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		<title>Farewell</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Dec 2010 18:13:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Blogging has become very passé to me. I&#8217;ve found that I have two options; toil in relative blogosphere obscurity or &#8211; labor to change hundreds of friends&#8217; minds on my Facebook site&#8230; I choose Facebook. FB also has the advantage of keeping out the tedious liberal trolls of the world. Drop me a note and I&#8217;ll send [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=illuscon.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12149337&amp;post=612&amp;subd=illuscon&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Blogging has become very passé to me. I&#8217;ve found that I have two options; toil in relative blogosphere obscurity or &#8211; labor to change hundreds of friends&#8217; minds on my Facebook site&#8230; I choose Facebook. FB also has the advantage of keeping out the tedious liberal trolls of the world.</p>
<p>Drop me a note and I&#8217;ll send you a link to my FB site. Farewell.</p>
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		<title>Blowin&#8217; Smoke</title>
		<link>http://illuscon.wordpress.com/2010/09/12/blowin-smoke/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Sep 2010 18:12:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>illuscon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is disappointing. I was kinda hoping that nutty pastor was going to burn the Korans. I brought kosher marshmallows, NY style cheesecake and the First Amendment. Really, aren&#8217;t radical Islamists already wound pretty tight about a multitude of perceived western vices? Should we really care if these guys get their suicide vests in a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=illuscon.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12149337&amp;post=604&amp;subd=illuscon&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://hotair.com/archives/2010/09/11/pastor-now-gods-telling-me-not-to-burn-the-koran/" target="_blank">This is disappointing.</a> I was kinda hoping that nutty pastor was going to burn the Korans. I brought kosher marshmallows, NY style cheesecake and the First Amendment. Really, aren&#8217;t radical Islamists already wound pretty tight about a multitude of perceived western vices? Should we really care if these guys get their suicide vests in a twist over the actions of a looney preacher who looks like an extra from &#8220;Gunsmoke&#8221;?</p>
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		<title>He&#8217;s Not My Mistake</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:35:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Obama&#8217;s fall was completely predictable if you were pay attention during the campaign, &#8220;The stunning decline of Barack Obama: 10 key reasons why the Obama presidency is in meltdown&#8221; &#8211; UK Telegraph &#8220;The left has collapsed. Its political support has collapsed. Public opinion polls point to a historic repudiation of the president and the Democratic [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=illuscon.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12149337&amp;post=593&amp;subd=illuscon&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Obama&#8217;s fall was completely predictable if you were pay attention during the campaign, &#8220;The stunning decline of Barack Obama: 10 key reasons why the Obama presidency is in meltdown&#8221; &#8211; <a href="http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/nilegardiner/100050412/the-stunning-decline-of-barack-obama-10-key-reasons-why-the-obama-presidency-is-in-meltdown/" target="_blank">UK Telegraph</a></p>
<p>&#8220;<strong>The left has collapsed. </strong>Its political support has collapsed. Public opinion polls point to a historic repudiation of the president and the Democratic party this fall—something on the order of a 60-seat Republican gain in the House. The GOP has an outside shot at taking the Senate as well.&#8221; &#8211; <a href="http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/collapse" target="_blank">William Kristol, The Weekly Standard</a></p>
<p><strong>Update 090610:</strong> In the last few days the Democ<strong>rats</strong> have become quite apoplectic over their electoral fate. I have been ever so entertained by their attempts to distance themselves from Obamacare, immigration, the debt and a multitude of other stupid decisions they made.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">The Democ<strong>rats </strong>have<strong> </strong>ignored the will of the people far too long so we will try to remove each and every damn one of them. Judging by the dramatic polling, there isn&#8217;t a damn thing the Democr<strong>ats</strong> can do to stop us. Their fate is sealed. <em>We are taking it back and </em><a href="http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/mood_of_america/generic_congressional_ballot" target="_blank"><em>it will be epic.</em></a></p>
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		<title>Stoners</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 14:04:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran says his country will have a hairy little terrorist on the moon by 2019&#8230; can you stone somebody at 1/6 of earth&#8217;s gravity?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=illuscon.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12149337&amp;post=588&amp;subd=illuscon&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran says his country will have a hairy little terrorist on the moon by 2019&#8230; can you stone somebody at 1/6 of earth&#8217;s gravity?</p>
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		<title>Let&#8217;s Tussle</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 14:02:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[North Korea is threatening to use nukes on us, near us or over there somewhere if we go through with a planned naval exercise. We all know that we won&#8217;t do a damn thing which is kinda disappointing. Team Obama will back down and sweep this under Joe Biden&#8217;s hair plugs. If North Korea wants [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=illuscon.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12149337&amp;post=586&amp;subd=illuscon&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>North Korea is threatening to use nukes on us, near us or over there somewhere if we go through with a planned naval exercise. We all know that we won&#8217;t do a damn thing which is kinda disappointing. Team Obama will back down and sweep this under Joe Biden&#8217;s hair plugs.</p>
<p>If North Korea wants to gangsta up, act all big and bad the least we should do is knuckle up and play along, even if it&#8217;s for funsies. Besides, Hillary looks really bored and some toe to toe might cheer her up.</p>
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		<title>Satirical Genius</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:15:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>&#8220;Inception&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://illuscon.wordpress.com/2010/07/17/inception/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2010 04:10:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wanted so badly to dislike &#8220;Inception&#8221; because of the cast of useless leftist idiots (Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Ellen Page) but Christopher Nolan has created a masterpiece. Make no mistake, the film is intelligent, fascinating and thought provoking. The score by Hans Zimmer is outstanding. I should explain my disgust with goofball DiCaprio [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=illuscon.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12149337&amp;post=577&amp;subd=illuscon&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I wanted so badly to dislike &#8220;Inception&#8221; because of the cast of useless leftist idiots (Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Ellen Page) but Christopher Nolan has created a masterpiece. Make no mistake, the film is intelligent, fascinating and thought provoking. The score by Hans Zimmer is outstanding.</p>
<p>I should explain my disgust with goofball DiCaprio and company. They turned a movie press junket into an opportunity to bash those believe &#8211; &#8220;differently&#8221; politically. They have every right to their opinion but I thought in was disrespectful to director Nolan. Movie audiences are hard to come by these days and ticking off a majority of the country is no way to drum up ticket sales.</p>
<p>&#8220;Inception&#8221; is a very smart, entertaining puzzle of a movie. Be patient, the beginning gets a little confusing but all is revealed. It easily overcomes the leftist cast.</p>
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		<title>Whoop!</title>
		<link>http://illuscon.wordpress.com/2010/07/16/whoop/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:43:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Senate is in PLAY! I&#8217;m going on vacation!<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=illuscon.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12149337&amp;post=575&amp;subd=illuscon&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Senate is in <a href="http://www.tnr.com/blog/william-galston/76247/attention-democrats-the-senate-now-in-play" target="_blank">PLAY!</a> I&#8217;m going on vacation!</p>
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		<title>American Brats?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 12:21:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I think this says more about the American people than it does about President Obama. I think it just shows once again that the American people are spoiled. Basically, spoiled&#8211; as a people, we are too critical. We are quick to rush to judgment, we are too negative, we are too impatient. Especially impatient. We [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=illuscon.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12149337&amp;post=568&amp;subd=illuscon&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>&#8220;I think this says more about the American people than it does about President Obama. I think it just shows once again that the American people are spoiled. Basically, spoiled&#8211; as a people, we are too critical. We are quick to rush to judgment, we are too negative, we are too impatient. Especially impatient. We want it all solved yesterday, and if you don&#8217;t, I don&#8217;t care who you are &#8212; get out of the way.&#8221; &#8211; <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gN6uV4UG6D4&amp;feature=player_embedded" target="_blank">Bill Press, liberal Obama apologist</a></p>
<p>&#8220;When asked how much confidence they have in Obama to make the right decisions for the country&#8217;s future, 58 percent of respondents said &#8220;just some&#8221; or &#8220;none,&#8221; according to the poll.&#8221; - <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/07/13/poll-majority-americans-losing-faith-obama/" target="_blank">WaPo Poll</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Hear that America, you&#8217;re spoiled because liberal policies have failed to bring about the Utopian dreams Obama and the Democr<strong>ats</strong> promised. You&#8217;re tired of being unemployed, broke and scared to death about your family&#8217;s future but it&#8217;s <em>your</em> fault that you don&#8217;t get magnificence that Obama and the Democ<strong>rats</strong>. Believe me, the left really feels this way, not just this moron Bill Press.</p>
<p>The Democ<strong>rats</strong> have been in control of the House and Senate since 2006, not George Bush and the Republicans. When Obama took office in 2008 the Democ<strong>rats </strong>had everything they needed to bring about their promise of hope and change. Instead the country inches every closer to catastrophe because of these progressive, anti-business, anti-growth, anti-family, incompetent clowns. It no wonder the polls are where they are.</p>
<p>It is the height of arrogance for Bill Press to accuse Americans of being spoiled but in one sense he&#8217;s right, we are spoiled. Under conservative leadership things were never this bad &#8211; <em>miss us yet?</em></p>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t. Get. Giddy.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 23:38:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;A new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll found 62 percent of Americans believe the country is moving in the wrong direction, and 57 percent said they disapproved of President Obama&#8217;s job performance.&#8221; &#8211; Washington Examiner &#8220;Contrary to pretty much every projection until now, Democratic control of the Senate is also starting to coming into question. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=illuscon.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12149337&amp;post=565&amp;subd=illuscon&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>&#8220;A new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll found 62 percent of Americans believe the country is moving in the wrong direction, and 57 percent said they disapproved of President Obama&#8217;s job performance.&#8221; &#8211; <a href="http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/White-House-hits-the-panic-button-on-fall-elections-98276744.html" target="_blank">Washington Examiner</a></p>
<p>&#8220;Contrary to pretty much every projection until now, Democ<strong>rat</strong>ic control of the Senate is also starting to coming into question. While Mr Obama’s approval ratings have continued to fall, and now hover at dangerously close to 40 per cent according an ABC-Washington Post poll published on Tuesday, the fate of his former colleagues in the Senate looks even worse.&#8221; &#8211; <a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/434315b2-8ea6-11df-8a67-00144feab49a.html" target="_blank">Financial Times</a></p></blockquote>
<p>I try not to get giddy about our chances of taking back the House and Senate. There&#8217;s a lot days left between now and November. Sure, things are looking really bleak for the blue state boys but these power mad political animals (D) are capable of anything &#8211; <em>anything</em>. It will get very ugly, perhaps the likes of which we have never seen in our lifetime <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/07/13/tea-party-preempts-racist-resolution-condemns-bigoted-naacp/" target="_blank">(psst, it already is).</a> Obama and the Democ<strong>rats</strong> have squandered voters&#8217; best hopes and ruined the country&#8217;s economic fortunes in the process. Hopefully, it will take years before they are trusted again.</p>
<p>If the House and Senate go into lame duck mode experts are expecting a flurry of libfest of last minute bills, including the dreaded immigration reform package. Bitter Democ<strong>rats</strong> will go down swinging and they will be determined to take conservatives down with them. I hope the GOP is prepared for this.</p>
<p>Wow. &#8220;Nuclear war: Megyn Kelly vs. Kirsten Powers over Black Panther case&#8221; &#8211; <a href="http://hotair.com/archives/2010/07/13/nuclear-war-megyn-kelly-vs-kirsten-powers-over-black-panther-case/" target="_blank">Hot Air</a></p>
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		<title>No Rest for the Incompetent</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2010 18:14:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unless you&#8217;re Obama going on your third vacation since the spill began. This time he&#8217;s off to Maine coast. “I’m not going to rest or be satisfied until the leak is stopped at the source, the oil in the Gulf is contained and cleaned up, and the people in the Gulf are able to go [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=illuscon.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12149337&amp;post=558&amp;subd=illuscon&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Unless you&#8217;re Obama going on your <em>third vacation</em> since the spill began. This time he&#8217;s off to Maine coast.</p>
<blockquote><p>“I’m not going to rest or be satisfied until the leak is stopped at the source, the oil in the Gulf is contained and cleaned up, and the people in the Gulf are able to go back to their lives and their livelihoods”  - Obama, May 14, 2010.</p></blockquote>
<p>I haven&#8217;t a week&#8217;s vacation since last Thanksgiving.</p>
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		<title>Tax Dunk</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 23:18:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Don&#8217;t like basketball, don&#8217;t care about basketball and I don&#8217;t have a high opinion of the players&#8217; character overall. But it smacks of hypocrisy to see LeBron James criticized about a payday when James Cameron just raked in $350 million for &#8220;Avatar.&#8221; Besides &#8211; it&#8217;s Cleveland. Who the hell wants to live and work in Cleveland? If [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=illuscon.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12149337&amp;post=546&amp;subd=illuscon&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Don&#8217;t like basketball, don&#8217;t care about basketball and I don&#8217;t have a high opinion of the players&#8217; character overall. But it smacks of hypocrisy to see LeBron James criticized about a payday when <a href="http://www.deadline.com/2010/07/exclusive-james-cameron-will-make-record-setting-350m-from-avatar/" target="_blank">James Cameron just raked in</a> $350 million for &#8220;Avatar.&#8221; Besides &#8211; it&#8217;s <em>Cleveland</em>. Who the hell wants to live and work in Cleveland? If the fans don&#8217;t like it, move to Miami.</p>
<p>&#8220;LeBron’s Taxing Decision&#8221; &#8211; <a href="http://blog.heritage.org/2010/07/09/lebrons-taxing-decision/" target="_blank">The Heritage Foundation</a></p>
<p>Obama: “I do think at a certain point you’ve made enough money” &#8211; <a href="http://hotair.com/archives/2010/04/29/obama-i-do-think-at-a-certain-point-youve-made-enough-money/" target="_blank">Hot Air</a></p>
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		<title>Spy Swap</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 12:01:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Russia gets 10 spies returned (including the hot one) and we get 4 back? That sounds like the one-sided Jimmy Johnson&#8217;s Herschel Walker/Vikings trade of the early nineties. Did DOJ even bother to interrogate them before shipping them off so quickly? Where&#8217;s &#8220;Jimmy Jumpup&#8221; when you need him?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=illuscon.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12149337&amp;post=542&amp;subd=illuscon&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Russia gets 10 spies returned (including the hot one) and we get 4 back? That sounds like the one-sided Jimmy Johnson&#8217;s Herschel Walker/Vikings trade of the early nineties. Did DOJ even bother to interrogate them before shipping them off so quickly?</p>
<p>Where&#8217;s &#8220;Jimmy Jumpup&#8221; when you need him?</p>
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		<title>&#8216;The Largest Tax Hikes in History&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 11:24:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Six months from now the American economy will be sent reeling because three waves of massive tax hikes will take effect January 1, 2011. Have a nice day. Personal income tax rates will rise. The top income tax rate will rise from 35 to 39.6 percent (this is also the rate at which two-thirds of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=illuscon.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12149337&amp;post=539&amp;subd=illuscon&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Six months from now the American economy will be sent reeling because three waves of massive tax hikes will take effect January 1, 2011. Have a nice day.</p>
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<li>Personal income tax rates will rise.  The top income tax rate will rise from 35 to 39.6 percent (this is also the rate at which two-thirds of small business profits are taxed).</li>
<li> The 10% bracket rises to an expanded 15%</li>
<li>The 25% bracket rises to 28%</li>
<li>The 28% bracket rises to 31%</li>
<li>The 33% bracket rises to 36%</li>
<li>The 35% bracket rises to 39.6%</li>
<li>Higher taxes on marriage and family.</li>
<li>The return of the Death Tax.</li>
<li>Higher tax rates on savers and investors.</li>
<li>The “Medicine Cabinet Tax.”</li>
<li>The “Special Needs Kids Tax.”</li>
<li>The HSA Withdrawal Tax Hike.</li>
<li>The AMT will ensnare over 28 million families, up from 4 million last year.</li>
<li>Small business expensing will be slashed and 50% expensing will disappear.</li>
<li>Taxes will be raised on all types of businesses.</li>
<li>Tax Benefits for Education and Teaching Reduced.</li>
<li>Charitable Contributions from IRAs no longer allowed.</li>
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<p>Source: <a href="http://www.atr.org/sixmonths.html?content=5171" target="_blank">Americans for Tax Reform</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.jct.gov/publications.html?func=startdown&amp;id=3646" target="_blank">List Of Expiring Federal Tax Provisions 2009-2020</a></p>
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		<title>&#8216;The Great Jobs Killer&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 16:04:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I believe the stage is set for a catastrophic fall/winter as the reality of the Democrats and Obama&#8217;s incompetence comes to fruition. From domestic issues to foreign affairs and especially the economy, it&#8217;s gonna get bumpy. Hold on tight. &#8220;The economy is still in the gravitational pull of the Great Recession. All the booster rockets [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=illuscon.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12149337&amp;post=537&amp;subd=illuscon&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I believe the stage is set for a catastrophic fall/winter as the reality of the Democ<strong>rats</strong> and Obama&#8217;s incompetence comes to fruition. From domestic issues to foreign affairs and especially the economy, it&#8217;s gonna get bumpy. Hold on tight.</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;The economy is still in the gravitational pull of the Great Recession. All the booster rockets for getting us beyond it are failing.&#8221; &#8211; <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/ambroseevans_pritchard/7871421/With-the-US-trapped-in-depression-this-really-is-starting-to-feel-like-1932.html" target="_blank">Robert Reich, former US Labor Secretary</a></p>
<p>“Those who don’t remember history are doomed to repeat it…there was a head and shoulders pattern that developed before the Depression in 1929, then with the recovery in 1930 we had another head and shoulders pattern that preceded a fall in the market, and in the current Dow situation we see an exact repeat of that environment.” &#8211; <a href="http://www.cnbc.com/id/38092759" target="_blank">Daryl Guppy, CEO at Guppytraders.com</a></p>
<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s time to call Obama what he is: The Great Jobs Killer. With his massive spending and tax hikes &#8212; rewarding big government and big unions, while punishing taxpayers and business owners &#8212; Obama has killed jobs, he has killed motivation to create new jobs, he has killed the motivation to invest in new businesses, or expand old ones. With all this killing, Obama should be given the top spot on the FBI&#8217;s Most Wanted List.&#8221; &#8211; <a href="http://www.lvrj.com/opinion/barack-obama--the-great-jobs-killer-97758294.html" target="_blank">Wayne Allyn Root, Las Vegas Review Journal</a></p>
<p>&#8220;Danger for Democ<strong>rats</strong> as economy slows: This political problem has spurred a fierce philosophical debate inside the Democr<strong>at</strong>ic Party over what’s the best medicine for the economy — bigger spending, or cutting deficits. Liberals are clamoring for more money to save the economy, and centrists are arguing there&#8217;s no more money to give in the face of trillion-plus dollar deficits.&#8221; &#8211; <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0710/39352.html" target="_blank">Politico</a></p></blockquote>
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