Posts Made By: Tony Aguire

Herbert York said:

... another Bill Gates in debt

Enjoy

http://www.usdebtclock.org

Darian Rachal said:

One of my fondest memories of the 1980 Reagan landslide was the 'stunned' expression on Dan Rather's face as the map of the US turned practically all 'red'; it was like he was in a state of shock, and I guess he probably really was. 8O

I'm hoping for an on air "double suicide" with Chris Matthews and Andrea Mitchell, this go round.

http://spectator.org/archives/2012/09/25/how-carter-beat-reagan

Dave Snope said:

America's royal family continues it's unabetted abuse of the system:

The president’s dog gets its own high-paid staffer: “Bo made the news when he and his handler were flown to join the president on vacation in Maine,� Gray wrote about the Obama family dog. “It has been reported that the first family’s dog handler was paid $102,000, last year.�


Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2012/09/26/taxpayers-spent-1-4-billion-on-obama-family-last-year-perks-questioned-in-new-book/#ixzz27gl2xZoa


Taxpayers spent $1.4 billion dollars on everything from staffing, housing, flying and entertaining President Obama and his family last year, according to the author of a new book on taxpayer-funded presidential perks.

In comparison, British taxpayers spent just $57.8 million on the royal family.

Author Robert Keith Gray writes in “Presidential Perks Gone Royal� that Obama isn’t the only president to have taken advantage of the expensive trappings of his office. But the amount of money spent on the first family, he argues, has risen tremendously under the Obama administration and needs to be reined in.

Gray told The Daily Caller that the $1.4 billion spent on the Obama family last year is the “total cost of the presidency,� factoring the cost of the “biggest staff in history at the highest wages ever,� a 50 percent increase in the numbers of appointed czars and an Air Force One “running with the frequency of a scheduled air line.�

“The most concerning thing, I think, is the use of taxpayer funds to actually abet his re-election,� Gray, who worked in the Eisenhower administration and for other Republican presidents, said in an interview with TheDC on Wednesday.

“The press has been so slow in picking up on this extraordinary increase in the president’s expenses,� Gray told TheDC.

Specifically, Gray said taxpayer dollars are subsidizing Obama’s re-election effort when he uses Air Force One to jet across the country campaigning.

George Blahun said:


This is no surprise to me, having been a vegetarian for 36 years and a former zoo keeper, but I'll bet the Texas Cattlemen's Association (the group that sued Oprah for saying red meat was unhealthy) would disagree.
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Animals are conscious and should be treated as such
October 1, 2012

Are animals conscious? Yes, says the Cambridge Declaration on Consciousness, publicly proclaimed by three eminent neuroscientists, David Edelman of the Neurosciences Institute in La Jolla, California, Philip Low of Stanford University and Christof Koch of the California Institute of Technology, Marc Bekoff writes in New Scientist.


“Non-human animals have the neuroanatomical, neurochemical, and neurophysiological substrates of conscious states along with the capacity to exhibit intentional behaviors,� the declaration says.

“Consequently, the weight of evidence indicates that humans are not unique in possessing the neurological substrates that generate consciousness. Non-human animals, including all mammals and birds, and many other creatures, including octopuses, also possess these neurological substrates.�

“I hope the declaration will be used to protect animals from being treated abusively and inhumanely,� says Bekoff. �All too often, sound scientific knowledge about animal cognition, emotions and consciousness is not recognized in animal welfare laws.�

However, the European Union’s Treaty of Lisbon, which came into force on December 1, 2009, recognizes that animals are sentient beings and calls on member states to “pay full regard to the welfare requirements of animals� in agriculture, fisheries, transport, research and development and space policies.�

Rod Kaufman said:

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/world/55010176-68/romney-immigration-reform-obama.html.csp
Don't look for specifics in Romney's immigration "plan". Like his other "plans", there aren't any...

George Blahun said:


This is no surprise to me, having been a vegetarian for 36 years and a former zoo keeper, but I'll bet the Texas Cattlemen's Association (the group that sued Oprah for saying red meat was unhealthy) would disagree.
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Animals are conscious and should be treated as such
October 1, 2012

Are animals conscious? Yes, says the Cambridge Declaration on Consciousness, publicly proclaimed by three eminent neuroscientists, David Edelman of the Neurosciences Institute in La Jolla, California, Philip Low of Stanford University and Christof Koch of the California Institute of Technology, Marc Bekoff writes in New Scientist.


“Non-human animals have the neuroanatomical, neurochemical, and neurophysiological substrates of conscious states along with the capacity to exhibit intentional behaviors,� the declaration says.

“Consequently, the weight of evidence indicates that humans are not unique in possessing the neurological substrates that generate consciousness. Non-human animals, including all mammals and birds, and many other creatures, including octopuses, also possess these neurological substrates.�

“I hope the declaration will be used to protect animals from being treated abusively and inhumanely,� says Bekoff. �All too often, sound scientific knowledge about animal cognition, emotions and consciousness is not recognized in animal welfare laws.�

However, the European Union’s Treaty of Lisbon, which came into force on December 1, 2009, recognizes that animals are sentient beings and calls on member states to “pay full regard to the welfare requirements of animals� in agriculture, fisheries, transport, research and development and space policies.�

Dave Snope said:

That old trick only works on the weak-minded:

Rod Kaufman said:

The jobs numbers went up because a bunch of Dems went out and got jobs to make Obama look good!
http://money.cnn.com/2012/10/05/news/economy/welch-unemployment-rate/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

Jim Johnson said:

http://www.janson.com/media/2010/12/13/pbs-audience-demographics/

I was surprised that we subsidize CPB/PBS to the tune of $445M for 2013. To me that is no penny ante amount. Why should we subsidize public television? The demographics confirm what I knew from experience - much of PBS/NPR's audience are college educated and making a nice income. With the advent of cable, satellite, Internet, etc. the need for public broadcasting is over. If any shows on PBS have a good following, they will be picked up by the plethora of cable channels. PBS is no longer the only source of documentaries and nature programming. CBS, ABC and NBC can fill the need for liberal news. Let PBS accept advertising. Though I do appreciate PBS bringing me Monty Python.

What say you? I bet I can guess the right-wing's stance but what about you moderates and liberals?

Jim J

Rod Kaufman said:

What the heck does the army know, anyway?...
http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2012/10/09/army-to-congress-thanks-but-no-tanks/?hpt=hp_c1
They're going to get their tanks right up their kazoo!!
Remember the Russian T90 is on its way!