God sure is good! What a provider.
I found some more 'info' that I thought was pretty funny, at least to me...

You might be a liberal if …
You think that if someone is getting richer, someone,
somewhere, must be getting poorer.
You think that protestors outside nuclear power plants are
dedicated activists, but protestors outside abortion
clinics are dangerous zealots interfering with a legal
activity.
You believe that more federal regulations will make your
life better.
You believe that even though the top 20 percent of
taxpayers pay 80 percent of income taxes, that the rich
are not paying their “fair share.”
You think that Rush Limbaugh’s listeners are
mindless “dittoheads,” but you have never doubted anything
that you heard from Michael Moore.
You believe in global warming today just as firmly as you
believed in global cooling back in the 1970s.
You believe that the network news is a better indicator of
what “real” news is than talk radio, Internet news sites,
and blogs.
You believe that there was never, ever a problem with
biased news coverage until Fox News went on the air.
You believe that Mikhail Gorbachev deserves more credit
for losing the Cold War than Ronald Reagan deserves for
winning it.
Your parents gave you an acre of preserved rain forest for
your first birthday.
You cannot name a single NASCAR driver.
You mentally subtract 100 points from someone’s IQ if the
person speaks with a Southern accent.
You think that Dan Rather got a raw deal.
You panic if you discover that you’re out of chick peas.
You think that the phrase “separation of church and state”
is in the Constitution.
You pride yourself on your global awareness, global
sensitivity and global outlook, but can’t name your state
legislator or school board representative.
You are dedicated to helping the poor, the downtrodden and
the less fortunate, but you have never given blood.
You have not seen "The Passion of the Christ," and you
don’t know anyone who has seen it.
You believe that a woman should make it on her own,
without depending on her husband (except for Hillary
Clinton).
You believe that professional, working women should never
be judged on their appearance (except for Katherine
Harris).
You believe that rich people should not be allowed to
contribute so much money to candidates for office (except
for George Soros).
You believe that government should make a special effort
to hire members of traditionally oppressed groups, such as
African-Americans (except for Clarence Thomas, Colin
Powell and Condoleezza Rice).
You feel a deep sense of common cause with oppressed
groups, such as Hispanic immigrants (except for Cuban
Americans fleeing Castro).
You believe that a mother’s wishes for her child,
especially a mother’s last, dying wish for her child,
should outweigh the wishes of a father who had long before
deserted his family (unless the child is named Elian
Gonzalez).
You think people in south Florida, who can’t figure out
how to work a butterfly ballot, ought to have the final
say in choosing the president of the United States.
You have no problem with Hollywood movie starts flying
around in private jets to give speeches on the evils of
SUVs.
You think that raising taxes will reduce the budget
deficit.
You deplore prejudice and bigotry in all its forms, but
think that everyone in the “red states” is an idiot.
You are more concerned, more often, with the rights of
convicted felons than you are with the rights of small
business owners.
You uphold a woman’s right to choose, unless a woman
chooses adoption, chooses to be a stay-at-home mom,
chooses to homeschool, or chooses to start a business.
You are more concerned with Vice President Cheney’s links
to Halliburton than with Saddam Hussein’s links to
international terrorism.
You have used the phrase, “in Europe, the government pays
for health care and vacation,” without irony.
You are worried about how the French view Americans.
You believe that nativity scenes should be banned from
public view, but that anyone objecting to
pornography “only has to look the other way.”
And finally, you are almost certainly a liberal if you
refuse to admit that you’re a liberal, and accuse anyone
of calling you a liberal of McCarthyism.


ON another note, I have to say that I find it disturbing that the guy in charge of the IRS is an admitted tax evader. Doesn't seem to make much sense to me. I found the following article to be pretty interesting.

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Obama’s Wounded Treasury Man
by Lawrence Kudlow

Over a third of the Senate voted against Tim Geithner’s confirmation as Treasury secretary, though he did pass the test by 60 to 34 early Monday evening. That is the closest post-WWII margin for a Treasury secretary. According to Bloomberg, seven of the last 23 Treasury-secretary nominees -- under which actual Senate roll-call votes were taken -- were confirmed by an average vote margin of 95 to one. (The others were confirmed without an official vote count.)
Interestingly, three Democrats voted against: Tom Harkin of Iowa, Robert Byrd of West Virginia, and Russ Feingold of Wisconsin. Independent Bernie Sanders also voted no. Noteworthy on the Republican side, Susan Collins of Maine voted against Geithner, accusing him of "inexcusable negligence" in his non-payment of taxes ($43,000) during his IMF days.
Arlen Specter told reporters early on Monday that he would vote yes, but he changed his mind and voted no. Robert Byrd, by the way, captured the sentiments of John Kyl, Jim Bunning, and many others when he said: "Had [Geithner] not been nominated for Treasury secretary, it’s doubtful that he would have ever paid these taxes."
The surprising number of no votes suggests that both parties will keep Geithner on a short leash. And it was President Obama who ran over to the Treasury Department to swear Geithner in right after the Senate vote. This was unusual, but it’s clear the new president is trying to stop the bleeding of his new Treasury man. Instead of a hoped-for early confirmation to get the next stage of the financial-bailout package moving, Geithner wound up being one of the last cabinet officers confirmed.
But Geithner’s gaffes are not all tax related. He tripped up again last Friday when it was discovered that he attacked China in written responses to Senate Finance Committee questions. This caused quite a stir on Wall Street, as gold soared and the dollar fell. Mr. Geithner will be the biggest bond salesman in American history as he attempts to successfully finance what will be trillions of dollars in new debt obligations. That’s why it’s hard to understand how he would poke a stick in the eyes of his biggest banker, namely China, by labeling them a "currency manipulator."
Currency manipulator is an actionable phrase that could trigger a 27 percent tariff on Chinese imports, according to the highly protectionist resolution sponsored by Republican Lindsey Graham and Democrat Charles Schumer. Henry Paulson took great care to avoid that phrase during his tenure.
The yuan appreciated close to 20 percent in recent years, before falling as China moved to help its sagging economy by stopping its deflationary currency policy. And during Obama’s presidential campaign there were numerous protectionist overtones aimed at halting trade deals with Colombia, Panama, and South Korea, and at rewriting NAFTA. But the China card is a new one.
During the Clinton years, Treasury man Robert Rubin and economic advisor Larry Summers, under whom Geithner served, maintained a strong and stable dollar policy. So with all these government bonds to sell, you would think Mr. Geithner would also want a stable currency to help his funding efforts. But his attack against China undermines the stable-dollar idea, and could force Treasury rates much higher during his term.
Since Geithner is something of a wounded warrior from the tax non-payment controversy, Team Obama’s economic policy is shifting toward a Larry Summers power-center right now. So it is equally important to note Summers’s clear statements on Meet the Press on Sunday, when he called for repeal of the Bush tax cuts on investors and successful high-end economic activists.
However, investor capital is on strike against stocks, real estate, and distressed toxic assets. So it’s puzzling that Summers told NBC’s David Gregory that the Bush tax cuts must be repealed. He left open the date. But he left no uncertainty about the intent.
Of course, this could have a significant deterrent effect on investor decisions. It certainly connects the dots between Obama policy and the rantings of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who has similarly called for repeal of the Bush tax cuts. One would think, in today’s deflationary investor environment, that pro-growth economic policies would seek to reward investors, not punish them.
If Summers and Geithner propose a new government "bad bank" to purchase toxic assets, then somebody in the private sector is going to have to buy them at resale. This is why some economists have proposed a multi-year capital-gains tax holiday, including a significant increase in capital-loss write-offs against future tax liabilities. Or at a minimum, the new administration could spur interest in distressed assets by extending the Bush tax cuts, not repealing them.
But even before Mr. Geithner settles into his new job, prosperity-killing threats from investor tax hikes, protectionism, and a weak dollar could throw a wet blanket over economic recovery.

And then of course there's that brilliant idea of closing gitmo. I believe the following article speaks for itself...maybe we should just open the gate and let Cuba deal with them, or better yet, I'm sure there are a few extra rooms available on Pennsylvania Ave...


Bomber's Martyrdom Tape Renews Fears Over Consequences of Closing Gitmo
Tuesday, January 27, 2009

As President Obama pushes for the closure of Guantanamo Bay prison, the debate over where to house the terror detainees being held there is heating up.
An exclusive video of a former Gitmo detainee's martyrdom tape, obtained by FOX News, is a reminder of the concerns that terror suspects — who have been held but released from Guantanamo Bay — are increasingly returning to the fight against the United States and its allies.
Abdallah Ali al-Ajmi was transferred back to his home country of Kuwait after his release from Guantanamo in 2005. Last April he blew himself up in a homicide attack that killed 12 people in Mosul, Iraq.
Al-Ajmi, known in Guantanamo as Detainee 220, made his martyrdom tape before the attack.
"In the name of Allah, most compassionate, most merciful and prayers and peace be upon our Prophet," al-Ajmi says in the video. "I thank Allah, Lord of the Worlds, who freed me from Guantanamo prison and, after we were tortured, connected me with the Islamic State of Iraq [ISI]. And it is the gift of Allah to follow the path of this nation, the ISI."
In the video, translated by the NEFA Foundation, a non-profit that tracks terror groups, al-Ajmi mentions Guantanamo Bay right away. For many jihadists, having served time at Guantanamo is seen as a badge of honor.
Al-Ajmi's attack is one of the most well known and well documented cases of an ex-Gitmo detainee returning to the battlefield as a homicide bomber. His video renews concerns of many in the intelligence community of the potential consequences by releasing these prisoners.
Sixty-two detainees released from the U.S. Navy base prison in Cuba are believed to have rejoined the fight, said Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell, citing data from December. That's up from 37 as of March 2008, Morrell said.
The new figures come as President-elect Barack Obama issued an executive order last week to close the controversial prison. It's unlikely, however, that the Guantanamo detention facility will be closed anytime soon as Obama weighs what to do with the estimated 250 Al Qaeda, Taliban or other foreign fighter suspects still there.
FOX News' Catherine Herridge and the Associated Press contributed to this report.

Check out this link. My daughter is on a robotics team and they were featured on the web site of a local news paper!
http://videos.nctimes.com/p/video?id=2960177

Well, I'm done for now...maybe more in a little while.