One of the District of Columbia’s latest priorities is setting up Global Positioning System for their snow plows as a public service…after all
“Citizens want information in real time,” Kundra says, “because now, with mobile technology being deployed, the expectations are increased.”
What a pathetic reason to fund or provide this service; it is plain irresponsible. I [...]

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“Barack Obama’s tax plan delivers broad-based tax relief to middle class families and cuts taxes for small businesses and companies that create jobs in America, while restoring fairness to our tax code and returning to fiscal responsibility. Coupled with Obama’s commitment to invest in key areas like health, clean energy, innovation and education, his tax [...]

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Former IRS Commisioner T. Coleman Andrews (also ran for president in the 1956 election) had these pointed words about Income Tax that ring true today:
“The income tax is bad because it was conceived in class hatred, is an instrument of vengeance and plays right into the hands [...]

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Here is a pearl from Fred Thompson’s speech at the RNC.  With regard to Democrat’s Tax Policy and promises:
“Now our opponents tell you not to worry about their tax increases.
They tell you they are not going to tax your family.No, they’re just going to tax “businesses”! So unless you buy something from a “business”, like [...]

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By now, you’ve probably heard of Rush Limbaugh’s new deal.  $400 million over eight years…not too shabby.  That’s great news for El-Rushbo, but I’m confused.  So, he’s getting paid $400 mil…and we don’t have a conservative Presidential candidate?!?  I’m so confused!

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The Advertiser reports: now that Jindal has vetoed the proposed legislative pay-raises, the recall petition has been rescinded. Is this in response to bloggers’ hammering of Jindal with regard to his initial reluctance to wield the veto? Is the blog a new way to listen to constituents? If so, where does [...]

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The Supreme Court recently struck down Louisiana law that allowed the death penalty for convicted rapist. A collective sigh of relief for convicted rapists? Not so fast! The Advocate reports that on the same day that the Supreme Court rendered their decision, Governor Jindal signed a bill into law that would [...]

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Must ado has been made in response to LA SB 672 that would more than double Louisiana Legislature Salaries. It would increase their part-time salary to approx $37k for a 3-month session; this is equivalent to $148k for a full-time job (view legislative session length by state and legislative salaries comparison by state) [...]

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Recent attempts were made to obtain Virginia transportation funds outside of the regular and more popular means of raising taxes.  VA Senate Bills SB6005 and SB6011 were combined and aimed to set aside a majority of revenues received from offshore drilling for transportation dollars.  Today, this bill was voted down (predictably straight down party lines) [...]

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Well, it’s deja vu all over again. This time the levees are breaking in an Illinois town. Could this be racism as was the case in NO? No, this town is 99% white and only white people are racist.
With the recent flooding and forecasts for rain, I expect more levee failures and unthinkable flooding. [...]

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