Friday, October 7, 2011

A Telling Day

A Telling Day
Posted by Butler Shaffer on October 6, 2011 02:32 PM

One of the television news channels informed me, late yesterday, that Steve Jobs had just died. It is always sad when truly creative people die, particularly a man still in his youth, and who had done so much to provide the fourth phase of the "information revolution" so many powerful tools with which to further decentralize our communications with one another. The work of his mind not only did more to foster human well-being than did the combined efforts of all social workers and self-styled altruists, but helped to generate billions of dollars in real wealth.

Shortly after watching this news report, I was informed of Sen. Harry Reid's contribution to the storehouse of economic ignorance: a proposal to impose an additional 5% tax on millionaires, a measure quickly embraced by Pres. Obama. With the economy in state-induced entropic collapse, why would any intelligent mind consider further taxing the earnings of those who have already demonstrated their capacities for generating wealth such as the just-departed Steve Jobs as a productive undertaking? Would the additional revenues be used to compensate the less-productive members of society (be it in the form of corporate or lower-income welfare)? Or, might it be used to further finance U.S. military efforts that destroy the lives and wealth of foreigners, so that American corporate enterprises can be handsomely paid to rebuild what government policy had reduced to rubble?

Within an hour of hearing such arrant nonsense, I went over to a neighborhood convenience store to make a purchase. In the line in front of me stood some 10 or 12 people, most of whom were purchasing lottery tickets. What a contrast: the death of a creative genius who had, through his own efforts, created billions of dollars in wealth, and many of my neighbors intent on investing in what has become the accepted means for enjoying riches: luck. But, then, my mind recalled the babblings of so many politicians, government officials, and members of the media; they, too, seemed to accept the proposition that the economic health of the country could be restored by luck ("somehow or other"), or by Ben Bernanke's resort to the magic of printing more money!

On this sad day, intelligent men and women will soon have occasion to realize just what a loss Steve Jobs's death means to a productive world.

Did You Get An EPA Coloring Book?

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OBAMA NOW AGAINST CATHOLICS AND MAKES JOKES ABOUT IT! LET'S MAKE A JOKE OF OBAMA AND VOTE HIM OUT OF OFFICE.

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'Darn Tooting!' Obama Brags About HHS Reg Catholic Bishops Call Attack on Liberty

By Terence P. Jeffrey

October 5, 2011

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President Barack Obama (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

(CNSNews.com) - Bantering with the audience at a fundraiser in St. Louis yesterday, President Barack Obama bragged about a new regulation, proposed by the Department of Health and Human Services, that the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has denounced as an "unprecedented attack on religious liberty."

"Darn right!" an audience member at the fundraiser shouted as Obama described the regulation.

"Darn tooting!" Obama said back.

The proposed regulation, designed to implement part of Obamacare, will require all private health plans in the United States to cover sterilizations and all FDA-approved contraceptives--including those that cause abortions—without charging any fees or co-pay. These regulations were drawn to implement a provision in Obama's health-care law that calls for all health-care plans to cover "preventive services."

Combined with Obamacare's mandate that all individuals must buy health insurance, the "preventive services" regulation would require all American Catholics to buy health care plans that pay for sterilizations, contraceptives and abortions--all of which violate Catholic moral teaching.

A "religious exemption" in the regulation is so narrowly drawn that it does not include any lay Catholics, or any Catholic hospitals, charitable organizations, or colleges or universities. Thus, many major Catholic institutions in the United States would be forced to choose between dropping health insurance coverage for their employees and students or violating the moral teachings of their own church.

In comments on the regulation submitted to HHS last month, the Catholic bishops called for the regulation to be "rescinded in its entirety" and described the proposal as "government coercion of religious people."

"Indeed, such nationwide government coercion of religious people and groups to sell, broker, or purchase 'services' to which they have a moral or religious objection represents an unprecedented attack on religious liberty," the bishops said.

At a Democratic National Committee fundraiser at the Renaissance Hotel in St. Louis last night, Obama touted the "preventive services" regulation to an appreciative audience.

"And, yes, we passed health care reform because no one in America should go bankrupt because somebody in their family gets sick," said Obama, according to the official White House transcript of his remarks.

"Insurance companies can't drop your coverage for no good reason," said Obama. "They won't be able to deny your coverage because of preexisting conditions. Think about what that means for families all across America. Think about what it means for women."

At that point, an audience member shouted: "Birth control."

"Absolutely. You're stealing my line," said Obama.

"Breast cancer, cervical cancer, are no longer preexisting conditions," Obama continued. "No longer can insurance companies discriminate against women just because you guys are the ones who have to give birth."

At this point, a member of a laughing audience shouted out: "Darn right!"

"Darn tooting," Obama answered back—to laughter. "They have to cover things like mammograms and contraception as preventive care, no more out-of-pocket costs."

Last week, the Catholic bishops distributed an insert for placement in church bulletins all across the country. It called on Catholics to contact HHS to object to the regulation. On their website the bishops are now asking Catholic to write Congress to urge members to support legislation that would overturn the regulation.

a friendly reminder

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Fwd: Occupy Bell Buckle

rofl

I am on their mailing list to spy on them and I got this

Bell Buckle is a town in Tennessee with 300 people in it

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Mary Kay Henry, SEIU President <info@seiu.org>
Date: Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 3:00 PM
Subject: Occupy Bell Buckle
To: majors.bruce@gmail.com

Dear friend,

By now you've seen the thousands of brave students, workers and the unemployed occupying Wall Street.

But did you know that as of yesterday, there are over 300 solidarity "occupy events" happening across the country and around the clock?

In Philadelphia, 1,000+ individuals took to City Hall on Tuesday night.

In Washington, D.C., people have camped out in McPherson Square, symbolically located on K Street, since last week.

In L.A., citizens have spent six straight days and nights outside City Hall protesting against income inequality and joblessness.

The crowds and peaceful demonstrations will only get larger and louder as more Americans find the courage to stand up and demand Wall Street, CEOs and millionaires pay their fair share to create good jobs now.

This is the moment that determines whether this movement succeeds or falls flat. Will you pledge to help the movement spread by visiting an Occupy event in Bell Buckle? You can sign up and find a comprehensive list of events here:

http://action.seiu.org/occupy-wall-street

Over the last few weeks we've seen crowds of "Occupy Wall Street" protestors capture the nation's attention as they stood their ground despite aggressive police behavior and hundreds of arrests.

These courageous young activists have given us all a shot of inspiration and hope that we can indeed turn this country around.

We are proud of the actions taken by 1199 United Healthcare Workers East, SEIU 32BJ and other SEIU local unions to support the Wall Street protests.

But as we talk to other "Occupy" participants across the country, they tell us their first need is people.

So we're working with our friends at Daily Kos to see if we can help.

Find an Occupy event happening in your city and pledge to sign up to get involved. You can do that here:

http://action.seiu.org/occupy-wall-street

As part of a peaceful, united movement we can do so much more to demonstrate the increasing urgency of the crisis our country faces and shine a light on those responsible.

Let's go for it!

In solidarity,

Mary Kay Henry
President, SEIU

SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION

SEIU
1800 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC 20036

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