CSPAN: President Obama- 'Announces Afghanistan Troop Reduction'

Source:CSPAN- President Barack H. Obama, addressing the nation on his Afghanistan policy.

"Speaking from the White House, President Obama announced that 10,000 American forces would leave Afghanistan by the end of this year and another 20,000 would be withdrawn by the end of next year." 

From CSPAN

I supported the War in Afghanistan originally back in October 2001 shortly after 9/11, because Afghanistan was harboring some of the terrorists that were responsible for 9/11. As well as Afghanistan being a safe harbor for other terrorist activities. And we needed to get those people to prevent other Terrorists Attacks on America in the future. 

I didn't agree with how we funded the War in Afghanistan from the beginning and now. Borrowing over a trillion dollars and putting all of that money on the national debt card. The War in Afghanistan represents around 10% of our national debt alone. Military operations is something America is very good at. Nation building, not so much. 

Just look at our country for example: we need some nation building of our own, we need to rebuild our infrastructure, our roads, bridges, buildings, airports, our waters, our schools. As well as building things that we don't currently have to reduce traffic congestion (for example) by building more roads. 

If you look at what the original mission in Afghanistan was, get the terrorists, knock the Taliban out of power and install another government thats no longer a threat to us. Mission accomplished, we accomplished that nine years ago. 

The question now is where do we go from here. If the mission is to establish a new republic in Afghanistan with a functioning central government thats responsible without corruption, we are not going to accomplish that. 

If occupying a country which is what we are doing in Afghanistan and making the case that we need to be there until they have a responsible central government, then we could make that case to occupy several of Afghanistan's neighbors, like Pakistan and Iran. Afghanistan is going to have to decide what kind of country they are going to have going forward, we can't do that for them and be there indefinitely. 

At some point and by the end of 2011 I believe, we are going to have to decide whether Afghanistan can have a responsible central government going forward or not and how likely that is. If the answer is no which I believe it is, then we need to pull out and declare mission accomplished and declare we did all we could and accomplished what we originally set out. 

If the answer is yes, then we have to have a clear plan that everyone can understand and have a coalition behind us to help up accomplish that plan.

Motor Eagles: 'Advice on Women Bikers'

Source: Motor Eagles- Biker chick with advice. 

Source:The Daily Post 

"Renee's advice on Women Bikers. MotorEagles: Cool Bikes. Cool Riders (series)."

Source:The Free State- Biker chick and her bike. 

From Motor Eagles

The sexiest look on women today in my opinion, is the tight denim jeans with boots look. Whether they are jeans in boots or over boots. You see sexy women all the time wearing boots with their tight denim jeans, because it's the perfect way for a woman to show off her legs and butt. Sexy women to me physically, beautiful and well-built. Personally sexy women to me are confident women that know that they are sexy because they are sexy. 

Women who have the confidence to look sexy out in public. We see tight denim jeans with boots on women in all cultures. Celebrity, Rock & Roll, biker, country, hip hop they are all over the place. It's a mainstream and universal look, that became popular in the late 70s. With the tight dark wash designer denim jeans look that exploded in America. That was brought back into style around 2005 and has stayed ever since and if anything getting larger. 

Because this look is the perfect way for sexy women to show off their bodies. That they work hard to maintain by eating healthy balanced meals and working out. And guys including myself love these ladies for it. Ladies just need to make sure that they are wearing the right tight denim jeans for their bodies as well as boots. Because there isn’t much room for error with them because of how revealing they are. Its great to see biker chicks and sexy women of all backgrounds wearing this look. And just more evidence of how universal it is. 

PZI Jeans: Curvy Model Lynette- Shows of Her Curves: In PZI Skinny Jeans

Source:PZI Jeans- Curvy model Lynette, for PZI Jeans.

Source:The Daily Post 

“Curvy Model Lynette shows off her curves in PZI Jeans.” 

From PZI Jeans

Source:Jeans So Tight- feel free to check out her curve appeal: she's showing it off.

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a bone-thin woman who I considered sexy at least physically. I’m not into stereotypical valley girls, the tall rail thin blonde women with light complexions. That freak out about gaining a pound and put down people who eat full meals and work out. Brittany Spears would be an example of a valley girl who actually eats full balanced meals and works out and has an excellent body. But generally these women are rail-thin and put down people who aren’t. Curvy women back in the day were considered fat and unattractive in the 1970s and 80s. But by the late 1990s curvy women became stylish as long as they had tight curves and weren’t fat.

And this trend that started in the late 90s has been that way ever since and hopefully always be that way. And now we even see tight denim skinny jeans for curvy women and that will continue to grow. Women who are curvy, with tight curves, are sexy women to me because they are healthy. They eat full balanced meals and work out, they want to look good and show the rest of the world what they are working with. And because they are sexy, they are confident without being arrogant and have another sexy quality about them. They look great and know it.

And from a guys point of view, you see sexy curvy in tight denim jeans a lot, out in public or on TV. Rachael Ray being a perfect example of this, a woman who I would describe as the Queen of Hip Hugger Jeans. She knows she has a great body and wants the world to know it. And in some cases especially in Europe, you see healthy curvy women in tight leather jeans like on their soap operas. Health curvy women to me are sexy women because they take care of themselves and don’t starve themselves. And they should be proud of that and not be afraid to let the world see that because men especially will love them for it.

Larry King Live: Michael Moore: 'French & American Taxes'

Source:CNN- filmmaker/ political activist Michael Moore, on Larry King Live, I believe in 2009.

"Michael Moore On French & American Taxes"

From CNN

What Michael Moore and his followers don't understand is, that there's no such thing as a free lunch. If you pay taxes that is you're paying taxes which most Americans do you are paying for all these public services through taxes, which is money coming out of your wallet. 

There's no such thing as free health care, free education, free transportation, free pension or free anything in France, or anywhere else from the Federal or any other government, if you pay taxes. And if you consume services from the private sector, unless someone pays for those services for you you're paying for them out of your wallet as well. 

So when Michael Moore said that France only has a 10% Federal tax rate, he failed to mention all the other taxes that the French pay for to their Federal Government. which is what Larry King followed up on with Mr. Moore by asking him about the other payroll taxes that the French pay for. Maybe the only time I've ever been proud of Larry King for anything.

Also if you pay taxes, you're not only paying for the public services that you pay for, but you're paying for the public services that people who don't pay taxes consume. Because they don't make enough money to pay income taxes. So you're working to support yourself and your family and to pay for the public services you receive. But you're also working to pay for the public services that people who don't pay income taxes receive. 

The question is not whether we should pay taxes or pay for services that we receive in the public or private sectors or not. That question has already been answered, of course we should pay for the services that we receive. 

When me make our points in debates like this and and try to lay out what's the best vision for America and what America should like, we should stay as close to the facts as possible and speak to what we know. And not use terms like: "Europeans get free health care, education and other services". Because like anyone else if they pay taxes, they are not receiving those services for free. They are paying for them through taxation.

If Social Democrats/Democratic Socialists in America and Michael Moore would fit this category, ever want to be taken seriously and have real political power where they are at the very least a dominant faction in one of the major political parties, or have enough political support to run a government which includes both Congress and the White House, they got to stop putting out all these falsehoods and stick to the truth. And not just say: "Well it's really not free, but we call it free, because it comes from government and you're free from having to pay for those services in the private sector. " Because the fact is if you're paying for government services, you're paying for those services! 

Government services are not paid for them out-of-pocket with a bill and receipt like you would at a store, or when you sign up for lets private insurance, but you're paying for those services through taxes and generally payroll taxes. So you run a political campaign and layout everything you want to provide to the people and say all these things will be free, you're not telling the truth. And if you know those services aren't free, because they're being financed through taxes, you're even lying to people you say you want to help.  

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Moe Lane: CPAC 2011- Maryland GOP Chairman Alex Mooney

Source:Moe Lane- Maryland GOP Chairman Alex Mooney.

"CPAC 2011: Alex Mooney. CPAC 2011: Alex Mooney." 

From Moe Lane:

I think it would be difficult for any person to lead a political party where you are outnumbered at least 2-1. That also has one of the biggest as well as bluest cities in the country in Baltimore as well as two of the largest metropolitan areas in the country as well. And if you put them together, Washington-Baltimore the whole region, you are looking about 10M people. Which would make it the fourth largest area in the country that has two MLB baseball franchises and two NFL football franchises. And has one team in every other major sports league in the country. 

And with Republicans unable to do well in large areas of the country, especially in cities right now, it's no secret why the Maryland GOP is barely an opposition party in Maryland right now. Having lost the last two Governor's races by blowouts and representing only about 30% of the entire State Assembly, House and Senate combine, but it doesn't mean it has to be like that.

If you look at both Maryland and Virginia demographically, Virginia where you see Democrats mainly in metro areas like Northern Virginia, Richmond and the Tidewater area and Republicans in rural areas, that's not much different than Maryland. Except that you have instead of Republicans holding most of the seats in rural Maryland, you have Moderate-Conservative Democrats who hold those seats instead. Democrats who vote with Republicans on social issues and vote with Republicans on some economic issues as well. 

But when it comes to things like taxes, they tend to vote more Republican as well and are very supportive of tax cuts whether they come from Republicans or Democrats. Maryland might be the most bluest state in the union. One of the things I love about it as a Maryland Democrat, but we are not like a Socialist Republic you see in Vermont or something. More of a classical liberal state, a JFK Democratic state, believers in things like economic freedom as well.

My whole point about this is because the Maryland GOP is so weak as an opposition party, they are underrepresented in this state and haven't done a very good job of appealing to rural Marylanders and bringing these people into the party. They could probably have 5-10 more seats in the State Senate and perhaps twenty more in the State House, if they just did a better job of appealing to rural areas with Religious Conservatives there and appealing to urban Marylanders in the three big counties of Baltimore, Montgomery and Prince George's, with economic Conservatives. 

But people who are more moderate-liberal, or even libertarian on social issues. People like Connie Morella, Bob Erlich and Mike Steele and even appeal to Latino and African Americans who live in these areas. Who like the message of economic freedom.

And Alex Mooney who probably only has the job as Leader of the Maryland GOP, because he lost his reelection bid in the State Senate back in 2010, hasn't done a very good job of getting that message across. And seems to have more of the mindset: "Of look we are in an overwhelming Democratic state, let's just try to win where we can, rather than trying to expand the party." Which doesn't work in a state that's becoming more blue, younger and more minority everyday.

PZI Jeans: ‘Model Jocelyn Shouts Out PZI Jeans As Best Jeans For Curvy Women’

Source:PZI Jeans- beautiful, sexy baby, Jocelyn.

Source:The Daily Post  

"Model Jocelyn shouts out PZI Jeans as best Jeans for Curvy women"


From PZI Jeans 

I found this photo on Flickr and I forgot who originally uploaded it. But the woman looks like a beautiful model, with a beautiful body and beautiful curves, whose a Goddess in denim and boots.

Source:The Daily Post- Ariel, in her jeans in boots. Perhaps on the run because she’s tired of being checked out for being so beautiful and sexy. 

I found this photo on Flickr and I forgot who originally uploaded it. But the woman looks like a beautiful model, with a beautiful body and beautiful curves, whose a Goddess in denim and boots.

Source:The Daily Post- Ariel, in her jeans in boots. Perhaps on the run because she's tired of being checked out for being so beautiful and sexy. You see a woman like this at a grocery store in this outfit, you would probably get the urge to follow her around just to check her out. Unless you are beautiful, sexy girlfriend or wife (perhaps both women) was right there with you.

I’m 6’5 and over 200 lbs. I like women wearing tight jeans. I especially love tall and curvy women wearing tight jeans because I don’t tower over them.

The beautiful and baby faced woman in this video has the body type that I consider nearly perfect. She looks like a woman who’s proud of her figure and works hard to keep it. She doesn’t just eat salad and rice cakes but also beef and fried potatoes. She’s a tall beautiful adorable woman, with a great body and perhaps the most important thing here is that she also has great style. She’s proud of her body and wants to show it off. Not worried about rail-thin valley girls calling her fat, because she actually has meat on her bones and on her legs and midsection.

A woman like this could be a pro athlete or a court lawyer, an entertainer. She really could do just about anything and carry it off as long as she has the knowledge and talent to do it.

I’m not into the valley girl look of a tall and rail-thin woman who looks like she rarely eats. When she does eat, it’s rice, salad and water and she looks like she vomits everything else. Valley girls might have been like totally awesome (or whatever) in the 1980s and perhaps to certain extent today as well. But even today’s valley girls tend to have meat on their bones and not afraid to show off their bodies. Britney Spears, The Kardashian’s come to mind to use as examples.

But sexy women today tend to have meat on their bones. Whether they’re tall, short, or somewhere in between, they tend to look like they stay in shape. They’re not afraid of food and also don’t stuff their faces. They eat well, but not afraid to have the occasional candy bar or ice cream because they tend to eat well and exercise on a regular basis. Guys like curves and like women who are athletic looking and can eat a real meal with and check them out.

The woman in this video looks great and sexy in a pair of dark wash, tight, denim PZI jeans because they are perfect for her body type. She’s not afraid to show the world that she’s proud of herself.Fashion models tend to be like this. At least the sexy one who again don’t have that stereotypical model figure of a women who is 5’7 or taller, but barely weighs 100 pounds if that.

The woman in this video is probably 5’8-5’9 and athletic looking at least in the sense that she looks healthy and looks like she stays in shape. Because she’s fashion model who models skinny jeans. And if you’re going to do that you better have a strong pair of legs and midsection, or you’re not going to look good in them. You’ll ether look to thin and someone who doesn’t eat enough, or you’ll look fat and look like a woman who is wearing pants that are simply too small for you. This woman in this video looks perfect. 

PBS: The Open Mind with Richard Hefner- Professor Milton Friedman: On The Minimum Wage (1975)

Source:The Open Mind With Richard Heffner- Professor Milton Friedman, on The Open Mind With Richard Heffner, in 1975.

"It is immoral to say that people with low skills are not allowed to work. Milton Friedman discusses the effects of minimum wage, dispelling the myth that it is a Good Thing."

From The Open Mind With Richard Heffner

Those of you who've read my past posts on this blog may be thinking that I'm a libertarian because I'm in favor of legalizing  marijuana, gambling and prostitution.  I'm also for guaranteeing all rights under the U.S. Constitutional to homosexuals as strongly as for straight people and I'm pro choice on reproductive rights.  I don't consider myself a classical libertarian  though I have libertarian leanings. I consider myself a classical liberal in the mode of Jack Kennedy, John Kerry, Bill Clinton or perhaps even Thomas Jefferson, the father of the Democratic Party and, perhaps, liberalism itself.

I do believe in the maximization of freedom and responsibility for the Individual.  If you're a real liberal and not a social democrat, you're truly in favor of having government off our backs out of our wallets and bedrooms.  You believe that government should serve a supportive and empowering role, not an authoritarian role.  The minimum wage, or as I would prefer to call it, the living wage, is a pretty good example of that. 

In the 1930's, when the FDR Administration, with the support of Congress, established the minimum wage as part of the New Deal, it was done to create an income floor that American workers could rely upon to support themselves and their families. Most Americans (with the possible exception of the Koch brothers and other Republican oligarchs) don't want slave labor here.  70 years after it was created the original concept of the minimum wage has outlived its usefulness and needs to be replaced.  It hasn't kept up with Inflation because it has to rely on a fickle and indifferent Congress that is captive to the corporate employers of the minimum wage workers.  That Congress never incorporated Indexing for inflation in the statute. 

I would replace the Federal minimum wage with a Federal living wage indexed for Inflation.  I would propose giving employers an additional tax deduction based on the fraction of their payroll paid to minimum wage workers so that they don't see a spike in their payroll due to this change. The current Federal minimum wage is a measly $7.25 per hour.  This is  a little over $15,000 per year.  This is well below the poverty level.  The living wage should be at least $10 per hour.

This living wage  would giving minimum wage workers in America a substantial raise that would directly go back into the economy because the recipients would spend virtually all of it.  These workers would still be low-income but their income  would finally be at the Federal poverty level instead of under it.  

Low-income workers contribute a lot to our society and we couldn't survive without them.  They sustain everything from agriculture, food service, groceries, health care, and aviation service Industries etc.  They should be adequately rewarded for the contributions that they make to our society. 

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