If you remember Red Skelton, Here is an explanation of the
pledge of allegiance by Red.
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Here is what Nancy Pelosi said when Dems took congress over 2 years ago
Here is what she said completely.
“With skyrocketing gas prices, it is clear that the American people can no longer afford the Republican rubber-stamp Congress and its failure to stand up to the Republican big oil and gas company cronies….
“Democrats have a common-sense plan to help bring down skyrocketing gas prices by cracking down on price gouging, rolling back the billions of dollars in taxpayer subsidies, tax breaks and royalty relief given to big oil and gas companies, and increasing production of alternative fuels.”
This was 2 years ago, gas was cheap in comparison then, $2.91 gal.
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
A story that Rush Linbaugh found
From Billings, Montana: "Two conservation groups have asked the federal government to impose new restrictions on oil and gas development in the West to protect the greater sage grouse, a popular game bird on the decline. Scientists contend sage grouse breeding areas are suffering in the face of accelerating oil and gas exploration in Wyoming, Montana, Colorado, Utah and other Western states." Yes, ladies and gentlemen, the grouse! The grouse are suffering -- and, damn it, we're the ones that deserve to suffer because we're making the grouse suffer, and we're doing it for immoral reasons. We're searching for gas, natural gas. We're searching for oil, and that makes us sick, says Senator Reid. Senator Reid, it is you, sir, who make me sick, and presumably many other people.
"Unless drilling is slowed... the chicken-sized grouse could end up on the endangered species list. That could shut down public hunting for the bird and prompt restrictions on residential development and agriculture." So the first stab here is to protect the grouse, to shut down oil and gas exploration. And then they say, "If you don't do this, we're going to blackmail you even further. If you keep exploring, then we're going to put this damn grouse on the endangered species list, and that will stop you living anywhere here, it will stop you buying anything here, and it will stop you developing anything here. And as such, if you already own property here we're going to make it worthless." The American left, conservation movement: the grouse are suffering.
"Unless drilling is slowed... the chicken-sized grouse could end up on the endangered species list. That could shut down public hunting for the bird and prompt restrictions on residential development and agriculture." So the first stab here is to protect the grouse, to shut down oil and gas exploration. And then they say, "If you don't do this, we're going to blackmail you even further. If you keep exploring, then we're going to put this damn grouse on the endangered species list, and that will stop you living anywhere here, it will stop you buying anything here, and it will stop you developing anything here. And as such, if you already own property here we're going to make it worthless." The American left, conservation movement: the grouse are suffering.
Monday, June 30, 2008
How taxes are paid analogy
Dinner tax analogy.
A tax analogy using a group at dinner.|
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| 10 men go out for dinner and the bill comes to $100. If the bill was paid the way taxes are paid it would be. The first 4 people would pay nothing. The 5th would pay $1, 6th $3, 7th $5, 8th $9, 9th $18, 10th $59. They like it so they eat there every day. After a while the owners tells them that they are such good customers that he is going to cut the bill $20. After the change the bill would be paid like this. The first 4 still would pay nothing now the 5th also pays nothing, 6th would pay $2, 7th $5, 8th $9, 9th $14, 10th $50. The others complain that the rich get the biggest break and they are upset. The rich guy got ticked off and left mad. The next day they others went to eat, they couldn't even eat because they only had $30 between the 9 of them.
This is something I heard from Walter Williams.
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Patriotism
The definition of Patriotism, according to the American Heritage Dictionary is, Love and devotion to one's country.
Quote Dem. Rep. Pete Stark On the floor of congress said "They sure don't care about finding $200 billion to fight the illegal war in Iraq. Where you gonna get that money? You gonna tell us lies like you're telling us today? Is that how you're going to fund the war? You don't have money to fund the war or children, but you're going to spend it to blow up innocent people if we could get enough kids to grow old enough for you to send to Iraq to get their heads blown off for the president's amusement." Oct. 18 2007.
House Dem. John Murtha said "'We can't win militarily.'" US victory remains unattainable.
Murtha also accused the 8 marines who were charged, for the haditha incident, of murdering innocent people in cold blood. "Our troops overreacted because of the pressure on them, and they killed innocent civilians in cold blood." This was before any charges were filed. Of the 8, 7 have had all charges dropped and the 8 one is pending.
Murtha has accused the Pentagon of lying in reporting that the surge was effective.
Quote Dem. Rep. Pete Stark On the floor of congress said "They sure don't care about finding $200 billion to fight the illegal war in Iraq. Where you gonna get that money? You gonna tell us lies like you're telling us today? Is that how you're going to fund the war? You don't have money to fund the war or children, but you're going to spend it to blow up innocent people if we could get enough kids to grow old enough for you to send to Iraq to get their heads blown off for the president's amusement." Oct. 18 2007.
House Dem. John Murtha said "'We can't win militarily.'" US victory remains unattainable.
Murtha also accused the 8 marines who were charged, for the haditha incident, of murdering innocent people in cold blood. "Our troops overreacted because of the pressure on them, and they killed innocent civilians in cold blood." This was before any charges were filed. Of the 8, 7 have had all charges dropped and the 8 one is pending.
Murtha has accused the Pentagon of lying in reporting that the surge was effective.
Murtha, like so many other high-ranking Democrats in the House and Senate, and those seeking the White House, was "absolutely convinced" that surrender was the only answer in Iraq.
They were so sure of their position that when the party's 2000 vice-presidential nominee, Connecticut Sen. Joseph Lieberman, placed patriotism before the party line, they actually let someone take the Democratic senatorial nomination away from him and tried, without success, to beat him in his 2006 bid for re-election.
Democrats have invested everything in losing the war in Iraq and blaming it on President Bush, and now they've been proved wrong. Murtha has admitted it; other Democrats, one by one, will follow.
How much faith can Americans place in a party so committed to a national failure — and now so discredited?
When you think back to leaders in the U.S. and you think of the things they said that made Americans feel good about America. JFK "ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country. Martin Luther Kings, I have a dream speech. Ronald Reagan " I know in my heart that man is good, that what is right will always eventually triumph. These are all leaders that were almost always positive, and showed patriotism by believing that America is the greatest country in the history of the world, and they wanted to keep it that way.
Almost everything the dems of said over the past 5 years about the war in Iraq have been negative and degrading to the troops. This doesn't seem to be very patriotic to me.
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Breakdown of cost of gasoline
Here is a breakdown of the cost of a gallon of gasoline.
If crude oil is $140 per barrel, the cost of the gasoline from that barrel is $71.96.
A barrel of oil is 42 gallons. Of that 21.5 gals of gasoline can be refined from the 42 gals.
That come to $3.34 per gal. for cost of oil.
Here is the breakdown from California on June 23 2008, to produce one gal of gasoline.
3.22 Cost of crude
0.18 Federal tax
0.34 State and local taxes
0.18 State exise tax
0.12 marketing and distribution
0.53 Refining cost and profit
4.59 Retail price
The taxes vary from state to state and the additives vary which is why California is higher.
The costs associated with refining and terminal operations, crude oil processing, oxygenate additives, product shipment and storage, oil spill fees, depreciation, purchases of gasoline to cover refinery shortages, brand advertising, and profits.
As you can see the main cost of a gal. of gas is the cost of the crude, $3.22. The second highest part is $.70 per gal tax. that puts the cost at $3.92 per gal before the oil company even gets the oil to the refinery.
The way to pay less is very obviously to lower the cost of the crude.
The cost of the crude oil in Jan 2007 was $62 per barrel. Just changing that has raised the price of gasoline from $1.42 per gal to $3.22, in 18 months.
If crude oil is $140 per barrel, the cost of the gasoline from that barrel is $71.96.
A barrel of oil is 42 gallons. Of that 21.5 gals of gasoline can be refined from the 42 gals.
That come to $3.34 per gal. for cost of oil.
Here is the breakdown from California on June 23 2008, to produce one gal of gasoline.
3.22 Cost of crude
0.18 Federal tax
0.34 State and local taxes
0.18 State exise tax
0.12 marketing and distribution
0.53 Refining cost and profit
4.59 Retail price
The taxes vary from state to state and the additives vary which is why California is higher.
The costs associated with refining and terminal operations, crude oil processing, oxygenate additives, product shipment and storage, oil spill fees, depreciation, purchases of gasoline to cover refinery shortages, brand advertising, and profits.
As you can see the main cost of a gal. of gas is the cost of the crude, $3.22. The second highest part is $.70 per gal tax. that puts the cost at $3.92 per gal before the oil company even gets the oil to the refinery.
The way to pay less is very obviously to lower the cost of the crude.
The cost of the crude oil in Jan 2007 was $62 per barrel. Just changing that has raised the price of gasoline from $1.42 per gal to $3.22, in 18 months.
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