The Nose Pin Zone

Muslim Brotherhood warning

2012-02-03T21:27:00.001-05:00

This morning the Muslim Brotherhood warned the United States that if the United States continued meddling in Egypt, Libya, and other potential hot spots in the middle east, they intend to cut off America's supply of 7-11 and Motel 6 managers.

If this action does not yield sufficient results, cab drivers will be next, followed by Dell, AT&T, and Apple customer service reps.

Finally, if all else fails, they have threatened not to send us any more Presidents.

It's going to get ugly, people.

http://goo.gl/Evxs7

Who's fault is it that whites have more money?

2012-01-21T00:14:00.000-05:00

"The percentage of African-Americans that have a college education has gone up from 3.5 percent to 18 percent. The number holding political office, including the presidency, has risen from about 1,400 to more than 10,500. Black men and women have held corporate CEO positions".

This sounds like an article touting the accomplishments of black Americans, however, this article, written by Margaret C. Simms, in the 1/18/12 issue of the AJC, http://goo.gl/IcSpw is actually a complaint that blacks have " made little progress relative to their white counterparts" (note in the article that blacks are referred to as "African Americans", but whites are still "white").

In this article, Simms wastes eight paragraphs with lines like "Median household income for African-Americans is only 58 percent of the median white household income", and "African-American wealth fell by 53 percent compared with a 19 percent drop for white households". Without one line on how to correct this.

This is where That Weird Uncle comes in...

Let me start with this. There is, in no way, any evidence that would suggest that income inequality could possible be a product of race. Rather, it is more a product of attitude and culture.

According to Simms, " Children are more likely to succeed if they have a stable home environment, adequate nutrition and the opportunity to get a good education". This is a big part of the problem. 72% of black babies are born to unwed mothers. http://goo.gl/2515Q This compared to 17 percent of Asians, 29 percent of whites, and 53 percent of Hispanics. As revered as the single mothers is today, they cannot give the same care to a child as a two parent family can. It's difficult for a single mother to give the nutrition the child needs, and many times, the single mother cannot spend as much time helping to educate their child as a married mother can.

I partly blame the black community for being so accepting of this, and partly blame the government for financing it. If women knew that the government wouldn't give them money when they have a baby, maybe they would be more careful (although "careful" doesn't come into play in some cases. Some women have babies just so they can get the money).

And where are the men? (that's another story for another day).

While Simms complains that white income is greater than black, she does not address the fact that black income is greater than Hispanic, and Asian income is greater that all three. Why leave this part out? Is she pushing a "poor poor me" mentality. Maybe she wants the government to do something (about the black/white discrepancy, not the black/Hispanic or white/Asian one).

I think I'm sorry I even wasted my time reading the article, although it did give me something to write about.

-That Weird Uncle

Hope n' Change

2011-12-27T21:00:00.000-05:00

A Short Neurological Test

2011-12-23T18:44:00.000-05:00

A Short Neurological Test

1- Find the C below..

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This is NOT a joke. If you were able to pass these 3 tests, you can cancel
your annual visit to your neurologist. Your brain is great and you're far
from having a close relationship with Alzheimer.

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Adam Carolla Explains the OWS movement

2011-12-02T21:50:00.001-05:00

The search for intelligent life doesn't stop in Kansas

2011-12-02T20:40:00.001-05:00

It was a simple cartoon, no outstanding graphics, looks like it could have been drawn by a 10th grader.

But what it said spoke volumes...

What this cartoon said was how ignorant of economics the artist, Lee Judge of the Kansas City Star is,

The premise, of course, is that the federal government is wasting money that could be used to feed hungry children. The reality, and something that Mr. Judge just doesn't get, is when NASA, or any government agency, or any corporation, or any small business spends money, that money actually goes somewhere, to someone. It isn't stuffed into mattresses, buried in mason jars in the backyard, or hidden behind walls. People actually earn it. In NASAs case, we have directors, engineers, scientists, and programmers. We also have Janitors, cafeteria cooks, dishwashers, landscapers, maintenance personnel and secretaries. In other words, we have thousands of people earning a living, paying their bills, feeding their children.

Mr. Judge seems to think that it would be better to not pay people those wages, rather to give this money to people that don't earn it, because those people are more deserving than the workers.

I'm supposing that Mr. Judge feels that we would all be better off it the Kansas City Star decided to stop paying him so they could give away his salary to someone. I mean, do we really need a cartoonist? Couldn't we go on without them?

I'm sure that he could fine others on the paper's staff that he believes we can live without, Who actually reads those daily corrections anyway? Who would notice if they weren't there? That's more money that could go to people that don't work for it.

The more we continue toward this notion that people who earn money aren't as deserving as those who don't, the more we slide into Socialism. Think Greece.

Prediction: The OWS movement will be forgotten about by this time next year.

2011-11-27T11:32:00.001-05:00

Not much else to say, just posting this so I can give all y'all a big, fat, "told ya" next Thanksgiving.

Movie Heroes

2011-11-19T16:54:00.000-05:00

Just give me three & a half days with the precious OWS children

2011-11-16T21:26:00.001-05:00

Women have to prove harassment? That's sexist!

2011-11-13T12:16:00.001-05:00

In 1991, Anita hill moved to the forefront of the American scene during the Clarence Thomas hearings when an interview by the FBI was leaked. During that interview, she accused Thomas of making inappropriate comments to her. Immediately, women's groups all over this nations rushed to back her, and when her character was called into question, condemned those who would dare suggest that she was delusional or seeking revenge on Thomas.

Now it's happening again, four women have accused Herman Cain of harassment, and when investigated, one of the women has been found to have some skeletons in her closet and it has been suggested that she might have an underlying agenda.

I'm not writing this to defend either Cain or Thomas, if they did what they did, they should be punished accordingly. My concern is with the women who unilaterally back another woman who claims harassment without hearing all of the facts. This seems to be one area of our justice system where the accused (the man) is "guilty until proven innocent". Of course, since one cannot prove a negative, the man is often toast.

In a letter to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC) today, one woman wrote: "Women who complain lose their jobs and often are not believed. If the accusations are made against a famous man, the woman is accused of seeking publicity and money. Every aspect of her life is under scrutiny...This is a “he said/she said” crime, with the burden of proof on the woman. Many of these men literally hold a woman’s livelihood in their hands. They are serial abusers."

Read the part again: "the burden of proof on the woman". To me this sounds like this person wants to be able to accuse someone, then sit back and not have to actually prove her allegations. Then the phrase "They are serial abusers": Does this writer offer proof of this? No, women shouldn't have to prove harassment, it's the man's job to disprove it.

Imagine this in other areas of justice. A person is accused of robbing a a bank, The prosecution has no burden of proof, the accused has to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that they didn't do it.

Yes, there are men (and women) out there who sexually abuse their employees, but to allow people to accuse them without having to prove anything is un-American.

Herman Cain new campaign ad

2011-11-10T21:11:00.001-05:00

New Obama Presidential Library

2011-11-06T14:38:00.002-05:00

From Theo Spark:

Concealed Carry Handgun Class -- Texas Style!

2011-10-28T21:29:00.000-04:00

Makes me wish I lived in Texas...

From Libertarian Republican

Down in the Lone Star State they know how to handle Terrorists

From Eric Dondero:

This is an actual radio ad. This is not a spoof. Y'all will want to listen to the whole thing, beginning to end. It gets really, really good towards the end.

We won't spoil it for ya!

Against bicyclists? or against wasting taxpayer money? You decide

2011-10-28T19:48:00.000-04:00

The left sees this as being "against bicyclists", Libertarians see it as not taking taxpayer's money to fund something they can't use.

A Libertarian would solicit donations to build the paths.

From AlterNet:

What Do Republicans Have Against Biking and Walking?
In these antagonistic political times, bikers and walkers are now targets of controversy for some members of Congress.
October 28, 2011 |

This story first appeared on Shareable.

How in the the world can biking and walking be controversial?

They’re good exercise, fun to do and—as an alternative to driving everywhere—help us save money and the environment. Both biking and walking are increasingly popular for transportation and recreation today, thanks in large part to a recent flowering of federally-funded trails, bikeways and pathways that make getting around on two wheels and two feet safer and more convenient.

But in these antagonistic political times, bikers and walkers are now targets of controversy for some members of Congress. In September, Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn proposed stripping all designated federal funding for bike and pedestrian projects from the pending Transportation Bill. After an outpouring of opposition from citizens coast-to-coast, Coburn withdrew his amendment.

Now bicyclists and pedestrians are under attack again, this time in an amendment from Kentucky Senator Rand Paul. He wants to redirect every last penny of money dedicated to bicycling and walking to bridge repair instead.

His proposal is scheduled for a vote next Tuesday. (Here's how to contact your Senators and Representatives to save federal bike and walk programs.)

Now we all agree that safe bridges are important. Look at the tragic bridge collapse four years ago in Minneapolis that took 17 lives.

But safety for the millions of kids and adults that bike and walk every day is important, too. Since 2007, 2,800 cyclists and 20,000 pedestrians have died on America’s roads—many due to the lack of sidewalks, bike lanes and other safety measures that federal funds provide.

We shouldn’t have to choose between safe bridges and safe streets. Here’s why.
First of all, Senator Paul’s amendment will not even come close to fixing America’s bridges. Biking, walking and other so-called “transportation enhancements” that Paul wants to kill account for less than two percent of the total Transportation Bill. It would take 80 years using money saved from scrapping these programs to finance the backlog of current bridge repairs—not to mention future needs.
States are not spending the money already allocated for bridge repairs. Last year, they returned $530 million to the federal government. That represents a big chunk of total bike and pedestrian projects.
Federal money to make biking and walking safer and more convenient is a great investment in America’s future that pays off in safer streets, reduced environmental damage, greater energy security, improved public health and more resilient, neighborly, pleasurable communities.

State Department Buys $70K Worth Of Obama Books

2011-10-27T10:23:00.002-04:00

By who's order was this?

Have we done similarly with other presidents?

By Jim McElhatton, The Washington Times

The U.S. Department of State has bought more than $70,000 worth of books authored by President Obama, sending out copies as Christmas gratuities and stocking “key libraries” around the world with “Dreams from My Father” more than a decade after its release.

The U.S. embassy in Egypt, for instance, spent $28,636 in August 2009 for copies of Mr. Obama’s bestselling 1995 memoir. Six weeks earlier, the embassy had placed another order with the same book seller, Kalemat Arabia, for more than $9,000 for copies of the same book, federal purchasing records show.

Republicans: The party of bigger Government

2011-10-23T18:08:00.000-04:00

"Marriage is one of the 'basic civil rights of man,' fundamental to our very existence and survival..."

These words, from Loving v. Virginia, in 1967, set aside anti-miscegenation laws in the United States. What politician would openly refute those words? All of them, it seems. While they would never indicate an intention to roll back laws allowing people of different races to marry, query them about people of the same sex marrying.

No, I am not gay, I am straight male, happily married (to a woman). But I cannot see in any way how allowing two homosexual people to marry would impact my marriage in any way. The Republican-backed "Defense of Marriage Act" (DOMA) purports that the very act of two people of the same sex marrying would cause damage the institute of marriage.

Republicans call themselves the "Party of smaller Government". Please someone explain to me how the DOMA is "Smaller Government".

I still like this guy... Ron Paul: Let's kill Fed student loans

2011-10-23T14:13:00.000-04:00

It seems like Ron Paul is the only Presidential candidate to truly embrace freedom and smaller government.
Cain at one time looked like he was, but now with his pro-government control over our morals, I can't continue to support him.

Ron Paul: Let's Kill Federal Student Loans
SAYS GOVERNMENT'S DRIVING UP COLLEGE TUITION, NEEDS TO GET OUT OF LENDING BUSINESS

By the Associated Press

Posted Oct 23, 2011 12:34 PM CDT

AP) – Republican presidential contender Ron Paul said today he wants to end federal student loans, calling it a failed program that has put students $1 trillion in debt when there are no jobs and when the quality of education has deteriorated. Paul unveiled a plan last week to cut $1 trillion from the federal budget that would eliminate five Cabinet departments, including education. He's also wants young workers to be able to opt out of Social Security.

The student loan program is not part of those cuts, but Paul said today on NBC's Meet the Press that he'd kill the loan program eventually if he were president. That could put him at odds with some of his young followers, many of whom are college students. Paul blamed government intervention in the economy for rising tuition. "Just think of all this willingness to want to help every student get a college education," said Paul, a graduate of Gettysburg College and Duke University School of Medicine. "I went to school when we had none of those. I could work my way through college and medical school because it wasn't so expensive." Annual tuition for Gettysburg College is $42,610 for the 2011-2012 academic year. Annual tuition at Duke's medical school runs $46,621.

Ron Paul Student Loans: Federal Government Needs to get Out of Lending Business

Blacks can't seem to criticize Cain without mentioning race

2011-10-23T09:27:00.000-04:00

Chauncey DeVega is at it again. He must have some deep down resentment of his color. He's seemingly not able to criticize a black person without calling him an "Uncle Tom", or "minstrel".

Read the latest race-bating garbage below link below

http://goo.gl/K3koN

Stop Funding College Sports

2011-10-23T00:10:00.000-04:00

Though the economic crisis has taken a striking, media-grabbing toll on the federal government, state governments are also scrambling to address budgetary issues. Many states are implementing across-the-board spending cuts, while others are targeting those programs that they believe are most expendable. Whatever their strategy, lawmakers are ripping through budgets, looking for excess fat that can be eliminated to trim down expenditures. Given this political and budgetary climate, it seems remarkable that state lawmakers continue funneling taxpayer dollars toward college and university athletic departments, says A. Barton Hinkle, a columnist at the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
A Bloomberg study found that 46 of the 53 schools examined subsidize their sports programs, supporting a statement by the NCAA that most athletic departments operate in the red.
According to a story in USA Today, six Virginia schools charged each of their students more than $1,000 as an athletics fee for the 2008-2009 school year, constituting between 10 percent and 23 percent of the total tuition and mandatory-fee charges for in-state students.
Using the University of Florida as an example, while the school gained $44 million and $2 million from its profitable football and basketball teams, respectively, it lost $2.8 million on women's basketball, $5.3 million on other men's sports, $10 million on other women's sports, $17.4 million on coaches' salaries, $7.5 million in aid to student athletes and $1.4 million in recruiting.

Given that most athletic departments are net losses for funds, it is time that state lawmakers ask themselves a more fundamental question: how does athletic entertainment further the purpose of universities? While some claim that university athletics programs help to produce better-rounded students, this is only true for those few students who actively participate -- it is difficult to accept the argument that merely watching the game molds character.

This underlines the crux of the issue: universities and the lawmakers who fund them need to revisit the purpose of higher education, and rededicate themselves to attaining it. In a time of budget cuts and belt-fastening, wasteful and unproductive spending should not be allowed to continue.

http://goo.gl/YLYCQ

Source: A. Barton Hinkle, "Stop Funding College Sports," Reason Magazine, October 14, 2011.

Stop Funding College Sports

Keeping Poor People Poor

2011-10-22T23:55:00.002-04:00

by John C. Goodman - Townhall

If you live in a middle-class household, you generally expect your needs to be met through the marketplace. You buy or rent housing in the real estate market. When you aren't driving your own car, you catch a taxicab or maybe even hire a limo. You or your employer buy health insurance, and you choose your doctor in the medical marketplace.

For most poor families, the experience is very different. Regulations designed to protect entrenched special interests have succeeded in raising the costs of basic services so much that low-income families have been priced out of the market for many essential services. Middle-class and poor communities differ not just by income. For the middle class, basic needs are met by markets and they benefit from the customer-pleasing innovations that competition produces. All too often, the poor must turn to public programs with all of the customer-pleasing attributes of the Department of Motor Vehicles.

Take housing, for example. The cheapest form of housing is small, prefabricated homes for zero-lot developments. However, zoning regulations in most cities outlaw them — an act that effectively doubles the price of the cheapest housing. There are also other expensive restrictions on new housing, such as forcing builders to build on bigger lots and mandating specific types of materials and construction methods. Regulations vary widely across the United States. In Houston, a less restrictive city, regulatory costs add about $13,200 to the price of an average home. In San Diego, a multitude of regulations add $240,000. These cost-increasing regulations have essentially priced many low-income residents out of the market for a private home, forcing them to turn to public housing instead.

Then there is transportation. Did you know that people in the bottom fifth of income distribution take more taxicab rides than middle-income families? The reason: a lot of poor people don’t own automobiles. Taxi fares are far higher than they need to be, however, because local governments tightly control entry into the taxi market. There is no reason in principle why someone with a van couldn’t pick up workers in a low-income neighborhood and transport them to a jobsite, charging each passenger a few bucks. The problem: Most cities make this activity against the law.

When low-income families are priced out of the market for private transportation, they must turn to public transportation. Since only a few cities have subways, that means turning to buses. Yet, even a simple trip to work or a supermarket can be a logistical nightmare if you have to follow city bus schedules.

And consider health care. Sad to say, but the paramedics who treat our soldiers on the battlefields in Iraq and Afghanistan are not allowed to provide the same services back home for people who can’t afford, and perhaps don’t need, the attention of a physician. Although the restrictions differ from state to state, laws everywhere “protect” patients from care delivered by anyone other than a physician. This is despite studies showing that non-physician clinicians can competently provide from 60 percent to 90 percent of all primary care.

In some parts of the country, walk-in clinics in shopping malls allow nurses to give flu shots, take temperatures, prescribe antibiotics and deliver other timely, inexpensive care. But even these innovative services are often saddled with burdensome regulations. For example, in Massachusetts, regulations for clinics have such cost-increasing requirements as a separate entrance for patients, minimum size requirements for exam rooms, and a separate reception desk. When low-income families find they cannot afford private care, what’s the alternative? Community health centers and the emergency rooms of safety net hospitals. Yet these care sites often involve crowding and waiting, which limits access to care.

Child care is another basic service needed by many low-income families. In fact, low-income families spend about a third of their income on child care, as much as a typical middle-income family might spend on a home. In recent years, state and local governments have been making child care ever more costly, however. All manner of regulations are emerging, including the licensing of day care workers. Did you know that in most places, it’s illegal for a neighbor down the street to oversee children from the neighborhood for pay? Again, what’s the alternative? Low-income mothers must seriously consider abandoning the labor market altogether and rely solely on the welfare state.

Even a basic activity like keeping the neighborhood safe runs into regulatory barriers. In response to inadequate public police protection, an increasingly popular alternative is private police. In the United States, private security guards actually outnumber public police officers by a ratio of three to one; and they can perform most, if not all, of the necessary law enforcement tasks. Yet, government regulation has created substantial barriers for would-be security firms, including criminal background checks, examinations, training requirements, and insurance and bonding minimums.

A task force report produced by the National Center for Policy analysis calls for an end to these senseless policies, and advocates allowing our lowest-income citizens access to the benefits of the free market. I’ll write about it in a future column.

Keeping Poor People Poor - Page 1 - John C. Goodman - Townhall Conservative

Herman Cain no longer for freedom

2011-10-22T23:20:00.001-04:00

Herman Cain Exclusive: Tells Brody File He Will Support Constitutional Amendments on Life and Marriage

In an exclusive interview with The Brody File, GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain says he would support a pro-life amendment to the constitution and would use the bully pulpit to push pro-life legislation. He also said he now supports a federal marriage amendment to the constitution.

Reed full details at:

Herman Cain Exclusive: Tells Brody File He Will Support Constitutional Amendments on Life and Marriage

Corporate greed

2011-10-08T09:47:00.000-04:00

"Stolen" from Theo Spark

Proof:the Wall Street Protesters aren't really anti-corporation

2011-10-07T23:03:00.000-04:00

Here you see a group of the Wall Street protesters, and their "shop". You can see at least 5 or 6 laptops , with one, maybe three made by Apple. This is a company that made almost 25% profit last year. if these idiots were really against the big, bad corporations, they wouldn't be using their products.

The fact is, these people don't have a clue what they're protesting against. Sure, they have catchy slogans ("Take back America", "Stop corporate crime", "Heal America", etc.), but go up and ask one and you'll probably get some gobbledygook punctuated with a dozen or so "like"s: "You know, like, man, we're, like protesting, like, the greedy fat cats on, like Wall Street, who, like are bringing the country, like down you know."

Plus, who's supporting them financially? 10 to 1 they're probably living with their parents, sucking up their groceries (bought from the greedy corporate grocery chains), all the while moaning and groaning about "taxing the corporations out of business".

They think they're imitating the youth anti-establishment movement of the sixties, when in fact, they're protesting against those very people. Ask any 60-year old executive what his political views were in the 60s and you'll probably find that he was as left-wing as these protesters are.

If they put as much time and effort in productive society as they are here, maybe it would kick start our economy.

Are these people protesting others investing in the companies they work for?

2011-10-02T01:00:00.000-04:00

Labor Movement Rolls Into Wall Street Occupation | Economy | AlterNet

When is political indoctrinating of children not bad? When it's Republican indoctrination of children.

2011-09-30T11:20:00.001-04:00

OK, my guess is that Republicans will loooooove this idea of Beck indoctrinating children in conservative ideals, while they protest President Obama giving a speech to school children.

You won't hear Hannity of Limbaugh preaching against this.

Glenn Beck Launches Children's Show 'Liberty Treehouse' on GBTV