USA meets Kyoto protocol goal...

... without ever embracing it

...it seems like killing the economy went hand in hand with CO2 reductions, imagine that.

As opposed to our fears of it happening the other way around...

For advanced strategy on business lead generation...

... and nurturing, please take a look at my company's new site:  G2leads.  It uses a cool, fractal-like, display format.

The page/site is put together by Prezi, Inc.  They have some other cool sites and demos there.

Thanks for your time!

Here, for your enjoyment, is a historical tribute to Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon".

You Will Be Made to Care...

A little bit of sense from RedState.com:

We are using the state to protect our ability to preach the scripture under the first amendment. If the state has the power to change the definition of an institution that it did not create, but that God himself created, the state can compel and coerce the church to honor that definition or sit on the sidelines.

A Christian on the sidelines is a Christian not going forth.

...

The state did not create marriage and it should not now exert the power to change the definition of that which it did not create.

Those of you who are Christians who support gay marriage will one day have Archbishop Chaput burning in your ears. He said that evil peddles tolerance until it is dominant then seeks to silence good. That’s why Christians fight on this issue. It is not to force themselves on others, but to protect themselves from others being forced on them.

Disability payment abuse...

The source is none other than NPR:  Unfit for Work The startling rise of disability in America

Surprisingly, the author documents (tells anecdotes that we want to believe about) the current debacle that is a safety net being abused by people who are falling off of the welfare roles.

In the past three decades, the number of Americans who are on disability has skyrocketed. The rise has come even as medical advances have allowed many more people to remain on the job, and new laws have banned workplace discrimination against the disabled. Every month, 14 million people now get a disability check from the government.

 

California...

... a (hilarious) model of bureaucratic (in-)efficiency. You'll probably laugh, but you really should cry.

So if you are trying to run a business in some other state and you often feel overburdened with unnecessary regulations, just remember this. It could be a lot worse. You could be trying to put some dirt in a hole in California.

 Ouch.

"I want a girl..."

"... like the girls on Fox News..."

(with "more cow bell"  ;^)

Tar and feathers...

... have not yet been properly applied:

"... the staff of the North Carolina State Board of Elections (SBE) successfully subverted state law to facilitate online voter registration in North Carolina by the 2012 Barack Obama campaign."

 but is definitely called for!