Category Archives: Money

Spitzer resigns, Governor Eliot Spitzer resigns, democratic governor tied to prostitution ring

Democratic NY governor Eliot Spitzer resigns. Eliot Spitzer has resigned his office as democratic governor of NY over allegations of involvement with a prostitution ring.

Spitzer said:

“atone for my private failings” with family members.

“The remorse I feel will always be with me and words cannot describe how grateful I am for the love and copmpassion they have shown me,”

Gas prices, oil refineries, global warming, polar bears, environmental wackos, economy

Always follow the money.

We all want a clean environment. Most of us want a healthy economy, jobs and gasoline to get to our jobs. There are some, mostly environmental wackos, that typically don’t have to work for a living. They get government money, non profit money, live with mommy & daddy or just generally bum off of people. They don’t care how high gas price go, or if you can even get it. They don’t have to work for a living.

So, wondering why gas prices are going up? Number 1 reason. Lack of refining capacity. This already existing problem was exacerbated by Hurricane Katrina. Refining capacity was reduced approximately 20 % or more. We are still trying to recover from that. Secondly, we are not using our reserves. Alaska has a huge amount of oil.

So, what is hampering our oil production. Environmental wackos. Let’s take Alaska for example. Of course, they always bring up environmental impact. But they also bring up animals like polar bears and whales. They use pseudo science of global warming and terms like may and could cause. They consistently use false data and science. I hear talk of polar bears becoming extinct almost every day when in fact their numbers have increased. Alleged receding ice will fundamentally have no impact on their numbers. 

So, when you fill up with gas, remember who is causing the problem, who only cares about fictitious polar bear issues and could care less about you.

For more information, visit these links:

http://www.theminorityreportblog.com/story/steven_foley/2008/02/02/alaska_oil_drilling_polar_bears_and_idiot_environmentalists

http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0921/p11s02-usec.html

http://www.reason.org/commentaries/moore_20050901.shtml

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,152922,00.html

http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/steo/pub/contents.html

Posting rules, disagreement, civility, accuracy, insults, hate, Clinton versus Bush taxes

Several days ago I posted an email that was sent to me regarding the tax rates and federal taxes imposed under the presidency of Bill Clinton and George W Bush. I clearly stated that the data came from an email and provided a link to The Tax Foundation. I knew that tax rates have been lower during the presidency of George W Bush and that Democrats are generally known for raising taxes and Republicans for lowering taxes. I posted the email as received and wanted responses. I received a response that is typical of a certain political segment that is known for slinging insults and an agenda of hate. The poster used a derogatory term and therefore the post got deleted. It was ok to disagree with a post on this blog or me. However, it must be done in a civilized manner. I have posted corrected data which still shows a big difference between the taxes paid during the Clinton years versus while George W Bush has been in office. This is one of the many lies about George W Bush that have been told, that he only cuts taxes for the rich. The Republicans try to keep taxes lower for everybody that earns income and thus prevent government from taking more of our money. It belongs to us!

My friends, I urge you to seek the truth. Do real research and go beyond the political rhetoric and lies.

Citizen Wells

Bush versus Clinton corrected tax data, tax tables, George Bush taxes

The email that was sent to me had some math errors, however the message is the same. Your taxes have been lower under the presidency of George Bush. Here are the corrected figures:

The table below presents the correct amount of tax paid by each of the hypothetical taxpayers in the comparison. Note that this comparison does not take into account the Alternative Minimum Tax, and the taxpayers in these examples take the standard deduction and do not have children.

Individual Income Taxes Under Presidents Clinton and Bush, 1999 Law and 2008 Law
For taxpayers who take the standard deduction and have no children
Taxpayer Tax under Clinton, 1999 tax law Tax under Bush, 2008 tax law
Single, income of 30,000 $3,157.50 $2,756.25
Single, income of 50,000 $7,262.50 $6,606.25
Married, income of $50,000 $5,085.00 $4,012.50
Single, income of $75,000 $14,262.50 $12,856.25
Married, income of $75,000 $9,426.50 $7,762.50
Single, income of $125,000* $29,378.50 $26,472.25
Married, income of $125,000* $23,426.50 $19,462.50
*This chart does not take into account the Alternative Minimum Tax

This information was taken from The Tax Foundation site:

http://www.taxfoundation.org/

Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Rewriting history, Dick Morris, Lies, Deception, Half Truths

US voters have short memories and many are oblivious to the truth and resemble more cattle been driven to the slaughter.

I have been revisiting “Rewriting History”, by Dick Morris, that was published in 2004 and made the NY Times bestseller list. Dick Morris was an advisor to Bill Clinton and became his campaign manager in the 1996 election. Dick Morris spent a lot of time with Bill and Hillary Clinton and knew them intimately. Dick Morris has become a serious critic of Bill and Hillary Clinton and in “Rewriting History” he reveals the truth about Hillary, the truth that only an insider and confidant could have. It still amazes me how much of the public ignores or refuses to believe the true nature of the Clintons. Here are some excerpts from “Rewriting History.” I urge you to read the book for yourself and do corroborating research.

“But some of Hillary’s hidden side is indeed dark.”

“Both of the Clintons are masters of subterfuge.”

“By contrast, Hillary knows full well who she is and what parts of her must never be exposed to public view. She reminds herself consciously, day after day, which parts of herself to hide and which to expose. Where Bill’s instinct for deception is neurotic, Hillary’s is opportunistic. He wants to hide his private life from our eyes; Hillary seeks to conceal her character from our view. But the things that Hillary hides are integral to her political essence. They are who she is and what makes her tick. Her trickery is designed to hide her most basic character and instincts from all of us.”

“The Clintons released their tax returns, but not for 1978 or 1979. Why not? I wondered. When the scandal about Hillary’s winnings in cattle future emerged, I had my answer: They were apparently anxious to hide her profits, lest there be questions about insider trading…”
“In fact, Hillary did not report her commodities profits on her
1980 tax returns; indeed, she reported a loss of $ 1,000. In April 1984, Clinton attorney, David Kendall had to announce that the Clintons were paying $ 14,615 in additional taxes, interest, and penalty on their underreported income for these years.”

A lot has been written about the “Whitewater Scandal”, but what Dick Morris has written is a must read. Here is a small sample:
“Hillary writes warmly of Susan McDougal for choosing years in jail rather than answer Starr’s questions. “Susan was suffering in jail for refusing to testify before the Whitewater Grand Jury.” But Hillary hasn’t always been so nice about Susan McDougal. When it looked as though she might turn on the Clintons, Hillary told me: “She is such a liar. She worked for Zubin Mehta and stole his silver. She’s crazy, unstable, and totally dishonest. You can’t trust a thing she says.” Susan was eventually acquitted of stealing from Mehta.”

“While I was working for the Clintons, I had firsthand experience with the tactics they used to distract, delay, and derail the work of special prosecutor Kenneth Starr.”
I could go on and on quoting Dick Morris, but it is better if you
read the book for yourself. Dick Morris has a website and if you have any questions or want more insight, visit:

http://www.dickmorris.com

Federal income tax, Clinton versus Bush comparison

Once again, the nice lady from the west coast has delivered an interesting email. Think the democrats are watching out for the little guy? Think George Bush and the republicans are just trying to help the wealthy? Read the following:

After watching a focus group of democrats that watched the democratic debate the other day in Vegas, ….  for the most part, all of them bashed Bush over and over again on how he is out for his millionaire friends and the big oil companies and he has totally forgotten or disregarded the little guy.  So, an ex-IRS employee decided to look back on the tax tables to see if there is any truth to what they said and the media keeps stating as fact, “Bush is only out for the rich in this country.”

Based on using the actual tax tables (see link below), here are some examples on what the taxes were/are on various amounts of income for both singles and married couples. so let’s see if the Bush tax cuts only helped the rich.
Taxes under Clinton 1999                                     Taxes under Bush 2008
Single making 30K – tax $8,400                           Single making 30K – tax $4,500
Single making 50K – tax $14,000                         Single making 50K – tax $12,500
Single making 75K – tax $23,250                          Single making 75K – tax $18,750
Married making 60K – tax $16,800                     Married making 60K – tax $9,000
Married making 75K – tax $21,000                     Married making 75K – tax $18,750
Married making 125K – tax $38,750                 Married making 125K – tax $31,250
If you want to know just how effective the mainstream media is, it is amazing how many people that fall into the categories above think Bush is screwing them and Bill Clinton was the greatest President ever.  If any democrat is elected, ALL of them say they will repeal the Bush tax cuts and a good portion of the people that fall into the categories above can’t wait for it to happen.  This is like the movie ‘The Sting’ with Paul Newman, you scam somebody out of some money and they don’t even know what happened.  Now this is effective (maybe not honest) marketing or maybe a better word is brain washing.

Enron, US president, media bias, NY Times

I have seen this email before and I received it again yesterday and thought it was worth posting. You won’t read about this in the mainstream media. You will read malicious, smear stories about an honorable man, John McCain, in the NY Times.

How Enron Worked the President!

(This is an interesting bit of information that you don’t hear much about.)

1. Enron’s chairman did meet with the president and the vice president in the Oval Office.

2. Enron gave $420,000 to the president’s party over three years.

3. It donated $100,000 to the president’s inauguration festivities.

4. The Enron chairman stayed at the White House 11 times.

5. The corporation had access to the administration at its highest level and even enlisted the Commerce and State Departments to grease deals for it.

6. The taxpayer-supported Export-Import Bank subsidized Enron for more than $600 million in just one transaction.

Scandalous!!


BUT…the president under whom all this happened WASN’T George W. Bush.

SURPRISE!

It was President Bill Clinton!

Pass this on so the whole Country will know. The Media Won’t!

ARE WE REALLY READY

FOR MRS. CLINTON?

 

Rush Limbaugh, global warming, Al Gore, climate stations, global warming myths

If you only listen to Rush Limbaugh for one topic, global warming, it is well worth your time. Rush Limbaugh is one of a few credible sources of information on factual data concerning alleged global warming. As Rush says, follow the money. Just a few years ago the so called experts were warning of global cooling and everyday we are bombarded with more misinformation and exagerations. The temperature change increase seems to change daily depending on which expert or politician is speaking. It is the policy of fear mongering and using political platforms to save the helpless populace.

Listen to the Rush Limbaugh show as often as you can and of course go to his website and check out the links on the global warming myth. Here is an example of a recent link on Rush’s site:

“Del. global warming skeptic stands pat

State climatologist on opposite side of governor in court case

Enter Legates, a Ph.D. climatologist who received the title of state climatologist in 2005 from Daniel Leathers, now the head of the University of Delaware’s geography department.

Legates joined a group of scientists late last year in urging the court to reject the state claims, in a brief filed by the conservative Competitive Enterprise Institute.

“It is simply impossible to conclude that the net effect of greenhouse gases endangers human health and welfare,” the brief said.”

Read the rest of this story here:

http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070201/NEWS/702010363/1006/NEWS

For more great information and links like the one above, visit Rush Limbaugh’s website at:

http://RushLimbaugh.com

Another great source for information on the global warming myth is a blog I discovered. Rush, if you have not seen this blog, you must visit it. Attention Rush Limbaugh and truth seekers everywhere.

Visit:

http://wattsupwiththat.wordpress.com

The blog is owned by Anthony Watts and in his own words he is “a former television meteorologist who operates a weather technology and content business, as well as continues daily forecasting on radio, just for fun.” Go to his blog and search on global warming. His articles are based on solid facts and he exposes much of the quasi science such as that used in the climate station temperature monitoring.

Here sre some of his recent posts:

http://wattsupwiththat.wordpress.com/2008/02/14/how-not-to-measure-temperature-part-51/

http://wattsupwiththat.wordpress.com/2008/02/13/global-warming-killed-nessie/

http://wattsupwiththat.wordpress.com/2008/02/08/increasing-tornadoes-or-better-information-gathering/

I always recommend that people search for the truth and facts. Don’t believe everything you read or here, such as from Al Gore. Just for fun, about a year ago I checked on the average temperatures in Antartica. Check this out for yourself. Check out the average summer temperature in Antartica. Keep your eye on the truth.

Rush Limbaugh, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, John McCain, Mike Huckabee, Carbonite

Most people either love or hate Rush Limbaugh. I love what he does. My experience has been that he attempts to base his opinions on facts. Is he biased, of course. Everyone is. Is he an entertainer. Yes by his own admission. I have listened to Rush Limbaugh for many years. I have also listened to NPR for many years.

If you want complete analysis of politicians like Hillary Clinton, Barrack Obama, John McCain or Mike Huckabee or want to find out about the latest and best quality products, listen to Rush. I find that most people who claim they don’t like Rush Limbaugh, have either not listened to his show or listened very little. Of course there are people out there that don’t care about the truth. They of course hate Rush and the truth.

I have been listening to Rush talk about Carbonite for awhile. Carbonite is an internet backup service for business and individuals. I glanced at the writeup and it sounds like a great idea. Off site backup is a great idea.

Anyway, if you have any comments about Rush Limbaugh and his opinions or products, give us a yell.

BofA, Bank of America, credit card rate hikes, corporate accountability, HR 5244

Well, here we go again. Bank of America, a very large bank based in Charlotte NC is punishing it’s credit card customers for it’s lack of business acumen. This is a prevalent theme in modern day american business. Exorbitant salaries are paid to upper management, with “golden parachutes”, and when they don’t do their jobs properly, who gets punished. The customers and employees. Bank of America has a policy that appears rather arbitrary and unfair. Despite perfect payment records, credit card rates are being jacked up. Despite the fact that there have been recent congressional hearings into credit card companies and banks regarding their practices of affecting FICO scores and raising rates and heightened consumer awareness, Bank of America callously impacts good customers.

An article in The Charlotte Observer today, Wednesday, February 13, 2008, gives multiple examples of good customers that have been treated unjustly by Bank of America. Brenda Fishkin got a letter from BofA last month stating her interest rate was going from 13% to 24.99 percent. Fishkin, 60, had never had a late credit card payment, had just refinanced her home at a lower rate and just got a lower rate on her credit union credit card. The fed has lowered rates significantly in recent months which should mean lower rates for many consumers. Holley Pridmore has had a BofA credit card since 2002. Her rate just went from 15.24 to 23.99 with never a late payment.

Wachovia looks at their customers payment records to determine rates,with the intent of keeping their customers. I have had banking relationships with BofA and Wachovia. My experience with Bank of America several years ago was less than steller. I was a long time First Union customer. What kept me with them was the fine level of service from the local people. I had a credit card with First Union for many years that was great. Before First Union merged with Wachovia, they turned the credit card division over to MBNA. It became credit card hell. Wachovia, wisely, took control of the credit card processing from MBNA. I applaud them for that. And I will say, Wachovia is doing some things right.

Curtis Arnold, founder of US Citizens for Credit Card Terms has been hearing a lot of complaints about credit card rate increases lately and most of them are about Bank of America. Their website is:

CardRatings.com

US Representative, Carolyn Maloney, from NY recently introduced th Credit Cardholder’s Bill of Rights Act of 2008, HR 5244. The bill bans credit card rate hikes based on unrelated loans. It also requires 45 days’ notice for most rate hikes. We need more consumer outrage! I have contacted Elizabeth Dole’s office several years ago about credit issues and credit reporting. Contact your congress person. Let   them know you are concerned. Also, make sure you check your credit report at least once per year.

Bank of America, if you have a reasonable defense for your policy, respond and it will be displayed as written.