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Taxes, Right and Wrong

March 23, 2019February 21, 2019 As a Republican, Ayn Rand, Conservative Betrayal, CONSERVATIVE MEDIA, Economic Downturn, ECONOMY, Far Righ Loons, Idiot Conservatives, Koch Brothers, MAIN PAGE, Makers, Randian Economic Disaster, Recession, Takers, Taxes, Tea Party Patriots, WYATT EARP

Originally published on Feburary 23, 2013. Between 2008 and 1011 26 major corporations paid NO FEDERAL CORPORATE INCOME TAX. Last year, Facebook made $1

A Life of Service, Giving Back, Yada Yada Yada

December 10, 2018December 9, 2018 CULTURE, ECONOMY, FAITH, Koch Brothers, MAIN PAGE, Makers, PERSONAL, Takers, Taxes

I think the worst pop culture nightmare of our age is Oprah. I don’t say this lightly and it has nothing to do with

People With Alzheimer’s Deserve to Be Treated with Dignity

February 27, 2018February 27, 2018 Alzheimer’s Disease, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, ECONOMY, Far Righ Loons, Idiot Conservatives, Libertarians, Makers, Paul Ryan, PERSONAL, POLITICAL, SCIENCE, Takers, The Pink Flamingo’s Father

NOTE: First published on April 6, 2014. I’ve had a long day. This reflects a conversation I had with a friend. I’m too tired

Ode to the Consumer

January 22, 2016January 20, 2016 CULTURE, Economic Downturn, ECONOMY, Makers, Recession, Takers, Taxes

Woe unto the world, now that oil prices have tanked. If you watch Bloomberg, it is the end of the world as we know

Money Talks, Right?

May 18, 2015May 17, 2015 CULTURE, ECONOMY, Far Righ Loons, Koch Brothers, MAIN PAGE, Makers, Randian Economic Disaster, SCIENCE, Seismology, Takers

I think by now we all know the real reason Oklahoma oil typhoon (note the word typhoon) Harold Hamm’s former wife dumped him and

An Economic Dummy’s Version of Gov’t Spending – for Other Dummies

March 23, 2015March 22, 2015 Ayn Rand, Conservative, Corruption, CULTURE, DEMOCRAT, Democratic Party, Economic Downturn, ECONOMY, HISTORY, Koch Brothers, Koch Machine Whores, Libertarians, MAIN PAGE, Makers, POLITICAL, Randian Economic Disaster, Recession, REPUBLICAN, Republican Party, Republicans, Takers, Taxes 1

Once again the left and the right and the center is fighting about money. Liberals want more taxes. Conservatives want fewer. I agree with

Caution: This One Is a Tear Jerker

March 16, 2015March 15, 2015 Ayn Rand, Bigotry, CONSERVATIVE MEDIA, CRIME, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, ECONOMY, Far Righ Loons, Historial Ignorance, HISTORY, Koch Brothers, MAIN PAGE, Makers, Obama Administration, Racism, Randian Economic Disaster, Recession, Takers

I’ve been wondering, for awhile now, what happened to us. I love watching the Brits. They are so damn pragmatically patriotic that they make

Death and Taxes

January 1, 2015December 31, 2014 Classic Hollywood, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, ECONOMY, England, Historial Ignorance, HISTORY, MAIN PAGE, Makers, Takers, Taxes

I’ve been forced to learn quite a few things since my father died in October. The easiest part has been dealing with the social

A Consumer Based Economy – Merry Christmas to Us All! (but the Brother’s Koch)

December 24, 2014December 23, 2014 Barack Obama, CULTURE, Economic Downturn, ECONOMY, George W. Bush, Historial Ignorance, HISTORY, Idiot Conservatives, Koch Brothers, Koch Machine Whores, Makers, POLITICAL, Recession, Susana Martinez, Takers, Taxes

Immediately after the horrific attacks on 9/11, President George W. Bush repeatedly stated that we have consumer based economy. If you want to recover

Oil Prices Are Falling, Billionaries Are Losing It – Blaming It on Putin?

December 4, 2014December 3, 2014 ALEC, CONSERVATIVE, Economic Downturn, ECONOMY, Koch Brothers, Koch Machine Whores, MAIN PAGE, Makers, Paul Krugman, Recession, Takers

There are times when you just wonder about the mentality of the world. In the ongoing real-life version of the satire, Canadian Bacon, the

Thinking Beyond the Box

September 26, 2014September 26, 2014 Alzheimer’s Disease, CONSERVATIVE, CULTURE, Economic Downturn, ECONOMY, Family, MAIN PAGE, Makers, PERSONAL, Randian Economic Disaster, Recession, Takers

If I were the only one dealing with senior citizen parents and the financial disaster which has engulfed our culture and our country, it

Walking with Billionaires

February 17, 2014February 16, 2014 ALEC, Ayn Rand, CULTURE, Economic Downturn, ECONOMY, Far Righ Loons, Koch Brothers, Koch Machine Whores, Koch Whores, MAIN PAGE, Makers, Randian Economic Disaster, Recession, Rush Limbaugh, Takers, Taxes

Billionaire Richard Branson has basically screwed the state of New Mexico, already to the tune of at least two hundred million bucks. I don’t

Let Them Eat Cake!

February 13, 2014February 12, 2014 Art, CONSERVATIVE, CONSERVATIVE MEDIA, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, ECONOMY, Far Righ Loons, Historial Ignorance, Koch Brothers, MAIN PAGE, Makers, Music, Takers

Last week, tons of coal dust spilled into the Dan River in North Carolina, turning it into nothing but a black morass of sludge.

The Long Term Unemployed

February 11, 2014February 11, 2014 Ayn Rand, Economic Downturn, ECONOMY, Far Righ Loons, Historial Ignorance, MAIN PAGE, Makers, Paul Krugman, Randian Economic Disaster, Recession, Takers, Taxes

If you live in a state like New Mexico, you start to comprehend how truly desperate our economic situation is. If you live in

Tawdry Tales of a Terrified Billionaire

January 31, 2014January 27, 2014 CONSERVATIVE MEDIA, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, ECONOMY, Far Righ Loons, Idiot Conservatives, Koch Brothers, Koch Machine Whores, Koch Whores, MAIN PAGE, Makers, Paul Krugman, Recession, Rush Limbaugh, Takers, Taxes

According to Paul Krugman, one of the reasons the extreme wealthy are so worried about being taxed, the same way we the little people

Libertairan, Far Right Governors Are a Disaster

January 30, 2014January 29, 2014 20th Century US, ALEC, Ayn Rand, Bailouts, Bobby Jindal, Conservative, CONSERVATIVE, CONSERVATIVE MEDIA, Corruption, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, Economic Downturn, ECONOMY, Far Righ Loons, Idiot Conservatives, Koch Brothers, Koch Machine Whores, Libertarians, MAIN PAGE, Makers, Mark Sanford, New Mexico, NEW MEXICO POLITICS, Randian Economic Disaster, Recession, REPUBLICAN, Republican Party, Republicans, South Carolina, Susana Martinez, Takers, Taxes

Was Mark Sanford one of the first in the new wave of ALEC, Koch inspired, libertarian anti-business Republican governors? When you look at the

Land of the Lost Enchantment & Lost (Opportunity)

January 26, 2014January 22, 2014 ALEC, CONSERVATIVE, Crazy NM Politics, Economic Downturn, ECONOMY, Far Righ Loons, Koch Brothers, Koch Machine Whores, MAIN PAGE, Makers, New Mexico GOP, NEW MEXICO POLITICS, Randian Economic Disaster, Recession, Susana Martinez, Takers

New Mexico’s top political blogger, Joe Monahan described Susana Martinez’ State of the State Speech as being like “…spraying a can of Lysol on

Why Concentrated Wealth Is an Eventual Recipe for Financial Disaster

January 25, 2014January 22, 2014 Ayn Rand, Conservative, CULTURE, Democratic Party, Economic Downturn, ECONOMY, Libertarian Party, Libertarians, MAIN PAGE, Makers, Randian Economic Disaster, Recession, Republican Party, Republicans, Takers, Taxes

It is being reported that there is going to be a major realignment of retail and store closures. People don’t have the money to

There Should Be No Shame in Poverty

January 22, 2014January 20, 2014 Ayn Rand, CONSERVATIVE, CRIME, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, Economic Downturn, ECONOMY, Far Righ Loons, Idiot Conservatives, Koch Whores, MAIN PAGE, Makers, Paul Krugman, Randian Economic Disaster, Recession, Rush Limbaugh, Takers

David Brooks, like most of his ilk, think that poverty is a societal and sociological problem rather than an economic one. There’s a reason

Part III: Rush, Pope Francis, Marxism & Christ

December 9, 2013December 6, 2013 Ayn Rand, Bailouts, Bill O’Reilly, Catholic, Christian History, CONSERVATIVE MEDIA, Cultural Illiteracy, Economic Downturn, ECONOMY, FAITH, Faith, Far Righ Loons, Historial Ignorance, Idiot Conservatives, Koch Brothers, Koch Machine Whores, Makers, Pope Francis, Randian Economic Disaster, Recession, Rush Limbaugh, Takers, Taxes

One thing that becomes apparent is that the far right has its talking points to ‘deal’ with the Marxist Pope who is just following

Part II: Rush, Pope Francis, Marxism & Christ

December 8, 2013December 4, 2013 Ayn Rand, Bailouts, Catholic, Christian History, CONSERVATIVE MEDIA, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, Economic Downturn, ECONOMY, FAITH, Faith, Far Righ Loons, Historial Ignorance, Idiot Conservatives, Koch Brothers, Koch Machine Whores, Makers, Pope Francis, Randian Economic Disaster, Recession, Rush Limbaugh, Takers, Taxes

Rush Limbaugh, in his infinite wisdom, says that the new pope is a Marxist. There is a reason for this. During the late 19th

Part I: Rush, Pope Francis, Marxism & Christ

December 7, 2013December 4, 2013 Ayn Rand, Catholic, Christian History, CONSERVATIVE MEDIA, CULTURE, Economic Downturn, ECONOMY, FAITH, Faith, Far Righ Loons, Historial Ignorance, Idiot Conservatives, Koch Brothers, Koch Machine Whores, Koch Whores, MAIN PAGE, Makers, Pope Francis, Randian Economic Disaster, Recession, Rush Limbaugh, Takers, Taxes

What do you do with an alleged ‘Marxist’ pope who takes the teachings of Christ so seriously that he goes out, hangs with the

Barack Obama’s Amazing Speech

December 4, 2013 Ayn Rand, Bailouts, Barack Obama, Economic Downturn, ECONOMY, FAITH, MAIN PAGE, Makers, Pope Francis, Randian Economic Disaster, Recession, Takers, Taxes

The following is a full transcript of President Obama’s truly remarkable speech today. If you want a reason why I voted for Barack Obama,

Part V: The Beginning of the End of Wal-Mart

December 1, 2013November 26, 2013 Ayn Rand, Cultural Illiteracy, ECONOMY, Far Righ Loons, MAIN PAGE, Makers, Recession, Takers, Taxes

Is Walmart terrorizing Kalpona Akter? Who is she and why is she important to them, and why is she such a threat to them?

Part IV: The Beginning of the End of Wal-Mart

November 30, 2013November 26, 2013 Ayn Rand, Bailouts, Economic Downturn, ECONOMY, Idiot Conservatives, MAIN PAGE, Makers, Recession, Takers, Taxes

The fourth of five parts of my expose on Walmart has no real theme. Like the others, it is more an information dump. The

Part III: The Beginning of the End of Wal-Mart

November 29, 2013November 26, 2013 Ayn Rand, Bailouts, Economic Downturn, ECONOMY, Idiot Conservatives, MAIN PAGE, Makers, Recession, Takers, Taxes

This is the third of five parts of my one size fits all information dump about Walmart. There is no particular order in which

Part II: The Beginning of the End of Wal-Mart

November 28, 2013November 26, 2013 Bailouts, Economic Downturn, ECONOMY, Idiot Conservatives, MAIN PAGE, Makers, Recession, Takers, Taxes

This is the second of five parts of my catch-all information dump about Walmart. Nothing is presented in order. There is no real daily

Part I: The Beginning of the End of Wal-Mart

November 27, 2013November 26, 2013 Bailouts, Economic Downturn, ECONOMY, Idiot Conservatives, MAIN PAGE, Makers, Recession, Takers, Taxes

The headlines said it all. A Walmart in Ohio was holding a food drive, for their customers to donate canned goods to help their

The Thirty Cent Solution

November 10, 2013November 9, 2013 Ayn Rand, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, ECONOMY, FAITH, Far Righ Loons, Historial Ignorance, MAIN PAGE, Makers, Recession, Takers, Tea Party Patriots

The other day, in Dickinson, Texas, a 6th grade boy had his breakfast tossed because his meal account was 30 cents low. Yes, the

Conservative & Libertaria – Dictatorial Fascism

September 13, 2013September 12, 2013 Ayn Rand, CONSERVATIVE MEDIA, Far Righ Loons, Idiot Conservatives, MAIN PAGE, Makers, Michelle Obama, Rush Limbaugh, Takers 1

Remember when Rush Limbaugh made fun of Michelle Obama for her emphasis on diet and healthy eating? People had a right to eat what