August 20, 2009
The biggest success of the Spending Bill”, oops “Stimulus Bill,” is ending. Yup, that is right; “Cash for Clunkers” is going away on Monday. Why? Because it was such a big success, the government ran out of money for the program not once, but twice. This time President Obama is shutting it down. No more money. It is finished. The official spin is that is brought the automobile industry back from destruction. Or, did it? In my opinion, it is just…
Tags: Cash for Clunkers, Taxes
Posted in Democrat, Frank DeMartini, Republican, Uncategorized | 8 Comments »
October 27, 2009
… failing to pay residuals. Fine. It makes sense for one-off producers or producers with a bad reputation. But, is it necessary for a major independent production company with a history of paying residuals? Why must SAG demand cash – which is desperately needed to fund the production – be removed from the budget to pay SAG deposits? Why must the threats go back and forth every time any request is made? Then after all of the stress with SAG …
Tags: California, employment, Financial Core, IATSE, Michigan, Nu Image, SAG, Seymour Cassel, Supreme Court
Posted in Frank DeMartini, Uncategorized | 11 Comments »
January 21, 2012
… seemed on the superficial level to offer continuity, it was actually an ideological reversal, back to the Liberal wing of the Republican Party. Though he lambasted his opponent Michael Dukakis, tarring him with the “Liberal” label, which Reaganism had turned into a dirty word, Bush himself was every bit a Progressive. His admitted trouble with “the vision thing” prevented him from continuing with Reagan’s unfinished work: shrinking government, e…
Tags: Compassionate conservatie, Debate, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, nomination, Rick Santorum, Ronald Reagan
Posted in Elections, GOP, Kevin Rush, Republican, Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
November 2, 2009
…o say, Burton Abrams and George Parsons of the University of Delaware added up the total benefits from reduced gas consumption, environmental improvements and the benefit to car buyers and companies, minus the overall cost of cash for clunkers, and found a net cost of roughly $2,000 per vehicle. Rather than stimulating the economy, the program made the nation as a whole $1.4 billion poorer. We need to give the President the benefit of the doubt o…
Tags: Economy, Mitt Romney, Sarah Palin
Posted in Ira Schwartz, Uncategorized | 5 Comments »
December 4, 2008
…r two months. It would not be a regressive benefit because the people hurt the most by FICA (social security and Medicare) are the lowest wage earners. And, by stopping income taxes on everyone, the wealthiest will have extra cash for investment. This extra cash would be used to create jobs and stimulate the economy. I know that most of you are saying that this plan is ridiculous because of the geometrically expanding deficit. However, this plan …
Tags: Economy, unions
Posted in Frank DeMartini, Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
December 5, 2011
…: Bruce Springsteen, Oprah Winfrey, Robert De Niro, Barbra Streisand, Steven Spielberg, Robert Redford, Warren Beatty, Mike Nichols, Quincy Jones, Jack Nicholson, Stevie Wonder, Bill Cosby, Jason Robards, Steve Martin, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Martin Scorsese, Mel Brooks, Morgan Freeman, Julie Andrews, Jack Lemmon, Tony Bennett, Lauren Bacall, John Williams, James Earl Jones, Paul Simon, Carol Burnett, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Paul McCartney, Lo…
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Posted in Conservative, Democrat, Domestic Policy, Economy, Elections, Entertainment, GOP, Republican, Tim Ross, Uncategorized | 3 Comments »
November 30, 2011
…of the Obama Coalition”, Thomas Edsall, by pushing “takers” into a non-working, entitlement, nanny state, socialistic philosophical ideology. Republicanism is not lost but it is certainly a candidate for a “Progressive Lite” label….or what as “Congress is Useless” all about? http://www.hollywoodrepublican.net/2011/11/congress-is-useless/ And all that is supported in academia today is under the myth of “academic freedom”. Collectivism and totalit…
Tags: First Amendment, Religion, Separation of Church and State
Posted in Domestic Policy, Guest Writer | 1 Comment »
October 30, 2011
… of these circumstances, the use of the word hero is trivialized. A deeper problem is that ides of myth, legend and story hold a society’s culture together. The concept of the hero is central to these. By misapplying the hero label and refraining from using it when needed takes our culture in the wrong direction. I hope we can recover the sense of propriety about who we call a hero and what they did to be considered brave before it’s too late. A …
Tags: " "Dancing with the Stars, Chaz Bono, Fini Goodman, JR Martinez
Posted in Entertainment, Fini Goodman | 3 Comments »
November 17, 2009
This has been a rollercoaster of a year here in the United States. If it’s not some small North Korean with a Napoleon complex tossing around empty threats, it’s an ignorant Iranian President trying to pull a not very good sleight of hand with the world. Here at home, the missteps of OUR Government are beginning to add up and the patience of the people has now been stretched to its limit. How many straws will it take to break the camel’s back? …
Tags: ACORN, Economy, Sarah Palin
Posted in Ira Schwartz, Uncategorized | 7 Comments »
September 30, 2010
…114mPrpZ http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20017998-503544.html Her Bookkeeping. According to the website “Delaware Online” Christine O’Donnell’s Federal Campaign Committee reported $23,776 in debt, more than the $10,585 cash in her campaign account, according to her most recent filings with the Federal Elections Commission. The FEC has cited her eight times for failure to report her contributions between 2007 and 2009. As of January of thi…
Tags: Biden, Christine O'Donnell, Delaware, Linkedin, November elections, Patriotism, Sarah Palin, Tea Party
Posted in Conservative, Ira Schwartz, Republican, that and the other thing | 2 Comments »
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