22 Mar 2009
Obama rebukes Cheney insight on '60 Minutes'

The juicy nugget here, talking about the Congressional move underway to tax the bonuses given by AIG:

"As a general proposition, you don't want to be passing laws that are just targeting a handful of individuals," Obama said. "You want to pass laws that have some broad applicability ... you certainly don't want to use the tax code to punish people."

Really, Mr. President? How about smokers? Is it OK to punish them with excessive taxes? You seemed to think so when you pushed through the most recent tax hike on cigarettes to fund your SCHP program. But now you don't want to use the tax code to punish folks who wrecked the economy and are passing out my tax dollars as bonuses to their employees? Gag me.

The tax code is used as a bludgeon all the time - both to punish and to reward. So stop feigning outrage, cut the bullshit, and admit that you're as much in the pocket of corporate interests as our last chief executive.

President Obama said in an interview aired Sunday that the hardest decision he's made since taking office was to send more troops to Afghanistan.

(link) [CNN.com]

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Economy causing people to give up their horses

I've heard similar reports from our local horse rescue, Wild Winds. Horses can be expensive, no doubt, but imagine the cost of running a rescue. Mike will get whatever extra hay we have this year, but he (and rescues nationwide, apparently) need all the help they can get.

The sound of pounding hooves thunders in the high desert air. A cloud of dust marks the trail of a herd of wild horses as they race across the arid plain. This is Lifesavers Wild Horse Rescue, a shelter for wild mustangs and unwanted horses near Lancaster, California.

(link) [CNN.com]

21:12 /Agriculture | 0 comments | permanent link