US May Day protests planned, may disrupt commutes | Fox News

US May Day protests planned, may disrupt commutes | Fox News: "bridge district ferry workers say they'll strike Tuesday to shut down morning ferry service.

In New York, organizers have called for protesters to block one or more bridges or tunnels connecting Manhattan to New Jersey and other parts of the city."

That doesn't sound like a good way to get friends and supporters. :-/

MOMENT OF CLARITY: Wiscosin Gets Jobbed

MOMENT OF CLARITY: Wiscosin Gets Jobbed: "The fact is that none of our elected officials who promise to create jobs in the private sector have any say in the matter; politicians can only put up or tear down barriers to job creation. 

If you want to judge Governor Walker, or any other politician for that matter, on job creation, then list the barriers he has erected to private sector job creation down one column, and list the barriers he has removed down a second column."

"According to BLS – not me - the number of persons employed in Wisconsin in March of 2011 was 2,838,145. And according the BLS – not me - the number of persons employed in Wisconsin in March of 2012 was 2,856,643. My calculator says that is an INCREASE of 18,498."

Debate rages over severity of child-porn sentences | Fox News

Debate rages over severity of child-porn sentences | Fox News: " offenders who possess and distribute child pornography can go to prison for longer than those who actually rape or sexually abuse a child. In a 2010 survey of federal judges by the Sentencing Commission, about 70 percent said the proposed ranges of sentences for possession and receipt of child pornography were too high. Demonstrating their displeasure, federal judges issued child porn sentences below the guidelines 45 percent of the time in 2010, more than double the rate for all other crimes."

PROMISES, PROMISES: Romney pledges raise questions | Fox News

PROMISES, PROMISES: Romney pledges raise questions | Fox News: "Citing "the absurdity of Romney's plan," Preble wrote recently that the candidate "hasn't said what other spending he will cut, or what taxes he would increase.""

"Romney has shown little willingness to cut popular programs so far. He joined President Barack Obama, and bucked some House Republicans, by backing an extension of low college loan rates for middle-income students, a $6 billion government cost."

Insanity: CISPA Just Got Way Worse, And Then Passed On Rushed Vote | Techdirt

Insanity: CISPA Just Got Way Worse, And Then Passed On Rushed Vote | Techdirt: "The government would be able to search information it collects under CISPA for the purposes of investigating American citizens with complete immunity from all privacy protections as long as they can claim someone committed a "cybersecurity crime". Basically it says the 4th Amendment does not apply online, at all. Moreover, the government could do whatever it wants with the data as long as it can claim that someone was in danger of bodily harm, or that children were somehow threatened—again, notwithstanding absolutely any other law that would normally limit the government's power."

House GOP set to curb college student loan costs | Fox News

House GOP set to curb college student loan costs | Fox News: "The House planned to vote Friday on the bill, which would keep interest rates at 3.4 percent for subsidized Stafford loans, instead of rising as scheduled to 6.8 percent on July 1. The GOP-written package would cover its $5.9 billion cost by plucking money from a preventive health fund established in President Barack Obama's 2010 health care overhaul law"

Op-Ed: Campus commandos, or safer students?

Op-Ed: Campus commandos, or safer students?: "armed students have already prevented at least one shooting. When Peter Odighizuwa, a mentally unstable student at the Appalachian School of Law in Virginia, opened fire on Jan. 16, 2002, he killed two faculty members and a student and wounded three other students.

Hearing the shots, two students who were licensed to carry a concealed weapon (except on campus) ran to the vehicles, procured their firearms, and subdued the shooter without further violence."

Court in shock as Norway gunman describes massacre – USATODAY.com

Court in shock as Norway gunman describes massacre – USATODAY.com: "Sixty-nine people, mostly teenagers, were killed on Utoya island and others only survived by diving into chilly waters to escape."
"he mowed down young victims as they pleaded for their lives."
"Others pretended to be dead. He said he shot them, too."
"luring youth from their hiding places by telling them he was a police officer who was there to protect them. When they came out, he gunned them down."

Fleeing was the survival strategy that worked.

"He was disguised as a policeman, carrying a rifle and a handgun. He also brought drinking water because he knew he would get a dry throat from the stress of killing people."
"he took to the Internet to learn how to carry out his bombing-and-shooting rampage"
"his goal was to kill all of the nearly 600 people on the island"

He was prepared to for his massacre.

We're Taking Over (Minnesota Edition) | Ron Paul 2012 Presidential Campaign CommitteeRon Paul 2012 Presidential Campaign Committee

We're Taking Over (Minnesota Edition) | Ron Paul 2012 Presidential Campaign CommitteeRon Paul 2012 Presidential Campaign Committee: "he truth is the GOP has gone through many transformations over the years due to new factions coming in to the party–Southerners in the 70′s and 80′s, pro-lifers, Christian activists, the Tea Party–and all of these changes hardly ever sit well with the old guard.

Yet virtually all of these changes eventually become part of permanent fabric of the GOP and have made it a more conservative party. Most in the party, even those who might have resisted these changes at one time, will now admit this."

No Obamacare Exchanges | Michael F. Cannon | Cato Institute: Commentary

No Obamacare Exchanges | Michael F. Cannon | Cato Institute: Commentary: "The Obama administration has indicated that it might try to tax employers and hand out those subsidies anyway — even in states that don't create an exchange, and even though neither Obamacare nor any other federal law gives it the power to do so. If that happens, the fact that a state has refused to create an exchange would give every large employer in the state — including the state government itself — the ability to go to court to block the administration's attempt to usurp Congress's legislative powers."

"States that opt to create an exchange can expect to pay anywhere from $10 million to $100 million per year to run it. But if states refuse, Obamacare says the federal government must pay to create one."

"Obamacare does not and cannot mandate that states create exchanges. Moreover, state-run exchanges do not preserve local control. They will do Washington's bidding, or else they will be commandeered or swept aside."