Daily Archives: February 16, 2009

Feb 16 2009

States look to booze for shots to economy ( Drink Up And Save The Country)

Utah is the only state that requires people to fill out an application and pay a fee before entering a bar.
But the shelf life of this law — enacted 40 years ago in a state where nearly two out of three residents are members of a religion that shuns drinking — appears to be dwindling.

In Utah, and across the country, governors and lawmakers faced with budget deficits are advocating loosening laws that restrict alcohol consumption in the hopes of boosting tax revenues. Read More

Barack Obama will drive anyone to start drinking alcohol. Maybe we should start back making “moon shine” which would be tax free. That is one big pile of (see link below) pork-rinds.

LINKS:

(1) 1,500 bags of pork rinds for Schmucky By Michelle Malkin
Guess what? Conway’s call produced a mountain — an estimated 1,500 pork rind bags that will be packed up and delivered to the Schmuckster’s office.

Feb 16 2009

Federal Credit Unions Angry Over Surprise ‘Bailout Tax’

Federal credit unions, including those serving millions of military patrons, are fighting to keep off their books nearly $5 billion in charges that regulators have assessed to bail out their largest “corporate” credit union. Read More

Anything to say about this?

Feb 16 2009

Afghan President Hamid Karzai says he expected “better judgment” from the Obama administration.

In the latest show of strain between the allies in a seven-year war against Islamist militants, Karzai told CNN President Barack Obama’s description of the Kabul government as “very detached” from its people reflected the new U.S. government’s immaturity. Read More

It was said that Obama didn’t have the experience and its showing up now.