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Friday, February 05, 2010
PARTY ALERT - I'm hosting a "Toast to the Constitution" wine tasting event tonight 5-7:30pm at Pacific Wine. It's just $10, and to get to Pacific Wine, turn in the Navigator's Landing entrance across from the airport entrance on Biddle, and follow it to Heathrow Way. Free pocket constitution guides while supplies last!
MOST BIZARRE POLITICAL AD EVER?
This is the California Senate GOP primary fight to take on Barbara Boxer. Man, those must've been some pretty good drugs!
2-05-10 Guests
6:35 Julia Seymour with the Business and Media Institute, and how the Obama administration is being portrayed in the media as fiscally conservative.....really!
7:35 Representative Dennis Richardson and the weekly legislative update.
8:10 Ron Gibson, VP of the Southwest Oregon Mining Association, who updates us on miner Cliff Tracy's troubles, and why there's no mining on "Federal Lands".
8:35 Bill Anderberg, powerlifter extraordinaire, who will be part of One hundred and twenty world class powerlifters competing this Saturday, February 6 in honor of lifting legend Jerry Capello, a local competitor who passed away in June of 2009. The event—the Jerry Capello Memorial WABDL Powerlifting Competition—takes place from 9 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. at the Ramada Hotel and Convention Center, 2250 Biddle Road in Medford.
Friday, February 05, 2010
PARTY ALERT - I'm hosting a "Toast to the Constitution" wine tasting event tonight 5-7:30pm at Pacific Wine. It's just $10, and to get to Pacific Wine, turn in the Navigator's Landing entrance across from the airport entrance on Biddle, and follow it to Heathrow Way. Free pocket constitution guides while supplies last!
MOST BIZARRE POLITICAL AD EVER?
This is the California Senate GOP primary fight to take on Barbara Boxer. Man, those must've been some pretty good drugs!
2-05-10 Guests
6:35 Julia Seymour with the Business and Media Institute, and how the Obama administration is being portrayed in the media as fiscally conservative.....really!
7:35 Representative Dennis Richardson and the weekly legislative update.
8:10 Ron Gibson, VP of the Southwest Oregon Mining Association, who updates us on miner Cliff Tracy's troubles, and why there's no mining on "Federal Lands".
8:35 Bill Anderberg, powerlifter extraordinaire, who will be part of One hundred and twenty world class powerlifters competing this Saturday, February 6 in honor of lifting legend Jerry Capello, a local competitor who passed away in June of 2009. The event—the Jerry Capello Memorial WABDL Powerlifting Competition—takes place from 9 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. at the Ramada Hotel and Convention Center, 2250 Biddle Road in Medford.
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Thursday, February 4, 2010
"Core-man, Core-Man, CORE-MAN"
I actually feel sorry for President O over this gaffe. You know heads are rolling tonight in "Teleprompter Central". Hey, isn't "corpseman" the name for a failed corpsman? ;-)
2-04-10 Guests
7:35 Faina Podolnaya, director of the Siskiyou Violins. Fund-raising concert is Saturday night at the Craterian. I went to it last year, and they're FABULOUS. What a nice lady. Just became a naturalized citizen (from the former Soviet Union)
8:10 Addison Wiggin, financial whiz from the must-read Daily Reckoning. We talk the debt, where the dollar is going, and a brand new TRADE OF THE DECADE.
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Wednesday, February 3, 2010 Guests
6:40 - Richard Hatch, the original winner of "Survivor" talks the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell". Gotta' say, I like this guy, and never knew he went to West Point, and served in the military.
7:10 State Senator Chris Telfer talks about the CAFR funds, how this may mean billions of dollars the state has to spend...But she's having a tough time getting straight answers from Salem.
8:10 Joel Salatin, author of "Everything I want to Do is Illegal", and is a leader of the clean food/freedom to farm movement. Joel comes to North Medford High Friday, 2/19. Tickets are 15 in advance, and there's more info on the Jackson County Local Action Coalition Website.
Thursday, February 4, 2010
"Core-man, Core-Man, CORE-MAN"
I actually feel sorry for President O over this gaffe. You know heads are rolling tonight in "Teleprompter Central". Hey, isn't "corpseman" the name for a failed corpsman? ;-)
2-04-10 Guests
7:35 Faina Podolnaya, director of the Siskiyou Violins. Fund-raising concert is Saturday night at the Craterian. I went to it last year, and they're FABULOUS. What a nice lady. Just became a naturalized citizen (from the former Soviet Union)
8:10 Addison Wiggin, financial whiz from the must-read Daily Reckoning. We talk the debt, where the dollar is going, and a brand new TRADE OF THE DECADE.
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Wednesday, February 3, 2010 Guests
6:40 - Richard Hatch, the original winner of "Survivor" talks the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell". Gotta' say, I like this guy, and never knew he went to West Point, and served in the military.
7:10 State Senator Chris Telfer talks about the CAFR funds, how this may mean billions of dollars the state has to spend...But she's having a tough time getting straight answers from Salem.
8:10 Joel Salatin, author of "Everything I want to Do is Illegal", and is a leader of the clean food/freedom to farm movement. Joel comes to North Medford High Friday, 2/19. Tickets are 15 in advance, and there's more info on the Jackson County Local Action Coalition Website.
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TUESDAY 2-02-10
Good conversation today on religious freedom, and why I think the minimum wage should be repealed to lower unemployment. (And to be more free)
Lew Rockwell writes an incredible piece on this very issue.
Pat Buchannan Supports The Troops, (Really) Bring The Marines Home
(I can already hear complaints like "He's an Isolationist". Whew)
GUESTS FOR 2-02-10
6:35 Commentator Matt Miller on the shameful takeover of college loan funding by the Obama administration.
7:35 Judge Joe Charter explains the traffic ticket amnesty program. The County website has more information here!
8:55 BUSINESS GUEST - Doug Stone from Seacrest Wealth Management on how to protect yourself from the inevitable interest rate hikes coming later this year.
TUESDAY 2-02-10
Good conversation today on religious freedom, and why I think the minimum wage should be repealed to lower unemployment. (And to be more free)
Lew Rockwell writes an incredible piece on this very issue.
Pat Buchannan Supports The Troops, (Really) Bring The Marines Home
(I can already hear complaints like "He's an Isolationist". Whew)
GUESTS FOR 2-02-10
6:35 Commentator Matt Miller on the shameful takeover of college loan funding by the Obama administration.
7:35 Judge Joe Charter explains the traffic ticket amnesty program. The County website has more information here!
8:55 BUSINESS GUEST - Doug Stone from Seacrest Wealth Management on how to protect yourself from the inevitable interest rate hikes coming later this year.
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Monday 2-01-10
Interesting talk this morning with Dr. Katherine Albrecht, author of "Spy Chips", and she also has a new documentary out on privacy issues. We really dug into the massive dossiers the major search engines compile on you based on your internet surfing habits and searches. She's helping promote an anonymous search service which I'm trying out for the next few days. You can too - It's StartPage.com
Hey, Check this one out - by independents who voted for Obama:
Other guests from today's show:
7:35 Kevin Starret with Oregon Firearms Federation on the incredible saga of Sen. Floyd Prozanski's push to change a good gun law which he wrote, but doesn't understand, to something he still doesn't understand, but is much worse. Read The OFF Alert, and set the phones and emails in Salem on fire over this.
8:10 Stephanie Nelson, the Coupon Mom, great website and book with practical tips on saving 50% and more on your food bill. Great info for these times!
Monday 2-01-10
Interesting talk this morning with Dr. Katherine Albrecht, author of "Spy Chips", and she also has a new documentary out on privacy issues. We really dug into the massive dossiers the major search engines compile on you based on your internet surfing habits and searches. She's helping promote an anonymous search service which I'm trying out for the next few days. You can too - It's StartPage.com
Hey, Check this one out - by independents who voted for Obama:
Other guests from today's show:
7:35 Kevin Starret with Oregon Firearms Federation on the incredible saga of Sen. Floyd Prozanski's push to change a good gun law which he wrote, but doesn't understand, to something he still doesn't understand, but is much worse. Read The OFF Alert, and set the phones and emails in Salem on fire over this.
8:10 Stephanie Nelson, the Coupon Mom, great website and book with practical tips on saving 50% and more on your food bill. Great info for these times!
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search engines and privacy
Hopefully one day we can witness the search engines that invade our privacy, burn to the ground, while we point and laugh, tossing our hypothetical fire extinguishers aside.
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FRIDAY 1-29-10
AIRLINE SECURITY CHIEF VIDEO
(a foreign clip, the subtitles fly by fast, but pay attention and have a great laugh)
Some interesting articles:
Obama Using Indians for his Dirty Work
Think Dems are the biggest big govt. party? Think Again
The President Assassinates US Citizens
1-29-10 GUESTS
6:35 Real Estate expert Mary Tootikian, author of "Stunned in America". Advice on foreclosure issues...and she delves into how the problem occurred...listen to the last minute of the interview when she talks Ponzi scheme in the RE securities market.
7:10 Water Park Update with Parks and Rec's Brian Sjothun
7:35 State Rep. Dennis Richardson - post 66/67 analysis, modify the kicker?
8:35 Jenn from the American Cancer Society - sign up for the next RELAY FOR LIFE HERE.
FRIDAY 1-29-10
AIRLINE SECURITY CHIEF VIDEO
(a foreign clip, the subtitles fly by fast, but pay attention and have a great laugh)
Some interesting articles:
Obama Using Indians for his Dirty Work
Think Dems are the biggest big govt. party? Think Again
The President Assassinates US Citizens
1-29-10 GUESTS
6:35 Real Estate expert Mary Tootikian, author of "Stunned in America". Advice on foreclosure issues...and she delves into how the problem occurred...listen to the last minute of the interview when she talks Ponzi scheme in the RE securities market.
7:10 Water Park Update with Parks and Rec's Brian Sjothun
7:35 State Rep. Dennis Richardson - post 66/67 analysis, modify the kicker?
8:35 Jenn from the American Cancer Society - sign up for the next RELAY FOR LIFE HERE.
Tags: airline security, mortgage fraud
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THURSDAY, 1-28-2010
I think it's time for some chewing gum TV tonight, what about you? Seriously, between the Measure 66/67 vote, and then Duce' Obama's spluttering socialism of last night, I'm ready for a beer and an episode of "House Hunters International". (About as brainless as a tv show can get)
SPOTTED ON A PICKUP TRUCK IN CAVE JUNCTION:
NO COLLEGE LIBERAL LEFT BEHIND
The president floated a college plan at last night's SOTU address. Thousands of dollars in tax credits for families sending their kids to school. And he proposes a million more students get college loans at pretty good terms: No more than 10 percent of their yearly income can be used to pay the loans back.
BUT HERE'S THE REALLY GOOOOOOOOD PART:
If your career is in the private sector, your debt is forgiven after 20 years. If you go into "public service" (work for the government) your debt is forgiven in TEN YEARS!
Imagine - Your favorite liberal gets a doctorate in Environmental Studies at SOU, goes to work for a government alphabet soup agency, and spends his/her career suing the private sector businesses out of existence AND gets his/her debt forgiven and paid for by the remaining taxpayers after 10 years. You don't think this "incentive" will grow the government, do you? Me Neither. ;-)
THURSDAY, 1-28-2010
I think it's time for some chewing gum TV tonight, what about you? Seriously, between the Measure 66/67 vote, and then Duce' Obama's spluttering socialism of last night, I'm ready for a beer and an episode of "House Hunters International". (About as brainless as a tv show can get)
SPOTTED ON A PICKUP TRUCK IN CAVE JUNCTION:
NO COLLEGE LIBERAL LEFT BEHIND
The president floated a college plan at last night's SOTU address. Thousands of dollars in tax credits for families sending their kids to school. And he proposes a million more students get college loans at pretty good terms: No more than 10 percent of their yearly income can be used to pay the loans back.
BUT HERE'S THE REALLY GOOOOOOOOD PART:
If your career is in the private sector, your debt is forgiven after 20 years. If you go into "public service" (work for the government) your debt is forgiven in TEN YEARS!
Imagine - Your favorite liberal gets a doctorate in Environmental Studies at SOU, goes to work for a government alphabet soup agency, and spends his/her career suing the private sector businesses out of existence AND gets his/her debt forgiven and paid for by the remaining taxpayers after 10 years. You don't think this "incentive" will grow the government, do you? Me Neither. ;-)
Tags: , college, President Obama
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MONDAY, 1-25-10
Note from Bill - Checked the following out myself, it's legit, and I'll talk with the business 8:10 tomorrow morning.
An open letter from Medford Fuel regarding Measures 66 & 67
With all the confusing information in the Media about these measures, Medford Fuel wanted to give you an actual example of how our business will be affected if Measures 66 & 67 pass.
Our "big, greedy corporation" directly employs six people, and creates jobs for another several dozen individuals ranging from truck drivers to accountants. We're not sure what currency the "Yes on 67" folks are using when they say we only pay $10 in taxes, but in U.S. dollars, last year the business activity of our corporation generated over $1,200,000 in fuel taxes for the federal government, $700,000 for the State of Oregon, $16,000 in environmental protection taxes, $91,000 in Oregon and Federal payroll taxes, $22,000 in Federal income taxes, and $4300 in Oregon excise taxes. The wages we paid our employees generated another $35,000 in Federal income taxes and $21,000 in Oregon income taxes, and the earnings paid to contractors, truck drivers, and others employed as a direct result of our business created at least another $50,000 in taxes for the State of Oregon and the Federal government. After taxes, the corporation cleared just over $70,000 profit to reinvest in growing the business and providing new jobs in our community, less than the average salary and benefits package of just one typical State of Oregon management employee.
To summarize, last year our company was directly responsible for providing over 2 million dollars in taxes to the State of Oregon and the Federal Government.roughly $28.50 in tax revenue for the Government for every $1 in profit made by the corporation.and that is in a profitable year. Some years we make a profit, and some have a loss. What is disgusting about these measures is that, if they pass, we will pay an additional $15,000 in taxes, even in years that we have a loss. This is because the tax will be based not on whether we made a profit for the year, but rather, on our gross sales (before any expenses, taxes or payroll are taken out).
The measure actually requires us to pay this additional tax on the $2 million in taxes we have already paid out of our sales for the year!
To survive, companies will simply be forced to pass this sales tax on to their customers.YOU. There is not a grocery store you shop at, gas station you buy from, or anywhere you buy anything that you will not pay this sales tax if these measures pass, because everything that is bought or sold ultimately is manufactured, shipped, or sold by companies affected by this tax increase.
Supporters of these measures portray our business as "a big, greedy corporation that only has to pay $10 per year in taxes.they need to pay their fair share" and uses this to justify a new tax on sales (sales tax) to apply to companies that are not making a profit. They claim that this tax will not cost you one cent. They are lying in the worst way.
After decades of trying to get Oregon voters to pass a sales tax, Oregon politicians finally figured out that, since the voters were too smart to fall for an up-front tax increase, they could sneak the sales tax in by simply forcing the companies that supply virtually all goods and services to everyone in the State to collect the sales tax for them by passing these measures.the voters simply will pay the tax through increases in the cost of virtually everything. Our legislators figure that, like the proverbial frog in the frying pan, the voters won't even realize they are passing a huge tax increase on themselves.
We are not opposed to paying our "fair share", but it is important that you see through the outright lies and please send a message to our Oregon legislators.any tax increases should be based on profits companies make, not by passing a Sales Tax and further penalizing struggling families, businesses and our economy!
Please, vote NO on measures 66 and 67.
Sincerely,
Medford Fuel
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GUESTS for 1-25-10
6:35 - Joseph Farah, founder and CEO of World Net Daily talks of the tea party movement, and his speech to the party in early February.
7:10 - Sam Smith (used to play football at Cascade Christian) just got back from two years in the Dominican Republic, and share's his experiences delivering humanitarian aid in Haiti.
7:35 - Get some sleep! Dr. Colleen Carney, author of Quiet Your Mind and Get to Sleep,. You're probably not getting enough shuteye, for sure.
8:10 - How to encourage local ag and markets : Lynn Barton with Jackson County Local Action Coalition talks with me about the upcoming 2/19 seminar at North Medford High with famous farmer Joel Salatin - Everything I want to do is Illegal.
(THIS IS GOING TO SELL OUT FAST)
MONDAY, 1-25-10
Note from Bill - Checked the following out myself, it's legit, and I'll talk with the business 8:10 tomorrow morning.
An open letter from Medford Fuel regarding Measures 66 & 67
With all the confusing information in the Media about these measures, Medford Fuel wanted to give you an actual example of how our business will be affected if Measures 66 & 67 pass.
Our "big, greedy corporation" directly employs six people, and creates jobs for another several dozen individuals ranging from truck drivers to accountants. We're not sure what currency the "Yes on 67" folks are using when they say we only pay $10 in taxes, but in U.S. dollars, last year the business activity of our corporation generated over $1,200,000 in fuel taxes for the federal government, $700,000 for the State of Oregon, $16,000 in environmental protection taxes, $91,000 in Oregon and Federal payroll taxes, $22,000 in Federal income taxes, and $4300 in Oregon excise taxes. The wages we paid our employees generated another $35,000 in Federal income taxes and $21,000 in Oregon income taxes, and the earnings paid to contractors, truck drivers, and others employed as a direct result of our business created at least another $50,000 in taxes for the State of Oregon and the Federal government. After taxes, the corporation cleared just over $70,000 profit to reinvest in growing the business and providing new jobs in our community, less than the average salary and benefits package of just one typical State of Oregon management employee.
To summarize, last year our company was directly responsible for providing over 2 million dollars in taxes to the State of Oregon and the Federal Government.roughly $28.50 in tax revenue for the Government for every $1 in profit made by the corporation.and that is in a profitable year. Some years we make a profit, and some have a loss. What is disgusting about these measures is that, if they pass, we will pay an additional $15,000 in taxes, even in years that we have a loss. This is because the tax will be based not on whether we made a profit for the year, but rather, on our gross sales (before any expenses, taxes or payroll are taken out).
The measure actually requires us to pay this additional tax on the $2 million in taxes we have already paid out of our sales for the year!
To survive, companies will simply be forced to pass this sales tax on to their customers.YOU. There is not a grocery store you shop at, gas station you buy from, or anywhere you buy anything that you will not pay this sales tax if these measures pass, because everything that is bought or sold ultimately is manufactured, shipped, or sold by companies affected by this tax increase.
Supporters of these measures portray our business as "a big, greedy corporation that only has to pay $10 per year in taxes.they need to pay their fair share" and uses this to justify a new tax on sales (sales tax) to apply to companies that are not making a profit. They claim that this tax will not cost you one cent. They are lying in the worst way.
After decades of trying to get Oregon voters to pass a sales tax, Oregon politicians finally figured out that, since the voters were too smart to fall for an up-front tax increase, they could sneak the sales tax in by simply forcing the companies that supply virtually all goods and services to everyone in the State to collect the sales tax for them by passing these measures.the voters simply will pay the tax through increases in the cost of virtually everything. Our legislators figure that, like the proverbial frog in the frying pan, the voters won't even realize they are passing a huge tax increase on themselves.
We are not opposed to paying our "fair share", but it is important that you see through the outright lies and please send a message to our Oregon legislators.any tax increases should be based on profits companies make, not by passing a Sales Tax and further penalizing struggling families, businesses and our economy!
Please, vote NO on measures 66 and 67.
Sincerely,
Medford Fuel
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GUESTS for 1-25-10
6:35 - Joseph Farah, founder and CEO of World Net Daily talks of the tea party movement, and his speech to the party in early February.
7:10 - Sam Smith (used to play football at Cascade Christian) just got back from two years in the Dominican Republic, and share's his experiences delivering humanitarian aid in Haiti.
7:35 - Get some sleep! Dr. Colleen Carney, author of Quiet Your Mind and Get to Sleep,. You're probably not getting enough shuteye, for sure.
8:10 - How to encourage local ag and markets : Lynn Barton with Jackson County Local Action Coalition talks with me about the upcoming 2/19 seminar at North Medford High with famous farmer Joel Salatin - Everything I want to do is Illegal.
(THIS IS GOING TO SELL OUT FAST)
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THURSDAY 1-21-10
Article I talked about this morning - "Class Warfare - How Public Servants Became Our Masters" It focuses on California, but the same problems apply to Oregon.
Along that same line of thought - Here's Phil Keisling's evaluation of Oregon's PERS. It's long, but informative and chilling.
More than one national host yesterday ripped into the White House Party Crashers for "Taking the 5th" at congressional hearings. Uh, it's just in that pesky little document known as the Constitution, the Bill Of Rights, etc. Wonder if they've heard of it? It's that same document so many conservative talkers claim to "support".
Remember, it's up to Caesar to prove its case, not up to you to help Caesar. Take Martha Stewart, who was overly helpful to the government. They felony-busted her, not for insider trading, (which she didn't do) but for lying to a government agent.
Yes, she was convicted of a felony for lying to the government about a crime she DIDN'T COMMIT. And it happened in our "land of the free"....Which leads me to:
WHY YOU SHOULD NEVER TALK TO THE POLICE
It's a fabulous lecture with a defense attorney teamed with a police officer telling tales "outside of school" A Must-Watch!
GUESTS 1-21-10
7:10 Dr. Adam Schaefer from the Cato Institute talks with me about the now official government failure known as "Head Start".
7:35 Mike McLane wants your vote in the 55th district. (The "helicopter" district) in Oregon. Find out more On His Site
8:10 State Senator Bruce Whitsett with why he thinks the KBRA is a danger to the Rogue Valley.
THURSDAY 1-21-10
Article I talked about this morning - "Class Warfare - How Public Servants Became Our Masters" It focuses on California, but the same problems apply to Oregon.
Along that same line of thought - Here's Phil Keisling's evaluation of Oregon's PERS. It's long, but informative and chilling.
Read OR PERS Report CONSERVATIVE "CONSTITUTIONAL" HYPOCRISY
More than one national host yesterday ripped into the White House Party Crashers for "Taking the 5th" at congressional hearings. Uh, it's just in that pesky little document known as the Constitution, the Bill Of Rights, etc. Wonder if they've heard of it? It's that same document so many conservative talkers claim to "support".
Remember, it's up to Caesar to prove its case, not up to you to help Caesar. Take Martha Stewart, who was overly helpful to the government. They felony-busted her, not for insider trading, (which she didn't do) but for lying to a government agent.
Yes, she was convicted of a felony for lying to the government about a crime she DIDN'T COMMIT. And it happened in our "land of the free"....Which leads me to:
WHY YOU SHOULD NEVER TALK TO THE POLICE
It's a fabulous lecture with a defense attorney teamed with a police officer telling tales "outside of school" A Must-Watch!
GUESTS 1-21-10
7:10 Dr. Adam Schaefer from the Cato Institute talks with me about the now official government failure known as "Head Start".
7:35 Mike McLane wants your vote in the 55th district. (The "helicopter" district) in Oregon. Find out more On His Site
8:10 State Senator Bruce Whitsett with why he thinks the KBRA is a danger to the Rogue Valley.
Tags: constitution, Hypocrisy, conservatives, KBRA, Bill of Rights
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WEDNESDAY 1-20-10
GUEST INFO
6:35 Former Congressman John LeBouttlier analyzes Scott Brown's election, declares the Obama revolution dead. Read his Excellent Blog.
7:35 This week's Crimestoppers with MPD's Detective Sgt. Mike Budreau.
8:10 Fred Starkey, The PERS "Truth Teller" - We talk why the state lost almost a billion for retirees, and why this ship is "goin' down, baby".
WEDNESDAY 1-20-10
GUEST INFO
6:35 Former Congressman John LeBouttlier analyzes Scott Brown's election, declares the Obama revolution dead. Read his Excellent Blog.
7:35 This week's Crimestoppers with MPD's Detective Sgt. Mike Budreau.
8:10 Fred Starkey, The PERS "Truth Teller" - We talk why the state lost almost a billion for retirees, and why this ship is "goin' down, baby".
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TUESDAY 1-19-10
Funny that the activities of government and organized crime have similarities:
1) They force "protection and service rackets" on you and force you to pay for them.
2) If you choose not to buy or use their "services", they commit violence against you and your property.
One major difference: The bulk of organized crime's business is participated in voluntarily by the public. Not the case for the government sector.
GUESTS FOR 1-19-10
6:35 Larry Pratt with Gun Owners of America says they're readying a lawsuit if the senate "tries anything funny" and won't seat the winner of tonight's MA election.
7:10 Ron Coby, author of "Discover the Up Side of Down", we talk the local economy, where real estate and your bucks are going.
8:10 Tom Mallums with the Klamath Off Project Water Users. Tom responds to an email sent to the Jackson County Commissioners from the Klamath Water Users Association, The KWUA tells the coms that the KBRA really won't hurt our valley ag water. Tom Mallums disagrees.
TUESDAY 1-19-10
Funny that the activities of government and organized crime have similarities:
1) They force "protection and service rackets" on you and force you to pay for them.
2) If you choose not to buy or use their "services", they commit violence against you and your property.
One major difference: The bulk of organized crime's business is participated in voluntarily by the public. Not the case for the government sector.
GUESTS FOR 1-19-10
6:35 Larry Pratt with Gun Owners of America says they're readying a lawsuit if the senate "tries anything funny" and won't seat the winner of tonight's MA election.
7:10 Ron Coby, author of "Discover the Up Side of Down", we talk the local economy, where real estate and your bucks are going.
8:10 Tom Mallums with the Klamath Off Project Water Users. Tom responds to an email sent to the Jackson County Commissioners from the Klamath Water Users Association, The KWUA tells the coms that the KBRA really won't hurt our valley ag water. Tom Mallums disagrees.
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MONDAY, 1-18-10
MONDAY, 1-18-10
MEDICINAL "POT WARS"
Medford Police Chief Randy Schoen clarified his statements in a recent department newsletter. He says that growing marijuana criminally is affecting livability in Medford. I agree. (with caveats) In the original newsletter the chief suggests pot grows within the city is destroying the fabric of our neighborhoods.
Looking at the situation from the position of liberty, it seems the real problem stems from us never questioning the need or logic for "authority" to regulate the kinds/amounts/sources of substances we ingest. The problem with illicit pot grows is not the pot itself as much as the problems associated with the weed's legal status.
Obviously there is plenty of recreational demand for cannabis as a "comforting" substance. The state, however, doesn't "like" cannabis the same way it "likes" alcohol and tobacco. This surprises me, because you'd think no one in authority remembers prohibition.
What happened when we declared it illegal to drink (and some states to smoke) in the 1930's? A massive criminal enterprise rose to scratch the citizen's itch. This also led to gang wars, and a corrosion of respect for the law, as many authorities were paid to "look the other way". Sound familiar?
Our war on drugs the "state doesn't like" reminds me of the old Looney Tunes episode which had "Ralph" the sheepdog in a constant battle with "Sam" the coyote over control of the sheep.
Ralph and Sam would punch the clock every day and pretend to battle it out on the sheep ranch. Their relationship was symbiotic, and applicable to today. We wouldn't need as many "Ralphs" (cops) if we eliminated the reason for "Sam" (pot grower/dealer) to exist. Without Ralph going after Sam, there would be much less profit to be found in growing pot.
I think it makes more sense to reassign police officer "Ralph" to fighting crime that matters, rather than endlessly chasing "Sam" and his customers. No, I don't advocate living life as a stoned-out pot head either. But that problem is a moral issue, and the government is a notoriously poor arbiter of same.
Time for us to grow up, embrace liberty, celebrate responsibility, and give full legalization a chance. Most cops I talk with (understandably "off the record") agree.
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MONDAY 1-18-10 GUESTS
6:35 Randy Skoglund w/Americans for Technology Leadership discusses how not to get ripped off helping Haiti.
8:10 City Councilmen Chris Corcoran fleshes out the Middleford Commons project, and his reasons to move ahead with the project, in spite of Lithia Motor's shrinking contribution to same.
Looking at the situation from the position of liberty, it seems the real problem stems from us never questioning the need or logic for "authority" to regulate the kinds/amounts/sources of substances we ingest. The problem with illicit pot grows is not the pot itself as much as the problems associated with the weed's legal status.
Obviously there is plenty of recreational demand for cannabis as a "comforting" substance. The state, however, doesn't "like" cannabis the same way it "likes" alcohol and tobacco. This surprises me, because you'd think no one in authority remembers prohibition.
What happened when we declared it illegal to drink (and some states to smoke) in the 1930's? A massive criminal enterprise rose to scratch the citizen's itch. This also led to gang wars, and a corrosion of respect for the law, as many authorities were paid to "look the other way". Sound familiar?
Our war on drugs the "state doesn't like" reminds me of the old Looney Tunes episode which had "Ralph" the sheepdog in a constant battle with "Sam" the coyote over control of the sheep.
Ralph and Sam would punch the clock every day and pretend to battle it out on the sheep ranch. Their relationship was symbiotic, and applicable to today. We wouldn't need as many "Ralphs" (cops) if we eliminated the reason for "Sam" (pot grower/dealer) to exist. Without Ralph going after Sam, there would be much less profit to be found in growing pot.
I think it makes more sense to reassign police officer "Ralph" to fighting crime that matters, rather than endlessly chasing "Sam" and his customers. No, I don't advocate living life as a stoned-out pot head either. But that problem is a moral issue, and the government is a notoriously poor arbiter of same.
Time for us to grow up, embrace liberty, celebrate responsibility, and give full legalization a chance. Most cops I talk with (understandably "off the record") agree.
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6:35 Randy Skoglund w/Americans for Technology Leadership discusses how not to get ripped off helping Haiti.
8:10 City Councilmen Chris Corcoran fleshes out the Middleford Commons project, and his reasons to move ahead with the project, in spite of Lithia Motor's shrinking contribution to same.
Tags: Medford, War on Drugs, Marijuana
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that is the funniest political cartoon i have seen in a while.
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1-15-10 GUESTS for Friday
6:35 Rich Noyes with Media Research Center tallies the reporting on Harry Reid's "Negro Dialect" story.
7:35 Rep. Dennis Richardson updates us on the committee meetings cranking up at the legislature this week, and the take on Measures 66 and 67.
8:35 Rep. Jim Thompson from Dallas, OR, introduces HB 3608 to provide tax incentives for producing biomass energy from our forests. This could put some folks back to work for real around here.
1-14-10 GUESTS for Thursday
7:10 Katie Packer of the Workforce Fairness Institute - we talk how the union's quiet grumbling over the 40% "Cadillac" health plan tax is really disguising the goal of getting "Card Check" shoved through.
7:35 Kevin Starrett, Oregon Firearms Federation, and the drive at the legislature to "undo" a gun bill which was properly "Repaired". Words escape me.
8:10 Motivational speaker Tommy Newberry, author of "The War on Success". Yep, he's taking on the president's core values...nothing personal. Listen later in my interview to what he'd do if I waved a magic wand and made HIM president. Interesting stuff.
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1-15-10 GUESTS for Friday
6:35 Rich Noyes with Media Research Center tallies the reporting on Harry Reid's "Negro Dialect" story.
7:35 Rep. Dennis Richardson updates us on the committee meetings cranking up at the legislature this week, and the take on Measures 66 and 67.
8:35 Rep. Jim Thompson from Dallas, OR, introduces HB 3608 to provide tax incentives for producing biomass energy from our forests. This could put some folks back to work for real around here.
1-14-10 GUESTS for Thursday
7:10 Katie Packer of the Workforce Fairness Institute - we talk how the union's quiet grumbling over the 40% "Cadillac" health plan tax is really disguising the goal of getting "Card Check" shoved through.
7:35 Kevin Starrett, Oregon Firearms Federation, and the drive at the legislature to "undo" a gun bill which was properly "Repaired". Words escape me.
8:10 Motivational speaker Tommy Newberry, author of "The War on Success". Yep, he's taking on the president's core values...nothing personal. Listen later in my interview to what he'd do if I waved a magic wand and made HIM president. Interesting stuff.
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1/12-1/13 2010 Tuesday and Wednesday
Tom Malloms called me this afternoon. Appears there is some nasty push-back after yesterday's interview he gave me on the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement.
Remember that Tom is the president of the Klamath Off-Project Water Users, and has been involved deeply within the negotiations. To recap, the Rogue valley's water allocation to the Talent Irrigation District is seriously at risk. One third of the south valley's water could be gone "just like that".
Even if TID pipes, or lines their system to save water, this then kills south county wells around Ashland.
Malloms says Jackson County government has to throw its weight behind opposing this agreement, along with enlisting the help of our Congressional members.
Will our commissioners do the right thing and exercise all their power? For the county's sake let's hope so. We're in the 5th day or so of a 30 day public comment period. Commissioner Walker tells me they'll be meeting on this subject this coming Tuesday.
Oh, the "push back" I mentioned at the start? Malloms is being peppered with emails and nasty calls from KBRA supporters. Words to the effect of "shut up", "you're telling lies". don't get Jackson County involved in this, etc.
Malloms tells me the KBRA supporters truly want Jackson County residents and government ignorant and in the dark about what the agreement really does. I have no reason to doubt him.
(More at the Klamath Basin Crisis website)
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WHAT DO "THEY" KNOW, SCARY READ OF THE DAY - Rand Corporation Tells U.S. Army it's time for "Brownshirts"
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1/13/10 GUESTS
7:10 Mike Beakley, Pam Phree, real life bounty hunters and bail bondsmen, tell their incredible stories of tracking down the bad guys in their book "Betrayal, Murder, and Greed"
7:35 - Crimestoppers, on the Mon Desir fire
7:45 Rep. Sal Esquivel with more reasons to vote no on 66 and 67.
8:10 Sally Pipes - Pacific Research Institute, great analysis on whether health care reform truly is "hanging by a thread".
1/12/10 GUESTS
7:10 James Johnson, embedded reporter from Southern Oregon for HawaiiReporter.com with an interesting take on Mosul, and other aspects of life in Iraq.
7:35 Jason Histert with Tax Fairness Oregon says you need to say YES to 66 and 67
8:10 Tom Malloms, president of the Klamath Basin Off Project Water Users. Bottom line, the KBRA is coming for much of the valley's water.
1/12-1/13 2010 Tuesday and Wednesday
The KBRA "Kon"
Tom Malloms called me this afternoon. Appears there is some nasty push-back after yesterday's interview he gave me on the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement.
Remember that Tom is the president of the Klamath Off-Project Water Users, and has been involved deeply within the negotiations. To recap, the Rogue valley's water allocation to the Talent Irrigation District is seriously at risk. One third of the south valley's water could be gone "just like that".
Even if TID pipes, or lines their system to save water, this then kills south county wells around Ashland.
Malloms says Jackson County government has to throw its weight behind opposing this agreement, along with enlisting the help of our Congressional members.
Will our commissioners do the right thing and exercise all their power? For the county's sake let's hope so. We're in the 5th day or so of a 30 day public comment period. Commissioner Walker tells me they'll be meeting on this subject this coming Tuesday.
Oh, the "push back" I mentioned at the start? Malloms is being peppered with emails and nasty calls from KBRA supporters. Words to the effect of "shut up", "you're telling lies". don't get Jackson County involved in this, etc.
Malloms tells me the KBRA supporters truly want Jackson County residents and government ignorant and in the dark about what the agreement really does. I have no reason to doubt him.
(More at the Klamath Basin Crisis website)
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WHAT DO "THEY" KNOW, SCARY READ OF THE DAY - Rand Corporation Tells U.S. Army it's time for "Brownshirts"
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1/13/10 GUESTS
7:10 Mike Beakley, Pam Phree, real life bounty hunters and bail bondsmen, tell their incredible stories of tracking down the bad guys in their book "Betrayal, Murder, and Greed"
7:35 - Crimestoppers, on the Mon Desir fire
7:45 Rep. Sal Esquivel with more reasons to vote no on 66 and 67.
8:10 Sally Pipes - Pacific Research Institute, great analysis on whether health care reform truly is "hanging by a thread".
1/12/10 GUESTS
7:10 James Johnson, embedded reporter from Southern Oregon for HawaiiReporter.com with an interesting take on Mosul, and other aspects of life in Iraq.
7:35 Jason Histert with Tax Fairness Oregon says you need to say YES to 66 and 67
8:10 Tom Malloms, president of the Klamath Basin Off Project Water Users. Bottom line, the KBRA is coming for much of the valley's water.
Tags: Jackson County, Klamath Crisis, Water Rights
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Mr. X is right
Of course the problem is we the sheeple don't see the big Cons as something fixable, but instead focus on the "Wee-Wee" issues. No doubt CONgress likes it that way.
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And I thought my jokes were bad
Hi... "If I were to tell the press that millions of Americans would be blown up by an Iranian nutcase, or that your Congress has stolen the enire contents of your savings with health care "reform" or bailouts, nobody panics, because it's all part of the plan... But, if I tell the press a few homosexuals are upset over their little wee wees in California, why, everyone just loses their minds!"
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MONDAY, 1-11-10
Right now I'm watching Dennis Richardson/Peter Buckley debate. Crowd is definitely behind Dennis, but it really comes down to accountability. Has the state been wise in its use of resources? Did you increase your spending 37 percent over the last 4 years. Well, the state government did. Vote accordingly.
Another story which chaps my butt today is the Harry Reid "Negro" problem. Yes it was a stupid thing to say, but so what?
I listened to talk show hosts all day harping on calling for Reid to resign. What happened to actually standing for something, GOP? We're told that political correctness needs to end. This was a perfect "teachable moment". (As President Zero likes to say)
If the R's really believe in no PC, they could have rightly hammered Harry on his hypocrisy, and in turn vow to never bow to political correctness, and not call for any "enforcement actions" against the stupid and the insensitive.
Imagine - some honest discourse on race, ethnicity, class, etc. All it would have taken was some Republican spine...which seems to be in seriously short supply.
It appears the current crop of national GOP'ers, and their talk show apologists, truly only care that political correctness be enforced "fairly". Disappointment, once again.
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Kevin Gee tells me, "Hey Bill, if 66 and 67 passes, maybe they can buy some of THESE:
GUESTS 1-11
6:35 Nick Ryan with "Let The Cameras In", an online petition site to pressure congress to let CSPAN cams into the health care bill negotiations.
8:10 Josephine County's Mark Johnson with another report from the rural recession, plus a bit of good news on how some of the "alphabet soup" gov. agencies may be lightening up on some mining activity.
MONDAY, 1-11-10
RANDOM HITS
Right now I'm watching Dennis Richardson/Peter Buckley debate. Crowd is definitely behind Dennis, but it really comes down to accountability. Has the state been wise in its use of resources? Did you increase your spending 37 percent over the last 4 years. Well, the state government did. Vote accordingly.
Another story which chaps my butt today is the Harry Reid "Negro" problem. Yes it was a stupid thing to say, but so what?
I listened to talk show hosts all day harping on calling for Reid to resign. What happened to actually standing for something, GOP? We're told that political correctness needs to end. This was a perfect "teachable moment". (As President Zero likes to say)
If the R's really believe in no PC, they could have rightly hammered Harry on his hypocrisy, and in turn vow to never bow to political correctness, and not call for any "enforcement actions" against the stupid and the insensitive.
Imagine - some honest discourse on race, ethnicity, class, etc. All it would have taken was some Republican spine...which seems to be in seriously short supply.
It appears the current crop of national GOP'ers, and their talk show apologists, truly only care that political correctness be enforced "fairly". Disappointment, once again.
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Kevin Gee tells me, "Hey Bill, if 66 and 67 passes, maybe they can buy some of THESE:
GUESTS 1-11
6:35 Nick Ryan with "Let The Cameras In", an online petition site to pressure congress to let CSPAN cams into the health care bill negotiations.
8:10 Josephine County's Mark Johnson with another report from the rural recession, plus a bit of good news on how some of the "alphabet soup" gov. agencies may be lightening up on some mining activity.
Tags: Taxes, Measure 66 and 67, recession, Harry Reid
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Thurs/Fri 1-07-08 2010
DOES THE STATE OWE YOU MONEY?? FIND OUT HERE
GUESTS FOR 1-08
6:40 Alanna Nash, author of "Baby Let's Play House. A fun book on the women Elvis loved, and just how much they LOVED him back! ;-)
7:35 Randy Skoglund, CEO of Americans for Technology Leadership reports on the cool (And Scary Stuff) coming in the gadgets live from the Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas.
GUESTS FOR 1-07
7:10 Steve Blanton with the Rogue Valley Association of Realtors, and good home sales news
7;35 Sean Broderick with Weiss Research. His excellent new book "The Ultimate Suburban Survivalist Guide: The Smartest Money Moves to Prepare for Any Crisis. It's wealth, money, and home preparedness and security all in one place.
8:10 State Rep. Dennis Richardson takes apart the pro-Measure 66 and 67 arguments.
Thurs/Fri 1-07-08 2010
DOES THE STATE OWE YOU MONEY?? FIND OUT HERE
GUESTS FOR 1-08
6:40 Alanna Nash, author of "Baby Let's Play House. A fun book on the women Elvis loved, and just how much they LOVED him back! ;-)
7:35 Randy Skoglund, CEO of Americans for Technology Leadership reports on the cool (And Scary Stuff) coming in the gadgets live from the Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas.
GUESTS FOR 1-07
7:10 Steve Blanton with the Rogue Valley Association of Realtors, and good home sales news
7;35 Sean Broderick with Weiss Research. His excellent new book "The Ultimate Suburban Survivalist Guide: The Smartest Money Moves to Prepare for Any Crisis. It's wealth, money, and home preparedness and security all in one place.
8:10 State Rep. Dennis Richardson takes apart the pro-Measure 66 and 67 arguments.
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WEDNESDAY 1-06-10
We're all going to pay those tax increases at some point. I know the pro-66 shills are selling the lie that "Only the rich" (defined as $125k+) pay the 20% tax increase. But dig a little deeper, and you'll see just how insidious a rape of the Oregon taxpayer this is.
FROM THE VOTER'S PAMPHLET, Page 9
(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (D) of this paragraph, the minimum and maximum dollar amounts for each bracket for which a tax is imposed shall be increased by the cost-of-living adjustment for the calendar year.
What this means is the state will adjust the lower income brackets to compensate for inflation...Nothing wrong with that. It keeps people from paying a higher percentage of tax, merely by getting a cost of living increase...HOWEVER...
(D) The rate brackets applicable to to taxable income in excess of $125,000 may NOT be adjusted.
Yes Virginia, there's no inflation adjustment for the top bracket. And as inflation continues to ravage the value of your money, eventually the middle class income inflates up to "The Rich" tax bracket.
Think it won't happen to you? Since 1989, Oregon wages have gone up an average of 72 percent due to inflation. Each year, more and more people who thought they were "safe" from paying for Measure 66, will suddenly find their pay inflated to "rich" status.
It won't buy them any more goods and services, just a bigger number on the tax return, and to the state that means you become "rich", and pay the top tax rate.
It's merely a matter of time. Oh, you didn't hear about this on all the "save the government services" blubbering on the tv ads? One more thing...these tax increases are PERMANENT. (So much for tiding the state over a "rough spot")
WANNA START A TAX REVOLT?
WEDNESDAY 1-06-10
MEASURE 66's DIRTY SECRET
We're all going to pay those tax increases at some point. I know the pro-66 shills are selling the lie that "Only the rich" (defined as $125k+) pay the 20% tax increase. But dig a little deeper, and you'll see just how insidious a rape of the Oregon taxpayer this is.
FROM THE VOTER'S PAMPHLET, Page 9
(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (D) of this paragraph, the minimum and maximum dollar amounts for each bracket for which a tax is imposed shall be increased by the cost-of-living adjustment for the calendar year.
What this means is the state will adjust the lower income brackets to compensate for inflation...Nothing wrong with that. It keeps people from paying a higher percentage of tax, merely by getting a cost of living increase...HOWEVER...
(D) The rate brackets applicable to to taxable income in excess of $125,000 may NOT be adjusted.
Yes Virginia, there's no inflation adjustment for the top bracket. And as inflation continues to ravage the value of your money, eventually the middle class income inflates up to "The Rich" tax bracket.
Think it won't happen to you? Since 1989, Oregon wages have gone up an average of 72 percent due to inflation. Each year, more and more people who thought they were "safe" from paying for Measure 66, will suddenly find their pay inflated to "rich" status.
It won't buy them any more goods and services, just a bigger number on the tax return, and to the state that means you become "rich", and pay the top tax rate.
It's merely a matter of time. Oh, you didn't hear about this on all the "save the government services" blubbering on the tv ads? One more thing...these tax increases are PERMANENT. (So much for tiding the state over a "rough spot")
Randy from Ashland said "Post this at work":
Government will be "de-funded" within a week!
GUESTS 1-6-10
6:35 Legal analyst Ken Klukowski with the ACRU raises incredible questions about whether ObamaCare is constitutional.
7:35 Det. Mike Budreau with Crimestoppers.
8:10 Chuck Butler, currency analyst with EverBank. (And Author of the newsletter "The Daily Pfening) This guy knows his stuff on protecting your wealth from the ravages of inflation, and why not to trust the government's lying liars.
GUESTS 1-6-10
6:35 Legal analyst Ken Klukowski with the ACRU raises incredible questions about whether ObamaCare is constitutional.
7:35 Det. Mike Budreau with Crimestoppers.
8:10 Chuck Butler, currency analyst with EverBank. (And Author of the newsletter "The Daily Pfening) This guy knows his stuff on protecting your wealth from the ravages of inflation, and why not to trust the government's lying liars.
Tags: taxes, Measure 66
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TUESDAY, 1-05-10
Lynn Horstemeier called me up after the show this morning and asks if I'd be interested in an anti-66 and 67 march the Saturday before election day downtown. I'm game...Are you interested? Call me tomorrow morning and say so.
1-05-10 GUESTS
7:10 Johnathan Bean, Independent Institute Fellow, and author of the brilliant Race & Liberty in America - The Essential Reader. The real heroes of the civil rights era (all of them, not just black) and we discuss whether we'll make it to a colorblind society.
7:35 Newsmax Columnist and author James Hirsen talks the panty bomber scandal. He blows the whistle on administration claims that their wasn't a smoking gun connecting the panty-bomber to terrorism.
BUSINESS GUEST - Doug Stone with SeaCrest Wealth Management, 3255 Hillcrest Park Drive in Medford. Call him for more info 541-646-7304.
TUESDAY, 1-05-10
Lynn Horstemeier called me up after the show this morning and asks if I'd be interested in an anti-66 and 67 march the Saturday before election day downtown. I'm game...Are you interested? Call me tomorrow morning and say so.
1-05-10 GUESTS
7:10 Johnathan Bean, Independent Institute Fellow, and author of the brilliant Race & Liberty in America - The Essential Reader. The real heroes of the civil rights era (all of them, not just black) and we discuss whether we'll make it to a colorblind society.
7:35 Newsmax Columnist and author James Hirsen talks the panty bomber scandal. He blows the whistle on administration claims that their wasn't a smoking gun connecting the panty-bomber to terrorism.
BUSINESS GUEST - Doug Stone with SeaCrest Wealth Management, 3255 Hillcrest Park Drive in Medford. Call him for more info 541-646-7304.
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MONDAY, 1-04-10
Boy, it's easy to be "officially unmovtivated" given the long holiday break, but now is when you really have to buckle down. Measures 66 and 67 threaten to trash what's left of Oregon's economy, and its supporters are hoping you're "asleep at the switch".
I had a conversation with some buds the other day who said words to the effect of "We're voting for 66 and 67...We checked it out and figured that we won't have to pay it."
Oh, so THAT makes it ok? A tax hike on the most productive in the midst of a horrendous recession. A tax not only on our most productive individuals, but minimum corporate taxes on money losing companies. All under the guise of evil corporations "paying their fair share".
66 and 67 supporters act as if the producers, and the job creators can't leave. They're wrong. Oregon's own state figures estimate a loss of 60-70,000 jobs over the next five years due to its effects. We can't afford even ONE more job loss.
Your mission is to spread the word and fight this mushy, wrong-headed collectivism. Beat back this rampant financial rape-in-the-making. You CAN do it.
One way to help is to man the southern Oregon phone banks. Call Karen Blair at (541) 779-5989 to sign up. Thanks in advance!
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I talked with a local business owner today when I was out and about. (I'll leave his name out of it) He wants to open another location of his business. He told me he doesn't know if he can pull it off. It would be 70,000 dollars to open the business and retrofit the retail space...expensive enough. So what's going to kill the deal? The government wants
All for the "privilege" of opening shop in southern Oregon.
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Regarding the shooting this afternoon in Vegas: A man shotguns and kills a guard at the federal building, ends up getting blown away by the marshals. The shotgun-wielding man reportedly upset over losing a Social Security case.
Stories like that remind me of Marvin Heemeyer and his "KillDozer". Yep, another man who was mad as hell, and unfortunately went over the edge, deciding to attack his tormentors.
(Thanks to Mark Johnson for the video link)
I've said for a long time that things will be fine as long as the welfare checks keep coming in. Look for more of these Vegas-type scenarios when/if the government Ponzi scheme finance collapses.
GUESTS FOR 1-04-10
7am Bob Tiernan, Oregon Republican Party Chair makes the case for just how bad Measures 66 and 67 will be for our state.
8am - Hal Anthony, of the Southwest Oregon Minning Association on a new coordination plan they're doing with Josephine County. Could the assault on miners be turned back here? Hal hosts a talk show on these sorts of issues, weekdays noon to two..."Behind the Woodshed".
MONDAY, 1-04-10
AVOID THE "LONG WINTER'S NAP"
Boy, it's easy to be "officially unmovtivated" given the long holiday break, but now is when you really have to buckle down. Measures 66 and 67 threaten to trash what's left of Oregon's economy, and its supporters are hoping you're "asleep at the switch".
I had a conversation with some buds the other day who said words to the effect of "We're voting for 66 and 67...We checked it out and figured that we won't have to pay it."
Oh, so THAT makes it ok? A tax hike on the most productive in the midst of a horrendous recession. A tax not only on our most productive individuals, but minimum corporate taxes on money losing companies. All under the guise of evil corporations "paying their fair share".
66 and 67 supporters act as if the producers, and the job creators can't leave. They're wrong. Oregon's own state figures estimate a loss of 60-70,000 jobs over the next five years due to its effects. We can't afford even ONE more job loss.
Your mission is to spread the word and fight this mushy, wrong-headed collectivism. Beat back this rampant financial rape-in-the-making. You CAN do it.
One way to help is to man the southern Oregon phone banks. Call Karen Blair at (541) 779-5989 to sign up. Thanks in advance!
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I talked with a local business owner today when I was out and about. (I'll leave his name out of it) He wants to open another location of his business. He told me he doesn't know if he can pull it off. It would be 70,000 dollars to open the business and retrofit the retail space...expensive enough. So what's going to kill the deal? The government wants
30,000 dollars in permit fees!
All for the "privilege" of opening shop in southern Oregon.
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Regarding the shooting this afternoon in Vegas: A man shotguns and kills a guard at the federal building, ends up getting blown away by the marshals. The shotgun-wielding man reportedly upset over losing a Social Security case.
Stories like that remind me of Marvin Heemeyer and his "KillDozer". Yep, another man who was mad as hell, and unfortunately went over the edge, deciding to attack his tormentors.
(Thanks to Mark Johnson for the video link)
I've said for a long time that things will be fine as long as the welfare checks keep coming in. Look for more of these Vegas-type scenarios when/if the government Ponzi scheme finance collapses.
GUESTS FOR 1-04-10
7am Bob Tiernan, Oregon Republican Party Chair makes the case for just how bad Measures 66 and 67 will be for our state.
8am - Hal Anthony, of the Southwest Oregon Minning Association on a new coordination plan they're doing with Josephine County. Could the assault on miners be turned back here? Hal hosts a talk show on these sorts of issues, weekdays noon to two..."Behind the Woodshed".
Tags: Property Rights, Measures 66 and 67, taxation, mining
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Thursday 12-31-09
Wow, a week off on holiday, and here we go into a new year. May your new year be happy, prosperous, full of life and vigor, and devoid of government and bureaucratic interference. Oh, and may 66 & 67, and health care reform (as envisioned) die a well-deserved death. (Ok, had to inject the political ;-)
12-31-09 GUESTS
7:10 Brian Darling of the Heritage Foundation discusses health care reform, and why the battle isn't over. Although he made it clear that the Republicans didn't use all the tools at their disposal to stop this.
8:10 Will Reishman of Coby Lamson Capital Mgt. with a 2009 financial wrap-up and a look at what debt bombs await the federal government in 2010.
Thursday 12-31-09
Wow, a week off on holiday, and here we go into a new year. May your new year be happy, prosperous, full of life and vigor, and devoid of government and bureaucratic interference. Oh, and may 66 & 67, and health care reform (as envisioned) die a well-deserved death. (Ok, had to inject the political ;-)
12-31-09 GUESTS
7:10 Brian Darling of the Heritage Foundation discusses health care reform, and why the battle isn't over. Although he made it clear that the Republicans didn't use all the tools at their disposal to stop this.
8:10 Will Reishman of Coby Lamson Capital Mgt. with a 2009 financial wrap-up and a look at what debt bombs await the federal government in 2010.
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12/23-12/24 2009
For several days, Matt, one of my Facebook friends, has taken issue with my view of government's proper role.
Yesterday, I mused that a great Christmas present for the country would be a day in which we didn't care much what the president or congress were doing, because if they were following the constitution, they wouldn't be doing all that much.
Matt questioned this:
"Bill, Actually, the President and Congress are ONLY doing what the law allows as it is, since any laws created since the Constitution and Bill of Rights have to pass Constitutional muster.
So I have to wonder:
- what is it exactly that you hate about this country so that you think a document created well over 200 years ago is so revered/right in its original form and anything that coincides with that document, but created later, is junk?"
It's a good question, and it deserves a good answer.
The founders, flawed men that they were, left one, and ONLY one way to modify the constitution, the amendment process. This was intentionally made difficult. Today we amend it through twisting language.
"Mordor on the Potomac" doesn't much care about "constitutional muster". Sure, there's the occassional supreme court challenge, but usually the justices tend to the "elastic" view of words, and federal government power and scope grows.
Remember when Nancy Pelosi appeared shocked when asked what part of the constitution authorized health care reform? She said "You're kidding".
We're long past constitutional restrictions on federal power. Many obviously prefer a "living, elastic constitution", in which federal authority expands by merely reinterpreting words.
A few examples: "General Welfare" means power to steal from one, and write checks to others. "Well-regulated Militia" becomes 30,000 federal gun laws. "Make regular the trade between the states" morphs into micro-managing every business, product, and behavior under the sun. Everything from what toilet you're allowed to buy, to throwing organic farmers in jail for selling raw milk to their neighbors.
The constitution as originally written restricts the federal government to merely what it authorizes.
Where do you see authorization for the president to imprison without trial, for congress to require you be searched in order to travel "freely" on public transportation? Where's the congressional authority to transfer taxpayer wealth to bail out the powerful?
Where is the authority granted to routinely vacuum up your emails and electronics communications? Where is the authority to tax you to fund never-ending foreign nation building, hundreds of foreign military bases and military adventures? Where is the authorization and power to compel you to buy medical insurance in order to breath here? (Yet it's in the "health power grab" bill) I could go on all day!
Many will say the "general welfare" clause authorizes what they do. However, if the general welfare clause grants all this power, why would the founders have bothered with the rest of the document? Heck, the statists and government-lovers can always claim that what they do promotes the "general" welfare. It's become the lynch pin of tyranny, all through "elastic interpretation".
Liberty thrives with government based closer to us at the state and local level, as we can hold it more easily accountable. Leave matters of true national import (defense, international trade, etc.) to D.C. Other than that, leave us alone, and in peace.
Unfortunately, the current state of affairs will not allow this. It's for my love of country that I fight for a day when once again Americans won't be that concerned with what the president and congress are doing.
The only way this happens is when the words in the constitution once again have meaning, when D.C. is once again back in the constitutional cage, and is constrained to only the issues authorized in the constitution.
No, it won't be perfect, merely light years ahead of the present.
Merry Christmas to you, your family, your friends, and liberty for all!
12/23-12/24 2009
OPEN LETTER TO MATT
For several days, Matt, one of my Facebook friends, has taken issue with my view of government's proper role.
Yesterday, I mused that a great Christmas present for the country would be a day in which we didn't care much what the president or congress were doing, because if they were following the constitution, they wouldn't be doing all that much.
Matt questioned this:
"Bill, Actually, the President and Congress are ONLY doing what the law allows as it is, since any laws created since the Constitution and Bill of Rights have to pass Constitutional muster.
So I have to wonder:
- what is it exactly that you hate about this country so that you think a document created well over 200 years ago is so revered/right in its original form and anything that coincides with that document, but created later, is junk?"
It's a good question, and it deserves a good answer.
The founders, flawed men that they were, left one, and ONLY one way to modify the constitution, the amendment process. This was intentionally made difficult. Today we amend it through twisting language.
"Mordor on the Potomac" doesn't much care about "constitutional muster". Sure, there's the occassional supreme court challenge, but usually the justices tend to the "elastic" view of words, and federal government power and scope grows.
Remember when Nancy Pelosi appeared shocked when asked what part of the constitution authorized health care reform? She said "You're kidding".
We're long past constitutional restrictions on federal power. Many obviously prefer a "living, elastic constitution", in which federal authority expands by merely reinterpreting words.
A few examples: "General Welfare" means power to steal from one, and write checks to others. "Well-regulated Militia" becomes 30,000 federal gun laws. "Make regular the trade between the states" morphs into micro-managing every business, product, and behavior under the sun. Everything from what toilet you're allowed to buy, to throwing organic farmers in jail for selling raw milk to their neighbors.
The constitution as originally written restricts the federal government to merely what it authorizes.
Where do you see authorization for the president to imprison without trial, for congress to require you be searched in order to travel "freely" on public transportation? Where's the congressional authority to transfer taxpayer wealth to bail out the powerful?
Where is the authority granted to routinely vacuum up your emails and electronics communications? Where is the authority to tax you to fund never-ending foreign nation building, hundreds of foreign military bases and military adventures? Where is the authorization and power to compel you to buy medical insurance in order to breath here? (Yet it's in the "health power grab" bill) I could go on all day!
Many will say the "general welfare" clause authorizes what they do. However, if the general welfare clause grants all this power, why would the founders have bothered with the rest of the document? Heck, the statists and government-lovers can always claim that what they do promotes the "general" welfare. It's become the lynch pin of tyranny, all through "elastic interpretation".
Liberty thrives with government based closer to us at the state and local level, as we can hold it more easily accountable. Leave matters of true national import (defense, international trade, etc.) to D.C. Other than that, leave us alone, and in peace.
Unfortunately, the current state of affairs will not allow this. It's for my love of country that I fight for a day when once again Americans won't be that concerned with what the president and congress are doing.
The only way this happens is when the words in the constitution once again have meaning, when D.C. is once again back in the constitutional cage, and is constrained to only the issues authorized in the constitution.
No, it won't be perfect, merely light years ahead of the present.
Merry Christmas to you, your family, your friends, and liberty for all!
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Bill, You recently asked why I was given the impression that you thought the GOP was the "cure for the problems noted". Seems you've lately become a fan of the GOP, at least as indicated on Facebook. The GOP is no protector of the Constitution or civil liberties. I would think a person who was truly independent would run away from political parties -- which is one reason I have not become a friend of any, even on something like Facebook.
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VA Dom in white city breaks down 100% disabled Family Moral in time of need!!!
This went to the patiant advocate at White City VA Dom and I was denied treatment by my medical personel. I want to make a difference and make sure this does not happen to other Veterans like myself that have enured extreme sacrifices overseas and stateside. I would like to go public with this. All names have been modified in letter!! Sent to VA December 29, 2009 Mr. Patient Advocate,      I talked to you about a month and a half ago with my wife and mother. I understand very little about the patient advocate job although you said you could help. I also understand a written statement goes along ways and expect this one to. I like having eye witnesses when I enter into the VA DOM. There are so many reasons this is a good idea for me, I have a short fuse, the OIF/OEF department designed to help me and guide me does not. My parents and wife and more than one occasion now have had to witness this un-organized cluster of non-phone answering non U.S. Military Serving groop stress out our family to the MAX (not an acronym). Mr. PA I have put up with this to long.      February 12, 2008 I recieve news I could have a rare condition called Myasthenia Gravis. February 28, 2008 I recieve news I have Myasthenia Gravis. 2008 was a heck of a year poking, proddingg, shocking, blood, more blood,introducingg my body to meds itshouldn'tt have to be on but without I would DIE!!! 2008 my youngest 2 1/2 year old NJB and my Wife leave me the day after my B-day ending in divorce. 2008 fighting for what I new was right in my heart hospitalized over 5 times (chest catheters, plasma exchanges, hospital) stress, stress, stress. Long time past from February 2008 to April 21 2009 where I receive 80% medical retirement from the United States Army. Four months later I should remind you, stress of waiting on the VA 100% permanent and total disability. August 2008 my Wife Odessa and I find out we are having a child even though we were told she could not conceive.     November 3, 2009 We dropped are child Ashton 5 off at the school bus stop. We return to our house burning to the ground in front of our eyes. Stress If it has not happened to me it will!!! Back to the OIF/OEF I can only point fault at to of the three people in the program Bill , and Christopher. Now I don't care for this to be a secret matter because it wont be. I want this to be a learning tool for the VA in general. I live over 35 to 40 minutes away from the VA and own a telephone/cell/a phone. I don't know about you but I answer my phone if I don't I check the message machine and call people back. I want to make a difference you see it is not a self center reach out its for Vet's you and I alike that need to be in the loop.      Bill if I wanted something done I had to knock on his door at the VA. This means he was not a simple phone call away he was 40 minutes away. I had given him the benefit of the doubt thinking he was a busy guy. Then watch his work ethic as I sat in his office with my Wife, Mother, and Father on so many occasions. It was crap he had never been expected to have a high standard of anything. Clean office pretty smile don't cut it.      Christopher same thing with the phones not as bad although a good listener and note taker on his computer. Christopher is a bad guy to express your self to. I had explained the top four paragraph to Chris before on more than one occasion. This being said to continue a treatment like I said in paragraph one without I will could die Chris says the answer is Portland OR. I did tell Christopher at this meeting on the 11th January Odessa is scheduled for a C-section I explained this was due to her being pregnant I'm sure more than a dozen times. Christopher assured me in this meeting with my Father and I he would bring me up in some meeting that the Chief of Staff sits in on and fight for me to under all these other stresses be able to continue with treatment and be seen by a local Neurologist DR. Alli (VA approved doctor in Ashland) I gave him my trust and before leaving his office reminded him "I get what I want" this was not a threat I assured him in front of my father and God. I simply was stating Portland was out of the picture under the conditions of the house burning and the Baby on the way.      Simple breakdown of this I gave forth all information I could which in this case lets call dots. If you put these dots on a piece of paper the could draw a picture now the picture I was drawing was a nice one. It seems to me that it is going to get ugly though. I have given Christopher and the OIF/OEF over 6 months to fix the problem. They just now started working on it. Mr. PA some how the appointment was scheduled for January 11th I am not going and treatments need to continue with out me going. On the inside of the VA there is a heartless person Chief of Staff, Christopher??? I'm not sure although like I said for these actions I want a Harassment claim to be file or investigated on both persons. I will make a difference with this stand of no Portland even is it kills me doing so. I'm tired of my family and I having to through ups and downs with the people with the answers (Christopher).  Mr. PA please make sure this gets out to headquarters which I think would be in Portland. I will try finding a email although you should have friends up there. The treatment I receive is Called IVIG I'm rated 100% Permanent and Total Disabled I will not pay nor should have to pay for these treatments. The recommended plan of action is send me for exam to Ashland Dr. Alli use his knowledge to continue IVIG through fee basis at Providence Infusions.  Thanks for reading, BAB SGT U.S. Army Retired
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Astounding
Matt's comment included this gem, "Bill, Actually, the President and Congress are ONLY doing what the law allows as it is, since any laws created since the Constitution and Bill of Rights have to pass Constitutional muster." Matt, there are SO MANY laws that are unconstitutional on their face, as to be nearly uncountable. ANY federal law that is passed by legislation, by Executive Order or established by judicial precedent that is not expressly authorized by the Constitution, is NOT a law and is Null and Void. MOST laws today fall into this category, AND, most Americans are completely unaware of this. Read The Articles of Freedom: www.cc2009.us/aof Food for thought.
Posted by Larry Graves at 5:55 pm Dec 28, 2009 |
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Oh I get it perfectly
What gives you the impression that I thought the Republicans were the cure for the problems noted above? I see no mention of parties in the constitution.
Posted by Bill Meyer at 12:59 pm Dec 28, 2009 |
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you don't get it
Bill, The current regime of office holders do not care about the constitution. All they truly care about is their access to gaining more power. Even faithfull Republicans like Dennis Richards fail to truly uphold the constitution as he continually fails to speak out, and fight from his position of authority, aginst those who violate it. Mr. Richards belives that the answer is electing more Republicans who will actually do nothing more than lean a bit more right than the current crop of Democrats do. I belive that at times situations reguire breaking it down to its basics and starting over. 2 Part system? Sure. But who says it has to be the 2 current party's we have?
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Merry Christmas!
Thank you Bill. You and your family have a wonderful Christmas!
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TUESDAY, 12-22-09 GUEST INFO
6:30 - Dan Simonson with the Institute for Energy Research. Interesting guy with Post Copen-"hawg"-en analysis, and which green power makes the most sense.
7:30 Bob Chapman with The International Forecaster. Longtime financial advisor and forecaster who is definitely in a "Guns, Gold, and Beans" mode. You can call 877-479-8178 and mention my show to get a free sample issue.
TUESDAY, 12-22-09 GUEST INFO
6:30 - Dan Simonson with the Institute for Energy Research. Interesting guy with Post Copen-"hawg"-en analysis, and which green power makes the most sense.
7:30 Bob Chapman with The International Forecaster. Longtime financial advisor and forecaster who is definitely in a "Guns, Gold, and Beans" mode. You can call 877-479-8178 and mention my show to get a free sample issue.
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12-21-09 MONDAY
This morning I wondered out loud which high-profile talkers had pushed for higher taxes. (Had remembered hearing something about that) Pam and others sent this one to me. O'Reilly wants a national sales tax, Beck wants a Value Added Tax (VAT) of 2% earmarked for "the deficit".
You want big government, go for national sales taxes and VATS. Makes me wonder what's really going on here. Did everyone's two fave "conservatives" get the memo?
I've said NO ONE gets to the national stage without being vetted by the elites. The above makes me even more confident of my position.
Please Read The Folly of the National Sales Tax.
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GUESTS 12-21-09
7:10 John Graham with Pacific Research Institute, Post healthcare vote analysis, and an excellent report on what reform would do to Medicare Advantage.
8:20 - Craig Smith from Swiss America. We talk if gold is entering a sell off. If you call 800-289-2646 and mention my name, you'll get a 16 page economic report free!
8:40 - Travis Sprague with Feed the Valley, free XMAS dinner for all this Friday starting at 3 at Kids Unlimited. They need ham and turkey donations. E-Mail Travis for more information or call him at 541-646-2569
8:50 Business Interview with Phil Iantosca at the Honeybaked Ham store. (nothing better for those holiday dinners)
12-21-09 MONDAY
"Et Tu Glenn B. and Bill O.?"
This morning I wondered out loud which high-profile talkers had pushed for higher taxes. (Had remembered hearing something about that) Pam and others sent this one to me. O'Reilly wants a national sales tax, Beck wants a Value Added Tax (VAT) of 2% earmarked for "the deficit".
You want big government, go for national sales taxes and VATS. Makes me wonder what's really going on here. Did everyone's two fave "conservatives" get the memo?
I've said NO ONE gets to the national stage without being vetted by the elites. The above makes me even more confident of my position.
Please Read The Folly of the National Sales Tax.
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GUESTS 12-21-09
7:10 John Graham with Pacific Research Institute, Post healthcare vote analysis, and an excellent report on what reform would do to Medicare Advantage.
8:20 - Craig Smith from Swiss America. We talk if gold is entering a sell off. If you call 800-289-2646 and mention my name, you'll get a 16 page economic report free!
8:40 - Travis Sprague with Feed the Valley, free XMAS dinner for all this Friday starting at 3 at Kids Unlimited. They need ham and turkey donations. E-Mail Travis for more information or call him at 541-646-2569
8:50 Business Interview with Phil Iantosca at the Honeybaked Ham store. (nothing better for those holiday dinners)
Tags: Beck, O'Reilly, VAT, Sales Taxes
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FRIDAY, 12-18-09
The LNG plant is approved for the coast, and unless foes mount a credible legal opposition, a pipeline will run through Jackson County's rural areas on the way to hook up at Malin, near the Oregon/California Border. (Only California has access to the gas.)
I've always had mixed emotions about the project. Not because of safety or enviro issues. Natural gas has a pretty safe track record. What troubles me is California outsourcing its "environmental problems" to Oregon, and the issue of property rights.
California's "enviro-whacks" deep-six any attempts at siting the LNG plant or pipeline in California, so they get the feds to shove their plant and pipeline on the "Oregon Rubes".
Sure, there will be some good jobs on the coast...a real plus. But the pipeline will be forced through eminent domain on several rural properties.
Yes, it's constitutional, and there will be compensation. But how can anyone of us believe there is any such thing as private property when bullies in black robes claiming "authority" can take what you supposedly "own" and hand it over to out-of-state interests?
Please, don't give me that canard about "The Public Good". There is no "Public", only associations of individuals. If you abuse 1 individual, you've made it clear that the individual doesn't matter, and you could be next.
Just because it's "Constitutional" doesn't always make it "good". Eminent domain is where I believe our founders got it wrong.
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SCARY FINANCIAL EDUCATION - USDEBTCLOCK.ORG
Make sure you look at the assets/liability section. Looks like bankruptcy to me.
EVEN SCARIER FOOD EDUCATION - The 2010 Food Crisis for Dummies. Scroll down to the part where it questions the USDA crop estimates. Interesting, isn't it?? (Thanks to Sal for sending it)
Yes it's parody, not for the faint of heart.(you've been warned) but now that you're good and scared, have a laugh!!
Zombie Reagan Raised From Grave To Lead GOP
So sick, so wrong, so funny!
Friday 12-18-09 guests
6:40 Actress Marlo Thomas promotes the excellent St. Jude's Research Hospital's "Thanks and Giving 2009".
7:30 Guest - William Owens from the "Tea Party Express". This guy "gets it", and there's another tea party caravan headed from Nevada to D.C. starting in March.
Read his column on News With Views.
8:10 Historian Ken Davis, author of "Don't Know Much About History", on the hidden history of Christmas.
8:35 - Skating legend Tai Babilonia - She's putting on a free skate event for military members and their family tomorrow from 4-7pm at the RINK in Medford. Wonderful!
8:50 Business Guest - Dr. Earl Parrish discusses the latest on men who are starting to have cosmetic surgery to look younger, and be more competitive in the workplace. Call 779-7275 for a free consultation.
FRIDAY, 12-18-09
"THE GOOD, THE BAD, and THE LNG"
The LNG plant is approved for the coast, and unless foes mount a credible legal opposition, a pipeline will run through Jackson County's rural areas on the way to hook up at Malin, near the Oregon/California Border. (Only California has access to the gas.)
I've always had mixed emotions about the project. Not because of safety or enviro issues. Natural gas has a pretty safe track record. What troubles me is California outsourcing its "environmental problems" to Oregon, and the issue of property rights.
California's "enviro-whacks" deep-six any attempts at siting the LNG plant or pipeline in California, so they get the feds to shove their plant and pipeline on the "Oregon Rubes".
Sure, there will be some good jobs on the coast...a real plus. But the pipeline will be forced through eminent domain on several rural properties.
Yes, it's constitutional, and there will be compensation. But how can anyone of us believe there is any such thing as private property when bullies in black robes claiming "authority" can take what you supposedly "own" and hand it over to out-of-state interests?
Please, don't give me that canard about "The Public Good". There is no "Public", only associations of individuals. If you abuse 1 individual, you've made it clear that the individual doesn't matter, and you could be next.
Just because it's "Constitutional" doesn't always make it "good". Eminent domain is where I believe our founders got it wrong.
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SCARY FINANCIAL EDUCATION - USDEBTCLOCK.ORG
Make sure you look at the assets/liability section. Looks like bankruptcy to me.
EVEN SCARIER FOOD EDUCATION - The 2010 Food Crisis for Dummies. Scroll down to the part where it questions the USDA crop estimates. Interesting, isn't it?? (Thanks to Sal for sending it)
Yes it's parody, not for the faint of heart.(you've been warned) but now that you're good and scared, have a laugh!!
Zombie Reagan Raised From Grave To Lead GOP
So sick, so wrong, so funny!
Friday 12-18-09 guests
6:40 Actress Marlo Thomas promotes the excellent St. Jude's Research Hospital's "Thanks and Giving 2009".
7:30 Guest - William Owens from the "Tea Party Express". This guy "gets it", and there's another tea party caravan headed from Nevada to D.C. starting in March.
Read his column on News With Views.
8:10 Historian Ken Davis, author of "Don't Know Much About History", on the hidden history of Christmas.
8:35 - Skating legend Tai Babilonia - She's putting on a free skate event for military members and their family tomorrow from 4-7pm at the RINK in Medford. Wonderful!
8:50 Business Guest - Dr. Earl Parrish discusses the latest on men who are starting to have cosmetic surgery to look younger, and be more competitive in the workplace. Call 779-7275 for a free consultation.
Tags: LNG Plant, Eminent Domain
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THURSDAY 12-17-09
BREAKING NEWS - The feds approve the LNG plant on the coast, which means a pipeline will run through Jackson County. What do you think? Let's talk about it Friday.
GUESTS INFO
6:35 James Johnson, 1999 South Medford HS graduate, now working for Hawaii Reporter Dot Com, and is headed to Iraq for embedded troop reports for the next month. Most media groups aren't paying much attention to Iraq. It's good to have one of our own there.
7:10 Candi Cushman with Focus on the Family exposes more of the seamy underbelly of Pres. Obama's Safe Schools "Czar" Kevin Jennings. Read more on TrueTolerance.Org.
THURSDAY 12-17-09
BREAKING NEWS - The feds approve the LNG plant on the coast, which means a pipeline will run through Jackson County. What do you think? Let's talk about it Friday.
GUESTS INFO
6:35 James Johnson, 1999 South Medford HS graduate, now working for Hawaii Reporter Dot Com, and is headed to Iraq for embedded troop reports for the next month. Most media groups aren't paying much attention to Iraq. It's good to have one of our own there.
7:10 Candi Cushman with Focus on the Family exposes more of the seamy underbelly of Pres. Obama's Safe Schools "Czar" Kevin Jennings. Read more on TrueTolerance.Org.
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Wednesday, 12-16-09
Wednesday, 12-16-09
COERCED "VOLUNTEER" CHARITY
This morning I interviewed Lisa Powell of White City. Her child attends White Mountain Middle School, where they've conducted a holiday food drive for many years. Wonderful! We can all get behind the "kiddles" contributing for the less-fortunate.
Unfortunately, that's not all that was going on. As part of the food drive, a contest was formed between the PE and math classes. In PE class, students who brought in canned food were "Incentivized" through being let out of running warm-up laps. If your child didn't bring food, they had to run the laps. And, according to some, were taunted by the "bringers".
In math class, those who brought in food got out of some of their homework. The non-bringers had to do all their homework.
What this all has to do with education is far beyond me. Unless what we're trying to teach our children is "Just do what authority says, and you're REWARDED!" "Give something, and GET SOMETHING", and the ever-popular "Don't make waves, and do what everybody else does".
It troubles me that we train folks to contribute only when they "get" something. True charity should spring from the heart, and not to get out of laps, or skate through some homework.
Principal Dan Johnson (later in the morning) "clarified" the situation, which pretty much confirmed what Lisa Powell said. He said they added the incentives to "make it more fun" for the kids.
Yep, I'll bet it was "fun" for the poor children of WM Middle school who can't afford to contribute...and very well might be recipients of food bank help.
It's one thing to give a special privilege for some academic accomplishment. It's quite another to give privileges for being able to "volunteer" contributions. Truth be told, there are NO government school students who wouldn't benefit from more laps and homework.
They meant well, but this policy is a perfect example of "The Tyranny of Good Intentions". We'll have a follow-up tomorrow morning.
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TIME'S MAN OF THE YEAR - "Helicopter Ben" Bernanke:
CONTRARIAN INVESTING ALERT - Remember what happened when another "Fraudulent Reserve"Chairman was on the cover?
You may recall a few months later, the tech stocks and dot-coms fell down and went BOOM. Should be an interesting 2010.
Unfortunately, that's not all that was going on. As part of the food drive, a contest was formed between the PE and math classes. In PE class, students who brought in canned food were "Incentivized" through being let out of running warm-up laps. If your child didn't bring food, they had to run the laps. And, according to some, were taunted by the "bringers".
In math class, those who brought in food got out of some of their homework. The non-bringers had to do all their homework.
What this all has to do with education is far beyond me. Unless what we're trying to teach our children is "Just do what authority says, and you're REWARDED!" "Give something, and GET SOMETHING", and the ever-popular "Don't make waves, and do what everybody else does".
It troubles me that we train folks to contribute only when they "get" something. True charity should spring from the heart, and not to get out of laps, or skate through some homework.
Principal Dan Johnson (later in the morning) "clarified" the situation, which pretty much confirmed what Lisa Powell said. He said they added the incentives to "make it more fun" for the kids.
Yep, I'll bet it was "fun" for the poor children of WM Middle school who can't afford to contribute...and very well might be recipients of food bank help.
It's one thing to give a special privilege for some academic accomplishment. It's quite another to give privileges for being able to "volunteer" contributions. Truth be told, there are NO government school students who wouldn't benefit from more laps and homework.
They meant well, but this policy is a perfect example of "The Tyranny of Good Intentions". We'll have a follow-up tomorrow morning.
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TIME'S MAN OF THE YEAR - "Helicopter Ben" Bernanke:
CONTRARIAN INVESTING ALERT - Remember what happened when another "Fraudulent Reserve"Chairman was on the cover?
You may recall a few months later, the tech stocks and dot-coms fell down and went BOOM. Should be an interesting 2010.
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Bill, Should I assume from your viewpoint that you don't write off your charitable giving at tax time? Incentives are a wonderful way to encourage behavior and that is how the world we live in actually works. Should not our kids be properly trained in schools? p.s.--if there really is a family in White City too poor to donate a can of food, they should be on food stamps. A family allotment is higher than my food budget and believe me, I haven't missed any meals lately!
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Friday, 12-11-09
Friday, 12-11-09
JACKSON COUNTY JUSTICE - "FAIL"
Yesterday, Mary Shostrom of Eagle Point was sentenced to 30 days in jail, and 3 years probation in connection with the death of a teenager in 2008. Mary was driving home at 2am one morning after having attending a karaoke event at a local bar. (Friends tell me she doesn't drink)
The 15 year old was involved in a family fight, got incredibly drunk, and lied down in the middle of Riverside Avenue in order to commit suicide. He got his wish. Mary remembered bumping over "something", but didn't think much of it until next day when word of the teen's death made it to the news. She called police, who arrested her.
This case stinks. It took two grand juries before there was enough "evidence" gathered to rubber-stamp an indictment. Her conviction was felony hit and run for "leaving the scene of an accident".
I'll never know how she was convicted of this crime. Witnesses at the scene claimed the car who ran over the boy had a bald man at the wheel and several other occupants. If so, it couldn't have been Mary's vehicle delivering the fatal blow.
Most damning, in my opinion, was that she didn't realize she'd hit anything. So how could the jury convict her of FELONY hit and run? Where's the criminal intent?
Riverside Avenue is a lousy neighborhood. I don't know about you, but it would take more than a "bump" to get me to stop my car and look around at 2am on Riverside. Trouble is likely to find you just for stopping that time of night.
The jury should have considered this, and rejected the state's case. Remember, the state has to prove it's case beyond a reasonable doubt. And there's plenty of doubt to go around.
This clearly indicates the need for juries need to be fully informed of their duties. They have a duty to judge not just the facts of the case, but the reasonableness of the law itself. (Good luck on getting a tax-feeder judge or prosecutor to ever admit this.)
FIJA, the Fully Informed Jury Association has been doing the heavy lifting on this issue for years.
Sad to say, but I suspect Jackson County prosecutors prefer their juries as-is...kept in the dark and ignorant of their true power and responsibility.
The 15 year old was involved in a family fight, got incredibly drunk, and lied down in the middle of Riverside Avenue in order to commit suicide. He got his wish. Mary remembered bumping over "something", but didn't think much of it until next day when word of the teen's death made it to the news. She called police, who arrested her.
This case stinks. It took two grand juries before there was enough "evidence" gathered to rubber-stamp an indictment. Her conviction was felony hit and run for "leaving the scene of an accident".
I'll never know how she was convicted of this crime. Witnesses at the scene claimed the car who ran over the boy had a bald man at the wheel and several other occupants. If so, it couldn't have been Mary's vehicle delivering the fatal blow.
Most damning, in my opinion, was that she didn't realize she'd hit anything. So how could the jury convict her of FELONY hit and run? Where's the criminal intent?
Riverside Avenue is a lousy neighborhood. I don't know about you, but it would take more than a "bump" to get me to stop my car and look around at 2am on Riverside. Trouble is likely to find you just for stopping that time of night.
The jury should have considered this, and rejected the state's case. Remember, the state has to prove it's case beyond a reasonable doubt. And there's plenty of doubt to go around.
This clearly indicates the need for juries need to be fully informed of their duties. They have a duty to judge not just the facts of the case, but the reasonableness of the law itself. (Good luck on getting a tax-feeder judge or prosecutor to ever admit this.)
FIJA, the Fully Informed Jury Association has been doing the heavy lifting on this issue for years.
Sad to say, but I suspect Jackson County prosecutors prefer their juries as-is...kept in the dark and ignorant of their true power and responsibility.
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This is interesting, Bill
Bill, the MT says "Greer argued that Shostrom either knew or suspected that she hit a person because she phoned a friend, Shilo Lewis, and said that she thought she had seen a body or a bag of garbage in the roadway. In testimony, she called it a "road obstruction." If I were on the jury I (based on what I've read) I would have thought she did not perform the duties of a motorist. I may not have pulled over right then and there but I would have called the cops from down the road (where it might be better lit) to say either "I think I may have hit someone" or "there's a big bag of garbage or something that I just ran over- you should get it removed before someone gets hurt".
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Thursday 12-10-09
A CBS Christmas Promo Commercial from 1966
So classy, so sweet, and would never be made today.
(Thanks to Gene)
Thursday 12-10-09
A CBS Christmas Promo Commercial from 1966
So classy, so sweet, and would never be made today.
(Thanks to Gene)
Don't Trust Government (Crosswalks)
Today I talked a lot about who is responsible for your safety. This in connection with the 16 year old Ashland teen who was run down in a crosswalk. He told a school official that he just "assumed the car would stop at the crosswalk"...And that's the problem.
All of our namby-pamby crosswalk laws (which our tax-collecting police are happy to enforce) do little to increase pedestrian safety. However, those crosswalk enforcement stings do give pedestrians a false sense of security.
Jay Vanderbilt writes "In Defense of Jaywalking":
"the facts simply do not support the idea that jaywalking is the greatest danger pedestrians face, and that drivers should be let off the hook. In San Francisco, for example, a report by the city's Municipal Transportation Agency looking at collisions in 2007 found that cases of drivers violating the pedestrian's right of way were more common than pedestrians violating that of drivers."
What to do? Try repealing Oregon's draconian laws which effectively shield pedestrians from their own stupidity. If you must craft a law, balance the responsibility - motorists should yield to a pedestrian when safe to do so, and pedestrians have the responsibility to watch out for cars. Yeah, it's silly to have to tell people this, but "pedestrian arrogance syndrome" is running rampant in these parts.
Sure, jaywalkers get killed outside crosswalks...but at least jaywalkers take full responsibility for their safety. I can't say the same for the significant number of brain-dead Oregonians who continue to step into crosswalks under the false assumption that a law will magically stop a 4,000 pound vehicle.
GUESTS 12-10-09
6:35 Amber Dakkar talks Christmas bargains and personal finance, and contributes to the excellent money site MoneyAndMarkets.com.
7:10 Steve Blanton with good real estate stats this month. Steve is the president of Rogue Valley Association of Realtors.
8:10 Margy and Jack Flynn from Citizens Of The American Constitution.org discuss the We the People's continental congress. It's a deep subject in which they agree with the principles of taking back the republic. They advocate specific legal strategies to put "teeth" into what Bob Schulz and others have been trying to accomplish. Their phone line was noisy, but the information they bring to the table is worth the effort.
All of our namby-pamby crosswalk laws (which our tax-collecting police are happy to enforce) do little to increase pedestrian safety. However, those crosswalk enforcement stings do give pedestrians a false sense of security.
Jay Vanderbilt writes "In Defense of Jaywalking":
"the facts simply do not support the idea that jaywalking is the greatest danger pedestrians face, and that drivers should be let off the hook. In San Francisco, for example, a report by the city's Municipal Transportation Agency looking at collisions in 2007 found that cases of drivers violating the pedestrian's right of way were more common than pedestrians violating that of drivers."
What to do? Try repealing Oregon's draconian laws which effectively shield pedestrians from their own stupidity. If you must craft a law, balance the responsibility - motorists should yield to a pedestrian when safe to do so, and pedestrians have the responsibility to watch out for cars. Yeah, it's silly to have to tell people this, but "pedestrian arrogance syndrome" is running rampant in these parts.
Sure, jaywalkers get killed outside crosswalks...but at least jaywalkers take full responsibility for their safety. I can't say the same for the significant number of brain-dead Oregonians who continue to step into crosswalks under the false assumption that a law will magically stop a 4,000 pound vehicle.
GUESTS 12-10-09
6:35 Amber Dakkar talks Christmas bargains and personal finance, and contributes to the excellent money site MoneyAndMarkets.com.
7:10 Steve Blanton with good real estate stats this month. Steve is the president of Rogue Valley Association of Realtors.
8:10 Margy and Jack Flynn from Citizens Of The American Constitution.org discuss the We the People's continental congress. It's a deep subject in which they agree with the principles of taking back the republic. They advocate specific legal strategies to put "teeth" into what Bob Schulz and others have been trying to accomplish. Their phone line was noisy, but the information they bring to the table is worth the effort.
Tags: Crosswalks, police stings, safety
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Wednesday 12-09-09
Cooler heads prevail, and the principal of Belleview Elementary School in Ashland reverses her earlier poor decision of removing the school's "Giving Tree" from the grounds.
Around 100 parents attended last night's meeting on this ridiculous "controversy". You may recall the giving tree is a representation of a fir tree, complete with tags which the little school munchkins grab, get the gifts, and deliver to the poor. Pretty good, standard charitable fare.
One family complained, saying they were "offended" by the "religious" symbolism of the giving tree. Never mind the Supreme court rulings which say the trees are secular symbols. (Not that I respect the court's tortured logics, but it'll do for now)
So it looks like a win, right? I'm not so sure. Principal Zundel said she'd restore the giving tree only on the condition that the tree be modified so as to not favor any one faith.
I see a loophole here big enough to drive a Prius filled with atheists through it.
Here's how I see it: There was only ONE acceptable response from the principal. Words to the effect of "It was wrong, I'm sorry, and the giving tree goes back up...with no strings attached".
The tyranny of the minority is still tyranny, and must NOT be tolerated.
Keep an eye on this one.
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12-09-09 GUESTS
7:10 Mark Johnson of Grants Pass talks the insane difficulty of getting through locked BLM gates to legally prospect for gold on public lands.
7:35 MPD's Mike Budreau with this week's Crimestoppers.
8:35 Anthony Bozza, author of "Why AC-DC Matters"...Great book which finally gives my favorite Aussie hard rock band its due.
Wednesday 12-09-09
THE GIVING TREE LIVES AGAIN
Cooler heads prevail, and the principal of Belleview Elementary School in Ashland reverses her earlier poor decision of removing the school's "Giving Tree" from the grounds.
Around 100 parents attended last night's meeting on this ridiculous "controversy". You may recall the giving tree is a representation of a fir tree, complete with tags which the little school munchkins grab, get the gifts, and deliver to the poor. Pretty good, standard charitable fare.
One family complained, saying they were "offended" by the "religious" symbolism of the giving tree. Never mind the Supreme court rulings which say the trees are secular symbols. (Not that I respect the court's tortured logics, but it'll do for now)
So it looks like a win, right? I'm not so sure. Principal Zundel said she'd restore the giving tree only on the condition that the tree be modified so as to not favor any one faith.
I see a loophole here big enough to drive a Prius filled with atheists through it.
Here's how I see it: There was only ONE acceptable response from the principal. Words to the effect of "It was wrong, I'm sorry, and the giving tree goes back up...with no strings attached".
The tyranny of the minority is still tyranny, and must NOT be tolerated.
Keep an eye on this one.
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12-09-09 GUESTS
7:10 Mark Johnson of Grants Pass talks the insane difficulty of getting through locked BLM gates to legally prospect for gold on public lands.
7:35 MPD's Mike Budreau with this week's Crimestoppers.
8:35 Anthony Bozza, author of "Why AC-DC Matters"...Great book which finally gives my favorite Aussie hard rock band its due.
Tags: War On Christmas, liberalism, land lockup
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Tuesday, 12/08/09
Thought-Provoking Video
Your Leaders are Selling YOU
(What's that Mooing I hear??)
12-08-09 Guests
7:10 Travis Sprague with the "Feed the Valley Event" on Christmas day. They'll be doing this at Kids Unlimited on Riverside.
8:10 Dale Robertson, Founder of the Modern Tea Party movement. Says a 3rd party is needed to take back the country.
8:45 Richard Hansen of Gold and Gems in Ashland brings us up to date on the "giving tree" controversy.
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Tuesday, 12/08/09
Thought-Provoking Video
Your Leaders are Selling YOU
(What's that Mooing I hear??)
12-08-09 Guests
7:10 Travis Sprague with the "Feed the Valley Event" on Christmas day. They'll be doing this at Kids Unlimited on Riverside.
8:10 Dale Robertson, Founder of the Modern Tea Party movement. Says a 3rd party is needed to take back the country.
8:45 Richard Hansen of Gold and Gems in Ashland brings us up to date on the "giving tree" controversy.
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MONDAY, 12-07-09
Cliff Kincaid on News With Views NAILS Bill O'Reilly on Climate Change:
Rep. Peter DeFazio Backs Taxing Financial Transactions
Yep, a tax on stocks, bonds, etc. Whatever you tax you get less of. Appears the good congressman wants you to have less wealth.
INTERESTING CLIMATE CHANGE READ
The Left Fell Into A Climate Change Morass - By Lew Rockwell
Interesting Read from the European Union Times
OBAMA ORDERS 1 MILLION U.S. TROOPS TO PREPARE FOR CIVIL WAR
Obama Safe School Czar Promotes "Fisting" to 14 year Olds
(How is this guy even allowed to walk the streets?)
Worth a watch - Why Switzerland Has a Low Crime Rate
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GUESTS for 12-07-09
6:35 Christopher Horner, senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, analyzes the Copenhagen global warming shrimp-fest.
7:10 Retired local teacher Carol Fitzpatrick, writes a teadhing book to help dyslexics and other students who have a tough time reading. "Help I Can't Read" How to respond to struggling readers in Your Classroom (Available at the RV Mall's Class E. Professor)
8:10 Larry Graves, one of three Oregon Delegates from the We The People Continental Congress. It's a work in progress, but read the Articles of Freedom HERE.
Try the new KMED FORUM
MONDAY, 12-07-09
RANDOM HITS
Cliff Kincaid on News With Views NAILS Bill O'Reilly on Climate Change:
"Bill O’Reilly should lead the effort to put these criminals in jail. Why? He was misled by them. In a 2007 interview on CBS’s “60 Minutes,” O’Reilly said not only that “global warming is here” but that those opposed to the theory were “idiots.”
Who’s
the idiot now"
I would add, Cliff, that Bill O'Reilly isn't looking out for anyone other than Bill O'Reilly. He's just another media "Shill for the State", and brings up some good stories, but can be counted on to more often than not back big government solutions.
Rep. Peter DeFazio Backs Taxing Financial Transactions
Yep, a tax on stocks, bonds, etc. Whatever you tax you get less of. Appears the good congressman wants you to have less wealth.
INTERESTING CLIMATE CHANGE READ
The Left Fell Into A Climate Change Morass - By Lew Rockwell
Interesting Read from the European Union Times
OBAMA ORDERS 1 MILLION U.S. TROOPS TO PREPARE FOR CIVIL WAR
Obama Safe School Czar Promotes "Fisting" to 14 year Olds
(How is this guy even allowed to walk the streets?)
Worth a watch - Why Switzerland Has a Low Crime Rate
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GUESTS for 12-07-09
6:35 Christopher Horner, senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, analyzes the Copenhagen global warming shrimp-fest.
7:10 Retired local teacher Carol Fitzpatrick, writes a teadhing book to help dyslexics and other students who have a tough time reading. "Help I Can't Read" How to respond to struggling readers in Your Classroom (Available at the RV Mall's Class E. Professor)
8:10 Larry Graves, one of three Oregon Delegates from the We The People Continental Congress. It's a work in progress, but read the Articles of Freedom HERE.
Tags: O'Reilly, Climate Gate, Christopher Horner
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Friday, 12-04-09
What a great day of discussion, and a lot of it concerned the crazy story of Belleview Elementary School in Ashland taking down its "Holiday Giving Tree". Apparently some folks were offended at the religious symbolism of a holiday tree. Never mind that the tree is a "court-approved" secular display. Ah, the tyranny of the minority. Click this link to go to a site where you can give the school district your comments. Thanks!
Oh, and the other topic du' jour, How Subaru drivers seem to get themselves in trouble around here by thinking that All-Wheel-Drive means "Can Handle 2 feet of snow and 40-degree inclined forest roads". Vic over at Pak-Lite in Grants Pass said "Bill, these people are just buying the wrong model Subaru:
Duly noted Vic.
BTW, Pak-Lite makes incredible compact flashlights, love 'em!
New KMED forum is HERE
Friday, 12-04-09
What a great day of discussion, and a lot of it concerned the crazy story of Belleview Elementary School in Ashland taking down its "Holiday Giving Tree". Apparently some folks were offended at the religious symbolism of a holiday tree. Never mind that the tree is a "court-approved" secular display. Ah, the tyranny of the minority. Click this link to go to a site where you can give the school district your comments. Thanks!
Oh, and the other topic du' jour, How Subaru drivers seem to get themselves in trouble around here by thinking that All-Wheel-Drive means "Can Handle 2 feet of snow and 40-degree inclined forest roads". Vic over at Pak-Lite in Grants Pass said "Bill, these people are just buying the wrong model Subaru:
BTW, Pak-Lite makes incredible compact flashlights, love 'em!
Tags: War On Christmas, Subaru, SUV, Christmas
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Thursday 12-03-09
Will Reishman of Coby Lamson was on this morning and we talked about how half of everything the Federal reserve owns is Mortgage Backed Securities...meaning the Fed is effectively broke, because these pieces of papers are hugely trashed in value. You have to figure this is why it's fighting Ron Paul so hard against auditing the Fed.
Along those lines, some additional articles of interest:
"They're Going to Kill the Fed" (Whiskey & Gunpowder)
"The Resurrection of the Gold Standard" (24h Gold)
Poll: Isolationism Soars Among Americans
You've got to love that kind of mainstream spin. Minding your own business qualifies as being an isolationist in today's big government times. What idiots!
I know the right usually loves Arizona's Sheriff Joe Arpaio, but this William Grigg blog post makes me wonder if Jailin' Joe is just another version of LEO brownshirtism.
In celeb craziness, Tiger admits "Indiscretions", but says rumors of domestic violence that "night of the crash" are unfounded....
Speaking of the "Cheetah" (Tiger is soooo last week), Josh sent me this video from Apple One news in China, in which they animate a re-enactment of the 9-1-1 call at Tiger's house. It's in Chinese, but you'll get the drift.
Very Cool.
KMED forum, try it HERE
Thursday 12-03-09
RANDOM HITS
Will Reishman of Coby Lamson was on this morning and we talked about how half of everything the Federal reserve owns is Mortgage Backed Securities...meaning the Fed is effectively broke, because these pieces of papers are hugely trashed in value. You have to figure this is why it's fighting Ron Paul so hard against auditing the Fed.
Along those lines, some additional articles of interest:
"They're Going to Kill the Fed" (Whiskey & Gunpowder)
"The Resurrection of the Gold Standard" (24h Gold)
Poll: Isolationism Soars Among Americans
You've got to love that kind of mainstream spin. Minding your own business qualifies as being an isolationist in today's big government times. What idiots!
I know the right usually loves Arizona's Sheriff Joe Arpaio, but this William Grigg blog post makes me wonder if Jailin' Joe is just another version of LEO brownshirtism.
In celeb craziness, Tiger admits "Indiscretions", but says rumors of domestic violence that "night of the crash" are unfounded....
Speaking of the "Cheetah" (Tiger is soooo last week), Josh sent me this video from Apple One news in China, in which they animate a re-enactment of the 9-1-1 call at Tiger's house. It's in Chinese, but you'll get the drift.
Very Cool.
Tags: Federal Reserve, Gold, Tiger Woods
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Wednesday, 12-02-09
(So THAT's how she got in...)
MUST READ - Global Warming "Unraveling"
12-02-09 GUESTS
7:10 Dr. Chuck Baldwin, former presidential candidate discusses the White House gate crashers, why the Department of Homeland Security is a farce, and how only the states "Standing Up to the Feds" will check tyranny in the U.S.
7:35 Detective Sgt. Mike Budreau with the latest Crimestoppers profile.
8:10 Eric Olsen, local bankruptcy attorney talks the latest law changes, and why debt consolidation firms are scammers.
BUSINESS GUEST: Steve Johnson with the Goldsmith's Diamonds and Design.
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Wednesday, 12-02-09
MUST READ - Global Warming "Unraveling"
12-02-09 GUESTS
7:10 Dr. Chuck Baldwin, former presidential candidate discusses the White House gate crashers, why the Department of Homeland Security is a farce, and how only the states "Standing Up to the Feds" will check tyranny in the U.S.
7:35 Detective Sgt. Mike Budreau with the latest Crimestoppers profile.
8:10 Eric Olsen, local bankruptcy attorney talks the latest law changes, and why debt consolidation firms are scammers.
BUSINESS GUEST: Steve Johnson with the Goldsmith's Diamonds and Design.
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Tuesday, 12-01-09
This morning we were all weighing in on the Seattle Cop Killer's not-so-untimely dirt nap event, when "Steve the Marine" chimed in with a comment that Maurice Clemmons must have had some training to have pulled off 4 well-placed head shots on these officers.
It got me thinking of "The Nation of Islam" and its major influence in the U.S. prison system. Could there be a connection? While it's still speculation at this point, this Black Male Felon Blog paints an EXTREMELY disturbing picture. (Very rough site, so be warned) They're holding him up as a "BOW" (Black on White) martyr, 288 virgins (4 cops time 72 virgins) and all.
A dear friend noted that President Obama has said nothing about this crime, surmising that the potential Moslem connection is just too hot to bring up. I'm thinking more along the lines that President Zero is more concerned with today's West Point speech, and didn't want the message muddied. We'll see.
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12-01-09 GUESTS
6;20 Stephanie March of "Law and Order" talks TV, her favorite charity One Kid One World she'd like you to support, and what it's like being married to super chef Bobby Flay.
6:45 Senator Jeff Merkley on health care reform and climate change, etc. What do you think?
7:35 Former prosecutor-turned-defense attorney Rene Sandler talks Mike Huckabee's cop-killer sentenicing issue, problems in the legal system, Tiger Woods lawyering up...
8:10 Fred Starkey, the PERS "Truth Teller", it's goin' down, folks!
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Tuesday, 12-01-09
Seattle Cop Killer Muslim Connection?
It got me thinking of "The Nation of Islam" and its major influence in the U.S. prison system. Could there be a connection? While it's still speculation at this point, this Black Male Felon Blog paints an EXTREMELY disturbing picture. (Very rough site, so be warned) They're holding him up as a "BOW" (Black on White) martyr, 288 virgins (4 cops time 72 virgins) and all.
A dear friend noted that President Obama has said nothing about this crime, surmising that the potential Moslem connection is just too hot to bring up. I'm thinking more along the lines that President Zero is more concerned with today's West Point speech, and didn't want the message muddied. We'll see.
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12-01-09 GUESTS
6;20 Stephanie March of "Law and Order" talks TV, her favorite charity One Kid One World she'd like you to support, and what it's like being married to super chef Bobby Flay.
6:45 Senator Jeff Merkley on health care reform and climate change, etc. What do you think?
7:35 Former prosecutor-turned-defense attorney Rene Sandler talks Mike Huckabee's cop-killer sentenicing issue, problems in the legal system, Tiger Woods lawyering up...
8:10 Fred Starkey, the PERS "Truth Teller", it's goin' down, folks!
Tags: Bill Meyer, Islam, Maurice Clemmons, Cop killer
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