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From the time that the “bailout” was originally proposed to the time it was actually ratified, a lot of non-bailout items were added to pork-it-up. Here are some of them:
“Sec. 503. Exemption from excise tax for certain wooden arrows designed for use by children.”
“Sec. 317. Seven-year cost recovery period for motorsports racing track […]

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Eric Schmidt solves the energy crisis in 1 hour with detailed math calculations to justify his case. Long story short, Nuclear is too costly to justify any additional plants, off-shore drilling is a loser, solar thermal is extremely viable and wind is as reliable as coal.
Some other key points from Eric and the […]

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I absolutely agree with the McCain supporters that say increasing taxes is a horrible idea. I agree that increasing the income tax on people (and many businesses/S-corporations) earning more than $250k/year is a bad idea and will hurt many businesses at a time when many are already hurting.
Increasing taxation is wrong. Increasing taxes on […]

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Old, Grizzled Third-Party Candidate May Steal Support From McCain

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Warren Buffett, the richest man in the world, talks with Charlie Rose for almost an hour about the current financial crisis. This is a must watch for anyone who really wants to cut through the rhetoric and figure out what is going on. Long story short, Warren warned about this looming problem for years, however, […]

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Michiganders please vote “YES” on Proposal 1 - “A LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVE TO PERMIT THE USE AND CULTIVATION OF MARIJUANA FOR SPECIFIED MEDICAL CONDITIONS” (Bill Text) As many of you know, my mother has multiple sclerosis.

I hope that you will also consider supporting Proposal 2 - “A PROPOSAL TO AMEND THE STATE CONSTITUTION TO ADDRESS […]

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I just found out something that shocked me, college students that are 100% capable of working using welfare (food-stamps) to avoid getting a student-job. There is even a facebook group for college students who aren’t ashamed to be on food-stamps!
Here’s how it works, the student signs up for classes and uses financial […]

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AIG made some horrible decisions. They invested in mortgage backed securities that were comprised of mortgages that were given to people who wouldn’t be able to afford them. AIG knew what they were doing but they figured the risk was small because the housing market was doing so well for so long. They were […]

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Here are a few of the reasons why, although I favor low taxation and freedom, I will NOT be voting for McCain/Palin.
- I vocally objected to the invasion of Iraq and I firmly believe our presence there will continue to cause unrest and violence. (McPalin believe it’s possible to invade and occupy a country through […]

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I don’t understand how the race can be “neck and neck” according to traditional polling, yet all of the online tracking indicates that Obama has a much greater following. (I suppose the same thing was true of Ron Paul.) Take a look at the difference in size of their respective Facebook groups and the […]

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There is a commercial going around from ADHDroadmap.com that looks to be an information public service announcement but is actually an advertisement from the makers of Adderall. I find this incredibly misleading and probably a violation of the television pharmaceutical advertising laws which require a description of the potential side effects. This […]

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Set to some good music, Senator Bernie Sanders talks about the growing income inequality in America.
How much money did the top 400 people spend in a year, on average, on watches?

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*Looks like CNN Video is down. I wonder if their new “embed” function overloaded their capacity.

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2008/08/20/lkl.bill.maher.cnn

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A personal rant…
Like Mike, I’m very concerned about Michigan. I’ve been trying to be a good citizen by helping rather than simply complaining but I’m getting very frustrated by my limited experience with government and non-profits that attempt to help the situation. I don’t mean to disrespect those involved. The people I’ve met through […]

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The Liquid Web ground breaking event (video above) included a five minute tour of the two existing liquid web data centers, a brief presentation by Matt and then some words from Governor Jennifer Granholm. On stage are former mayor, and all around amazing guy, David Hollister and Delta Township Supervisor Joe Drolett. In the […]

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You’d think that one advantage of having an oil tycoon for a president would be that no matter how stupid he is at least he would have accurate information regarding the oil industry. Yet, no.

Why should we continue to trust his rhetoric?

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This is a really good short understandable video about the slow decline of the US Dollar and what it means for our currency.

In other news… I made the last TechSmith post private. Some people thought that it was improper for me to comment on TechSmith since they are a Liquid Web customer. I […]

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Do you understand what this means for the money in your pocket/savings,/401k?
This shouldn’t be celebrated.

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H.R. 1955: Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007 has passed the house and is headed to the senate.
I have included the summary description below for more understanding, but generally it amends the Homeland Security Act to include “homegrown terrorism”.
If enacted, the department of homeland security would establish permanent […]

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While our State suffers from the worst unemployment in the country, our legislators are doing their darnedest to make it even worse! I’ll try to explain this mess as I see it. In 2007 they replaced the “Small Business Tax” with the “Michigan Business Tax.” This tax will take effect in 2008 […]

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