Go Herman Go

Herman Cain wins Presidency 5 straw poll - St. Petersburg Times: "Cain's landslide victory, with 37 percent of the vote, exceeded the combined total for Perry and Mitt Romney, who only garnered 15 percent and 14 percent, respectively.

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About that inhaler ban

Little Green Footballs - Debunking the Right-Wing Obama/CFC/Inhaler Ban Nontroversy: "To conclude, the chronology of this ban begins with President Reagan who signed off approvingly of the Montreal Protocol which led to the FDA decision under the oversight of President Bush which led to the final ban of CFC containing inhalers while President Obama was in the White House. The father of this short trail in FDA and EPA regulation is however Ronald Wilson Reagan having signed the above quoted letter.

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Racists Are Racists No Matter Where They Are

CANOE -- SLAM! Sports - Hockey NHL - Winnipeg - Sick message says a lot: "“Mark Chipman can take that (F bomb), (N bomb) hockey team of his and shove it up his ass.”"

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On Targets

Hullabaloo:

"If you’re among the households with earnings of $200,000 to $350,000 or so, you can be forgiven at this point for thinking that you have a giant target on your back.
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As someone that is happy as hell to be in this income range I say ... TARGET ME!

Jesus Christ. Is it so much to ask that we that are fortunate enough not to have to live hand to mouth pay our fair fucking share of taxes?

And before my conservative friends say "well no one is keeping you from not paying more taxes", I say .. fuck you. I don't LIKE paying taxes. Nobody LIKES paying taxes but it is the price we pay for living in a reasonably civilized society and there is no way that any American in my income range can reasonably say they are overtaxed. I dare anyone to try to make that argument here without resorting to glibertarian bullshit talking points.

On How To Build A Strawman

Five myths about millionaires - The Washington Post: "This past week, President Obama tried to sell his new “millionaires’ tax” to the Rust Belt. “What’s great about this country is our belief that anyone can make it,” he said in Cincinnati on Thursday, praising “the idea that any one of us can open a business or have an idea that could make us millionaires.” But who are the millionaires Obama is talking about? And will a tax on them help the economy? Let’s examine a few presumptions about the man with the monocle on the Monopoly board.

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Compassionate Conservatism Michigan Style

Balloon Juice » Michigan GOP: If Your Car is Too Fancy, No Food Stamps for You:

"Michigan has determined food assistance eligibility based only on income for roughly a decade. A new policy will include a review of certain financial assets starting Oct 1.


The requirements will affect new applicants right away and existing recipients when their cases come up for review, which typically happens once every six months.


Those with assets of more than $5,000 in bank accounts or some types of property would no longer be eligible for food assistance. Other assets that would count against the cap include vehicles with market values of more than $15,000 and second homes, depending on how much is owed on the properties."

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So basically the idea is to make sure that not only do you have no income but you have nothing left to sell.

These assholes really do long for the days of serfs don't they?

Mark Cuban On Patriotism

The Most Patriotic Thing You Can Do « blog maverick: "So be Patriotic. Go out there and get rich. Get so obnoxiously rich that when that tax bill comes , your first thought will be to choke on how big a check you have to write. Your 2nd thought will be “what a great problem to have”, and your 3rd should be a recognition that in paying your taxes you are helping to support millions of Americans that are not as fortunate as you."

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