Gov. Chet Culver's administration agreed Friday to offer pay increases for state employees that will cost taxpayers more than $100 million, despite Republican requests that the decisions be delayed until Terry Branstad becomes governor in January.
A Branstad spokesman called the deal 'reckless,' and House Republican Leader Kraig Paulsen said it would likely lead to layoffs."
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Friday, November 19, 2010
Factbox: Taxpayers in deep water on GM investment | Reuters
(Reuters) - General Motors Co may have the world's biggest initial public offering, but U.S. taxpayers were more than $9 billion underwater on the government-funded restructuring at its current share price on Thursday.
A breakdown of the paper loss follows."
A breakdown of the paper loss follows."
Nearly 1 in 5 Americans had mental illness in 2009 - CNBC
NO KIDDING....Really?....REALLY!?....yeah....
Maybe it's our government assaulting our freedoms everyday - our homes, our workplace, our cars, our retirement, our internet, our cell phones....EVERYTHING that may be just that one last thing to push everyone OFF THE DAMNED CLIFF!!!!
CHICAGO - More than 45 million Americans, or 20 percent of U.S. adults, had some form of mental illness last year, and 11 million had a serious illness, U.S. government researchers reported on Thursday.
Young adults aged 18 to 25 had the highest level of mental illness at 30 percent, while those aged 50 and older had the lowest, with 13.7 percent, said the report by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration or SAMHSA."
Maybe it's our government assaulting our freedoms everyday - our homes, our workplace, our cars, our retirement, our internet, our cell phones....EVERYTHING that may be just that one last thing to push everyone OFF THE DAMNED CLIFF!!!!
CHICAGO - More than 45 million Americans, or 20 percent of U.S. adults, had some form of mental illness last year, and 11 million had a serious illness, U.S. government researchers reported on Thursday.
Young adults aged 18 to 25 had the highest level of mental illness at 30 percent, while those aged 50 and older had the lowest, with 13.7 percent, said the report by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration or SAMHSA."
Dude, Where's My Obamacare Waiver? - HUMAN EVENTS
More than one million Americans have escaped the clutches of the Democrats' destructive federal health care law. Lucky them. Their employers and labor representatives wisely applied for Obamacare waivers earlier this fall and got out while the getting was good. Now, it's time for Congress to create a permanent escape hatch for the rest of us. Repeal is the ultimate waiver."
Ray LaHood: Obama's Power-Mad Cell Phone Czar - HUMAN EVENTS
America is in debt past its eyeballs. Unemployment remains stuck near double digits. Small and large businesses, unions and insurers are clamoring for Obamacare waivers in droves. Jihadists are making a mockery of homeland security. And border chaos reigns. So, what's one of the Obama administration's top domestic policy agenda items this month? Combating distracted drivers.
What? You missed the Million Anti-Distracted Drivers Protest March on Washington and the Great Grassroots Groundswell for federal intervention on our highways and byways? Don't worry. You weren't the only one."
What? You missed the Million Anti-Distracted Drivers Protest March on Washington and the Great Grassroots Groundswell for federal intervention on our highways and byways? Don't worry. You weren't the only one."
Ray LaHood: Obama's Power-Mad Cell Phone Czar - HUMAN EVENTS
America is in debt past its eyeballs. Unemployment remains stuck near double digits. Small and large businesses, unions and insurers are clamoring for Obamacare waivers in droves. Jihadists are making a mockery of homeland security. And border chaos reigns. So, what's one of the Obama administration's top domestic policy agenda items this month? Combating distracted drivers.
What? You missed the Million Anti-Distracted Drivers Protest March on Washington and the Great Grassroots Groundswell for federal intervention on our highways and byways? Don't worry. You weren't the only one."
What? You missed the Million Anti-Distracted Drivers Protest March on Washington and the Great Grassroots Groundswell for federal intervention on our highways and byways? Don't worry. You weren't the only one."
Don't Touch My Junk - HUMAN EVENTS
WASHINGTON -- Ah, the airport, where modern folk heroes are made. The airport, where that inspired flight attendant did what everyone who's ever been in the spam-in-a-can crush of a flying aluminum tube -- where we collectively pretend that a clutch of peanuts is a meal and a seat cushion is a 'flotation device' -- has always dreamed of doing: pull the lever, blow the door, explode the chute, grab a beer, slide to the tarmac and walk through the gates to the sanity that lies beyond. Not since Rick and Louis disappeared into the Casablanca fog headed for the Free French garrison in Brazzaville has a stroll on the tarmac thrilled so many."
Sources: FCC chief working on net neutrality proposal - Kim Hart - POLITICO.com
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski is putting together a net neutrality proposal and plans to take action on the controversial issue as early as next month, according to several sources with knowledge of the situation.
Details of the proposal being developed by Genachowski’s office are unclear, but sources say it could be similar to the deal stakeholders tried to reach with Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) earlier this fall."
Details of the proposal being developed by Genachowski’s office are unclear, but sources say it could be similar to the deal stakeholders tried to reach with Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) earlier this fall."
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Study: Most in Mass. insured; Access to care tight - BostonHerald.com
BOSTON — Access to health care in Massachusetts remains tight, with hospital emergency rooms increasingly picking up the slack, even as the state has experienced a surge in the number of insured residents.
Those are some of the findings of an annual report released Tuesday by the Massachusetts Health Council that looks at a range of health-related factors, from tobacco use and obesity to violence and infectious blood-borne diseases like HIV."
Those are some of the findings of an annual report released Tuesday by the Massachusetts Health Council that looks at a range of health-related factors, from tobacco use and obesity to violence and infectious blood-borne diseases like HIV."
Health panel brings out big guns - BostonHerald.com
This is what ALL OF YOU are in for when it becomes Obamacare!
The state’s health insurance connector — the highly touted agency that aims to bring cheap medical care to the masses — has turned into a legal pit bull by aggressively going after a growing number of Bay Staters who say they can’t afford mandated insurance — or the penalties imposed for not having it.
The Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector Authority is cracking down on more than 3,000 residents who are fighting state fines, and has even hired a private law firm to force the health insurance scofflaws to pay penalties of up to $2,000 a year."
The state’s health insurance connector — the highly touted agency that aims to bring cheap medical care to the masses — has turned into a legal pit bull by aggressively going after a growing number of Bay Staters who say they can’t afford mandated insurance — or the penalties imposed for not having it.
The Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector Authority is cracking down on more than 3,000 residents who are fighting state fines, and has even hired a private law firm to force the health insurance scofflaws to pay penalties of up to $2,000 a year."
Tea Partiers dump on Romney’s health care - BostonHerald.com
Former Gov. Mitt Romney will have to grapple with the growing political clout of Tea Party activists — many of whom are steaming mad about his role in Massachusetts’ universal health care — as he gears up for a likely 2012 GOP presidential bid, party activists said yesterday.
“It’s gonna be something he’s going to have to explain — and it might just be a disaster for him,” said Christen Varley, president of the Greater Boston Tea Party"
“It’s gonna be something he’s going to have to explain — and it might just be a disaster for him,” said Christen Varley, president of the Greater Boston Tea Party"
Mitt’s bad medicine - BostonHerald.com
Add another name to the list of Massachusetts conservatives who have signed the ABM Treaty: Anyone But Mitt.
Until Mitt Romney admits that his mandate-driven, big-government Romneycare was a mistake, I will be supporting any viable GOP candidate running against him in 2012. And I’ll be urging my fellow New England Republicans - including my many friends in New Hampshire - to do the same."
Until Mitt Romney admits that his mandate-driven, big-government Romneycare was a mistake, I will be supporting any viable GOP candidate running against him in 2012. And I’ll be urging my fellow New England Republicans - including my many friends in New Hampshire - to do the same."
States study Massachusetts health-care law - BostonHerald.com
I will be less than poetic here....In two words I can sum up this program...."IT SUCKS!".....
It’s all eyes on Massachusetts’ first-in-the-nation universal health care, as Americans come to terms with their own future under President Obama’s universal health-care legislation.
The Herald reported yesterday that Bay State officials have hired private lawyers to sue people who claim they can’t afford health care and can’t pay the $2,000 fines they were levied."
It’s all eyes on Massachusetts’ first-in-the-nation universal health care, as Americans come to terms with their own future under President Obama’s universal health-care legislation.
The Herald reported yesterday that Bay State officials have hired private lawyers to sue people who claim they can’t afford health care and can’t pay the $2,000 fines they were levied."
The American Spectator : The Unorthodox Frontrunner
Come to Massachusetts and try living and working under RomneyCare....after doing that......you'll know why I WOULD NEVER VOTE FOR HIM AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Viewed in isolation, Mitt Romney's 2012 presidential candidacy is doomed.
In 2008, Romney earned himself a reputation as a flip-flopper as he dramatically attempted to reshape himself as a stanch conservative despite having previously staked out liberal positions on abortion, guns, immigration and a litany of other issues."
Viewed in isolation, Mitt Romney's 2012 presidential candidacy is doomed.
In 2008, Romney earned himself a reputation as a flip-flopper as he dramatically attempted to reshape himself as a stanch conservative despite having previously staked out liberal positions on abortion, guns, immigration and a litany of other issues."
American Thinker: Lap Two for the Tea Party
I agree.....after Nov. 2nd...it was OK to let up on the gas pedal and take a deep breath for a few days....now however...time to gas up the car and PEDAL TO THE METAL! 2012 right around the corner!!!!
Politics is a relay race, not a sprint, which means that those of us who belong to the Tea Party or support its goals must start thinking about the kind of candidates we'll run in 2012."
Politics is a relay race, not a sprint, which means that those of us who belong to the Tea Party or support its goals must start thinking about the kind of candidates we'll run in 2012."
American Thinker Blog: S 510 breezes to passage in the Senate
Some of these names are gone.....more will be next time....2012 can't come fast enough!!!...
Senate Bill 510, a massive power grab by government -- as explained to AT readers yesterday by Michael Geer -- passed yesterday with the support of every Democrat and 14 Republicans. Here are the Republicans who voted to give sweeping powers over our food supply to our government masters:"
Senate Bill 510, a massive power grab by government -- as explained to AT readers yesterday by Michael Geer -- passed yesterday with the support of every Democrat and 14 Republicans. Here are the Republicans who voted to give sweeping powers over our food supply to our government masters:"
OPEN SOCIETY: Soros Explains The Anti-Capitalist, Pro-Marxist Tactics He Uses to Fundamentally Transform Countries | The Blaze
Spooky Man Update!
OPEN SOCIETY: Soros Explains The Anti-Capitalist, Pro-Marxist Tactics He Uses to Fundamentally Transform Countries"
OPEN SOCIETY: Soros Explains The Anti-Capitalist, Pro-Marxist Tactics He Uses to Fundamentally Transform Countries"
UPDATE 1-US comfortable with GM IPO pricing, investors | Reuters
Nov 18 (Reuters) - The U.S. government is satisfied with pricing and the investor lineup in the General Motors Co [GM.UL] (GM.N) public offering, a senior Obama administration official said.
Ron Bloom, the administration's point man on auto restructuring, told Reuters Insider ahead of GM trading on Thursday that the government wants a fair return for taxpayers on its $50 billion investment, but also wants to 'get out of this thing as soon as we can.'"
Ron Bloom, the administration's point man on auto restructuring, told Reuters Insider ahead of GM trading on Thursday that the government wants a fair return for taxpayers on its $50 billion investment, but also wants to 'get out of this thing as soon as we can.'"
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Glenn Beck - Current Events & Politics - Glenn Beck: Gov wants to scramble your cell
JEEZ! Get out of my Kitchen....get out of my work....get out of my car...get out of my way!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!
GLENN: I have to play I have to play the audio of, who is this?
PAT: Ray LaHood.
GLENN: Department of Transportation.
PAT: Former transportation secretary.
GLENN: Yeah. And you can see this video at TheBlaze.com. He was on MSNBC yesterday and he just wants to make sure that you don't have your cellphone in your car. And the government is developing new technology to scramble your cellphone in your car, so you cannot use your cellphone in your car."
GLENN: I have to play I have to play the audio of, who is this?
PAT: Ray LaHood.
GLENN: Department of Transportation.
PAT: Former transportation secretary.
GLENN: Yeah. And you can see this video at TheBlaze.com. He was on MSNBC yesterday and he just wants to make sure that you don't have your cellphone in your car. And the government is developing new technology to scramble your cellphone in your car, so you cannot use your cellphone in your car."
GM IPO Leaves Small Investors Behind - TheStreet
Interesting read....
DETROIT (TheStreet) -- The little guy appears to be losing out on the General Motors initial public offering.
Trading shops like E*Trade(ETFC), TD Ameritrade (TD) and Charles Schwab (SCHW) aren't getting access to the GM public offering, expected to occur next week. Despite 35 underwriters and at least 365 million shares, there isn't enough to distribute to online brokers that cater to small, retail investors."
DETROIT (TheStreet) -- The little guy appears to be losing out on the General Motors initial public offering.
Trading shops like E*Trade(ETFC), TD Ameritrade (TD) and Charles Schwab (SCHW) aren't getting access to the GM public offering, expected to occur next week. Despite 35 underwriters and at least 365 million shares, there isn't enough to distribute to online brokers that cater to small, retail investors."
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