1776. Reborn.
And guess what? We all get to see our property taxes spike because you voted it in! Thanks!
LATimes.com: Along with $4 gas, many luxaries going down the tank (file under effects of high gasoline prices).
ALSO:
Current Price Of Oil (Per Barrell)
What That Will Mean At The Pump (See chart, from their site, per gallon):
WaPo: This Recession, It’s Just Beginning
Is it time to start hoarding gold and building food reserves? Geez, this is getting really bad… oh wow…
Growing up you never think the economy can be shaken this bad. Oh how naive we were…
And then, on top of all this, Idaho Power wants a 10% rate hike this year….
Lovely.
OPEC President- $170 a barrel oil coming this summer
I already feel people getting “used to” these gas prices. And that scares me. These prices on gasoline are unsustainable for most household budgets. I am scared that nothing will be done about this.
Why isn’t congress taking action? Why isn’t this a Presidential Election issue? Why do we have to wait until November 4th for something to be done? We need something done NOW.
Gas prices are already at their “breaking point” for me. We have already downsized to a car. Public transportation is not an option for us based on our job hours and location. If $7 a gallon gas hits, it will spell economic destruction for my family, and most of my friends’ families as well.
Please, please. Make it stop. If I have to keep begging, I will.
Quite simply, I am shocked. I have very little faith left in any politician, judge or elected official to follow the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. And I certainly don’t expect any politician to believe the words of the Founding Fathers or the Declaration of Independence anymore. So in a way, its a win. A very small one.
However, let me be perfectly clear: the Supreme Court did not stop the ever present and continual onslaught of gun regulations and legislation. Rather, this ruling reaffirms that while they can’t take away your right to own a gun they can regulate it. And we all know that the slippery slope of fascism has had no problem with going the bureaucratic route.
“The Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia, and to use that arm for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home”
On the surface, those words are a huge win for run-rights hawks. Never before has any court ruled so decisively on the subject.
However, the ruling quickly becomes foggy:
“The court’s opinion should not be taken to cast doubt on longstanding prohibitions on the possession of firearms by felons and the mentally ill, or laws forbidding the carrying of firearms in sensitive places such as schools and governments buildings, or laws imposing conditions and qualifications on the sale of arms”
In other words: they can’t outright ban you from having a gun. But they can regulate the time, place and manner of firearm possession. We all know the “boiled frog” approach to bureaucracy.
Essentially what the Supreme Court held today was that gun rights can be regulated out of existence over time, just not with an outright ban. Because after all, isn’t every place with two or more persons in/near it a “sensitive area” to law enforcement?
More proof that the, “line in the sand” was crossed for most conservatives with the nomination of John McCain and his amnesty plans.
KTVB.com: Man who molested two dozen children released, living in Boise area
I love this:
His release June 2 comes despite a recommendation from a hearing officer that he’s still a risk and should remain behind bars.
Wow. Just wow. But hey, no need to address jail overcrowding or anything. We will just let the prisons fill up with minor crimes and misdemeanors and let serious and hardened criminals walk.
Given that Mr. Stowell has a Boy Scout leader, RenewAmerica.us has another interesting take:
As a side note, this tragic incident confirms that the Boy Scouts are absolutely right to “discriminate” against homosexuals who want to serve as Scout leaders. The rate of pedophilia among homosexuals is up to sixteen times as high as among heterosexuals (homosexuals comprise just 3% of the population but are responsible for between 34% and 40% of all instances of child sexual abuse), and the BSA has a right and responsibility to protect the young boys under its care from predatory adults.
I couldn’t agree more.
“The death penalty is not a proportional punishment for the rape of a child,” Justice Anthony M. Kennady wrote.
Apparently, in Idaho, serving your complete prision sentence isn’t either.
Landmark ruling expected this week by the Supreme Court. A straight up or down vote on whether or not the second amendment confers gun ownership rights on the individual. This ruling could be a constitutional disaster, but let’s hope for an affirmation.
San Diego area abortionist preys on Hispanic women. Lo and behold, she has no medical expertise. But then again, I guess that ol, “do not harm” creed would get in the way, wouldn’t it?
Minico High School (Burley, ID) English-as-a-second language teacher Dan Luker has been charged with mutilating the flag under Idaho Statute, which is punishable by 180 days in jail and a $1,000 fine. This follows the May 5th incident in which he ripped the United States Flag off the wall and stomped on it to show his hatred for America.
Some students had brought Mexican flags to the school that day in celebration of Cinco De Mayo, which recognizes Mexico’s victory over the French army in 1862.
One student had his Mexican flag taken away and put in the garbage can by gym instructor Clint Straatman. Luker said he was responding to that incident, and that his actions were also trigged by the school administration’s indifference to what he called generalized mistreatment of Latino students.
This story pisses me off so much:
1) Why is an American school celebrating a foreign country’s holiday?
2) Why is Clint Staatman not being treated as a hero?
3) Why do we allow public schools to have radical anti-American insurrectionist liberals teaching our children?
4) Why do the taxpayers have to cow-tow to the illegal immigrant population by teaching them with their own special set of teachers?
5) Why are the taxpayers being forced to waste money charging someone with an unconstitutional law? Why not just charge the teacher with disorderly conduct, or threatening the safety of students? How about aiding and abetting the enemy? Let’s get serious on those who will destroy American for other nations.
6) Why is the media not reporting that this teacher destroyed an American flag to promote Mexico and Mexican interests?
7) Other sites note Luker was trying to take down the flag, “because it was a distraction”. Really? Being patriotic and proud of your country is now a “distraction” to liberal fascists?
This story is a perfect example of what your children are being taught at public school. And the Idaho Department Of Education wonders why only 12% of Idaho parents would choose public school if they had a choice.
It’s clear that private or home-schooling is the best choice against the indoctrination of your child. However, in the end the taxpayers won this one: the ESL program is being dissolved and Dan Luker has resigned his teaching position.
File this under Roadmap 2008.
John McCain pisses me off.
There, I said it. Whether its embracing the liberal agenda on open boarders, environmental policy or campaign finance reform, this guys seems all to willing to go in the direction that the government/media complex would take us.
On at least on issue however, McCain’s mind has been changed by the sheer weight of popular and conservative opinion. At that, in itself, is a win.
CNN.com: McCain wants to lift ban on offshore drilling
Quite simply this is a breath of fresh air from this guy. I was certain he was going to come out and give some sort of politician weasel speak about the environment, not being effective to reduce oil prices and how it would take ten years to bring the oil stations on line. In other words, all the same old anti-energy lies that currently take precedence in our public policy.
But McCain didn’t say that. He knows that this issue alone could continue to tip the electoral winds in his favor.
WSJ.com notes energy policy is at the top of Americans mindsets this election:
A recent Gallup poll shows 57% of Americans support opening up new territories to drilling, while a Wall Street Journal-NBC News poll conducted this month shows 59% of Americans saying Congress should take the lead on responding to high gas prices.
This is an issue that can almost single-handedly turn the GOP prospects for a November victory around. Republicans need to rally around the issue of energy independence, lowering oil prices and cutting excessive regulations on the oil and gasoline industry. Most importantly, Republicans need to demand domestic oil drilling. Additionally, the Republican House leadership needs to investigate claims by the Democrats that oil companies are not currently drilling on 68 million acres of publicly leased land.
I believe, after the investigations are complete, most of those 68 millions acres will be unusable or undrillable. But regardless, the taxes on developing a new drilling site would easily outweigh the costs as it stands. Reducing the amount, time and cost of “environmental studies” would be the first significant step to solving the biggest energy crisis this nation has seen in over 20 years. But that alone is not enough.
We need to drill, and drill now. Barriers must be removed to domestic oil production. No longer can we let the OPEC cartel dictate what prices our economy will be run around. Nearly everything is affected by the price of oil and gasoline and not have a domestic barrier against foreign market tampering is dangerous, unpractical and fiscally inflationary.
You want to make sure the environment isn’t damaged? Fine. You want to make sure we move toward renewal energy sources in future? Fine. You want to make sure a fair market is in play? Fine. Make those conditions of domestic drilling. But get it started for god sakes. The economy simply cannot endure this much longer.
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