Climbing Out Of The Dark

Obama "Robin Hood" Of America!

2012-02-14T22:55:00.000-07:00

Obama "Robin Hood" of America is proposing tax hikes for the rich and middle class:

At the top of that list is the expiration of the tax cuts approved during the George W. Bush administration. They're scheduled to expire at the end of 2012, and the White House estimates that letting them lapse, at least for households making more than $250,000, could pump $968 billion into the federal coffers over the next decade.

Allowing those rates to expire, as Obama's budget proposes and as current law would allow absent intervention, would mean the following changes:

-- For households making more than $250,000 and individuals making more than $200,000, the top income tax rate would rise from 35 percent to 39.6 percent.

-- For those same households, the top rate on qualified dividends would rise from 15 percent to 39.6 percent.

-- The top rate on long-term capital gains would rise from 15 percent to 20 percent.

-- The estate tax, known disparagingly as the "death tax," would rise to 45 percent from 35 percent.

All those tax hikes will pump $968 Billion into federal coffers over the next decade? So, they will gain 96.8B a year, when they are spending TRILLIONS?

Well, that's going to work, or not.

Eat the Rich, and when that is done, when you have destroyed the entrepreneurial spirit in America, who's next, as everyone will be equally poor. If someone tries to rise out of the ashes, will they be hailed as a saviour or killed for trying to rise above the masses? When all the factories are silent and cities are like Detroit, will the people be happy because everyone is equal?

When "Robin Hood" has raided America, what will be left? A graveyard of factories and homes with broken windows and the promise of a better life dimmed by the struggle just to survive. When other people's money is all gone, who will the socialists turn to for their handouts, their food, their shelter? Maybe Ayn Rand's vision of the productive quitting is closer to reality than socialists, like Obama, want to admit. Doesn't this class war that Obama is starting, just to get re-elected, strike you as very similar to the politicians/socialists in the fiction "Atlas Shrugged"?

Unfortunately, this is real life, not fiction, and America needs to wake up and regain the pioneering spirit.

Wake Up Alberta, Time To Kick The Bums Out.

2012-02-12T23:43:00.000-07:00

Even the National Post thinks the budget was a NDP budget. It was a blatant re-election budget that doesn't pass the Conservative sniff test. There is nothing Conservative about this budget.

Many people see it as blatant pandering to the left. People are talking about it, and that is not a good thing for the PC's, because frankly, everyone I have talked to are fed up with this government. So where will the votes go?

If the votes go to the Liberals, NDP or PC's, Wildrose wins the seat. If the votes swing towards Wildrose, they take the seat. If it is split between Wildrose and the PC's it's any ones guess. When none other than the far left site Rabble (I will not provide a link to that disgusting site) is endorsing Red Ali, you know the game is on.

Liberals feel at home in Redford caucus," is today's commentary on the return of Lethbridge-East MLA Bridget Pastoor to the party she started out with. "Federal NDP endorses Redford," is yesterday's posting, showing an image of a Tweet by Edmonton-Strathcona MP Linda Duncan suggesting Redford is adopting NDP polices.
Another post yesterday, in the style of a Western Wanted poster, accuses the premier of "total absence on the Keystone XL Pipeline … when her province needed her most." Now, there are those of us who think the pipeline is not a particularly good idea, but one can hardly deny the premier's frenetic efforts to sell it to the U.S. Administration of President Barack Obama, even if she was talking to the wrong politicians south of the Medicine Line.
In other words, RedfordFiles.ca is not only mean, it's lame!

Tisk, tisk, Redford files is mean, oh dear, call the HRC nannies they should be able to fix that. You want lame, the whole article is a prefect example of how dopey the far left really are.

The question for Red Ali, are there enough Liberal and NDP willing to switch to the PC's to support her in the next election? We have already seen in the federal election that Liberals and NDP have no integrity and will switch sides at will, will they do it this election? They are the ones who got Red Ali elected in the first place, so why wouldn't they infiltrate the PC's to gain power?

Alberta is ready for a change, and if all the Conservative votes move to the Wildrose, we can change the game that Liberals/NDP are playing with our province. We can take back our province, and squash our opposition because there are a heck of a lot more Conservatives in Alberta than there are Liberal/NDP.

Fight The Foreign Influence

2012-02-11T23:10:00.000-07:00

I thought that I couldn't get a hearing on the Gateway pipeline because I had missed the deadline.

Thank goodness SDA's straightened me out. One of the posters lead me to the government site,

Avoid Forest "Ethics" altogether and send your message directly to the board via http://gatewaypanel.review-examen.gc.ca/efile/LetterOfComment.aspx
I hope I put the e-address in correctly...
Posted by: Aviator at February 11, 2012 5:41 PM

where you can still comment and be heard. Be careful, any information you provide will be available to everyone. For example:

Wow sounds great, makes real points about our poor First Nations, except for this:

Boston?? What the heck does this person have to do with a Canadian pipeline built in Canada??

If I had the time, I would call up all these "regressive's" and make sure they really exist, and are not fabricated "supporters". That is the job of the review panel, and I bet they are failing to do their jobs.

It is fun to click on those who were stupid enough to provide their information:

I suspect the greenies are making stuff up. (rubytoenails???) Give me a break! Stop this process right now and put the adults back in charge. This review process has been corrupted by the environmentalists, shut it down and start over.

Creepy organizations like Forest Ethics need to be starved of funds. They are actively trying to shut down our oil sands. Want proof?

I wonder if the review panel has any clue about the concerted effort the greenies are making to shut down our oil sands. I say let them actually work on a rig, let's see how long they would last at a real job. They are good at diarrhea of the mouth, spouting off about things they have never done (like hold a real job), and they are good for a laugh because they have no common sense.

Ultimately, it is up to Albertans to get this project passed, but if we elect Red Ali, we will be dumped on the nearest recycle pile and reemerge as puppets to a Liberal regime.

Friday Night Funnies: The Invisibility Cloak

2012-02-10T23:58:00.000-07:00

An old German Shepherd starts chasing rabbits and before long, discovers that he's lost. Wandering about, he notices a panther heading rapidly in his direction with the intention of having lunch.

The old German Shepherd thinks, "Oh, oh! I'm in deep shit now!"

Noticing some bones on the ground close by, he immediately settles down to chew on the bones with his back to the approaching cat. Just as the panther is about to leap, the old German Shepherd exclaims loudly,

"Boy, that was one delicious panther! I wonder, if there are any

more around here?"

Hearing this, the young panther halts his attack in mid-strike, a look of terror comes over him and he slinks away into the trees.

"Whew!," says

the panther, "That was close! That old German Shepherd nearly had me!"

Meanwhile, a squirrel who had been watching the whole scene from a nearby tree, figures he can put this knowledge to good use and trade it for protection from the panther. So, off he goes.

The squirrel soon catches up with the panther, spills the beans and strikes a deal for himself with the

panther.

The young panther is furious at being made a fool of and says, "Here, squirrel, hop on my back and see what's going to happen to that conniving canine!"

Now, the old German Shepherd sees the panther coming with the squirrel on his back and thinks, "What am I going to do now?," but instead of running, the dog sits down with his back to his attackers, pretending he hasn't seen them yet, and just when they get close enough to

hear, the old German Shepherd says...

"Where's that squirrel? I sent him off an hour ago to bring me another panther!"

Moral of this story...

Don't mess with the old dogs... Age and skill will always overcome youth and treachery! Bullshit and brilliance only come with age and experience.

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NO, I HAVE NOT SEEN YOUR LIPSTICK!!!!!!

Why would you even ask me that?

I am so insulted!Every time something goes missing around here,everybody looks at me!

Handle every Stressful situation like a dog.
If you can't eat it or play with it,
Pee on it and walk away.

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An Italian woman married an American gentleman and they lived happily
> ever after in Pittsburgh . The poor lady was not very proficient in
> English, but did manage to communicate with her husband. The real
> problem arose whenever she had to shop for groceries.
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> One day, she went to the butcher and wanted to buy chicken legs. She
> didn't know how to put forward her request, so, in desperation,
> clucked like a chicken and lifted up her skirt to show her thighs. Her
> butcher got the message and gave her the chicken legs.
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> Next day she needed to get chicken breasts, again she didn't know how
> to say it, so she clucked like a chicken and unbuttoned her blouse to
> show the butcher her breasts. The butcher understood again and gave
> her some chicken breasts.
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> On the 3rd day, the poor lady needed to buy sausages. Unable to find a
> way to communicate this, she brought her husband to the store...
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I know it's friday night funnies, but get the tissues out for this one:

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Scared Dad
	Two kids are arguing over whose father is the biggest scaredy-cat. The first kid says, "My dad is so scared that when lightning strikes, he hides underneath the bed." The second kid replies,"Yeah? Well, that's nothing. My dad is so scared that when my mom has to work the nightshift, he sleeps with the lady next door."

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I imagine the lefties are going to be all hot and bothered about this one:

It's a spoof!! DUH!!

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A distinguished young woman on a flight from Ireland asked the Priest
beside her, 'Father, may I ask a favor?'

'Of course, child. What may I do for you?'

'Well, I bought an expensive woman's electronic hair dryer for my
mother's birthday that is unopened and well over the Customs limits, and
I'm afraid they'll confiscate it. Is there any way you could carry it
through customs for me? Under your robes perhaps?'

'I would love to help you, dear, but I must warn you: I will not lie.'

'With your honest face, Father, no one will question you.'

When they got to Customs, she let the priest go ahead of her.

The official asked, 'Father, do you have anything to declare?'

'From the top of me head down to me waist, I have nothing to declare.'

The official thought this answer strange, so asked, 'And what do you
have to declare from your waist to the floor?'

'I have a marvelous instrument designed to be used on a woman, but which
is, to date, unused.'

Roaring with laughter, the official said, 'Go ahead, Father. Next!'

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The National Post has declared the Red Ali budget a NDP budget, unfortunately, that is true, and not funny. Does Alberta go bold and sweep the garbage out or do we wimp out? I say go BOLD!

Have a great weekend, get out and enjoy our mild weather, while it it lasts.

Alberta's Budget? Goodies For Everyone!

2012-02-09T19:58:00.000-07:00

Seriously, they gave money to everyone that might potentially vote for them. They were so generous with our money, that we will run a deficit for the 5th year in a row. Oh, but by next year we will be in good shape. If you believe that, you haven't been paying attention to what has been happening in Alberta for years.

Red Ali is treating us like idiots. Does she seriously think that we are going to be enchanted with her deficit budget? Alberta has a spending problem, not a revenue problem.

Here is a link to all the goodies.

We have goodies for the aboriginals, the sick, the disabled, the young, the old, the cities, transit, farmers, at risk children, homeless, the environment, and finally, the taxpayers:

No new taxes and no tax rate increases.
Personal income tax credits increased to offset inflation.
Albertans and Alberta businesses pay the least taxes in the country – with the lowest fuel tax among provinces, no payroll tax, no capital tax and no provincial sales tax.
Albertans would pay almost $11 billion more in taxes each year with any other provincial tax system.

Wow, I'm impressed, no new taxes.....that sounds familiar....like Daddy Dalton, who once elected, imposed new taxes! Then we are supposed to feel grateful that we don't pay as much as people in other provinces?

What they are actually telling us taxpayers, is we are lucky they didn't raise taxes. How about cutting some programs? Laying off all the deadwood in government?

They think we are sheep. We are not, and Red Ali has no clue how the average Albertan thinks because she is too busy hobnobbing with the "elites". Maybe she should get down to a working farm and muck out the stable, so she can get a real feel for Albertans. Vote Wildrose, boot these bums, 40 years is too long!

Charities Or Lobbyists?

2012-02-08T20:14:00.000-07:00

Interesting the Suzuki Foundation is a charity, yet he walked down the road, obviously supporting Dalton in the provincial election.

According to Revenue Canada rules, this is a huge violation of their laws.

6.1 What are prohibited activities?
A charity may not take part in an illegal activity or a partisan political activity. A partisan political activity is one that involves direct or indirect support of, or opposition to, any political party or candidate for public office.

When a political party or candidate for public office supports a policy that is also supported by a charity, the charity is not prevented from promoting this policy. However, a charity in this situation must not directly or indirectly support the political party or candidate for public office. This means that a charity may make the public aware of its position on an issue provided:

it does not explicitly connect its views to any political party or candidate for public office;

Well, Suzuki publicly supported Dalton in the last election, this is in clear violation of the Act. Thanks for the video Just Right!

Another funny thing is that balance sheets are supposed to be balanced, but from the information on the government site, that is not the case.

Assets:
Cash, bank accounts, and short-term investments	4100	$ 1,007,665
Amounts receivable from non-arm's length parties	4110	$ 600,494
Amounts receivable from all others	4120
Investments in non-arm's length parties	4130
Long-term investments	4140	$ 7,398,963
Inventories	4150
Land and buildings in Canada	4155
Other capital assets in Canada	4160	$ 2,455,012
Capital assets outside Canada	4165
Accumulated amortization of capital assets	4166	$ -940,512
Other assets	4170	$ 299,516
Total assets (add lines 4100 to 4170)	4200	$ 10,821,138

Amount included in lines 4150, 4155, 4160, 4165 and 4170 not used in charitable programs	4250

Liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	4300	$ 431,820
Deferred revenue	4310	$ 1,446,197
Amounts owing to non-arm's length parties	4320
Other liabilities	4330	$ 536,483
Total liabilities (add lines 4300 to 4330)	4350	$ 2,414,500
Can any accountants explain this to me? Or does it mean that the missing 8,000,000 is in owner's equity, or maybe check Suzuki's pocket.

From the same resource, I find this interesting:

C4	Did the charity carry on, fund, or provide any resources through employees, volunteers, agents, joint ventures, contractors, or any other individuals, intermediaries, entities, or means (other than qualified donees) for any activity/program/project outside Canada?	2100	No
C4	If yes, you must complete and attach Schedule 2, Activities Outside Canada, to your return.

Well this seems to be that someone connected to the Suzuki Foundation was "carrying on" "outside of Canada"... Don't watch it, I'm just using it as proof that Suzuki was carrying on outside of Canada, yet their return to Revenue Canada said that NO we didn't do any protesting outside of Canada.

Revenue Canada needs to stop all these environmental groups from getting charitable status, they are powerful lobby groups, not charities. What has the Suzuki Foundation ever done to stop real pollution? Are they out planting trees? Nope, the dopes go to Bali by plane, and dress in polar bear costumes so they can pass out in the heat. Why not hold the next conference in Yellowknife in February? Right.....HA!

PM Harper's Trip Has Americans Worried.

2012-02-06T22:50:00.000-07:00

Interesting that all of a sudden, the US is waking up to the fact that Canada is not the 57th State (Obama making stuff up) they have been led to believe. They seem shocked that Canada now has a backbone after years of lame America bashing by the Liberals.

Obama has bowed down to a Saudi "King", but has turned his back on Americas best friend, Canada. Maybe it's payback for our relentless bashing of America and their Presidents. Funny how it was perfectly okay for Liberal MP's to sneer at G.W. Bush, but if any Conservative MP dared to say what a loser Obama is, he would be crucified by the media. Obama's decision on the Keystone pipeline was so blatantly about politics even a 7 year old could understand his motives, but our lefty media didn't say a bad thing about his decision. We get it. Obama = good, Harper = bad.

It has now become a huge election issue in the States. Expect Obama to reverse his decision just before the election, if polls show him losing ground. It's a shame that people's livelihoods have taken second place to the politics of the Keystone pipeline. Maybe America is starting to wake up though:

As it turns out, the environmental movement doesn’t just want to shut down Keystone. Its real goal, as I discovered when I spoke recently to Michael Brune, the executive director of the Sierra Club, is much bigger. “The effort to stop Keystone is part of a broader effort to stop the expansion of the tar sands,” Brune said. “It is based on choking off the ability to find markets for tar sands oil.”
This is a ludicrous goal. If it were to succeed, it would be deeply damaging to the national interest of both Canada and the United States. But it has no chance of succeeding. Energy is the single most important industry in Canada. Three-quarters of the Canadian public agree with the Harper government’s diversification strategy. China’s “thirst” for oil is hardly going to be deterred by the Sierra Club. And the Harper government views the continued development of the tar sands as a national strategic priority.
Thus, at least one country in North America understands where its national interests lie. Too bad it’s not us.

Read the whole article, it is one of the best commentaries on the Keystone pipelines I have read to date. He should be named an honorary Canadian, he understands the issue so well.

So there you have it, in plain language, the environmentalists want to shut down the oil sands, no matter what the cost to our economy. They are idiots, plain and simple. They are do nothings who do not understand even the basics about how people survive or how the economy works.

Energy, Canada's future, and greenies want to shut it down. No wonder they don't want kids, they understand that they are killing future generations chances of ever surviving, the next baby ice age.

Are Alberta Unions Trying To Influence Our Election?

2012-02-05T23:23:00.000-07:00

We know an election is coming, so who is gearing up to volunteer? None other than the teachers union that got 100 million from Red Ali! Say it isn't so!

Volunteering at election time

January 31, 2012

ATA News Staff

Consider lending your skills to the democratic cause
Albertans will head to the polls some time between March 1 and May 31, according to amendments to the Election Act that came into force in December.
Once the writ has been dropped, Elections Alberta, the province’s nine registered political parties, their candidates and independent candidates will require volunteers. As a teacher interested in the future of public education, you might consider lending your considerable skills to the democratic cause before, during or after the 28-day campaign period.
Volunteering at election time can be an exciting and rewarding, if exhausting, venture. In most campaigns, volunteers far outnumber paid staff. Working in a partisan or nonpartisan capacity will give you not only insight into the electoral process, issues and candidates but also the opportunity to influence the calibre and outcome of the campaign. By becoming politically engaged with the party or candidate of your choice, you can also help determine the conditions under which you teach and your students learn. Perhaps most importantly, your engagement will help demonstrate to students through personal example the values of citizenship and democracy.

The opportunity to influence the outcome of the campaign? Do not doubt that they are serious, they got Red Ali appointed, didn't they? I have been hearing ads on the radio that sound like union sponsored ads, but I can't remember what group it is that is advertizing.(If you know send me a comment)

Lending your skills to the democratic cause is code for getting the people you want elected. It stinks to high heaven of corrupting our democratic process, not enhancing it. They are teaching your kids how to subvert the vote of people. It's really nothing about teaching and everything about "influencing our democratic process". Remember Red Ali got elected by pandering to the teachers union by giving them 100 million, and she is counting on them to "get out the vote", just like Acorn in the US.