derek gulbranson

26Sep/083

“If BS were currency, Palin could bail out Wall Street herself”

I love that quote.

Palin should step down, conservative commentator says

I also loved this parody on youtube.

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24Sep/080

Is McCain Palins Bitch?

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8Sep/080

Comparing Economic Plans of Obama and McCain

Interesting comparison of the economic plans of both candidates.

The Associated Press: Obama and McCain have big economic differences

Under Obama, the wealthiest 1 percent of taxpayers, those making roughly $600,000 or more, would see their taxes go up on average by $93,709 in 2009, according to an analysis done by the Tax Policy Center, because Obama would begin implementing his tax changes even before the scheduled expiration of the Bush cuts.

Under McCain, those same taxpayers would see an average reduction of $48,860, reflecting in part additional cuts he is proposing.

By contrast, the bottom 20 percent of taxpayers, those with taxable income of roughly $19,000 per year or less, would see their taxes cut by an average of $567 under Obama's program and $21 under McCain's plan, the tax center estimates.

For the 20 percent of taxpayers right in the middle of the income scale, making roughly between $37,600 and $66,400, the tax break would be $1,118 under the Obama plan and $325 under the McCain plan in 2009, according to the analysis done by the tax center, a joint venture of the Urban Institute and the Brookings Institution, two Washington think tanks.

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7Sep/082

Google Site Search Bookmarklet

I just found this little bookmarklet and thought it was worth passing along. I let's you search the site you're currently looking at using Google. Just drag the link below onto your links bar in your browser. Then when you're looking at a site you want to search, just press the new link button you made to search that site. Nice when the site doesn't have a search feature (that works).

Search Site

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3Sep/080

Sarah Palin has got to be a sick joke, right?

I'm watching her acceptance speech. I guess ending the divisive politics in Washington isn't really on her agenda. "A whole new kind of culture war," CNN says. Great. Just what we need. "Hey, forget about Bush. Look at this crazy lady bitching everyone out. Cool." It's so "Commander in Chief."

She used the Democratic majority leader's dislike of McCain as evidence he's the right choice for president. So as long as "they" hate him he must be good? I guess we got the wrong man with Obama cause he said he thought Mrs. Palin was a fine person.

So Obama said he's going to lower taxes on 95% of working families, and she talked for 5 minutes about all the people he was going to raise taxes on. Same old BS, we'll lower taxes, they'll raise them, government = bad (except if we run it, which we are, but nevermind that). We'll kill every government program just to save you $50/yr. Vote for us.

The Republican energy policy sounds identical to the Democrats, they only change the order of all the things they are going to do so that clean coal and nuclear comes before solar and wind. Whatever. Who do I think's going to get it done? Not her. She seems like the type not to agree to anything she didn't personally author, like she's never had to compromise to get things done.

The thought of her becoming president is seriously frightening. Possibly enough to motivate me to donate more money to Obama. The thought of her being in charge of the military is so beyond ridiculous. To her, foreign countries are just the place where they keep our oil.

Oh, and I found out she used to go to and Assemblies of God church. Dear God help us. Ever seen "Hellhouse?"

Please dear God don't let it happen.

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