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On the article How Can We Make Every Day Earth Day? (Sponsored)
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On the Blog Post Sequestration: We Have a Choice
Richard Hertz
7:01 pm on Thursday, February 28, 2013
Yeah, when the President's henchmen tell you you're going to regret something, they just mean it in good fun. I guess a horse's head would just be considered a friendly gift too.
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On the Blog Post Sequestration: We Have a Choice
Richard Hertz
6:54 pm on Thursday, February 28, 2013
What I see is both sides parroting the same tired old lines that the other side is responsible for all the world's ills, while their side is comprised only of angels who can do no wrong.
You fit right in LJK.
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On the Blog Post Sequestration: We Have a Choice
Richard Hertz
6:52 pm on Thursday, February 28, 2013
Tell me, TD, who signed that bill into law that included the sequester?
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On the Blog Post Sequestration: We Have a Choice
Richard Hertz
9:36 pm on Wednesday, February 27, 2013
"She looks like a toad with hair."
That's an insult to hairy toads.
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On the article Miller Proposes Gas Tax For Transportation
Richard Hertz
6:36 pm on Thursday, January 24, 2013
ReplyThese morons never met a "problem" that couldn't be solved by taking more money from taxpayers. Eventually the citizens of MD will do to the state what Baltimore City residents did to the city...leave, and take 100% of their tax money with them.
Go here for an excellent analysis of the tax burden in all 50 states. If you're poor in MD your burden is tiny. Once you start earning a decent salary the bite becomes large very quickly.
cfo.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/ocfo/publication/attachments/ocfo_tax_burden_05nation.pdf
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On the article Police: Criminals Trade Laundry Detergent for Drugs
Richard Hertz
8:08 pm on Monday, January 14, 2013
No, prices are up because your gov't spends far more money than it takes in in revenues, and finances that extra spending by having the Federal Reserve print more money to purchase gov't bonds.
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On the article Police: Criminals Trade Laundry Detergent for Drugs
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On the Blog Post Renewing Our Libraries – Renaissance Now!
Richard Hertz
6:54 pm on Sunday, January 6, 2013
"Libraries are great because it allow us to borrow items versus using them and tossing them after a short while."
You must really like the idea of e-books!
If the libraries aren't drawing enough patrons, maybe, just maybe, it's because the patrons don't really need the libraries. This sounds like the recent push to find more people to enroll in the food stamps program. So gov't is going to spend money to find more patrons so that they can spend even more money on that particular service.
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On the Blog Post Renewing Our Libraries – Renaissance Now!
Richard Hertz
6:54 pm on Sunday, January 6, 2013
Government rarely downsizes. Libraries fall in the same category as post offices. Try to close some or downsize and the locals all cry foul. It's integral to the community, how will people get by without it, etc. The cries are all the same.
It's ludicrous to think we need libraries now as much as we needed them 30 years ago. The internet is changing the world, but government agencies refuse to accept it and allow the internet to take over many of the library's services.
I still can't pay my property taxes online without incurring huge credit card fee. Ninety-nine percent (by weight) the mail the post office delivers to me is garbage. The real problem is that the government doesn't look at citizens as customers that need to be pleased, we're more like subjects that exist to finance the desires of our rulers.
Richard Hertz
11:27 pm on Thursday, May 2, 2013
Every year on Earth Day I celebrate the birth of Vladimir Lenin with a bunch of watermelons (people, not fruit...green on the outside, red on the inside).