by Mark Silva
Rep. Rahm Emanuel, President-elect Barack Obama’s designated chief of staff, asked how his reputation for rough, partisan political warfare will square with his role in the new president’s White House, promised that Obama will set a bipartisan “tone.”
Obama also is intent on delivering tax relief for the middle-class, Emanuel said today, while refusing [...]

Yikes - someone called me a conservative, how disgusting.  I said something about living within our means and the guy in the checkout line at Wal Mart called me a conservative - as if there was something wrong with me.  He was buying some tabloid magazines - I don’t know if that means he is [...]

Taxes.  No one likes them, no one agrees on equal distribution, no one wants them raised - but we all agree that they are necessary and useful.  How insane is that?  Taxes are inherently socialistic - they inherently redistribute the wealth.
From the U. S. Department of the Treasury: “The federal, state, and local tax systems [...]

Casino gambling has spread across this great nation.  In Punkin Center, Missouri, where this writer lives, we see our neighbors leaving to go to “the boat.”  Wow, we think, right here in Punkin Center.  But that is not all.  Casino issues are on ballots across this country.  The Presidential election will draw big crowds - [...]

Local hypocrites beg Feds for money.  That might have been a better headline in a local newspaper.  The actual headline is, “Local Officials rallying for funds.”  This small Missouri community is very conservative - the joke around town is that we have too many churches and not enough strip joints (127 Churches, one strip joint).  [...]

Senator John McCain again figures on the lack of sensibility by 51% of the population.  He may be right.  But we will investigate his Health Care TAX position for laughs.
Suppose you are a young family.  The husband makes, say forty thousand dollars a year.  The wife also works and makes twenty-five thousand dollars a year.  [...]