Ogre's Politics & Views

October 13, 2005

Iredell Voters Support Higher Taxes

The election results are in. Voters in Iredell County have decided that they want to attempt to compete with neighboring Mecklenburg County by spending as much money as quickly as they can.

Voters supported two massive bond issues -- over $60 million to spend on, well, whatever the government wants to spend it on. These same voters must have gotten a government-provided education, because none of them seem to understand that governments have to pay that money back -- and the ONLY way government gets money is by taking it from productive, working citizens.

This will likely cost an average household in Iredell county just over $1,000 a year in extra taxes. Thank you voters, mostly Republican. I SO wish there was a home for small government conservatives.

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Big Miers News

Have you heard the latest BIG Miers news? Other candidates didn't want to be considered and withdrew their names.

Is it really that slow of a news day for these people? OF COURSE they did! Would you want to sit in front of the morons that make up the Senate Judiciary committee and tell them where to go? Ok, well maybe you would, and that's why YOU didn't get nominated.

Politics is ugly -- really, really, really ugly. Anyone whose name pops up there IS going to be viciously attacked. Their entire family will be attacked by special interest groups. Planned Parenthood and their criminals will be searching or making up anything they want to about you if you ever considered NOT performing an abortion.

Staffers from Democrat Senator's offices will be hired to steal confidential information about you and every financial transaction you ever were involved in during your entire lifetime.

While the temptation to tell all those Senators where they can go will be incredibly great, you will have to swallow the bile that those idiots will be forcing up and smile and answer the questions they ask.

I'm not surprised some people withdrew their names -- I'm surprised there's anyone LEFT willing to put up with that circus.

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Romney in '08?

Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney was campaigning touring wandering through North Carolina this past week, making speeches. I'm not really sure why a sitting governor of a northeastern state is speaking to citizens subjects peons in North Carolina, but here he was.

He at least appears to have a clue. When speaking of terrorists:

[They're] not just intent on blowing up a little bomb here and there at a shopping mall. Awful as that would be, they want to bring down our government, bring down our entire economy. They want to put in place a huge theocracy.

At least he realizes that we're at war and simply calling the local sheriff isn't going to make this war on terrorism stop. He also seems to understand basic economics, unlike any elected Democrats in North Carolina:
It just kills jobs to raise taxes

He may not be a social conservative (he's from Massachusetts), but he certainly scores points for fiscal conservatism: when he took office just 2 years ago, the state budget was $3 billion in the hole. They now have a surplus.

I'm not supporting his campaign just yet, but he sure sounds miles better than Hillary vs. McCain.

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October 12, 2005

Merry Ramadan!

The Alliance is putting together a party to help celebrate Ramadan, and they're looking for ideas to celebrate the terrorist high holy day.


EXPLOSIONS!

That's how you celebrate terrorist holy months, isn't it?

I'm sorry.

That was insensitive of me. How about a snack?

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What? Oh. Is this better?

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mmMMMmmm...BBQ...

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Daniel Craig = Bond?

I have to admit it -- I'm a huge Bond fan. I absolutely love the movies -- I've seen every one more than once, I've got all of them on DVD, and when TNT or TBS have their "month of bond," I watch every single one again. There's none that I really dislike.

If I had to pick my least favorite ones, they'd have to be the Roger Moore years. The Voo-doo stuff from Live and Let Die was a bit too weird for me. The whole time Roger Moore did Bond, I never really liked his "hands off" attitude.

Pierce Brosnan, IMO, was an absolutely excellent Bond. He displayed the perfect attitude and appearance of what Bond should be. However, he's in his 50s now, and I guess the folks that make such decisions really decided that he was too old.

The new bond, the 21st movie, is going to feature a new Bond and word is that it will be one Daniel Craig.

I know nothing at all about this fellow. I've never heard of him. Browsing some picture galleries, it appears that he's got the "appropriate" British look to make it as bond -- but he's blond. If he's got a little English accent and they dye his hair, I think he'll be fine -- I just REALLY hope they don't cast him in the movie as a blond.

Now all I have to do is sit and patiently twiddle my thumbs until they release the movie...what do you mean, "They have to film it first?" Well, only 7 months until Mi:III.

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BloggerWorld

Interesting. This week's Christian Views Symposium takes another look at an article that talks about views of the New York Times' regarding the expansion of blogging -- including the idea that 80,000 new blogs are created EVERY DAY (and why aren't they all submitted to the New Blog Showcase?).

Based on this incredible expansion and use of a relatively new technology, Lennie asks:

What do you see happening if everyone becomes a blogger?

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Feds to Raise Taxes

Soon we shall see if this President Bush will follow in his father's footsteps and agree to raise taxes. His "tax advisory panel" is discussing which taxes to raise, and how much to raise them.

Democrat Vice Chairman John Breaux says:

We have a concept. We know where to go. We just don't have the details.

And that concept is to raise taxes.

Oh sure, they're not selling it as a tax increase. And sure, they're going with the old standby of class warfare (it only affects the rich) -- but any time the government takes more of my money, that's a tax increase, no matter what anyone else wants to call it.

Connie Mack, alleged Republican, sent mixed messages by claiming to not want a value-added tax and yet asking staff to create a proposal that includes a value-added tax.

If you see a value-added tax, RUN! Value-added tax is the most insidious tax there can be because consumers will not see the tax -- government will get increased income, prices will rise, but consumers will think businesses are raising prices for profit.

Damn, whatever happened to the Fair Tax? Unfortunately, this "panel" will not consider good ideas like that one: They rejected a fundamental overhaul of the tax code, clearly claiming that they like the current tax system.

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Charlotte City Council Continues Anti-Freedom

So, in case you're wondering what's being considered by the Charlotte city government, here's the two "big items" from Monday night's council meeting:

1. Punish people who obey the law and attempt to reduce crime.
2. Fine people who buy alarm systems for their homes.

Could the council actually do any more to support criminals? Seriously! This city council is honestly doing all they can to increase the already high crime rate in Charlotte. But of course, they simply refuse to admit there are actually any crimes committed in Charlotte.

For issue #1, the council considered banning handguns in the city, except for those who seek and receive approval from the Sheriff. The police chief sees a need to "deal with firearms." I think perhaps he's feeling threatened, and perhaps he should feel that way. I wonder if revolt can be too far away in Charlotte (although I fear it's very far away).

Democrat Warren Turner was honestly worried that people in Charlotte might find out that they can carry guns because the issue was being discussed. I couldn't make up crap that good. The councilman is actually scared that people might discover they have rights. Can someone send this moron to Cuba, please? Hey Mr. Turner, I've got rights and YOU can't have them!

On issue #2, the city wants to add a tax to be charged to anyone who dares to install an alarm system in their home. No, this is not a tax or fine for false alarms, this is a simple tax on you for DARING to install an alarm, since as the almighty council knows, there's no crime in Charlotte and you don't need an alarm.

The results of both issues? Postponed all voting until after the November 8 election where all seats are up for election. What a shocker.

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October 11, 2005

Bush attacks South America

*** BREAKING NEWS ***
Dateline: Lima, Peru.

U.S. President, warmonger, and unilateralist George Bush used his weather machine this week to begin draining the Amazon River. The 4,075-mile long river's water flow has been drastically reduced to less than 424,000 cubic feet per second by Bush's war machine.

The Amazon River flows through the countries of Colombia, Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, Paraguay, Venezuela, and Brazil. The lower river levels are causing problems with transport and economics on the river, which is the main form of transportation in these countries.

Researcher Jean-Louis LeFrenchie postulates that Haliburton is about to go into production with a low-water-level boat that can be used to transport goods in water that is very shallow and Haliburton is already in negotiation with the various tribes of the region to start selling them these boats. Negotiations were weak until the river level started dropping.

The Brazilian government's National Institute of Meteorology said dry weather in the Amazon is linked to warmer Pacific Ocean surface temperatures, which changes rainfall patterns, which may actually be the real reason that the water levels are dropping.

Also of note is the fact that while the river's level is the lowest "on record," there are only 36 years of records that have been kept.

*** END BREAKING NEWS ***

So, how am I doing? Is this FMSM journalism material, or what?

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Carnival of Liberty

It's up at Combs Spouts Off. This is my current absolute favorite of all carnivals because it highlights freedom and liberty from all over the blogosphere. If you only read one carnival a week, this is the one you really should be reading if you like freedom (and not just because I finally remembered to enter).

Carnival of Liberty #15

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HomeSpun Blogger Symposium

Time again for the weekly feature of the Homespun Blogger Symposium... Oops. It seems Major Dad 1984 didn't have time to post a symposium this week. That's okay, as we'll just make up our own, based on his writings.

He's got a pretty good excuse, if you ask me. Something about catching the Asian Bird Flu or something, I wasn't really paying attention... I think he recovered nicely as he went for BBQ soon thereafter (and yes, I am jealous).

So, in honor of MajorDad1984's sickness, today's Homespun Symposium will be about sickness! (And there was much rejoicing):

What was the worst sickness/illness/disease YOU ever contracted?

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1,000,000 PEOPLE DEAD!

Well, did that make you read this post? I'm just in training to be a member of the FMSM (Formerly Mainstream Media). I'm noticing more and more that to "report" in the media, you must do quite literally anything to get people to read the articles, even if it means being totally misleading or lying.

For example, take this headline from the Fox News website:

Records Show Miers Owned Gun Without License

Now, what is your first reaction to reading that headline? What do you think that story will be about? I'm sorry, whatever you were thinking, you're wrong.

Clearly, the author of the headline is implying that Miers owned a gun illegally, by having a gun without a license. However, it is not until the 4th paragraph of the story that the author finally admits that there is actually no such thing as a license to own a gun!

The entire first portion of the article is clearly slanted towards making Miers sound like a bad person because she owned a gun, but didn't have a concealed carry permit (which Texas allows because Texas is evil).

Then, after the article finally admits that there is absolutely nothing wrong with owning a gun without a license that doesn't even exist, it wanders on and talks about personal correspondence between Bush and Miers when she was chairman of the Texas Lottery Commission.

Sometimes I don't know why I even bother reading any news reports -- I might as well be reading the tabloids. Then again, I guess that's why blogs are so powerful today -- it's the only media that might actually tell the truth.

UPDATE: The wonders of the web -- the story headline has been modifed. I've got a screen shot of the original, however:

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Workers Compensation for Millionaires

Nice. The minimum salary for a player in the NFL is $230,000.00. That's for rookies. The average number of years of experience for a player in the NFL is 5 years. The minimum salary for a player with 5 years of experience is $540,000. Now, which of you would say that these players need cash government help?

If you think these people do not need government cash, you are not qualified to be a judge in North or South Carolina. You see, numerous judges in those states think that the state worker compensation funds should be used to pay those players who are injured.

Yes, that's correct -- the judges are ruling that just because someone signs a contract for employment as a professional football player, they do not give up "their rights to worker compensation."

I'm sorry, I missed that right. Tell me again how and why someone is entitled to money simply because they were injured? Rolf Blizzard says it best:

"Is that what workers' comp was intended to do?" he asked. "It really is a fundamental question of what you think workers' comp should be."

Gee, is there anyone else besides myself that isn't simply entitled to government cash? Am I the ONLY person working to support everyone else?

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October 10, 2005

Words Mean Things

Want to know more about the enemy in the war on terror? Go read this post. It will let you know a little more about how the terrorists think.

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Carnival, carnival!

Time for more carnival links on this wonderful (rainy) Columbus Day.

First up, the wonderful and always exciting Tarheel Tavern. This week the host is Nothing Could Be Finer and he posts the 33rd Carnival with the "special days" theme quite well.

The Tarheel Tavern is a weekly blog carnival simply from people in North Carolina. It's really different from most carnivals, as most carnivals center around one topic. This one is based on physical location, so you read all sorts of different topics and ideas. Head on over.

Next up is the New Blog Showcase Carnival. This week's host is Dave's Not Here. He brings us the carnival and provides new blogs that didn't even submit themselves. Now that's how to host a carnival.

Keep in mind the New Blog Showcase Carnival is there to show you and introduce you to the newest blogs. Read it and visit -- these are new blogs that might be waiting for YOUR comment! (And do you like the new, silly, layout of the main site?)

Finally, there's a new carnival that might interest you, the Carnival of True Liberties. There's a big pile of links there to various blogs that point out the losses of liberties in this country today. Head on over and read that one, too.

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We Need A Fence

80% of the people of the United States, according to polls, support building a fence along the border between America and Mexico. So why isn't there a fence there? As always, follow the money (and power).

For example, here in North Carolina, you may freely vote in any election in the state if you are here illegally -- including federal elections and presidential elections. Yes, you read that correctly -- any person can enter North Carolina and vote for the President of the United States without fear of prosecution for breaking the law.

How? An unintended consequence of the Motor Voter act. North Carolina has the most relaxed rules for getting driver's licenses, and the motor voter act automatically registers anyone who gets a driver's license to vote. So enter illegally, head to North Carolina, get free stuff, and vote.

A group has proposed building a fence (or wall) along the border. To complain about the cost is silly because we're losing hundreds of billions of dollars already to illegals, so to spend a few billion to stop these criminals only makes sense.

So why won't we build one? Oh, right -- power, money, and votes. Many politicians are scared that if they support building a fence to enforce the law that they will lose the illegal alien vote. Morons (the politicians, not the aliens).

If a few conservative representatives and senators (are they any?) would stand up and demand a fence, they would receive a very large amount of support from the vast majority of American people. Then again, that would require guts, something surely lacking in large amounts in Washington these days.

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Whining Not Just American

It seems whining that everything be given to you on a silver platter is not just an American phenomenon. People in India have joined the chorus in demanding that the rest of the world give them whatever they feel they need because of a natural disaster.

"All the government people, the press people, they are just driving past," said one complainer. Another whined, "No one has come to help us."

What has happened to people? Why is there absolutely no responsibility for anything taken by anyone? Are there no "Real Men" left on the entire planet?

Hey Farid Khan, how about getting up off your rear and volunteering to help others yourself? You have time to talk to the press and demand help, but no time to actually help? Syad Hassan, stop taking time to block roads and force journalists to turn around and start building shelters!

Look, this might sound harsh, but hey folks, this is the real world! IT'S NOT SAFE! YOU ARE NOT GUARANTEED SAFETY IN THIS WORLD!

On the other hand, maybe it's just me. I just know that if I were in the middle of a natural disaster (and I have been), I wouldn't even be talking to the press -- I'd be too busy trying to ensure everyone was safe and had food, water, and shelter myself, without asking, much less demanding, anyone else do anything.

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Go To Space!

Have you been encouraged lately to start your career in science, technology, and mathematics? If you're in North Carolina, perhaps you just haven't been paying attention. Of course, if you're anywhere else in the country, you're just paying for that encouragement.

You see, this past year the North Carolina Legislature, with it's "cut to the bone" budget, managed to give $200,000 to the "NC Space Grant." Just last week the federal government, via NASA, gave another $353,000. The NC Space Grant agency now has over half a million dollars of taxpayer funds to spend.

Space Grant is a program created by Congress to "try to inspire students to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics." That's right, without that half million dollars spent every year, no one would study science, technology, or engineering.

Have you seen your tax dollars today?

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October 08, 2005

Gone Fishin'

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I'm gone for the weekend, fishing in the North Carolina Mountains. See you Sunday night or Monday morning!

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October 07, 2005

National Novel Writing Month

It's time! Well, it's almost time. Once again this year, as it has been for the past six years, November is National Novel Writing Month -- or for those who like acronyms, it's NaNoWriMo.

What's that? From the web site:

National Novel Writing Month is a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to novel writing. Participants begin writing November 1. The goal is to write a 175-page (50,000-word) novel by midnight, November 30.

Valuing enthusiasm and perseverance over painstaking craft, NaNoWriMo is a novel-writing program for everyone who has thought fleetingly about writing a novel but has been scared away by the time and effort involved.


Hey, it's loads of fun.

If you have ever dreamed of writing a novel -- and I know many bloggers have -- this is the time to sit down and force yourself to do it. I participated last year and wrote about a Wizard's Adventure. I won (wrote the required number of words), but the story wasn't done.

So if you follow that link above to read the story, you'll get a decent story (not much proofreading, etc.), but it ends rather suddenly. I haven't decided yet this year if I'll continue that story or start a whole new one. I'm leaning towards just starting a new story all over again.

So if you think you want to write, check that site out. Let me know if you join up, we can harass one another to ensure we all finish what we start!

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