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ECONOMY:

Our economy didn't grow in the first half of 2011, but our debt grew tremendously. That's a bad trade-off.

GE moving jobs to China to escape the burden of government.

"It's the kind of news that makes you want to reach for something sharp and jab it in your eye. General Electric's Chief Executive, Jeffrey Immelt, is one of President Obama's advisers on… ready? U.S. job creation!"

I don't want to jab it in my eye.

Apple has more cash than the US government. This is meant to point out the stupidity of government, but I see it different. Apple investors should be quaking in their boots because as soon as some Congress-crook realizes this, Congress will steal this money.

TAX AND SPEND:

Ron Paul confirms what I've said all along: the fix is in. The leaders have already reached an agreement. All this debt ceiling baloney is a charade so each side can blame the other and claim credit. Fulfilling my prophesy, the Senate kills the latest plan passed by the House. It still cracks me up that for the last two years Obama and his powerful majorities in both chambers of Congress spent like - well, like nothing we've ever seen in the history of mankind - but Republicans are being blamed for resisting debt limit increases.

Obama is not addicted to deficit spending. If only it was that simple. Obama has a plan to collapse the American economy under the burden of government, and he's doing everything he can to make that happen. Fortunately, he can only do so much, and the American people do a fantastic job of overcoming the burden of government to keep our economy going. But Obama is making it tougher every day.

High taxes kill cities. Tell me about it.

GLOBAL WARMING AND ENERGY:

Obama can't let a day go by without battering the American people and our economy. Today he did it with higher fuel standard demands. These demands will force automakers to nearly double mileage which means it will kill big cars, SUVs and trucks. This is insane. It will make cars ridiculously expensive and dangerous.

WAR:

GAO reports slams Pentagon for terrible cyber-security. And the government wants to seize control over the entire internet ostensibly to secure it.

MEDIA:

I have to admit my guilty pleasure of laughing at the bias of media. I can't help it. Frankly, it's one of the great enjoyments I get in life. For example, here's the first paragraph of a USA Today article about the debt ceiling:

"In an unforgiving display of partisanship, the House passed emergency legislation Friday night to avoid an unprecedented government default and the Senate scuttled it less than two hours later."

Isn't it interesting how the House is engaging in an unforgiving display of partisanship but neither the Senate nor the president is? What a crock. Our press sucks almost as much as the government it partners with.

LOCAL:

The autopsy turned up no drugs or alcohol in system of young man who busted out of a police car and killed himself by jumping off of the Salem Street bridge.

MISC:

Hackers modify military drone and fly it to hack wi-fi networks and cell phones.

You know those unlimited bandwidth programs? They can't exist. They're impossible. For example, suppose AT&T's maximum bandwidth was XXX Goofybytes. Suppose you tried to download YYY Goofybytes where YYY > XXX. It's impossible for AT&T to meet your demand. So, like every other unlimited plan before, AT&T is throttling bandwidth beyond a certain metric. Bandwidth is a scare resource like another, and it will be allocated by price. Never fall for the hype. Buy a plan with limited bandwidth so you don't become a victim.