Tuesday, November 03, 2009

Aide's pay: $149,000 -- plus $100,000 pension

Aide's pay: $149,000 -- plus $100,000 pension
"James Dencek was 54 when he retired in 1994 from the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago.
Not quite three years later, Dencek landed a new job.
Under a $100,000 consulting contract, he was hired to be chief of staff to the district's new president, Terrence J. O'Brien, who used to work for Dencek at the agency.
Dencek's one-year consulting deal has stretched into 13 years.
His annual contract is now worth $149,374 -- nearly double O'Brien's salary as part-time president.
He also gets a $100,392 yearly pension from the district -- which he couldn't collect if he had come back as an employee of the district rather than a consultant."

This is happening EVERYWHERE in our country!

vegemite-contest-draws-protests



"It all began in July when jars of caramel-brown Vegemite mixed with cream cheese began appearing on supermarket shelves with brightly colored labels inviting consumers to “Name Me.”"

Editorial: Here's our endorsements

Editorial:
"Editorial: Here's our endorsements"

My golly, they can't even get the grammar correct.

Mum hid bomb kit in her burka | The Sun |News

Mum hid bomb kit in her burka The Sun News: "A MUSLIM woman who had a 'DIY terrorism kit' hidden in her burka was jailed for two years yesterday.
Houria Chentouf, 41, was carrying a computer pen-drive containing 7,000 documents, including a detailed explosives manual and extreme religious material.

House ... where she was arrestedAnd investigators later found letters in which the mother of six admitted she had considered using herself and her children as suicide bombers."

House Democrats bristle at more bailouts - Washington Times

House Democrats bristle at more bailouts - Washington Times: "House Democrats are balking at an Obama administration plan that would put taxpayers on the hook for up to five years to dismantle any giant financial firm whose failure could repeat last year's Wall Street collapse."

Robert J. Samuelson - Robert J. Samuelson on whether America could go broke - washingtonpost.com

Robert J. Samuelson - Robert J. Samuelson on whether America could go broke - washingtonpost.com

Controversial New Video of Obama’s Pastor

Controversial New Video of Obama’s Pastor: "A new video of Jeremiah Wright has surfaced, showing Barack Obama's pastor of 20 years praising Marxism and discussing his ties to communists in El Salvador and Nicaragua and the Libyan government. Equally important, Wright is being introduced in the video by Robert W. McChesney, co-founder of Free Press, an organization which has come under scrutiny for its links to the Obama Administration and dedication to the transformation and control of the private media in the U.S."

Monday, November 02, 2009

Poster Girl

Oh my golly!
This woman's beautiful anthem from the begining of the war will live forever.

BLACKFIVE: Beccy Cole - "Poster Girl" on the Wrong Side of the World

BLACKFIVE: Beccy Cole - "Poster Girl" on the Wrong Side of the World

Another re-post of Beccy Cole's beautiful song.
A song that supported our coalition victory for the freedom loving people of Iraq!

You go Beccy!

Lindsey Graham's Sordid Self

Lindsey Graham's Sordid Self
"Today, Graham is little more than the ever-eager turn-to guy whenever the hard left needs a squishy sycophant to carry its water through the corridors of Congress.
As evidenced most recently by his teaming up with liberal totem John Kerry to co-author a New York Times op-ed endorsing the highly controversial, disastrously costly cap-and-trade legislation.
As the green web site Grist.com breathlessly enthused:
“It’s hard to overstate the significance of this joint declaration.
It ensures that the Senate bill will be bipartisan.
It demonstrates that there is a pathway to 60 votes to overcome a filibuster.
And it establishes comprehensive energy and climate legislation as the next item on the Senate agenda after health care reform, meaning there is a very real shot at Senate passage prior to Copenhagen.”
In short, in one fell stroke, Graham betrayed scores of his Senate colleagues and tens of millions of Americans who know that the cap-and-trade bill will paralyze American industry and cost the average household as much as $3000 a year"

WHO: nearly 5,000 swine flu deaths worldwide


WHO: nearly 5,000 swine flu deaths worldwide
"Nearly 5,000 people have reportedly died from swine flu since it emerged this year and developed into a global epidemic, the World Health Organization said Friday."

This is a "pandemic"?
This is a FRAUD!

Chris Christie's Next Case: Who Stole My Election?


Chris Christie's Next Case: Who Stole My Election?
"Meanwhile, the Democratic Party in New Jersey is taking advantage of a new loosely written vote-by-mail law to pressure county clerks not to vigorously use signature checks to evaluate the authenticity of absentee ballots, the only verification procedure allowed.
The state has received a flood of 180,000 absentee ballot requests.
On some 3,000 forms the signature doesn't match the one on file with county clerks.
Yet citing concerns that voters would be disenfranchised, Democratic Party lawyer Paul Josephson wrote New Jersey's secretary of state asking her 'to instruct County Clerks not to deny applications on the basis of signature comparison alone.'
Mr. Josephson maintained that county clerks 'may be overworked and are likely not trained in handwriting analysis' and insisted that voters with suspect applications should be allowed to cast provisional ballots.
Those ballots, of course, would then provide a pool of votes that would be subject to litigation in any recount, with the occupant of New Jersey's highest office determined by Florida 2000-style scrutiny of ballot applications."

This is the plan for the ACORN-democrat party EVERYWHERE!
Imagine the nice old ladies at the polling places in ...Detroit or Muskegon Heights et al disputing the signature of a brotha or sista.
It won't happen.
Precincts that used to have 2% turnout are now showing 50%, 97%, 110% turnout.
When will America fight back?

Can This P-38 Be Saved?


Can This P-38 Be Saved?
Lockheed P-38 Lightnings brought many a pilot home.
This pilot would like to return the favor"

Public school nurses give swine flu vaccine to kids without parents' OK, sends child to hospital

Public school nurses give swine flu vaccine to kids without parents' OK, sends child to hospital
"School nurses mistakenly gave the swine flu vaccine to two students who didn't sign up for it - including a Brooklyn girl with epilepsy who wound up in the hospital."

This is government supplied "health care".

Ebling: The Cold, Cruel Reality -


Ebling: The Cold, Cruel Reality

All football losses aren’t the same.
All L’s on the scoreboard aren’t even losses. Some are lessons with long-term payoffs.

Saturday night’s 42-34 whipping by Minnesota was more than a setback for Michigan State.
It was a statement of gross inadequacy - in many ways, the most alarming defeat in Mark Dantonio’s three seasons as head coach of the Spartans.
The long knives are out!

Sunday, November 01, 2009

TaxProf Blog: Chicago Property Taxes Increase 9.6%; Obama's Property Tax Increases 1.0%

TaxProf Blog: Chicago Property Taxes Increase 9.6%; Obama's Property Tax Increases 1.0%
"Chicago Property Taxes Increase 9.6%;
Obama's Property Tax Increases 1.0%"

US admiral concerned about China military buildup

US admiral concerned about China military buildup
"'When we see a military growing at that rate, we're interested in transparency and the understanding of the uses of that military,' said Donegan"

Earth Talk now part of Chronicle

Column: Earth Talk now part of Chronicle
"It is only in recent years that we have begun to take a serious look at the toll those items of convenience have taken on our environment.
And whether one believes that man is contributing to the pillage of the Earth with the irresponsible choices we make is a matter of great debate."

"man ...pillage...of the earth"

This woman is an idiot!

Marijuana growers upend hard-luck California town

Marijuana growers upend hard-luck California town
"But locals in Trinity say California law is so permissive that almost anyone can get a doctor's 'recommendation' needed to grow their own marijuana or buy it at dispensaries.
ID cards -- which patients can use as proof they have a physician's recommendation for medicinal cannabis -- are voluntary.
And because state guidelines aren't hard and fast, some doctors recommend that their patients be allowed to grow many more plants than the suggested ceiling."

Mona Shores voters face ballot issues

Mona Shores voters face ballot issues
"Furthermore, if a requested five-year Headlee Amendment override isn’t renewed, Mona Shore could lose nearly $300,000 the first year in nonhomestead property tax collections, according to ballot language. Districts where overall property values rise faster than inflation cannot levy the full 18 mills unless voters agree to waive the effects of the Headlee Amendment, which restricts property tax collections to the rate of inflation.

Mona Shores is asking voters to approve a renewal of 18 mills on nonhomestead property for five years, which would raise $5,430,232 the first year.

The separate Headlee override, levied only as needed, would permit the district to levy up to 1 mill for five years. It would raise an estimated $294,076 the first year."