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KGB Explains OWS — Reader Tom C submitted this link to a talk given by Yuri Bezmenov, a KGB defector from the Soviet Union, in which he explains their techniques in subverting Western society, which included marginalizing religion and demeaning our history.
The Soviets are gone but the battle remains.
On the Third Day of Christmas (Dec. 27), the former senator who resided in Pennsylvania but represented himself for 30 years took to the stage of the Helium Comedy Club in Philadelphia to really let we Keystone Staters know what kind of cue balls we have been. 
“I’ve been in comedy for 30 years,” Arlen Specter told the crowd. “The only difference is it’s not stand up, we all have comfortable chairs. It costs about $27 million to win a seat in the United States Senate, so when you win one you like to sit down. It’s sit-down comedy.”
Hey, it wasn’t your money Arlen and the people who spent it got what they paid for in most cases.
“Bill Clinton is a friend of mine because I was a friend of his,” he joshed. “I voted not to impeach him. And that’s a hell of a thing to do considering the evidence.”
So much for “Scottish law”.
Well, the joke was on us.
Let us know when you do a magic bullet act. I’ll pay to see that.
Hypocrisy Thy Name Is Corzine — Astute reader Tom C points out that Jon Corzine — the prominent Democrat politician who served as New Jersey governor and senator before moving on to head MF Global Holdings Ltd the “leading cash and derivatives broker-dealer” from which he managed to misplace $1.2 billion — was among the supporters of the intrusive Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 which promised an end to greedy corporate skullduggery.
Unemployment Benefits For Filthy Rich — The headlines last week were filled with outrage over the revelation that former Philadelphia School Superintendent Arlene Ackerman has filed for $573 a week in unemployment compensation, the maximum amount in Pennsylvania.
Ms. Ackerman, who was contracted to receive a $348,000 salary through 2014, was bought out of it for a $905,000 lump-sum payment plus $83,000 for unused vacation and personal days.
In other words, her job performance was not exactly satisfactory.
Leaving aside the point that the buyout means that Ms. Ackerman is being employed to basically sit on her butt and watch TV for the next three years, why should anyone be able to get $573 a week in unemployment comp?
Is it to allow our dainty betters to live in the style to which they have become accustomed?
Sorry, that’s not the way most of us think the social safety net is supposed to work.
The idea of an unemployment safety net is that a working stiff with a run of bad luck can still feed his kids and keep a roof over their heads until he finds another job. Nobody is against that.
But if you’ve been pulling down a good income and lose your job you presumably have assets that you can start selling off before you come to the rest of us — or at least to those business owners still trying to save their existing employees — with your hand out.
My proposal — cap the benefits at $150 per week; and add a $50-per month SNAP (food stamp) card, along with an exemption from the residential property tax.
Also, cut the time for receiving them from 99 weeks to 16 weeks.
The cost of unemployment insurance would drop drastically for employers. This means it will cost them less to hire people which means they will start hiring people and very likely increase their pay.
What could possibly be the objection?
Government would lose power?
Unemployment Benefits For Filthy Rich
Community Organizers Faces Of Hate — Reader Tom C sent a pair of fascinating links regarding the methods and organizers of those who want to radically transform this country into a place where all power lies in the hands of the self-appointed select.
This one involves Heather Booth who co-founded Midwest Academy, a Chicago-based training academy for “community organizers”. It boasts of training 30,000 activists since 1973 in the lying and Luciferian methods of Saul Alinsky. The Academy is funded by George Soros’s Open Society Institute, Tides Foundation, and the Woods Fund of Chicago, on whose board Barack Obama and Bill Ayers.
This one involves Kalle Lasn, who was born in occupied Estonia during World War II and spent his child in a German refugee camp. Lasn is the co-founder of Adbusters Media Foundation, the force behind the fizzling Occupy Wall Street movement.
Remember Poor State Worker This Tax Season — The Philadelphia Inquirer, yesterday, Nov. 25, editorialized on the need to hike the fees on those planning on drilling for natural gas in the Marcellus Shale.
Exactly! The state needs more money! Our bureaucrats and legislators are underpaid! And think of our poor teachers!!
But why should we stop the new taxes at natural gas drilling? How about a tax on newspaper sales? Why shouldn’t these consumer products be taxed while needy state workers suffer?
Or how about newspaper advertising? How about for every column-inch sold in the Inky, have 6 percent go to the state? It’s only fair!!
Granted Doonesbury and opinions as to whether Andy Reid should be fired are far more socially necessary than things like energy independence and home heating, but when it comes to paying those who keep our traffic snarled by manning toll booths and decide the benefit packages of emeritus professors of physical fitness at our major universities, no sacrifice is too great!!
Larry Sinclair Or Some Crazy Accusations More Equal Than Others — Herman Cain, the black businessman seeking the Republican nomination for president who was subject to anonymous and unspecific allegations regarding sexual misconduct finally got to face an accuser, Nov. 7, when Sharon Bialek, a Chicago resident with a past history of irresponsible behavior, held a press conference with her lawyer at her side. Yes, she went into specifics. No corroboration, but there were certainly specifics.
The old, dying but still dangerous, dinosaur old media haven’t stopped talking about it since. Rest assured, though, they will quiet when Cain’s poll numbers drop to a level they deem safe.
Barack Obama, the black senator from Illinois seeking the Democrat nomination for president in 2008, was subject to allegations regarding sexual misconduct and even murder. On June 18 of that year, Larry Sinclair, a Chicago resident with a past history of irresponsible behavior, held a press conference with his lawyer at his side in which he went into specifics. No corroboration. but certainly specifics.
Did the old dinosaurs discuss it for weeks? Don’t be silly. Some crazy, unprovable allegations are just more equal than others.
If you are interested in a fair comparison:
The Sharon Bialek press conference from Nov. 7, 2011.
The Larry Sinclair press conference from June 18, 2008.
Occupy Wall Street? Better Washington, DC! —
When you read this article carefully a couple of the points jump out and deserve to be further publicized!!!
Clearly,Occupy Wall Street needs to bring their list of “complaints’ to Washington,DC
Some examples:
1)Rham Emmanuel earns $18 million in 3 years after he leaves the White House,as
an “advisor” to a hedge fund :this should read “Unregistered Lobbyist”..And that’s from just one ,er….one “engagement”.Wanna bet there are a lot more…..
2)The partial list of ex- politicians who earn huge fees for “advising” private equity firms.
While it’s obvious that they are paid for providing high level access to the government,they do not have to be registered as lobbyists!!!
We are talking big money here!!!
IMO:Most politicians have never worked in the private sector ;so clearly there”advice” to smart,savy, hedge fund /private equity managers is limited to a few phone calls and accompanying the “money people” to a meeting with the right Federal or State public official.
OWS Hippies Meet Reality With Bank Squabble — Reader Tom C has sent a couple of links pointing out that the Occupy Wall Street crowd is not only now keeping its money in a bank — those vile capitalist — and squabbling about it, but is learning why criminal justice systems develop, namely the participants are finding themselves victims of theft, vandalism and sexual assault, and learning that their tent camps have become havens for child molesters and such.
They may as well have just stayed home and read Lord of the Flies.
Thanks, Tom.
Our Wealthy Overlords — The richest counties in America are in the Washington D.C. suburbs where reside the federal bureaucrats who make their six-figure pay and get their early retirements on backs of those who have to actually produce things.
Forbes.Com reported last April that the three richest counties in the United States were: Falls Church, Va.; Loudoun County, Va.; Fairfax County, Va. with Howard County, Md. coming in fifth behind Hunterdon County, N.J.
These people don’t lobby for government programs because they want to help the poor or even, in many cases, to defend our country.
They want these programs because they give them soft, easy lives.
It’s sort of the same thing that motivated the Sheriff of Nottingham.