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jhbutcher — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 04:00:47 +0000

If you live in Denver, on election day you will be asked to vote on this – Proposition 300:

Shall the voters for the City and County of Denver adopt an Initiated Ordinance to require the creation of an extraterrestrial affairs commission to help ensure the health, safety, and cultural awareness of Denver residents and visitors in relation to potential encounters or interactions with extraterrestrial intelligent beings or their vehicles, and fund such commission from grants, gifts and donations?

No kidding – that’s a real ballot issue in Denver, Colorado this election day.

from http://www.dailyplunge.com/2010/10/an-early-election-day-surprise/

I hope these people don’t vote

jhbutcher — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 03:14:00 +0000

In a recent Pew Survey, people were asked to pick the name of the current U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice from a list of four names. Eight percent of the people surveyed picked Thurgood Marshall who has been dead for over … Continue reading →

We’re working for the government

jhbutcher — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 03:17:40 +0000

Best line I read today – by a Neal B. Freeman regarding fat government pensions:

Let’s be clear about what’s happened: after it became clear that taxpayers could no longer afford to pay for their own pensions, they were compelled to pay for government pensions. That would seem to settle the question of who is working for whom.

Build the new World Trade Center

jhbutcher — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 07:21:46 +0000

If we had already built something inspiring on the World Trade Center site, nobody would give a shit about this mosque idea.

A Specter Indeed

jhbutcher — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 04:44:27 +0000

Why does this Arlen Specter switching parties thing sound familiar? Because he’s done it before, switching from Democrat to Republican in 1966. In short, his firmest allegiance is to the “I want to get re-elected” party.

Also, did you know that Arlen Specter is the guy who came up with the “single bullet theory” (a.k.a. the “bastard bullet”) for the Warren Commission?

We’re congress darn it!

jhbutcher — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 11:49:55 +0000

House kills effort to investigate lobbyist-lawmaker ties.

“Asked why he voted with the majority to table the resolution, Murtha said, ‘no comment. ‘”

ButcherBank

jhbutcher — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 05:47:50 +0000

If the taxpayers end up owning Citibank, does that mean I can give myself a cut in my credit card interest rate?

Stimulate this.

jhbutcher — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 09:12:52 +0000

My stimulus package bumper sticker suggestion:

1932 Democratic party platform

jhbutcher — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 15:13:20 +0000

With the recession and the insane stimulus bill (buy your own damn condoms!), there’s been a lot of talk lately about Hoover was a Republican and bad and didn’t want to do anything about the recession and how Roosevelt was a Democrat and good and wanted to stop it in it’s tracks. Much of that is political and historical B.S. I decided to take a look at what Roosevelt actually ran on in 1932 – the Democratic Party platform, as obtained from the American Presidency Project.

We advocate an immediate and drastic reduction of governmental expenditures by abolishing useless commissions and offices, consolidating departments and bureaus, and eliminating extravagance to accomplish a saving of not less than twenty-five per cent in the cost of the Federal Government. And we call upon the Democratic Party in the states to make a zealous effort to achieve a proportionate result.

Wow, wasn’t expecting that one. That’s, um, different that today’s ideas. Here’s another one:

We favor maintenance of the national credit by a federal budget annually balanced on the basis of accurate executive estimates within revenues, raised by a system of taxation levied on the principle of ability to pay.

Balanced budget? No kidding? And there’s more…

The removal of government from all fields of private enterprise except where necessary to develop public works and natural resources in the common interest.

Like health care? Here’s another:

We oppose cancellation of the debts owing to the United States by foreign nations.

Bono would be so mad!

Warm up the Gulfstream V

jhbutcher — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 03:39:22 +0000

Obama preserves renditions as counter-terrorism tool.

If Obama does it, it has to be good.