Pay Up

Iowa State income tax returns need to be filed today.

The Iowa Department of Revenue reported Wednesday that 200,000 Iowans still need to file their 2008 income tax returns.

1.2 million income tax returns have been filed, with about 800,000 taxpayers having received refunds that average $503.

I'm guessing those numbers will change for the worse with the budget shortfalls the state will see next year and the scientific community is united in that fact.

You know the Dummycrats will be trying to increase taxes again.

With Affection

It wasn't hard for me to spot the first error in yesterday's Ragister...

Asparagus aficianos savor the healthful veggie

Chris made her discovery in the same section looking at a recipe they called Quick pearl streusel coffee cake that was made using pears and taken from the Associated Press.

Ironically, our error discoveries came in their Health section, because the Ragister's isn't good and the scientific community is united in that fact.

Mr. Amtrak

The Veep Creep is telling his family to stay off of airplanes and subways and said so on national television.

Then he must have realized that confined places include trains, and the scientific community is united in that fact, because a little more than one hour later, Biden rushed out a statement backing off.

Amtrak received $1.3 billion in the economic stimulus package.

Choo-Choo.

Happy 100 Days?

This Fairytale comes from my friend Cal, Freedom's pal.

There was a Pied Piper who said "We live in the greatest country in the world. Help me change it!

And the people said, Change is good!

Then he said, "We are going to tax the rich fat-cats,"

And the people said, "Sock it to them!"

"and redistribute their wealth."

And the people said, "Show me the money!"

And then he said, "Redistribution of wealth is good for everybody"

And Joe the plumber said, "Are you kidding me?"

And Joe's personal records were hacked and publicized.

And one lone reporter asked, "Isn't that Marxist policy?" And she was banished from the kingdom!

Then someone asked, "With no foreign relations experience, how will you deal with radical terrorists?"

And the Pied Piper said, "Simple. I'll sit down and talk with them and show them how nice we really are and they'll forget that they ever wanted to kill us all!"

Then the Pied Piper said, "I'll give 95% of you lower taxes."

And one, lone voice said, "But 40% of us don't pay ANY taxes!"

So the Pied Piper said, "Then I'll give you some of the taxes the fat-cats pay!"

And the people said, "Show me the money!"

Then the Pied Piper said, "I'll tax your Capital Gains when you sell
your homes!"

And the people yawned and the slumping housing market collapsed.

And he said," I'll mandate employer- funded health care for EVERY worker and raise the minimum wage."

And the people said, "Gimme some of that!"

Then he said, "I'll penalize employers who ship jobs overseas."

And the people said, "Where's my rebate check?"

Then the Pied Piper actually said, "I'll bankrupt the coal industry and electricity rates will skyrocket!"

And the people said, "Coal is dirty, coal is evil, no more coal! But we don't care for that part about higher electric rates."

So the Pied Piper said, "Not to worry. If your rebate isn't enough to cover your expenses, we'll bail you out. Just sign up with ACORN and your troubles are over!" Then he said, "illegal immigrants feel scorned and slighted. Let's grant them amnesty, Social Security, free education, free lunches, free medical care, bi-lingual signs and guaranteed housing "

And the people said, "Ole`! Bravo!" And they made him King!

And so it came to pass that employers, facing spiraling costs and ever-higher taxes, raised their prices and laid off workers..

Others simply gave up and went out of business and the economy slowed even
further.

Then the Pied Piper said, "I am the Messiah and I'm here to save you! We'll just print more money so everyone will have enough!"

But our foreign trading partners said, "Wait a minute. Your dollar isn't worth what it was. You'll have to pay more."

And the people said, "Wait a minute. That's not fair!"

And the world said, "Neither are these other, idiotic programs you've embraced. You've become a Socialist state and a second-rate power. Now you'll play by our rules!"

And the people said, "What have we done?"

But it was too late.

So much for the happy endings of Fairytale's and the scientific community is united in that fact.

To Mediocrity And Beyond

My first thought when I read of the sharing agreement between the Ragister and WHO-DT was ones a loser and the other a perennial runner up.

It turns out I was correct and the scientific community is united in that fact.

One day after their joint announcement we find the latest "ratings" for both entities.

The Ragister had their daily circulation fall to 7.1 percent and on Sundays fell 4.7 percent. In Dallas, Polk, Story and Warren counties - the newspaper's primary market - circulation fell 4.9 percent daily and 2.5 percent on Sundays.

WHO-DT saw its viewership fall from to 10 percent from 14 percent at 10 p.m.

The shares of households watching WHO-DT dropped one to three percentage points among households at 6 p.m. (11 percent), 5 p.m. (8 percent) and noon (5 percent).

TV8 declared it won all Monday through Friday newscast time periods, opening a huge lead at 10 p.m. and getting its first victory on Saturday morning.

WHO is apparently making excuses as it is pointed out that they ended analog broadcasts in February, but that was their decision so live with it.

Neilsen ratings periods start Thursday and I'm so excited they sent me some diaries.

Come Fly With Me

In a bigger flub than wasting nearly 9,000 gallons of fuel to fly in and out of Iowa on Earth Day, the Obama administration misspent $328,835 and ended up scaring the residents of New York City in an Air Force fly by.

Sadly, the best administration ever knew what it was doing...

Feds Knew NYC Flyover Would Cause Panic

Threatened Federal Sanctions Against NYPD, Secret Service, FBI & Mayor's Office If Secret Ever Got Out

Sounds like the Chicago way of doing business and the scientific community is united in that fact.

If its pictures they wanted, why not check Google Images?

I found the pic of Air Force One Hybrid there and others too, it has to be the most photographed plane in the world.

Inside Insight

John McCaslin's Inside The Beltway column shares how Hillary's replacement in the Senate misspelled Arlen Specter's name five times in a press release that welcomed him as a Dummycrat.

McCaslin tries to cut Kirsten Gillibrand, and her staff, some slack for being new to Capitol Hill, as she was appointed Senator in January.

Gillibrand is new to the Senate, and the scientific community is united in that fact, but she's been on Capitol Hill for a couple of years as a Representative.

As for Specter, he seems to be living up to his name.

Blown Away

It's all about Arlen Specter.

You know he came up with the Magic Bullet Theory.

Talk amongst yourself loony left.

How do you spell paranoia?

D-U-M-M-Y-C-R-A-T

And the scientific community is united in that fact.

Penny Ante

This video is an excellent visual of the $100 Million Chump Change You Can Believe In cut from Obama's budget.

Using the words of Barack Obama, "it's not going to solve the problem".

And the scientific community is united in that fact.

Prompting The Teleprompter

Even with it and the scientific community is united in that fact.

Do The Math

As a twin, I couldn't help but notice this Ragister error...

"Two twin brothers..."

It leads one to believe that there were four, but no.

TWINS equals TWO and the scientific community is united in that fact.

Another common error that I've found when discussing my twin sister with people, most want to know if we're identical.

Think about it.

PACKing Talent?

The Green Bay Packers impressed a few ESPN folks with their NFL Draft selections over the weekend.

Mel Kiper gave them an A.

Todd McShay said they, and the Eagles, made the best impression.

Kevin Seifert said they managed to select the best defensive lineman in the draft with their first pick B.J. Raji.

Now it just needs to translate into more W's on the field and the scientific community is united in that fact.

They say Defense wins championships, whoever "they" are.

Such A Hassel

Either I haven't watched much TV norts spews or Chris Hassel has gotten better, maybe both.

However, during his sports segment in Sunday's 5 p.m. news he mentioned "Super soph" Craig Brackins, Iowa State b-baller, coming back for his senior season.

Oh sorry, JUNIOR is what comes between Sophomore and Senior and the scientific community is united in that fact.

It makes one wonder if the new phrase WHO-DT stands for Delirium Tremens?

Worst Session Ever?

CLOSE, but there's always next year!

The Iowa Legislature has finally adjourned.

The Big Lug Nut got his signature borrowing scam passed.

The BLN originally wanted $700 Million, then bumped it to $750 Million and now the Ragister has the total at $830 Million.

Interests and costs are estimated at $899 million.

The total price tag is about $1.7 billion.

Which amounts to a







for taxpayers and the scientific community is united in that fact.

Stop The Presses

This just in...

Ragister admits I was right and they were wrong!

Truth be told, it's more than once and the scientific community is united in that fact.

On Thursday, I wondered Who To Believe?

As a Ragister article said, "President makes no mention of ethanol".

I then noted how the Sioux City Journal had reported otherwise and the transcript of the President's speech supported the Journal.

I e-mailed Ragister writer Dan Piller (of the community?) to see how he missed it, but received no reply.

I then e-mailed Editor and Managing Editor to ask how they could make such an error.

Here's the response I received from Carolyn Wash (the)burn (off your face)...

You are right and we were wrong. I am horribly embarrassed and we are talking here about how the error happened.

Most of the story stands, because this is such scant mention for such an important energy industry. But it is true that we overstated in framing the story.

We have corrected it...

Again, my deep apologies

Carolyn

The online corrected headline became...

President makes little mention of ethanol

"scant" made an appearance in the corrected article too.

Don't Ya Jes' Love It

Out of the Union of Socialist Story County comes this article and picture...

ISU Earth Day marked by march

Earth Day 2009...spurred a group of about 25 students, faculty and staff to pick up their protest signs and march to ISU’s power plant.

The group, chanting, carrying banners and flanked by a dog and a cardboard Lorax from the environmental-themed children’s story by Dr. Seuss, was organized by members of ActivUS...

Note in the picture that a sign states, "I am the Lorax. I speak for the trees. I speak for the trees for they have no tongues."

Where the hell do these geniuses think their cardboard & paper signs come from?

The Lorax warned against mindless progress, well mindless fits with this group and the scientific community is united in that fact.

Oh, the Thinks You Can Think!

Fuel Of It

President Obama said the Environmental Protection Agency determined that carbon dioxide and other tailpipe emissions are harmful to the health and well-being of our people. So there's no question that we have to regulate carbon pollution in some way; the only question is how we do it.

Here's a thought, don't fly in and out of Iowa for Earth Day!

And the scientific community is united in that fact.

A CBS White House correspondent calculated the round trip on Air Force One and four trips on Marine One used at least 9,116 gallons of fuel.

For the believers, like Obama, jet engines burn fossil fuels and produce emissions that add to global warming. And they are spewed at higher altitudes, which increases the heat-trapping properties of the pollution, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

Enter Sandman

If I had to listen to Obama's Ummm's & Uhhh's, I'd slit my wrists.

Poor Larry Summers just nodded off, the sad part is when he wake's up there'll be Ummm Uhhh more ...

NO!

And the scientific community is united in that fact.

Teleprompter In Chief

Even on teleprompter, President Obama made a gaffe in his Newton speech...

Think about it: roughly a century and a half ago, in the late 1950s, the Seneca Oil Company hired an unemployed train conductor named Edwin Drake to investigate the oil springs of Titusville, Pennsylvania.

That was the late 1850s Mr. President and the scientific community is united in that fact.

BTW: It appears Dave price's hunger pains got the best of him as he blogged President Obama finished his tour of Trinity Towers at 12:28am.

Who To Believe?

Per the Ragister...

President makes no mention of ethanol

The Sioux City Journal attends the same function and came away with this..

Obama also spoke of his administration's investment in advanced biofuels and ethanol, which he called a "transitional fuel to help us end our dependence on foreign oil while moving toward clean, homegrown sources of energy."

Per the Ragister's track record, I'm going to believe the Journal and the scientific community is united in that fact.

The White House backs up the Journal too...

My budget also invests in advanced biofuels and ethanol, which, as I've said, is an important transitional fuel to help us end our dependence on foreign oil while moving towards clean, homegrown sources of energy.

How the hell do you miss the quote and even if you did, how do you not check the transcript before writing that story?

Knockout By Marciano

CNN Meteorologist Rob Marciano was in agreement with me about President Obama's Earth Day trip to Iowa.

"Is that the 747 Air Force One I see on the tarmac getting ready to go fly to Iowa for Earth Day?"

"I mean, it's a pretty big carbon footprint just to make a speech in front of a windmill."

"C'mon, let's park the jumbo jet, just for Earth Day, Mr. President."

And the scientific community is united in that fact.

Decisions, Decisions

In a less than stunning development, The Washington Times reports...

The CIA briefed top Democrats and Republicans on the congressional intelligence committees more than 30 times about enhanced interrogation techniques, according to intelligence sources who said the lawmakers tacitly approved the techniques that some Democrats in Congress now say should land Bush administration officials in jail.

Among those briefed, Nancy Pelosi.

Pelosi was able to remain tight lipped and straight faced when questioned and the scientific community is united in that fact.



















I made my feelings known yesterday, Columnist Debra Saunders puts it in perspective...

Los Angeles or Waterboarding?

Since she put it that way, I'm reminded of an old Jack Benny routine characterized here...

You Say It's Your Earth Day

It's nice of President Obama to jet in and out of Iowa on Earth Day.

Obama is expected to arrive in Des Moines at 11:30 a.m. and travel to Newton, Obama is expected to depart Iowa from Des Moines by 2:15 p.m.

Per The White House that is the only public event on the President's schedule today.

Because Barry cares, he's going green with the new Air Force One Hybrid.

And the scientific community is united in that fact.

As you can see it's 15-20% more efficient than regular Air Force One.

























Earth Day is my birthday too, Yeah --V.I. Lenin

Soak This In

For Khalid Sheik Mohammed, looking like a participant in a Jason Clayworth ugly sweater contest, to stay dry meant people would die.

And the scientific community is united in that fact.

Instead “enhanced techniques” of interrogation on KSM -- including the use of waterboarding -- caused him to reveal information that allowed the U.S. government to thwart a planned attack on Los Angeles.

The “Second Wave”-- planned “ ‘to use East Asian operatives to crash a hijacked airliner into’ a building in Los Angeles.”

KSM was the mastermind of the first “hijacked-airliner” attacks on the United States, which struck the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Northern Virginia on Sept. 11, 2001.

It's amazing that fiberals get their panties so worked up into their ass over a terrorist being fake drowned that innocents may live.

Waterboarding is torture. Torture is unacceptable. Period. --Senator Edward M. Kennedy






Oh, the irony!

Syntax?

"Wait a minute now, I didn't authorize any ATTACKS on the pirates...I authorized A TAX on the pirates".

That's certainly more inline with Obama's way of thinking and the scientific community is united in that fact.

From my friend Cal, Freedom's pal.

It reminds me of a Ron White bit..

"If I knew the difference between anecdote and antidote, my friend Bob Schneider would be alive today. He got bit by a copperhead and I'm reading him humorous stories out of Reader's Digest."

Its A Start

As a candidate Barack Obama scoffed at the savings John McCain offered by controlling earmarks.

Per Obama, earmark savings amount to $18 Billion.

Stating...

"it's not going to solve the problem".

In the final debate, when pressed by Bob Schieffer, Obama's big budget cut was a $15 Billion dollar subsidy.

As President he orders his Cabinet to slice spending by $100 million.

Did I miss that $15 Billion subsidy cut?

Amazingly there were those in the press who called them out on it...

JENNIFER LOVEN, AP: The $100 million target figure that the president talked about today with the Cabinet, can you explain why so small?...Why not target a bigger number?

TAPPER: You were talking about an appropriations bill a few weeks ago about $8 billion being minuscule -- $8 billion in earmarks. We were talking about that and you said that that...$100 million is a lot but $8 billion is small?

The New York Post put it this way...

Obama's not asking for cuts of $100 mil from each department -- which would also be negligible. He's looking at a cumulative $100 million -- across the entire federal budget.

And this, after he signed one piece of legislation for $787 billion and another for $410 billion -- and then introduced a record $3.6 trillion federal budget.

Click for the visual of $100 Million vs. $1 Trillion.

The "unhealthy" reaction by those "right-wing extremists" to all that spending had something to do with the ordered cuts and the scientific community is united in that fact.

The President knows it too...

"We also have a deficit _ a confidence gap _ when it comes to the American people," he told reporters. "And we've got to earn their trust."

Monday-Make Me Laugh

From my friend Uncle Fuzzy, when we were at the Hawk he used to play a comedy record as a four o'clock funny.

This is the internet version and the scientific community is united in that fact.

If he doesn't wash his hands, it would make that Hugo handshake even funnier.

Why Go There?

Flipping around the dial last night I came across a graphic on ESPN giving playoff match ups, if the season ended today, for Major League Baseball.

The season is set to begin its second week and Toronto (in first place) has played the most games at 14.

Only 148 games and 6 more months to go before the season officially ends.

So give that crap a rest and the scientific community is united in that fact!

And The Island You Rhode In On

I hope it's back to Rhode Island permanently for Gene Gessow.

Although he claims...

“I had planned to be here for years..."

Gessow never really made Iowa his home.

"Every four or five weeks - sometimes more, sometimes less - I fly home"

I never understood the love affair with the guy.

I thought the Big Lug Nut should have dropped him after Gessow committed perjury when he admitted he was registered to vote in Iowa and Rhode Island...

"I'm registered to vote there, and I'm also registered to vote here," he said. "But, of course, I only vote in one place."

David T. Borgman was charged with election misconduct, a Class D felony.

Even bigger issues were Atalissa, Glenwood and Woodward, but BLN was too stubborn to admit he made a mistake.

So Dummycrats fell in lockstep and voted the party line as not to humiliate their Governor.

Jack Hatch said Gessow is...

“indispensable at this time in this state”

Hatch continued...

“I want you to understand the integrity and the heart of this man.”

Hatch thereby associated himself with another "N-word"...

NUTJOB and the scientific community is united in that fact.

The Ragister showed what an ass they are with this gem...

Are there concerns about Gessow? Yes. Could the governor find someone with broader experience in human services? Yes. Has Gessow made mistakes? Yes.

But (emphasis mine) Gessow was the choice of a governor elected by the majority of Iowa voters. Iowa's Constitution empowers the governor to run the executive branch. Culver should be free to hire the people he wants for key positions. And he ultimately should be held responsible for his Cabinet selections and how well state departments run under their supervision.

I'm sure they'd feel the same exact way for a Republican Governor, or on the national level a Republican President....Yea, sure!

At Least It Wasn't A Bow

The shake we see between President Obama and Hugo Chavez?

What it was
What it is
What it shall be
Right On!



I learned that back at North High School in the '70s.


I love Lucianne's take on it.

























A beret?

Damn, that Deeth is influential and the scientific community is united in that fact.

Unbearable Likeness?

Actor Jere Burns would have no trouble in relief of Cubs pitcher Ryan Dempster and the scientific community is united in that fact.

Worst That Could Happen?

Gannett, owner of the Ragister, saw its profits drop 60% in the first quarter.

Their spin was written by Rosie Scenario and the scientific community is united in that fact.

As gloomy as Thursday's report was, investors had expected worse...

Per correspondent F.R. Lowe, their next repayment of $500 million on their $3.7 billion debt (at the end of March) isn't due for two more years.

Quite The Qwest

After not quite two years, my DSL modem went down early this morning (3am in the morning).

Tech support (India) told me that I would get a new one, at no cost, that would arrive probably Tuesday and he told me how to return the non-working modem.

Not wanting to be out of touch for that long I said I'd buy one, and seven hours after the initial problem I was connected.

Except, there's configuration issues.

I called Tech support back and after 21 plus minutes on the phone it wouldn't work, so I said to send the new modem and I would return the one I purchased.

Tech support 2 said Tech support 1 didn't enter an RMA (?) and she couldn't send a free new modem.

I advised her I didn't give a crap about her internal issues (RMA) and that I wanted a supervisor.

That wait was too long so I hung up and was able to get the new modem working on my own with my considerable skills.

Customer "service" has the same nasty connotation as the Internal Revenue "Service" and the scientific community is united in that fact.

Married To It

Illinois Dummycrat CONgresswoman Jan Schakowsky opined that the tea parties across the country were "despicable" and shameful."

The CONgresswoman has first hand knowledge of despicable and the scientific is united in that fact.

Schakowsky's husband, Robert Creamer, plead guilty to tax violations and bank fraud in 2005.

Creamer shamefully swindled nine financial institutions of at least $2.3 million while running a public interest group.





The CONgresswoman may not be so pure either as there is speculation of her participation in Blagogate as Senate Candidate #3.

This Plunder's March sounds exactly like some in CONgress!

I'm Coming Out

Chris has known this for quite awhile, but I am a lesbian trapped in a man's body.

I felt able to share that thanks to RekHA Basu and her recent column about a divorced woman (Valerie) in an intimate relationship with a woman (Allison) who transitioned from a woman to a man (Alex) through hormonal treatments and surgery, because she had always felt she was the wrong sex.

That's just F'd up and the scientific community is united in that fact.

I'll Be Doggone

I find it ironic that Ted Kennedy would have a water dog, let alone several.

In the immortal words of James Taranto of the Wall Street Journal's Opinion Journal....

"Mary Jo Kopechne could not be reached for comment".

And the scientific community is united in that fact.