Obama is Going to Disney World

President Obama is going to Disney World tomorrow to talk about tourism.  He will be promoting "visa reform" for travelers from other countries to visit the U.S.

Obama's visa changes will probably be through executive order rather than through Congress.  Constitution, anyone?


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 Unfortunately, tourists to Disney World tomorrow will lose their extra hours in the Magic Kingdom (a perk for those staying in the Disney hotels), will see the parade at a different time due to Obama's speech, and will have to endure extra-heavy security and loss of parking at the Magic Kingdom and the Contemporary Resort Hotel.

Freedom of Speech--It's One of Our Guaranteed Rights



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Today, several big websites (including Wikipedia, Craigslist, and Google among many others) are having a "black-out" in protest against the SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) bill.

This bill is ostensibly supposed to stop foreign counterfeit companies from selling pirated goods in the U.S.  However, it requires internet service providers to monitor and shut down--without due process--any sites suspected of selling counterfeit goods or even having a link to a real or suspected counterfeiting site.

This is using a sledge hammer to swat a fly, to say the least.

Very upset about this protest, former senator Chris Dodd (Democrat-Connecticut) lambasted these black-outs as "an abuse of power" and a “gimmick” “designed to punish elected and administration officials who are working diligently to protect American jobs from foreign criminals.”
Irony in action.

Mitt Romney Is Not Paying Less on His Income Tax

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He is paying capital gains taxes.  Fifteen percent is currently the going rate for capital gains taxes.

BECAUSE that money has already been taxed, at the normal income tax level.

Capital gains taxes are lower to encourage investment, and because it's already had income taxes taken out.

You know, actually, the government shouldn't be able to tax your money more than once.  IMHO.

I Just Can't Stay Away...

But I WON'T talk about the primaries.

At least, not much

Holder is Subpoenaed

The U.S. Attorney General has been subpoenaed by the House Oversight Committee.

The Committee wants all the communication concerning Fast & Furious that occurred in the upper level of the Department of Justice.  The subpoena also requests communication with the White House.

Previous documents given to the Oversight Committee had been heavily redacted.

Obama's Job Bill Dies

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Well, the Senate ended up voting on President Obama's Jobs Bill (despite Reid's shenanigans earlier).

And thus the bill died, in the Senate, despite Obama's heavy campaigning on its behalf.

This was to be expected, given the 1.5 trillion dollar tax increases in the bill.

Of course, Obama is expected to blame this on the Republicans.  Yet, it was the lack of support from Democrats in the Senate that led to this bill's demise.

The Senate Terrorized by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid

 

Last week, Senator Harry Reid (D-Nevada) unilaterally changed the rules in the Senate.

It's really sorta complicated, but basically the Republican minority was going to force an amendment which would then force a vote on Obama's Jobs Bill.

This is fairly common parliamentary maneuver to see how the wind is blowing on a bill.

In this case, the amendment would have failed (to have a vote on Obama's bill)---but it would have indirectly shown which Democrats opposed Obama's Jobs Bill and who supported it.

Reid, of course, was mortified about having a vote on Obama's bill--BECAUSE IT WAS GOING TO FAIL.

So he just changed the rules.