Hello Mephesdus,
I already have. I have acknowledged that it happens on both sides. But, I will tell you what was reported locally. I am from this area and the local news reports on channel 2 reported that there was no power failure, but there was an overheating cable under ground about to fail if the load was not reduced. Due to a crumbling infrastructure which has dilapidated without concern under the many decades of Democratic mismanagement of the city it is no wonder these things happen. There are street lights out, fire departments without toilet paper or working plumbing, broken fire trucks and ambulances, potholes, collapsing/abandoned buildings, water main breaks, and general disrepair throughout. If you are familiar with recent Detroit history then you should understand that over the years many times Detroit officials in many of the departments have been under investigation and some like Monica Conyers and Kwami Kilpatrick as well as other underlings at the various departments have been fired, fined, and/or incarcerated for malfeasance and outright theft of taxpayer monies. If this were not so Detroit would not be in the place it is now and the state would not be involved. Who is to blame? I think it was a hasty action, but it was reported on the local stations, the buildings in question were notified, but I too feel they should have been given a bit more consideration and if truly necessary they should have entered the buildings and evacuated before cutting the power. Having said that, I live outside of the city and we experience power outages routinely that last much longer and nobody even reports it on the News... But when it happens in the city, even if it is for less than 24 hours, the media make a mountain of it.

The answer is to privatize the utilities in the city. They no longer have the money or the confidence of the people to competently provide necessary services.

I do not support or denounce all the actions of republicans or democrats. Neither party is satisfactory to me, but today one stands out as especially fiscally irresponsible... I abhor taxpayer abuse regardless of source, reason, local or national.

Just like Detroit, our greatest long term threat to our constitution and our nation is bankruptcy from our burgeoning debt and unfunded liabilities. Ask yourself why the Democrat controlled Senate has refused to pass a budget for the last five years; a circumstance which heretofore has never occurred. Continuing resolutions are not a budget.

Would it make you feel better if I listed all the names of republicans I have previously expressed disapproval? Would that change the present circumstances of liberal democrats trying to run our lives, force us to buy o-care, invading our privacy, limit our soft drink sizes, salt intake, public smoking, revising our children's text books with histrionics, teaching our youth to be statist progressives etc... ? I do not approve of this any more than I do the over zealous conservatives who wish to legislate what we do behind closed doors in our own homes.

Again I ask you; are we keeping score? Is this that important to you? If so, then I must ask you to try seeing past partisanship and address all that is happening now regardless of source?

Respectfully,
O.A.

hey Maphedsdus.
1. Mit Romney is a moderate. He just played a Conservative on TV.
2. In the US private K-12 schools are overwhelmingly progressive. Yes, this includes catholic schools. The idea that private schools are fundamentalist, homophobic etc. -well, I'm sure there are such, but do I detect you like the idea of taking education decisions out of the hands of parents for the common good?
3.welfare. Since we started this massive redistribution program almost 70 years ago, we are no closer to winning the "war on poverty" -as a matter of fact we are alot worse off. so the program is a Fail. Transfer payments do not stimulate the economy. No wealth is created by SNAP recipients using their cards.

well, not on education or healthcare.
how do you feel about welfare?

why not vouchers?
For many families yes. But our govt has set things up nicely for statist rule and indoctrination. If both parents need to work in order to make up for a 35-45% or larger income tax rate," home environment" has less time to countermand school indoctrination. Common Core represents more of indoctrination, less the education. The overall literacy rate in the US was higher before we had DOE. Wonder why?

public education plays the largest role in formative development.

Even if it's true, which I don't believe it is, people aren't that simple, MSM is pretty much owned by liberals, unfortunately and since they really only televise what supports their ideology, I would worry less about FOX and more about the blatant disregard to the whole truth by Mainstream Media.

To be honest the only way to sway someones vote is if they fundamentally agree with the one trying to do the swaying, so nothing really changes. Ie.No liberal could sway my vote nor could a conservative sway that of a liberal.

1.a) tariffs were easy to collect, you had limited ports. This later became a problem due to trade between the south and England, as they had negotiated treaties between each other to keep those taxes lower, the North disagreed, so the South paid higher tariffs for their exported goods.
b) Poll taxes. Also easy to collect.
c)the other types of taxation were harder to collect.
d)before 1913, they instituted an income tax just for the civil war.


2. tariffs were number 1. three were set in short order following the Revolution 2.Taxes on whiskey and glass windows(short in duration on the second).3. poll taxes-you paid to vote 4. property taxes on land and commercial bldgs 5. eventually broadened to excise tax (sales) and starting in 1900, 6. Inheritance tax

thanks, noted for future use. :)

nit. a nit is a louse larva and tiny; so, if you are picking the nits out of your hair, you are being very careful and thorough so that they will all be gone and not grow up to be lice.
-- from your friendly neighborhood word geek

Hmmm. Nit or knit? I know, Roshambo to decide. I kick first.

Thank you. Was worried for minute.

9th circuit plays loose and fast with the Constitution. tyranny, really

She's so far left her middle name is Lenin.

Hello Maphesdus,

Perhaps you are not getting both sides… John Stewart has taken several hyperbolic out of context comments and made the most of them. He is right on some of his points as far as it goes. The problem with this assertion is those conservative talking heads have no power, so they can talk all they want but they can’t actually affect us. Having said that, the liberals are not only saying asinine unconstitutional things they are actively seeking and passing legislation contrary to our constitution. When they are not succeeding our POTUS is acting in contradiction to our constitution with executive orders. The de-facto institution of the Dream Act in contradiction to congress…The bombing of Libya without congressional approval…The NLRB board appointments made during a “recess” were ruled unconstitutional. The two liberal legislators in Colorado have found out the hard way that infringing the second amendment rights of constituents has consequences. The Obama care law violates the rights of the religious by forcing them to pay for abortions contrary to their beliefs which is a violation of their right of conscience. The NDAA is a violation of due process. The patriot act has unconstitutional aspects yet this administration has not let it sunset and in fact has expanded it. The NSA is collecting data contrary to your 4th amendment rights. It is unconstitutional for the president to exempt some from aspects of the Obamacare law, since the law is supposed to apply equally. Spying on reporters without due process and seizure of the AP phone records… The liberals are trying to pass the small arms treaty with the U.N. that despite the MSM spin is selling our sovereignty and rights wholesale… You say the martial law in Boston was an act of the city government, but how many of the city councilmen/women are conservative? The list goes on and on.

The conservatives are not in power and do not hold majority.

These following blog sites have as much legitimacy as does Mr. Stewart…
http://libertycounselaction.org/content/...

http://evilofindifference.wordpress.com/...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-blog...

http://www.aei.org/article/politics-and-...


The most salient point is that, yes, there are conservative voices and religious zealots making noise, but they are not in power and can actually do nothing to us, while those in control are whitewashing all they are up to.
Are we keeping score? Or are we going to fight these abuses regardless of source?
Respectfully,
O.A.

sorry for the typo. I was reading about Justice Marshall.
"Congress is not empowered to tax for those purposes which are within the exclusive province of the States." --Justice John Marshall, Gibbons v. Ogden, 1824.
in relation to 16th Amendment.
My point was I didn't hear any liberals crying foul over Martial Law. hey, why wouldn't you overlook the misspelling? Have I given you reason to believe I am ignorant about such?

What about your own thoughts?