Perriello: From Pelosi's LapDog to Reid's LapDog?.....

There are now reports that unseated Representative Tom Perriello (D) will run for the Virginia Federal Senate seat being vacated by Senator Jim Webb (D) who doesn't want to play anymore... Perriello said he might run if the "Eyebrow" Tim Kaine does not choose to jump into the lap of Senate leader Harry Reid (D).....

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Perriello was elected by the people in the 5th district of Virginia when Obama was swept in by a bunch of people looking for "Change"... Now that those people have seen the change being brought forward Perriello was removed from office by the same people who saw that Perriello was NOT representing them but doing as told by the LapDog owner...

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Tom, you really think the people of Virginia wants the same in the Senate?.....

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AFP ~Americans for Prosperity~ calls Senator Webb on his "Flip" or is it a "Flop"?...

AFP-Virginia Statement on Senator Webb's Empty EPA Promise

Ben Marchi, State Director of Americans for Prosperity, today released the following statement regarding Senator Jim Webb's duplicity on the issue of over-reaching EPA global warming regulations:

"Outside the capitol on Wednesday, Senator Jim Webb promised a rally of coal miners from Virginia and beyond that Congress is "not going to let the EPA regulate coal out of business".

However, inside the halls of the Senate as recently as June 10, Webb was singing a different song. He voted against S.J. Res 26, which would have stopped the EPA's global warming regulatory onslaught. The resolution got 47 votes, 4 short of the 51 needed for passage. Webb not only voted no, but he also gave cover to other coal state Democrats to let the EPA power grab continue.

I find it outrageous that Senator Webb would promise hardworking Virginians that he would vote to prevent a power grab by the EPA when he voted just months ago, and in lock-step with the Obama/Pelosi/Reid machine, to allow them near-absolute regulatory power."

Webb is also being called out by the otherside and the enviromaniacs at Common Dreams.org

And why is Sen. Jim Webb appearing with such an extremist crowd? He wrote in his bestselling book, Born Fighting: How the Scots-Irish Shaped America:

"The ever hungry industrialists had discovered that West Virginia, eastern Kentucky and southwest Virginia sat atop one huge vein of coal. And so the rape began. The people from the outside showed up with complicated contracts that the small-scale cattle raisers and tobacco farmers could not fully understand, asking for "rights" to mineral deposits they could not see, and soon they were treated to a sundering of their own earth as the mining companies ripped apart their way of life, so that after a time the only option was to go down into the hole and bring the Man his coal, or starve. The Man got his coal, and the profits it brought when he shipped it out. They got their wages, black lung, and the desecration of their land".

Both Senator Webb and Senator Warner are even getting flack over at Blue Virginia for their appearance at the rally by the coal miners...

Look, I know you've gotta do stuff in politics, and I know that the country's gone teabagger crazy and all, but Warner's (and Webb's) appearance and speech at this rally today were extremely difficult to swallow. I mean, just because a portion of the country's going stark raving mad, does that mean we can't have Democrats who stand up for what's right, who speak the truth, who don't use right-wingnut framing and talking points, who don't sell out to corporate polluters, and who fight back against the insanity? Ugh, so frustrating. And they wonder why there's an "enthusiasm gap?!?"

But let us not forget the stated "game plan" by the leader of the Warner~Webb Democratic Party, our President, Barack Obama...

It seems Senator Webb has gotten himself in the middle of many battlefronts and it is good to see AFP ~Americans for Prosperity~ call him on his conflicts such as his past voting history against the coal miners he claims to support...

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Virginia Senators Jim Webb (D) and Mark Warner (D)

Senator Webb (D) and Senator Warner(D)

• President Obama's Department of Justice dropped the case against a member of the Black Panthers who was standing outside election polling locations in Philadelphia while holding a nightstick and intimidating potential voters...
• This same Black Panthers member is now a leader in the organization and has recently been recorded with the following video where he is calling for the killing of "Crackers" and their "Cracker babies
  

• Will you, as the United States Senators from the state of Virginia, call for a investigation regarding the Obama Department of Justice actions in dismissing the obvious case of voter intimidation against this guy?...

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Jim Webb: You had your opportunity to listen to your constituents and ignored them... Now you come out?...

Virginia Senator Jim Webb was quick to come out with the following statement after Scott Brown took Massachusetts by storm....

"I believe it would only be fair and prudent that we suspend further votes on health care legislation until Senator-elect Brown is seated."

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Both Virginia Senators Webb and Warner received many emails, phone calls, and trips to their district offices by many Virginia citizens telling them that they do not want the many liberal programs being railroaded through Congress by the Democratic Party and President Obama...

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Senator Webb had the opportunity to vote against the Healthcare bill and chose to support and advance it...

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Why should we listen to you now Senator Webb?...

Senator Jim Webb (D) of Virginia ~You still have time to do what is right for the citizens of Virginia and the United States....

WEBB: "Obama wont take your guns"...

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Back during the last Presidential campaign I recall hearing several radio messages from my Virginia Senator Jim Webb (D) telling me that Obama supports my gun rights and would not take them away from me…

Recently Virginia citizens with valid Concealed weapons permits have been allowed to carry their acceptable weapons in National Parks within Virginia as long as it was concealed and properly maintained. I am a avid hiker of the trails in Virginia and also a CWP holder and appreciated the ability to be able to defend myself while on the trail if needed. In my years of hiking the trails within Shenandoah National Park and the Blue Ridge Parkway I have had many enjoyable hikes. Unfortunately I have also run into people on the trails who make it a habit to stay at the shelters on the trail during the weekends who tend to drink and become “Rowdy”…

Recently there was an individual who was convicted in killing two hikers many years ago and served time in prison for the crime. He was then released and in a very short time later he shot two other individuals on the trail very near the location he committed the murders of two hikers…

A federal judge has now blocked the ruling permitting law abiding Virginia citizens with proper concealed weapons permits from defending themselves while in the parks. Washington Post reports: “A federal judge yesterday blocked a last-minute rule enacted by President George W. Bush allowing visitors to national parks to carry concealed weapons.”

“She noted that the government justified its decision to forgo an environmental analysis on the grounds that the rule does not "authorize" environmental impacts. Calling this a "tautology," she wrote that officials "abdicated their Congressionally-mandated obligation" to evaluate environmental impacts and "ignored (without sufficient explanation) substantial information in the administrative record concerning environmental impacts" of the rule.”

“Bryan Faehner, associate director for park uses at the National Parks Conservation Association, said his group is "extremely pleased" with both the court decision and the fact that Interior is now conducting an internal review of the rule's environmental impact. "This decision by the courts reaffirms our concerns, and the concerns of park rangers across the country, that this new regulation . . . has serious impacts on the parks and increases the risk of opportunistic poaching of wildlife in the parks, and increases the risk to park visitors”…

Environmental impacts?… What environmental impact are they looking for? I can understand Park Rangers being worried about people carrying loaded weapons in the parks but here is the little secret that many Gun Control advocates ignore…
CRIMINALS DISREGARD GUN LAWS AND ARE SUCH THE ONLY ARMED INDIVIDUALS IN GUN FREE ZONES!!! Refer to the Virginia Tech incident and see what happened there…

Senator Webb… Any comment?…

Military losses, 1980 through 2006... Facts you don't always hear of...

This was sent to me by a friend and it is a report published by Congressional Research Service showing actual data that shows "The annual fatalities of military members while actively serving in the armed forces from 1980 through 2006:"

Note the information on demographics and think back on several media and Democratic Party members who claimed that it is a vast majority of minorities who are serving and dying in the present war on terrorism...

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These are some rather eye-opening facts.Since the start of the war on terror in Iraq and Afghanistan, the sacrifice has been enormous. In the time period from the invasion of Iraq in March 2003 through today, we have lost over 3,000 military personnel to enemy action and accidents. As tragic as the loss of any member of the US Armed Forces is, consider the following statistics: The annual fatalities of military members while actively serving in the armed forces from 1980 through 2006:

1980 .......... 2,392 (Carter Year)
1981 .......... 2,380 (Reagan Year)
1984 .......... 1,999 (Reagan Year)
1988 .......... 1,819 (Reagan Year)
1989 .......... 1,636 (George HW Year)
1990 ......... 1,508 (George HW Year)
1991 .......... 1,787 (George HW Year)
1992 .......... 1,293 (George HW Year)
1993 .......... 1,213 (Clinton Year)
1994 .......... 1,075 (Clinton Year)
1995 .......... 2,465 (Clinton Year)
1996 .......... 2,318 (Clinton Year) Clinton years (1993-2000): 14,000 deaths
1997 ............. 817 (Clinton Year)
1998 .......... 2,252 (Clinton Year)
1999 .......... 1,984 (Clinton Year)
2000 .......... 1,983 (Clinton Year)
2001 ............ 890 (George W Year)
2002 .......... 1,007 (George W Year)
2003 .......... 1,410 (George W Year)
2004 .......... 1,887 (George W Year) George W years (2001-2006): 7,033 deaths
2005 ............. 919 (George W Year)
2006.............. 920 (George W Year)

If you are confused when you look at these figures, so was I.Do these figures mean that the loss from the two latest conflicts in the Middle East are LESS than the loss of military personnel during Mr. Clinton's presidency; when America wasn't even involved in a war? And, I was even more confused; when I read that in 1980, during the reign of President (Nobel Peace Prize winner) Jimmy Carter, there were 2,392 US military fatalities!

These figures indicate that many members of our Media and our Politicians will pick and choose. They present only those 'facts' which support their agenda-driven reporting. Why do so many of them march in lock-step to twist the truth? Where do so many of them get their marching-orders for their agenda?

The latest census, of Americans, shows the following distribution of American citizens, by Race:

European descent .......................... 69.12%
Hispanic ......................................... 12.5%
Black ............................................. 12.3%
Asian .............................................. 3.7%
Native American ............................. 1.0%
Other .............................................. 2.6%

Now... here are the fatalities by Race; over the past three years in Iraqi Freedom:

European descent (white) .............74.31%
Hispanic .................................... 10.74%
Black .......................................... 9.67%
Asian .......................................... 1.81%
Native American .......................... 1.09%
Other ........................................... 0.33%

The point here is that our mainstream media continues to spin these figures (for liberal political gain). Nothing more...its all about politics and the libs are famous for turning American against American for a vote.

(These statistics are published by Congressional Research Service, and they may be confirmed by anyone at: http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/RL32492.pdf )

Now ask yourself two questions:'Why does the mainstream Print and TV Media never print statistics like these?' and...'Why do the mainstream media hate the (world wide) web as much as they do?'Ensure you do your homework before you place your vote.

*** An Anonymous person has commented and pointed out that the above stats comes from just one of the tables provided in the report and readers should look at the entire report to determine combat related stats as compared to non-combat totals. Additional info can be found in the comment section for the reader to determine on their own. Not everything passed around in e-mail is 100% accurate and readers should determine accuracy for themselves.***

Democrats = Forgetful Gun owners...

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What is it with Democratic Party Politicians and and wayward handguns? One of the first things taught when you go for a Concealed Weapons Permit is that you are required to know the location, operation, staus, and security of your handgun at ALL times...

The Baltimore Sun Reports the following incident where ANOTHER Democrat forgets where his handgun is and is busted in a high security public place...

Rep. Hinchey's gun charge draws suspended sentence

The Baltimore Sun January 6, 1995, Friday, FINAL EDITIONARLINGTON, Va. --

"Rep. Maurice Hinchey of New York pleaded no contest yesterday to a charge of carrying a loaded handgun in his baggage at Washington National Airport and was given a suspended sentence. The Democratic lawmaker appeared before District Judge Joseph Gwaltney, who ruled that the sentence would be suspended and lifted automatically in a year. "The handgun was inadvertently in a piece of luggage I took from my upstate New York home when I drove back to Washington for the late-November congressional session, and it was still in that piece of unopened luggage on Dec. 1 when I decided to fly back to New York," Mr. Hinchey said in a statement"
http://www.marklevinshow.com/notes.php#hinchey

Anybody remember a few months back when Virginia DEMOCRATIC party Senator James Webb did not maintain the security and integrity of his loaded 9mm handgun which his aide attempted to take into a congressional building by mistake. The aide also had two extra ammunition mags with the Senator's loaded handgun...
http://rightsideva.blogspot.com/2007/04/webb-target-practice-issue.html
http://rightsideva.blogspot.com/2007/04/senator-jim-webb-d-loaded-for-bear.html

Also please note that if either you or me were to be stopped in these locations with a loaded handgun we would surely be doing time in the Pokey with a "felony" conviction... I wonder if Hillary would fight to restore my voting rights after being a felon?...

Senator, Thanks for being upfront & honest with the people(?)...

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"Below the Beltway" came up with some interesting information and link to a story pointing out the fact that the Handgun DID INDEED belong to the Junior Senator. This after the Junior Senator had refused to admit the handgun was his after his aide was arrested while trying to take the handgun into the Senator's office building... This resulted in the Aide spending his birthday night in jail ... Way to watch after your people Junior...

"Webb previously had refused to say whether the gun was his, although his senior aide -- Phillip Thompson -- had told police the weapon belonged to the Democratic senator.
"It's my gun," Webb told the Richmond Times-Dispatch in a recent interview."

It is also interesting that when a reporter asked the Junior Senator if he carried his handgun within the District where he does not get the "special consideration" of a Junior Senator, Webb refused to answer and ended the interview.

"Webb declined to say whether he complies with the District of Columbia's law that prohibits carrying a handgun or concealed weapon without a license."

Just another example of "The Most Ethical Congress" that we now have with the Democratic Party in control of Congress. Wonder if Democratic Representative William Jefferson has proper credentials to store $90,000 in marked cash in his freezer that was involved in a FBI investigation?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/17/AR2007061701165.html?nav=rss_nation

http://belowthebeltway.com/2007/06/18/jim-webb-finally-admits-the-gun-was-his/

Senator Webb will get us Drugs!!!...

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“From on High” has a good post reporting on how Senator Webb vows to provide more affordable prescription drugs to the American people
http://blogfromonhigh.blogspot.com/2007/05/senator-webb-and-his-windmills.html

As with many claims coming out of Washington and our political leaders there are the usual facts left out and questions unanswered.

“All Americans deserve access to quality, affordable health care and medications —period. This is a question of basic fairness. With 47 million uninsured Americans, it is high time that healthcare legislation focuses on consumers and not corporate profits.”

No argument here. But lets look at some of the facts and lets ask a few questions of the Senator.

It has been shown by media and also posted here on “Rightside” that the “47 million uninsured Americans” claim, which Webb and his buddies love to harp about, is not completely accurate. Included in this 47 million are people between jobs and covered on their spouses insurance plan and millions of younger Americans who consider themselves ‘invincible” and spend their money on cars, vacations, cd’s, and the likes instead of medical insurance.

Senator Webb intends to pass legislation that will allow the import of “cheaper” drugs from Canada and other countries.

“Americans currently pay, on average, twice as much as most other countries in the world -- at a time when the U.S. pharmaceutical companies are turning profits in the tens of billions. The United States can and must do better. I will continue the fight in Congress for more affordable prescription drugs for the hard-working people of this country.”

Question for Senator Webb:

Where did the drugs that these other countries now sell come from?

Where were they developed and tested to ensure that they are safe for all people to use?

Which country or corporation paid for the R&D to create these drugs and risk millions of dollars to get these drugs approved by the FDA?

If we apply the Democratic Party’s plan of wealth re-distribution and limit the profits of the evil drug corporations, who will develop the new drugs when it is no longer possible for corporations to invest millions on the chance of a new drug being approved?

As I look at the names of the drug companies I find the vast majority are American base and operated here. I do not find any that come out of Canada or these countries where Webb wants to get Cheaper drugs for his Americans.

How many of these countries have developed the life saving drugs that they now have and how did they get them?

Do they produce these same drugs or are they getting them from the American corporations at wholesale\reduced prices from our governments assistance or the assistance programs from the drug corporations?

If this is the case does Senator Webb advocate raising the wholesale prices to these countries and spread the cost of the drugs R&D to all countries that benefit from these drugs so as to lower the drug cost to the Senators American people?

It’s not always easy to back up those great claims and programs that the Senator makes to get the votes and favors from his American people…

No surprise here...

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No surprise here…
It was reported in some newspapers, but not the Staunton NewsLeader which is another “No surprise”, that gun charges have been dropped against Senator Webb’s aide, Phillip Thompson.
Now it is no big surprise that the Senators aide did beat the charge for it is obvious that the “Capitol Hill Elite” do not have to answer to the same laws as you and me.
http://wtop.com/?nid=116&sid=1098412

If one of us had been stopped in a Federal building in the District of Columbia with a fully loaded handgun and two full spare ammunition magazines it’s pretty darn sure we wouldn’t be taking a Summer break with the rest of the Democratic gang… Just get stopped within the District with a loaded handgun that’s registered and accompanied with a neighboring states Concealed Weapons Permit, and your still looking at doing time in the Big House…

An interesting aspect of this story is how it was treated by the media. At first junior Senator Webb jumped out of the gate claiming he was a strong supporter of his 2nd amendment rights, which may not have been to popular with upper Dem management, but then backed away and said he did not give Thompson the gun as claimed by Thompson. Webb stated that he carries heat for protection but never stated, or was asked by the media, if he carried his loaded handgun within the District. He also would not confirm that the weapon Thompson claims he gave him was actually his handgun and danced around the issue that the media did not push hard at all.

Imagine if the Junior Senator had an (R) behind his name instead of the (D) he has? Would the media have followed up on the story more aggressively instead of letting it slip away like it has?
My local paper here in the valley, The Staunton NewsLeader, chose to ignore the story\issue altogether. Numerous other local papers here in the area provided the AP stories as well as their “Stories” about the incident. Once again the majority of information available to the public on a story like this was found on the internet, blogs, and links to reporting done by newspapers who still report the stories no matter how it portrays the “Progressive” ones…

RightsideVA did a post on this “Selective” coverage back when the incident first happened and showed how many of the local as well as national newspapers found “Newsworthiness” in this incident. http://rightsideva.blogspot.com/2007/03/confirm-deny-ignore.html#comments

One of the editors of the NewsLeader responded with the following post to my statements:
“The News Leader has completely switched its focus to local/state and community news. We run only one page of national/world news in our print edition now since folks can get their glut of national/world news in so many other places it's no longer our franchise”

While other newspapers reported the incident the NewsLeader failed to even mention it on the “one page of national/world news in our print edition”.

It also seems to reason that with Webb being the Junior Senator representing the Citizens of Virginia, this would make it a story that fits into the “focus to local/state and community news” section of the new format over at the NewsLeader…

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No surprise here at all…

Lost & Found...

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Senator Jim Webb (D): "And how about that Hollywood money"...

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Junior Senator Jim Webb made a guest appearance in front of Larry Sabato’s class at U.V.A. with 350 “Potential Progressives” and much fanfare from the Professor. Sabato drooled over the Junior Senators stance on the war and his continuing push of the “Class warfare” issue that Webb used during his campaign.

"The best thing we can do in the long run is get them out of there. There will be no peace and stability in Iraq as long as American soldiers are there," Webb said.

It is obvious that the junior Senator has made this a favorite plank of his platform but I had hoped the Professor might have asked the Senator to expand on his statement. Like asking what would happen to the Iraqi people if the Troops were pulled out like Webb and the “Princess” Pelosi has called for? Would it be like when the troops were pulled out of Mogadishu after the Black Hawk Down incident resulting in many innocent civilians being killed? Or maybe like Cambodia and other conflicts were many civilians were killed after troops were removed before the job was done.

Webb said countries in the region, such as Iran and Syria, need to be brought to the table to help solve the Iraqi situation. "That is the way out of this. We need to try and solve it from the outside in. Then we can move our troops out in a very expeditious way."

Here the junior Senator is referring to two countries who had known ties to Hussein and al-qaida and continue to support terrorist groups such Hammas and al-qaida. It has been proven that numerous coalition and American troops, along with many Iraqi civilians, have been killed by the explosives and IED’s that were developed, produced, and delivered by terrorists from these same two countries that the junior Senator wants to “bring to the table”… Hold hands, sing Kumbaya, make a donation to the DNC, and everything will be alright???

“Then we can move our troops out in a very expeditious way." At what point and how many lost lives do wait to happen until we respond in a “expeditious way”. Will there be a set number of “Collateral Casulties” before the junior Senator will feel it approriate to return the Troops that were removed by his Master plan?

These are just some of the questions that the noted Professor could have but chose not to ask for the benefit of his students. These are also the questions that the Mainstream media should have in the past and need to ask the junior Senator about his platform. We heard Webb’s idea of removing the troops and responding in a “Expeditious” way all during the campaign, his State of the Union response, and numerous printed news reports, but nobody has ever asked Webb about these important factors to his plan… The junior Senator was elected by just 9,000 votes and I wonder how they would have voted if Webb was required to back up his “Idea” with an actual plan of action?

The junior Senator then switched over to his other favorite campaign “talking point” and his newfound partys reliable “Race Card” which they have used so often.

"Webb said the country is breaking apart over the financial health of those at the bottom of the economic ladder.” While corporate profits are at all-time highs, blue-collar wages are at all-time lows, he said. "We're not seeing enough debate about this." Webb said the globalization of the economy and the outsourcing of jobs has hurt many American workers, including white-collar ones."

Junior, follow along here, you might learn something that the Democratic party has been ignoring and “Spinning” for decades…

Who makes up the corporations?
We do. The workers that make the products, provide the services, develop new and more efficient procedures, invest their savings in the corporation, while creating, maintaining, and improving the “Culture” of the company and the economy. The common “Blue-collar” worker that you refer to are the ones that make up the most productive workforce in the world and along with that have grown into one of the most desired countries to live in.

Junior said: "We're not seeing enough debate about this."
Well lets look at some of the facts that have recently been reported.
Bruce Bartlett reported in his column:

http://washtimes.com/commentary/20070410-101754-2621r.htm

“In 2005, the federal government took $2.4 trillion out of the pockets of the American people.” And that is just the size of our government! Not the size of our economy, the SIZE of our government.

“Only two other countries on Earth have economies as large as our federal government: Germany and Japan -- and Germany just barely makes the cut, with a gross domestic product of $2.7 trillion.“

Now about all that talk that talk of how the “Rich” are not paying their fair share.

“Contrary to popular belief, the vast bulk of federal taxes are paid by the wealthy. According to the JCT, in 2006, 53.7 percent of all federal income taxes were paid by those with incomes of more than $200,000. Those with incomes between $100,000 and $200,000 paid 28.3 percent of all individual income taxes. Thus those with incomes of more than $100,000 paid 82 percent of the total. They also paid 44.4 percent of all payroll taxes.”

And who are these people claiming that the “Rich” do not pay their fair share and taxes should be raised?

"Unsurprisingly, three-fifths of taxpayers believe their taxes are too high; only 2 percent think they are too low. About a third of taxpayers would support a cut in government services to achieve further tax cuts; just 8 percent favor bigger government financed with higher taxes."

Where are these people who feel the “Rich don’t pay their fair share”?

"Almost all taxpayers think the top federal income tax rate of 35 percent is too high. More than 90 percent of taxpayers believe the top rate should be no higher than 29 percent, with 70 percent saying 19 percent should be the maximum."

And with this there is a large sector which pay little or no taxes at all.

"Those with incomes below $40,000 paid no federal income taxes at all in the aggregate; the positive liability for those who paid anything was more than offset by tax rebates from the Earned Income Tax Credit for many more who paid nothing."

Another surprise here:

“according to the Tax Foundation, three-fifths of Americans believe it is wrong for anyone to pay no taxes at all, that everyone should pay something to finance the government.”

Maybe the fact here is that it is the leaders of the “Progressive” party who are the ones feeling the Rich do not pay their fair share for it seems most people here feel that all tax rates are too high…

Another thing.
Has anybody noticed that when the “Attack on the Rich” begins it usually is focused at the evil corporations and the CEO’s \ Top management that are in the cross-hairs? Many of these CEO’s have walked away with incredible Bonus and pay packages but in most cases they had to perform and create productive corporations to get these “Golden Packages”. Some of these high profile individuals have been caught and prosecuted for corruption but the vast majority of corporation leaders are honest hard working individuals that have worked their way up the ladder to get there. And some of them started at the “Blue-collar” level that the junior Senator talks about and many of the present “blue collar” workers strive to improve themselves and also move up the ladder. Maybe that explains why the majority feel “Almost all taxpayers think the top federal income tax rate of 35 percent is too high.”


Have you noticed that the “Progressive Democratic” party seems to ignore a sector of the very rich and never brings this group up as a group not “Paying their fair share”?

According to the Forbes list of people making impressive earnings in a year, see if you recognize any of these people and if the Democratic party has ever used them as examples of “Rich not paying their fair share”?

http://money.aol.com/forbes/general/celeb-100-2006

Earnings in a one year period:

U2 $110 million
Tiger Woods $90 million
Stephen Spielberg $332 million
Howard Stern $302 million
50 cent $41 million
The cast of the Sopranos $52 million
Tom Cruise $67 million
The Rolling Stones $90 million
Opray 225 million ie:
(Earnings estimates are for June 2005 to June 2006. Figures rounded off where appropriate. Exact figures available on Forbes.com. Includes dollars earned solely from entertainment income. Management, agent and attorney fees have not been deducted. Estimates by forbes; sources include Billboard, Pollstar, Adams Media Research, Nielsen SoundScan and Nielsen BookScan. Rankings are generated by combining earnings with other metrics: Web mentions on Google press clips compiled by LexisNexis; TV/radio mentions by Factiva; and number of times a celebrity's face appeared on the cover of 26 major consumer magazines)
Dan brown of Davinci Code $88 million
Bruce Springs teen $55 million
Donald Trump $44 million
Paul McCartney $44 million
George Lucas $235 million
Elton John $34 million
David Letterman $40 million
“Harry Potter” Author Rowling $75 million
Brad pitt $25 million
Peter Jackson $39 million
Dr, Phil $45 million
Jay leno $32 million
Celine Dion $40 million
Kobe Bryant $31 million
Michael Jordan $32 million
Johnny Depp $29 million
Jerry Seinfeld $100 million
Tom Hanks $29 million
Rush $30 million
Denzel Washington $38 million
Jennifer Anniston $18 million
The Olsen twins $40 million
Nicole Kidman $22 million

When was the last time you saw any of the above people being ridiculed for not paying “their fair share”? In fact you may have seen some of these people standing next to a Democratic candidate during the past campaign season endorsing and promoting those like the junior Senator who claim “the country is breaking apart over the financial health of those at the bottom of the economic ladder.”

Next time you stand in line to pay $12 for a movie ticket think about the “Progressive Activist” standing next to the candidate who is worried about the CEO who is “Not paying his fair share”. At least the vast majority of the CEO’s are producing corporations that allow “Blue-collar” people like us to work and live in the most advanced, productive, and desirable country in the world… That Hollywood activist?