Charity on October 16th, 2007

Vermont Tiger has a post up that explains tax paying and tax cuts using a beer analogy. Because, hey, who doesn’t like to go out for a beer?
Go check it out.
Did I mention that She’s Right loves Vermont Tiger?

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Charity on October 16th, 2007

…no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States. US Constitution
So this is what it has come to. In order be considered for the Office of President of the United States, we need to know not only if you believe in a [...]

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Charity on October 13th, 2007

Man, this is just too funny…
When “Dingy Harry” Reid and the U.S. Senate turned away from the business of the nation to instead smear a private citizen, forty-one of them sent a letter demanding the “repudiation” of their inaccurate interpretation of Rush Limbaugh’s comments about Jesse Al-Zaid (a.k.a. Jesse MacBeth) and other “phony soldiers” who [...]

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Charity on October 12th, 2007

Wordpress keeps giving me this warning that my domain expires in 13799 days. That is just odd.
Now for some fun stuff. My kids made their first stop motion Lego videos. This one is by my 9-year-old.
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This one is by my 10-year-old.
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Fun stuff.

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Charity on October 12th, 2007

Now JD wants to know, “how is a system that puts profits over health somehow a better choice?”
Okay, I am no economist, but here is a simplified explanation of why a for-profit entity is better than a government subsidized entity.
Where do profits come from? Profits are made when consumers purchase your product or service. [...]

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Charity on October 12th, 2007

I literally have like three minutes to post this, but I wanted to let new readers know (and remind old readers) a few things about why I cannot sit around all day responding to comments.
Here is an excerpt from a post I did this past summer when I was deciding whether or not to get [...]

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Charity on October 11th, 2007

Five Before Chaos blogger (and GMD front pager) JD Ryan wants to know: Where is this compelling evidence that somehow the private sector (motivated by nothing by profit) always does things better than the public sector?
While looking up some information on a completely unrelated topic, I happened across this article (link opens a PDF) written [...]

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Charity on October 10th, 2007

I am really excited to announce my line up for the next two “She’s Right” shows.
October 19: I will be talking with Tom Licata about his Vermont Tax Revolt movement.
November 16: I will be talking with Retta Dunlap, the Executive Director of Vermonters for Better Education.
Taxes and education reform. It doesn’t get any more [...]

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Charity on October 9th, 2007

I have been meaning to do a post about the SCHIP veto. I even have one in draft, but I have been hit with a second cold and this one has kept me off the computer most of the day lately.
I did, however, get a chance to stop by Green Mountain Daily to see [...]

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Charity on October 8th, 2007

The Carnival of Principled Government is up.  This Columbus Day edition is hosted at Life Nurturing Education.
This month, I submitted a post.  Among the great links in this carnival, you will also find my podcast on rights from my Channel 17 show.
Stop on over and take a look.

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