The Paul Shishkoff Jr. Blog

Things You Could Have Done Other Than Messing with Chicago Police

2012-05-21T14:14:46Z

To the ‘Protesters’ who believe that they can throw water bottles, paintballs and shoes at the Chicago Police and call those actions protest, I exercise my First Amendment right? You wasted your time. May I give you some ideas of how you could have spent your time, this past weekend instead of being in a jail cell? I mean here’s what you could have done this past weekend.

Sing a Rage Against the Machine or System of a Down song at a bar’s karaoke night.
Watch the Cubs vs. White Sox series with Cubs and Sox fan friends.
Watch a movie; I don’t care if you are watching Avatar.
Go do a mini marathon or walk to support your cause.
Visit a homeless shelter if you are a supporter of the poor.
Visit a forest preserve if you are a ‘Protector of the Environment’.
Go to the zoo if you’re animal rights activists.
Play a video game with your buddies.
Go to the gym, if you are worried about your health.
Donate to your political causes.

Those are some of the things you could have done this weekend, but you chose to take advantage of the protesters who were peaceful and decided to incite a riot in order to disrupt the NATO Summit. I understand not every country who is a member of NATO is about freedom and some form of democracy. But I also thought that the mantra of the anti-war movement is war is never an answer? So why are you the ‘Protester’ trying to start a fight with the Chicago Police? They have nothing to do with the politics of our foreign or defense policy.

There is a difference between peaceful protest and inciting a riot. And there is only one group of people whose job it is to determine whether or not protesters are peacefully demonstrating against a multinational organization or trying to disrupt that multinational organization’s meeting. They are called your local law enforcement. To answer the question of ‘Who are they protecting’? They are not only protecting the dignitaries who are participating at the NATO summit, but the rest of the population. They are protecting the small businessman, children, the disabled, and anyone who is exercising his or her right not to participate in this demonstration turned potential riot. These are the people who are just as free as you once were, but want to live their life. They don’t want their lives infringed by people who want to create political chaos. That is why we pay people to be police officers.

It seems like every time the Left in this country has a demonstration, it turns violent and the cops get the job of being labeled Nazis for trying to prevent the demonstration from becoming a riot. I didn’t see that with TEA Party movement. I don’t recall the TEA Party movement believing its failure if they don’t coerce the police to use force. The TEA Party movement doesn’t believe in coercing police to use force, probably because they respect law enforcement more than the Left-wing rioter.

So to tell you where I stand on the issue of this weekend’s NATO summit, I support the Chicago Police Department and the job of trying to keep the peace. There may be some bad apples, but without the police officer, there would not be peace in our country. We would have anarchy. Anarchists don’t believe in voting, they believe in anything goes. This is the real goal of the ‘Protesters’ who messed with the Chicago Police Department, this weekend.

Tolerance is Needed for the People Who Voted for Amendment 1

2012-05-16T02:28:23Z

I have an announcement to make. I don’t know what makes a person a homosexual. Yeah, that’s right you read it. I can’t agree with Lady Gaga that all homosexuals are just born that way. In fact, I will argue that no one does. Not even the researchers of the ‘Gay Gene’ really know if homosexuals are just born that way. But I am not going to stop two men or two women from having a relationship that lasts a lifetime. I am not going to sit in judgment of them and their lifestyle as long as they are respectful of other people.

Which leads me to North Carolina, in North Carolina they voted for a referendum called Amendment 1. Amendment 1 is a bill that bans same-sex marriage and civil unions into their constitution. And this wasn’t the politicians of the Tar Heel State that passed this ban. This was the people of North Carolina. The people of North Carolina rejected the idea of all forms of same-sex marriage; just as the people of California opposed same-sex marriage with proposition 8 back in 2008. These two instances are examples that when a state puts same-sex marriage of any form on the ballot, same-sex marriage gets rejected. If the people of a specific state don’t want same sex partners to get married, it is their state.

This is a great opportunity for states like Illinois and Vermont to prove to the rest of the country just how ‘Forward Thinking’ they are when it comes to same-sex marriage. Instead of accusing religious persons of homophobia and intolerance towards homosexuals, they should be inviting same-sex couples to come live in their states. They should embrace homosexual couples and not expect states like North Carolina to do the same.

To me, the definition of marriage is a First and Tenth Amendment issue. It is a First Amendment issue, because if there is a constitutional amendment of either banning or legalizing same-sex marriage, it would be an establishment of religion. It would also be an infringement of religion if a constitutional amendment legalizing same-sex marriage. It will tell religious organizations to recognize same-sex couples or face discrimination charges. And we could have another federal bureaucracy that could oversee every marriage is recognized whether it is heterosexual or homosexual marriage. I do not think we want the Federal Government to regulate marriage; it’s too expansive to begin with without the Fed getting involved.

As for the Tenth Amendment, each state has the right to define marriage anyway they want to in this country. So if Illinois made civil unions legal, and North Carolina doesn’t want any form of same-sex marriage, it is those states’ right. Illinois and North Carolina are different states with different population demographics and so Illinois and North Carolina have to decide for themselves what the definition of marriage is and not punt it to the Federal Government.

The issue of same-sex marriage is an issue of tolerance. Not only should we be tolerant to the homosexual community, but to religious persons who oppose same-sex persons as well. But we keep forgetting to tolerate people who oppose same-sex marriage simply on religious reasons. I am not going to assume that all religious persons who oppose same-sex marriage hate homosexuals. I am not going to say that the Americans who oppose it are ‘Fighting a losing battle’. We should also be respectful of people who voted against same-sex marriage who live in different states. There are just as many derogatory slurs for southerners as there are for homosexuals. This is suppose to be a country that we can be anything we want to be as long as it doesn’t affect society. Society will be affected, if and only if, the Federal Government regulates the institution of marriage.

http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/North_Carolina_Same-Sex_Marriage,_Amendment_1_%28May_2012%29

Shish’s Take on Baseball: Braves Outlast Cardinals in Extra Inning Playoff Preview

2012-05-12T20:50:18Z

Last night, I was listening to the Atlanta Braves vs. the St. Louis Cardinals on KMOX. This was a heavyweight fight already in the regular season of Major League Baseball. The 3-game series in St. Louis this weekend could be a preview of a National League Playoff series in October.

The game gets started by the St. Louis Cardinals giving up 2 runs on past balls in the 1^st Inning. The Braves were off to a hot start where their starter Mike Minor started off the game striking out 5 in the first two innings. The Braves increased the lead in the 3^rd Inning by Dan Uggla and Brian McCann getting back-to-back doubles. That was followed by Chipper Jones getting a RBI single to drive in McCann. Jones would later be driven in by Tyler Pastonicky. The Braves would jump out to a four-run lead, however that didn’t last on Tony LaRussa Night.

Minor was cruising along until the Bottom of the 4^th Inning where Adrian Beltran and Allen Craig hit back-to-back home runs, cutting the Braves’ lead to two. Than in the Bottom of the 5^th Inning the Cardinals were able to take Minor out of the game when the Cardinals’ top of the lineup produced four consecutive hits after two outs in the bottom frame of the 5^th. The Cardinals would have the lead until the Top of the 7^th Inning.

With one out in the Top of the 7^th Inning, Dan Uggla tied the game with a home run shot onto Left Field. Than in the Top of the 8^th Inning; with the bases loaded, Freddie Freeman gets an infield hit bringing home Jason Hayward to give the Braves back the lead. But that lead wouldn’t last the inning.

In the Bottom of the 8^th Inning, Adrian Beltran hit his second homer of the evening to tie the game. Both the Braves and the Cardinals stranded 18 baserunners, but the Cardinals men that they left stranded helped in their loss.

In the Bottom of the 10^th Inning, the Cardinals had the bases loaded for pinch-hitter David Freese. Freese hits into an inning-ending Double Play. This Inning would bite the Cardinals in the top half of the 12^th Inning, when Jason Hayward hits a 2-run homer giving the Braves the final lead of the game. The Braves closed out the Bottom of the 12^th Inning and the game without giving up any runs or the victory.

After last night, the Braves proved to me that they are capable of not only becoming a playoff team, but capable of winning a tough extra-inning game, while on the road, and the pitching failed them on a couple of occasions. For the defending champs, this was a game where their stellar Bullpen was not able to get the Cardinals out of trouble. It didn’t help the Redbirds when their starter Jaime Garcia was giving up 5 runs in the first three innings of the game. We shall see if the other two games in this series will be just as much of a playoff atmosphere as this series opener was last night.

http://atlanta.braves.mlb.com/team/roster_active.jsp?c_id=atl

http://cardinals.mlb.com/team/roster_active.jsp?c_id=stl

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2012_05_11_atlmlb_slnmlb_1&mode=box

KMOX AM 1120. St. Louis, MO. May 11, 2012. Mike Shannon and John Rooney announcers.

The Decline of the Civilian Work Force Makes Obama Successful

2012-05-07T17:03:27Z

We are so use to hearing about how unemployment is in the single digits in this country. But just recently, economists and the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) are beginning to use a different number to determine unemployment. They are using what is known as the employment-to-population ratio. Below is the equation for E-P ratio.

The number of persons working

The number of non-institutionalized working-age population

When you use this equation, employment is around 58%. So why are they first now beginning to use this equation? Well this equation shows how many people are actually working. The unemployment rate that we are use to is one that only takes the number of people who collect unemployment and divides it within what is known as the Civilian Work Force, according to the BLS. With the E-P ratio; or A-1, it includes not just the Civilian Work Force, but the individuals who are not in the Civilian Work Force as well.

The latter population includes individuals who collect Social Security, and people who have stopped collecting unemployment or didn’t collect unemployment and/or stay-at-home moms. This statistic doesn’t include, prisoners, the mentally ill who are institutionalized, nursing homes, military personnel and students at working age. It only includes students when they are seeking for a job during the summer, then the unemployment goes up from previous months.

The unemployment rate we hear is one that assumes that some women stay-at-home, some people are disabled, and some people go to school. The individuals who are not in the Civilian Work Force can still vote. So if we continue to use the E-P ratio as a source to cite unemployment this makes the individuals appear lazy. That will not work toward stay-at-home moms, the disabled, or college students.

The highest E-P the government has ever seen was in Clinton’s last year in office 64.4 %. However E-P started becoming in the 60 percentile in 1985 (The first year of Reagan’s second term) and ended in 2008. So the Federal Government expects neither the E-P nor the Civilian Work Force to go above 70%. Now let’s look at Obama’s figures.

In 2009, he did start with an E-P of 59.3% and 9.3% of the work force collecting unemployment, which makes the Civilian Work Force 68.6%. In 2010 E-P was 58.5 % and ‘unemployment’ was at 9.6% which totals 68.1%. Last year the E-P was at 58.4% and ‘unemployment’ dropped to 8.9% and the CWF at 67.3%. Finally last month the E-P remained at 58.4% and ‘unemployment’ is at 8.1%, which makes the CWF 66.5%. The bottom line is that the Civilian Work Force has dropped every year Obama has been in office.

Obama has not created jobs, he has created economic uncertainty. While Americans my age and younger are still hoping for the economic boom they believe was created by former President Clinton, Obama is creating an economic atmosphere similar to former President Jimmy Carter. Like Obama, Carter couldn’t get the Civilian Work Force up to 67%. However, even Carter was increasing the Civilian Work Force. Obama is decreasing the Civilian Work Force and creating more dependency on the Federal Government and socialist-leaning democrats.

http://www.bls.gov/web/empsit/cpseea01.htm

http://www.amosweb.com/cgi-bin/awb_nav.pl?s=wpd&c=dsp&k=employment-population+ratio

Sports Archives 05/06/12

2012-05-06T22:58:42Z

NBA Commissioner Stern Wants 'One and Done' Rule Changed
NY Rangers Capture Home-Ice Advantage Throughout Eastern Conference Playoffs
Crosby's 2 Goals Were Enough for Penguins to Get Past Bruins
Sharks Keep Inside Track on Western Conference Playoff Spot
LeBron Picked up Game to Defeat Sixers without D Wade
Pacers Come Back from Double-Digit Deficit to Defeat the Knicks
Kentucky Wildcats: 2012 Men's Basketball Champions
NY Giants Might Use Disrespect Card to Motivate Themselves to Repeat

Miscellaneous Archives 05/06/12

2012-05-06T22:57:18Z

Titanic II Coming in 2016?
Amarillo Slim Passes Away at 83
UN Declaration of Rights of Indigenous People Forces Land Confiscation and Media Time to Indigenous Persons
Mexico Has a Tougher Immigration Policy Than U.S.
Fox Business: 1 of 2 College Graduates are Either Underemployed or Unemployed
The Federal Government First Regulated Immigration with the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
April 20th has Some History
April 20th, 1971: Marijuana Holiday was Proclaimed after High School Clique Searched for Abandoned Cannabis Corp
April 20th, 1889: The Birth of a Madman Who Ruled Germany During the 30's and 40's
April 20th, 1999: The Day When Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold Changed School Security
Employment-Population Ratio: Employed Persons/Total Free Persons at Working Age= Employment Rate
BLS February 2012 E-P Ratio: 58.6 %
April 4th, 1968: The Day James Earl Ray Made Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. a Martyr
U2's 'Pride (In the Name of Love)' Arguably One of the Most Powerful Lyrics of All Time
Is Getting Worms Worth the Risk of Getting a Supply of Omega-3?
Is Kim Kardashian a Republican?
New 'Dallas' Filmed Drama Solely in Texas
Social Darwinists Herbert Spencer Was Credited for Being a Father of Libertarianism Along with Pro-Union and Anti-Private Property
Wikipedia Quoting The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Politics: A 'Social Darwinist' Could be Either a Capitalist or a Socialist
Fairwater, Wisconsin Had a Hemp Energy Factory During World War I
Researchers at UConn Claim That Industrial Hemp Can be Made for Biodiesel
Marijuana Doesn't Need Fertilizers and Pesticides to be Produced for Biodiesel
Brock Lesnar Returns to the WWE
Reality TV Stars Dominate Forbes' Overexposed Celebrity List
Research Debunks Notion That Introverts Can't Lead
April 2nd, 1513: Florida was Discovered by de Leon
Chicagoland Native Ernest Hemingway Once Lived in Florida

News Archives 05/06/12

2012-05-06T22:55:10Z

Obama Kicks off His Reelection Campaign in Ohio
Hollywood to Dish out $40,000/Plate to Have Dinner with President Obama
Libertarians Pick Gary Johnson for Their Presidential Nomination
Connecticut Moves Closer to Legalizing Marijuana
First Grader Gets Suspended for Singing LMFAO's 'Sexy and I Know It'
Transportation Experts Tell Chicagoans to Not Commute During NATO Summit
Foxnews Blogger Blames Both Parties for not Preventing Student Loan Bubble
Gallup Finds Expected Retirement Age Increased to 67
Return of Occupy Anything Capitalism
Delta Plane Quarantined Due to Passenger Containing Bug Bites at Chicago's Midway Airport
House Passes Online Version of PATRIOT Act
EEOC Passes Guidelines Limiting Employers Background Check Procedures
U.S. under United Nations Investigation over the Treatment of Indigenous Persons
Defense Contractors Market War Drones to Local Law Enforcement
Catholic Bishops Call for a Midsummer Fortnight Protest on Contraception Mandate
Medicare Owes the American People $38 Trillion in Benefits
Social Security Owes the American People $8.6 Trillion in Benefits
Apple Beating Last Year's First Quarter Numbers
Social Security Trustees Predict Depletion Date 3 Years Earlier Than in Previous Years
Social Security Trustees Predict Medicare Depletion Date as 2024
California Study Suggests That County Hospitals and Rural Areas Have Cheapest Medical Costs
Government Research Entity Accused 0f Manipulating the Published Studies on Autism Drugs
Foxnews: Ahmadinejad 2012: Iran Purposing to Sell Access of Drone Technology to China
Cuban Actors Disappear before Attending a Film Festival in New York
Kony Victims Accuse Invisible Children of Benefiting from Their Tragedy
Willie Nelson Presented Personal Statue to Celebrate 4/20
President Obama Calls on Congress to Keep College Tuition Low
Kony 2012 Supporters are Getting Ready to 'Cover the Night'
Huffington Post Blog Claims Citizens United is Backfiring for TEA Party
Former Speaker Pelosi Wants to Repeal 'Right to Peaceful Assembly' Clause in the First Amendment
Salon Blog Claims British Christians are Better Than American Christians Due to Political Ideology
Gun Industry Says That Obama is Salesman of the Year
Secret Service Sex Scandal was Pre-Planned According to the Prostitutes
A Secret Service Agent Plans to Sue the Bureaucracy
Secret Service to Meet with the Motorcity Madman over Election Comments
Ca Congressman Calls for the End of the GSA
GSA Video Exposes Wasteful Spending by the Federal Bureaucracy Created under Truman
Reagan Rolling over His Grave: Comptroller of Reagan's Hometown Embezzled over $30 Million
Employees Accused 'Big Banks' of Setting Foreclosure Quotas
Could Unemployment Really be Around 42%?
Tax Advocacy Group Claims That the IRS is Already Gearing up for Enforcing Obamacare
Cato Institute Calls Ryan Budget a More Substantial Size of Government Than the Clinton Years
Invisible Children Strikes Back
ADP: 209,000 Jobs Created by the Private Sector
Yahoo Cuts 2000 Jobs That Cost the ISP $187,500 per Job
Geithner Claims Obama Saved U.S. from Depression
Marketwatch: CFTC Fines J.P. Morgan over Lehman Bros. Scandal
Naperville Approves Fertility Clinic
Santa Monica College Students Got Pepper Sprayed over Accusing Instituti0n is Offering Luxury Courses
FDA Investigating Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Sushi
Appeals Court Tells Justice Department to Explain Obama's Supreme Court Comments
GOP Strategist Accuses Obama of Intimidating the Supreme Court
Obama Claims Reagan Wouldn't Win a GOP Primary in 2012
Obama Calls Ryan's Budget Plan 'Social Darwinism'
Obama Orders the Press to Debunk the Argument for the Ryan Budget
Koch Bros. Accused of Opposing President Obama
Arizona Looks to Prohibit Online Speech Considered 'Annoying' and 'Offensive'
Back in July: ESPN's Erin Andrews Called for Internet Regulations after Her Stalking Episode
Obama Warns Supreme Court to Uphold the Affordable Care Act
Oaksterdam University Raided for Tax Accusations
Connecticut Celebrates Their Tax Freedom Day on Cinco de Mayo
Fareed Zakaria Calls for a National Sales Tax
Dow Rose to 2007 Levels
Oklahoma City Tops U.S. Cities in Job Growth
MSNBC Calls on Unionization of Restaurant Industry
ICE Nabs 3168 'Criminal Aliens'

Romney's Failure in Making 2012 Election a Referendum on Obama

2012-05-03T15:57:43Z

Mitt Romney is failing in keeping the Presidential race a referendum on President Obama the same way the other candidates for the Republican Nomination didn’t convince enough Republican voters that they were a better alternative to either President Obama or Mitt Romney. Congressman Ron Paul still hopes to overtake the convention, but he turned the Republican voter off by not supporting confrontation against Iran as well as not being as equally as passionate about the military campaign to find Joseph Kony. Former Senator Rick Santorum spent too much time defending what government policies he supported rather than defending freedom. The one guy who articulated conservatism the best was Newt during the South Carolina campaign, but he had a history of flip-flopping on health care and Cap and Trade.

In the case of Mitt Romney he is letting President Obama make the race a referendum on former Governor Romney by defining Mitt as out of touch with the American People. Gov Romney is not helping himself when he can’t authentically show an optimistic view on getting America back to its full greatness. He is not helping himself by making gaffes like the poor comment after the Florida primary. Romney makes himself sound like a guy who is running for President as a way to defend his family and his’ lifestyle and not the threat to everyone’s freedom and our constitutional form of government that President Obama has set forth.

If former Governor Mitt Romney wants to prove me wrong he needs to do a few things to show the difference between President Obama and himself. First thing is he needs to get Obama on record when it comes to repealing the PATRIOT Act. There were supporters for Obama, because some voters believe the PATRIOT Act is too intrusive for the Federal Government. But President Obama also signed legislation requiring every American citizen to buy health insurance. This will force Obama to explain why he approves certain government intrusions and not others created by previous administrations. Obama needs to also be on record for repealing the PATRIOT Act, because he needs to define victory on the War on Terror. President Obama previously defined victory as getting Osama bin Laden dead or alive. Osama bin Laden was assassinated a year ago today by Navy SEALS. However we have another possible theatre than Afghanistan, its next door neighbor Iran.

While confronting Iran is not popular, some of Obama’s supporters are trying to create a movement to find and capture African warlord Joseph Kony. We need to put President Obama on record as to which theater he wants our military to enter. Iran, Kony, or neither theatre we need to enter. President Obama was elected by the American People, because war fatigue. President Obama has not even shown his base that he is bringing the troops back from all of the wars we have raged since 9/11. So President Obama needs to explain where the country stands on the War on Terror and if it needs to expand to more than America’s self-interest.

But one of the biggest reasons why we have these wars in the other part of the world is that we are depended on foreign oil. President Obama’s answer during the 2008 Presidential Campaign was to ‘Invest’ in alternative energy. President Obama needs to give some success stories that companies who work on alternative energy have prospered since Federal Government’s stimulus back in February 2009.

Finally here are some things that Mitt Romney needs to do in order to defeat Barack Obama. The former Massachusetts Governor needs to explain to the American People that the Buffett Tax will shift investing from the Private Sector to the government. He also needs to explain that President Obama does not have the patience to work with Congress no matter who is the majority. As for who Mitt Romney should appoint, my suggestion is South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley. Mitt Romney needs to connect with the South and someone who can help him solidify the Conservative base across the nation and more importantly the South.

Right now former Governor Romney is not connecting with the Conservative base of the party. If he can’t make inroads with the Conservative base, he will have the same problem that former Senator McCain had and that’s alienated Republican-leaning voters. There’s also a voting block known as the Swing Vote that is not happy with President Obama success in transforming this nation. However that same voting block may have reservations about the Republican Party not representing them. This is why it is important to find a conservative who can connect with that voting block.

Governor Romney needs to make the Presidential race a referendum on President Obama and not on the former Massachusetts governor. Mitt needs to show President Obama is doing the same things that he criticized Bush 43. Obama is failing in trying to get America independent from foreign oil and Romney is not capitalizing on the President’s failure. The former governor needs to show that President Obama plans to continue transforming the country as a micro-managed nation. And finally Governor Romney needs to solidify the Conservative Base along with the Swing Vote who doesn’t want their country turned into a hard tyranny. But that’s if Governor Romney wants to defeat President Obama.

News Archives 04/01/12

2012-04-01T14:14:03Z

Supreme Court Will Either Uphold or Reject Entire Obamacare Law
Huffington Post: Get Ready for the 'Death Sprial'
Pelosi has No Idea if Obamacare will be Ruled Constitutional
Romney Makes the Case for the Individual Mandate
GOP Congressman Stomps for an Alternative to Obamacare
Supreme Court Will Rule on Obamacare This Year
Fox News: Freedom is at Stake
CNN Reports the other effects of Obamacare
MSNBC: Supreme Court Decision Will Come down to Justice Kennedy
ABC News: Obamacare not the Most Important Issue in 2012 Election
CBS News: 2 out of 3 Americans Want at Least the Mandate Overturned
President Obama Tells Medvedev That He Will Have More 'Flexibility' after 2012 Election
Flashback: Rahm Attacks Romney for not 'Standing up to Rush'
LA Times Demands Supreme Court to Strike Down the States Case against Obamacare
Pope Benedict Appoints Bishop Accused of Child Abuse to Health Care Council
Geraldo's Son 'Ashamed' of Hoodie Comment
Celebrities Outraged over Geraldo's Hoodie Comment
Santorum Still Far Behind of Romney
Federal Government Catches Smuggling Ring Who Tried Importing Foreign Felons
Emanuel Promises Better Public Schools for Fleeing Chicagoans
Trickle-Down Theory Working? Billionaire Entrepreneur Saves New Hampshire Town by Making Tissues
Romney's Etch-a-Sketch Comment Raised Sales for the Toy's Creator Ohio Art
Romney Less Popular Than W?
Congress Passes the STOCK Act
Pelosi Claims Again That Obamacare 'Frees' Everyone from Their Current Jobs
Obama Calls a Buckeye Rude for Heckling During His Speech
Obama Administration to Hold Citizen Info for Five Years Even if No Ties to Terrorism
The Sinking Ship Known as the Susan G. Komen Foundation
IRS and Local Law Enforcement Could be Teaming up to 'Stop Fraud'
Democrats Accuse Republicans of Starving Everybody not Named Koch...Again
Illinois Politicians Call for the Resignation of State Assemblyman Accused of Receiving Bribes
Anti-Fracking Group Claims Obama is not Doing Enough to Protect the Environment and the Taxpayers
Oil Industry Leads Markets down on Wednesday
Are We Content with $4/Gal. Gas Today Than in 2008?
Former Bear Stearns Employees Okay Settlement from JP Morgan Chase
Chicago ABC News Affiliate Hasn't Reported Any GOP Candidate with 900,000 Votes
Paulbot Website Reports Romney Victory a Day after Reporting Alleged Fix for Santorum
Fox News: Romney Wins Illinois by 12 Percentage Points
Chicago Tribune: Romney Leading by 11 Percentage Points
Romney Now 2-to-1 over Santorum for Delegate Lead
The Fix is in for Santorum? Paulbot Accuses WLS Chicago Affilate of Posting Election Results 24 Hours before Election
Poll Shows Romney Ahead of Santorum by 14 Points
MSNBC Quotes Santorum Saying That Unemployment Doesn't Bother Him
Romney Drops Ball on Responding to College Students Welfare Cries
Police State? Chicago Police Arrested Members of the Media and Claim First Amendment Rights Can be Terminated
President Obama Dumps New Revisions to Martial Law Executive Orders
Rick Santorum Promotes War on All Pornography
Flashback: The First Place Where Pornography Should be Banned in the United States
Blogger Wants Santorum's First Amendment Rights Taken Away
Sen. Brown Made Condom Joke at Rick Santorum
The Other McCain Defends Santorum and Cited That Gingrich Made a Pledge to Stopping All Pornography
National Journal Predicts Romney Victory in Illinois
The Daily Beast Believes Romney Has Work to Do in Order to Defeat Obama
CONGRESSMAN RON PAUL NOT AS PASSIONATELY AGAINST KONY 2012 COMPARED TO MIDDLE EAST
Kony 2012 Co-founder Accused of Masturbating in Public
Police Sent Kony 2012 Co-founder to the Hospital after Bout with Instability
Chicago Tribune Endorses Romney by Calling Him the Outsider
High School Students Grilled Santorum on the Welfare State
The Pressure is on Romney to Win Illinois
Romney Losing Money During Campaign
Rahm Calls Romney a Coward for not 'Standing up to Rush'
Santorum Backtracks on English Only Puerto Rico Comment
Santorum the Latest GOP Candidate to Ban Porn
CNS Blogger Argues State Auto Insurance Mandate Doesn't Tax You If You Refuse to Purchase Auto Insurance
Alex Jones Believes Kony 2012 is a Scam
Senate Version of Violence against Women Act Added Same Sex Couples and Illegal Immigrants
Obama and Cameron Talking about Releasing Oil from the Reserves
Fox News Poll: Obama Leads Nationwide over Romney
Santorum Visits Bilingual Church in Puerto Rico
Santorum Advocates English Only Puerto Rico State
Local Democrat Party Had American Flag with Obama's Face in Replace of the Stars
Syrian Dictator Assad Received Advice from Iranian Government
Will the GOP Race Continue on to Illinois?
Former Senator Bob Graham Claims FBI Contradicts Story about Alleged 9/11 Conspirator
U.S. Soldier Killing Afghan Civilians Could Face the Death Penalty
Obama Not Planning on Rushing Troops Home from Afghanistan
California School District Forces Little League to Turn to Strip Club for a Donation
Kentucky Plans on Voting for GPS Tracking Device on Stalkers
Ahmadinejad 2012: Iranian Dictator Warns U.S.
Newt Rips ABC for Bias against Christians
Gov. Quinn Plans on Appealing FEMA's Decision to Deny Southern Illinois of Emergency Aid
Texas County Uses 'Touch DNA' to Investigate Property Crimes
Santorum Hopes to Beat Romney in Kansas Caucus
Kansas Governor Didn't Officially Endorse a GOP Candidate
Occupy Anything Capitalism Going Broke
Goldman Sachs Moving to Utah Because of High State and Local Taxes
Kony 2012 Charity Criticized for Withholding Information about the Murderous Warlord
Joseph Kony Believes in Protecting the Ten Commandments
Center for American Progress Wants Obama to Send Troops to Find Kony
Center for American Progress: Soros Funded and Previously Accused of Anti-Semetism
Could the Sudanese People's Liberation Army be a Communist Party?
Banks Enforce Foreclosures on Churches Now More Than Ever
Is Kony 2012 Charity Connected to the People's Liberation Army of the Sudan?
LGBT Individuals in Egypt Fear for Their Safety
Pat Robertson Calls for Marijuana to be Legal
Romney Campaign Believes Illinois is a Must Win for Nomination
Democrat Congressman Plan on Sponsoring Repeal of Indefinite Detention of NDAA
A Target Store 3-Miles Away from Georgetown Sells Contraception for $9 a Month without Insurance
Breitbart.com Releases Obama College Videos
House Passes Trespass Bill That Could Infringe on the First Amendment by a 388-3 Count
Derrick Bell Created the Critical Race Theory
Wikipedia: (CRT) Favors an Aggressive Approach to Social Transformation than Liberalism's 'Color Blindness'
Film Adopting Bell's Space Traders Has Reagan as the Space Trader
Andrea Mitchell Praises Obama for Supporting Derrick Bell in 1991
Soledad O'Brien Attacks Breitbart Blogger over Critical Race Theory
Kony 2012 Goes Viral
World Economic Forum Claims Oil Industry Created 148,000 U.S. Jobs in 2011
Barclay's Claim That Persian Gulf Oil Supply Cut to 1/4 Due to Iran Sanctions
Obama Administration and Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Could Be Conspiring to Keep Gas Prices High
The Middle's Star Patricia Heaton In Trouble over Sandra Fluke Tweets
Split Super Tuesday
Gov. Perry: Not a Super Night for Anyone
Former Gov. Palin Open to Run for President If GOP Convention is Brokered
Sugar Daddy Web Site Seeks Advertising from Rush
CBS News: Gas Prices Became Overwhemly the #1 Issue of Super Tuesday
Advertisers are Leaving Rush
Republican Pundits Attack Rush as an Intimidating Pig
Congressman Ron Paul: Rush's Bottom Line Affected by Slut Comment
Andrew Breitbart's Cause of Death not for 'Several Weeks
Former FBI Agent Claims That Weather Underground Searched for a Candidate to Create Murderous Dictatorship
Obama Gas Prices Plan: Tell Israel not to Defend Itself vs. Iran

Miscellaneous Archives 04/01/12

2012-04-01T14:10:12Z

Doctor Tried Using Playboy Subscription to Deduct as a Business Expense
March 27th, 1939: NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament was First Played
'The Hunger Games' Earned Record Opening Day
Ebert Gives Hunger Games 3 Stars
Alistar Cooke Called FDR 'Benevolent Dictator' in One of His Books
Alistar Cooke was the Host of Masterpiece Theater
March 25th, 1879: Cheyenne Chief Surrenders to the United States
Coroner: Whitney Houston Died from Cocaine and Drowned
Illinois is One of the Six States with Soaring Revenue
FBI in Search of Eco-Terrorists Who Arsoned Ski Resort Back in 1998
March 22nd, 1765: British Government Imposed Stamp Act on American Colonies
The National Council of Churches were an Openly Left-Wing Operation Funding Communists Government During Cold War
Some Employers Beginning to Ask Applicants Their Facebook Passwords
March 17th, 461: St. Patrick's Day is Actually the Day the Irish Patron Saint Died
March 16th, 1751: James Madison was Born
Flares Continue in the Sun
Darwin, Ca. Complains That They Are not the Technologically Fittest
Popular Boulder Arrives at LA County Art Museum
Scientists Prepare for Solar Flares
Michael Madsen Accused of Fighting against His Teenage Son
Norwegians Tried Using Acid to Treat Alcoholism Back in the 1960's
Ford Fusion is Only American Owned Car Mentioned in Fox Business' Best Cars Under $25K List
Chicago Man Accused of Punching Dog in Both Eyes
March 8th, 1993: Beavis and Butthead Airs for First Time on MTV
Small Mistakes Could Lead to Lower Credit Score
March 7th, 1876: The Telephone Was Invented by Alexander Graham Bell
BP Settles over Gulf of Mexico Spill in 2010
Catholic Church Supports This Year's Farm Bill

Sports Archives 04/01/12

2012-04-01T14:08:05Z

Bears Coach Lovie Smith Takes the Organization's Side in Forte Conflict
Nuggets End Bulls' 4-Game Winning Streak
Pacers Cool off the Heat
Knicks Keep Bucks Away from 8th
Flames Outlast Stars
Sharks Dominate Avalanche to Regain Pacific Division Lead
Luongo Defeats Quick in Goalie Dual
Syracuse is Wishing They Had Melo
Florida Blows 11 Point Lead to Give Louisville a Final Four Appearance
Tar Heels' Marshall Game Time Decision vs. Kansas
Calipari Takes Kentucky Basketball Team to See '21 Jump Street'
Hamlin Gets Pole at Fontana
Clippers Save Season by Defeating Grizzlies
Pacers Hunt Down Bucks
Bad Night for Penguins
Winnipeg Jets Couldn't Stop Making Penalties vs. Predators
Blackhawks Defeat Canucks in OT Despite a 15 Penalty Night for Both Teams
Callahan Lifts NY Rangers Past Red Wings in OT
Sixers Inability to Foul Concedes Victory to Knicks
Not a Good Night for Blake Griffin and the Clippers in Oklahoma
Tebow is Now a Member of Gang Green
Seahawks QB Matt Flynn Calls Seattle's Leadership 'The Right Type of People'
49ers Stick with Alex Smith for 3 More Years
Dolphins GM Ireland Claims Franchise is Still a Draw for Free Agents
Kyle Lohse to Start for the St. Louis Cardinals on Their Opening Day
Kentucky's Anthony Davis Among 4 Finalists of the Naismith POY Award
Jimmie Johnson Gets Penalties Rescinded
Elway about to Replace Tebow with Peyton Manning
Joey Porter Calls Dolphins GM Ireland 'Not Trustworthy'
Bulls Continue March Towards Home Court Throughout the NBA Playoffs
Celtics Outlasts Hawks in Atlanta
NY Rangers Clinch Playoff Spot with Win over Rival Devils
Ovechkin's 2 1st Period Goals Lead Capitals Past Red Wings
#15 Seed Lehigh Upsets Duke in South Region
Norfolk St. Goes 1-for-1 in NCAA Tournament Play
D.J. Cooper Leads Ohio Past Michigan
Seminoles Still on Warpath after Defeating St. Bonaventure
Free Throws Preserve Purdue's Victory over St. Mary's
Xavier Outlasts Notre Dame
VCU Starts off Another Run against the Wichita St. Shockers
Blackhawks Dominate Stars
Byfuglien's GW Goal Moves Winnipeg Jets 2 pts. closer to Capitals
LeBron Leads Heat Past Sixers with 29 Pts.
Knicks Defeat Pacers in Front End of Home & Home Stretch
49ers Looked at Peyton Manning This Past Tuesday
Elway Still Looking at Replacing Tebow with Manning
Eisen: Dolphins are Nowadays Far from Perfection
Bulls Defeat Heat without Derrick Rose
Hill Dominates Sixers in 4th Quarter of Pacers' Victory
Spurs Defeat Magic in Arguably Dwight Howard's Last Game for Orlando
Coyotes Outlasts Canucks in See-Saw Battle in Vancouver
Kentucky Enters Tournament as Top Cats
Kentucky, North Carolina, Syracuse, and Michigan State Top the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament
Iona Becomes Biggest Surprise Team To Enter NCAA Tournament
Stewart's Tire Gamble Pays off in Vegas
Richards Lifts Kings Past Blackhawks in Shootout
Bruins Couldn't Stop Red Hot Penguins
Devils Pull Away from Flyers in 3rd Period
Masked Kobe Leads Lakers Past Celtics
Sixers Keep Knicks Slumping
ESPN Claims Broncos and Cardinals are Peyton's Favorites
Broncos Impressed Peyton Manning with Low Profile Approach
City of Miami Makes Pitch for Peyton Manning
Bears Trying to Decide Between Vincent Jackson or Mario Williams
The Brackets Come Down to the Atlantic 10 and Big 10 (Plus 2 Teams)
Joe Lunardi Has Ole Miss Out of Tournament
Missouri Ends Big 12 Tenure with a Conference Championship
Colorado Begins Pac-12 Tenure with a Conference Championship
Bearcats Couldn't Solve Louisville's Defense
Memphis Tigers Rolls on to NCAA Tournament
Lobos Defeat Aztecs for Mountain West Title
Ohio Escapes MAC Championship Game with NCAA Tournament Bid
New Mexico St. Dominates in WAC Championship
Long Beach St. Finds the Foul Line against Gauchos
Norfolk St. Escapes Bethune-Cookman with First Ever NCAA Tournament Bid
Lamar Cardinals Gives Bob Knight's Son Pat First NCAA Tournament with Win over McNeese St.
Vermont Catamounts Win America East Conference
Mississippi Valley St. Holds off Texas Southern to Clinch SWAC Title
Peyton Manning Continues His 'Research' Tour
Magic Took Advantage of Bulls' Emotional Letdown
Senators Dominate NY Rangers
Bryzgalov Shuts out Panthers
Vincour Helps Stars Defeat Sharks in Shootout
Dolphins and AZ Cardinals Top NFL.com's Peyton Manning Stock Watch
Dolphins Owner Stephen Ross Instructs Front Office to Get Peyton Manning
Vickers Will Drive in 55 Car for 6 Races Beginning March 18
Rose Channels Jordan with GW Fade Away vs. Bucks
Sixers Rout Celtics for Atlantic Division Lead
Heat Holds off Hawks
Spurs' 3 Dominates the Knicks
Montana Pulls Away from Weber St. to Earn Big Sky Championship
LIU-Brooklyn Wins NEC Championship
Lehigh's Defense Sends the Mountain Hawks to NCAA Tournament
A Battle in the AFC East Brewing over Peyton Manning
LaDainian Tomlinson: Sanchez Would Walk if Peyton Manning Becomes a Jet
Dolphins Cautious about Peyton Manning's Health
At Least 5 Other Teams Coveting Peyton Manning
Blues Dominate Blackhawks in Central Division Tilt
Devils Found an Answer to Lundqvist in 3rd Period
Flyers Take Advantage of Bryzgalov's 37 Saves
Harvard Advances to NCAA Tournament for First Time in Modern Era
Dick Vitale's Detroit Wins Horizon League Championship
South Dakota St. Advances to 1st NCAA Tournament
14-18 Western Kentucky Wins Sun Belt Conference Championship
Hawks Escape Indiana with Victory
Where is Peyton Manning Going?
Dolphins Have Cap Space to Pursue Peyton Manning
Arizona Cardinals Hope Larry Fitzgerald and Ken Wisenhunt are Big Attractions to Peyton Manning

Buffett, Gates and Simmons Should Invest in Lottery Tickets

2012-04-01T13:46:39Z

Did Warren Buffett play the Mega Millions Game? If he did, did he buy more lottery tickets than his secretary? Where is Russell Simmons, Founder of Def Jam Records? What about Bill Gates? These are three examples of ’Top 1%’ who claim that they should be taxed more to help the 99%. Well the Mega Million Jackpot; along with any other lottery prizes, gives these benevolent rich guys a chance to pay their ‘Fair Share’.

The Mega Million Game is not a lottery where 24 teenagers try to kill each other in a state-run reality TV show, the Mega Million Game is where you pay $1 to buy a ticket and if that ticket matches the numbers that are called in the lottery, you get to win the main prize. Yesterday’s prize was $640 million. The Mega Million game is played in about 42 states. So depending on the tax law in those states, the state could get revenue from the winner of the lottery jackpot. Some of the states’ governments are in the red and need the revenue to continue the services. The states could use the benevolence of Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, and Russell Simmons who are willing to give up their prosperity (Which the prosperity is made during a supply-side economics president) for ’Shared Sacrifice’.

Now in the last year, Buffett, Gates, and Simmons have offered giving some of their fortunes to the Federal Government ’To be a good citizen’. Warren Buffett has been outraged that he has been paying less in taxes than his secretary, even though he makes his money off of investments and not on income. But Warren Buffett is not alone, his buddy Bill Gates and Russell Simmons believe that they should pay more in taxes. The Huffington Post found a BBC interview that Bill Gates made, where he agreed with the idea of having the Buffett Tax in order to solve the federal budget deficits. Another ’Benevolent rich person’ who feels that the rich should pay more in taxes is Def Jam Records founder Russell Simmons. Russell Simmons is claiming that all of his employees from his enterprises pay more in taxes than he does. Russell Simmons. The Huffington Post also found an interview with Russell Simmons claiming that corporations are trying to manipulate the democratic system. Corporations like Def Jam Records?

All 3 ‘one per centers’ made their fortunes when there was president who signed supply-side tax cuts. Warren Buffett invested in Berkshire Hathaway in 1962 (President Kennedy) Microsoft started in 1975, but didn’t create Windows until 1982. Def Jam started its enterprise in 1984. I call Def Jam and Microsoft supply-side companies. Any company who starts their business or creates a revolutionary product during the Reagan or Bush 43 years is a supply-side company. Did Warren Buffett, Bill Gates and Russell Simmons get assistance from the Federal Government? Or did they get their assistance from the American People?

But since these three men are feeling guilty for being rich, and prospered during supply-side economics presidenacies, then let them give back to the community. They could as some republicans suggested, write a check to the Department of Treasury. Or the other option is to buy millions to billions of dollars worth of lottery tickets in order to compensate for their ’fair share’. Especially when a multi-state lottery game rolls over to half-a-billion dollars, it would be a great time to show their benevolence and their consideration for a state-run Ponzi scheme. I would rather save my dollar for going to the slot machine or to invest that dollar in a penny stock.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkshire_Hathaway

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/history

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Def_Jam

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/29/russell-simmons-taxes-warren-buffett_n_988043.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cu5B-2LoC4s

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/25/bill-gates-taxes_n_1231920.html