tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13373852830892438352024-03-05T13:32:53.378-05:00stones and words and words and stonesStonemasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08772529992004664186noreply@blogger.comBlogger570125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337385283089243835.post-49115370917688233712013-03-11T11:48:00.001-04:002013-03-11T11:48:36.314-04:00If it were Bush...I would like it if those of progressive ideology please explain to me why I didn't see post after post after post on Facebook supporting Rand Paul in his attempt to get Eric Holder to confirm that due process was not gone on US soil. Due process was killed with the patriot act, under the Bush Admin and has continued to be dead under the Obama administration (see drone killings among other things).
C'mon people, at least pretend to be consistent...
Stonemasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08772529992004664186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337385283089243835.post-81926747456616815442013-01-30T03:30:00.001-05:002013-01-30T03:30:44.112-05:00Insanity, or, America in 2013New mortgage rules issued last week by the administration will have the effect of forcing lenders to approve prime loans to borrowers who would normally only qualify for subprime loans carrying higher interest rates and fees to cover the added risk of default.
Read More At IBD: http://news.investors.com/ibd-editorials-perspective/011413-640522-cfpb-denies-high-cost-lenders-legal-shield.htm#ixzz2JRgqhwgl
what could go wrong? The banks can just bundle these risky loans and sell them to someone else, right?Stonemasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08772529992004664186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337385283089243835.post-88813427133979352712013-01-16T22:46:00.001-05:002013-01-16T22:46:07.874-05:00The list of 23I have to weigh in on this, it might be my last political post ever, because this is exactly why I am done with it all. So many people think the President was <i>brave</i> today to take on the gun lobby with this list. So many people think that everything on this list is a new idea, a groundbreaking, unprecedented, attack on the 2nd Amendment. Both freaking sides of the issue simply HAVE NO CLUE.<br />
<a href="http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/01/16/here-are-the-23-executive-actions-obama-will-be-taking-on-guns/">Link to the full list</a><br />
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<li>Issue a memorandum to tell the government to do its job.</li>
<li>Realize that the ACA made number 1 much harder, as do most liberal policies.</li>
<li>Pay states to do their jobs, with my money. (<i>are you noticing a trend here? NOTHING NEW)</i></li>
<li>Ask the Attorney General to do his job.</li>
<li>Consider enforcing laws on books.</li>
<li>Write a strongly worded letter teaching people how to do things they have been doing for years.</li>
<li>Spend more of my money on advertising. Said advertising to promote the advertising.</li>
<li>Spend tax dollars on feel good commission that will do nothing.</li>
<li>Prosecute Fast and Furious...ooops, he should have left this one out.</li>
<li>Have government do its job, again.</li>
<li>Have President do his job.</li>
<li>Spend tax dollars on redundant training.</li>
<li>Are you effing serious? After liberal policies of the last 70 freaking years, they are now going to prosecute criminals? I call bullshit.</li>
<li>Take valuable time from the CDC for another feel good commission. Almost like a dart board was being used by the time they got this far along in the list.</li>
<li>Spend tax dollars on another commission that will do nothing, ask businesses to spend research dollars they don't have due to increases in taxes associated with the ACA.</li>
<li>Force doctors to ask questions unrelated to my cold and fever.</li>
<li>Send a letter to doctors explaining a law they already understand and have been sued under.</li>
<li>What the eff is a "School Resource Officer"?</li>
<li>ERP's have been a way of life in the private sector for many years, funny that government is behind. Or maybe this was just one of those Goose and Gander things.</li>
<li>Read the ACA to people with advanced degrees under the assumption that they can't read it for themselves.</li>
<li>Continue to change the monstrosity that is the ACA, adding more costs every day.</li>
<li>Make at least 6 of the items above illegal as soon as there is mental-health-parity.</li>
<li>And the most important Liberal idea of all. Talk about it.</li>
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Nothing new. Not one new idea, not one. Our government is failing, and we the people are to blame.</div>
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<br />Stonemasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08772529992004664186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337385283089243835.post-36403445697414619552013-01-03T07:34:00.001-05:002013-01-03T07:34:53.574-05:00Al Gore, HypocriteHere is a simple chuckle worthy post:<br />
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http://tammybruce.com/2013/01/al-gore-sell-current-tv-to-al-jazeera-pockets-about-100-million.html?utm_content=%23tbrs&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter<br />
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It seems that Al Gore, oil hater is going to pocket $100 million from oil producers as Al Jazeera buys the failing and flailing Current TV. Hey, at least the Israel coverage will be more balanced.<br />
<br />Stonemasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08772529992004664186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337385283089243835.post-13168857068785507792013-01-03T07:30:00.001-05:002013-01-03T07:30:26.454-05:00More plugshttp://www.theneverchronicles.com/Exiled_Video_Contest.html<br />
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Cool looking contest, just put together a 5 minute video of the first chapter of a cool book. If you need a hard copy, I have several for sale...<br />
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<img alt="" height="738" src="http://www.theneverchronicles.com/images/f085360aae211a019d2f5ed413178c45.jpg" width="570" />Stonemasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08772529992004664186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337385283089243835.post-5830918794973245562012-12-31T23:10:00.002-05:002012-12-31T23:10:42.490-05:00Told ya soin this post I predicted that this whole fiscal cliff bullshit would be pushed down the road: http://stonepoet.blogspot.com/2012/12/they-created-cliff.html<br />
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I was right: http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/275061-mcconnell-sequester-will-be-postponed-for-two-months<br />
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When will we vote them all out? Oh, never mind, too many people have a stake in the game, on both sides of the political aisle, and from all walks of life.<br />
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Slow is the repetition of history, but it does indeed repeat. One day folks will be reading about the "Rise and Fall of the American Empire."<br />
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<br />Stonemasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08772529992004664186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337385283089243835.post-88184028931286299122012-12-24T17:38:00.001-05:002012-12-24T17:38:20.079-05:00Merry Christmas<br />
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Born is Hope;<o:p></o:p></div>
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Arrives a promise;<o:p></o:p></div>
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Unto us, this silent
night,<o:p></o:p></div>
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The angels did,<o:p></o:p></div>
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And the words<o:p></o:p></div>
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And the words,<o:p></o:p></div>
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Came to so many<o:p></o:p></div>
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yet<o:p></o:p></div>
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Come harder with time.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Until,<o:p></o:p></div>
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Until the Hope is<o:p></o:p></div>
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Real,<o:p></o:p></div>
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Is felt;<o:p></o:p></div>
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Not connected to the
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But<o:p></o:p></div>
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Inside and around,<o:p></o:p></div>
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Encircling and
releasing.<o:p></o:p></div>
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This Hope:<o:p></o:p></div>
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Born,<o:p></o:p></div>
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Celebrated,<o:p></o:p></div>
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Lived.<o:p></o:p></div>
Stonemasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08772529992004664186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337385283089243835.post-67556922052719170142012-12-20T23:22:00.002-05:002012-12-20T23:22:50.869-05:00Honest questionWhen there are riots and killings over "Zero Dark-Thirty", will this administration condemn itself? Will the President, the Secretary of State, and various other mouthpieces apologize for supplying the information that led to the making of this movie?<br />
Will they apologize for killing the leader of Al queda, which led to the making of this movie?<br />
Will they take responsibility for the deaths that are to come?Stonemasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08772529992004664186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337385283089243835.post-53568826589420808192012-12-11T13:29:00.000-05:002012-12-11T13:29:05.617-05:00They created the cliffWhat the heck is wrong with us, the American people? The politicians created this cliff we are about to go over, they voted on, and the President signed, legislation that was supposed to force them to reign in spending and find places to 'increase revenue'. They didn't. Instead they all campaigned to keep their jobs and we, the American people, sent most of them back.<br />
Why the hell are we shocked that this is happening? They told us it would. History shows that they will not fix things, only make them worse.<br />
Prediction: Grand bargain that pushes real decisions to the future...oh, wait...that is were we are NOW.<br />
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This is law, this cliff thing was created, voted on, and signed. IT IS THE EFFING LAW, since they did not do their jobs, were too busy trying to get re-elected, they now have to face the consequences, which is going to hurt this country.<br />
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Do they care about that? Maybe, a little. What they care more about is getting elected again, to not be seen as the party that allowed this to happen.<br />
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Let me clue them in: It was both parties. Stonemasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08772529992004664186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337385283089243835.post-10433364151315438052012-11-20T20:43:00.002-05:002012-11-20T20:43:23.763-05:00Insanityhttp://dailycaller.com/2012/11/20/dutch-sex-therapists-legalize-virtual-child-pornography/<br />
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These people want to legalize child porn. Because it is a good outlet for 'good' pedophiles.<br />
But...wait...I thought porn caused men to objectify women. Wouldn't this cause scum to objectify children?<br />
I have an idea, let's kill the pedophiles, that way we don't have to worry about them messing with any kids and we don't have to even have this conversation.Stonemasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08772529992004664186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337385283089243835.post-37301808611886799502012-11-15T18:34:00.000-05:002012-11-15T18:34:16.540-05:00Sunsets and As I frittered away minutes of my life, wasting time arguing with someone who used generalizations to prove non-existent points, I noticed the sun was setting. Did I grab my brand new iPhone and get a picture? No...I wasted more time showing that generalizations are useless in arguments, one can find generalizations about anything.<br />
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And now I have only the memory. But the memory is good. Perhaps someday I will be arguing generalizations and will think of the sunset and maybe, just maybe I will walk away from the useless argument.Stonemasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08772529992004664186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337385283089243835.post-10951542167358545672012-11-14T20:16:00.000-05:002012-11-14T20:16:52.687-05:00I agree with the PresidentI listened to as much of today's press conference, the first in what? Nine months? as I could before I had to go to work. As I expected, it was mostly repeated campaign slogans about the 2% paying their fair share and the middle class...zzzzzz...<br />
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But then someone ticked him off asking about Susan Rice and her lies to the American People through the Sunday news shows 5 days after 4 Americans were killed in Benghazi. President Obama seemed to take offense that the reporter attacked this poor defenseless woman (where are the feminists?). The President told the reporter that if he had a problem with Ambassador Rice, he had a problem with the President.<br />
I agree.<br />
The President admitted today, in the press conference that he told Ambassador Rice to go on tv and LIE to the American People. He said that she was just relaying what the White House had told her. The White house at that time knew that this had been a terrorist attack and yet they had Rice tell us that it was over some idiotic movie trailer. So yes.<br />
I agree that we have a problem with the President. A President that tells the Ambassador to the UN to go on television and lie to Americans should surely be taken to task.<br />
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And no one in the media will do so.<br />
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They are too busy asking him about General Petreaus and General Allen and a couple of women who enjoyed the company of men. Or about how he is going to make sure the fiscal cliff is avoided, but not on the backs of the middle class.<br />
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Oh, and for those of you who missed it. He did not say that letting the tax cuts expire on the rich was his line in the sand, he wouldn't say it. That means that he is going to kick the can down the road, as he has for the last 4 years (along with Congress), and the next President can whine about how she inherited this crappy economy from George Bush.Stonemasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08772529992004664186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337385283089243835.post-70095461398990732572012-11-12T14:09:00.000-05:002012-11-12T14:09:06.091-05:00Just a quick thoughtSo President Obama won a second term, I didn't think it was possible. I was wrong. Now conservatives are wringing their hands and trying to figure out how to win in four years. The most popular statement from those who claim to be conservative is to distance the GOP from the Tea Party. To take the GOP more to the center.<br />
People. Chill.<br />
The center is defined by the left, and you freaking know it.<br />
50 years ago the center was against legalizing any type of drug, now...<br />
50 years ago the center had pedophiles as criminals, not 'sick, and to be cared for'.<br />
50 years ago the center considered welfare a bad thing.<br />
50 years ago the center created the civil rights act.<br />
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Now? Hell, there is no right anymore. If you are not in favor of legalizing drugs, you are far right.<br />
Abortion on demand, including partial birth? mainstream.<br />
Providing jobs and college admissions based on race? maintstream<br />
Free stuff from the government? mainstream<br />
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Do you get it now? The center is the new left, the far left extremists are the left wing of the Democrat party. It can't be argued anymore. Move-on, Dem underground, KOS, huffpo are considered mainstream. The communists and socialists hold rallies and they are called the 99%.<br />
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Conservatives don't need to move left, that is why 12 million people who held their noses and voted for McCain stayed the freak home this year, because the GOP is pandering to the left, to the new center, which is the old left.<br />
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Isn't it time to make the left move to the center? To take back the narrative?<br />
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It isn't immigration that conservatives are against, it is ILLEGAL immigration. Why is the media allowed to continue to report it with out the illegal part?<br />
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It isn't all abortions that the vast majority is against, just those that are used for birth control purposes (and many have softened on this point).<br />
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It isn't all social safety nets that conservatives are against, it is the 3 generations of people who know nothing but those social safety nets and are proud of it.<br />
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And conservatives are not against drugs, many of them drink and smoke. Conservatives are for the rule of law. Many will follow the law and smoke right along with you, but change the laws first.<br />
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Conservatives must stay conservative, those 12 million will come back.<br />
<br />Stonemasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08772529992004664186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337385283089243835.post-23042763686004406542012-09-28T09:09:00.000-04:002012-09-28T09:09:48.753-04:00ObamaCare (PPACA) decision (finally posting)(This post was stuck in the ether for months)<br />
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What a convoluted mess that decision was. Roberts ruled that in two ways the mandate was unconstitutional and a third that it could stand. The most insane part was that for the case to have standing, the mandate was ruled not a tax <i>before </i>ruling, then ruled a tax <i>during</i> the ruling. Huh?<br />
So, for the case to have standing, the mandate is not a tax, but the mandate is a tax therefore the legislation is legal because congress can tax? Huh?<br />
So now all congress has to do to get us (Americans) to do anything is to create a penalty collected by the IRS with our taxes. Getting too fat? Go to the gym or pay the penalty. Smoking? Stop or pay a penalty. Not eating enough (insert vegetable of the week), pay a penalty.<br />
Some say that by ruling in this manner, Roberts limited the commerce clause. I call bullshit on that. He negated the commerce clause. The House and Senate can now ignore it by creating a penalty collected by the IRS, or, simply creating punitive taxes...which is illegal under Article I, Section 9. "<span style="background-color: #e9e6e2; color: #463e3e; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px;">No Capitation, or other direct, Tax shall be laid, </span><a href="http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution_amendments_11-27.html#16" style="background-color: #e9e6e2; color: #660000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px;">unless in Proportion to the Census or enumeration herein before directed to be taken</a><span style="background-color: #e9e6e2; color: #463e3e; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px;">." </span><br />
<span style="color: #463e3e; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">The link in the above quote from the constitution is left intact to show that only income taxes are free from the rules set forth in Section 9. This tax, created by Roberts, will never be in proportion, there are too many exclusions and exceptions to the individual responsibility section of the <a href="http://www.ncsl.org/documents/health/ppaca-consolidated.pdf">PPACA. </a> Now, there is the little matter of failing to pay this tax resulting in no <i>criminal</i> penalties, a favorite of my friends on the left. That leaves the civil penalties wide open folks, meaning that fines and fines and fines will be heaped upon those who do not pay the mandate tax. </span><br />
<span style="color: #463e3e; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Oh, and for those who are under the impression that this is a small tax, go read the text I linked above. <span style="background-color: red;">The 'small penalty' bandied about by President Obama in his speeches is $695 PER MONTH, per taxpayer over 18. For those under 18 it is only $350 per month. So, a husband and wife with two teenagers who work (taxpayers) would be penalized $2085 per month for each month they don't carry the amount of private insurance that the government decides they must have. </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #463e3e; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">And that, right there, is the problem folks. What happens when the Republicans take the Presidency, the Senate and the House? All the leftie's out there claim we republicans are in the pockets of big business, including the insurance companies, so why wouldn't the government simply force a family of 4 to buy $2000 of insurance every month? Sure, right now, a family of 4 can get insurance for less than $1000, but if the idea is to make money for the insurnance companies (as the lefties say), then the Republicans are going to kill us all, right?</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #463e3e; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Nope...<a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/contrib.php?ind=F09&cycle=2008">look at the money in 2008</a>, more to R than to D, but it was close. Thie year, however, it is leaning R. I say because the insurance companies see the R's winning and they want this mandate to live, to fatten the coffers of the Insurance companies. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #463e3e; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Oh, and just for fun, President Obama <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/01/12-9">received twice</a> the money from Healthcare industries as did Senator McCain in 2008, and <a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/contrib.php?ind=H&cycle=2008">D's got more overall as well</a>.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #463e3e; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #463e3e; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">This whole thing is a mess, designed to put Americans on a so-called single payer system. That system is more unfair than that system we have now, it's just that it is more unfair to more people, which is why the democrats I know like it. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #463e3e; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">This is all about punishing success, it always has been with the democrats.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #463e3e; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">.</span>Stonemasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08772529992004664186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337385283089243835.post-73493902626967275262012-09-28T09:08:00.000-04:002012-09-28T09:08:04.319-04:00Insanity and language<span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">"The package will recoup 30 billion euros ($39 billion) for the public purse with a goal of narrowing the deficit to 3.0 percent of national output next year from 4.5 percent this year - France's toughest single belt-tightening in 30 years." </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">The above is from this article: </span><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/28/us-france-budget-idUSBRE88R0AK20120928">http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/28/us-france-budget-idUSBRE88R0AK20120928</a> in which raising taxes to an incredibly insane percantage is considered belt tightening.<br />
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What? Oh, that's right, so they can 'recoup' 30 billion dollars.<br />
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Let's think about those two phrases. Recoup is "to regain something lost." for this to be the case one must start with the premise that all money belongs to the government, no matter what you do to earn it for your self. The work you do is simply done to borrow for a short time the money that the government someday might need to reclaim.<br />
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Secondly, belt tightening is defined by the free dictionary dot com (<a href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/belt-tightening">http://www.thefreedictionary.com/belt-tightening</a><b>) </b>as increased thrift and frugality, a reduction in spending.<br />
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Raising taxes is not reducing spending, and the money a citizen earns does not belong to the government to be recouped. The problem is, we allow our news media, our governments, to talk to us like this.<br />
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And we lose freedoms.<br />
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Every day.Stonemasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08772529992004664186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337385283089243835.post-61871289369363446972012-08-10T16:11:00.000-04:002012-08-10T16:11:14.548-04:00LifeI keep trying, and just do not have the drive to keep this blog alive. Is it a desire thing? A fear that people will read what I write and hate it? That makes no sense, very few people read my scribblings and the ones who do like it. I enjoy writing, really I do, and I have written well over a thousand words every day for the last few weeks, just none of it fiction.<br />
But it was mostly important, important to me, to the community in which I live. Sure, I have a dose of self-importance, but i realize the world would turn without me. I realize that what happens next Tuesday does not define me, but it is helping to shape me, to create the person I am going to be in 2 years, 5 years, 20 years. Just like the stuff I did 20 years ago helped shape who I am now, but did not define who I am now. That person, while as real as I am now, is a fiction too, a blur, a creation of my mind then, a very muddled mind.<br />
This person is still a creation of my mind, not quite as muddled, and more real, or so I would like to believe, maybe when I check back in 20 years I will laugh at the fictional me I created.<br />
And that is that, life is moving me in directions un-chosen, but interesting for sure.Stonemasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08772529992004664186noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337385283089243835.post-11285536763274548142012-07-29T14:48:00.000-04:002012-07-29T14:48:20.455-04:00Hit and Run<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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But it is a UN endeavor, it will never come to fruition, it is simply fodder for both sides of the gun control issue. The disarmament at all cost folks will raise lots of money on this as will the NRA, and isn't that what it is really all about? Except maybe for some well meaning folk in the trenches of those organizations, it is about the money (and to a small extent, the power).<br />
I am a firm supporter of the right of the people to keep and bear arms, check my right side bar, in Pennsylvania that right shall not be questioned.<br />
And I am a firm believer in common sense. If you are mentally unstable, you shouldn't be able to buy a weapon, if you are a convicted violent criminal, you should not be allowed to buy a weapon. If you are a minor...and other common sense restrictions.<br />
I don't believe in hand-gun registration, unless voluntary. I do believe in waiting periods, and in the instant background checks available through the internet.<br />
That's me.<br />
Back to the issue at hand: The UN will never come up with a treaty on this issue. Heck, it's been 6 years already and according to the linked document they were barely able to come up with an agenda for this years meeting to discuss the agenda for next year whereupon there might be a report outlining the desires of the 82 member states...<br />
Get it? It is simply another reason for a bunch of do-gooders to get together in some plush hotel, hold endless meetings that accomplish nothing, and then slap each other on the back for the progress they made, ensuring the safety of civilians around the world all while UN troops take off the blue helmets (and uniforms) to rape those same civilians. Or in the case of Syria, allow Hezbollah to re-arm the border. Or allow Iran to continue enrichment...<br />
Get it? This UN treaty, if one ever is written, would never be signed by our government, would hold no sway here in the Untied States, and would carry the full weight of the power of the UN, meaning absolutely nothing.<br />
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<br />Stonemasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08772529992004664186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337385283089243835.post-54556166143916656502012-07-10T13:55:00.000-04:002012-07-10T13:55:12.584-04:00I was taking a quiz and ran into a freaking liberal lie. Okay, it's a lie of semantics, a lie of omission, but it is none the less disgusting. In 2011 Congress decided to help further destroy social security by enacting a 'payroll tax cut'. That was bullshit. They began taking less from workers for the social security trust fund, that 'untouchable' account that is just about broke. And the coo and coo and coo about how they 'cut taxes'. No they didn't, it isn't a tax to begin with, it is a contribution, mandatory sure, but not defined as a tax in the code. This never should have happened and it should be allowed to expire, or be repealed TODAY.<div>
It is funny though, if you as a liberal if we should be able to privatize our social security, they mostly say no...but...but...</div>
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There should be a flat tax rate, no matter what the taxpayer’s income.</div>
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If the economy is truly on the road to recovery, why extend the payroll tax cut? Everyone should have to pay his or her fair share.</div>
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Times are still tough. The current payroll tax cut is a good idea, and hopefully people will spend that little bit of extra money to help stimulate the economy.</div>
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Middle-income workers are the backbone of the American economy and deserve even bigger tax breaks. Next year let’s make the average savings $500.</div>
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Middle and low-income workers should be taxed far less than the wealthy. Let's make the payroll tax cut permanent.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">There is my answer. Nope. And I am not writing it again. It was too long to begin with. I guess this is what happens when I write a post critical of the Supreme Court.</span></div>Stonemasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08772529992004664186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337385283089243835.post-22958850232497975482012-07-06T17:52:00.001-04:002012-07-06T17:52:37.256-04:00This weekendThis weekend I am going to write 4 things.<br />
1. A blog post about the insane Supreme Court decision last week.<br />
2. A blog post about writing.<br />
3. A speech about dealing<a href="http://www.repross.com/"> with</a> <a href="http://www.senatordinniman.com/">local</a> <a href="http://government./">government<span style="background-color: white;">.</span></a><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">4. An entry for the</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><a href="http://www.theneverchronicles.com/Writing_Contests.html" style="background-color: white;">JR Wagner contest</a><span style="background-color: white;">.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">And of course this post about writing a post. Remember back when I tried to post every day. I am going to try that again.</span>Stonemasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08772529992004664186noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337385283089243835.post-13701574348100747092012-07-02T20:33:00.000-04:002012-07-02T20:33:02.295-04:00Deterrence or RetributionPay for your crime or deter the next guy? Why and how do we set punishments?<br />
This is linked to the discussion on another blog about paroling minors who have committed violent offenses. I tend to agree with trying to figure out if the offender is 'cured', but just can't figure out how.<br />
And then the mind works, and I began to wonder if we should set our punishments to deter or for retribution. An eye for an eye is retribution, and, some would argue, a darn good deterrent, but crime rates go up and down, even as punishments go up and down. And they go up and down as punishments stay the same.<br />
Look, we tell our kids, "don't do that or..." hoping the 'or' is enough to keep the kids from doing whatever it was we were trying to deter. With mine it was a grinder for any tattoo. Three boys, no tattoos so far, I guess it worked! And those parents who do not follow through with the threatened punishment soon learn that the threats are largely ignored.<br />
It's the same for criminals, is it not? Capital punishment for first degree murder? Poorly used, and the criminals know that.<br />
According to the article, cited below, during the enlightenment the classical version of criminology took shape and we imperfect humans began to realize that if we wanted people to stop committing crimes, our rulers would have to treat us fairly. So, out goes the torture chambers (sort of) and in comes punishments that fit the crimes, in the hopes that people would be afraid to commit them. It worked for a time, and a large portion of humanity is raised with the inherent fear of punishment.<br />
But then came the humanist and liberals, questioning every punishment, justifying almost every manner of criminal behavior with societal ills, and limiting punishments.<br />
So now criminals know that a simple assault (which could result in serious damage to the assaulted) won't even result in jail time.<br />
Too long, too much to discuss...sorry folks...if you have an hour, go read the journal article.<br />
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Deterrence would work if we actually followed through, just like with our kids.<br />
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<br />Stonemasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08772529992004664186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337385283089243835.post-4377050886744412652012-07-02T16:00:00.000-04:002012-07-02T16:00:00.953-04:00Fulfilling a PromiseA very close friend of one of my sons has published a book titled <i>The Rest is Silence. </i>It can not be purchased online, but if you read this post and are interested in purchasing a copy I can broker that deal. And by Broker I mean figure out a way to put you in touch with the author, Shannon, so that she can sell you a copy. Or some such thing.<br />
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I loved the story. I figured out one of the twists, but not the other (no spoilers). I was drawn to the main characters but wished they had been allowed to get to know one another better so that we could have as well. Keeping one or two characters in the dark is a fine literary device, but we needed just a little more depth. The settings were well developed, each stop on the journey was clear in my mind, from the Hospital to the lake to the apartment to the first 'home'. Distances were a touch tricky, but it didn't take away from the premise or the story.</div>
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So, Shannon, keep writing (and you are right, she is dead)(not a spoiler), so she's not an avenue for your creativity. I would like to be on your 'first reader' list for your future stories, I know there will be more, and I am looking forward to what ever comes next!</div>
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So I am listening to my better half this time and using what I buy or selling it on Craigslist or donating it to a needy something or other. <br />
I bought a 30 cup coffee maker.<br />
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So I made 24 cups of coffee to make sure it worked (don't worry, it was half and half). It worked! Now I had coffee to drink, but it's hot.
Wait...I bought a bar blender! If I fill the blender with ice, and add some cream...oh, this could work.
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A coffee slushy! But...it needs something else...oh, right, sugar!
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Now, add coffee, plug in the blender and flip the switch. It works, thank goodness. And the result:
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Yummy, frothy, slushy, coffee goodness!
Now, what can I do with that 14 inch butcher knife?Stonemasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08772529992004664186noreply@blogger.com1Township of West Bradford, West Bradford, PA, USA39.9656632 -75.739387639.953493200000004 -75.7591286 39.9778332 -75.7196466tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337385283089243835.post-34482041383697252112012-06-30T16:12:00.000-04:002012-06-30T16:12:02.631-04:00Off the cuff rantI am not in the mood to research this, really, I am not. For instance, I know off the top of my head that when someone in a presidential administration is found in contempt by Congress, normally the DOJ does NOT prosecute. Google it. Many times in my life this has happened. Heck, I do believe there were contempt charges in the dastardly firing of prosecutors by the Bush Administration.<br />
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And there is the freaking rub.<br />
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Bush politically (as did most of his predecessors) fired some prosecutors. No one died because of his actions. The fall out was purely political and the firing was purely political. Politics suck.<br />
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In this case, two Americans are dead (<a href="http://www.rememberbrianterry.com/">Brian Terry</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaime_Zapata_(U.S._agent)">Jamie Zapata</a>). Okay, I felt their memories deserved a little research. And hundreds of Mexican's are dead as well, some of them-GASP-women and children.<br />
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Doesn't it make you wonder why the Democrats don't give a rip about people when it suits them? At least we cold hearted republicans admit we want to execute criminals and use enhanced interrogation techniques. We want to be able to use deadly force to protect ourselves and those we love. Not the Democrats, the only killing they admit they like is the newly conceived. Other than that they claim to love human lives.<br />
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Why do the facts not bear this out? Ruby Ridge, wasn't that a Democrat? Waco? How about that Cuban kid...oh, wait...no one died. Sorry. Now again, dead people, dead Americans, and the Dems are crowing about the fact that the DOJ is not going to cooperate with Congress, going as far as claiming executive privilege. And claiming that this proves there is no THERE there. Huh? If there is nothing in the documents, release them already.<br />
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Let's get this straight:<br />
1. Panties on the head = calls for impeachment<br />
2. Dead border patrol and ICE agents = a win for democrats against those cold, nazi-like repukes.<br />
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C'mon, comment folks, it's why I have a blog. I will not block your comment. Prove me wrong, show me where this is about something other than covering up the Presidents knowledge of the death of Brian Terry and how it was linked to Fast and Furious. Don't bring up the Bush admin, I know they had a similar program, but they were able to track the weapons it seems, and none of them were used to kill Federal Agents.Stonemasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08772529992004664186noreply@blogger.com0