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~ Emmerich analyzes disposable income and economic benefits among several key income classes and comes to the stunning (and verifiable) conclusion that "a one-parent family of three making $14,500 a year (minimum wage) has more disposable income than a family making $60,000 a year." And that excludes benefits from Supplemental Security Income disability checks. America is now a country which punishes those middle-class people who not only try to work hard, but avoid scamming the system. Not surprisingly, it is not only the richest and most audacious thieves that prosper - it is also the penny scammers at the very...

A New York blogger who posted photos of teenagers wreaking havoc on Halloween by pelting people and vehicles with eggs, potatoes and rocks is being criticized for exposing their deeds. Not surprisingly, the only ones who are criticizing him are the parents of those derelict teens who deserve to be arrested.

IPOMO, California, October 4, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Members of the Survivors' Campus Life Team were detained for holding graphic images and advocating the pro-life message on public sidewalks in front of Nipomo High School on Monday, September 27, 2010. The activists were offering literature to students as they left the school when they were approached by campus administrators and guards shortly after school dismissal and instructed to leave the area or face arrest. According to the Survivers, Principal Johnson and San Luis Obispo County Sheriff Deputy Holzier claimed, first, that the Survivors were on school property, then that they were...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLb-NY4p1q0

Nice warm vid showing how Rand Paul helped open an eye clinic after Medicaid starting cutting payments to people.

It is known by some, but not all, that businesses pay fees in order to accept credit cards as a form of payment. In fact, over 7 million merchants in the U.S. accept credit cards. During 2006 they collectively paid over 30 billion in credit card acceptance fees. Despite the size of the industry, it’s a mystery to most who is pocketing all this money and how prices are determined and reported. I had a CPA tell me the other day, “I’m a smart guy. I understand numbers, pricing and reconciliation, but for whatever reason I just cannot get my...

SOUTH BEND, Indiana, August 3, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) -- After hours of heated debate before a standing-room only crowd of about 200 people, the South Bend Common Council voted 5-4 late on July 26 to table a proposed ordinance that could have forced employers to hire homosexuals. Advocates of the bill said that it simply extended existing laws against discrimination to include sexual orientation and gender identity. Former Governor Joe Kernan, a former mayor of South Bend, said that the failure to adopt "gay rights" would hurt the city's image and send the message that South Bend is intolerant. But Citizens...

Motorola's eagerly anticipated Droid X smartphone is expected to hit the hot summer streets in just a few hours. But don't plan on hacking, rooting or modding the Android-powered device anytime soon. 
In addition to locking down the smartphone with an encrypted bootloader, Motorola has instructed its obedient Droid to brick itself if the kernel, bootloader or ROM becomes noticeably compromised.