Prove You Are Not an Idiot...

A sign I saw in a car this morning...

For those of you who voted for Obama to prove you are not a racist, you now need to vote against Obama to proce you are not an idiot.

I agree.

THR 2.0 Offers OWS Marketing Assistance

I thought I would help the OWS protesters some free marketing assistance.  Here is my first proposal.

What do you think?

Democrat's Failure to Compromise Cause Failure of Deficit Reduction Supercommittee

Democrats refused to compromise and insist on significantly increasing taxes on the very people who are capable of bringing us out of Obama's disaster of an economy.

Anybody with any intelligence and knows anything about simple economics and history knows that raising taxes on the producers, will only make things worse.  Republicans insisted on the responsible solution of  cutting taxes and spending.   It really is simple and it has worked every time it has been tried.

I am proud that the Republicans on the supercommittee had the courage to stick to their principals and refuse to compromise with the Democrats recipe for failure of a plan.  My sincere thank you to every Republican on the committee!

Don't give in to the parasites and looters.

OWS - Criminals and Losers.

Death in SLC.
Death in OKC
Tuberculosis in Atlanta.
Murder in Oakland..
Suicide in Vermont.
Zuccitti Lung in NYC
Deaf man raped in NYC
Occupy Baltimore rape victims encouraged not to report crime to law enforcement
14 year old raped in Dallas
Rape shelters built

Keep it up, kids.  This will get the American people on your side fer sure!

Obama Voters Seeking Child Support

Who's your baby’s Daddy? The following are all replies that Detroit women have written on Child Support Agency Forms in the section for listing 'Father's Details,' or putting it another way... Who's your baby's Daddy? These are genuine excerpts from the forms. 

Be sure to check out #11, it takes 1st prize and #3 is runner up.
1.) Regarding the identity of the father of my twins, Makeeshia was fathered by Maclearndon McKinley I am unsure as to the identity of the father of Marlinda, but I believe that she was conceived on the same night.
2.) I am unsure, as to the identity of the father of my child as I was being sick out of a window when taken unexpectedly from behind. I can provide you with a list of names of men that I think were at the party if this helps.
 3.) I do not know the name of the father of my little girl. She was conceived at a party at 3600 East Grand Boulevard where I had sex with a man I met that night. I do remember that the sex was so good that I fainted. If you do manage to track down the father, can you please send me his phone number? Thanks... (The runner-up).
 4.) I don't know the identity of the father of my daughter. He drives a BMW that now has a hole made by my stiletto in one of the door panels. Perhaps you can contact BMW service stations in this area and see if he's had it replaced.
 5.) I have never had sex with a man. I am still a Virginian. I am awaiting a letter from the Pope confirming that my son's conception was ejaculate and that he is the Saver risen again.
 6.) I cannot tell you the name of Alleshia's dad as he informs me that to do so would blow his cover and that would have cataclysmic implications for the economy I am torn between doing right by you and right by the country.. Please advise.
 7.) I do not know who the father of my child was as they all look the same to me.
8.) Tyrone Hairston is the father of child A. If you do catch up with him, can you axe him what he did with my AC/DC CDs? Child B who was also borned at the same time..... well, I don't have clue.. 
9.) From the dates it seems that my daughter was conceived at Disney World. Maybe it really is the Magic Kingdom . 
10.) So much about that night is a blur. The only thing that I remember for sure is Delia Smith did a program about eggs earlier in the evening. If I had stayed in and watched more TV rather than going to the party at 8956 Miller Ave , mine might have remained unfertilized. 
 11.) I am unsure as to the identity of the father of my baby, after all, like when you eat a can of beans you can't be sure which one made you fart. (This made number #1)
 WHEN THE WEALTH IS RE-DISTRIBUTED THESE PEOPLE WILL BE THE MAJOR RECIPIENTS.

This is a forwarded email from a friend of mine.  Made me laugh and cry at the same time - ABH

Teachers are Actually Overcompensated and Should be Brought in Line with Private Sector

The WSJ ran an article reporting on a report done by Briggs and Richwine that shows teachers are actually overcompensated by 52% more than what they could earn in the private sector when taking into account their salaries, fringe benefits, and job security.  


First, let's consider salary, the item teachers whine about the most.

Education is widely regarded by researchers and college students alike as one of the easiest fields of study, and one that features substantially higher average grades than most other college majors. On objective tests of cognitive ability such as the SAT, ACT, GRE (Graduate Record Examination) and Armed Forces Qualification Test, teachers score only around the 40th percentile of college graduates. If we compare teachers and non-teachers with similar AFQT scores, the teacher salary penalty disappears.

Next, let's talk about health insurance, their valuable pension and all the time off they get.

Data on employee benefits from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), for example, do not include retiree health coverage, which for teachers is worth about an additional 10% of their salaries. Because of differing accounting rules between the public and private sectors, BLS data also make teachers' defined-benefit pensions appear only slightly more generous than the typical 401(k) plan found in the private sector. 

In reality, a teacher who retired after 30 years of service with an annual salary of $40,000 might receive guaranteed annual pension benefits of about $20,330. Under a typical private 401(k) plan, a guaranteed annual benefit might be only around $4,450 (assuming the money is invested in U.S. Treasurys and the employee buys an annuity).

BLS data on paid leave for teachers count vacation days only during the school year, omitting summer and long holiday breaks. A valid pay comparison should include this extra time off, in which teachers can enjoy longer vacations or earn additional income.

Properly counted, a typical public school teacher with a salary of $51,000 would receive another $51,480 in present or future fringe benefits. A worker in private business with the same salary would receive around $22,185 in fringe benefits.

 Finally, is job security.

Finally, despite recent layoffs, teachers still have greater job security than workers in private businesses. While employment in education declined by 2.9% between September 2008 and July 2011, according to BLS data, overall private-sector employment declined by 4.4%. Moreover, from 2005 through 2010 the unemployment rate for public school teachers averaged 2.1%, versus 4.1% for private school teachers and 3.8% for occupations that some consider comparable, such as computer programmers and insurance underwriters. 

Job security protects against the loss of compensation suffered by the unemployed, and it also protects a position in which total wages and benefits are on average above market levels. This job security is surely valuable.

These are things I have always known about the teaching profession and commented on in various Missoulian LTE and Liberal blogs.    I have no sympathy for teachers complaining about their career choice and how underpaid and unappreciated they are. 


Teachers are, in fact, overcompensated and should be willing to take a 52% cut in pay in benefits to bring them down to what people of similar education and ability are making in the private sector. Heck I would suggest even a 42% cut to show that we appreciate them 10% more than people in the private sector.

Occupy D.C. Idiots Push Old Lady Down Stairs

Finally Reading Atlas Shrugged... Wow.

I've had a copy of Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand for about 25 years.  I purchased it a few years after graduating from college thinking I would have the time to read that massive volume but quickly discovered that the real world of career, marriage and raising a family was the priority.  I also have to admit I was very intimidated by the sheer size of the book and talked myself out of it every time I considered starting it.

A few weeks back, I was sorting through a a box of old books and pulled it out.  I took it to my chair after pouring myself a glass of Johnny Walker Black Label and started to read.  I've been reading it now almost every evening when I get home from work and I am now kicking myself for putting it off for so long.

The book is incredible.  Ayn Rand is a fantastic writer and the content of the story is relevant even to this day even though the book was published in 1957.  I keep saying to myself I need to get on THR 2.0 and blog about the book.  Today is that day.

I am about 30% though the book and ran across this passage last night that I found so true. It is Dr. Ferris explaining to Henry Rearden, the self made man of Reardon Steel, the reason government has laws as he ( Ferris) is attempting to blackmail Rearden into giving up Reardon Metal to the State Science Institute.

Did you really think we want those laws observed? said Dr. Ferris. We want them to be broken. You'd better get it straight that it's not a bunch of boy scouts you're up against... We're after power and we mean it... There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced or objectively interpreted – and you create a nation of law-breakers – and then you cash in on guilt. Now that's the system, Mr. Reardon, that's the game, and once you understand it, you'll be much easier to deal with.

There are many other speeches throughout the book I underlined as they are so clear in explaining the difference between free markets and government controlled markets.  Not only is Ayn an amazing writer, her ability to predict the future we are in now is astonishing.