Author Archives: Highvoltage

Checking The Climate Scientists

Thanks to NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), we can mine the temperature data for the many weather stations across the world.  You know the Anthropogenic Global Warming meme – Human caused CO2 pollution in the atmosphere will cause … Continue reading

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Amnesty That Makes Sense

Illegal immigration is the elephant in the room and a problem that is not going away in America.  While the problem is obvious, the solutions are not.  On the far Left we have a proposal to grant amnesty to all … Continue reading

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Is This How A Leader Acts?

Obama gave us another example of his leadership yesterday by calling US companies “lazy.”  This happened at a speech to a business forum during the Economic Summit with many Asian countries attending where topics such as trade and currency policy … Continue reading

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Conservatives Have Been Fighting With One Arm Tied Behind Our Backs

There is a great post from Alveda King (Niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.) that explains why Liberals are terrified of Herman Cain.  The money quote from this post is pasted below: “For many years, the Democrats have had … Continue reading

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The Gaff Nobody is Talking About

If you were like me, I felt sorry for Perry last night when he couldn’t remember the third government agency he’d shut down and as you’d expect, that gaff has been all over the blogosphere today.  But I spent most … Continue reading

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Occupy Wall Street Will Hang Themselves

Did you hear the story about the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) protester who decided he had enough of the corruptions and quit the movement?  Don’t worry if you missed it, there’ll be plenty more in the coming weeks and months. … Continue reading

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Measurable Goals For America

I pondered in a previous post  how we would structure government expenditures if we were starting a new country.  But let’s expand that thought experiment and ask – what are the measurable goals for our country?  What are we striving … Continue reading

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Socialism, Unions and Automobiles

No, this is not the title of a new comedy/parody about Occupy Wall Street.  I heard two stories on NPR this evening on the drive home that struck me as examples of what is wrong with both Socialism and Unions … Continue reading

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Is This How We Run a Country?

If you were to start a new country, one of the things you will have to consider is how the incoming tax dollars will be spent.  A government should look at its Constitution and determine the areas that are clearly … Continue reading

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Income Inequality

If you are not familiar with these two words then you haven’t been watching the news the past 2 months or paid attention to the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) demonstrations.  There is a new report from the Congressional Budget Office … Continue reading

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Poverty Rate and Welfare Spending

I was looking at Welfare spending as a percent of GDP from the following site and wondered if this data were somehow correlated with US poverty rate from this site.  The results were startling!  Starting in the early 70’s, Welfare … Continue reading

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Perry Tax Plan Compared To Cain 9-9-9 Plan

UPDATE [25-OCT-11 21:00 EDT]: I have updated this post as more details of the Perry plan have been revealed. Rick Perry announced tonight that he has come up with a new Tax Plan that he calls “Cut, Balance and Grow.”  … Continue reading

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We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Jobs

In the wake of Alabama’s strong Illegal Immigration Law , which passed over three weeks ago, the state is now facing a labor crisis that has farmers struggling to plant and harvest their crops.  I was in favor of the … Continue reading

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This is How Socialism Always Ends

The honeymoon is over for Occupy Wall Street.  The kids are getting restless and now that whole Socialism thing isn’t sounding so good.  Sharing all your stuff with everyone isn’t as appealing as it once was and they are even … Continue reading

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Herman Cain Should Pivot to Politician

Recently, Herman Cain has been mentioned as a front runner in the bid for the Republican presidential nominee and the white hot political spotlight has been focused on him.  This was not unexpected and if the front runner can’t withstand … Continue reading

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No Country For Our Youth

I hope the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) protests continue for a long time.  The very existence of the OWS movement is a direct result of Liberal policies over the past 20 years and  America needs to see this.  We are … Continue reading

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999 Plan Analyzed (Part 2)

I stated in my previous post on Herman Cain’s 999 Plan analysis that one of the main arguments against the 999 plan was that it was not revenue neutral.  That premise states that the tax collected from the 999 Plan … Continue reading

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999 Plan Analyzed (Part 1)

There have been three main arguments against Herman Cain’s 999 Plan – 1) The national sales tax gives the Government another tool to use for higher tax collection, 2) the plan is not revenue neutral and 3) the plan penalizes … Continue reading

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Obama Tips His Hand

Senior Obama campaign strategist David Axelrod made some comments to reporters today and in doing so, tipped the Obama camp’s hand on how they’ll battle Mitt Romney in the general election.  It appears the Obama camp sees Romney as the … Continue reading

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Divide and Defeat the AJA

As was expected, the President’s American Jobs Act (AJA) was rejected in the Senate on a vote of 51-48 with two Democrats joining all Senate Republicans in blocking debate on the Bill.  There is absolutely no chance the AJA will … Continue reading

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