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Obama and taxes
President Obama is on his newest attempt to change the subject and find something to take to the people that might interest them and distract from his abysmal economic performance. It's taxes. Specifically, he's decided to make an issue of the automatic tax increases that will take effect in January and claim he does not want to see taxes increase on anyone but those nasty rich who need to "pay their fair share". Or, back to class warfare.
A) He likes to refer to these as the "Bush tax cuts". In fact, they're the current tax rate. Have been for years. What he wants to do is see a tax increase on the rich, but no one else. I'm not sure how else one characterizes that but "class warfare", especially given the percentage of total taxes that top income group pays already.
B) Republicans are saying no tax increases on anyone. Democrats like to characterize that as protecting the rich. I like to characterize it as an attempt to address the real problem – out of control government spending.
C) The nasty "rich" Obama wants to tax also include almost a million small businesses. That's one of the primary reasons, in this weakening economy, that Republicans are right not to agree to any tax increases. It is both stupid and economically suicidal. But then you have to know about economics and the business world to understand that.
D) Democrats had two years of a complete monopoly on government to get this done and didn't. It's not the Republicans who have prevented anything. It is total incompetence on the Democratic side of the aisle. And, as Obama's favorite pastor likes to say, "those chickens are coming home to roost".
E) Finally, Barack Obama has already raised taxes on the middle class despite his statement in a speech yesterday claiming he had no desire to raise middle class taxes.
The tax is called the mandate in ObamaCare. It goes like this:
75% of the mandate tax falls on the middle class. That is a middle class tax hike in anyone's book.
So when he claims he has no desire to raise the taxes on the middle class, that may be true … now. Because, in fact, he's already done it.
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ObamaCare: The fallout
I've read all the pundits and listened to all the talking head elite tell us how incredibly nuanced and subtle the Chief Justice was by approving the law as a tax. In fact one described him as ""a chess master, a statesman, a Burkean minimalist, a battle-loser but war-winner, a Daniel Webster for our times."
I say "BS". He sold out. He ended up being more worried about the perception of the court and his legacy than upholding the Constitution of the United States. And I'm not the only one who feels that way. The Wall Street Journal also throws a punch or two at Roberts:
His ruling, with its multiple contradictions and inconsistencies, reads if it were written by someone affronted by the government's core constitutional claims but who wanted to uphold the law anyway to avoid political blowback and thus found a pretext for doing so in the taxing power.
If this understanding is correct, then Chief Justice Roberts behaved like a politician, which is more corrosive to the rule of law and the Court's legitimacy than any abuse it would have taken from a ruling that President Obama disliked. The irony is that the Chief Justice's cheering section is praising his political skills, not his reasoning. Judges are not supposed to invent political compromises.
"It is not our job," the Chief Justice writes, "to protect the people from the consequences of their political choices." But the Court's most important role is to protect liberty when the political branches exceed the Constitution's bounds, not to bless their excesses in the interests of political or personal expediency or both. On one of the most consequential cases he will ever hear, Chief Justice Roberts failed this most basic responsibility.
Precisely. And Roberts caved. From the lecture the court got from Obama during a State of the Union address till now, he became a cautious old lady more concerned with his reputation in perpetuity than serving the people and the Constitution he swore to uphold.
That, as the WSJ says, is "more corrosive to the rule of law and the Court's legitimacy" than anything he could have done. He didn't have the spine to take the heat from a controversial but proper decision so he took the easy way out. He threw away his integrity for popularity and peace. A judicial Chamberlin if you will.
Jacob Sullum at Reason gives you the rest of the bad news:
The Journal notes that the tax power endorsed by Roberts is no less sweeping and dangerous to liberty than the Commerce Clause argument he rejected. "From now on," it says, "Congress can simply regulate interstate commerce by imposing 'taxes' whenever someone does or does not do something contrary to its desires." Worse, as I pointed out last week, the tax trick allows Congress to dispense with claims about interstate commerce altogether. As long as a mandate is disguised as a tax (and as long as it does not violate explicit limits on federal power such as those listed in the Bill of Rights), "because we said so" is reason enough.
Mandates "disguised as a tax" give Congress almost limitless power to control your life. That is the power Roberts handed our elected officials.
Oh, but the apologists say, that will never happen. They'd never abuse that power. Yeah, a little lesson in history. When the Constitutional amendment for the income tax was being debated some wanted to put a 2% limit on it. "Don't do that," the others said, "it will encourage Congress to immediately go that high."
And here we are.
The Congress no longer need wrestle with intrusion in your life via the Commerce clause. Justice Roberts just gave them an infinitely easier route that doesn't require a Constitutional check. He effectively removed the Court from its role in protecting you from increasing government intrusion.
And clever politicians will find a way to use that power he handed them when necessary. Don't you ever doubt that.
As for Roberts. I have little or no use for a man who sits on the bench of the Supreme Court and puts politics in front of the Constitution he's sworn to uphold.
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Supreme Court strikes down most of AZ immigration law, Homeland Security strikes down the rest
I won't belabor you with a full detailing of how the court ruled yesterday on Arizona's immigration laws except to say most of it was struck down with the Court supporting the "supremacy clause" as its basis for doing so.
However, it did find for AZ in one part of the law – the requirement to produce identification, if asked, proving citizenship if law enforcement is has a reasonable suspicion the person is in the country illegally.
Note the last word.
You see, that's the word that is often left off when discussing immigration, as in "the right is anti-immigration". Of course that's a totally inaccurate assertion. The vast majority of the right is against illegal immigration. Legal immigrants are both wanted and welcome.
That said, we all know that our immigration system is flat out broken. It sucks. It is terrible. And in this day and time, given advances in the speed and efficiency of communications, there is absolutely no reason that should be the case. Upgrading and speeding up the system should be a priority.
But that doesn't change the fact that people who go around that antiquated system and take it upon themselves to enter the US illegally are lawbreakers.
So, to yesterday's ruling: Arizona's law was a result of the federal government's refusal to enforce existing immigration law. It was a law born of frustration. Arizona is a border state. Non-enforcement was causing strains on the state that for the most part, non-border states didn't have to deal with. And, after numerous appeals to the federal government to enforce the laws of the land, the state took the drastic step of passing its own laws that mirrored the federal statutes.
Yesterday the Supreme Court struck most of them down. I understand and don't necessarily disagree with the basis of the ruling. I understand the importance of the "supremacy clause". But I also understand when it is improperly used – in this case to not enforce existing law. That is not a choice made by an administration dedicated to the rule of law. That's the choice made by one which is driven by an ideological agenda.
To make the point, yesterday after the ruling, Homeland Security, the executive agency that ICE falls under, made it clear that it would not cooperate on section 2 (b) of the AZ law, the section the Supreme Court upheld, effectively nullifying it:
The Obama administration said Monday it is suspending existing agreements with Arizona police over enforcement of federal immigration laws, and said it has issued a directive telling federal authorities to decline many of the calls reporting illegal immigrants that the Homeland Security Department may get from Arizona police.
Administration officials, speaking on condition they not be named, told reporters they expect to see an increase in the number of calls they get from Arizona police — but that won't change President Obama's decision to limit whom the government actually tries to detain and deport…
Federal officials said they'll still perform the checks as required by law but will respond only when someone has a felony conviction on his or her record. Absent that, ICE will tell the local police to release the person…
On Monday the administration officials also said they are ending the seven 287(g) task force agreements with Arizona law enforcement officials, which proactively had granted some local police the powers to enforce immigration laws.
Or, more simply, the President has directed his agencies not to enforce the law of the land, a clear violation of his oath of office, but in full compliance with his recent enactment of the "DREAM act" by fiat.
By the way, that raging righty, Mickey Kaus updates us on what the real results of Obama's decision concerning a certain type of illegal really means:
The maddening details of Obama's DREAM Decree are becoming clearer. As this CIS report notes, 1) The decree doesn't just apply to illegal immigrants who were "brought to this country by their parents." It also would give work permits to those who snuck across the border by themselves as teenagers. "Through no fault of their own" is a talking point for DREAM proselytizers, not an actual legal requirement. 2) The same goes for the phrase "and know only this country as home." That's a highly imaginative riff on the decree's actual requirement, which is for 5 years "continuous residence." It turns out "continuous residence" doesn't mean what you think it means. "Immigration attorneys have been successful in getting immigration courts to whittle this down to a point where it is almost meaningless," says CIS's Jon Feere. As an illegal immigrant you can go back
homeabroad for multiple 6-month stints during those five years–but, if precedent holds, in Janet Napolitano's eyes you will still "know only this country as home." …
He has a couple of updates that are worth the read as well that show this for the broad attempt at amnesty it really is.
Look … this may indeed be how it all ends up, but this isn't how it should be done. There's a clear, legal and Constitutional path for changing laws we don't like or think need to be changed … that is if we are a nation of laws.
Barack Obama seemed to think that was important once:
I believe that we can be a nation of laws and a nation of immigrants.
Now? Not so much.
So here we have the nation's chief law enforcement officer refusing to enforce the law.
His excuse is he's frustrated with the lack of movement in Congress (of course he's exerted no leadership or effort to resolve the issue)?
Hey, wait, wasn't that the same sort frustration Arizona expressed about the administration's refusal to enforce the law of the land?
So why is Obama's refusal to enforce the law rewarded while Arizona's attempt to enforce it isn't?
Because George Orwell is alive and well and renaming his book "2012".
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With the options available, why did Obama choose to invoke executive privilege?
That, at least to me, is the pregnant question. He had a number of other options but 4 months from a critical election, chose the most controversial and potentially damaging one.
Let's begin with a quote from a former White House counsel from a Powerline post:
Even with his fawning press, [President Obama] will pay a price for this one. He knows this, meaning that the documents now to be withheld must be dynamite. They have to show either that Holder knew what was going on with Fast and Furious and approved it, or that he directly committed perjury in his Congressional testimony, or both. I just can't see any other explanation for such a risky move.
Wasn't the Washington Post just covering big time the 40th anniversary of Watergate? I wonder how much coverage this one will get.
That's the result of the move – speculation that the documents being withheld point to perjury by Holder or the President, or both.
So let's break this down a bit. If it was all about Holder, why would the president risk this sort of a controversial move this close to an election. It's not like he's never thrown anyone under the bus. In fact James Carville is on record advising Obama to dump Holder.
Obama had the option, then, of letting Holder face contempt charges (not much happens as we've seen in the past, to those who are served with contempt of Congress charges) and drag out the document release until after the election.
With the election season gearing up, it is likely that while the controversy would have been an issue, it wouldn't have been a major issue. Now it certainly is.
He could have asked Holder to resign. He could have then used the opportunity to appear as a statesman, a leader and bi-partisan all in one fell swoop. Depending on how he handled that it could actually have been a positive for him heading into an election. In the meantime, an acting AG could continue to delay on providing documents.
But he did neither of those things. For some unknown reason (at least to this point) he chose to do the least likely and most politically damaging thing – invoke executive privilege. As the lawyer quoted has said, those documents must be "dynamite" to have the president make this move.
And, unsaid by the lawyer is the speculation that the documents show the involvement of the White House to a degree that is damaging – apparently more damaging than the speculation and attention this move by the President has brought.
David Kopel at Volokh Conspiracy gives you a great history of the controversy. As for the documents Kopel notes:
According to Attorney General Holder, the DOJ has 140,000 documents related to Fast & Furious. Fewer than 8,000 have been provided to Congress pursuant to subpoenas. The contempt vote has been narrowed to 1,300 documents. In refusing to comply with the House subpoenas, the DOJ has refused to create a privilege log–which would identify withheld documents, and the legal reason for their being withheld.
Matthew Boyle at the DC caller points out that Holder has retracted two previous statements he made to Congress where he gave them inaccurate information in an attempt to blame previous AGs or administrations. It seems that's a standard operating procedure with all parts of this administration. So Holder is left holding the bag all by himself on this one, or so it seemed, at least, to the point that executive privilege was invoked.
That brings us to these 4 point by Todd Gaziano at the Heritage Foundation about the use of executive privilege:
First, the Supreme Court in United States v. Nixon (1974) held that executive privilege cannot be invoked at all if the purpose is to shield wrongdoing. The courts held that Nixon's purported invocation of executive privilege was illegitimate, in part, for that reason. There is reason to suspect that this might be the case in the Fast and Furious cover-up and stonewalling effort. Congress needs to get to the bottom of that question to prevent an illegal invocation of executive privilege and further abuses of power. That will require an index of the withheld documents and an explanation of why each of them is covered by executive privilege—and more.
Second, even the "deliberative process" species of executive privilege, which is reasonably broad, does not shield the ultimate decisions from congressional inquiry. Congress is entitled to at least some documents and other information that indicate who the ultimate decision maker was for this disastrous program and why these decisions were made. That information is among the most important documents that are being withheld.
Third, the Supreme Court in the Nixon case also held that even a proper invocation must yield to other branches' need for information in some cases. So even a proper invocation of executive privilege regarding particular documents is not final.
And lastly, the President is required when invoking executive privilege to try to accommodate the other branches' legitimate information needs in some other way. For example, it does not harm executive power for the President to selectively waive executive privilege in most instances, even if it hurts him politically by exposing a terrible policy failure or wrongdoing among his staff. The history of executive–congressional relations is filled with accommodations and waivers of privilege. In contrast to voluntary waivers of privilege, Watergate demonstrates that wrongful invocations of privilege can seriously damage the office of the presidency when Congress and the courts impose new constraints on the President's discretion or power (some rightful and some not).
The key point, of course, is executive privilege cannot be used to "shield wrongdoing". While it is speculative, it appears highly likely – given the other options available – that executive privilege is being used for precisely that reason in this case.
Additionally, given the choices available to the President, it is not at all out of bounds to speculate that the most transparent administration in history is trying desperately to hide something even more terrible than the political fallout from this choice.
The White House cites internal discussions and ongoing investigations are the reason for its denial and claims the investigations would be jeopardized with the release of the documents. But, as Gaziano points out, accommodations can be made in that regard. The total number of documents requested is 1,300. The White House is simply refusing to cooperate or accommodate.
We're still left with that question.
And the answer, given the actions to date, lead to some logical speculation – what is contained in those documents is much more damaging politically than the damage done by the decision. Additionally, Obama can't afford to let Holder go because if he does there's the potential that Holder will then spill the beans.
Oh, and finally, this move has suddenly brought Fast and Furious to page one and the top of the newscast like nothing else could. The majority of the country, which was mostly ignorant of this scandal are now in the loop.
As the cited former White House counsel said, "the documents now to be withheld must be dynamite." In fact, they must be so explosive that the White House is desperate enough to try to weather this self-inflicted political storm in lieu of exposing them.
That says a lot.
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Obama allows Holder to "hide behind" executive privilege
I'm sure no one is surprised that the most transparent administration in history has chosen to invoke executive privilege in the Fast and Furious investigation being conducted by Congress and deny that institution it's ability to conduct its oversight responsibility.
Here's President Obama as candidate Obama in 2007 talking about the use of executive privilege (btw, irony alert – note the CNN banner – the answer? No.):
That was then when it was the GOP's fat in the fire. However, now that it is his and Eric Holder's that's being roasted, well that's different.
Sen. Charles Grassley (R., Iowa) criticized the White House. "How can the president exert executive privilege over documents he's supposedly never seen?" Mr. Grassley said.
Details, details.
At issue are Justice Department documents that Messrs. Issa and Grassley have sought and that the department resisted turning over in the congressional investigation into a botched gun-trafficking probe called Fast and Furious. The department said the documents reflected internal deliberation or were related to continuing criminal investigations and therefore weren't subject to congressional subpoena.
Of course no one knows if any of that is true (or true of all the documents requested) since no one outside the Justice Department is able to inspect them. And this was an operation that AG Holder characterized as a "low-level operation". Now, suddenly it needs executive protection? Seems like a heck of a sudden escalation in "levels" doesn't it?
Apparently the decision to invoke executive privilege came after a meeting between AG Holder and Rep. Issa:
Messrs. Issa and Holder met Tuesday for 20 minutes. From their accounts, it has become a game of chicken, with each side insisting the other act first to resolve the standoff.
Mr. Holder said Mr. Issa rejected his offer to provide documents because the lawmaker wouldn't agree that they would fulfill a subpoena, effectively ending the contempt threat. Mr. Issa said the attorney general didn't come prepared to provide documents and that the contempt threat can't be removed until the documents are produced.
Holder then proceeded to take the documents off the table via the President and executive privilege.
Mr. Grassley said Tuesday night: "The attorney general wants to trade a briefing and the promise of delivering some small, unspecified set of documents tomorrow for a free pass today. He wants to turn over only what he wants to turn over and not give us any information about what he's not turning over. That's unacceptable. I'm not going to buy a pig in a poke. Chairman Issa is right to move forward to seek answers about a disastrous government operation."
Contempt of Congress should now move forward. Frankly, Holder has been contemptuous of the law since the first day he took the office of the Attorney General.
And, for most folks, human nature says that those who have something they don't want known have a tendency to try to hide it. Whether true or not, that's how it appears … just as it did in the example in the video when Obama spoke out against the use of what he invoked today.
Matt Burden came up with my favorite bit of irony today as concerns this burgeoning fiasco:
Okay, I want to know what freaking idiot leaks all kinds of classified operations putting military, civilian agents, and allies at risk but pulls EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE on Fast and Furious documents (that AG Holder said was a low level op)?!
Oh, wait…
Heh …
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Circling the drain
The NY Times has an article out saying that extended unemployment benefits are beginning to wind down. Of course that's in the face of at least 5 million still unemployed. And while it obviously has to happen, i.e. the cut-off of extended unemployment benefits, my guess is that Democrats are less likely to want it to happen than Republicans.
In case you haven't heard there's an election soon.
But, that said, it does take us to a number that should concern everyone:
49.1%: Percent of the population that lives in a household where at least one member received some type of government benefit in the first quarter of 2011.
Cutting government spending is no easy task, and it's made more complicated by recent Census Bureau data showing that nearly half of the people in the U.S. live in a household that receives at least one government benefit, and many likely received more than one.
Yes, that number. 49.1%. Why should we be concerned about it? Well if I have to explain, you most likely won't get it anyway. Make this comparison:
The 49.1% of the population in a household that gets benefits is up from 30% in the early 1980s and 44.4% as recently as the third quarter of 2008.
That's a very large increase from 1984. It speaks, at least to me, of dependence. Now I know the recession has somewhat skewed the numbers. Got it. And, as the unemployment benefits wind down, the number will probably drop.
But in reality it points to a trend in which more and more people depend on less and less working people to help pay their way (CBO says food stamp rolls will continue to grow through 2014). What this points too is increased government spending (no matter how you slice it – those drawing money from the government is up and that means government is spending more) in an era we can't afford it.
With increased government spending comes the need to pay for it, and if taxes aren't going to increase that means deficits. Nearly three-quarters of Americans blame the U.S. budget deficit on spending too much money on federal programs, according to a Gallup poll last year, but when the conversation turns to which programs to cut, the majorities are harder to find. For example, 56% of respondents oppose making significant changes to Social Security or Medicare.
Why do you suppose that is? Why would 56% oppose making significant changes to Social Security or Medicare?
Because they have a vested financial interest in the two programs. Government has, for decades, taken money out of their pay check, spent it on other things and over promised the benefits. Or to simplify it for you, they've grossly mismanaged the two programs to the point that anyone in the private sector would be in jail.
And yet, the number of Americans getting benefits from government continues to trend upward.
Can you not spot the big red kangaroo here?
Why is it obvious to everyone but our politicians (yeah, that's a rhetorical question for those wondering)?
Twitter: @McQandO
Senate Dems: Loud, but clueless
If you were a group pushing legislation called the "Paycheck Fairness Act" that demanded gender equity in pay and benefits for working women (i.e. women being paid the same as men) and were beating up the other side and accusing them of making "war on women", do you suppose before you did either you'd ensure your skirts were clean (no pun intended)?
Would you ensure you were paying women in your employ equally before trotting out your bombastic accusations?
Well most smart folks would, but we're talking about Democratic Senators here. Five female Democratic Senators held a press conference yesterday in which they did exactly that – demanded equal pay for women and beat up Republicans. But:
Of the five senators who participated in Wednesday's press conference—Barbara Mikulski (D., Md.), Patty Murray (D., Wash.), Debbie Stabenow (D., Mich.), Dianne Feinstein (D., Calif.) and Barbara Boxer (D., Calif.)—three pay their female staff members significantly less than male staffers.
Murray, who has repeatedly accused Republicans of waging a "war a women," is one of the worst offenders. Female members of Murray's staff made about $21,000 less per year than male staffers in 2011, a difference of 35.2 percent.
That is well above the 23 percent gap that Democrats claim exists between male and female workers nationwide.
Its not just the Democratic women in the Senate though:
The pay differential is quite striking in some cases, especially among leading Democrats. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.), who runs the Senate Democratic messaging operation, paid men $19,454 more on average, a 36 percent difference.
Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D., Ill.) paid men $13,063 more, a difference of 23 percent.
Other notable Senators whose "gender pay gap" was larger than 23 percent:
- Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.)—47.6 percent
- Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D., N.M.)—40 percent
- Sen. Jon Tester (D., Mont.)—34.2 percent
- Sen. Ben Cardin (D., Md.)—31.5 percent
- Sen. Tom Carper (D., Del.)—30.4 percent
- Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D., Minn.)–29.7 percent
- Sen. Kent Conrad (D., N.D.)–29.2 percent
- Sen. Bill Nelson (D., Fla.)—26.5 percent
- Sen. Ron Wyden (D., Ore)—26.4 percent
- Sen. Tom Harkin (D., Iowa)—23.2 percent
By the way, you do recall that one of the first pieces of legislation passed in the Obama administration was something called the "Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act" which supposedly "solved" the gender pay disparity issue? Hey, it's in all of Obama's campaign literature.
"We passed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act—the first bill I signed—so that equal pay for equal work is a reality all across this country," he said in June 2009.
And you can see how well it "solved" the disparities that exist among Democratic Senatorial staffs, can't you?
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Lies, deficits and even more irony
I'm sure you have seen the chart that's been circulating by Rex Nutting of Marketwatch in which he claims that Obama has overseen the least growth in federal spending. In fact what Nutting reproves is the old "lies, damn lies and statistics" cliché. James Pethokoukis takes his argument apart here.
Then there is this story today. It too pokes huge holes in the attempt downplay spending for the past few years during the Obama administration. In this case the story points out the accounting practices, or lack thereof, that Congress uses that would likely find any business using them accused of keeping double books:
The typical American household would have paid nearly all of its income in taxes last year to balance the budget if the government used standard accounting rules to compute the deficit, a USA TODAY analysis finds.
Under those accounting practices, the government ran red ink last year equal to $42,054 per household — nearly four times the official number reported under unique rules set by Congress.
A U.S. household's median income is $49,445, the Census reports.
The big difference between the official deficit and standard accounting: Congress exempts itself from including the cost of promised retirement benefits. Yet companies, states and local governments must include retirement commitments in financial statements, as required by federal law and private boards that set accounting rules.
The deficit was $5 trillion last year under those rules. The official number was $1.3 trillion. Liabilities for Social Security, Medicare and other retirement programs rose by $3.7 trillion in 2011, according to government actuaries, but the amount was not registered on the government's books.
If you think unemployment is under reported, when it comes to the deficit, you ain't seen nothin' yet, brother.
$5 trillion dollars. Let that sink in a bit. If this were any business out there using standard accounting rules, that's what they would, by law, have to report.
Congress? Well, they're special. They get to make up the rules as they go along and then follow them only if they wish too (with the option then of again changing the rules to fit what they've decided to do). In fact, since today seems to be irony day, the irony is:
"By law, the federal government can't tell the truth," says accountant Sheila Weinberg of the Chicago-based Institute for Truth in Accounting.
Amazing but not shocking. In fact, not even surprising. We didn't get here by being told the truth.
Oh, and remember real unemployment is at 8.1%. (*cough, cough*)
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Reid: "No Keystone for you!"
Can't pass a budget in three years, is pretty sure the biggest reason to keep the financially insolvent USPS open is senior citizens like getting junk mail and wants the government paying your tax dollars to keep cowboy poetry alive, Harry Reid is a poster boy for the arguments against seniority as a means of picking leaders.
But when it comes to screwing over the best interests of the United State, well, you can definitely count on Harry to be on the side of those doing the screwing.
Senate Democrats will hold firm and reject House Republican demands to include approval of the Keystone oil pipeline in transportation funding legislation, their leader said Tuesday.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said he would not in any way help Republicans move Keystone approval across the finish line.
"Personally, I'm not — I'm not one of the conferees — but personally I think Keystone is a program that we're not going, that I am not going to help in any way I can," Reid told reporters. "The president feels that way. I do, too."
I'm sure the president does indeed feel the way Reid does.
Which should tell you all you need to know about where the President's priorities are as well.
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Sen. Democrats can't produce a budget, but they can still find ways to raise taxes and redistribute income
The latest vote buying scheme? If you're a small business man who owns an S-chapter corporation (that would be me), read it and weep:
Congressional Democrats and the White House have agreed to pay for a bill to freeze student loan interest rates for a year by raising taxes on so-called S Corporations, according to a top Senate Democrat and senior House and Senate aides, but Republicans said the tax increase may ensure the bill's defeat in the Senate.
"We've got it worked out," Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, said on Tuesday of the formula for paying for the legislation. Harkin spoke after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said he will introduce within the next day a bill to prevent interest rates from doubling to 6.8 percent on July 1. That sets up Senate action on the bill next month after senators return May 7 from a one-week recess. A spokesman for House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said she and House Education and Workforce ranking member George Miller, D-Calif., also signed off on the proposal.
The bill will require S Corporations with three or fewer shareholders who declare income of at least $250,000 a year to pay employment taxes, according to Harkin and Democratic staffers involved in the talks. An S Corporation is a specially structured entity that pays taxes under rules that allow earnings or losses to be passed through shareholders, reducing federal tax payments.
That's right, S corps would be taxed to help keep interest rates on student loans down. Remember, the government now owns student loans.
And what have we looming right after the July 1st interest rate increase that might be hurt if that happens?
Why the November presidential election, of course.
Any wonder why the White House and Democrats are all for screwing small business to buy off a critical constituency?
It is no different in the category of desired political result than the $8 billion in spending HHS would do at the behest of the White House to slide the Medicare supplemental cost increase seniors will undergo from before the election to after.
This is outrageous. This is blatant vote buying and income redistribution to "pay" for Obama's re-election. This is the essence of the Democratic ideology laid bare and the deviousness and immorality of their methods exposed for all to see – if they'll see it.
No one makes anyone take out a student loan. And although it may be expensive, decades worth of those who've gone before have acted like adults and paid off the obligations they agreed too.
Now, if the Democrats get their way, it will be the job of those who've risked all to open a small business and built it with sweat equity and delayed gratification to pay to keep government controlled interest rates down?
"I don't think anybody believes this interest rate ought to be allowed to rise," Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said Tuesday. "The question is, how do you pay for it? How long do you do the extension?"
Republicans are "in the process of discussing it among ourselves," McConnell said.
Don't even think about it Mr. McConnell! If, as Obama has said, it is wrong to raise taxes in an economic downturn, it is ALWAYS wrong. And if you think we've turned the corner economically, you're not paying attention.
Government decided to take over the student loan business and now government can suffer the consequences of its actions. I have no desire or intent to bail it out.
If this doesn't make you angry as hell then I'm fairly certain which lever you're pulling in November.
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Manure Spreader Calibration
To be able to manage manure on farms it is essential to know the quantity being spread. Knowing the amount of manure spread and plant nutrients available from the manure enables an adjustment to be made to the amount of fertilizer needed. It is important to spread the manure evenly possible to avoid part of the field getting excessive nutrients and another part of the crop not getting enough. Equally important is to spread the manure over the whole farm since the nutrients in the manure in part come from crops harvested from the whole farm. This will avoid potential accumulation of excess nutrients in fields close to the barn.
To calibrate the manure spreader use either of the following procedures.
Spreader Calibration - Method 1
Equipment: plastic sheet 6 x 6ft or 10 x 10ft, scale, bucket
1. Weigh sheet with bucket on the scale
2. Lay sheet in field in the path of manure spreader positioning it so the tractor will be at spreading
speed before it reaches the sheet.
3. After spreading weigh sheet and manure in the bucket. Subtract weight of sheet plus bucket
4. Tons manure/acre = lb manure x 21.8
sheet size, sq ft
Spreader Calibration - Method 2
Equipment: yard stick, rope
1. Determine manure spreader capacity
2. Tie rope around tractor tire to determine distance traveled in one revolution
3. Spread manure load, counting wheel revolutions to determine the distance traveled
4. Measure width spreader is covering with manure, multiply by distance traveled
5. Divide by 43,560 to determine acres covered by one load
6. Divide spreader capacity by acres covered to determine tons or gallons applied per acre
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2013 season record: 33-26; 13-11 in the Big 12, ties for third place
With a new $16 milion baseball stadium under construction (scheduled to be ready for the 2015 season), the future of West Virginia baseball looks bright, and the current season is no exception. The Mountaineers return five position players who saw quite a bit of playing time in 2013, West Virginia's first as a member of the Big 12 Conference.
The Mountaineers ended their inaugural Big 12 season tied with Oklahoma for third place in the conference standings. One of the returning starters is the team's best hitter last season, senior outfielder Jacob Rice. Rice led the team iun batting average (.333) and hits (73) a year ago and drove in 30 runs.
Joining Rice in West Virginia's starting lineup in 2014 is fellow .300 hitter and outfielder Bobby Boyd and power-hitter Ryan McBroom, who belted 12 home runs and drove in a team-high 48 runs last season.
West Virginia has one of the Big 12's best starting pitchers in junior left-hander Harrison Musgrave, the Big 12 Pitcher of the Year last season. Musgrave posted a 9-1 record in 14 starts and an ERA of 2.17 in 99.1 innings, with 81 strikeouts. Musgrave is a preseason All-America candidate and is on the preseason watch list for the prized Golden Spikes Award, which honors the best amateur baseball player in America.
Musgrave is joined in the starting rotation by two other returning hurlers: left-hander John Means and right-hander Carey Walker, who had a combined nine wins as starters a year ago.
West Virginia is off to a slow start in 2014, winning just one of three games in its season-opening weekend playing in the Citadel Tournament in Charleston, S.C.
Next up: No. 6 Baylor
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an ever-present help in trouble.
Psalm 46:1
My child, sit down in the boat. Don't look at the billowing waves or the sea spewing its anger in all directions. I made the wind and the sea; they listen and obey My voice. I walk on the clouds, and they thunder their praise. I blink My eyes, and lightning reflects My power. I hold out My hand, and the storms are stilled. So, take My hand, sit down, and relax. Do you think the God who knows the number of hairs on your head will abandon you in your greatest hour of need? Be still, My child. You are safe with Me.
When the storms rage around me, I can always run to You and rest, Lord. In turbulent times, in trials and temptations, in weakness or in fear, You are my strength, and Your hiding place is secure. Bless You, Lord, for being my refuge.
If God does not rescue us immediately, it is only because He has a greater purpose in mind. He will still give us peace in the center of our storms./blockquote>
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In my web authoring class we were recently discussing recent trends in web design and layout. Much of the discussion focused on a recent move from short concise content to longer, more print like, lengthy text. This return to principles more associated with print media is also reflected in less distraction from competing advertising, links, video, gifs, to a streamlined, clean and minimal, content focused method.
One of the key moments in shift in layout (especially in editorial driven sites) was the New York Times article Snow Fall. It focuses on an avalanche that occurred in Washington, burying a group of 16 skiers. The article opens with a splash page comprising of a video that incorporates interview, reenactment, actual footage, and expert interviews – then you are invited to read the full article.
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119 Jones Street
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- Cuisine:
ItalianPrice: CAN$31 to CAN$50
Cucci Ristorante
- Dining Style: Fine Dining
- Website: http://www.cucci.ca/
- Phone: 9054691811
- Hours of Operation:
Lunch: Monday Thu Friday: 11:30am - 3:00pm; Dinner: Monday - Wednesday: 4:00pm - 10:00pm, Thursday - Saturday: 4:00pm - 11:00pm Kitchen hours open later for cocktails.
- Payment Options: AMEX,MasterCard,Visa
- Cuisine: Italian, Wild Game
- Executive Chef: Erik Mauke
- Dress Code: Smart Casual
- Accepts Walk-Ins: Yes
- Additional Details: Banquet/Private Rooms, Bar Dining, Bar/Lounge, Entertainment, Farm to Table, Fireplace, Full Bar, Gluten-free Menu, Late Night, Non-Smoking Restaurant, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Personal wines welcome, Personal wines welcome (corkage fee applies), Private Room, Wheelchair Access, Wine
- Catering: Chef Erik Mauke would be happy to customize menus for any of your up and coming events either here at Cucci or in your home.
- Private Party Facilities: Cucci is perfect for your next group function, 2 private rooms for groups 15 to 70. Total restaurant buyouts available for your next special event, when only the best in food and service is needed.
- Private Party Contact: Doug Greco 9053300096
- Entertainment: Cucci features the best live entertainment seven nights per week.Please check us out on the website to see what playing this week.
- Special Events: Uncork and Unwind with Julio Vargas every wine on our wine list is offered at half price with lunch or dinner every Monday.
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Cucci can be described as warm and discreet, a dining room for those that haven't forgotten the pleasures of dining with friends.Continued
***Recently given 3 out of 4 stars by the Toronto Star
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Cucci Ristorante reviews from OpenTable diners
135 reviews since July 3, 2014
- Food4.5Service4.7
- Ambiance4.4Noise LevelModerate
special occasion (94)neighborhood gem (73)romantic (72)fit for foodies (65)notable wine list (57)good for groups (27)great for outdoor dining (23)hot spot (14)great for lunch (13)vibrant bar scene (10)late-night find (10)great for brunch (4)kid-friendly (4)scenic view (1)Show More
- Service PlusRosieknowsVIPDined on 10/24/2014Always fantastic level of service from knowledgeable staff.Special Features:
- Great placeFrenchconnection1Dined on 10/20/2014Again no disapointment. Great experience, the food is top quality and the monday half price wine is a great idea. One of the best restaurant in Oakville.Special Features:
- outstanding!!!!nrrghavenDined on 10/19/2014We went to this restaurant with family as trip advisor recommended it...and we were not at all disappointed. Topnotch place. Super Duper food. Gentleman was playing piano throughout the evening (Sunday). Waitress was exceptional. Very classy. I will go again for our next Special occasion.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- MishaDined on 10/19/2014A nice elegant restaurant, very good service and good food and wine. Pretty expensive.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Birthday LunchOpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 10/15/2014Took two staff members here for a special birthday celebration & was not disappointed, food was awesome, will definitely return.Special Features:
- Highly recommendedOpenTable Diner Since 2008Dined on 10/11/2014My wife and I recently celebrated a birthday at Cucci. My wife cannot eat gluten, and we're happy to say that she had a wonderful experience at Cucci. The service team and kitchen were extremely flexible and attentive to her needs throughout our meal. Service and food were both excellent. Cucci is easily one of the better fine dining experiences in GTA.Special Features:
- Neighborhood GEM!lizluv2dineDined on 10/5/2014We went on Sunday October 5th, for a 60th birthday..and what an incredible service, even with the children...I most say I was worry, not many restaurants have the patience for children..they were totally ok...I recommend Cucci for businesses transactions, couples in love or dating, groups wanting to have fun, everything fits with this dining spot...my uncle was there and he is totally picky with what he eats, but he actually said "wow, you impressed me little one...best restaurant I come where the meat is actually comparing with mine at home..."..thank you Cucci family for making me gain a point :)...love, LizSpecial Features:
- The best!OpenTable Diner Since 2013Dined on 10/3/2014Cucci is our favourite restaurant in Oakville - amazing food and fantastic service!Special Features:
- WOWJoannaMDCDined on 10/2/2014I don't usually write reviews on restaurants as I find most restaurants cut corners and sell second rate ingredients 'dolled' up with tasty sauces. Not this place. I have had a rack of lamb and it was cooked to perfection, it was like butter in my mouth. The lobster tagliatelle had large chunks of lobster with a mild freshly made tomato sauce. The bison was rich in flavor accompanied by a trove of beans that had a delicious savory bite. The whipped rosemary butter to spread on the freshly baked whole grain and seed bread disappeared in 10 minutes. I am looking forward to eating my way through the menu. The ambiance of the restaurant reminded me of a restaurant I had been in Rome, Italy. Elegant. Live music. All deserts where 'off' menu.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- OpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 9/27/2014Excellent for our Anniversary dinner. We had a lovely table tucked away in the corner. The food was amazing. The service was great....even when the waitress tried to up sell an already expensive bottle of wine we chose! I loved that the wine came to our table, cold, as we needed a refresh and that someone always filled our water glasses. That really helped the hangover effect the next morning! The italian movie playing on the wall was a neat touch. All in all, a perfect evening.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- AethelredDined on 9/22/2014Loved the musician. This was the second time we tried the place. Excellent service and food. All first class. However both times there was a largish group of businessmen entertaining themselves at the table next to us (which is fine) but detracted from the general intimacy. So - is it an upscale romantic dinner place? Or place for corporate expense accounts in the evenings? Suggestion: Perhaps large table groups could be confined to a private room - or not accommodated. Depends on the ambiance the owners want to preserve and their target market.Special Features:
- Unbeatable serviceLuv2dineDined on 9/19/2014The staff at cucci always go above and beyond to make your experience a night to remember. From coat check, to a side purse handle, bringing our wine out for us while we enjoy a cigarette, adjusting the light at the piano they go above and boyond to make sure you are well taken care of. The antipesto platter is delicious as was my tenderloin.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- OpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 9/19/2014My husband and I and both of our guests enjoyed our meal and the restaurant very much. Thank you GinaI would recommend this to a friend.
- brontegirlDined on 9/18/2014My husband and I live 5 minutes away from Cucci and whenever we feel like dressing up and indulging all of our senses, we walk over to Cucci. I have loved everything I have eaten there. The live piano is enchanting and the service is consistently impeccable.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Local Grown Up SpotBronteEEDined on 9/13/2014How grown ups are meant to dine. Fresh food, good atmosphere and music and a wine list across all categories and prices. No gimmicks or faux Italian or upscale. I had the Gnocchi and it was great.Special Features:
- A Special PlaceTank2kVIPDined on 9/13/2014We joined the Cucci staff for dinner, they were all professional and pleasant. WE both enjoyed our meals, the wine and ambiance. We'll be back!Special Features:
- OpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 9/8/2014Third time this year...excellent...the service is outstanding The music was added delight!!!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Special OccasionHamilton1960Dined on 9/6/2014Great food and a very attentive staff made for a great location to celebrate that special occasion.Special Features:
- Always amazingWantabefoodieDined on 9/5/2014I have been enjoying this restaurant since it opened. The meal was amazing. The service is excellent. You feel very pampered! They even walked each of us to our cars with umbrella because it was raining. Not just my party but each guest as they left. Not many restraunts left that treat each and every guest like they are special and appreciated, but cucci's nails it every time!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great dining experiencenomnomnomDined on 9/4/2014This was my first visit to Cucci Ristorante and I was thoroughly impressed. The staff is very attentive and the food is excellent! I have already recommended this place to my family and friends and I will be going back.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Wonderful food and serviceOpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 9/2/2014A lovely restaurant with excellent, friendly service and excellent food!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great PlaceDandJDined on 9/2/2014This was our first time and it won't be the last. As a waiter, make sure you keep Nick. He made us feel not only welcomed but also was excellent as a conversationalist. The whole evening (it was our 42nd anniversary) was everything I hoped it would be. We will be backSpecial Features:
- AMAZING!nickatnightVIPDined on 9/1/2014This was my first time dining at Cucci and I will be back again and again. The food was great, every single course including their home made Tiramisu. The service was amazing and they have a great wine list. A neighbourhood gem with a nice ambiance. A must for foodies!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- 2nd Pleasant ExperiencecriticaldinerDined on 9/1/2014My wife and another couple went to Cucci for an early supper on our 29th anniversary Aug 31st. The menu had changed since our last visit but everything still sounded really appetizing. Service was fast and pleasant and they were very attentive to refill our water several times throughout the meal and at the same time not trying to upsell any liquor. When I reflect on it we really had four people caring for our table but we never felt pushed, interrupted or rushed. Overall we head an enjoyable evening and actually stayed well beyond what we had anticipated for an early evening. Our early seating allowed for some quiet conversation, but as more patrons were seated It became quite boisterous. But it didn't spoil the wonderful evening.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Nearly perfect!OakvilledinerDined on 8/30/2014The food at Cucci is very good and the service is excellent. Prices are slightly lower that some equivalent restaurants in downtown Oakville. We were celebrating my mother's birthday and after our main course they brought some tiramisu and cheesecake bearing a sparkler to our table. There was enough for all three of us to have a bite. Very thoughtful! My only minor complaints would be that the restaurant is very noisy and it's difficult to have a private conversation. There is entertainment however this could not be heard above the noise despite the fact that we were sitting in the bar area. Nonetheless, we had a great meal and would certainly visit again and recommend to our friends.Special Features:
- WineDickyDined on 8/28/2014Good if you like light gourmet meals, cold starters and wine etc. Probably not the place to go if you like big portions or heavy Italian food.Special Features:
- Fantastic ItalianPeggyPDined on 8/27/2014We had a very good meal with great wine and the service was outstanding. I can see this place getting very busy and hard to find a table on a Friday or Satuday evening.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- OutstandingOutstandingDined on 8/27/2014Had a great lunch and great service as usual, that is why I keep returning to this gem of a restaurant.Special Features:
- ... Just left a little hungry.LorellaDined on 8/23/2014I was dreaming to get my favourite rack of lamb but ended up having just half of rack( before it was A Rack) Must say, not going for that anymore... It seamed like they've changed they way food was done with love..., passion ...the way it used to be ... :(((I would recommend this to a friend.
- Wow!LetseatVIPDined on 8/22/2014What a wonderful meal. The seafood was outstanding. The favours interesting, but nit overwhelming. If you like wild game meats, the specials would appeal to you. Our server Kim was friendly, helpful and treated us very well. We will be back.Special Features:
- DisappointedFoodmunched246Dined on 8/19/2014We went on a tuesday night and It was unexpectedly crowded. Our main waiter was very polite and curteous, the ancillary waiter who brought the food to the table was expressionless and put the plates on the table and walked away. The bread was hard and flavourless. The appetizers we ordered were mushroom toast and a caprisi salad which was average at best. I had the lobster pasta (Th he dish lacked salt and the lobster was overcooked chewy (that was the better of the two). The salted caramel gelatto was great. The chocolate "mouse" dessert looked like a 3 year old's composition... broken chocolate piled on top of nutella and cream with a smear of "jelly". I would not go back and was surprised as to how well the restaurant is being reviewed.
- An Excellent mealOpenTable Diner Since 2008Dined on 8/18/2014A great patio and the best restaurant in Oakville by far.Special Features:
- Birthday Celebration!OpenTable Diner Since 2009Dined on 8/17/2014We took my mom to Cucci for her 92nd birthday. The food was excellent, per usual. The staff were attentive, courteous and pleasant. There was live piano music that night and the pianist played a varied selection of music and sang occasionally. We weren't expecting this entertainment and it was the finishing touch to a very special evening for my mom.Special Features:
- review of Cucci RestaurantGracieDined on 8/17/2014Found the staff very responsive and appropriate, service excellent and food very good. However, the piano player, as capable as he seemed to be, was far too loud for the size of the place. His renderings of familiar music should have been more "background" in style, as it was difficult to carry on a proper conversation. He should also have taken more breaks, to allow for some "quiet". I can understand it if he was playing for folks at the bar later in the evening, but not at 6-7 p.m. when there are family groups there, as well as couples trying to have a quiet meal. With this exception, it was a good experience and I would return.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Delicious food, wonderful staffJeremyDined on 8/17/2014My fiancee and I went to Cucci to celebrate our engagement -- aside from the delicious meal (a caprese salad and salmon with mustard, chard, and lentils), they treated us to a couple drinks and paid for our desert, 'death by chocolate' with a sparkler. The live music (pianist), Paul, was talented and friendly, and happy to take requests, and the staff, including Romano, were very friendly and attentive. Thank you!Special Features:
- Not worth the moneyRamiVIPDined on 8/15/2014Great customer service. Very noisy. Didn't offer anything for our special occasion. Way too expensive for the quality of food.
- sadly disappointedcosmoCDined on 8/14/2014We have been 3 or 4 times and it has always been the perfect evening, the best food, the best service. This time the food was bland and uninspired, and the service was okay. Not sure if we will go back. Maybe they had a bad night?Special Features:
- Lovely Night OutOpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 8/14/2014Went with my husband and another couple. The whole evening was delightful and the food was delicious. I highly recommend the "Mushrooms on Toast"appetizer and for dessert the "Chocolate Paté" - VERY tasty!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Where have you been?BWaltonDined on 8/12/2014I had never met you, Cucci, before Wednesday evening. So much lost time! This is love. Demure in your spot on Jones Street in Bronte you have been hiding from me. Your unassuming exterior might fool some but I knew you for what you were. Inside, smart, tasteful decor, Perfectly trained staff. Not that you were not flirtacious: mineral water still of effervescent, no extra charge. She and I shared an appetizer (divided beautifully in the kitchen without out asking) of perfect seared calamari on mixed greens. A bottle of white from one of our favourite Niagara vinyards accompanied her gnocchi (kitchen made, not the punched-out bullets so often found.) and my shrimp and scallop fettuccini. An evening to remember. You have stolen my heart.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- TuscanyDined on 8/11/2014third time there...not so great food...maybe an off niteSpecial Features:


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It appears that millions of dollars in renovations to Coveleski Stadium in South Bend is bringing in more fans.
President Joe Hart says attendance for the first half of the season has nearly doubled compared to last year.
It's gone up from about 41-thousand to 79 thousand. That includes a couple of sell out games on June 8 and 15.
Hart says when he sees kids playing in the splash pad, families spending time together in the patio section or parties in the outdoor suites; he knows the work was all worth it.
At the current rate, attendance at Silverhawks games would reach 157,000 this year. That's over the 'magic' number spelled out in the team's Coveleski Stadium lease agreement.
"We have an agreement with the Silverhawks that, after the attendance reaching 125,000, the city parks will receive 25 cents per head," said South Bend Parks Superintendent Phil St. Clair.


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It's been a long time sine I attended a public school, but the way I remember it we used the all encompassing universal term of God, which is not Christian. Worship any "GOD" you choose, and address Him by any name you choose, but please worship one because otherwise you'll either believe yourself to be a God, or choose a man to worship as your God, which is about right where we're at now. Not good.