#WritingFromIsolationWard
Author: NiteMayr
Before:
Kevin was born on the mossy hills of Scotland and lived for a while in West Lothian before the mores of pre-Thatcher and REALLY pre-Oasis Great Britain sent his family across the ocean to North America. They moved here and there and Kevin did the same when he was old enough. Now he lives in London with his family and a Dog.
Kevin Wardrop is an amateur writer, amateur photographer and professional pain in the ass. He has worked in the PC support business for most of his adult life and has been accustomed to simply answering technical questions as a matter of fiat, it was his career choice after all. Now he herds cats and puppies for a living as well as babysitting the web enterprises at the heart of western industry.
Bicycle thieves – BUSTED
On my way home from picking up Connor, I caught three (6th Grade-ish) boys trying to make off with one of our bikes right from our drive way. One of them, a ginger, mouthed “Oh SHIT.” and they high tailed it. Naturally, I got back in my car and followed them. Attempts to ditch me by leaving the main road and opting for trails proved futile. I too was a young boy and am familiar with how bike riding works.
Eventually, I found them pulling into a driveway of their own and rushing for the backyard. iPhone in hand, I pulled into the driveway and planned on having a word with someone’s parents. Oh, did I mention the ginger ALSO flipped me the bird? Nobody was answering the front door so I thought I’d just head home. Defeated. But what to my wondering ears did appear? A rustling in the bushes? Could it be? YES. Three ne’er-do-wellers crouched in the bushes alongside their prospective bikes… looking guilty and scares as hell.
“I now have a picture of the three of you. I am going to ask the principal of the two closest schools who you are and once I know that, I just may call the police. But just know this. I will know your names and I now know where at least one of you lives. Don’t you let me ever catch you even looking at my driveway again.”
“Yes sir. Please don’t call the police.”
This is what victory looks like.
So the real point isn’t that we can’t afford Social Security and Medicare. It’s that some people don’t want to pay the higher taxes necessary to maintain Social Security and Medicare. This is a question of distribution, pure and simple.
The richest 2% of taxpayers could see their tax rates skyrocket by nearly five percent, in an assault on freedom unparalleled since Hiro-Heeto sent his kamikaze bombers directly into Lady Liberty’s mouthpiece on July 4, 1776. Do we really want to live in a nation in which people making half a million dollars per year face the prospect of paying $5,000 more in taxes? And they have to think about this over the Christmas season?
It’s UNDER 9000!!!
It is worth noting that Rubio attends both a Roman Catholic and a Southern Baptist congregation, which is quite indicative of the strength of his convictions…
It indicates that he does not actually have strength in his convictions, I mean not being able to choose one creed over the other is tantmount to Biblical Heresy (its right there in the 10 commandments) you can say “I love Coke” and then alternate wtih Pepsi as if it’s the same thing. These two things are chalk and cheese, despite what some may say
The critical component, though, is a mechanism that would force senators to physically take the floor and speak in order to maintain opposition to legislation. The effort to end a filibuster is called a cloture motion. Under the proposed rules, if a cloture vote failed to win a simple majority, the bill would be killed and the Senate would move to new business. But if it won a majority – though less than a supermajority of 60 – the bill would remain on the floor for any senator who wished to opine on it. If at some point no senator rose to speak, after given several chances to do so, a new vote would be called – and only a simple majority would be needed to pass it.
This would be a great Xmas Present to America – http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/15/democrats-filibuster-reform_n_2141382.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000009