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Thursday, January 1, 2009

Democrats Love Taxes So Lettuce Have A Fat Cat Tax!
   Taxes piece by Malcolm T. Hedges (1/1/09)

Most all the filthy rich Socialist advocates pay little or no income taxes because they have no income, so we need a ‘fat cat’ tax to tax those individuals on their worth!

The Diamond Anniversary of Dehumanization
   Progressivism piece by Bruce Walker (1/1/09)

Seventy-five years ago, on January 1, 1934, one of the most insidious laws in human history came into effect in Nazi Germany.  The innocent sounding name was The Law for the Prevention of Hereditary Diseased Offspring.  It was the ghastly pinnacle of an unholy theory of human eugenics.  Darwinism - not the Theory of Evolution, per se, but the sinister notion that natural selection made God superfluous -  liberated man from his obligation to treat fellow men as special creatures in a divinely ordered universe.

The Warm Turns
   Global Cooling piece by Offsite (1/1/09)

Climate Change: The Earth has been warming ever since the end of the Little Ice Age. But guess what: Researchers say mankind is to blame for that, too.

Government aid could save U.S. newspapers, spark debate
   MSM piece by Offsite (1/1/09)

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Connecticut lawmaker Frank Nicastro sees saving the local newspaper as his duty. But others think he and his colleagues are setting a worrisome precedent for government involvement in the U.S. press.

Iraq Opens Nearly 90 Percent of Its Oil Reserves
   Energy piece by Offsite (1/1/09)

BAGHDAD—Iraq, the holder of the world’s third-largest oil reserves, has opened nearly 90 percent of its reserves to international oil companies for development in two major postwar bidding rounds through 2008.

Economists See Dow 15,000 As Fair Value
   Economics piece by Offsite (1/1/09)

The Dow is languishing at about 44 percent below its estimated fair value, and investors can “reasonably expect” a rate of return that is higher than historical averages in the coming years, according to economists.

Man of the Year: Geert Wilders
   MSM piece by Offsite (1/1/09)

It’s a safe bet that Geert Wilders won’t be Time magazine’s Man of the Year any time soon. If anything, the unusually coiffed Dutch MP is a favorite hate figure of the Western media, which has spent years vilifying him as a “reactionary,” a “particularly dangerous type of demagogue,” a “racist” and an “Islamophobe.” Wilders would almost certainly plead guilty to the last charge, and with ample reason.

Protect the secret ballot
   Progressivism piece by Offsite (1/1/09)

A few years ago, 16 of Congress’ most liberal members wrote Mexico’s government, “We understand that the secret ballot is allowed for, but not required, by Mexican labor law. However, we feel that the secret ballot is absolutely necessary in order to ensure that workers are not intimidated into voting for a union they might not otherwise choose.“

Bigger frauds to fry than Rosenblat
   Progressivism piece by Offsite (1/1/09)

A recent New Republic headline boasts “How TNR exposed a new Oprah-endorsed memoir as a hoax.“

The war on children
   EdukShun piece by Offsite (1/1/09)

When our first child started kindergarten years ago, I was scared to death. I recall thinking that if this child experienced half of the psychological and emotional trauma I experienced due to the machinations of “conscientious” New York liberal educators, I would wind up on “America’s Most Wanted” at the very least.

For 2009, Remember God’s Sense of Humor
   General piece by Grant Swank (1/1/09)

“I’m on my way to the prison!“ I called out to my wife as I ran toward our car.  It would take me about l5 minutes to get to the maximum-security penitentiary on the outskirts of town.  There I would visit a man behind bars for life—first-degree murder.

Gaza - The Solution Ain’t Rocket Science
   Middle East piece by Offsite (1/1/09)

Gazan Arabs have no one but themselves to blame for voting Hamas into power and allowing Hamas to destroy their lives in the traumatic manner that has suddenly befallen them in the past week.