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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (84421)	5/21/2010 9:21:54 PM
From: lorne	2 Recommendations Respond to of 224705

ken..."Rand Paul has cancelled an appearance on Meet the Press."... I cancelled a dentist app. last week.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (84421)	5/21/2010 9:28:01 PM
From: longnshort	3 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224705

Did SEIU Protesters Cross the Line Protesting on Lawn of BofA Bigwig? Fox News: This past Sunday, in one of the most aggressive and offensive intimidation tactics to date, hundreds of members of the largest union – the SEIU – stormed the front yard of Bank of America deputy general counsel Greg Baer’s home. The angry mob had bullhorns, signs and even broke the law by trespassing to bully Baer’s teenage son, the only one home at the time, who locked himself in the bathroom out of fear. breitbart.tv

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (84421)	5/21/2010 9:36:05 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 224705

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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (84421)	5/21/2010 10:26:18 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	2 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 224705

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie may have set a record for the speediest veto in American history on Thursday when he rejected an income tax surcharge passed by the Democratic legislature two minutes after it arrived on his desk. That bill would have resurrected former Governor Jon Corzine's "temporary" income tax surcharge on millionaires that expired at the start of this year. Democrats want to reinstate a top tax rate of 10.75%, up from an already high 8.98%. Mr. Christie stated what is obvious to every taxpayer in the Garden State not on the public payroll: "New Jersey does not have a tax problem; New Jersey has a spending and size of government problem." Trenton gained virtually no additional revenue by raising the income tax rate in 2007. Imposing the third highest income tax in the U.S. (after Hawaii and Oregon) didn't prevent a $11 billion budget deficit. Democrats nonetheless played the class warfare card, tying the increase to a reduction in drug co-payments by seniors. They argue that Mr. Christie is merely protecting a privileged few—16,000 New Jersey millionaires—from paying $637 million more in taxes to "share the pain" of balancing the state budget. Share the pain? New Jersey is already dependent on a handful of rich tax filers to pay the state's bills. The richest 1% of filers in New Jersey pay a little under half, or 46%, of all state income taxes. Inviting those with the highest tax payments to pack up and leave for states that are less hostile to business and wealth will only send the state into a deeper fiscal ditch. The real privileged few in New Jersey are government unions that have soaked taxpayers to finance their oversized pensions, health-care benefits and salaries. Democrats hope that by raising taxes on the rich they can inoculate their union allies from Mr. Christie's effort to reduce the advantages that government workers have over private workers. As one example, Mr. Christie notes that many state employees "pay nothing for their health benefits that cost, for family coverage, between $18,000 and $25,000 a year. No one in the private sector has that kind of deal." The tax fight isn't over. State Senate President Steve Sweeney told Mr. Christie that "we'll be back," meaning that Democrats will try to override the governor's veto. Mr. Christie continues to stand out as a lone voice of economic sanity in Trenton and as a national fiscal leader, and we hope taxpayers rally around him.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (84421)	5/22/2010 7:38:20 AM
From: TideGlider	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224705

Will they issue a bench warrant? Rand Paul has cancelled an appearance on Meet the Press.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (84421)	5/22/2010 8:20:58 AM
From: Sedohr Nod	6 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224705

Why is Blumenthal still showing his face?.....another fine example of democrats have no sense of shame.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (84421)	5/22/2010 11:58:24 AM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 224705

achievements of idiot odumba: UNDER THE HEADLINE "Scary Math," Dave Rosenberg, one of the very few pros, until last week anyway, who has shared our reservations about the stock market and the economy (which, we suppose, is why we quote him so often in this space) has compiled an interesting list of things that polite people don't talk about over the dinner table, that still speak eloquently to the state of the economy. Here's a sampling: One in every 10 Americans missed a mortgage payment in the first quarter of this year -- a new record. One in 10 Americans' credit-card usage is being written off -- also a new record. One in six Americans are either unemployed or underemployed. Over four in 10 of those jobless Americans have been out of work for at least six months and there are five unemployed workers competing for every job opening. One in four Americans with a mortgage have negative equity in their homes. Only one in 50 Americans plan to buy a home in the next six months.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (84421)	5/22/2010 12:21:28 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 224705

Among the Demorats, Sen. Michael Bennet has support from idiot Obama in his nomination fight. But idiot Obama's endorsement failed to save Sen. Arlen Specter from defeat in Pennsylvania's primary this past week, or to help Sen. Blanche Lincoln avoid a run-off in Arkansas. Mr. Bennet is likely to take a drubbing at the convention from a challenger who is attacking him from the left. The conventions will reflect the views of the most committed party activists, and the winning candidates could gain momentum. But the final outcome of the nomination fights likely will be settled in primary elections on Aug. 10. Mr. Bennet has a modest goal at the Democratic gathering: He hopes to win 30% of the vote—enough to secure a spot on the primary-election ballot. Delegates are expected to show far stronger support for a former speaker of the state House, Andrew Romanoff. Even if Mr. Bennet flops at the assembly, party rules allow him to get on the primary ballot by collecting voter signatures. Though Mr. Romanoff has an edge with party activists, at the end of March he had fallen about $5 million behind Mr. Bennet in fund-raising, partly because he won't take money from political-action committees. Mr. Bennet's financial edge has let him dominate the airwaves with folksy TV spots aimed at shaking off his incumbent label. He reminds voters that he is new to politics. A former corporate-turnaround specialist and public-school superintendent, Mr. Bennet was appointed to a vacant Senate seat last year. This is his first political campaign. In his latest ad, his three young daughters paint him as a wide-eyed outsider: "Dad's been in the Senate for one year, and he says it's the biggest mess he's ever seen!" The strategy seems to be working. A Public Policy Polling survey this past week found Mr. Bennet leads Mr. Romanoff by 15 percentage points among likely primary voters. Mr. Romanoff says he takes heart from the Democratic primaries this past week in Pennsylvania, where a more liberal candidate ousted Mr. Specter, and in Arkansas, where a challenger came from far behind to force Ms. Lincoln into a runoff. "I'm a real believer in the fire-in-the-belly school of politics," Mr. Romanoff said, predicting "a wave of anger at Washington's pay-to-play political culture" would buoy his effort. The candidates have few major policy disagreements: Mr. Romanoff, for instance, said he would have pushed harder for a public option in the health-care overhaul. On the Republican side, Saturday's state convention is also expected to be a rout—in favor of a candidate who a few weeks ago was widely dismissed. Ken Buck, the rural district attorney, has been surging in the polls, thanks to backing from tea-party groups and $600,000 in supportive TV ads from a conservative advocacy group, Americans for Job Security. The one-time front-runner, former Lt. Gov. Jane Norton, has dropped out of the convention, where Mr. Buck is likely to win big. She has volunteers and paid workers collecting signatures to get her on the primary ballot. Ms. Norton said that approach allows her to talk to more voters. "This is really not a business-as-usual year," she said. Analysts predict a tight race. Ms. Norton has a big financial advantage, having raised $1.9 million to Mr. Buck's $650,000 through March. She also has a string of endorsements from Republican senators and has been publicly praised by Sarah Palin. Mr. Buck acknowledges that he has few differences with Ms. Norton on policy. "None come to mind," he said. But there is "a very strong image difference," said independent pollster Floyd Ciruli. He said Ms. Norton is burdened with the perception that she is the establishment candidate, while Mr. Buck positions himself as a scrappy insurgent.