Subj : Re: Good week
To   : BOB KLAHN
From : WAYNE CHIRNSIDE
Date : Wed Apr 20 2011 08:33:00

-=> BOB KLAHN wrote to ALL <=-


 BK>  ...

 SH> 2.  The AP is punked by a group of hoaksters whose blog
 SH> reported that GE would repay more than $3 billion in tax
 SH> credits (corporate welfare) they got from the Obama
 SH> administration.  Not only did GE get tax credits for moving
 SH> jobs offshore, CEO Jeff Immelt got a seat on Obama's jobs
 SH> advisory panel.

 BK>  Lie number 1. In the late '90s the republican congress passed a
 BK>  bill allowing corporations, including GE, to avoid taxes by
 BK>  shifting profits overseas. In 2004 the republican congress
 BK>  passed another such tax dodge.

 BK>  Obama didn't give GE those tax dodges, they were beyond his
 BK>  control.

 SH> 3.  In a surprise move - out of left field, really - a
 SH> democrat president proposes that the government raise taxes
 SH> on the rich - rich to be defined by said governemt.  Like
 SH> the classless Clinton before him, Obama reminds us that he
 SH> is rich.

 BK>  And Obama's plan would increase taxes on Obama. Remember, 100%
 BK>  of the post WWII increase in the debt burden, the debt as
 BK>  percent of GDP, accumulated under 3 anti-tax republican
 BK>  presidents.


 SH> 4.  Seems that the most transparent presidency in history
 SH> (that was his promise, right?) is concealing visits with
 SH> lobbyists by meeting with them at a coffee shop across the
 SH> street from the White House.  White House visitors' logs

 BK>  Obama is going to a coffee shop across the street from the
 BK>  Whitehouse?

 BK>  ...

 SH> 5.  American fighter jets are again dropping bombs on Libya
 SH> - this after Obama told Americans that other countries
 SH> would take over the Libya operation.

 BK>  Nato did take over. And the US is a member of NATO. The US has
 BK>  solid justification and a very good moral cause for taking down
 BK>  Kadaffi.

That's good to hear.

I've not looked into this latest.

Still too much sickness of the soul from the last adventure.

.... It is the best of all possible worlds said doctor Pangloss to Candide.
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