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Showing posts with label protest. Show all posts

Saturday, August 11, 2012

STUDIO CITY FRIDAY NIGHT PROTEST SIGNS







Saturday, August 4, 2012

Studio City Friday Night Protest Signs




Wednesday, January 18, 2012

THIS SITE GOING BLACK IN PROTEST OF SOPA

"Gonna cost ya, Tex..."

Monday, April 25, 2011

Sunday, April 24, 2011

Das ist ein grosse pair of clangers!

German woman confronts Muslim protestors...

Saturday, August 14, 2010

It's been a good weekend so far...

Had some fun this weekend.

updated: Crap. Fergot to mention.  Car rolls to a stop right in front of us,  Out of gas.  I set down all my flags'n'signs'n'stuff to help push it out of the way.  Then I realize I'm pushing a Prius.  Out of gas.  Ah, life's little pleasures...

Friday night, some fun new signs:


 Then a fellow came by with a camcorder, claimed to be a reformed Democrat who worked with Howard Zinn once and produced the "People Speak" series for the History Channel.  He let Deborah Leigh and I speak our piece.  God knows what will happen in the editing, of course, but we had our say, so no complaints so far.

Wade, the block commissar for the lefty group we counterprotest every week, saw the camera and came over.  He scurried around trying to stay off-camera and eavesdrop on what we were saying at the same time.  Wade loves doing this crap, I think he thinks he's being a fish swimming in the sea of the people or something; it's a regular pleasure to follow him around the LA Tea Party rallies pointing him out to everybody.

Saturday, went to the blogger meet hosted in Santa Monica by Ladd Ehrlinger, Jr., creator of the famous Dale Petersen campaign ad, before a busy day of generating viral videos for GOP candidates tired of relying on the flaccid CA GOP leadership.  Joy showed up from Little Miss Attila, along with JSF of Valley of the Shadow,Gay Patriot and Congressional Candidate Mattie Fein and her campaign manager Alli, along with John S. Thomas, the man who exposed the Daily Breeze's blatant and arrogant partiality... as well as the Master of the Tip Jar his own self, Robert Stacy McCain.  I sent Smitty some photos of the event to post, and I may send more, unless we can come to an equitable split of the tip jar take...

...and then in the checkout line on the way home I found myself in line in front of a cute blonde wearing a T-shirt that read "I only date Republicans."

Whereupon Deborah Leigh hit me.  I don't know why.

Sunday, July 18, 2010

You Can't AFFORD a Future...!

HT: ianswife

In just six months, the largest tax hikes in the history of America will take effect. They will hit families and small businesses in three great waves on January 1, 2011:

First Wave: Expiration of 2001 and 2003 Tax Relief

In 2001 and 2003, the GOP Congress enacted several tax cuts for investors, small business owners, and families.

These will all expire on January 1, 2011:

Personal income tax rates will rise. The top income tax rate will rise from 35 to 39.6 percent (this is also the rate at which two-thirds of small business profits are taxed). The lowest rate will rise from 10 to 15 percent. All the rates in between will also rise. Itemized deductions and personal exemptions will again phase out, which has the same mathematical effect as higher marginal tax rates. The full list of marginal rate hikes is below:

- The 10% bracket rises to an expanded 15%
- The 25% bracket rises to 28%
- The 28% bracket rises to 31%
- The 33% bracket rises to 36%
- The 35% bracket rises to 39.6%

Higher taxes on marriage and family. The “marriage penalty” (narrower tax brackets for married couples) will return from the first dollar of income. The child tax credit will be cut in half from $1000 to $500 per child. The standard deduction will no longer be doubled for married couples relative to the single level. The dependent care and adoption tax credits will be cut.

The return of the Death Tax. This year, there is no death tax. For those dying on or after January 1 2011, there is a 55 percent top death tax rate on estates over $1 million. A person leaving behind two homes and a retirement account could easily pass along a death tax bill to their loved ones.

Higher tax rates on savers and investors. The capital gains tax will rise from 15 percent this year to 20 percent in 2011. The dividends tax will rise from 15 percent this year to 39.6 percent in 2011. These rates will rise another 3.8 percent in 2013.

Second Wave: Obamacare

There are over twenty new or higher taxes in Obamacare. Several will first go into effect on January 1, 2011. They include:

The “Medicine Cabinet Tax” Thanks to Obamacare, Americans will no longer be able to use health savings account (HSA), flexible spending account (FSA), or health reimbursement (HRA) pre-tax dollars to purchase non-prescription, over-the-counter medicines (except insulin).

The “Special Needs Kids Tax” This provision of Obamacare imposes a cap on flexible spending accounts (FSAs) of $2500 (Currently, there is no federal government limit). There is one group of FSA owners for whom this new cap will be particularly cruel and onerous: parents of special needs children. There are thousands of families with special needs children in the United States , and many of them use FSAs to pay for special needs education. Tuition rates at one leading school that teaches special needs children in Washington , D.C. (National Child Research Center) can easily exceed $14,000 per year. Under tax rules, FSA dollars can be used to pay for this type of special needs education.

The HSA Withdrawal Tax Hike. This provision of Obamacare increases the additional tax on non-medical early withdrawals from an HSA from 10 to 20 percent, disadvantaging them relative to IRAs and other tax-advantaged accounts, which remain at 10 percent.

Third Wave: The Alternative Minimum Tax and Employer Tax Hikes

When Americans prepare to file their tax returns in January of 2011, they’ll be in for a nasty surprise—the AMT won’t be held harmless, and many tax relief provisions will have expired. The major items include:

The AMT will ensnare over 28 million families, up from 4 million last year. According to the left-leaning Tax Policy Center, Congress’ failure to index the AMT will lead to an explosion of AMT taxpaying families—rising from 4 million last year to 28.5 million. These families will have to calculate their tax burdens twice, and pay taxes at the higher level. The AMT was created in 1969 to ensnare a handful of taxpayers.

Small business expensing will be slashed and 50% expensing will disappear. Small businesses can normally expense (rather than slowly-deduct, or “depreciate”) equipment purchases up to $250,000. This will be cut all the way down to $25,000. Larger businesses can expense half of their purchases of equipment. In January of 2011, all of it will have to be “depreciated.”

Taxes will be raised on all types of businesses. There are literally scores of tax hikes on business that will take place. The biggest is the loss of the “research and experimentation tax credit,” but there are many, many others. Combining high marginal tax rates with the loss of this tax relief will cost jobs.

Tax Benefits for Education and Teaching Reduced. The deduction for tuition and fees will not be available. Tax credits for education will be limited. Teachers will no longer be able to deduct classroom expenses. Coverdell Education Savings Accounts will be cut. Employer-provided educational assistance is curtailed. The student loan interest deduction will be disallowed for hundreds of thousands of families.

Charitable Contributions from IRAs no longer allowed. Under current law, a retired person with an IRA can contribute up to $100,000 per year directly to a charity from their IRA. This contribution also counts toward an annual “required minimum distribution.” This ability will no longer be there.

Now your insurance is INCOME on your W2's......

One of the surprises we'll find come next year is what follows - - a little "surprise" that 99% of us had no idea was included in the "new and improved" healthcare legislation . . . the dupes or dopes, who backed this administration will be astonished!

Starting in 2011, (next year folks), your W-2 tax form sent by your employer will be increased to show the value of whatever health insurance you are given by the company. It does not matter if that's a private concern or governmental body of some sort. If you're retired? Therefore, your gross will go up by the amount of insurance you get.

You will be required to pay taxes on a large sum of money that you have never seen. Take your tax form you just finished and see what $15,000 or $20,000 additional gross does to your tax debt. That's what you'll pay next year. For many, it also puts you into a new higher bracket so it's even worse.

This is how the government is going to buy insurance for the 15% that don't have insurance and it's only part of the tax increases.

Not believing this??? Here is a research of the summaries.....

On page 25 of 29: TITLE IX REVENUE PROVISIONS- SUBTITLE A: REVENUE OFFSET PROVISIONS-(sec. 9001, as modified by sec. 10901) Sec.9002 "requires employers to include in the W-2 form of each employee the aggregate cost of applicable employer sponsored group health coverage that is excludable from the employees gross income."

Joan Pryde is the senior tax editor for the Kiplinger letters. Go to Kiplingers and read about 13 tax changes that could affect you. Number 3 is what is above.

People have the right to know the truth because an election is coming in November.

Saturday, July 17, 2010

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Saturday, June 12, 2010

Shocking TeaParty Exposé-- a Three Beers Later Exclusive!

This truly appalling video was smuggled out of the latest round of Tea Party rallies,confirming the worst suspicions of decent Americans everywhere!

"I knew I was right! I knew it!" giggled Keith Olberman. "Now please, somebody watch my show"

"Did I warn you morons?  Did I warn you?" bellowed political commentator and gravitic anomaly Rosie O'Donnell, forgetting she wasn't talking to her adopted children. She went on to deny any involvement in the Guatemalan sinkhole and announced her lawsuit to get her three seats back on The View.




In related news, Sarah Palin spoke at the rally and endorsed Stonewall Jackson.
Sarah Palin can endorse any one she wants to.

Sunday, April 4, 2010

Friday Night Protest Signs!

Now that we're getting some daylight back, we can start having a little fun again...

Saturday, April 3, 2010

"I feel lied to, cheated and raped."

Honey, it ain't rape if you solicited it... but welcome to the party anyway.

Democrats are joining the Tea Party Movement.   Apparently it IS possible to let the sunshine in, but Jesus do you need an expensive chisel...

Friday, March 26, 2010

Too Late to Apologize

I doubt anyone comes here who doesn't also read Robert Stacy McCain (The Other McCain) but this is worth circulating...

Monday, March 15, 2010

How to Talk to Your Congressman on March 16th... Feel Free to Print this out and fax it.



Now look, chum... can I call ya chum?  When you got yerself elected, you must have thought you hadda great political career ahead of you, legislating, politicking, heck, maybe even doing some good for the folks in your district.  So now you gotta ask yourself... are you willing to give all that up for the vanity of that man in the White House or that woman on the podium?  Never mind how much it's gonna cost, or how it ain't gonna do what they say it'a gonna do.  We Da People Don't Want It.  Ya don't look like Al Franken or Patrick Kennedy... what part of "Just Say No" do you not understand?

You do not have the money to pay for this.

It can not work the way you say it will.

You don't even know what's in it.

You will hand this country back to the Republicans WITH your new Slaughter Rule to play with. What will THEY do with it?

Vote NO.

Saturday, December 5, 2009

Friday Night Protest Signs!


The lefties across the street from us thronged Studio City to protest Obie's half-assed, inept expansion of the Afghanistan campaign...


Thronged, I say, as evidenced through the technological sophistication supplied courtesy of the VRWC and a ninety-buck Aiptek pocket camcorder.  Fortunately, veteran protester Deborah Leigh and I were ready for them, seeing as how we keep two or three protests' worth of signage, flags and banners in the Rightmobile for use at a minute's notice...

Friday, November 13, 2009

Saturday, November 7, 2009

Saturday, October 31, 2009

RINO and GOP leadership pick Scozzafava quits NY Congressional Race

NEVER believe you don't have power. NEVER let them tell you that.

Michael Steele, John Cornyn, RNC... NEVER believe this is the end of it. Learn from it or lose because of it.

Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, the rest of the thieving, corrupt, smug, lying Democrat Party... NEVER believe we aren't coming for you.

And never forget... this isn't a war about parties, anymore. This is a war against incumbency. This is a (so far) peaceful revolution in defense of a true democratic republic and the only instutions that can support that in the long term, free markets, free people and free will, against a self-appointed aristocracy that can talk about "reaching across the aisle" because they none of them have any core beliefs they will uphold except that belief that they somehow deserve to be in charge and trading each other favors in the form of our money and our freedoms. In this John McCain is no different from John Kerry, John Cornyn and Harry Reid could have been separated at birth, Nancy Pelosi and Olympia Snow are truly sisters under the skin regardless of party labels and glib slogans, and Arnold Schwarzenegger and Deval Patrick are workout buddies.

And if you have no idea of how big this is, check this guy out: The Other McCain: Finally Making Journey to Rugged Adirondacks", Seriiously, he needs the hits...

Friday, October 23, 2009

Obama Losing Even Less Sleep!

Ht: JammieWearingFool

A pitchfork and torchbearing mob like something out of the early 21st century is set to confront Barack Obama as a witches' brew of lefty groups plans to protest an Obama fundraiser for Governor Deval Patrick.




The event was aleady an embarrassment for the President, as even his august presence was not enough to guarantee a sellout, leading to speculation that the bloom is off the Obama rose among Democrat donors.

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