The Second-Best Day of 2010

It's sunny, seasonably warm but not hot, the Friday before a 3 day weekend, and my fiancee returns from a 3 day school trip... what's not to love?

Another Embarrassment...

It seems there is no end to the embarrassing revelations of hypocritical influential Christians these days. The latest is Rep. Mark Souder (R-Ind.) who is "an evangelical Christian who has championed family values and traditional marriage" and "promoted abstinence education" according to Yahoo.

51 Days

Until I get married to the most wonderfully [insert any number of mushy phrases here] woman in the world! The invitations have now all been sent out - with the exception of one to a certain A. Miller. (Okay so I should have inquired earlier than I did, but please respond to my request for your address)

Health Care "Reform"

...Isn't even enacted yet and the government is already admitting it will cost up to $115 BILLION more than the budget office previously predicted. I'm not in the least bit surprised that its going to cost more than they told us originally, but they're coming out with it already?! The fact that they're already telling us they were lying ("well not really...") makes me wonder if they're just trying to make us less surprised when they tell us next year its actually going to cost $2 Trillion... Oh, and they "simply didn't have enough time to run the numbers"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well maybe you shouldn't have passed it through so fast you... well I want to keep this G-rated...

Financial "Reform"

I try not to repost entire articles too often, but this was so good I couldn't really improve on it:

"FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

April 30, 2010

Libertarians call for more finance industry freedom

WASHINGTON - Libertarian Party Executive Director Wes Benedict issued the following statement today, regarding the financial regulation legislation in Congress:
"The Libertarian Party opposes the legislation currently in Congress. Instead of removing harmful regulations that reduce competition, create winners and losers, and stifle the choices of consumers and financial firms, this legislation merely adds to that heap of regulations.

"It is remarkable that so many people have blamed the banking and financial company failures on the 'free market.' The American finance industry is probably the most regulated industry in human history. It doesn't remotely resemble a free market, and that's been true for many decades. It would be much more accurate to blame the failures on government interference.

Vote Libertarian! -or- Why You Should Vote and Who You Should Vote for, if You Hate Republicans and are Disillusioned with Democrats

In the 2008 elections, just 61.7% of the voting-eligible population voted for president. Follow that up with a 64% disapproval rating for congress, a whopping 76% of Americans who believe most members of congress are more interested in

Taxpayer Bails Out GM, Part Two -or- Ford Advertisement

Happy Tax Day (prounouced "guvmintsezfuday") everyone! To commemorate this special occasion, here's some news you probably didn't want to hear as a taxpayer: Last year, Uncle Sam (pronounced "taks-pay-ur")

Earthquakes

If you listen to the media these days, you could be forgiven for the impression that major earthquakes are happening at an ever-increasing rate, what with the major coverage of earthquakes in Haiti, Chile, and now China. In fact, earthquakes with a magnitude of 7.0 or greater on the Richter scale have been happening at an average rate of 18 per year worldwide since 1900,

Hot Jobs

Yahoo says the top 5 "hot" careers are Physical Therapy, Automotive Specialties, Writing, Legal Careers, and Advertising. So tell me something new... I'm already in #4, and have long dreamed of #2, and am currently working on the roadmap to get there :)

On a Somewhat Positive Note

The government is currently working a deal to sell its remaining stake in Citigroup, while possibly making a handy $8 billion in the process... too bad the deficit is so huge it won't make a dent, much less reduce your taxes this year. If nothing else, the government is reducing its stake in the banking industry, and without completely frittering all of your tax dollars that went to T.A.R.P.