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Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Monday, April 26, 2010

Good guy--Sean Coffey

Jimmy Seigal is the producer/director of the following videos. Jimmy is the guy who made the Darrel spots for the special election (Barclay) and the subsequent regular election (Renzi.) Jimmy does well by Sean too. The :30 form is followed by the 8 minute long form.

Sunday, April 18, 2010

98% of workers actually got a 'tax break' this year--chew on that while you drink that tea.

Let's quote from the Citizen's for Tax Justice pdf.

According to a recent CBS News/New York Times poll, the vast majority of Americans do not perceive that they have received a tax cut from President Obama. Asked if the President “has already raised taxes this past year,” 53 percent of those polled said that the President has “kept taxes the same,” and 24 percent think that the President has “raised taxes.” A mere 12 percent believe that the President has cut their taxes.

This is an astonishing level of misunderstanding. The truth is that the major tax cuts enacted in the 2009 economic stimulus bill actually reduced federal income taxes for tax year 2009 for 98 percent of all working families and individuals. These tax cuts saved working families and individuals an average of $1,158 on the tax returns they filed (the median tax cut was approximately $600.) [emphasis in original]

Saturday, April 17, 2010

Lets see--Teaparty types fear socialism but luv social security ????


According to a new poll from CBS and the New York Times, 92% of tea partiers are scared that America is moving towards socialism -- but in a strange twist, most of them seem to like it.

Despite the fear that socialism is coming to America, 62% of tea party supporters also support Social Security and Medicare. In fact, nearly half of them either benefit from Social Security or Medicare or have somebody in their immediate family who does. And about one-third are directly beneficiaries at least one of the programs, compared to about one-fifth of the population at large.

Some other highlights from the poll (NYT, CBS):

  • 18% of Americans say they are tea party supporters.
  • 66% of tea party supporters say they usually or always vote Republican. (Just 5% vote Democratic.)
  • 73% say they are conservative.
  • 41% believe Barack Obama was born in the United States.
  • While 65% believe the Obama Administration treats blacks and whites equally, 56% believe it favors poor people over the middle-class and rich.
  • 89% are white and 52% believe too much attention is paid to the problems facing African-Americans.
  • 59% have a favorable view of Glenn Beck compared to 6% who view him unfavorably. (Among all Americans, the numbers are 18% and 17%.)
  • 63% say they get most of their political news from Fox News Channel.
  • 66% have a favorable view of Sarah Palin, compared to 12% who view her unfavorably. (Among all Americans, the numbers are 30% and 45%.)
  • 24% believe citizens can be justified in taking violent action against the government.
  • 52% believe the federal income taxes they pay are fair.
  • 84% of the tea partiers believe their views reflect those of most Americans, but only 25% of all Americans agree (remember: 18% are tea partiers).

Monday, April 12, 2010

Saturday, April 10, 2010

Monday, April 5, 2010

Here is a short piece for all of you wannabe op/ed writers. Tom Friedman's style is the topic. Just follow the format and you can write like Tom.
And this piece also proves that if you own a keyboard you can make movies. Not good ones, but actual movies.

Sunday, April 4, 2010