Bravo Arizona! - 04/27/10 02:53 PM
I have to wear a seat belt when I drive. In my state, if I do not wear one, I can get pulled over by a peace officer. I must be able to provide proof of who I am and that I am licensed to drive.
When I go to a liquor store and put a few bottles of the good stuff up on the counter, I get asked for my ID by the clerk. I must provide it.
When I go to the airport to fly somewhere, I must provide the TSA officer with my ID.
ID is required in … (13 comments)

Will Permanent Bailouts Pass on Tuesday? - 04/27/10 02:23 PM

Via Alice Linahan (Keller Williams):
Will Permanent Bailouts Pass on Tuesday?  
Senator Reid filed for cloture today of Senate Bill 3217, also known as the Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010, introduced by Democrat Senator Chris Dodd of Connecticut.  There is a 72 hour window from the time cloture is filed until the time cloture on a bill may be voted.  Cloture must receive 60 votes to keep the bill moving in the Senate for amendments and for the final vote on the bill.  If cloture fails, the bill is stalled if and until the Senate can produce 60 votes in favor … (1 comments)

This is where all the GOOD Bumper Stickers have Gone!!! Porche Heaven!!! - 04/27/10 02:22 PM

Via Wallace S. Gibson CPM * GRI (Gibson Management Group, Ltd.):
Wallace S. Gibson, CPM * GIBSON MANAGEMENT GROUP, Ltd.View our available rental homes online with photos and floor plans"...to be a Virginian, either by Birth, Marriage, Adoption, or even on one's Mother's side, is an Introduction to any State in the Union, a Passport to any Foreign Country, and a Benediction from the Almighty God...." Anonymous
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Shame On The Prez, Bully For The Gov - 04/27/10 02:21 PM

Via Steve Hoffacker - Real Estate Sales & Marketing Consulting and Strategies (Hoffacker Associates LLC):
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer just signed SB 1070 into law to help stem the tide of illegal immigration. It gives the State teeth to deal with the issue.
What's that you say? Not a State issue? Right and wrong.
The feds refuse to exercise their authority. The President condemns this bill and prosecutes his own Border Police for doing what they are charged to do. Thanks for your leadership here, Mr. President. Even if Congress were to pass such a bill as 1070 on the national level, … (1 comments)

Anarchy begets Vigilantes--UPDATED - 04/17/10 10:44 AM
Somebody was told by their mommy that they were a bit smarter than they are. And then, add a lot of years of sitting around smoking pot, reading poetry, and talking about Karl Marx into the mix. This guy must think he is some kind of an Einstein. But he is not.
Remember Biff in the Back to the Future movies? Real big and tough when he had his posse with him. 5 to 1 has always been good odds when you are a wimp. For wimps though it must make them fell manly, if even for a brief instant, to … (9 comments)

U.S. under control by a financial oligarchy - 04/14/10 10:09 AM

Via Tony Toto Real Estate Investor Gurnee, IL (Real Estate Investor):
Over the past three years a tremendous transfer of monetary wealth has occurred in America.  A con game of epic proportions has taken place and continues to do so as Congress turns their heads away while the American people remain trapped in a system designed to collapse on itself.  Our Government is working more for the banks and corporations than for its citizens where the consequences will be vast if we keep moving in the same direction.
It has been stated in the past by the Vice President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, and two top officials of the … (0 comments)

U.S. under control by a financial oligarchy - 04/14/10 10:09 AM

Via Tony Toto Real Estate Investor Gurnee, IL (Real Estate Investor):
Over the past three years a tremendous transfer of monetary wealth has occurred in America.  A con game of epic proportions has taken place and continues to do so as Congress turns their heads away while the American people remain trapped in a system designed to collapse on itself.  Our Government is working more for the banks and corporations than for its citizens where the consequences will be vast if we keep moving in the same direction.
It has been stated in the past by the Vice President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, and two top officials of the … (1 comments)

The Fallen Officer Memorial in Battle Creek, Michigan - 04/14/10 10:08 AM

Via Michael Delaware, CRS, e-Pro (Troxel Realty Co. LLC):
The Fallen Officer Memorial in Battle Creek, Michigan is a tribute to the history of police officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty.  The project to design and create the memorial followed the aftermath of the loss of one of Battle Creek's finest officers: Laverne Brann, a detective whom was killed by gunfire in 2005 while making a visit to a suspect's house during an investigation.
Having personally met Mr. Brann on one occasion at a public ceremony and having had the honor to be present when he received numerous awards for valor … (0 comments)

No Laffing Matter - 04/14/10 10:07 AM

Via Steve Hoffacker - Real Estate Sales & Marketing Consulting and Strategies (Hoffacker Associates LLC):
Have you heard that income tax on the wealthy is being discussed at the rate of 77%?
Have you heard of economist Art Laffer? His Laffer Curve (maybe you've heard of that) shows that tax revenues go up with production and increasing wages until the tax rate reaches about 50%. Then there is a direct inverse relationship between rising tax rates and declining output. Higher taxes, therefore, are not the answer. Reduced spending - dramatically reduced spending - is.
Laffer says that regardless of what the tax … (1 comments)

Tea Party Infiltrators - 04/14/10 10:06 AM

Via Brian Chesser, CPI - Metro Atlanta and North Georgia (Chesser Home Inspections):
A website (crashtheteaparty.org) has been recently set up by a middle school teacher by the name of Jason Levin of Beaverton, Oregon.  And he wants his readers/team to show up to tea parties across the country in Nazi uniforms pretending to be racists and other offensive characters.  One must point out the one Big question: If the left and their media think tea partiers are racist and anti-Semitic homophobes; why do they feel the need to plant people who pretend to be those things?
I think this is unlikely to happen at most tea parties on the … (0 comments)

Impeach Obama? - 04/14/10 10:05 AM

Via Sandra White (John L Scott Real Estate):
 
This photo was taken by my son at our Port Townsend Post Office which is located in Uptown in the old Customs Building.   As you can see from bottom photo even our post office has a gorgeous water view!
Evidently the petitioners were creating quite a ruckus among our extremely liberal citizens who love Obama!   There were people arguing with raised fists, and a few signing the petition.  The sponser of this petition is Lyndon Larouch, still running for office.
                                                                                   
 
 
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What is our collective IQ? - 04/13/10 06:28 PM
April 15th is approaching at light speed. I am sure that all of those who think Uncle Sam is a source of free money have already filed. Quite a few of them will be getting some kind of "credit", which means that all of us who are still working on our tax returns get to pay for their credit.
The Earned Income Credit. The Child Credit. The Extra Child Credit. WTF? For the record, I earn my income, I have a child, and I have an extra child. But, something tells me that I will not be getting any credit this year, or next.
I will … (5 comments)

Freedom Of Speech - Are There Lines and Who Draws The Lines? - 04/07/10 08:25 AM

Via Nestor & Katerina Gasset Realtors® Wellington Florida Luxury Homes (International Properties and Investments, Inc.):
Ruthmarie Hicks has a featured post in where she states her opinion and a response to another post that Paddy wrote that Ruthmarie did not agree with nor did she feel that Active Rain should have featured. I commend Active Rain for featuring both of those posts so that a discussion can then ensue. Let me first make it clear that Ruthmarie and I do not see eye to eye on politics in most areas but we are still friends and we can have a civil debate. … (1 comments)

How's That Tea, Bob? - 04/07/10 08:24 AM

Via Steve Hoffacker - Real Estate Sales & Marketing Consulting and Strategies (Hoffacker Associates LLC):
Sen. Robert "Bob" Menendez of New Jersey is in the process of being recalled by his State - 2 years before his term expires. He is appealing to his State Supreme Court to stop it. The New Jersey Constitution allows it. Pack your bags, Bobby.
He is maintaining - and correctly so - that the U.S. Constitution does not provide for recall of Senators. Actually it did, but it doesn't now.
If we had left the original intent of the Constitution intact, Menendez, Ben Nelson, Bill Nelson, … (4 comments)

Forget About "Repeal and Replace" - 04/05/10 10:05 AM

Via Steve Hoffacker - Real Estate Sales & Marketing Consulting and Strategies (Hoffacker Associates LLC):
I know that many disgruntled Republicans are chanting "Repeal and Replace" as their slogan for the November elections to overturn this immensly unpopular health care legislation.
I have a better idea. "Repeal and Move On."
The idea of repeal is sound. The concept of replace is not. This establishes that the original premise was correct - (1) that we have a health care crisis (not until Obama created it during the campaign in classic progressive fashion), (2) that people want major legislation (they only want lower costs … (7 comments)

This Can't Wait Until Funny Friday - 04/01/10 08:44 AM

Via Tony Toto Real Estate Investor Gurnee, IL (Real Estate Investor):
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Legislative Summit - Are You Part of the Solution or the Problem? - 04/01/10 08:41 AM

Via Gene Wunderlich - Realtor®, Government Affairs Director (Southwest Riverside County Association of Realtors):
Photos courtesy of Kristin Fuller Local Legislators Hold Summit on Jobs & Regulations, Part 1Local Legislators Hold Summit on Jobs & Regulations, Part 2Local Legislators Hold Summit on Jobs & Regulations, Part 3Just a couple final comments on the recent Legislative Summit that didn't make it to print in my newspaper article. Businessman after businessman told stories about specific impacts to their business from California's over-regulatory climate. A local news paper publisher told how his company could actually hire additional people if they weren't constrained by overtime … (0 comments)

Watch The Other Hand - 04/01/10 08:39 AM

Via Steve Hoffacker - Real Estate Sales & Marketing Consulting and Strategies (Hoffacker Associates LLC):
Today President Obama announced that he now wants off-shore drilling for oil. It's about time. But wait a minute. Why the abrupt turnaround?
Has he suddenly seen the light on our need to be energy independent from OPEC and the Middle East? No. Does he want to jump start the economy with new jobs? No.
He wants to soften opposition to his Cap and Trade plan and to introduce alternative energy sources such as wind and solar.
Keep your eyes on the other hand and don't fall … (2 comments)

Belgium to Ban the Burka? So Much for Freedom of Religion. - 04/01/10 08:38 AM

Via Mike Saunders (Keller Williams Realty - Greater Athens):
Belgium will vote this month to pass a ban on full face covering veils in public. It has easily passed parliamentary committee and is expected to easily pass parliament. If it does, it will take affect in June. While not specifically mentioning burkas, it makes it illegal for anyone to wear something ‘that covers all or most of the face’ in any public place
A left wing politician, Denis Ducarme, stated ‘This sends a very strong signal to radical Islamists.’This law was proposed by some in the liberal wing of the Belgian parliament. … (0 comments)