Over the last few days a stink has arisen over the illegal status of California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman's former maid. And while the liberal media are trying to make hay with it, attempting to make Whitman look like a hypocrite, there are serious questions that are not being raised.
I will overlook the fact that the maid's attorney, Gloria Allred, is little more than an ambulance chaser who digs up bogus clients for the sole purpose of getting her own mug in the spotlight. And I will overlook that this has come up at a most convenient time for those who will benefit from it. I overlook those points because there are more important questions the press should have been asking.
1) If Whitman wanted to hire an illegal, why would she call a legitimate agency and have them send someone over?
2) If Whitman knew she was illegal, why was she paying the maid $23 per hour?
3) If Whitman knew she was illegal, there would be no point in paying her Social Security and withholding - yet, she did
4) If Whitman had actually received a letter from the Social Security Administration, how did it end up in the possession of Gloria Allred?
5) If Whitman knew the maid was illegal all along, why did she terminate her in 2009 when the maid, herself disclosed after 9 years that she was an illegal? (Why tell Whitman she is illegal if Whitman already knew?)
It seems to me - and to most intelligent, thinking people - that the maid, and her attorney are being dishonest. We already know the maid lied to the agency. We already know she lied to Whitman - after all, why would she, by her own admission, tell Whitman in 2009 that she was illegal unless she had previously had Whitman thinking she was legal? And the maid is already a proven identity thief - she had produced both a Social Security number and a driver's license.
So the last question is - why should we now believe anything she has to say?
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Thursday, September 30, 2010
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
An Open Letter To Californians
This post is specifically for the fine folks in the great state of California, whose unemployment rate is 12.3%.
And it concerns charges by Senator Barbara Boxer against Carly Fiorina in the heated senate race. It is hoped that this post will shed some light on a crucial issue - jobs.
Boxer contends that Fiorina shipped jobs overseas while she was CEO of Hewlitt Packard. But is that the real story? Or the entire story? Not quite.
As CEO of HP, Fiorina had one task - keeping HP profitable. And if that required shipping jobs overseas, then so be it - that was her job, and she did it. But even that is not the story here.
But any THINKING person would then ask, "But WHY does shipping jobs overseas increase a company's profitability?"
The answer is simple - a business has only one objective - maximize profits. That is what it is supposed to do. In America, the corporate tax rate of about 35% is triple what it is in other countries. And in America, powerful unions place huge financial drains on corporate profits, often as much as 30% of profits, while unions overseas either do not exist, or are weak.
In short, jobs go overseas because the unions and high taxes in America drive them overseas.
So then it behooves a thinking person to ask the next qustion, "Who is responsible for this?"
And the record shows very clearly that it is Boxer and her liberal Democrat cronies who keep hiking taxes "on the rich", and that includes corporations. And they want to hike it again. And it is Democrats that empower the unions - they even want to pass "card check" to insure workers do not "opt out" against unions.
So, it is the policies of Democrats like Boxer that force CEO's like Fiorina to move jobs overseas. So the truth of what we have here is a tale of two powerful women - one used her power to force businesses out of America, and the other used her power to do the job she was hired to do - increase profits.
Which one will you send to Washington in November? The one who forces jobs out, or the one who knows how to bring profitability to California?
There's an old, but true saying, "If you do what you always did, you'll get what you always got."
Look at what you "got" with Democrats in control of Sacramento and Washington.
As a side note that further proves the point, the state of New Jersey passed a "millionaire's tax". They said it would add millions to the state treasury. However, the result was the opposite - they LOST money because the millionaires simply moved to Florida, which has no tax. So not only did NJ not get millions, they lost what taxes the millionaires had been paying. They also lost any jobs those millionaires supplied, and they lost all the consumer purchases they made each year, and they lost the sales tax on those lost purchases. By trying to bleed a few million out of the millionaires, they lost tens of millions. More than that - the low or no tax states like Florida GAINED those millionaires, their jobs, their purchasing power.
That is simply how it works. Boxer does not undertand that. Fiornia certainly does.
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And it concerns charges by Senator Barbara Boxer against Carly Fiorina in the heated senate race. It is hoped that this post will shed some light on a crucial issue - jobs.
Boxer contends that Fiorina shipped jobs overseas while she was CEO of Hewlitt Packard. But is that the real story? Or the entire story? Not quite.
As CEO of HP, Fiorina had one task - keeping HP profitable. And if that required shipping jobs overseas, then so be it - that was her job, and she did it. But even that is not the story here.
But any THINKING person would then ask, "But WHY does shipping jobs overseas increase a company's profitability?"
The answer is simple - a business has only one objective - maximize profits. That is what it is supposed to do. In America, the corporate tax rate of about 35% is triple what it is in other countries. And in America, powerful unions place huge financial drains on corporate profits, often as much as 30% of profits, while unions overseas either do not exist, or are weak.
In short, jobs go overseas because the unions and high taxes in America drive them overseas.
So then it behooves a thinking person to ask the next qustion, "Who is responsible for this?"
And the record shows very clearly that it is Boxer and her liberal Democrat cronies who keep hiking taxes "on the rich", and that includes corporations. And they want to hike it again. And it is Democrats that empower the unions - they even want to pass "card check" to insure workers do not "opt out" against unions.
So, it is the policies of Democrats like Boxer that force CEO's like Fiorina to move jobs overseas. So the truth of what we have here is a tale of two powerful women - one used her power to force businesses out of America, and the other used her power to do the job she was hired to do - increase profits.
Which one will you send to Washington in November? The one who forces jobs out, or the one who knows how to bring profitability to California?
There's an old, but true saying, "If you do what you always did, you'll get what you always got."
Look at what you "got" with Democrats in control of Sacramento and Washington.
As a side note that further proves the point, the state of New Jersey passed a "millionaire's tax". They said it would add millions to the state treasury. However, the result was the opposite - they LOST money because the millionaires simply moved to Florida, which has no tax. So not only did NJ not get millions, they lost what taxes the millionaires had been paying. They also lost any jobs those millionaires supplied, and they lost all the consumer purchases they made each year, and they lost the sales tax on those lost purchases. By trying to bleed a few million out of the millionaires, they lost tens of millions. More than that - the low or no tax states like Florida GAINED those millionaires, their jobs, their purchasing power.
That is simply how it works. Boxer does not undertand that. Fiornia certainly does.
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Don't Feed The Bears
If you go to any of the National Parks you will see signs everywhere warning you not to feed the bears. In fact, it is illegal. And the reasons are sound.
If you feed the bears, they will come to expect it. They will learn to depend upon it. And when you run out of food to give, they will demand more and get mean, angry, and will attack you when there is no more. Bears WILL bite the hand that feeds them if it stops feeding them.
Throughout Europe today - Spain, France, Greece etc. - the people have taken to the streets, rioting, burning cars, looting, hurting people. All trains and other common carriers, as well as most other services have shut down. The reason? Same thing - the governments that gave their people all those handouts (entitlements) can no longer afford to do so, and have cut back severely in order to get their finances in order. And the people who have come to expect, depend upon and even demand those handouts are furious - they don't want the free ride to end. They feel cheated because they can no longer mooch off those that do the work.
America is heading in the same direction. All our entitlements are bankrupting us, but the people who get those entitlements just don't care, as long as they get "theirs". And the day is coming when our government will also have to get its financial house in order, and the only way that can be done is to cut entitlements. And the rioting will begin. The bears will be angry, and will get mean.
The strange thing is, our Constitution does not allow for entitlements, and no one is "entitled" to anything that they, themselves have not earned. Yet they are precisely the ones who will riot in the streets.
We, The People need to come to our senses and stop providing "entitlements" that people simply are not entitled to. If we keep on the current course, the bears will attack!
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If you feed the bears, they will come to expect it. They will learn to depend upon it. And when you run out of food to give, they will demand more and get mean, angry, and will attack you when there is no more. Bears WILL bite the hand that feeds them if it stops feeding them.
Throughout Europe today - Spain, France, Greece etc. - the people have taken to the streets, rioting, burning cars, looting, hurting people. All trains and other common carriers, as well as most other services have shut down. The reason? Same thing - the governments that gave their people all those handouts (entitlements) can no longer afford to do so, and have cut back severely in order to get their finances in order. And the people who have come to expect, depend upon and even demand those handouts are furious - they don't want the free ride to end. They feel cheated because they can no longer mooch off those that do the work.
America is heading in the same direction. All our entitlements are bankrupting us, but the people who get those entitlements just don't care, as long as they get "theirs". And the day is coming when our government will also have to get its financial house in order, and the only way that can be done is to cut entitlements. And the rioting will begin. The bears will be angry, and will get mean.
The strange thing is, our Constitution does not allow for entitlements, and no one is "entitled" to anything that they, themselves have not earned. Yet they are precisely the ones who will riot in the streets.
We, The People need to come to our senses and stop providing "entitlements" that people simply are not entitled to. If we keep on the current course, the bears will attack!
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Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Reduce The Risk Of Alzheimer's
Wait a minute - what was this blog supposed to be about? Oh yeah - Alzheimer's.
Seriously, there are ways to greatly reduce the risk of Alzheimer's, though it would be much more effective the younger you start.
Do you know what shows up, alarmingly in high quantities, in the brains of Alzheimer's victims? ALUMINUM. Researchers are relatively certain that the accumulation of aluminum in the brain foster's Alzheimers.
Until the 1980's, Alzheimer's was relatively rare. Since the '80's it has been steadily increasing. Now think about this - before 1950 there was almost no aluminum being consumed in our diets. Then, suddenly, frozen foods (i.e. T.V. dinners etc) and soft drinks were packaged in aluminum. Aluminum pots and pans replaced tin and steel.
Suddenly, people were inadvertently consuming aluminum. Lots of it. And a generation later the effects started to make their preence known.
To make matters much worse, communities across the country began fluoridating their water. Fluoride, a by-product of making aluminum, was rat poison. It was banned for being too toxic. So now they put it in the water (all other modern, industrial nations have banned it from water supplies). But here's the kicker - fluoride causes the body to ABSORB more of the aluminum you consume. And guess where it goes? That's right - straight to the brain.
To reduce the risk of Alzheimer's, simply eliminate the consumption of aluminum. Cook with steel, not aluminum. Avoid aluminum and aluminum foil contacting food. Stay away from fluoridated water. And the younger you start, the better, since aluminum accumulates and does not flush out of the body.
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Seriously, there are ways to greatly reduce the risk of Alzheimer's, though it would be much more effective the younger you start.
Do you know what shows up, alarmingly in high quantities, in the brains of Alzheimer's victims? ALUMINUM. Researchers are relatively certain that the accumulation of aluminum in the brain foster's Alzheimers.
Until the 1980's, Alzheimer's was relatively rare. Since the '80's it has been steadily increasing. Now think about this - before 1950 there was almost no aluminum being consumed in our diets. Then, suddenly, frozen foods (i.e. T.V. dinners etc) and soft drinks were packaged in aluminum. Aluminum pots and pans replaced tin and steel.
Suddenly, people were inadvertently consuming aluminum. Lots of it. And a generation later the effects started to make their preence known.
To make matters much worse, communities across the country began fluoridating their water. Fluoride, a by-product of making aluminum, was rat poison. It was banned for being too toxic. So now they put it in the water (all other modern, industrial nations have banned it from water supplies). But here's the kicker - fluoride causes the body to ABSORB more of the aluminum you consume. And guess where it goes? That's right - straight to the brain.
To reduce the risk of Alzheimer's, simply eliminate the consumption of aluminum. Cook with steel, not aluminum. Avoid aluminum and aluminum foil contacting food. Stay away from fluoridated water. And the younger you start, the better, since aluminum accumulates and does not flush out of the body.
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Monday, September 27, 2010
Vegetarian Myths
It seems everywhere you go these days there are fanatics trying to convince people that it is healthier to be a vegetarian, and so many "celebrities" that have been duped into going out stumping for vegetarianism and PETA.
They can do as they wish, but they should stop conning others into their drivel. And drivel it is, as the evidence shows.
FACT: Vegetarians die younger, according to census data
FACT: Vegetarian kids are sicklier, according to the Archives of Pediactric Adolescent Medicine that tracks such things
FACT: Vegtarian diets do NOT make you more "regular". Even teen vegetarians are 8 times more likely to need and use laxatives
FACT: Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Medical School have linked meatless, low protein diets to slumping sex function and muscle loss and bone damage.
FACT: Nature dictates what any creature is supposed to eat, and each animal (Man is an animal) has the teeth necessary for the diet best suited to them and their survival. Herbivores (i.e. cows, sheep, rabbits etc.) have incisors and molars, suited to eating plants. Carnivores (i.e. wolves, cats etc.) have canine teeth for ripping flesh. Man has the teeth of an omnivore - an animal that eats both plant and flesh. We have incisors and molars, but also bicuspids and canine (eye) teeth. Ergo, nature says we need meat in order to maintain our health.
And here is more news - the deadliest factor in heart disease is not cholesterol, as many believe. Cholesterol is harmless until it "catches" on a rough spot in your arteries, and then builds up from that. And the thing that causes those "rough spots" is a little thing called homocysteine, which corrodes arteries like a rusty pipe. And can you guess what the best way to reduce homocysteine is? You guessed it - eating red meat.
For those who believe in the Old Testament, it is written in Genesis that God tells us what our sources of food shall be. It includes meat.
And for those of you who may still doubt the veracity of this, perhaps you should spend time sitting outside a vegetarian store and watch the customers. You will find that the majority of them are more sickly looking than the average person who walks into a butcher shop. I'm not kidding. Check it out for yourself.
Vegetarianism has other problems as well, including some serious problems for the ecology and the economy. If Man were to become vegetarian, there would be no raising of livestock (reducing jobs and eliminating many businesses). No livestock means no fertilizer for all the plants we would have to grow. This would result in a reduction of food sources, driving prices up and increasing hunger throughout the world. If you doubt that, the simple act of mandating 10% ethanol in our gas resulted in food shortages and higher prices worldwide.
Anyone who wants to be a vegetarian has every right to eat what they want. But don't BS the rest of us with your bogus excuses and disproved myths of better health. It ain't so.
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They can do as they wish, but they should stop conning others into their drivel. And drivel it is, as the evidence shows.
FACT: Vegetarians die younger, according to census data
FACT: Vegetarian kids are sicklier, according to the Archives of Pediactric Adolescent Medicine that tracks such things
FACT: Vegtarian diets do NOT make you more "regular". Even teen vegetarians are 8 times more likely to need and use laxatives
FACT: Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Medical School have linked meatless, low protein diets to slumping sex function and muscle loss and bone damage.
FACT: Nature dictates what any creature is supposed to eat, and each animal (Man is an animal) has the teeth necessary for the diet best suited to them and their survival. Herbivores (i.e. cows, sheep, rabbits etc.) have incisors and molars, suited to eating plants. Carnivores (i.e. wolves, cats etc.) have canine teeth for ripping flesh. Man has the teeth of an omnivore - an animal that eats both plant and flesh. We have incisors and molars, but also bicuspids and canine (eye) teeth. Ergo, nature says we need meat in order to maintain our health.
And here is more news - the deadliest factor in heart disease is not cholesterol, as many believe. Cholesterol is harmless until it "catches" on a rough spot in your arteries, and then builds up from that. And the thing that causes those "rough spots" is a little thing called homocysteine, which corrodes arteries like a rusty pipe. And can you guess what the best way to reduce homocysteine is? You guessed it - eating red meat.
For those who believe in the Old Testament, it is written in Genesis that God tells us what our sources of food shall be. It includes meat.
And for those of you who may still doubt the veracity of this, perhaps you should spend time sitting outside a vegetarian store and watch the customers. You will find that the majority of them are more sickly looking than the average person who walks into a butcher shop. I'm not kidding. Check it out for yourself.
Vegetarianism has other problems as well, including some serious problems for the ecology and the economy. If Man were to become vegetarian, there would be no raising of livestock (reducing jobs and eliminating many businesses). No livestock means no fertilizer for all the plants we would have to grow. This would result in a reduction of food sources, driving prices up and increasing hunger throughout the world. If you doubt that, the simple act of mandating 10% ethanol in our gas resulted in food shortages and higher prices worldwide.
Anyone who wants to be a vegetarian has every right to eat what they want. But don't BS the rest of us with your bogus excuses and disproved myths of better health. It ain't so.
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Sunday, September 26, 2010
Time To Accept Responsibility?
The other day Nancy Pelosi was again taped saying that our problems were caused by the Bush Administration. But what a lot of folks do not understand is that the Democrats have not been in power for "only two years" - they have been in power for FOUR years.
The lawmaking body, Congress, has been fully in Democrat hands since January 2007. Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid have been running things for four long years. Isn't it about time they started taking some of the responsibility for that? Even the first TARP bill, laid on Bush, was written and passed by the Democrat controlled Congress.
Hey, Pelosi - I, for one no longer want to hear you and Harry Reid whine about how everything is STILL Bush's fault. You've had 4 years - when does it become YOUR responsibility.
Meanwhile, John Kerry (D) has taken a new tack - he says the reason why Democrats are losing in the polls is because the voters (you) are not bright enough to know what is good for them and are uninformed.
And the blame game goes on - it's always someone else's fault!
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The lawmaking body, Congress, has been fully in Democrat hands since January 2007. Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid have been running things for four long years. Isn't it about time they started taking some of the responsibility for that? Even the first TARP bill, laid on Bush, was written and passed by the Democrat controlled Congress.
Hey, Pelosi - I, for one no longer want to hear you and Harry Reid whine about how everything is STILL Bush's fault. You've had 4 years - when does it become YOUR responsibility.
Meanwhile, John Kerry (D) has taken a new tack - he says the reason why Democrats are losing in the polls is because the voters (you) are not bright enough to know what is good for them and are uninformed.
And the blame game goes on - it's always someone else's fault!
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