Month: October 2011

From the 6-Stages of Dad`s to Poopy Pants ~ Friday Fodder (10-20-2011)

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Crowd Assists Autistic Man Sing National Anthem (wow):

Cat Take-Out:

Feeding the Monkeys:

Rescued… Butt Embarresed!

Here Boy:

Meanwhile In Russia:

Two Girls Out for a Leisurely Walk:

“I’m a Pastors Wife”:


“What Do You Put In Your Mouth But Don’t Swallow?” – Watch MoreFunny Videos

Drawing Without Lifting a Pen:

The Most Unlikely Competition:

Quantum Magnets:

Dub Step II:


Amazing Dubstep Dancer is Back! – Watch MoreFunny Videos

Ball Camera:

Six Stages of Dad:

The Federal Government`s Modi Operandi ~ Killing Jobs and Livelihood w/ Environmentalism (via The Delta Smelt)

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Gateway Pundit posted that the GOP finally got off their asses and did something in regards to saving many farms in Norther California from eco-fascists:

Finally, Republicans in Congress challenged the Obama Administration over their junk science misconduct. The lawmakers claim there are repeat incidents of “scientific misconduct” among federal agencies that are guiding radical Obama policy.

The GOP lawmakers highlighted the scolding a federal judge gave the Fish and Wildlife Service last month over testimony in defense of a plan to protect a tiny fish called delta smelt by diverting water in California away from farmland. GOP reps confronted the Obama Administraion over their junk science misconduct in an official letter.

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The firm handling the case is Pacific Legal (I am sure they would accept donations), and they have this to say:

Summary:

Jim Jasper, PLF clientIn a misguided scheme to help a fish that’s on the Endangered Species Act list—the delta smelt—federal restrictions have severely cut the pumping into the water system that serves millions of people in Central and Southern California.

These are “the most drastic cuts ever to California water … the biggest impact anywhere, nationwide,” according to the California water agencies.

While farms and businesses are starved of water, more than 81 billion gallons of water have been allowed to flow out to the ocean—off-limits to human use or consumption, thanks to federal regulators’ environmental extremism. That’s enough to put 85,000 acres of farmland back into production.

In the Central Valley, California’s agricultural heartland, thousands of jobs are threatened by the pumping cutbacks. In some urban communities of Southern California, water rationing is a prospect. Moreover, in a real sense, national security is also at issue: By starving America’s breadbasket, the feds make us more dependent on foreign sources for the basic need of life: food.

Representing farmers affected by the water cutbacks, PLF’s federal lawsuit focuses on both statutory and constitutional causes of action:

 ☀ In violation of administrative law, federal officials haven’t fulfilled their duty under their own regulations to show that the water cutoff will actually help the smelt, or to consider and weigh the economic costs.

 ☀ Because the smelt is not sold in interstate commerce, the federal government has no Commerce Clause authority to regulate it. “In other words,” said PLF attorney Damien Schiff, “the regulatory drought is not just morally wrong—it is flat-out unconstitutional.”

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Charles Payne Takes On Union Leader ~ `I TOOK my Opportunity`

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HotAir post:

….Later, Payne explains more fully: “I started my business in a one-bedroom apartment in Harlem with $10,000 I raised amongst myself and my family and friends. … So the point that I owe someone outside of my parents, my community, my God — that I owe you more of my credit for what I do when I get up every morning at four in the morning — is ridiculous. That’s crazy. You’re telling people they don’t have the power to empower themselves. That’s your message.”

In Simmons’ rebuttal, he refers to Payne’s independent approach as a penchant for isolation and even calls it “a sickness.” Is it sick to want to add value to society through a business and to generate an income for yourself in that process? To then pay taxes on that income to fund the functions of government as the top income-earners already disproportionately do? Elizabeth Warren’s tidy talking point neglects so much that is true of the “getting rich” process. In our country, it’s pretty safe to say, nobody “gets rich” without helping others along the way — even if inadvertently.

Conservatives don’t think “every man is an island,” as Simmons implied. But we do think every man is responsible for himself. We work inside out, operating on the basic principle of subsidiarity — that problems should be solved at the most local level possible starting with the self. For each of us, a time comes when self-reliance fails, when we turn to others for help. But, for a conservative, the federal government is the help of last resort, not the first — not least because government-run social programs often exacerbate the very problems they’re intended to fix. As Payne hinted, it’s an empowering, hopeful message — and one that is proven to make those who embrace it happy. What — doesn’t Russell Simmons want others to be happy?