Arizona Governor Shows Some Sense

...What are the odds of an American Taliban governor doing the right thing? While still not to high, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer vetoed not one, but two highly controversial bills on Monday, going against the general conservative idea's in the state. The first bill would have mandated that one have proof of United States citizenship in order to run for president, and the other bill would have allowed students, and everyone else, to carry guns on college campuses.

The so-called "birther bill," would have made Arizona the first state in the nation to require presidential candidates prove U.S. citizenship by providing a long form birth certificate, and other forms of proof including baptismal or circumcision certificates, to be placed on the state ballot.

"I never imagined being presented with a bill that could require candidates for president of the greatest and most powerful nation on earth to submit their 'early baptism or circumcision certificates' ... This is a bridge too far," she said..

Brewer also vetoed a bill that would have made Arizona the second state in the nation to allow an individual to carry a firearm -- either concealed or not -- in the public rights of way on higher education campuses, because it was "so poorly written." Brewer said shortcomings in the bill included a failure to define "public rights of way" and the inclusion of state schools, where firearms are prohibited by federal and state laws.

SOURCE:http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110419/pl_nm/us_arizona_birther

Brewer vetoed the gun bill only because she did not like the way that it was written, so you can expect that bill to come around at a later date, when it will pass. Currently, Utah is the only state in the country allowing handguns inside campus buildings.

Donald Trump: Asshole Birther

   With the exception of the Tea Party idiots and the other conservative morons, Donald Trump has lost any credibility with the “ real Americans “ in the United States especially with the “ birther’s “ idea of President Obama having not been born in the U.S.

   But just where does “ the Donald “ get most of this bullshit information from?

   In an article published at News Corpse, Mr. Trump gets much info from the WorldNetDaily website. You should check the site out if you want to kill some time reading about all of the conspiracies taking place in America and elsewhere. Or, visit the site when you wish to hear the latest bullshit article that bashes President Obama. If it is anti-Obama, you will find it there, somewhere.

Kendra Marr of Politico reports that Joseph Farah has been “on the phone with Donald Trump every day this week.” Farah is the publisher of WorldNetDaily, a fantastical compendium of demented disinformation and conspiracy theories. They are major sponsors of the Birther movement. They believe that Obama’s biography was ghostwritten by Bill Ayers.

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Those Lovely Income Taxes

  For all of you who put off filing your taxes until the last minute ( myself included ) you have today left to get with the program. Today, Monday, April 18, is the last day to get that return postmarked.

   Speaking of taxes. Why don’t we take a look at how much of a tax break those really wealthy folks have received over the years?

Yahoo News

The Internal Revenue Service tracks the tax returns with the 400 highest adjusted gross incomes each year. The average income on those returns in 2007, the latest year for IRS data, was nearly $345 million. Their average federal income tax rate was 17 percent, down from 26 percent in 1992.

Over the same period, the average federal income tax rate for all taxpayers declined to 9.3 percent from 9.9 percent.

The top income tax rate is 35 percent, so how can people who make so much pay so little in taxes? The nation's tax laws are packed with breaks for people at every income level. There are breaks for having children, paying a mortgage, going to college, and even for paying other taxes. Plus, the top rate on capital gains is only 15 percent.

There are so many breaks that 45 percent of U.S. households will pay no federal income tax for 2010, according to estimates by the Tax Policy Center, a Washington think tank.

  Both side of the money equation are pretty much paying nothing or close to it in federal taxes. Is it any wonder that the United States government has a deficit problem?  The sad thing is that the wealthy, when they do owe some tax cash, are paying no more in many cases than someone making less than $50,00 per year. That is not right.

More than half of the nation's tax revenue came from the top 10 percent of earners in 2007. More than 44 percent came from the top 5 percent. Still, the wealthy have access to much more lucrative tax breaks than people with lower incomes.

   Drop the Bush/Obama tax cuts, get rid of the loopholes for the wealthy and a few of the credits for the average payer, and then the budget deficit starts to get smaller.

   Deficit? What deficit?

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“Face The Nation” Bob Scheffer Gets Tough With Paul Ryan

  It is about damned time that at least one of the Sunday morning news hosts had the nerve to ask questions which were not fluff trash. Of course, the talk was about the deficit and the budget. Ryan got a little spanking.

 

 

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