tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21127328627475144122024-03-04T23:44:35.944-08:00tkinion-streamofconsciousnesstkinionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02763548586420414734noreply@blogger.comBlogger70125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2112732862747514412.post-41294789725033835822012-12-16T19:56:00.002-08:002012-12-16T19:56:17.249-08:00Guns save lives Guns saves lives and are routinely used in self defense, it's just not widely reported:<br />
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<a href="http://gunssavelives.net/incident-map/"> Self Defense Map </a>tkinionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02763548586420414734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2112732862747514412.post-14147663924164135702012-12-15T12:27:00.001-08:002012-12-15T12:27:02.683-08:00NewsBusted 12/14/12 California tax rates Jodi Miller is hilarious. <br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pk95ClADuEI">NewsBusted 12/14/12</a>tkinionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02763548586420414734noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2112732862747514412.post-80876318484621756622012-08-31T13:23:00.001-07:002012-08-31T13:23:17.830-07:00The Quivering Leg Crowd<a href="http://www.ocregister.com/articles/racist-370103-white-dog.html">Mark Steyn: Racist dog whistles and the men who hear them</a>tkinionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02763548586420414734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2112732862747514412.post-66559355043183259652012-08-08T09:14:00.001-07:002012-08-08T09:14:06.797-07:00The incomparable Rep. Allen West<a href="http://www.theblaze.com/stories/dem-congressman-allen-west-had-chick-fil-a-catered-to-black-caucus-meeting-insulted-everyone/">Dem. Congressman: Allen West Had Chick-fil-A Catered to Black Caucus Meeting, Insulted Everyone</a>tkinionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02763548586420414734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2112732862747514412.post-43236055450663171912012-08-08T09:10:00.001-07:002012-08-31T13:26:34.097-07:00Re: To Hell with You People, Again. Mitt will kill your loved ones five years after his minions lay you off<a href="http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/313392/re-hell-you-people-again-mark-steyn">Re: To Hell with You People, Again</a>tkinionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02763548586420414734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2112732862747514412.post-27989088909116626972012-07-02T11:57:00.001-07:002012-07-02T11:57:44.993-07:00'Washington Post' Backs Off Claim Romney Outsourced Jobs<div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in;">Washington Post, "The actual article, in fact, does not say that transfers of U.S. jobs took place while Romney ran the private equity firm of Bain Capital. …The Obama campaign moved quickly to define what the article said, claiming that this transfer of jobs took place while Romney ran Bain. That’s not what the original article said."</div><br />
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<a href="http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Journalism/2012/07/02/Wapo-backs-off-romney-outsource-claim">'Washington Post' Backs Off Claim Romney Outsourced Jobs</a>tkinionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02763548586420414734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2112732862747514412.post-67990398104980679932012-06-19T05:52:00.002-07:002012-06-19T06:04:47.455-07:00“Americans … in every single way but one — on paper."President Barack Obama now claims that the illegal aliens, to whom he
purports to grant what effectively is amnesty, are “Americans … in every
single way but one — on paper.” That is false. I believe the President is cleverly parsing words. People who live in
the America’s, which includes North America and the USA are by
definition “Americans”. But what does it take to be a US Citizen, which is actually the subject.
According to the Oath of Allegiance to the United States. (1) Allegiance
to the United States Constitution, (2) renunciation of allegiance to
any foreign country to which the immigrant has had previous allegiances
(3) defense of the Constitution against enemies “foreign and domestic”
(4) promise to serve in the United States Armed Forces when required by
law (either combat or non-combat) (5) promise to perform civilian duties
of “national importance” when required by law. Anyone seriously
believe that the majority of even a significant minority of those
illegal aliens actually believe in the above? Yes they are Americas, but
the have not met the fundamental requirements to be US citizens.<br />
<br />tkinionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02763548586420414734noreply@blogger.com0Allen, TX 75002, USA33.1044628 -96.64243333.0512583 -96.721397 33.1576673 -96.563469tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2112732862747514412.post-63650535262961718822012-05-28T06:29:00.001-07:002012-05-28T06:29:13.708-07:00Chris Hayes: I'm 'Uncomfortable' Calling Fallen Military 'Heroes' | NewsBusters.org<a href="http://newsbusters.org/blogs/mark-finkelstein/2012/05/27/chris-hayes-im-uncomfortable-calling-fallen-military-heroes#ixzz1w6mBDLvo">Chris Hayes: I'm 'Uncomfortable' Calling Fallen Military 'Heroes' | NewsBusters.org</a>tkinionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02763548586420414734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2112732862747514412.post-89708025362167656102012-05-28T06:27:00.001-07:002012-05-28T06:27:56.861-07:00Chris Hayes: I'm 'Uncomfortable' Calling Fallen Military 'Heroes' | NewsBusters.org<a href="http://newsbusters.org/blogs/mark-finkelstein/2012/05/27/chris-hayes-im-uncomfortable-calling-fallen-military-heroes#ixzz1w6mBDLvo">Chris Hayes: I'm 'Uncomfortable' Calling Fallen Military 'Heroes' | NewsBusters.org</a>tkinionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02763548586420414734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2112732862747514412.post-4546349372322372522012-05-25T09:28:00.001-07:002012-05-25T09:28:27.625-07:00Forget Bain — Obama’s public-equity record is the real scandal<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/forget-bain-obamas-public-equity-record-is-the-real-scandal/2012/05/24/gJQAXnXCnU_story.html">Forget Bain — Obama’s public-equity record is the real scandal</a>tkinionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02763548586420414734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2112732862747514412.post-57208927684004416092012-05-11T08:16:00.001-07:002012-05-11T08:16:05.193-07:00She lived in Kenya to escape bullying from Mitt, but she comes here and ...<a href="http://bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view/20220511dont_cry_for_auntie_zeituni">Don’t cry for Auntie Zeituni</a>tkinionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02763548586420414734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2112732862747514412.post-83640692309187338612012-04-30T17:22:00.001-07:002012-04-30T17:22:29.339-07:00Spirit Airlines' final answer to dying Vietnam vet seeking ticket refund: No<a href="http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/04/30/spirit-airlines-stands-by-policy-denies-dying-florida-man-refund-request/">Spirit Airlines' final answer to dying Vietnam vet seeking ticket refund: No</a>tkinionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02763548586420414734noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2112732862747514412.post-70965934684258691552012-04-26T11:48:00.001-07:002012-04-26T11:48:10.796-07:00Bible checklist for Air Force lodges going away - Air Force News | News from Afghanistan & Iraq - Air Force Times<a href="http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2012/04/air-force-inn-bible-checklist-going-away-041612/#.T5mYXWzYZrk.blogger">Bible checklist for Air Force lodges going away - Air Force News | News from Afghanistan & Iraq - Air Force Times</a>tkinionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02763548586420414734noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2112732862747514412.post-81318818458514895572012-04-24T10:00:00.001-07:002012-04-24T10:00:36.365-07:00Here is another argument for having the government in charge of healthcare: their ability to reason!<a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2134280/Weeping-year-old-girl-accused-carrying-GUN-TSA-officers-hugged-grandmother-passing-security.html">Weeping four-year-old girl accused of carrying a GUN by TSA officers <br />
after she hugged her grandmother while passing through security</a>tkinionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02763548586420414734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2112732862747514412.post-92048745233723396502012-04-20T08:00:00.000-07:002012-04-20T08:00:36.538-07:00Twenty Best Cultured Small Towns in US?<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>So when I heard that the defeated Buffett rule would have taken $5,000,000,000.00 annually from tax payers and given it to the government, I was puzzled about why the President said passing the Buffett rule was a matter of fairness.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>To me, taking 30% of anyone’s property is more like robbery than fairness.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Perhaps there is a better way to understand the relationship of tax increases and fairness.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>I suggest a new economic fairness measurement.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>It can be called the Government Fairness Unit (GFU) and it can be used to simply state the amount of money (fairness) that it takes to put on a government conference, (approximately $1,000,000 counting scouting trips) multiplied times the number of government agencies<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>(I am using 1,250 to be conservative), which gives us 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