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1 | 2 | Next1 Citation Classic. The people who arranged dubya's Mission Accomplished photo op would have been proud. Last Monday, the White House Military Office arranged a photo shoot of one of the two potential Air Force One's (its not actually Air Force One until the president is on board) over New York. Not too big of a deal, just a big waste of taxpayer salary and jet fuel. Too bad they wanted the whole thing to be Top Secret. So, the worker bees in New York's hive of skyscrapers practically shit themselves in, technorati.com
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1 Citation I?m told this appeared in the Chicago Tribune in 1934?. The more things change, the more they stay the same. (Click to enlarge), technorati.com
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1 Citation ***Justice Policy Center director Mike Krause and his mintern (minion-intern) Joe Carr wrote an op-ed on why the DNA bill is flawed (that?s putting it nicely). If you haven?t heard yet, Senate Bill 241 requires DNA samples to be collected from all those ARRESTED (not convicted) for a felony. Also known as, DNA before proven guilty. Or as I call it, disgusting. While we?re at it. Why not just scrap the 4th amendment? That would also make law enforcement?s job a lot easier. Sheesh. ***Mi, technorati.com
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Tax Me Enough and I?m Going Mobile 1 Citation The Wall Street Journal had a fantastic op-ed yesterday from two of the most distinguished economists of our day. Soak the Rich, Lose the Rich written by the famous Arthur Laffer and Stephen Moore , told of the unfortunate situation high tax states find themselves in, relative to low tax states. At present, high tax states like California, New York, and New Jersey find themselves with huge budget deficits and no way to plug the holes. What?s their solution? Soak the rich! But the iron, technorati.com
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1 Citation You?ve read my take on Cal Marsella leaving RTD for the private sector, now read Director of the Center for the American Dream Randal O?Toole?s take on the situation. Ouch., technorati.com
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Introducing? Independence Investigates 1 Citation ?But you?re a think tank! What do you need an investigative journalist for?? I seem to hear that question a lot, but the answer is simple: if not Independence, then who? Investigative journalism is falling by the wayside with the collapse of newspapers and other newsmedia. Unfortunately, this giant investigative hole leaves government with a lot less accountability, and a lot less people snooping around, digging, and asking tough questions. This is where our investigative journalist Todd Sh, technorati.com
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Issue: Pension costs will cripple us. Solution: Pull covers over head. 1 Citation How are we going to pay for career government employees? gold-plated retirement packages? I don?t know, but the action surrounding this issue sure is heating up here in Colorado. Last week Dr. Michael Mannino (who wrote a groundbreaking report for us on the value of ?deferred retirement compensation? for Denver public school employees ? Hint: Think six-digit amounts) made a presentation to state legislators on the education committees about the extensive sums we?re paying out to meet pension, technorati.com
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The $124 BILLION (so far) that time forgot 1 Citation So far this year , Treasury has been bought up enough toxic mortgages from itself (fanny and freddie) to fund the Iraq war for an entire year . Where is this money going??? Add the $124 BILLION to the money the Fed has spent on the same thing and we're already over $400 BILLION into propping up the mortgage market. Good lord this crisis has been good for so many... THIS is whyipaytaxes. Thanks to ProPublica for discovering this otherwise unremarkable and generally unheard of line item, technorati.com
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1 Citation This great ?toon is a visual representation of my earlier blog post on Republican atonement: © 2008, Benjamin Hummel. To see more cartoons like this go to www.politixcartoons.com ., technorati.com
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1 Citation I?m a little late reporting my weekly wrap-up, but I had some other things going on earlier. Now that that?s out of the way, let?s get to it. ***The Education Policy Center, Pam Benigno in particular, has been cranking out some quality podcasts lately. Here is everything you wanted to know about charter schools in Colorado, here is the legislative session wrap-up as it pertains to the advancement of charter schools, and here is Pam and Ben DeGrow on the very recent Boulder Valley Schoo, technorati.com
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