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Obamanomics: A Recipe for Disaster!

If you thought Jimmy Carter was bad, well here's what Obama will do for the economy. He will raise taxes on the "wealthy" during an economic down turn and cause a deep recession. The result of that will be less revenue for the government. Now couple that with his large increases in spending, and no budget cuts, and you're talking about a recipe for disaster, that will make the Bush years look like the good old days. His foreign policy disaster scenarios are even worse. Obama, "yes we can", make things even worse.Obama Pushes Liberal, Big-Government VisionHuman Events, by Kudlow, LawrenceMessage of Pessimism, Not HopeIllinois Democratic Sen. Barack Obama is very gloomy about America, and he's aligning himself with the liberal wing of the Democratic Party in hopes of coming to the nation's rescue.What is his proposal? Big-government planning, spending and taxing-exactly what the nation and the stock market don't want to hear.Plans to Expand Spending and RegulationsObama unveiled much of his economic strategy in Wisconsin last week: He wants to spend $150 billion on a green-energy plan. He wants to establish an infrastructure investment bank to the tune of $60 billion. He wants to expand health insurance by roughly $65 billion. He wants to "reopen" trade deals, which is another way of saying he wants to raise the barriers to free trade. He intends to regulate the profits for drug companies, health insurers and energy firms. He wants to establish a mortgage-interest tax credit. He wants to double the number of workers receiving the earned-income tax credit and triple the benefit for minimum wage workers.The Obama spend-o-meter is now up around $800 billion. And tax hikes on the rich won't pay for it. It's the middle class that will ultimately shoulder this fiscal burden in terms of higher taxes and lower growth.This isn't free enterprise. It's old-fashioned-liberal tax and spend and regulate. It's plain old big government. The only people who will benefit are the central planners in Washington.Second Coming of Jimmy CarterObama would like voters to believe that he's the second coming of JFK. But with his unbelievable spending and new government agency proposals, he's looking more and more like Jimmy Carter. His is a "Grow the Government Bureaucracy Plan," and it's totally at odds with investment and business.Obama says he wants U.S. corporations to stop "shipping jobs overseas" and bring their cash back home. But if he really wanted U.S. companies to keep more of their profits in the states, he'd be calling for a reduction in the corporate tax rate. Why isn't he demanding an end to the double-taxation of corporate earnings? It's simple: He wants higher taxes, too.The Wall Street Journal's Steve Moore has done the math on Obama's tax plan. He says it will add up to a 39.6% personal income tax, a 52.2% combined income and payroll tax, a 28% capital-gains tax, a 39.6% dividends tax and a 55% estate tax.Not only is Obama the big-spending candidate, he's also the very-high-tax candidate. And what he wants to tax is capital.Doesn't Understand CapitalDoesn't Obama understand the vital role of capital formation in creating businesses and jobs? Doesn't he understand that without capital, businesses can't expand their operations and hire more workers?Dan Henninger, writing in last Thursday's Wall Street Journal, notes that Obama's is a profoundly pessimistic message. "Strip away the new coat of paint from the Obama message, and what you find is not only familiar," writes Henninger. "It's a downer."Obama wants you to believe that America is in trouble, and that it can be cured only with a big lurch to the left. Take from the rich and give to the non-rich. Redistribute income and wealth. It's an age-old recipe for economic disaster. It completely ignores incentives for entrepreneurs, small family-owned businesses and investors.Harming Middle-Class WorkersYou can't have capitalism without capital. But Obama would penalize capital, be it capital from corporations or investors. This will only harm, and not advance, opportunities for middle-class workers.Obama believes he can use government, and not free markets, to drive the economy. But on taxes, trade and regulation, Obama's program is anti-growth. A President Obama would steer us in the social-market direction of Western Europe, which has produced only stagnant economies down through the years.It would be quite an irony. While newly emerging nations in Eastern Europe and Asia are lowering the tax penalties on capital-and reaping the economic rewards-Obama would raise them. Low-rate flat-tax plans are proliferating around the world. Yet Obama completely ignores this. American competitiveness would suffer enormously under Obama, as would job opportunities, productivity and real wages.Mr. Kudlow hosts CNBC's "Kudlow & Company" and is a nationally syndicated columnist.

Author: jbranstetter04
Keywords: obamanomics economy obama raise taxes spending capital gaines government regulation recession spend liberal
Added: August 2, 2008

Sing for LJ World Lawrence

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Author: kharri32
Keywords: Lawrence Journal World Kalie Harris Lean on me singing
Added: July 30, 2008

WW1 and the IQ Test

http://www.mslaw.eduHow did World War 1 establish the widespread use of IQ tests? Dean Lawrence R. Velvel interviews Stephen Murdoch, author of IQ: A smart history of a failed idea, on this episode of The Massachusetts School of Law's Books of our Time.The Massachusetts School of Law also presents information on important current affairs to the general public in television and radio broadcasts, an intellectual journal, conferences, author appearances, blogs and books. For more information visit mslawledu.MSLAW podcasts are available on itunes (just search for mslaw) and at http://mslaw.libsyn.com/rss. MSLAW videos can also be found on Google.

Author: mslawdotedu
Keywords: "multiple intelligence" binet education gardner howard iqtest murdoch psychology sat standardized terman testing ww1
Added: July 23, 2008

The War Party -- Zionism in NeoCon Foreign Policy (1/5)

Connecting Israeli Zionist influence on America's Foreign Policy the BBC investigative journalism show Panorama aired The War Party on May 18th, 2003 right after the start of the Iraq War.Key members of the Bush administration and the powerful American Enterprise Institute were part of a Israeli think tank called The Institute for Advanced Strategic & Political Studies (IASPS):http://www.israeleconomy.org/index.phpIn a report done in 1996, before the formation of PNAC, which was called "A Clean Break: A New Strategy for Securing the Realm" they listed Israeli goals and concerns:REMOVING SADDAM HUSSIEN:"Israel can shape its strategic environment, in cooperation with Turkey and Jordan, by weakening, containing, and even rolling back Syria. This effort can focus on removing Saddam Hussein from power in Iraq — an important Israeli strategic objective in its own right"MIDDLE EAST STABILITY:"Iraq's future could affect the strategic balance in the Middle East profoundly, it would be understandable that Israel has an interest in supporting the Hashemites in their efforts to redefine Iraq,"CONTROL IRAQ, HELP ISRAEL:"Were the Hashemites to control Iraq, they could use their influence over Najf to help Israel wean the south Lebanese Shia away from Hizballah, Iran, and Syria."MANAGE AND CONSTRAIN US REACTION:"To anticipate U.S. reactions and plan ways to manage and constrain those reactions, Prime Minister Netanyahu can formulate the policies and stress themes he favors in language familiar to the Americans by tapping into themes of American administrations during the Cold War which apply well to Israel."Link to the full report:http://www.iasps.org/strat1.htmPeople interviewed or mentioned in this video that hold both USA and Israel citizenship and are Zionists:Richard PerleOne of Bush's foreign policy advisors, he is the chairman of the Pentagon's Defense Policy Board. Perle was expelled from Senator Henry Jackson's office in the 1970's after the National Security Agency (NSA) caught him passing Highly-Classified (National Security) documents to the Israeli Embassy. He later worked for the Israeli weapons firm, Soltam. Perle came from one the above mentioned pro-Israel think tanks, the AEI. Perle is one of the leading pro-Israeli fanatics leading this Iraq war mongering within the administration and now in the media. Paul WolfowitzFormer Deputy Defense Secretary, and member of Perle's Defense Policy Board, in the Pentagon. Wolfowitz is a close associate of Perle, and reportedly has close ties to the Israeli military. His sister lives in Israel. Wolfowitz came from the above mentioned Jewish think tank, JINSA. Wolfowitz was the number two leader within the administration behind this Iraq war mongering. He later was appointed head of the World Bank but resigned under pressure from World Bank members over a scandal involving his misuse of power. David FrumWhite House speechwriter behind the "Axis of Evil" label. He lumped together all the lies and accusations against Iraq for Bush to justify the war. John BoltonFormer UN Representative and Under-Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security. Bolton is also a Senior Advisor to President Bush. Prior to this position, Bolton was Senior Vice President of the above mentioned pro-Israel think tank, AEI. In October 2002 he accused Syria of having a nuclear program, so that they can attack Syria after Iraq. Meyrav and David WurmserSpecial Assistant to John Bolton, the under-secretary for arms control and international security. Wurmser also worked at the AEI with Perle and Bolton. Along with Colonel Yigal Carmon, formerly of Israeli military intelligence, co-founded the Middle East Media Research Institute (Memri),a Washington-based Israeli outfit which distributes articles translated from Arabic newspapers portraying Arabs in a bad light. Eliot CohenMember of the Pentagon's Defense Policy Board under Perle and is another extremist pro-Israel advisor. He wrote an opinion article in the Wall Street Journal openly admitting his hatred of Islam claiming that Islam should be the enemy, not terrorism. Prominent members of the Bush administration not mentioned in the broadcast but who also hold both USA and Israeli citizenship and are Zionists:Michael MukaseyMichael ChertoffLawrence (Larry) FranklinDouglas FeithHenry KissingerI. Lewis "Scooter" LibbyElliott AbramsRichard HaassRobert ZoellickAri FleischerBBC review of the book "The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy" from 2007:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7104030.stmTranscript of the BBC broadcast:http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl/hi/programmes/panorama/transcripts/thewarparty.txtFight the good fight,Erik aka erkd1For the best up to date news go to:http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.comhttp://www.jwharrison.com/blog

Author: erkd1
Keywords: NeoCon Zionism PNAC AEI War Foreign Policy Propaganda Iraq AIPAC
Added: July 20, 2008

The War Party -- Zionism in NeoCon Foreign Policy (1/5)

Connecting Israeli Zionist influence on America's Foreign Policy the BBC investigative journalism show Panorama aired The War Party on May 18th, 2003 right after the start of the Iraq War.Key members of the Bush administration and the powerful American Enterprise Institute were part of a Israeli think tank called The Institute for Advanced Strategic & Political Studies (IASPS):http://www.israeleconomy.org/index.phpIn a report done in 1996, before the formation of PNAC, which was called "A Clean Break: A New Strategy for Securing the Realm" they listed Israeli goals and concerns:REMOVING SADDAM HUSSIEN:"Israel can shape its strategic environment, in cooperation with Turkey and Jordan, by weakening, containing, and even rolling back Syria. This effort can focus on removing Saddam Hussein from power in Iraq — an important Israeli strategic objective in its own right"MIDDLE EAST STABILITY:"Iraq's future could affect the strategic balance in the Middle East profoundly, it would be understandable that Israel has an interest in supporting the Hashemites in their efforts to redefine Iraq,"CONTROL IRAQ, HELP ISRAEL:"Were the Hashemites to control Iraq, they could use their influence over Najf to help Israel wean the south Lebanese Shia away from Hizballah, Iran, and Syria."MANAGE AND CONSTRAIN US REACTION:"To anticipate U.S. reactions and plan ways to manage and constrain those reactions, Prime Minister Netanyahu can formulate the policies and stress themes he favors in language familiar to the Americans by tapping into themes of American administrations during the Cold War which apply well to Israel."Link to the full report:http://www.iasps.org/strat1.htmPeople interviewed or mentioned in this video that hold both USA and Israel citizenship and are Zionists:Richard PerleOne of Bush's foreign policy advisors, he is the chairman of the Pentagon's Defense Policy Board. Perle was expelled from Senator Henry Jackson's office in the 1970's after the National Security Agency (NSA) caught him passing Highly-Classified (National Security) documents to the Israeli Embassy. He later worked for the Israeli weapons firm, Soltam. Perle came from one the above mentioned pro-Israel think tanks, the AEI. Perle is one of the leading pro-Israeli fanatics leading this Iraq war mongering within the administration and now in the media. Paul WolfowitzFormer Deputy Defense Secretary, and member of Perle's Defense Policy Board, in the Pentagon. Wolfowitz is a close associate of Perle, and reportedly has close ties to the Israeli military. His sister lives in Israel. Wolfowitz came from the above mentioned Jewish think tank, JINSA. Wolfowitz was the number two leader within the administration behind this Iraq war mongering. He later was appointed head of the World Bank but resigned under pressure from World Bank members over a scandal involving his misuse of power. David FrumWhite House speechwriter behind the "Axis of Evil" label. He lumped together all the lies and accusations against Iraq for Bush to justify the war. John BoltonFormer UN Representative and Under-Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security. Bolton is also a Senior Advisor to President Bush. Prior to this position, Bolton was Senior Vice President of the above mentioned pro-Israel think tank, AEI. In October 2002 he accused Syria of having a nuclear program, so that they can attack Syria after Iraq. Meyrav and David WurmserSpecial Assistant to John Bolton, the under-secretary for arms control and international security. Wurmser also worked at the AEI with Perle and Bolton. Along with Colonel Yigal Carmon, formerly of Israeli military intelligence, co-founded the Middle East Media Research Institute (Memri),a Washington-based Israeli outfit which distributes articles translated from Arabic newspapers portraying Arabs in a bad light. Eliot CohenMember of the Pentagon's Defense Policy Board under Perle and is another extremist pro-Israel advisor. He wrote an opinion article in the Wall Street Journal openly admitting his hatred of Islam claiming that Islam should be the enemy, not terrorism. Prominent members of the Bush administration not mentioned in the broadcast but who also hold both USA and Israeli citizenship and are Zionists:Michael MukaseyMichael ChertoffLawrence (Larry) FranklinDouglas FeithHenry KissingerI. Lewis "Scooter" LibbyElliott AbramsRichard HaassRobert ZoellickAri FleischerBBC review of the book "The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy" from 2007:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7104030.stmTranscript of the BBC broadcast:http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl/hi/programmes/panorama/transcripts/thewarparty.txtFight the good fight,Erik aka erkd1For the best up to date news go to:http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.comhttp://www.jwharrison.com/blog

Author: erkd1
Keywords: NeoCon Zionism PNAC AEI War Foreign Policy Propaganda Iraq AIPAC
Added: July 20, 2008

The War Party -- Zionism in NeoCon Foreign Policy (1/5)

Connecting Israeli Zionist influence on America's Foreign Policy the BBC investigative journalism show Panorama aired The War Party on May 18th, 2003 right after the start of the Iraq War.Key members of the Bush administration and the powerful American Enterprise Institute were part of a Israeli think tank called The Institute for Advanced Strategic & Political Studies (IASPS):http://www.israeleconomy.org/index.phpIn a report done in 1996, before the formation of PNAC, which was called "A Clean Break: A New Strategy for Securing the Realm" they listed Israeli goals and concerns:REMOVING SADDAM HUSSIEN:"Israel can shape its strategic environment, in cooperation with Turkey and Jordan, by weakening, containing, and even rolling back Syria. This effort can focus on removing Saddam Hussein from power in Iraq — an important Israeli strategic objective in its own right"MIDDLE EAST STABILITY:"Iraq's future could affect the strategic balance in the Middle East profoundly, it would be understandable that Israel has an interest in supporting the Hashemites in their efforts to redefine Iraq,"CONTROL IRAQ, HELP ISRAEL:"Were the Hashemites to control Iraq, they could use their influence over Najf to help Israel wean the south Lebanese Shia away from Hizballah, Iran, and Syria."MANAGE AND CONSTRAIN US REACTION:"To anticipate U.S. reactions and plan ways to manage and constrain those reactions, Prime Minister Netanyahu can formulate the policies and stress themes he favors in language familiar to the Americans by tapping into themes of American administrations during the Cold War which apply well to Israel."Link to the full report:http://www.iasps.org/strat1.htmPeople interviewed or mentioned in this video that hold both USA and Israel citizenship and are Zionists:Richard PerleOne of Bush's foreign policy advisors, he is the chairman of the Pentagon's Defense Policy Board. Perle was expelled from Senator Henry Jackson's office in the 1970's after the National Security Agency (NSA) caught him passing Highly-Classified (National Security) documents to the Israeli Embassy. He later worked for the Israeli weapons firm, Soltam. Perle came from one the above mentioned pro-Israel think tanks, the AEI. Perle is one of the leading pro-Israeli fanatics leading this Iraq war mongering within the administration and now in the media. Paul WolfowitzFormer Deputy Defense Secretary, and member of Perle's Defense Policy Board, in the Pentagon. Wolfowitz is a close associate of Perle, and reportedly has close ties to the Israeli military. His sister lives in Israel. Wolfowitz came from the above mentioned Jewish think tank, JINSA. Wolfowitz was the number two leader within the administration behind this Iraq war mongering. He later was appointed head of the World Bank but resigned under pressure from World Bank members over a scandal involving his misuse of power. David FrumWhite House speechwriter behind the "Axis of Evil" label. He lumped together all the lies and accusations against Iraq for Bush to justify the war. John BoltonFormer UN Representative and Under-Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security. Bolton is also a Senior Advisor to President Bush. Prior to this position, Bolton was Senior Vice President of the above mentioned pro-Israel think tank, AEI. In October 2002 he accused Syria of having a nuclear program, so that they can attack Syria after Iraq. Meyrav and David WurmserSpecial Assistant to John Bolton, the under-secretary for arms control and international security. Wurmser also worked at the AEI with Perle and Bolton. Along with Colonel Yigal Carmon, formerly of Israeli military intelligence, co-founded the Middle East Media Research Institute (Memri),a Washington-based Israeli outfit which distributes articles translated from Arabic newspapers portraying Arabs in a bad light. Eliot CohenMember of the Pentagon's Defense Policy Board under Perle and is another extremist pro-Israel advisor. He wrote an opinion article in the Wall Street Journal openly admitting his hatred of Islam claiming that Islam should be the enemy, not terrorism. Prominent members of the Bush administration not mentioned in the broadcast but who also hold both USA and Israeli citizenship and are Zionists:Michael MukaseyMichael ChertoffLawrence (Larry) FranklinDouglas FeithHenry KissingerI. Lewis "Scooter" LibbyElliott AbramsRichard HaassRobert ZoellickAri FleischerBBC review of the book "The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy" from 2007:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7104030.stmTranscript of the BBC broadcast:http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl/hi/programmes/panorama/transcripts/thewarparty.txtFight the good fight,Erik aka erkd1For the best up to date news go to:http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.comhttp://www.jwharrison.com/blog

Author: erkd1
Keywords: NeoCon Zionism PNAC AEI War Foreign Policy Propaganda Iraq AIPAC
Added: July 20, 2008

The War Party -- Zionism in NeoCon Foreign Policy (1/5)

Connecting Israeli Zionist influence on America's Foreign Policy the BBC investigative journalism show Panorama aired The War Party on May 18th, 2003 right after the start of the Iraq War.Key members of the Bush administration and the powerful American Enterprise Institute were part of a Israeli think tank called The Institute for Advanced Strategic & Political Studies (IASPS):http://www.israeleconomy.org/index.phpIn a report done in 1996, before the formation of PNAC, which was called "A Clean Break: A New Strategy for Securing the Realm" they listed Israeli goals and concerns:REMOVING SADDAM HUSSIEN:"Israel can shape its strategic environment, in cooperation with Turkey and Jordan, by weakening, containing, and even rolling back Syria. This effort can focus on removing Saddam Hussein from power in Iraq — an important Israeli strategic objective in its own right"MIDDLE EAST STABILITY:"Iraq's future could affect the strategic balance in the Middle East profoundly, it would be understandable that Israel has an interest in supporting the Hashemites in their efforts to redefine Iraq,"CONTROL IRAQ, HELP ISRAEL:"Were the Hashemites to control Iraq, they could use their influence over Najf to help Israel wean the south Lebanese Shia away from Hizballah, Iran, and Syria."MANAGE AND CONSTRAIN US REACTION:"To anticipate U.S. reactions and plan ways to manage and constrain those reactions, Prime Minister Netanyahu can formulate the policies and stress themes he favors in language familiar to the Americans by tapping into themes of American administrations during the Cold War which apply well to Israel."Link to the full report:http://www.iasps.org/strat1.htmPeople interviewed or mentioned in this video that hold both USA and Israel citizenship and are Zionists:Richard PerleOne of Bush's foreign policy advisors, he is the chairman of the Pentagon's Defense Policy Board. Perle was expelled from Senator Henry Jackson's office in the 1970's after the National Security Agency (NSA) caught him passing Highly-Classified (National Security) documents to the Israeli Embassy. He later worked for the Israeli weapons firm, Soltam. Perle came from one the above mentioned pro-Israel think tanks, the AEI. Perle is one of the leading pro-Israeli fanatics leading this Iraq war mongering within the administration and now in the media. Paul WolfowitzFormer Deputy Defense Secretary, and member of Perle's Defense Policy Board, in the Pentagon. Wolfowitz is a close associate of Perle, and reportedly has close ties to the Israeli military. His sister lives in Israel. Wolfowitz came from the above mentioned Jewish think tank, JINSA. Wolfowitz was the number two leader within the administration behind this Iraq war mongering. He later was appointed head of the World Bank but resigned under pressure from World Bank members over a scandal involving his misuse of power. David FrumWhite House speechwriter behind the "Axis of Evil" label. He lumped together all the lies and accusations against Iraq for Bush to justify the war. John BoltonFormer UN Representative and Under-Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security. Bolton is also a Senior Advisor to President Bush. Prior to this position, Bolton was Senior Vice President of the above mentioned pro-Israel think tank, AEI. In October 2002 he accused Syria of having a nuclear program, so that they can attack Syria after Iraq. Meyrav and David WurmserSpecial Assistant to John Bolton, the under-secretary for arms control and international security. Wurmser also worked at the AEI with Perle and Bolton. Along with Colonel Yigal Carmon, formerly of Israeli military intelligence, co-founded the Middle East Media Research Institute (Memri),a Washington-based Israeli outfit which distributes articles translated from Arabic newspapers portraying Arabs in a bad light. Eliot CohenMember of the Pentagon's Defense Policy Board under Perle and is another extremist pro-Israel advisor. He wrote an opinion article in the Wall Street Journal openly admitting his hatred of Islam claiming that Islam should be the enemy, not terrorism. Prominent members of the Bush administration not mentioned in the broadcast but who also hold both USA and Israeli citizenship and are Zionists:Michael MukaseyMichael ChertoffLawrence (Larry) FranklinDouglas FeithHenry KissingerI. Lewis "Scooter" LibbyElliott AbramsRichard HaassRobert ZoellickAri FleischerBBC review of the book "The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy" from 2007:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7104030.stmTranscript of the BBC broadcast:http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl/hi/programmes/panorama/transcripts/thewarparty.txtFight the good fight,Erik aka erkd1For the best up to date news go to:http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.comhttp://www.jwharrison.com/blog

Author: erkd1
Keywords: NeoCon Zionism PNAC AEI War Foreign Policy Propaganda Iraq AIPAC
Added: July 20, 2008

An Interview with Adrian Holovaty - Creator of Django
Adrian Holovaty is the co-creator of Django, author of the Django book and is currently the BDFL of Django along with Jacob Kaplan-Moss. He studied journalism at University of Missouri–Columbia and has worked with many news sites including Lawrence Journal World and Washington Post. He currently works at EveryBlock, a startup he founded......
http://digg.com/programming/An_Interview_with_Adrian_Holovaty_Creator_of_Django

Why not PNG? Is GIF format on the way out?
I ran across this article written by Jeff Croft, a designer at The Lawrence Journal-World. Jeff gives a very compelling line of reasoning for the PNG (Portable Network Graphics) format to immediately replace the GIF format. He even provides work-arounds for older web browsers that were not originally distributed with PNG support. Enjoy.
http://digg.com/design/Why_not_PNG_Is_GIF_format_on_the_way_out