Glenn Beck rejected

Posted by richardhead83 on January 4, 2013

Who knew Current TV had so many suitors? Before Al-Jazeera snapped up Al Gore’s little-watched cable network, Glenn Beck tried to buy it, but, as Beck himself tweeted, “we were rejected by progressive owners.” The conservative media personality’s TheBlaze approached Current last year but was told that “the legacy of who the network goes to is important to us and we are sensitive to networks not aligned with our point of view,” according to a source familiar with the negotiations. Current’s new pan-Arab owner may not align with everyone’s point of view, either: Time Warner Cable yanked Current from its lineup within hours of the sale, right in the middle of Eliot Spitzer’s nightly show. [Source]

Taxes to go up on working people – shocking

Posted by woodylong79 on January 3, 2013

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President Barack Obama wasn’t lying when he said he’d raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans if reelected — but it won’t be just the top wage-earners who will be handing over more to Uncle Sam in 2013.

Under a last minute Capitol Hill agreement expected to avert the much-feared ‘fiscal cliff’ disaster that has dominated politics in recent weeks, working Americans across the board will see a little extra of their income collected in the form of a federal tax starting immediately. No matter what your annual salary may be, US workers will have to part with an additional 2 percent of their paycheck in order to cover the cost of Social Security.

While Congress did act in a matter that will keep income taxes from rising on middle-America, in doing so they allowed a temporary reduction in the Social Security payroll tax that was enacted under President George W. Bush to expire. Extensions on that tax break have allowed Americans to hold onto more of their income during the last several years in lieu of sending it to cover the cost of the Social Security welfare program, financed by a 12.4 percent tax on wages up to $113,700. During 2011 and 2012, Bush-era tax cuts kept the share of US workers’ at only 4.2 percent, with employers responsible for the rest. That reduction expired on Wednesday, however, and with no action taken by Congress it will increase to its old standard.

Starting immediately, US workers will lose 6.2 percent of their paychecks in order to fund Social Security. The Associated Press says this will cost a typical American family earning $50,000 annually around $1,000 in 2013.

The Tax Police Center, a nonpartisan think-tank based in DC, expects that the return to the 6.2 percent standard will see an extra $100 billion added to the economy in the new year. According to the AP, that won’t mean too much to lower- and middle-class America, but will impact the paychecks of top wage earners but quite a bit: households earning over $1 million annually will see their taxes increase by around $170,000 because of the expiration.

“If you’re rich, you’re almost certain to get a big tax increase,” Roberton Williams of the Tax Policy Center explains to the AP.

More people who hate our site

Posted by woodylong79 on April 14, 2012

UofL fans hate us. I’m a UofL fan and I’m shocked at the hate mail we get from UofL fans. Then again, Bourbon makes a lot of fun at UofL fans on this site.

Feminists really hate us. Don’t like our site, then don’t read it. Go make me a sandwhich, bitch.

Gay people get mad at us. Why? We have no issue with you. We love lesbians. I mean, really, really love lesbians!

Left-wing and liberals hate us. Not sure why. We are far from right-wing. Besides the fact we love guns, sports and degrade women, we’re pretty liberal.

Kentucky to expand Gambling – Yet Strippers can’t be nude

Posted by richardhead83 on February 15, 2012

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(AP) FRANKFORT, Ky. — Gov. Steve Beshear presented a plan Tuesday to amend Kentucky’s Constitution to allow up to seven casinos to open in the state, most of them at horse tracks.The proposal generated instant opposition in the Bible-belt state where betting on horse races is a long-held tradition but where casinos have been unwelcome.

For years, proposals to expand gambling opportunities have been debated in Kentucky, but have never been able to get through the House and Senate.

“We believe that we have fashioned something that could and should and hopefully will pass both chambers,” the Democratic governor said Tuesday.

Republican Sen. Damon Thayer of Georgetown will sponsor legislation that would begin the process of amending the Constitution. If approved by lawmakers, the proposal would be placed on the ballot in November to be ratified or rejected by voters.

“The issue of expanded gambling, after nearly two decades of debate, has reached a tipping point,” Beshear said. “Recently, the people of this state were polled by two separate organizations, including the state Republican Party. Both surveys found that more than 80 percent of the people of this state, regardless of whether they support expanded gambling or are against it, want the right to vote on it. The question is simple: Do we as leaders listen to our people or do we ignore them?”

Despite the long history of wagering on horses, Kentucky’s constitution frowns on casino-style gambling. And many Kentucky lawmakers have been reluctant to vote to change it, knowing they may face un-approving constituents in upcoming legislative elections.

To get through the General Assembly, the proposal has to be approved by a supermajority of lawmakers. That means 23 of the state’s 38 senators and 60 of the 100 representatives must vote in favor.

Beshear said Kentuckians now are wagering hundreds of millions of dollars in casinos in neighboring states.

And strippers can’t be nude? Instead, let people lose their life-savings?

Is Skylar really hurting anybody? She’s not asking you to blow your life-savings. She’s in law school working on that Masters. Here’s my two cents – Put the gambling in the strip clubs and bring back full nudity. This is America!