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By Tom White, on February 8th, 2010, at 8:58 am
H/T to Heather
I voted Democrat, because
I love the fact that I can now marry whatever I want.
I’ve decided to marry my horse.
I voted Democrat, because
I believe oil companies’ profits of 4% on a gallon of gas are
obscene, but the government taxing the same gallon of gas
at 15% isn’t.
I voted Democrat, because
I believe the government will do a better job of
spending the money I earn than I would.
I voted Democrat, because
Freedom of speech is fine as long as nobody is offended by it.
I voted Democrat, because
When we pull out of Iraq I trust that the bad guys will stop what
they are doing, because they now think we are good people.
I voted Democrat, because
I’m way too irresponsible to own a gun, and I know that my local
police are all I need to protect me from murderers and thieves.
Continue reading I Voted Democrat Because…
By Tom White, on February 7th, 2010, at 1:59 pm
A horrible couple of days in the greenie-weenie world. Two plants are spewing smoke and pollution into the air in the name of a greener environment. Is it terrorism or just stupidity? You be the judge.
The Kleen Energy Plant in Middleton, Conn. exploded a short time ago. “Bodies are everywhere” according to rescue workers. At this point, they are trying to get approval to cut the power to the burning plant so they can fight the fires. Ahhh. Regulations.
Listen to EMS radio live over the internet at Middletown Radio.
From FoxNews:
Mass casualities and multiple injuries were reported Sunday after a massive explosion at a Connecticut power plant, police confirmed to Fox News.
Continue reading CT Green Energy Plant Explodes – LA Environmental Unit Explodes Yesterday
By Tom White, on February 7th, 2010, at 1:24 pm
 H/T to my friend Kevin in L.A.
Pete Townsend didn’t like this picture of The Who and tore it up!
The record company put it back together for this record.
Record was released in 1974.
Who would have known this picture would be popular in 2010.
Continue reading The Who Photo From 1974 Surfaces
By Tom White, on February 7th, 2010, at 12:28 pm
Phil Jones, the disgraced leader of the Climate Research Unit at East Anglia University in the UK, has been thinking about suicide. After being exposed as the fraud and willing prostitute for the Progressive attempts to control energy through the fabricated lie that we now know man-made global warming to be is now trying to live with his deceit. And it is proving difficult.
Good.
For the love of money and to keep grant money flowing, he falsified data, used temperatures he knew were wrong and thwarted all attempts to independently verify his conclusions.
According to the London Times:
Professor Phil Jones said in an exclusive interview with The Sunday Times that he had thought about killing himself “several times”. He acknowledged similarities to Dr David Kelly, the scientist who committed suicide after being exposed as the source for a BBC report that alleged the government had “sexed up” evidence to justify the invasion of Iraq.
He remains at risk, still receiving death threats from around the world including two in the past week: “I was shocked. People said I should go and kill myself. They said that they knew where I lived. They were coming from all over the world.”
Continue reading Climategate Figure Phil Jones on Suicide Watch
By Tom White, on February 7th, 2010, at 11:33 am
Global warming, global warming, wherefore art thou?
If man has truly reached the point where he can cause the entire earth to warm by releasing CO2, and we also have the capability to reverse this trend by slowing the release – according to the warmers, then why use punishing means like Cap and Tax to go after people’s money?
You people are obviously a lot smarter than the rest of us, so just use your new found “science” to create a weather machine. As I recall, this thought has already occurred to the Hollywood. Luke and Laura of General Hospital fame suffered from the diabolical effects of just such a weather machine.
The mid-Atlantic states sure could benefit from a good dose of 60 degree weather to help melt this snow.
Too bad all that data was manipulated and totally fraudulent. If it was for real, it would be a huge benefit to mankind.
Continue reading Controlling the Weather
By Tom White, on February 6th, 2010, at 4:39 pm
Snow? Who cares about a little stinking snow?
If you are wondering how Tito “The Builder” Munoz deals with it, here are a couple of shots of him shoveling snow. His wife Deborah assures me Tito is one popular guy on his street today. But he’s pretty popular when the weather is nice, too!
 Tito The Builder Plays in the Snow! And another!
 Tito The Builder Plays in the Snow!
By Tom White, on February 6th, 2010, at 8:54 am
 Ronald Wilson Reagan
February 6, 1911 was a day that will always be remembered by Conservatives as the day Ronald Wilson Reagan was born. Ever mindful of the dangers posed by the left wingers, especially the progressives, he led the way to freedom and liberty. He reminded us of the foundations upon which this country was founded.
Ronald Reagan saw Socialism as the greatest threat to this country very early on. And he sounded the warning as early as 1961, as the video below shows. A man of vision, a man of wisdom.
Today, the “shining city on a hill” has lost it’s way. Socialists have darkened the halls, the doorways and now control the very heart of our government. The country, as a result, is in the midst of the deepest, darkest recession in our history. The luster and shine have come off of our once shining city.
But today, and for a short time, a city from which so much evil and suppression has emanated this past year falls silent. Washed in a thick blanket of white. Simple, beautiful and all encompassing, the evil is contained and hidden. But is is not gone. And the white purity will once again turn ugly shades of gray as the melting begins. And the political creatures bent on taking our liberty in the name of progress will once again raise their ugly heads.
Continue reading DC Crippled on Ronald Reagan 99th Birthday. Coincidence?
By Tom White, on February 5th, 2010, at 12:52 pm
We begin Part IV in the Great Recession Series.
To read the rest in the series:
The Great Recession Part 1: Caused By Y2K – The Storm of the Century
The Great Recession Part 2: Y2K Fallout
The Great Recession Part 3: The Housing Bubble
So, blame it on Bush? Well, OK if it makes you feel better. But that would be inaccurate.
So, blame it on Barny Frank, or the Democrats in charge since 2006? Again, if it makes you feel better, go ahead. But you would be incorrect.
Clinton? Blame him? Are you kidding? Go ahead, but inaccurate. And Obama gets a free pass on starting this because he was not around.
Remember Part 1? Y2K? That’s your culprit. And unless you want to blame some pimple faced geek from the 1960’s who was only trying to save on RAM (computer memory) which was in very short supply back then, well, the only conclusion you can reach is no one is really to blame for causing the meltdown. It was inevitable.
Continue reading The Great Recession Part 4: What We Did Right and What We Did Wrong
By Tom White, on February 5th, 2010, at 11:51 am
We begin Part III in the Great Recession Series.
To read the rest in the series:
The Great Recession Part 1: Caused By Y2K – The Storm of the Century
The Great Recession Part 2: Y2K Fallout
Pop goes the Dot Com bubble, long live the Housing Bubble.
So, you were one of the lucky ones that managed to rake in some major cash and pull it out of the Dot Com’s before the crash. Many did. But where are the investments now? There are still some major Tech companies doing the impossible, but all that fast and easy money has left you with an appetite for more fast cash and the possibility of retiring at 30 on some sunny beach. Life could be so good!
Smart money’s in Real Estate. Say again? Smart money’s in Real Estate. Sure. It always goes up. It can never go down in value. It’s a sure thing.
And at the time, all that was true. It was a grand investment.
So you bought a house. A bigger one, a newer one, a second one, but you bought one. And in a year or two, that $200,000 house was worth $250,000. You already had equity. Use it. Buy a rental.
Continue reading The Great Recession Part 3: The Housing Bubble
By Tom White, on February 5th, 2010, at 10:19 am
As we saw in Part 1 of this series, few if any predicted the sudden and absolute drop off in sales that happened on 1/1/2000. Most expected the trends to continue upwards, or worse case, level off. But people just quit buying.
The Dot Com revolution ended and companies that looked great on paper began to falter as investment dollars stopped flowing in and stocks fell. Suddenly, the next wave in retail and the internet revolution was gone. A few actually did have a winning formula. E-Bay, Amazon and a few others were actually viable ventures and survive today. But the losers piled up as did the losses.
Stock prices declined and companies began reorganizing the sales forces, still in denial that the one time phenomenon that was Y2K was gone, never to return. But companies were able to hold on due to the large cash reserves many had on hand, but for how long?
Even though the economy was in decline, it was largely hidden by the superheated sales of the late 1990’s. In the closest election in US history, legal maneuvers kept the country from seating a new president, adding to the uncertainty.
President Bush pushed through a set of tax cuts in 2001 to get the economy moving again. And in spite of the economic blow from 9/11, the tax cuts worked and the economy began to grow. The Y2K recession had finally run it’s course and we leveled out. The Dot Com bubble burst, and things were finally on the mend.
Continue reading The Great Recession Part 2: Y2K Fallout
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