BOB BRINKER? 

Sorry ... but I've never heard of him.  We did get this email last night about Bob Brinker though .. so I thought that I would print the email and respond.

First ... here's the text of the email:

     Bob Brinker, a widely listened to financial advisor and talk show host, knocked the Fair Tax big time on his show today.  He seemed to think that the tax rate would be 30% and that no one would be willing to give up their home mortgage deduction.  I don't think it would do too much good for me to e-mail him and protest since he reamed the Fair Tax advocating caller a new one and then cut him off.  Perhaps you could straighten him out talk show host to talk show host.  Other than the Fair Tax his financial advise has been outstanding.       

Now .. my response.  Be forewarned, I'm getting a little weary of responding to people who bring up this 30 percent argument and the home mortgage interest deduction. 

First .. the idiotic 30 percent argument.  The FairTax replaces the income tax.  The income tax is quoted as an inclusive tax, so is the FairTax.  If some critics out there want to quote the FairTax as excusive, then at least have the intellectual honesty to quote the income tax the same way. 

Now .. the home mortgage interest deduction.  If Bob Brinker is such an amazing financial guru, maybe he could explain to all of us just what possible value a deduction for interest paid on your home mortgage has to a person who pays no income taxes.  When Brinker answer's that question we might take some of his other criticisms somewhat seriously.  For now, he's a clown.

HILLARY'S HEALTHCARE RECORDS

There are hundreds of pages worth of memos and correspondence that involve Hillary's healthcare plan in the early 1990s.  But you will probably never get to see any of this correspondence, because federal government archivists have deemed the material "confidential."  It is being withheld under federal law allowing the restriction of "private communications between presidential advisors."

Let's take a look at some of the memos:  "Positioning ourselves on healthcare."  Not available.   This is confidential advice.  How about, "General targeting strategy."  Also not available. 

So guess who the Clintons are blaming for all of this mysteriously unavailable material?  The Government!  A spokesman for the Clinton campaign says that there is nothing Bill or Hillary can do to change how quickly the National Archives and Records Administration releases documents.  In other words, government can't get the job done and there is nothing we can do about it.  Ironic, huh?

Federal archivists (more accurately known as bureaucrats) "move at their own pace" on deciding what should be withheld.  In fact there are only six archivists that have been assigned the task of going through 78 million pages of records and 20 million e-mails from the Clinton presidency.  So far only 1% of the information has been released.

Bill Clinton even sent them a letter in 2002, giving them permission to open up material.  But wait a minute ... that came with a list of some exceptions.  Those would be any material that contains "negative" or "derogatory" information.  Any information centered on "sensitive policy, personal or political matters."  Or information involving communications directly between Bill and Hillary.

Bottom line ... Bill and Hillary will do everything they can to make sure all documentation related to her failed attempt at nationalized medicine in 1993 remains hidden from the voting public. 

One thing every single voter should always remember about Hillary's previous attempt at nationalized medicine.  If you wanted to take your own money and find your own private doctor and pay for your own health care ... it would have been a crime.  That is what Hillary calls "freedom."

OBAMA AND THE 'FORTUNATE'         

Barack Obama is also singing the tunes of many of his fellow MoveOn Democrats.  It seems that to be a presidential candidate for 2008, you must support increased social security cap so that the evil rich pay their "fair share."

Obama says, "I think the best way to approach this is to adjust the cap on the payroll tax so that people like myself are paying a little bit more and people who are in need are protected."  It's just a little bit more!  And look at all the people we need to protect!

But it gets better.  In reference to his buddy, Warren "tax me more" Buffet, Obama says, "I think a lot of us who have been fortunate are willing to pay a little bit more to make sure that a senior citizen who is struggling to deal with rising property taxes or rising heating bills, that they've got the coverage that they need." 

Those of you who have listened to me for any time at all will know that Obama just yanked one of my chains.   Here he is promoting the leftist idea that anyone who succeeds in this country did so not because of hard work, but because they were "fortunate."  They were lucky.   It's not about sacrifice.  It's not about work ethic.  It's not about dedication.  It's not about making smart choices.  It's all about being lucky. 

There's a reason for this language.  If Democrats can convince you that the high achievers in our economy were merely "lucky," then it is so much easier to argue the cause of income redistribution.  After all, they're just evening out the odds.

ISLAMIC CAR

In Malaysia, carmaker Proton has announced its latest way to pander to the peaceful religion of Islam:  an "Islamic car" for Muslim motorists.

The car will have special features like a compass pointing to Mecca and a space that is dedicated solely to keeping a copy of the Quran.  Oh and a headscarf.  Can't let those pesky women be seen without one!

There will also be a special compartment for storing explosives, and the seatbelt will double as a suicide belt.  Just detach from the car, and you're on your way to paradise! 

Proton says that safety features and fuel economy will be one way to appeal to customers, but its design specifically for Muslims will target a huge market.

STELLAR GOVERNMENT BUREAUCRATS

And the winners of the Stellar Government Bureaucrats award goes to Harriette Walters and Diane Gustus for managing to steal $16 million of your tax dollars!  The two employees of the D.C. Office of Tax and Revenue are accused of preparing or approving more than 42 fraudulent property-tax refund checks averaging more than $388,000 each.

Gotta love it.

THE SUPREMES AND THE SECOND AMENDMENT          

It's looking like the Supreme Court is going to take the case of the DC gun ban.  For 70 years the court has had little to say about the Second Amendment, but when an appeals court overturned DC's gun ban, the stage was set.  The issue will be whether the Second Amendment actually does protect an individual's right to own a gun.  Opponents of private gun ownership have been trying to sell this idea that the Second Amendment actually protects state's rights, not the rights of individuals.

It's interesting to note that most of the people who push this idea that the Second Amendment protects the state's right to form a militia are people who are steadfastly opposed to the concept of state's rights ... except in this one instance.

If the Supreme Court sides with the left on this argument then it will have ruled that nine out of ten of the amendments contained in the Bill of Rights were written to protect the rights of individuals, while one, the second, was written to protect the rights of government.  That's a hard argument to swallow. 

READING ASSIGNMENTS:

The head of the Muslim Council of Britain warns that the UK must be careful how it handles terrorism and Islamic culture if it wants to avoid recreating a society similar to Nazi Germany.  Yeah ... we want to blow you up, and if you try to keep us from killing you then you're just like the Nazis. 

Well someone had to do it.  Spanish King Juan Carlos told Hugo Chavez to "shut up" during a summit of leaders from Latin America, Spain and Portugal.

Musharaff still won't set a date to end emergency rule in his country of Pakistan.

A former journalist in Pakistan was arrested in Pakistan for distributing a new version of the Koran, which is "clean."  Demonstrators are demanding the death penalty for his heinous insult to the Muslim Holy book.

There's a new way to measure radio audiences.  It's called the People Meter.  There's a problem though.  When the People Meter is used it shows lower numbers of listeners for black and Hispanic radio stations.  Not good.  So ... how long before someone calls the People Meter a racist tool? 

CAIR, our favorite Council on American-Islamic Relations, is now attacking Michael Savage because of his "anti-Muslim bigotry."  Time to rally behind Savage.  Remember ... CAIR is a front for Islamic terrorism in the U.S. 

Teachers in an LA school district, the second largest government school district in the country, have been told to return $53 million after they were over paid due to a faulty payroll system.  The creators of the payroll system were undoubtedly educated in government schools.

Well-known global warming critic Vaclav Havel, president of the Czech Republic, criticized Germany's Angela Merkel for her efforts to fight "climate change."

The new secretary general of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, visited Antarctica to see the "firsthand impact of climate change."  He is the first secretary general to visit Antarctica.  Perhaps he could scout out a location for the new U.N. headquarters while he's down there. 

Are government schools sending too many children to court for simple disciplinary matters?  Thank you zero-tolerance policies.

John McCain's mother says that scandals at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City happened because of the Mormons.

You know those fancy vanity license plates?  Guess which state ranks dead last in buying vanity plates for its cars.

What are Muslim countries Googling on the Internet?  You'd be surprised to find out ... or maybe not.

And now, what the TV show "24" would have been like if it were aired in 1994 ... This is funny stuff ... enjoy.

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