Sunday, March 18, 2012

Rick Santelli's Chicago Tea Party

Rick Santelli's Chicago Tea Party

Tax the rich … more? Why Jerry Brown changed his plan to save California.

Posted: 17 Mar 2012 04:40 PM PDT

By Daniel B. Wood, The Christian Science Monitor

California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) is willing to ratchet up taxes on the rich in order to ensure that his top political priority – a ballot initiative to help pare back California's $9.2 billion deficit – has a better chance of passing this fall.

The move is a nod to political reality. The California Federation of Teachers (CFT) was planning to put its own tax measures on the ballot to compete with Governor Brown's, and voters typically vote "no" when confused by multiple initiatives on the same topic. So in a deal with the union this week, Brown agreed to amend his plan, making it tougher on California's wealthiest residents.

Brown's willingness to change his plan is evidence of how deeply the initiative process has reshaped the political landscape in California. With the Republican minority refusing to play ball in the Legislature, the ballot was Brown's last resort for his tax plan – and with the teacher's union threatening to play spoiler, Brown had little choice but to compromise, experts say.

"The initiative system shifts a lot of power from elected officials to those who can mount initiative campaigns," says Jack Pitney, a political scientist at Claremont McKenna College, via e-mail. "Brown didn’t have much leverage over the union. The union had a great deal of leverage over Brown."

To read more, visit:  http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2012/0316/Tax-the-rich-more-Why-Jerry-Brown-changed-his-plan-to-save-California

Memo to Cameron and Obama: if you want cheaper oil, stop printing money!

Posted: 17 Mar 2012 04:36 PM PDT

By James Delingpole, The Telegraph

One of the understandable issues of concern which has been raised during David Cameron’s Brokeback-Mountain-style bonding session with his fellow liberal Barack Obama is the rising price of oil. Maybe they should watch the clip of Ron Paul telling it like it is to Obama’s Spendthrift-in-Chief (aka head of the Federal Reserve) Ben Bernanke. (H/T Cobden Centre).

The point Ron Paul makes is a very simple one: when you print money everything – including oil – gets more expensive. Sure it may suit the Obama/Cameron narrative to insist that the oil price rise is down to external factors like Chinese demand or the tensions with Iran. But the truth is that a lot of it is a problem of their own making thanks to Quantitative Easing (QE) policies which are not only stealing money from savers, encouraging a misallocation of resources, and punishing pensioners, but which are also massively increasing the cost of living and the price of oil.

As Paul notes, “someone is stealing wealth and it’s very upsetting.”

To read more, visit:  http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/jamesdelingpole/100144641/memo-to-cameron-and-obama-if-you-want-cheaper-oil-stop-printing-money/

Americans Embrace “Smart” Gadgets Used to Spy on Them

Posted: 17 Mar 2012 04:32 PM PDT


From InfoWars.com

CIA director David Petraeus has said that the rise of new "smart" gadgets means that Americans are effectively bugging their own homes, saving US spy agencies a job when it identifies any "persons of interest".

To read more, visit:  http://www.infowars.com/americans-embrace-smart-gadgets-used-to-spy-on-them/

Champaign Tea Party Announces Annual Tax Day Rally

Posted: 17 Mar 2012 04:23 PM PDT

From The Daily Illini

With a month to go, tax returns are nearing their due date. In the occasion, the Champaign Tea Party is planning a rally to be held at West side Park, on April the 15th from 1:00 to 2:30 PM.

Champaign Tea Party Chairman, Norman Davis, stated the speaker line up will include local entrepreneur Habeeb Habeeb and Adam Andrzejewski, founder of For the Good of Illinois and former Illinois gubernatorial candidate.

"I am very excited about our speakers," Davis said. "Habeeb brings a genuine love for the United States combined with a conservative's views on taxes. Adam will be speaking about the need for more transparency and responsibility in government."

"We want to invite and encourage everyone to come out and have a good time," said Davis.
This will be the third Tax Day Rally, held annually since the local parties founding three years ago.

To read more, visit: http://www.dailyillini.com/index.php/article/2012/03/champaign_tea_party_announces_annual_tax_day_rally

Rand Paul writes Bob McDonnell about Virginia bill

Posted: 17 Mar 2012 04:07 PM PDT

By Anita Kumar, The Washington Post

U.S. Sen. Rand Paul (R.- Ky.) penned a letter to Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell. But it's not about his father's run for president.

Paul, a tea party favorite, is asking McDonnell (R) to sign a bill that would ban state employees — including the Virginia National Guard and State Police — from assisting in the federal detention of U.S. citizens without criminal charges or court hearings.

"It is my sincere hope that you will join me and other freedom-loving Americans in support of HB1160 by signing it into law," Paul wrote to McDonnell in a letter dated Thursday. "The Father of the Constitution and the architect of the Bill of Rights, Virginia's own James Madison, would be proud of Virginia's General Assembly for passing HB1160. ''

The bill, introduced by Del. Bob Marshall (R-Prince William), who is running for U.S. Senate, was passed in the final days of the legislative session last week by the General Assembly, despite opposition by fellow Republicans.

The legislation is based on the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012, which Marshall and Rand say allows the indefinite government detention of citizens in some cases.

To read more, visit: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/virginia-politics/post/rand-paul-writes-bob-mcdonnell-about-virginia-bill/2012/03/16/gIQAjm7cGS_blog.html

The Obamacare case is a ‘win-win’ for the Tea Party

Posted: 17 Mar 2012 03:59 PM PDT

By Dean Clancy, legislative counsel and vice president of healthcare policy, FreedomWorks, The Hill

On March 26, the Supreme Court will begin three days of historic oral arguments on the president's controversial healthcare law.

No matter what the court decides, it's likely to galvanize the law's opponents, identified with the Tea Party movement, more than its supporters.

Here's why:

Elections are won and lost based on differential turnout, which is a fancy word for what happens when Team A, although tied with Team B in the polls, shows up in greater numbers at the polls — and thus cleans Team B's clock.

Turnout is determined mostly by intensity of feeling. Unfortunately for Democrats, on this issue the intensity is concentrated among the law's opponents within the Tea Party.

To read more, visit:  http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/healthcare/216475-the-obamacare-case-is-a-win-win-for-the-tea-party

Sharron Angle won’t run for elected office in 2012

Posted: 17 Mar 2012 03:55 PM PDT


From KTVN.com

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) – Nevada Republican Sharron Angle says she didn’t take her decision not to run for office in this year’s election lightly.

The tea party favorite said she will instead focus on what she calls an epidemic of voter fraud. In a video posted on her website on Friday, Angle said she intends to work on a film to document voter fraud and election tampering.

Many staunch conservatives feel voter fraud or election tampering led to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s victory over Angle two years ago, though county and election officials said there was no evidence to support those claims.

Nevada Secretary of State Ross Miller says Angle’s “unsupported fraud claims” doesn’t give elections officials enough information even to open up a case file.

To read more, visit:  http://www.ktvn.com/story/17179295/sharron-angle-wont-run-for-elected-office-in-2012
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