decline the prize. Call it their contribution to reparations.”

“is this where the guys hide out?”

“My daughter was the captain of her predominantly white step team at our predominantly white high school.

To say we were a minority when we would travel to competitions would be a major understatement. We did hear a number of racial comments from other audience members, including calls of "Go Barbie!".

I just never thought to whine about it on the internets.”

“That's because your white guilt is so over whelming that you feel as though you deserve the racial comments based on your light skin.”

“Arc the funny thing is that Martain Luther King Jr. would be rolling in his grave if he could see what was going on with race relations today. It's about character and abilities, not race and skin color.

Here in my area we have/had an Antioch Colledge that is/was uber-liberal. They had a racial diversity week every year and a few years back there were a bunch of banners and signs with such slogans as "Because of you we die!" and many others against "whitey". The admin's reaction? They said it was good that non white students could express their anger that way and they support them.

The school went broke a couple years ago and I celebrated. :)”

“I watched the video... again. Y'all can have your curling.

I posted it at the my favorite youtube thread.”

“Anything that is in any way anti-BIGBIZ (ie,air american radio) will go under, while BB is all the money is and lobbyist run the country with the BIGBIZ taxes they collect from brand name addicted fool americans, that scream to high heaven when the gov whats money.”

“Dizzy, you're welcome here any time. We throw around ideas but it can get pretty rough with the teasing. Watch out, have a sense of humor, and develop a thick skin.

Just... think. Better yet... contribute.




Arc the funny thing is that (Martin) Luther King Jr. would be rolling in his grave if he could see what was going on with race relations today. It's about character and abilities, not race and skin color.

You got that right, Nigal. ANY person should be measured by "the content of their character." Those were wise words indeed.

I'm surprised that people haven't found a way to exclude themselves into little groups based on eye color. Anybody who doesn't have hazel (my eyes change from blue to green) colored eyes must be excluded from my group.

Aren't we all U.S. citizens? That has nothing to do with tribal, racial, ethnic, or skin color affiliations.

I'll never accuse violin of "culture theft" just because he loves bagpipe music.




That's an interesting idea, gojo. Because enabling bad behavior hasn't done squat for race relations.




You still just don't get it do you, violin? It's not whining, it's examination.

You will not create a tolerant society by creating programs such as the NAACP, Affirmative Action, MBDA, DMBE, MBRT, Minority Business Loan Programs, The Minority Business Enterprise Program, and the BET channel.

But how can people examine when they refuse to believe they make mistakes?

“Yes, I’m a liberal, and I’m sick of it being a bad word. I don’t know at what time in history liberals have stood on the wrong side of social issues.”

George Clooney


“FDR’s labor and agricultural policies threw millions of blacks out of work and off their land. The great migration of African-Americans to northern cities was in no small part a result of the success of progressive policies. Black leaders didn’t call the National Recovery Administration, or NRA, the “Negro Run Around” for nothing.

In the previous chapter I noted that liberals cling to the myth of the New Deal out of religious devotion to the idea of the all-caring God-state. Something similar is at work in the liberal devotion to the Great Society. The rationales for the Great Society are almost always suffused with racial guilt and what could only be described as a religious faith in the state’s redemptive power. In his book White Guilt, Shelby Steel tells of an encounter with a self-described “architect” of the Great Society. “Damn it, we saved this country!” the man barked. “This country was about to blow up. There were riots everywhere. You can stand there now in hindsight and criticize, but we had to keep the country together my friend.” Moreover, added the LBJer, you should have seen how grateful blacks were when these programs were rolled out.

Well, the first claim is a falsehood, and the second is damning. While civil rights acts were obviously great successes, liberals hardly stopped at equality before the law. The Great Society’s racial meddling – often under various other guises – yielded one setback after another. Crime soared because the Great Society and the attitudes of which it partook. In 1960 the total number of murders was lower than it had been in 1930, 1940, and 1950 despite a population explosion. In the decade after the Great Society, the murder rate effectively doubled. Black-on-black crime soared in particular. Riots exploded on LBJ’s watch, often with the subtle encouragement of Great Society liberals who rewarded such behavior. Out-of-wedlock births among blacks skyrocketed. Economically, as Thomas Sowell has cataloged, the biggest drop in black poverty took place during the two decades before the Great Society. In the 1970s, when the impact of Great Society programs was fully realized, the trend of black economic improvement stopped almost entirely.

One could go on like this for pages. But the facts are of secondary importance. Liberals have fallen in love with the idea behind the racial welfare state. They’ve absorbed the Marxist and fascist conception of “the system” as racist and corrupt and therefore in constant need of state intervention. In particular, as Steel notes, they’ve convinced themselves that support for such programs is proof of their own moral worth. Blacks were “grateful” to white liberals; therefore white liberals aren’t racist. We return once again to the use of politics to demonize those who fall outside the consensus – that is, conservatives – and to anoint those within it. Whites who oppose the racial spoils system are racists. Blacks who oppose it are self-hating race traitors.

Usually white liberals will simply opt to support black liberals who make such charges, rather than make them themselves. But occasionally they will step up and do so. Maureen Dowd, for example, writes that it is “impossible not to be disgusted” with blacks such as Clarence Thomas. According to Dowd, the Supreme Court justice hates himself for “his own great historic ingratitude” to white liberals or has been “driven barking mad” by it. Take your pick. Steel summarizes the racism of this sort of thinking: “[W]e’ll throw you a bone like affirmative action if you’ll just let us reduce you to your race so we can take moral authority for ‘helping’ you. When they called you a #&%!$ back in the days of segregation, at least they didn’t ask you to be grateful.”

Liberal Fascism. Jonah Goldberg; NY 2008. (pp 269-270)”

“too much words”

“Too little attention span”

“too true”

“Crime is the result of too many laws, which is too many words, that are designed for more police, prisons, courts and lawyers than to be any attempt to protect anyone from others bad deeds.”

“HPD, you're not alone if you truly feel that way. In fact, you may be in the majority.

Hey, I've got to fill my retirement/convalescence time with something and daytime TV sucks! Trust me on this one.




I don't know about too many words, salebored, but maybe you are too weird.”

“I'll take a cup of earl grey and or english breakfast.”

“We'll have to update that old joke:

You know why Rebublicans carry pliers in their back pockets.....”

“You know why Rebublicans carry pliers in their back pockets.....”

To pull out the tiny dicks the Demobrats try to stick in their ass.”

“LOLOLOL!

Dang, if that isn't a great punchline!”

“Damn it guys, stop operating outside the lines of the two party system. You're confusing tilt.”

“LMAO, HPD!”

“Tuesday, March 2, 2010
UNIONS AND RED INK
By
Neal Boortz
@ March 2, 2010 9:18 AM Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

We covered this on the show yesterday, but it's certainly wealth repeating here in the Nuze. Forward this to your friends, talk it up at lunch or dinner today. There's a valuable lesson to be learned here.

No doubt you know that several states out there are having financial problems. There are underfunded pensions, declining tax revenues and increased costs associated with the recession; and these problems only scratch the surface.

Forbes.com has developed some information that you might find interesting. First of all, here's a list of the five states that are in the worst financial shape:

* Illinois
* New York,
* Connecticut
* California
* New Jersey

... and the list of the five states in the best condition financially:

* Utah
* Nebraska
* Texas
* New Hampshire
* Virginia

Now ... let's look at the politics. The five states in the worst financial condition are solidly Democrat. They are the bluest of the blue. Of the three states in the best financial condition, three are solidly Republican; Utah, Nebraska and Texas. The other two lean Democrat, but only slightly.

The question, then, is why do heavily Democrat states seem to be in the poorest financial condition? According to Forbes, the problems in these Democrat-controlled states revolve around two facts ... stronger unions and more moochers. By more moochers I mean what Forbes refers to as "a stronger appetite for public programs." Stronger appetite for public programs? That means you have more people who are interested in using the government as an instrument of plunder (the moochers) than you have people who are interested in such arcane concepts as self-reliance and hard work.”

“Public programs, strat? I got yer public programs right here pal!


I live in a very “liberal” town. The Letters to the Editor get jaw-droppingly funny (or sad, depending on your point of view) sometimes.

Now here’s a “liberal” lady who doesn’t believe in government spending cuts despite the fact that our local government is in serious financial difficulties as a result of years of misuse of pubic funds. Well, to her, they’re not misusing any funds.

And isn’t it to protest this type of thinking that the Tea Parties were organized? To mobilize people against this sort of insanity:


Money well spent
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20100227/OPINION02/100229669/1017?p=2&tc=pg

“In response to Larry Freeman's Feb. 10 letter about county spending priorities: Is he not aware of the obesity epidemic our country is facing?

Obesity leads to diabetes, high blood pressure, strokes, heart disease, etc. All the cooking classes offered through IFAS support healthy, nutritious and economically prepared meals.

Premarital counseling? How many families might be saved by having the skills and information to create a loving, nurturing, stable and financially responsible family?

Our county commissioners are right to support programs that promote healthy living and emotionally strong families.

Margaret McMeekin,
Hawthorne”


This woman thinks it’s government’s responsibility to provide cooking classes and marriage counseling. Is it government’s responsibility to cure toenail fungus?


One guess: What form of government stressed government programs for "healthy living"?


We will not have serious fiscal responsibility until we can outvote irresponsible government spenders such as this woman.”

“We won't have responsible gov until we learn to stay out of everyone in the worlds lives, PERIOD! She's just another home study missionary with her nose in everyone biz.”

“We are tired of gub'ment corruption


CHARLIE RANGEL STILL HAS A JOB
By
Neal Boortz
@ March 2, 2010 8:55 AM Permalink | Comments (10) | TrackBacks (0)

This is not breaking news: Charlie Rangel is a tax cheat. The guy in charge of writing tax laws in this country is a tax cheat. Until now, the House ethics committee didn't seem all that interested. Not an eyebrow raised in Rangel's general direction. But the House ethics committee finally "admonished" Rangel for accepting two trips to the Caribbean that were paid for by corporations. The committee's report said that Rangel "violated the House gift rule by accepting payment and reimbursement for travel to 2007 and 2008 conferences." As we know, this is just another bullet point on the list of the unethical failures of Charlie Rangel. Here is one that we recently compiled:

* Failure to report over $1 million in outside income and $3 million in business transactions as required by the House,

* Failure to disclose at least $650,000 in assets he had previously failed to list on his House financial disclosure forms,

* Failure to disclose to the IRS or on his financial disclosure forms $75,000 in rental income for a beach villa in the Dominican Republic,

* Violation of state laws by claiming three primary residences and breaking New York City regulations by maintaining four rent-controlled apartments,

* Violation of House rules by using congressional letterhead to solicit donations for an education center bearing his name at City College of New York, and

* Delinquency in paying his property taxes on two New Jersey parcels and failure to report the sale of a $1.3 million brownstone.


Charlie Rangel is among that elite class of Congress who believes that they are entitled to their position of power in Washington. He is part of some special class, which places him and his actions above the rule of law. Some might call that arrogance.

Charlie Rangel's biggest supporter in the House seems to be Nancy Pelosi. Princess Nancy says that it is not her place to interfere and "It was not a--something that jeopardized our country in any way." There you have it. The norm used to be that if a member ran afoul of the ethics committee you lost your committee chairmanship ... period. Now, according to Pelosi, you're ethical violation had to have been something that jeopardized our country. What is she saying? Unethical behavior on the part of one of the most powerful committee chairman in Washington doesn't, in and of itself, jeopardize our country?

What can be done? Well, today in Congress the Republicans are moving to trip Rangel of his chairmanship. The Republicans have tried this stunt before, as recently as September 2009, with no luck. Don't expect much this time. At least the Democrats refusal to punish one of their own will be displayed however.”

“Monday, March 01, 2010

Union Boss Appointed To Obama’s Deficit Panel Loves Wealth Redistribution, Global Government

http://sayanythingblog.com/entry/union_boss_appointed_to_obamas_deficit_panel_loves_wealth_redistribution_gl/

http://sayanythingblog.com/entry/union_boss_appointed_to_obamas_deficit_panel_loves_wealth_redistribution_gl/”

“Intellectuals Step 'Off The Cliff,' Drag Rest Of Us Down: Sowell

By DAVID HOGBERG, INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILYPosted 02/26/2010 07:00 PM ET

Smart people should make smart decisions. So why do the best and the brightest always seem to create more problems than they solve?

This is not just an academic question, precisely because academics dominate the Obama administration and its approach to such key issues as health care and Iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons. Renowned economist Thomas Sowell argues that intellectuals have strong incentives to step out of their area of expertise and "off a cliff." Ultimately, everyday people pay the price when intellectuals and abstract concepts trump real-world specifics.

Sowell explores these topics and more in a wide-ranging IBD interview regarding his latest book, "Intellectuals and Society."

IBD: How do you define intellectuals?

Sowell: I define intellectuals as persons whose occupations begin and end with ideas. I distinguish between intellectuals and other people who may have ideas but whose ideas end up producing some good or service, something that whether it's working or not working can be determined by third parties.

With intellectuals, one of the crucial factors is their work is largely judged by peer consensus, so it doesn't matter if their ideas work in the real world.

IBD: What incentives and constraints do intellectuals face?

Sowell: One of the incentives is that, to the extent that intellectuals stay in their specialty, they have little to gain in terms of either prestige or influence on events. Say, an authority in ancient Mayan civilization just writes about ancient Mayan civilization, then only other specialists in ancient Mayan civilization will know what he is talking about or even be aware of him.

So intellectuals have every incentive to go beyond their area of expertise and competence. But stepping beyond your area of competence is like stepping off a cliff — you may be a genius within that area, but an idiot outside it.

As far as the constraints, since their main constraint is peer consensus — that's a very weak constraint on the profession as a whole. Because what the peers believe as a group becomes the test of any new idea that comes along as to whether it's plausible or not.

IBD: You say that most intellectuals believe in the "Vision of the Anointed." What does that mean?

Sowell: It's the theory that there is an elite group of people who are very knowledgeable and their knowledge should be used to guide the decisions of society. So they are not simply an elite in the sense that sinecurists might be an elite, but they are elite with an anointed role in the world. To put it uncharitably, as someone once said, "Born booted and spurred to ride mankind." Examples of that would not be hard to find in Washington, D.C.


see the rest

[url]http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article.aspx?id=522457[/url”

“Does Tom have something around his neck to catch his fall?”

“So is that like all of the biologists and social scientists who "liberals" keep pointing to as supporting the Man-made Global Warming crusade?



I would also add that many "intellectuals" are in academic settings. Their support of government has nothing to do with the fact that most of them earn their living from government largesse.

But these folks are all altruistic. They're only thinking about helping "the poor" and "the children."


Think of the future of all the little children. That is why they are so impatient for change. WHAT DO THEY WANT? THEIR WAY! WHEN DO THEY WANT IT? NOW!


All I usually have to do is read section A in the paper to question the sanity of the left.


Exhibit A: Typical “peaceful” leftist protest-

Late-night protest at UC Berkeley turns violent
http://www.sacbee.com/2010/02/26/2567781/late-night-protest-at-uc-berkeley.html

“…broke into a campus building, torched trash cans and smashed at least one store's windows.”


Are these the “All we are saying…is give peace a chance” folks who wanted a withdrawal of troops from Iraq? Why are violent protests, as a way to change public policy, almost the exclusive province of the left?”

“I'm surprised they don't swallow their own tongues.”

“Like leftists keep swallowing theirs?


After passing this:

Firearms (Amendment) Act 1997
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/Acts/acts1997/ukpga_19970005_en_1




This occurred:

London gun crime rises as shootings nearly double
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/nov/03/london-gun-crime-shootings-rise


Culture of violence: Gun crime goes up by 89% in a decade
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1223193/Culture-violence-Gun-crime-goes-89-decade.html



Once again, this shows EXACTLY why leftists keep supporting gun control...

...Because it has the exact opposite effect they say it will. Doh!”

“Another fine example of the National Endowment for the Arts.”

“Arc shoots and scores!

At least MarkO is smiling in that cartoon. Stovie doesn't look too happy though.”

“ROTFLMAO....


last edited: 3/04/10 6:11:43 AM”

“Are you sure that Stickman Stovie could perform such a physical feat?”

“Gun crime goes up? How can that happen when the only available jobs are becoming a hooker or a Drug dealer?”

“I hear there are some bang-up opportunities in the the field of gun-running.”

“Left or right wingers? Job security, is defined as supplying the enemy, less you'll run out, of enemy I mean.”