I have a question for people who voted for Barack Obama: When he promised a tax cut for 95 percent of Americans, did you think that the cut would amount to more or less than the $13 bucks a week you'll be seeing come June and $8 a week next year?
I have a question for people who voted for Barack Obama: When he promised a tax cut for 95 percent of Americans, did you think that the cut would amount to more or less than the $13 bucks a week you'll be seeing come June and $8 a week next year?
If you haven't already made your purchases, you'll have to go to an old-fashioned brick-and-mortar store because it's too late for Amazon. But, courtesy of Hoystory.com's huge advertising budget and Amazon.com, I present you with this freebie. This is a reminder that if you click on one of the various Amazon.com links on the site […]
The House of Representatives earlier today passed a "stimulus" plan that not a single one of them had read. The bill, totaling 1,071 pages, was finally printed at about midnight last night. The House passed it less than 24-hours later -- far less than the 48 hours they had promised to allow lapse so the […]
Pulitzer-prize winning cartoonist and friend of Hoystory (the latter being much more important and impressive than the former) Steve Breen is working on a new photo/cartoon blog called "Bad Hamster." It features stuff like this: The site is currently undergoing a "soft opening," and I'm officially the first blogger to link to it. Breen hopes […]
The San Diego Unified School District apparently believes there's little difference between Junior ROTC programs and street gangs. Marksmanship training must end on San Diego school district campuses, a split school board decided Tuesday. Critics argued that the training, part of ROTC programs, sends the wrong message when three high school students have been killed […]
California's Democrat-run state legislature and its girly-man Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger have outlined a plan to deal with the states $42-billion budget gap by sticking it to the few people who remain in the state. Vehicle license fees would nearly double, going from the current rate of 0.65% to 1.15% of the value of a car […]
New York Times columnist Nick Kristof was interviewed by The Daily Pennsylvanian and made the following observation about what it's like to live under the enlightened leadership of the great Obama. DP: Are there any issues you would like to see Barack Obama's presidency focus on? NK: It's a tremendous relief to have smart, intellectually […]
First, Oregon proposed tracking drivers using GPS in order to levy a tax for roads, bridges and other assorted infrastructure. Now, Massachusetts is proposing a very similar plan that would embed a tracking chip inside the registration sticker of cars registered in that state. In case you missed it, Big Brother is a liberal and […]
I got done listening to NPR's Intelligence Squared U.S. debate podcast on the motion: "Major Reductions in Carbon Emissions Are Not Worth the Money" on the drive home from work. The debate featured Bjorn Lomborg, author of "The Skeptical Environmentalist" as one of three people arguing for the motion. The debate was very interesting. To […]
Last year, Adm. Eugene Fluckey died at the ripe old age of 93. Upon reading his obituary, I bought his book where he recounts his service commanding the USS Barb submarine in World War II. I finally got around to reading it the past few days, and despite what some may think, Fluckey's matter-of-fact recounting […]