William Lawrence Sr. Omnibit 1-21-15
Obama Continues National Divide
We didn’t watch Obama’s State of the Union Speech last night feeling the entertainment offered on Netflix was a more industrious use of our time.
But he sent us this email about it so we will pass it on — mostly to show how smart we are regarding the use of time:
Friend —
Last night, I spoke directly with the American people about what I believe we can get done together this year.
My priorities are strengthening the middle class and ensuring our economy is rebounding for the whole country, not just the powerful few. I laid out a vision of middle-class economics, to help build on the progress of the past six years and make sure American families can get ahead in the 21st century. That means fighting to expand paid sick leave, helping any student willing to work hard get an affordable education, and cutting taxes for middle-class families by eliminating wasteful tax loopholes.
The new Congress has been on the job for two weeks, and they’ve given us a good look at where they want to take the country, too — they’ve moved quickly to try to roll back our progress on everything from immigration to health care.
I believe Americans are tired of the political back and forth. People want to see an agenda that moves us all forward.
If that’s something you agree with, OFA is asking you to do your part today. It’s never been more important to take a stand.
This morning, I begin the fourth quarter of my presidency. As long as there’s time on the clock, I’ll be doing everything I can.
I hope you will, too:
http://my.barackobama.com/Do-Your-Part-Today
That’s right, rather than trying to work with an opposition overwhelmingly chosen by the American public in response to his actions, he calls them names and impugns them with false motives.
The President is not just a disgrace but a waste of time. Obama purposely tries to divide us for reasons of ego, power and selfishness.
The Independence Hall Foundation has also issued a statement regarding Obama’s speech.
The Independence Hall Foundation rejects, out of hand, President Obama’s call for an increase in Federal taxes as a sure way to hurt America’s fragile economy.
“The idea of raising the Capitol Gains tax from 23 percent to 28 percent, and taxing, even further, those who already pay the preponderance of taxes, is counterproductive,” said Foundation spokeswoman, Teri Adams. “No matter how the additional revenue is spent.
“President Obama should drop his Robin Hood pretense. In a free enterprise system, POTUS does not pick winners and losers–which is exactly what the President is attempting to do.
“We need to stimulate the economy with pro-growth policies,” said Ms. Adams. Such policies require tax reductions–not increases–and an elimination of burdensome business regulations.
“A ‘Flat Tax’ is probably the best solution for true tax reform, although proponents of the ‘Fair Tax’ have compelling arguments, as well.”
That’s a statement of substance, not name calling.
Obama Continues National Divide
Yes, Obama Continues National Divide
Again, Obama Continues National Divide
Internet Posts May Not Be Forever
“The internet is forever” is a trope and a warning to the young (and others) regarding to take care about what one posts to the world.
While the wisdom is obvious about what one chooses to post to the world, internet posts may not be forever, after all.
The New Yorker’s Jill Lepore has an article this week pointing out the difficulties the experts have in archiving the World Wide Web.
It notes that pages die, are moved and, most significantly, overwritten hence making it hard, maybe even impossible, to find documents once posted.
This has become a problem in academia, technology and especially law.
A study conducted last year at Harvard Law School showed that more than 70 percent of of the URLs cited in the footnotes of the Harvard Law Review and other journals, and 50 percent of the URLs within United States Supreme Court opinions do no link to the original cited information, as per Ms. Lepore.
This makes the footnotes useless and the opinions unsupported.
Maybe it is best to not let dead tree record keeping die, after-all, while “paperless” is a trope that should.
Internet Posts May Not Be Forever
Betty Roccograndi, A Writer To Be Recognized
Luzerne County correspondent Dorothy Hayer has let us know about Betty Roccograndi, an excellent columnist for the Wilkes Barre Times Leader.
Here she very nicely slices and dices Pennsylvania’s dishonest Attorney General Kathleen Kane.
Betty Roccograndi, A Writer To Be Recognized
William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 1-20-15
William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 1-20-15
You may not know it but you are certainly familiar with Mary Westmascott. She is better known as Agatha Christie.
Dating Comcast Nightmare
Comcast — Philadelphia’s Democrat-supporting signature corporation — won Consumerist.com’s Worst Company in America 2014 tournament beating out Monsanto.
Well done, Comcast. You were the one we were betting on.
Below is a video of what dating Comast would be like. It’s for you Judy and Lynn.
End it. End it now.
The whimsical lobby of the Comcast Center, 1701 John F. Kennedy Blvd.
Dating Comcast Nightmare
William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 1-19-15
William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 1-19-15
No Miranda, Vermont was not one of the original 13 states. It was, however, the first to enter the Union after the original 13 in 1791.
Pope Francis AGW Conservatives
Pope Francis, yesterday, Jan. 18, in Manila made a strong environmental statement and again lent support to the theory that global warming is happening and is man made i.e. “anthropogenic” .
Conservatives are again angry at Francis.
Our suggestion is that rather than curse the darkness, light a candle.
Many decent people believe in anthropogenic global warming (AGW). Ask yourself why you don’t.
To help, here are our reasons for skepticism:
1. The leading supporters hid data that contradicted their public conclusions and treated dissenters politically with attempts to punish and silence them rather than in accordance with the canons of science which would be giving them full and fair hearing then refuting them openly.
2. Falsities have been found in the arguments of those claiming AGW.
3. Hypocrisy has been found in the lifestyles of those claiming AGW. Really, if you believe that a particular behavior is going to destroy the lives of your children you don’t charter jets to catch New Year’s shows on different continents. Nor do you live in energy-wasting villas. Either the activists don’t believe in what they say or they don’t care. We find this strange if one is talking about the end of the world.
4. The commonsense and practical actions that would drastically alleviate the claimed causes of AGW have been ignored, and even opposed by the supporters of AGW. When was the last time you heard an AGW claimer exhorting for more telecommuting? How about nuclear power? If the effort was made circa Y2K to replace every coal plant in this nation with a nuke, alleged AGW gases would be half diminished by now. Even more bizarrely why do AGW claimers support the removal of hydro-electric dams to be replaced by AGW producing plants?
We can go on noting opposition to streamlining the removal of traffic bottlenecks by ending Davis-Bacon requirements, and toll roads.
Frankly, any of these by themselves is damning to the argument. As there are four of them color us extremely skeptical.
Also, while arguments from authority are anything but definitive, we will note that highly accredited and accomplished persons in the field of climate study doubt it is occurring. These include Joe Bastardi, longtime of Accuweather, and John Coleman, founder of The Weather Channel; and Dr. Roy Spencer, who pioneered temperature-based satellite monitoring.
Pope Francis AGW Conservatives
And Pope Francis AGW Conservatives
Pope Francis AGW views have conservatives angry.
School Choice Kickoff Is Jan. 22
Choice Media‘s Philadelphia Kickoff of National School Choice Week is 9 -11 a.m., Thursday, Jan. 22, from 9-11 a.m. at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, reports Commonwealth Foundation..
The event includes breakfast and a screening of The Ticket, a documentary that takes viewers on a historic whistlestop train tour across the country, featuring different forms of school choice and the children served.
Following the documentary, a distinguished panel of experts — including Commonwealth Foundation’s James Paul — will lead a conversation about school choice.
The other panelists are:
Bob Bowdon – director of The Ticket and Executive Director of Choice Media
David Hardy – spokesman for PhillySchoolChoice.com
Ina Lipman – executive director of Children’s Scholarship Fund Philadelphia
Mike Wang – managing mirector of the Philadelphia School Partnership
Tickets are $1 plus a $1.04 service charge and can be acquired here.
School Choice Kickoff Is Jan. 22
William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 1-17-15
William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 1-17-15
A weight watching scientist has determined that the average kiss uses up about nine calories. That means you would have to kiss 389 times to lose a pound. Find someone you enjoy kissing and start losing weight now.
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