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Eric – October 15, 2009
Mullins, a retired state employee, was one of seven landowners who shared $65,000 in what is believed to be the first sale of carbon credits for trees in Kentucky. That means they were paid for allowing their trees to do what comes naturally: Absorb carbon dioxide. [...]
Here we have the other half of the carbon trading marketplace. The Blue Heron buys carbon credits to sooth their guilty conscience. Then that money is paid out to men like Rodney Mullins who are laughing all the way to the bank. For those who live on this planet men are paid for their time and labor but in BizarroWorld men are paid for the work they are NOT doing. When the coal plant burns fuel to produce electricity the trees will absorb it for as long as they remain alive. This mechanism has worked for a very long time without need for a government subsidy. The Blue Heron should ask why are they paying to finance another man’s lifestyle of NOT doing something.
MACED had been planning to sell credits on the Chicago Climate Exchange. But carbon credits are trading very low there now as that emerging market waits to see what Congress will do about climate legislation.
Proponents say that if that legislation includes a cap-and-trade plan, it will bolster a market in which companies that put carbon into the atmosphere pay landowners for allowing their trees to absorb carbon.
Translation: The carbon credit market can’t sustain itself unless it is made mandatory by government fiat. Again I ask how does taxing carbon producers and subsidizing landowners improve the carbon absorption on the landowners’ property.
Posted by
Eric – September 26, 2009
I am absolutely appalled at the statements and attitudes being taken by elected and school officials.
This is nothing but BLATANT RACISM at its best. To even suggest that OUR DULY-ELECTED PRESIDENT
is attempting to “indoctrinate” our children into “socialism” is utter nonsense.
The Obama administration did a classic bait and switch leading up to the President’s national speech to school children. The documents leaked were lesson plans meant to be used before and after the President’s speech. After taking careful notes on the most controversial areas, the final draft of the speech was written to avoid those problems. Among the most controversial was a paragraph requiring students to write an essay about how to help the President.
This time, similar language is included in a Census fact sheet meant to be distributed in schools. First of all, there is a problem with the children being involved at all because the general fact sheet states clearly that the Census is to be filled out by the person named on the mortgage or rental lease.
Q. Who should fill out the census questionnaire?
A. The individual in whose name the housing unit is owned
or rented should complete the questionnaire on behalf of every person living in the residence, including relatives and non-relatives.
Despite this, schools are expected to spend a week of classroom time on the Census.
Opportunities to discuss and practice civic responsibility through five 15-minute lessons, available online, during a Census in Schools Week celebration.
Students are also expected to memorize the content of the Census form.
Lessons are designed to:
Familiarize students with the census questionnaire.
After being fully educated regarding matters that don’t concern them. Students are supposed to go home and talk up the Census with their parents.
Provide students with family take-home pages to promote participation in the 2010 Census and initiate a family dialogue about the benefits of being counted.
What do you think? Come January I think the same parents that questioned why the President wanted to speak directly with their kids should also question why the Federal Govt’ is in the schools.
Posted by
Eric – September 8, 2009
Marketing experts have run out of unique adjectives to describe their life changing products and services. Nothing better illustrates this than when the advertising genius wrote the press release for the Trail of Tears Pow Wow. The title reads in bold print:
22nd Annual Trail of Tears Pow Wow September 12-13
Alright, We’ve established as fact that there have been 22 pow wow festivals and that these spectacular events occur annually. The punch line comes at the end.
The public is invited and urged to come join this once-in-a-lifetime Native American Pow Wow experience.
I’m guessing experienced marketing gurus have a massive dictionary of auto-complete phrases loaded into Microsoft Word. Some can wield it better than others and the really bad actors pop-in random phrases they haven’t used in the previous six months.
With this in mind, go have an excellent once-in-a-lifetime experience at the 22nd Annual Trail of Tears Pow Wow.
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Eric – September 5, 2009
The Politically Correct police are moving against Mayor Johnny Piper in Clarksville, TN quickly after he sent a chain email that criticized a Muslim themed postage stamp. I don’t believe Mayor Piper’s opinion should be silenced because it is unpopular, not politically correct, or offensive. Many offensive demonstrations have been made against Christianity without the same freedom allowed against Islam.
If you believe Islam and/or Muslim extremists are not above criticism send an email to the Mayor’s office. Here is mine below sent earlier today.
from Eric Brake <eric@eric…ke.ws>
to mayorpiper@cityofcl…sville.com
date Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 3:15 PM
subject Don’t Apologize!
Don’t apologize for sending that email criticizing Muslims. Muslim
organizations want to shutdown all criticism of Islam. Don’t let it
happen! Open discussion is required in a free society. We can’t allow
one side to dictate the conversation.
You can email the Mayor’s office at mayorpiper@cityofclarksville.com
All of those tea party protesters living in the Clarksville area need to support leaders standing against political correctness.
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Eric – August 25, 2009
Hugh Hewitt decided it was time to single out Senator Harry Reid because he is the Senate Majority Leader. Senator Reid’s re-election is in jeopardy. Hugh believes if the nation puts enough pressure on Senator Reid we can turn him from Obama’s agenda.
It’s a three step process that Mr. Hewitt is asking everyone to complete.
- Send Ten dollars to Dan Tarkanian’s campaign (Harry Reid’s opposition).
- Send a message to Senator Reid saying that you donated to his opposition. That you strongly oppose ObamaCare and that you promise to donate more to Tarkanian if Reid still supports ObamaCare.
- Add your donation to the running total on the TenForTark.com website.
If your looking for a tangible way to stop Obama donate to Harry Reid’s opposition!
Posted by
Eric – August 12, 2009
I saw this video via Jihad Watch. I watched it and thought it brought a human face to Muslim honor killings. The Islamic religion calls for muslims to kill anyone who dares convert away from Islam. Most often family members will murder their own to satisfy this requirement. The force of Rifqa’s emotions in the video touched me.
Political correctness is an evil thing in this world. I believe fear of offending Muslims is not a valid excuse to silence negative commentary against Islam. In the name of political correctness, many people fail to call out evil for what it is.
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Eric – July 11, 2009
At the risk of providing these people with more business. I want to talk about these brainless commercials advertising gold coins. Last week, I watched a show on the history channel about Fort Knox, KY and all the Capital ‘G’old that’s held there. Of course, while the tv show speaks about Gold that means something and has value it seems totally logical to advertise ‘g’old products. The difference between ‘G’old and ‘g’old is that Gold requires a manly grip with both hands if you wish to keep all of your toes. On the other hand, the gold in those advertised coins might get you something off the dollar menu… maybe.
“lavishly clad in 51 milligrams of pure 24 karat gold”
51 milligrams?? Pffft! 51 milligrams of PURE 24 KARAT GOLD!! Ahhh! Well, that makes all the difference. Thinking about what this deal means. I wondered if I paid $20 for 51 milligrams of gold how much is that per ounce?
1 ounce = ~28,350 milligrams
28.350/51 = 556
556 is a multiplier we can use now to find some interesting facts.
$20 * 556 = $11,120
Gold currently costs $912 per ounce, doesn’t seem like such a great deal does it.
$912/556 = $1.64
So for my twenty dollars I only get enough gold to pay for one item on the dollar menu. Selling these gilded coins for twenty dollars is not a scam. The scam is drawing a comparison between the original coins and the copies these guys are printing. As if the copies have value like the original does.
Posted by
Eric – July 6, 2009
“The United States is the only civilized country that does not have ‘free’ healthcare!” –Jane Doe
This statement was spoken today by a woman dealing with some potentially serious medical problems. She was concerned about the high cost of medical testing. Not to mention the medical bills to come later if she actually undergoes treatment. I feel for her situation, unfortunately, Jane Doe’s statement above shows a devastating lack of knowledge. I am not aware of any country in the world that provides “free” medical care. Jane might be referring to Canada and Euroland countries that provide a government run medical system. She’s not referring to those countries because they all send their patients to the US when their system fails to meet demand.
Because Canada does not have the capacity to deal with the demand for neo-natal intensive care for premature births, the single-payer system sent the critically ill child to the United States for treatment. [...]
But why wasn’t there a NICU bed for the child in the entire nation of Canada? The government of Canada won’t pay for more. They don’t exist to expand supply to meet demand; their single-payer system exists to ration care as a cost-saving mechanism. In a free-market system, supply expands to meet demand, which is why Canada could subcontract out to a US hospital for capacity. Michael writes that paragraph as if it was mere luck that an NICU bed happened to be open in the US, but that’s a function of the system, and not luck.
If there was any country in the world that could provide actual gratis medical care surely they would not soil themselves to receive our capitalist medicine.
Another explanation for Jane’s misunderstanding is that she fails to consider the extreme level of payroll deductions that every employee pays with no thought whatsoever. The story would be different if every employee were allowed to keep all of their money and had to pay it quarterly like a business. It seems though that Jane won’t see the true cost of “free” healthcare because her money will be stolen from her before she ever sees it.
Finally, Jane Doe’s last complaint about American healthcare was the two week waiting period before she could have her testing done. Click to see embedded video… More…
