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Sparky speaks

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  1. End of Chicago strike paves way for redoubled attack on teachers, public education http://www.globalres...blic-education/ Chicago’s War on Education http://www.globalresearch.ca/chicagos-war-on-education/
  2. The Fallacy of Redistribution http://lewrockwell.com/sowell/sowell113.html
  3. Speaking of student loans. Here's why we all pay so much...
  4. $1.8 trillion shock: Obama regs cost 20-times estimate http://washingtonexaminer.com/1.8-trillion-shock-obama-regs-cost-20-times-estimate/article/2508466#.UFuEf674J57
  5. Not what I expected. Good for one view I guess...
  6. One of the best shows I've been to this year, Dr. Dog and Delta Spirit, Lupos, Providence RI.
  7. Americans are poor because of the Federal Reserve system which is destroying our currency through inflation and debt to name a few reasons. As long as we allow a private cartel of banks to manipulate our monetary system we will never get out of this mess... The Federal Reserve Is Destroying Social Security And The Retirement Plans Of Millions Of Americans
  8. We are fast becoming a failed socialist welfare state... Economic Freedom of the World: 2012 Annual Report “[T]he United States has fallen precipitously from second in 2000 to eighth in 2005 and 19th in 2010 (unadjusted ranking of 18th). By 2009, the United States had fallen behind Switzerland, Canada, Australia, Chile, and Mauritius, countries that chose not to follow the path of massive growth in government financed by borrowing that is now the most prominent characteristic of US fiscal policy. By 2010, the United States had also fallen behind Finland and Denmark, two European welfare
  9. For the record, it appears to be true... Half of Americans in households receiving government aid http://www.wsws.org/articles/2012/jun2012/soci-j07.shtml A Nation of Government Dependents? http://mercatus.org/publication/nation-government-dependents 16 Statistics Which Show That The Number Of Americans Dependent On The Government Is At An All-Time High http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/16-statistics-which-show-that-the-number-of-americans-dependent-on-the-government-is-at-an-all-time-high Number of the Week: Half of U.S. Lives in Household Getting Benefits http://bl
  10. If I never sold my first house that I paid 50k for, and never had three kids and never had to pay the cost of raising them and sending them off to college I would be a very wealthy man today based on my income. But as you make a little more each year and as you sell your two bedroom home to upgrade to accommodate five people, and you pay college tuition and higher property taxes and utility bills and cable bills and everything else that gets more expensive as you live your life, what you make really becomes irrelevant if your life style stays the same. That's why over the last 35 years despite
  11. I was there with my Wilco hat on. Jayhawks were pretty good but I was impressed with Nicole Atkins who went on just before the Jayhawks. Great voice and pretty good songs. I think she might be someone we will be hearing about in the future. I thought the Jayhawks were much better when I saw them at Webster Hall two years ago when they played all of Hollywood Town Hall. Still can't complain about a freebie though.
  12. My wife and I are making close to that 200K combined figure before taxes. After federal, state and local property taxes, much less, and after routine bills, medical coverage deductions and paying back loans for three kids college expenses even less. Doesn't feel like I am any better off then when we were making 30K combined. I am not taking sides in this particular debate but most two income families I am familiar with are bringing home about the same if not more. I don't think those figures are that far off for combined middle class family incomes of folks who have been working for 30 years.
  13. Jayhawks freebie tomorrow night Brooklyn, NY.
  14. My favorites over the years... Leave it to Beaver Combat SNL early years Bob Newhart (anyone) Taxi Cheers Miami Vice Seinfeld Soparanos Curb Your Enthusiasm Boardwalk Empire David Letterman Gold Rush Justified
  15. Did we invade the Soviet Union? Did we bomb Communist China? They had WMDs and we were told for decades they were going to use them. Iraq was supposed to have them also. How did that turn out for over 4,000 Americans? Iran doesn't even have them yet. Who knows if they ever will. Even if they did develop them, so what? Do you think they would risk total inhalation if they ever tried to use the one or two primitive weapons they might be able to build? Iran has never invaded another country in over two centuries. The war with Iraq was defensive. Israel has nukes and has never allowed inspectors
  16. Oh good lord is right. From June 2011... CIA asset: 'Libyan opposition is al-Qaeda'
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