Truth Hurts

It’s always amazed me how brazenly liberals lie and change their stories, especially in this day and age where practically everything is recorded. Of course, they have the aid of their accomplices in the mainstream media, who assist in the lies by refusing to point out the inconsistencies. However, with the broadening of access to different kinds of media via the web, those cover-ups are no longer as airtight as they used to be.

Over the past few days, Bill Clinton & his allegedly anti-war Fellow Travelers have had their own anti Saddam Hussein quotes thrown back in their faces.

Many members of the Clinton organized crime gang are currently running for their own seats of power. Clinton’s little munchkin, Marxist Labor Secretary, Robert Reich, is seeking the office of Governor of Massachusetts. In an example of convoluted logic, he is actually categorizing the use of his own quotes by his opponents as dirty tricks. There is even a website devoted to the flip-flops Mr. Reich has done in the past few years, ActuallyBob.com. In standard liberal fashion of suppressing opposing opinions, Reich is trying to have it taken down. The ironic thing is that the opposing opinions he is trying to stifle are or were his own.

KMK

Using Tax Dollars To Fight Tax Cuts

As was expected, the taxpayer supported bureaucrats have gone on the warpath to try to derail the efforts to remove sales tax from human food and medicines here in Arkansas. As they did with previous efforts to remove property taxes, they are hiring expensive law firms to try to get the initiative tossed off the ballot and prevent the voters from having any say in tax matters.

It has always been a cruel irony that government workers see no problem with using tax dollars to wage an outright battle against taxpayers themselves. It is definitely a David vs Goliath battle, with Goliath having full access to the money and resources of the government.

As they did in their previous fights against tax reductions, the next step will be to brainwash the kiddies in their classrooms. They will be taught that tax cuts and anyone who supports them are evil and that, if taxes are ever reduced, the kids will be sold into slavery and fed nothing but gruel. It may sound ridiculous, but that is what happened when property taxes were under attack.

KMK

Real Beverly Hillbillies

CBS has already received a lot of publicity over its plan to transplant a real hillbilly family from the sticks to posh digs in Beverly Hills. I must admit to being a little interested in this since we live in the Ozark Mountains among real life hillbillies, the fictional Clampett family was from near here, and the real life DogPatch is just a few miles away.

The response to the new show has already run the gamut, from Rod Dreher, who thinks it is racial exploitation of poor white folks, to Dave Shiflett, who reminds us that we have already had a real life version of a low-life white trash family transplanted from Arkansas to the lap of luxury. It’s just like this coffee cup Sherry bought me back in 1993, with a picture of Bill & Hitlary as the Capitol Hillbillies.

KMK

No Sense Of Humor?

I have seen tons of other parodies of eBay around the ‘net that haven’t met with lawsuits from eBay. Why then are the folks at eBay threatening legal action against the parody I linked to earlier, spoofing Gray Doofus’ selling of PRC legislation?

Haven’t they heard that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery; or are they covering their rear ends to avoid the wrath of Doofus and his supporters? Either way, the eBay threats are generating a lot of additional exposure for eGray. I don’t know if this site is related to the Bill Simon campaign; but I hope it’s helping him. He sure needs all the help he can get.

KMK

NOTA

In most elections, it’s a matter of holding your nose and voting for the lesser evil. I have long been a fan of the concept of including NOTA (None Of The Above) on every ballot. They actually have such a choice in Nevada. [No income tax, NOTA. Nevada is looking more attractive all the time.] In Tuesday’s Nevada Democratic gubernatorial primary, NOTA actually came in second.

The only problem with Nevada’s ballot rules is that it’s more symbolic than anything. If NOTA comes in first in a race, the seat goes to the next human in line. I have always thought that if NOTA were to receive the most votes, nobody should serve in that office until the next election. There are far too many people trying to run our lives. The world wouldn’t stop turning if there were one less in power. In fact, when people start to realize how little things have changed with NOTA in office, the trend could snowball.

KMK

IRS Prosecuting Tax Protestors

It’s a good sign to finally hear that IRS is at last cracking down on some of those who flagrantly violate the tax laws and brag publicly about it, such as employers who refuse to withhold taxes from their workers’ paychecks. However, IRS is still not nearly as aggressive as they need to be to stop the spread of this bogus information.

While I don’t intend to pick on the feeble minded, this is just too good to avoid. For example, there is one person in Atlanta, Doug Kenline, who has set up his own blog to describe his resistance to the entire income tax system and refusal to file income tax returns. I admit that I have been following his adventures after he called me some nasty names a few months ago for not endorsing his idiotic tax protestor schemes. He has described himself as pea-brained; and I have to agree with that assessment. He has actually posted copies of IRS letters that show all of his identifying information, including his Social Security number. I guess he hasn’t heard of identity theft.

As it is with most criminals, I always wonder why they spend so much time, money & energy pursuing illegal goals, when they could probably do just as well if they were to channel that into legal activities. Doug has actually done a nice job laying out his blog, with links to several others in the tax protestor movement. They now refer to themselves as the Tax Honesty movement because of the negative connotations of Tax Protestor. It’s like the casino industry adopting the term Gaming instead of the more accurate Gambling to describe themselves.

My gripe has long been with the IRS reaction to these tax protestor idiots. By ignoring them and allowing them to publish their bogus information unchallenged, it gives the public the impression that they are right. Most people interpret silence to equal agreement. I am as big a supporter of freedom of speech as you will find. However, that freedom doesn’t include an unfettered right to tell lies and encourage the willful violation of laws. I have passed these sentiments on to the IRS on several occasions and they haven’t been interested in pursing the matter. As everyone should know, I am not a friend of the IRS. However, they have a duty to defend the tax law from people who are recruiting others to violate it.

KMK

Motivation

I’ve always been a big believer in the power of money to motivate behavior. I’m going to assume that it is merely a coincidence with this case in Miami, where, 15 years ago, an 85 year old man promised his doctor a free trip to Europe if he helped him reach 100. The man did make it to 100, and the doctor is going to take the trip.

I hope this doesn’t start some kind of bidding war for doctors’ services, such as “How much is it worth to live long enough to see your grandkids graduate from college?”

KMK

PRC Smoke & Mirrors

Nothing new here. According to the San Jose Mercury and the Sacramento Bee, the rulers of the PRC are using accounting tricks that make Enron and WorldCom look absolutley honest by comparison. The recently passed budget is a complete pack of lies. Sweeping bills and expenses under the rug just means they will pop out to bite the taxpayers next year, after Gray Doofus has been re-elected. I’m so glad we no longer live on the Left Coast.

KMK