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In a unanimous ruling last month, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld for the first time a "ministerial exception" limiting the rights of some employees under the Americans with Disabilities Act. In the case, Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, a church-run elementary school asserted that such an exception protected its decision to fire "called teacher" Cheryl Perich following her medical leave and threat to file an ADA lawsuit. Prominent organizations weighed in on both sides: The US Conference of Catholic Bishops, the American Jewish Committee, and the Muslim-American Public Affairs Council were among those filing briefs backing Hosanna-Tabor; the NAACP, People for the American Way, and the Anti-Defamation League backed Perich.
Perich's conflict with the Lutheran Church and School began in January 2005, when she told her principal that she was ready to return to work following a medical leave for narcolepsy. The principal questioned whether Perich was healthy enough to work, and told her that she had already been replaced. The church's congregation, which is vested with decision-making powers, offered to pay a portion of Perich's health insurance costs if she would voluntarily resign.
Perich declined the offer, and instead showed up at the school on the first day her medical leave was over, declaring she wouldn't leave without a note documenting that she had shown up ready to work. According to the Supreme Court, when her principal told Perich the school was likely to fire her, "Perich responded that she had spoken with an attorney and intended to assert her legal rights." A letter from the School Board Chairman to Perich charged that her "insubordination and disruptive behavior," and "threatening to take legal action" had "damaged, beyond repair, [her] working relationship" with Hosanna-Tabor. Perich's status as a "called teacher" was withdrawn in a congregational vote, and the school fired her.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued Hosanna-Tabor for violating the ADA's prohibition on retaliation against workers for asserting their rights under the Act. A District Court sided with the church, citing past federal court decisions finding a "ministerial exception" which grants religious institutions discretion over who is hired or retained to do religious work. The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals disagreed. It upheld the principle of the ministerial exception, but determined that it didn't apply to Perich, because her job duties (teaching third and fourth grade) were mostly secular. The Appeals Court sent the case back down to the District Court for a ruling on the merits of the firing; Hosanna-Tabor appealed the case up to the Supreme Court.
In his majority opinion, Chief Justice John Roberts validated prior lower courts' precedent finding a "ministerial exception," and ruled that it covered Perich. "Requiring a church to accept or retain an unwanted minister, or punishing a church for failing to do so," wrote Roberts, "intrudes upon more than a mere employment decision. Such action interferes with the internal governance of the church, depriving the church of control over the selection of those who will personify its beliefs."
Roberts cited the First Amendment's prohibitions on Congress making a "law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." "Imposing an unwanted minister," Roberts warned, would constitute "government involvement" in "ecclesiastical decisions," and would violate "a religious group's right to shape its own faith and mission through its appointments."
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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Individual stock selection will become increasingly important in the retail sector in 2010.
Consumer spending is only expected to improve marginally next year, with Citigroup forecasting a meager 2% increase on the whole. "Without a robust consumer-spending recovery to boost sales universally across all retailers, individual stock selection will become more critical," Citi analyst Kimberly Greenberger wrote in a note.
In truth, retail stocks had an incredible run in 2009 despite lackluster fundamentals, Needham analyst Christine Chen said. The S&P Retail Index is up 40% for the year-to-date period to close on Friday at 407.05. In comparison, The Dow is up just 12.5%, while The S&P 500 has grown 18.3% during the same period.
So what can we expect for retail stocks in 2010 after this arguably unjustified rally?"We believe valuations heading into 2010 are still reasonable, given that earnings estimates have likely bottomed and will continue to trickle upwards in the next few quarters as the economy continues to stabilize," Chen wrote in a note. "We believe there is room for upward-estimate revisions in 2010, resulting in both further multiples and stock price appreciation for those retailers with the right product to drive top-line growth." Thus, according to Greenberger, investors should focus on retailers with: strong management teams and brands; sustainable sales growth via new stores or comparable sales expansion; high-income core customers; structural changes that will generate higher margins; and earnings growth driving incremental margin leverage given 2009 cost cuts. And while luxury retailers were the last to go into the recession, analysts agree that stores that cater to the upper middle-income consumer are best positioned for 2010. "These shoppers have both the ability and willingness to spend," UBS analyst Roxanne Meyer said. "Last year they still had the funds to spend, but turned off the willingness due to fear. Now there is a pent-up demand for self purchases." Retailers that have a substantial international presence are also smarter bets for investors who are weary of a U.S. economic recovery. In addition, investors should avoid companies that are overexposed to traditional malls. Ultimately, while in 2009 the predominant focus was on profits, 2010 will be a top-line story for retail. "
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I think that the Lady should ignore it and continue the spanking as if nothing had occurred. Most likely, the erection will go away by itself once the spanking gets "serious".
I've heard of the guy being ordered to masturbate to relieve it. That can be very humiliating and once the sexual tone of the spanking is removed, the spanking seems to hurt more.
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I turned to get my jacket and put it slowly back on; my heart was pounding knowing that behind me were three women looking at my pert bottom and legs. When I turned round they made no effort whatsoever to hide the fact that they were eyeing me up and down all three of them with broad grins on there faces.
Because of the way I was dressed, and because my penis was making itself obvious it was excited, the four assistants felt they didn't have to make an effort to hide where they were looking. And they didn't all four of them and there two clients had broad smile's on there faces whilst they so blatantly eyed me up and down.
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Excuse me" Faye says, I looks at her "sorry" I says, " I don't mean to embarrass you but your trousers are a little bit to tight" she whispers to me. I looks down at my legs "sorry I do apologize" I says. "Its okay I just thought I would mention it to you perhaps hold up stockings might be a good idea" she says smiling at me. I put both my hands on my legs hiding the suspender belt clasps and my penis. "Well your no fun" says Faye. I looks at her with a puzzled expression on my face. "If I knew you where going to put your hands there I wouldnt have said anything" she says looking back down at my legs. Bloody hell I thought she wants me to move my hands which I did of course.
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Because Lauren was standing close behind me, I knew she could see the outline of my underwear through my Lycra shorts and after the last visit I knew she realised they were panties. It was very exciting and I even wiggled my bum which brought a quiet giggle from Lauren her reaction meant my penis was starting to become aroused. The panties I had on where really tight fitting which meant my penis couldnt move freely and I was in a situation where it was even more obvious I was aroused. Okay can I measure your waist said Lauren, on turning round I couldn't help but notice Lauren staring at my semi erect penis. Lauren even joked that she didnt realise getting measured was such a turn on, then she looked straight at me and giggled.
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I would say it all depends on the relationship between the couple.
I find it so odd how many men contact me, and ask to be disciplined for getting aroused or masturbating (and of course this is coming from complete and total strangers). I won't "discipline" someone for doing what comes naturally. Now...if they get aroused and masturbate on the bus...that's another story.
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Illinois drivers filled up their tanks Thursday with the cheapest gas in nearly two years.
In Chicago, gas prices have been down 95 cents a gallon since the middle of September. That's the lowest price in the city since Dec. 21, 2011, according to AAA spokesman Michael Green. A Marathon gas station on the Southwest Side Thursday sold regular gas for $3.22 a gallon.
The state's average gas price is the lowest it's been since Feb. 2, 2011.
While the average gas price in Illinois — $3.25 — is still slightly above the national average of $3.21 a gallon, it's down 85 cents since the middle of September.
On Monday, the national average of $3.25 for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline became the lowest price of 2012. That is nine cents lower than a week ago and 17 cents less than a month ago, according to the AAA Fuel Gauge Report.
Monday also marked the first time all 50 states dropped below $4 a gallon, including Hawaii, since Jan 1.
The price drop isn't so out of the blue. It happens every year around the holiday season but tends to go back up on Christmas Day. And there are a couple of reasons for the drop. The switch to a winter-blend fuel is cheaper to produce, there are more gas suppliers and cheaper crude oil prices. And there's a lower demand for gas, with fewer people on the roads.
"The demand being down is the biggest factor of all in Chicago because fewer people are driving in the winter months, and that is resulting in gas prices dropping," Green said.
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The first meeting is scheduled for Tuesday evening at 6 p.m. for the proposed closure of Business, Computer Applications & Entrepreneurship High School in Cambria Heights. The meeting will take place at the school at 207-01 116 Ave.
The public hearing for the proposed colocation of a new school in Newtown High School's campus will be held Wednesday at 6 p.m. at the school at 53-01 90 St. in Elmhurst.
On Thursday evening, a public hearing will be held on the proposed colocation of a new high school within Flushing High School's campus. The hearing will be held at the school at 35-01 Union St. That hearing will also start at 6 p.m.
Dmytro Fedkowskyj, Queens' representative on the Panel for Educational Policy and a staunch critic of the DOE closure process said he will propose a moratorium on school phase-outs and colocations at the March 11 PEP meeting at Brooklyn Technical High School.
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They honor our country, but that's not all. During the 15-minute observance, Weaver honors compassion, as well.
Students recognize each other for random acts of kindness – such as lending a coat on a cold day to someone who forgot one, or helping another student pick up a book that slipped from a backpack.
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"If you look at us 10 years ago, we were doing great things, but look at us now. We are doing other great things we didn't do 10 years ago," Kominsky said. "It's ever changing."
Weaver has embraced technology, with an interactive Smart board in every classroom and roving carts of donation-funded iPads for students. The school is 400 iPads away from having one for every student, Kominsky said.
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LOS ALAMITOS – Back in the mid 1990s, Los Alamitos Unified School District planned to sell off an old elementary campus that had lain empty for 13 years.
But after scores of residents protested, district officials decided instead to reopen the school in the quiet Rossmoor neighborhood as a magnet-type campus, open to anyone in the district, with a strong focus on academics.
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My daughters belong to a Girl Scout troop of exclusively homeschooled kids, and we've done the same with Boy Scouts in the past. I belong to several online groups for homeschooling families in our local area to connect, plan field trips, and share ideas. There are several of these on Yahoo groups and Meetup. We also belong to a homeschool co-op group that meets weekly for field trips and other activities.
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Deathstroke appreciation thread
Now HE's the man
Warlock360 says:
"Now HE's the man"
yup you gotta love the character lol
took down the whole justice league :P
Warlock360 says:
"took down the whole justice league :P"
Not all, but yeah he is quite impressive
most of em xP
Warlock360 says:
"most of em xP"
nah he only almost beated the team-up of elongated man, zatanna, flash, GL, black canary, green arrow, atom and hawkman
I'm not really impressed :P
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Resonate says:
"dude Deathstroke rocks XD"
Nighthunter says:
"Warlock360 says:"most of em xP"nah he only almost beated the team-up of elongated man, zatanna, flash, GL, black canary, green arrow, atom and hawkman I'm not really impressed :P"
How about beating up batman, green lantern, aquaman, nightwing and many others during the 90's.
Then again in a recent green arrow (I think) issue he managed to knockout/stun the JL including superman.
Frankly with planning (and most likely in his own title) there is no one he can't beat IMO.
I was kidding, this is what (:P) means
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"I was kidding, this is what (:P) means"
Sorry, I forgot to do the smiley thing. Didn't see any in the menu and it totaly slipped past me.
Anyway it gave me an opportunity to sound off about some of the others he's bested over the years and back when he had his own title. :)
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Deathstroke is one of my favorite villains.....scratch that, One of my fave characters.
He's badass
problem is though, that whenever i read him in comics, i can only even picture him as Ron Perlman lol
the look is just perfect and the voice would fit him amazingly
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He is one of the best villains ever (in my opinion). And if anyone wants to read up on him, he's currently involved in the new Batgirl run. Its sick.
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The only comic I've seen Deathstroke The Terminator in is Identity Crisis but then again that's like saying I've only seen Hulk fight Jesus. lol
With that comic appearance alone I've become a Deathstroke The Terminator fan and plan on reading his series.
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Yep he desereves total respect!!
Hate Deadpool? :-) then vote!!!!!!
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One day, he will own the world
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respect the terminator.
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Let's make sure his title is up and running for a long time !
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I didn't think Deathstroke needed one of these. He was probably up there with Zoom and Batman in that he seemed like he would get a "who can't he beat with prep" or "who can beat him" thread. But he's way cool. He should get his own thing. Maybe.
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Deathstroke, I appreciate you.
Shame on his ongoing since Higgins left, however the first issue by Justin Jordan was good and he is being handled well in team 7
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The terminator !
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Statural growth, a fundamental characteristic of childhood, is a complex process that is determined by the interaction of genetics, nutrition, and socioeconomic factors [1]. Regular assessment of growth is an essential part of pediatric practice and includes comparison of a child's growth pattern to established norms. When determining the normality of a child's growth pattern, serial measurements of height and calculation of height velocity (HV) is more useful than a single height-for-age percentile [2]. In interpreting a child's HV, allowance must be made for age, pubertal development, and other factors.
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Law Week - March 1 - 7, 2009
Every spring, students, faculty and staff look forward to the annual events and celebrations which are held during Law Week. Below are a few highlights of this year's events.
The Student Bar Association (SBA) is hosting its second annual powder puff football game to kick-off Law Week on Sunday, March 1 from 1:00 to 3:00 PM. It will be held at the Samford Intramural Fields.
The finals of the Parham H. Williams Trial Competition will be held Wednesday, March 4 at 3:00 PM in the Great Room. A reception will follow the competition in the Great Room.
On Thursday, March 5 at 11:00 AM, the Law School will honor the memory of Rascal, the only recipient of the Doctor of Canine Jurisprudence degree, at the annual Rascal Memorial Procession. Students, faculty, and friends of the Law School (along with their pets) will proceed behind a New Orleans-style jazz band from the foot of Samford's Centennial Walk to Blackacre Patio.
According to Cumberland tradition, Rascal was a mongrel pup who faithfully attended classes at the law school's former home in Lebanon, Tennessee, beginning in 1933, and in 1937 he was presented the rare degree of Doctor of Canine Jurisprudence. Rascal passed away in 1940 and was buried with much ceremony beneath the window where he attended classes. When Cumberland moved to Birmingham in 1961, Rascal's tombstone and a few spadefuls of dirt were brought to the Samford Campus, and again interred at Blackacre, on the west side of Robinson Hall.
After a moving eulogy, mourners and pets will enjoy a hotdog lunch served by Cumberland faculty. As always, judges will be awarding prizes in several categories, including the Best Dressed Dog, the Best Trick, the dog most resembling its owner, the smallest and largest dog, and the dog that most represents the spirit of Rascal.
Make sure you and your pet come out for a great afternoon of live music, free food and prizes in this fun-filled tradition honoring Rascal, Cumberland's own CJD.
The Freshman Follies will be held Thursday, March 5 at 4:30 PM in the Moot Court Room.
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Rosa Castelá B&B. In the old part of Allariz. Lobariñas Street was axis of the housings and workshops of craftsmen. This way, which in one day was a craftsmen's house today is for rest of the traveler
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We have five double rooms, all with own(proper) bath, TV, and heating. For the lovers of the comfort one of them offers a cabin with steam bath and hidromasaje
Rosa Castelá is nailed inside the Reservation(Reserve) of Allariz's Biosphere, The Via Nova (former Roman causeway) and the Route of the Silver - Way Sanabrés (Way of Santiago).
Allariz's Villa has varied spaces, museums, sports areas of quality, cultural activities, in his environment will be able to enjoy fullly the Galician nature, traditions and customs, all this accompanied from a wide gastronomic adaptable offer to any pocket and moment.
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Nearly a year ago, just before Election Day in the Romney-Obama contest, I began receiving emails from a person I eventually referred to as the Atlas Shrugged Guy. The name of course referred to his threat-and-promise that if the American public returned Barack Obama to the White House, this man would, like Atlas Shrugged's John Galt, withdraw his labor and creativity from a leveling, confiscatory society that didn't realize its true dependence on its productive class.
You can read his series of explanations from last year, along with responses, support, and jibes from other readers, in the compendium here.
Since then people have kept writing in asking what became of the man and his threat. For months I just didn't get around to collecting his messages; as you will see, they are voluminous. But now I have, and my purpose is to provide an archive of an extended, detailed expression of what, as the shutdown fight showed, is obviously a significant point of view.
This post is extremely long. I don't expect anyone to read it in one crack. But it may be a useful political/cultural reference source about this element in our current politics.
The hard-line GOP forces in our latest shutdown fight felt that the Obama healthcare plan, and Obama policies generally, were such dire threats that extreme steps in opposition were justified. The man I'm quoting here was not recommending resistance, a la Ted Cruz, but withdrawal, a la John Galt; yet both responses spring from the shared sense that the country has become something alien to them. You'll see the depths of that outlook expressed here.
For the record: From the start I have known the real name of this person, because he told me. I have figured out the location of the personal website on which he develops many of these same themes, and where he lives and what line of work he's in. (You'll see an exchange in which I reveal this to him.) I can't independently confirm what he says about his business plans.
Without further comment, here we go with the first tranche. Some of these overlap with ones I quoted before, but I am including the whole sequence. Meanwhile, we're heading off on another American Futures trip, to the far northeast.
November 3, 2012, three days before the election.
From: D….
To: James Fallows
Subject: What happens if Obama wins?
I will tell you what happens, I close my business of 10 years and lay off my employees. I am done. Thats what happens. You might consider me one of those know nothings but I am highly educated, run a high technology company with several very high paying positions and am very much steeped in US History and am a stalwart in the notion of individual liberty and self reliance. Freedom and liberty built this nation, not parasites like Obama and ilk. Obama has never produce anything in his life. Nothing, zero. Yet he is qualified to lead? Really? I have worked for leaders and he is no leader.
The economy picking up is a joke. Really? Where? 100% debt to GDP and counting and for every job created 75 food stamp recipients? I have never seen it this slow and a second Obama term will spell the end. The tax increases alone are enough for me to call it quits. Why, I make to much so pay more of my fair share? Maybe you should attempt to understand the concept of a S Corp and how it's income becomes, for tax reasons, my income. Hence while my income may look very good on paper the vast majority of my income stays as operating revenue. So much for the fat cat theory, no?Why should I continue to work myself into the dirt just to have it confiscated to transfer wealth to a parasite class? The work requirement for welfare gutted, Obamaphones, the taxes in Obamacare alone are enough to throw in the towel.
This OP ED [in response to something I had written] is a fantasy of deranged and feckless liberal gibberish. What your now calling the mainstream is terminal unemployment and lower standard of living for all but then again, we all know that is the lefts dream right? After all, when your mentality is zero sum gain then making the rich poorer the poor become richer, correct? WHy let reality get in the way of your fantasy? Had the housing market, for example, been left to market forces without government intervention the housing bubble would have never happened but hey, another brilliant idea from the left. Good intentions are all that matter right?
Try this. Open a business, deal with all the headaches for a few years, payroll, taxes, permits, employees and then come back and explain to me how Obama has helped me?
You want jobs, you create them because I am finished. Atlas will indeed shrugand I have no clue whom you and other democrats think is going to pay the tab because there is no money left to burn.
Then again, for the left the end justifies the means. As Milton said;, "better to rule in hell than to serve in heaven?"
November 3, 2012. I wrote back asking if I could quote the note, and whether he really owned a business.
Yes I do own one. I started in 2002 in my spare bedroom and now have a payroll of almost 500k per year. I will close it if he wins.
November 5, 2012, after I had posted some critical comments from other readers, including one calling him a spoiled child.
I am glad to privately provide website, not publicly. I enjoyed the spoiled child comment best. Spoiled children usually work 60 to 70 hours a week? What the readers fail to grasp is that the market is shrinking. I will do just fine, I am highly skilled. What I don't want to deal with is declining growth and growth is revenue driven. I don't understand why people cannot grasp that we don't have a revenue problem, we have a spending and regulatory problem.
Simply put, why should I work myself into the dirt for no return? This is, or was, my dream. Why is that suddenly something I didn't build nor deserve to reap reward from?
Maybe your readers should ask, whom are they to take the fruits of my labors? Is not creating jobs a form of sharing wealth?
I will gladly rebut anyone whom wished. One man said no and all of Rome trembled? I am no afraid to stand my ground....
November 5, 2012, in further response to critical comments from other readers.
I just had a chance to sit and read this on large screen. Funny, I'm am to be burned at the stake? Spoiled child?
I put myself thru college selling scrap metal and working. I have a degree in physics from Seattle University. I worked avionics and fly by wire systems and missile technology for 16 years and switched to embedded systems, gps and wireless telemetry (no not wifi, wifi is for pussies) for the past 10 with a emphasis on extreme ruggedization. We do research and development into new technologies and guess what funds that; r&d? Profits which apparently are now a resource better allocated by the geniuses in government than I.
The comments are mere bitter mockery. I treat my employees very well, the issue at hand is growth. Growth is fueled by profits, not regulation and taxation. The national issue is not taxes it is spending and over regulation. Maybe you and your readers could enlighten me as to the 18 tax cuts I got that I have no clue about?
Is it so unreasonable to advocate a government to leave me alone and live within its means? Is it necessary that to insure a few requires the control of a entire industry? Student loans are now the business of the federal gov? Really?
Since when is, or was, a college education assured? I paid me way, I am paying my children's way? I am the spoiled child? What but a child are you to expect, demand, I pay for secondary education?
No, I stand as a man whom is proud to know the virtue of hard work and thru work alone i expect to reap the wealth of my labors. Giving back implies I took something. I took nothing and created something. I feel no guilt, why should I?
Your readers can pound sand.
I stand by my assertions. I will be fine, will they? Maybe they should vote for the business guy? The business of America is business, isn't it?
I appreciate a chance to respond. So seldom does anyone do such.
November 6, 2012 -- election day, after I asked whether I could quote his latest comments.
Quote away. It is not as if I relish this thought of moving on but the decline in business is a reality I must, as a business owner, deal with. I didn't get here by being lazy nor stupid. What I am is tired. I made a promise to myself long ago that if it starts to decline I am not riding it down to the bottom.
I should point out I am not opposed to a reasonable means tested safety net nor the usual responsibilities of govt. What I am opposed to is a ideology that promotes redistribution of wealth simply on some moving target of "fairness" and a debt that is unsustainable and that, despite claims of the pols, is not going to be fixed by taxing the rich.
If your down on your luck or cannot make it, that is one thing. However, a lifestyle generation after and after on public assistance is just plain wrong.
I could pontificate ad infinitum, we shall see tonight which vision for America prevails.
November 6, 2012, as the returns came in.
FYI, just talked to a large moving company owner.... Said same thing I did. Read it and weep.... Atlas is indeed going to shrug. Enjoy poverty.
Shortly thereafter:
Well looks like I am closing up shop. So be it. You wanted jobs, LOL, you make them. I will survive no matter what. It is sad, apparently our fathers died for nothing more than a check. Wow. My fathers died for liberty, you traded it for security. How does that feel? All those lives wasted on a generation of takers.....
We gave you a Republic, if you can keep it?
And then.
Lol looks like you we're right. I guess the concept of individualism has died. No problem, hope you enjoy socialism, it is probably best. After all, shared misery trumps unequal prosperity...
After the race was called:
Notices start tomorrow. Welcome to poverty...
November 7, 2012
Well, the beginning of the end.... I weep for what was, and fear for what we are becoming. If I wanted to live in a socialist nation then I used to have a choice.
So this is how freedom dies, to applause.....
More after the jump.
November 7, 2012.
It would appear my original email struck a chord with your readers, hence I am to be crucified as Spartacus lest I defy Mother Rome?
Perhaps in their souls they understand a shred of reality? I had not intended to seek 15 minutes of fame. All glory is fleeting and I prefer obscurity, In any event, I read the other business owners post and his thoughts had no relation to mine whatsoever. He was opining upon the social issues and the Republican party having social issue voters whom had led to this loss.
While I could weigh in on that big time (and the left does not vote social issues?) I shall give you the crux of my reasoning. In a nutshell, I was recently told by a very successful person, who's industry is slated for destruction, "tell me the rules and I will win". Social issues play no part in my decision processes.
My hopes for a Romney victory were rooted in his proven ability to balance budgets. Cash flow management is a key element of any business and Romney had a proven record of management of budgets and cash flow.
Agree or not, is this not the case? Managing cash flow means making tough decisions and often, as in my case, very scary ones. Do you not think I have walked way out on a limb before? Way out. I have risked it all before. Do then I not deserve to reap rewards for risk? Is not the right to succeed also the right to fail?
Without pointing fingers of blame, I had very high hopes that we would achieve a degree of political unity that would allow for adoption of a sound national fiscal policy, stability in the tax code and a reduction in the size and scope of government. The Obama administration and the democrat party has shown absolutely no propensity to address the deficit issue with any approach other than tax increases. The problem is math. No oddly complex math is needed, no genius. No Harvard grads in Unified Field Theory. A dime store calculator, IRS data and some historical data is all that is needed.
The democrat party appears stuck in the notion of static zero sum gain thought. Hence they imagine a world where they just carve off a larger chunk and the entire pie remains the same size. In reality when taxes become higher and higher the government essentially is competing with business for a smaller pie while the roles of non-producers expand.
Are you really entitled to a free cell phone? The economy is not static. I this a dynamic entity that reacts, like all dynamic systems to input.
We now know in no way that tax policy will be favorable to business.
Taxes are going up and going up a lot. What I find a tad amusing is that even the 10% rate goes to 15%, a 50% increase. I was not aware that the lowest rate was also deemed the rich. In any event, I still don't know the rules, do I? It will be months and months and in the mean time businesses languish in some inner circle of Dante's Inferno waiting to know which way to turn. Tell me the rules and I shall win?
The deficit is completely out of control and to think tax increases alone are going to solve it, in 10 or 20 years, is delusional at best.
We don't have 20 years. There is not enough revenue at 100% to control the debt. This means that the Obama administration looks at taxes not as a revenue stream but as a tool of social engineering. The Obama administration debt policy has been essentially, print money.
QE3, QE5, QE32, does it matter? At some point this insanity will manifest itself and nothing good can come from it. Inflation will strike and is not inflation a form of taxation? I knew in 2005 that housing would bust and I am a nobody. One merely look at historical home prices (inflationary growth) between 1800 and 2010 to see that market forces were not in play. It was unsustainable, no? Interest only loans, drive by appraisals, no risk to banks because the government backed it up with the, as one liberal told me, "the infinite wealth of the US". Infinity appears to be a finite number hovering now at about 16 trillion no?
So we now have a debt beyond comprehension. In fact, I am convinced that vast majority have no clue as to the magnitude of the numbers. It is staggering and I see no end in sight, do you?
Then, lets toss in Obamacare. We have a administration that is now set to "impose" upon the masses a medical system in which the primary focus is taxation and control. I have not managed to find a single accountant nor business owner whom has a clue what Obamacare means. I can tell you it means massive new taxes, massive fines, IRS agents, reporting requirements and regulation of an industry that has given us the finest medicines and care in the world. Now all that has changed and what are the rules?
So lets look at the three items. Taxes are going up meaning less revenue in an already depressed marketplace.
Increased taxes on investments so there is no place to have your saved money work for you.
The debt will come home to roost. It is a given, it is unsustainable.
Denial is the purview of fools.
Third, Obamacare. What are the rules? Why are they even needed?
In other words, I know not the rules in a nation in which the masses elect a man who has no clue where the creation of wealth stems. Where a majority now considers abortion and free access to birth control more important than individual liberty and sound fiscal policy. Yes, individual liberty, that apparently imaginary myth of the ages...
In the mean time I am left to sit and scratch my head and wonder, do I take risks in a world in which we are ruled by fools? Tell me the rules and I shall win. It is going to be a interesting ride. Systemic economic decline and collapse is not what I would wish for the future.
The good news for the left, well all be equal now won't we? Equally poor that is.
I appreciated the opportunity to weigh in. Maybe, should luck have it, I will end up somewhere along the Appian Way on a crucifix. In the mean time I hear Nero fiddles and Rome burns..
November 7, 2012. I pass along a request from an editor at another magazine to be put in touch with the reader.
LOL, I might after I handle the winding down. I am deeply committed to my employees welfare. I realize that caring and being a business owner is a oxymoron in the Obama world but I do. As such, I cannot address this until I have let them know my intentions and prepared for this. It would be wrong to do otherwise.... I have contractual obligations that require me to finish. I was prepared to let one go today but I decided, in rder to help him, we would finish some "specialized credentials" that will aid his search. Probably Feb before I am done with this.
I will let them know such, maybe my forte is not in business but opining? LOL, I never get a response. Now I am wanted in [the magazine]? Funny, since I read that mag.
I will advise. In the mean time, been up for 50 hours and counting. I take politics very seriously. I was raised by a simple man whom was the most wise in politics of anyone i have known. My Dad voted against Roosevelt because he said it was the path to socialism. Apparently, he was right.
I have been a little dismayed by all this, hard to accept your world is a antiquity to be cast aside for the ones we have been waiting for. Somehow I was Ok with picket fences and work as a virtue. I guess free shit is where it is at. Why work hard, were all equal now...
November 7, 2012. He writes asking why his messages have drawn such interest.
Might I ask, why did my responses stand out? I opine often, suddenly this. I have opined often, been published once. Is it because I took a stand?
I wrote back saying that his original note had arrived at the same time as one from another business owner, and I quoted them both as part of a pre-election roundup. I also said, "Many, many people doubt that you are a 'real' person. I have looked into enough of the company background to tell them that you are."


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