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In a world of deceit, trickery, lies, and manipulation, the general public has to always keep a look out for those who want to scam them.  Probably a majority of the public would say that they mistrust politicians the most and that what a politician says usually does not reflect what they do.  Hiding behind an idea – such as global warming, a program, or a policy to achieve other goals is a tried and true tactic of many politicians.  By manipulating the public to believe in the unproven theory of global warming, politicians use it as a disguise to raise taxes and enlarge government.

Global warming is the idea that contaminating the atmosphere with pollutants originating from humans – such as carbon dioxide – could result in the warming of the earth.  In turn, this warming may have many other disastrous effects.  Global warming is a theory, meaning it has not been proven for or against.  Data regarding global warming goes both ways.  For example… (more…)

I’m lovin’ this song right now (Click on video and then “If Today Was Your Last Day”).  Helps me get going in the morning… singing into my toothbrush.

More reasons to love Rush.

I’m glad my “silly post” (on Facebook) has inspired an intelligent (for the most part) debate!  Okay, so firstly, none of us are as qualified as Sarah Palin.  It’s egotistical and arrogant to even compare.  She runs the largest state in the nation.  She runs it with budget surpluses.  She gives tax money back to her fellow Alaskans every year.  Until you or I do anything close to the job she’s done with Alaska… it’s truly silly to compare us to her.

Moving on… I’m a little confused…  Ben, you’re probably busy with more important things (like becoming a father, which is awesome), but I need help understanding a couple of points.  First off, please explain to me the “dire situation [of] the last 8 years of Bush-madness.”  This is an oft-repeated phrase across the liberal-dominated media of MSNBC, CNN, CBS, etc… and was a mantra of Obama’s campaign.  But I’m still baffled by the statement.  You also mentioned that “capitalist programs have failed and put people in dire situations.”  I’ll admit that horribly misguided government policies helped cause this recession we see ourselves in at the moment.  But I will deny you the pleasure of blaming it all on Bush.  In fact, the trigger of this recession can be traced back to the failed economic policies of the Carter administration and expanded during the Clinton years.  By making it illegal NOT to loan money to sub-prime borrowers, the US Government – led by the DEMOCRAT party – forced the private sector to engage in a business they would have never initiated under their own powers.  The entire sub-prime mortgage crisis was completely a US Government blunder.  Inspired with good motives – helping those who could not afford mortgages get loans anyways – the outcomes of these policies are only now starting to be realized.  Bush – following the economic success modeled during the Reagan years – led the United States out of a minor recession in 2000, navigated the terribly murky economic waters after 9/11, and made economic policies that resulted in the US leading its peer group (Canada, EU, Japan) in “real GDP growth, investment, industrial production, employment” (wikipedia).  When it came to regulating the “evil” lenders, Bush’s administration tried SEVENTEEN times to bring these lenders under control, but he and his colleagues were blocked every time.
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