On the Internet tax

I did this over at the Tennessean.

James Kershaw writes:

“The passage of this bill would benefit every retail and wholesale business located in Tennessee,”

This assumes that the TN merchant would get the business that is now going to the Internet. Since a great deal of the business going to the Internet is based on convenience, shopping from your desk at home, and unlimited selection and ease of finding a product, this is a false assumption.  For example, does your local book store have every book available that has been written by your favorite author? Highly doubtful. And to find out you’ve got to get up and drive to the store and then find the book and then find a clerk…. Contrast that with the ease of Ebay and Amazon…want a pair of shoes???? Just look at the selection available from Zappos.

……”and increase state revenues, thus benefiting all who live here.”

This assumes that EVERYONE will benefit based on some unknown action by an unknown agency of state government. Obviously the people who pay the additional taxes will benefit only to the extent that the result of the unknown action by the unknown agency exceeds their loss in real money. In addition, even those who lose no money may not benefit because giving more money to government does not guarantee a positive outcome. In fact, given that the money could be used in ways that reduce individual freedom, giving more money to government is like giving booze to an alcoholic. In fact, there is no real proof that government is too small and needs more money to provide actually needed services.

…….”A number of Tennessee-based businesses lose sales on a daily basis to Amazon eBay, and other Internet retailers, as those entities enjoy an immediate 9.25 percent price benefit.’

At this time the large retailers, who have websites, charge TN sales taxes. Last evening, using the Internet, I ordered a part for one of our appliances. I was charged for the part, for shipping and state and local sales taxes. Again, my savings was in gasoline and shoe leather not spent in driving to a local merchant to order the part. Plus, it was painless.

It is reported that the bill passed by the Senate has this limit:

“But under the proposed law, states would be able to require online sellers to collect sales tax if they have sales of at least $1 million outside of states where they have physical operations.”

It is rather obvious that Amazon’s opposition to this bill is based on them having warehouses located  in multiple locations. But who is supporting the bill??

I think that he majority of the support comes from small business owners who think all purchases on the Internet will be subject to the tax and this will drive customers to their doors. This is false due to the reasons stated above.  Note to small business owners. Websites are inexpensive. Get one. They are as important to your future as window displays were in the past.

The second group of supporters are those, mostly Democrats and so-called “Progressives” who have never seen a tax they didn’t like, who believe that once in place the tax can easily be increased. That is true.

I don’t know what group James Kershaw belongs. Like too many he has been allowed to spout his opinion without telling us anything that would reveal his biases."Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them." - Karl Popper “It’s the presumption that Obama knows how all these industries ought to be operating better than people who have spent their lives in those industries, and a general cockiness going back to before he was president, and the fact that he has no experience whatever in managing anything. Only someone who has never had the responsibility for managing anything could believe he could manage just about everything.” - Thomas Sowell in Reason Magazine

Republican Party decides to be more like Democrats

Hat tip to attackcartoons

Let me see.... They lost with DemoLite in 2008...they lost bigger in 2012 with DemoLiter....

Insanity is often defined as doing the same thing over and over while expecting different results.

"Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them." - Karl Popper

 “It’s the presumption that Obama knows how all these industries ought to be operating better than people who have spent their lives in those industries, and a general cockiness going back to before he was president, and the fact that he has no experience whatever in managing anything. Only someone who has never had the responsibility for managing anything could believe he could manage just about everything.” - Thomas Sowell in Reason Magazine

Lest we forget what the Democrats

thought, along with their brother Repubs.

I mean the rewriting of history continues unabated.

"One way or the other, we are determined to deny Iraq the capacity to develop weapons of mass destruction and the missiles to deliver them. That is our bottom line."--President Bill Clinton, Feb. 4, 1998

"If Saddam rejects peace and we have to use force, our purpose is clear. We want to seriously diminish the threat posed by Iraq's weapons of mass destruction program."--President Bill Clinton, Feb. 17, 1998

"Iraq is a long way from [here], but what happens there matters a great deal here. For the risks that the leaders of a rogue state will use nuclear, chemical or biological weapons against us or our allies is the greatest security threat we face."--Madeline Albright, Feb 18, 1998

"He will use those weapons of mass destruction again, as he has ten times since 1983."--Sandy Berger, Clinton National Security Adviser, Feb, 18, 1998

"[W]e urge you, after consulting with Congress, and consistent with the U.S. Constitution and laws, to take necessary actions (including, if appropriate, air and missile strikes on suspect Iraqi sites) to respond effectively to the threat posed by Iraq's refusal to end its weapons of mass destruction programs."
Letter to President Clinton, signed by:-- Democratic Senators Carl Levin, Tom Daschle, John Kerry, and others, Oct. 9, 1998

"Saddam Hussein has been engaged in the development of weapons of mass destruction technology which is a threat to countries in the region and he has made a mockery of the weapons inspection process."-Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D, CA), Dec. 16, 1998

"Hussein has ... chosen to spend his money on building weapons of mass destruction and palaces for his cronies."
-- Madeline Albright, Clinton Secretary of State, Nov. 10, 1999

"There is no doubt that ... Saddam Hussein has reinvigorated his weapons programs. Reports indicate that biological, chemical and nuclear programs continue apace and may be back to pre-Gulf War status. In addition, Saddam continues to redefine delivery systems and is doubtless using the cover of a licit missile program to develop longer-range missiles that will threaten the United States and our allies."
Letter to President Bush, Signed by:-- Sen. Bob Graham (D, FL), and others, Dec 5, 2001

"We begin with the common belief that Saddam Hussein is a tyrant and a threat to the peace and stability of the region. He has ignored the mandate of the United Nations and is building weapons of mass destruction and th! e means of delivering them."-- Sen. Carl Levin (D, MI), Sept. 19, 2002

"We know that he has stored secret supplies of biological and chemical weapons throughout his country."-- Al Gore, Sept. 23, 2002

"Iraq's search for weapons of mass destruction has proven impossible to deter and we should assume that it will continue for as long as Saddam is in power."-- Al Gore, Sept. 23, 2002

"We have known for many years that Saddam Hussein is seeking and developing weapons of mass destruction."
-- Sen. Ted Kennedy (D, MA), Sept. 27, 2002

"The last UN weapons inspectors left Iraq in October of 1998. We are confident that Saddam Hussein retains some stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons, and that he has since embarked on a crash course to build up his chemical and biological warfare capabilities. Intelligence reports indicate that he is seeking nuclear weapons..."-- Sen. Robert Byrd (D, WV), Oct. 3, 2002

"I will be voting to give the President of the United States the authority to use force -- if necessary -- to disarm Saddam Hussein because I believe that a deadly arsenal of weapons of mass destruction in his hands is a real and grave threat to our security."-- Sen. John F. Kerry (D, MA), Oct. 9, 2002

"There is unmistakable evidence that Saddam Hussein is working aggressively to develop nuclear weapons and will likely have nuclear weapons within the next five years ... We also should remember we have always underestimated the progress Saddam has made in development of weapons of mass destruction."-- Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D, WV), Oct 10, 2002

"He has systematically violated, over the course of the past 11 years, every significant UN resolution that has demanded that he disarm and destroy his chemical and biological weapons, and any nuclear capacity. This he has refused to do"-- Rep. Henry Waxman (D, CA), Oct. 10, 2002

"In the four years since the inspectors left, intelligence reports show that Saddam Hussein has worked to rebuild his chemical and biological weapons stock, his missile delivery capability, and his nuclear program. He has also given aid, comfort, and sanctuary to terrorists, including al Qaeda members ... It is clear, however, that if left unchecked, Saddam Hussein will continue to increase his capacity to wage biological and chemical warfare, and will keep trying to develop nuclear weapons."-- Sen. Hillary Clinton (D, NY), Oct 10, 2002

"We are in possession of what I think to be compelling evidence that Saddam Hussein has, and has had for a number of years, a developing capacity for the production and storage of weapons of mass destruction."-- Sen. Bob Graham (D, FL), Dec. 8, 2002

"Without question, we need to disarm Saddam Hussein. He is a brutal, murderous dictator, leading an oppressive regime ... He presents a particularly grievous threat because he is so consistently prone to miscalculation ... And now he is miscalculating America's response to his continued deceit and his consistent grasp for weapons of mass destruction ... So the threat of Saddam Hussein with weapons of mass destruction is real..."-- Sen. John F. Kerry (D, MA), Jan. 23. 2003

Hat tip to ESteel

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"Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them." - Karl Popper

 “It’s the presumption that Obama knows how all these industries ought to be operating better than people who have spent their lives in those industries, and a general cockiness going back to before he was president, and the fact that he has no experience whatever in managing anything. Only someone who has never had the responsibility for managing anything could believe he could manage just about everything.” - Thomas Sowell in Reason Magazine

Tebow speaks

Bits and pieces and other stuff…

The media world is all aflutter that Tebow is speaking at church in Dallas that doesn’t embrace gays and doesn’t like Islam, Mormonism and Judaism.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/14/tim-tebow-church-anti-gay-first-baptist-dallas_n_2687167.html?icid=maing-grid10%7Chtmlws-main-bb%7Cdl3%7Csec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D270889

On the religious side I see their point on Islam. But on the other two they need to lighten up. I mean Jews and Mormons don’t have thousands of radicals wanting to go to Paradise by offing off good liberal Baptists.

But why can’t Tebow speak at a church that says bad things about gays?? And before you Lefties get all in a dither and start blathering, remember I have posted I am for minority rights, including gay marriage. I mean I just don’t care and if I was looking for a church this one wouldn’t be on my list.  But…..

I mean look. You either believe in free speech or you don’t. This PC bullshit has gone too far.  Face it, folks. Tebow has taken a lot of trash because he is an avowed Christian and that makes a lot of you uncomfortable. So you attack him. And a church who teaches that Islam is bad…. But Islam has “members” who say the Koran says they should kill gays… and they do it.

Ah ha! You say??? Christianity and Islam are no different… Heh. The difference is that Christianity got rid of 99.9999% of the folks who want to kill gays years ago. Islam??? No so much.

Onward…….

This gives “wait a minute” a whole new meaning.

This College Student Founded A Startup Delivering Emergency Condoms On Campus

http://www.sfgate.com/technology/businessinsider/article/This-College-Student-Founded-A-Startup-Delivering-4279375.php#ixzz2KzyRiEBn

You know, if that meter had exploded over Russia back when I was looking for Soviet missiles and they were looking for US missiles… both sides with some fairly low tech  radar… we might have been at war. At the very least the phones would have been ringing in the White House.

Can anyone tell me why every picture of the mass murderer Dorner shows him with a big grin on his face… Speaking of grinning, Lamont Hill, the Columbia U professor who can’t understand why a mass murder should be used as a civil rights example… He can’t grasp that by doing so he is qualifying killing people because you think you’ve been hosed over a job…  O’Reilly gave him a good going over last night…

http://www.mediaite.com/uncategorized/bill-oreilly-tears-into-marc-lamont-hill-over-dorner-remarks-you-gave-credibility-to-a-killer/

But Lamont didn’t get the message. He is living proof that Columbia U should lose its accreditation.  

This is all over the Internet. Hat tip to Larry P and Mike L for sending it to me.

My memory's not as sharp as it used to be.  Also, my memory's not as sharp as it used to be.

Now if I could just remember their last name……..

Speaking of names.. another anonymous asshole has commented on my post about the Left loving them some Navy seal murderer…

“Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Left Loves the Murder of Navy Seal":

Breibart: speaking of the karmic chickens coming home to roost..

Proving once again that the ethics of a Norway Rat, Nixonian dirty tricks, and cocaine don't mix.

Such a loss for the nation.”

Aint they just wonderful people??

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3ctO7fdrcc

"Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them." - Karl Popper “It’s the presumption that Obama knows how all these industries ought to be operating better than people who have spent their lives in those industries, and a general cockiness going back to before he was president, and the fact that he has no experience whatever in managing anything. Only someone who has never had the responsibility for managing anything could believe he could manage just about everything.” - Thomas Sowell in Reason Magazine

Left Loves the Murder of Navy Seal

No one should be surprised by the actions of the Left

Chris Kyle, a former Navy SEAL and author of "American Sniper," was murdered Saturday afternoon at a gun range 53 miles outside Fort Worth, Tex. While many in the country mourned his loss, Twitchy reported Sunday that a number of anti-gun liberals on Twittermocked and celebrated his murder.

"I am absolutely against guns being used for any reason, but in the matter of Chris Kyle, I'd have to say it was poetic justice," one personwrote.

"All u hypocrites can miss me with the Chris Kyle American Sniper sympathy bulls**t, I call his death karma. Feel for his family not him,"said another user on Twitter.

"Chris Kyle was killed at a gun how ironic lol live by the gun die by the gun now I really believe he had it coming to him," said"Patricia."

http://www.examiner.com/article/liberals-on-twitter-celebrate-murder-of-navy-seal-chris-kyle

I mean, how much proof do we need?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3ctO7fdrcc

http://sweetness-light.com/archive/dem-tire-slashers-get-sentenced

http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/119037014.html

http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2011/03/16/threatening_tweets_shake_mcgill_campus.html

http://dailycaller.com/2011/06/07/comic-chris-titus-hints-at-assassinating-palin-if-she-gets-elected-president/


"Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them." - Karl Popper

“It’s the presumption that Obama knows how all these industries ought to be operating better than people who have spent their lives in those industries, and a general cockiness going back to before he was president, and the fact that he has no experience whatever in managing anything. Only someone who has never had the responsibility for managing anything could believe he could manage just about everything.” - Thomas Sowell in Reason Magazine

The health care shoe falls

I dedicate his to the Lefties of the workd and dumb Seniors who voted for Obama.

Some Seniors started to catch on when Obama revealed he would take $700 billion from Medicare to fund Obamacare. Sarah Palin warned that the result would be Death Panels. Some didn't.  You probably sneered at her.

Obama's health care adviser, Ezekiel Emanuel's philosophy was spelled out here:

http://tallcotton-ppjakajim.blogspot.com/2009/07/obamas-health-care-plan-spelled-out.html

And everyone knew what was coming:

"One of President Obama’s key proposals to reduce skyrocketing Medicare costs is a so-called Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB). The IPAB would consist of 15 members appointed by the president (and confirmed by the Senate), empowered to decide what medical tests and procedures Medicare would cover and how much it would pay providers.

As the Wall Street Journal notes, the IPAB’s decisions wouldn’t be subject to judicial or administrative review. They would go to Congress for an up-or-down vote, and would go into effect unless Congress adopted its own plan to reduce Medicare spending by an equivalent amount."

http://pjmedia.com/blog/we-call-it-%e2%80%98rationing%e2%80%99-obama-calls-it-%e2%80%98medicare-independent-payment-advisory-board%e2%80%99/

That spells rationing and ration means that someone gets left out. "Someone" means seniors and children.

"An obvious example is not guaranteeing health services to patients with dementia. A less obvious example Is is guaranteeing neuropsychological services to ensure children with learning disabilities can read and learn to reason."

http://tallcotton-ppjakajim.blogspot.com/2009/10/death-panels-theyre-back.html

Now the other shoe has dropped.

"The White House is willing to make bigger Medicare cuts in order to protect Medicaid, senior economic adviser Gene Sperling said Thursday.

Sperling said the White House is no longer willing to make even the Medicaid cuts it had previously supported, but acknowledged that puts more pressure on Medicare.

“We are not willing to accept even the Medicaid savings that we had once put on the table … Medicaid savings, Medicaid cuts, for this administration, are not on the table,” Sperling said at a conference organized by the advocacy group Families USA."

snip

"But the administration has decided to accept a fight over Medicare in order to protect Medicaid, Sperling said.

“It means we’re going to have to look harder for Medicare savings, and those savings may be more difficult politically because of he choices we’ve made,” Sperling said. “If you decide you are going to protect Medicaid more, it means you’re going to have to make some tough choices in other places.”.

http://thehill.com/blogs/healthwatch/medicaid/280401-white-house-adviser-obama-willing-to-cut-medicare-but-not-medicaid#ixzz2Jl48xlGk

You might ask why. The reason is simple. Medicaid clients are, basically, Obama's base and will do what told to do. Many elderly, who paid for Social Security and Medicare by the taxes the government collected, won't. They will be punushed.

It's The Chicago Way. Don't toe the line... Don't vote right... Your garbage won't get picked up and your car gets keyed.


Congratulations, Dummies.  And ask your Mom how she feels about you supporting cuts to her health care.


"Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them." - Karl Popper

“It’s the presumption that Obama knows how all these industries ought to be operating better than people who have spent their lives in those industries, and a general cockiness going back to before he was president, and the fact that he has no experience whatever in managing anything. Only someone who has never had the responsibility for managing anything could believe he could manage just about everything.” - Thomas Sowell in Reason Magazine

Pet Health Warning!

Pets are known to climb up and/or into warm objects such as cars in cold climates!

Please be careful when starting and driving off!

Hat tip to Tom H!

"Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them." - Karl Popper

“It’s the presumption that Obama knows how all these industries ought to be operating better than people who have spent their lives in those industries, and a general cockiness going back to before he was president, and the fact that he has no experience whatever in managing anything. Only someone who has never had the responsibility for managing anything could believe he could manage just about everything.” - Thomas Sowell in Reason Magazine