Common Folk Using Common Sense

Found at CNBC: The folks at Car and Driver Magazine have now documented just dangerous it can be. Rigging a car with a red light to alert drivers when to brake, the magazine tested how long it takes to hit the brake when sober, when legally drunk at .08, when reading and e-mail, and when [...]

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From Cato.org: At a time of rising unemployment, the government would raise the cost of hiring workers by requiring employers to provide health insurance to their workers or pay a fee (tax) to subsidize government coverage. Every American would be required to buy an insurance policy that meets certain government requirements. Even individuals who are [...]

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In honor of the 44th President of the United States, Baskin-Robbins Ice Cream has introduced a new flavor: “Barocky Road.” Barocky Road is a blend of half vanilla, half chocolate, and surrounded by nuts and flakes. The vanilla portion of the mix is not openly advertised and usually denied as an ingredient. The nuts and [...]

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Democrats in the US House passed, by a 219-212 razor margin, Obama‘s climate and energy legislation Friday evening. Now this bill moves to the Senate. Next to Obama this legislation is a big win for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA). The complex bill mandates a 17-percent cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 and a [...]

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William J. H. Boetcker (1873–1962) was an American religious leader and influential public speaker. Born in Hamburg, Germany, he was ordained a Presbyterian minister soon after his arrival in the United States as a young adult. He quickly gained attention as an eloquent motivational speaker. An outspoken political conservative, Rev. Boetcker is perhaps best remembered [...]

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From ABC News, the All Barack Channel: President Obama struggled to explain today whether his health care reform proposals would force normal Americans to make sacrifices that wealthier, more powerful people — like the president himself — wouldn’t face. The probing questions came from two skeptical neurologists during ABC News‘ special on health care reform, [...]

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Farrah Fawcett (February 2, 1947, Corpus Christi, Texas – June 25, 2009, Santa Monica, California) was an American actress and entertainment icon. Farrah was also a pop culture figure whose hairstyle was emulated by millions of young women and whose poster sales broke records, making her an international sex symbol in the 1970s and 1980s. [...]

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We hear a log about the cost of bailing out AIG, or all those TARP funds, or Obama’s Socialist Stimulus Package, but have you dared to forget about the Big Two, Social Security and Medicare? From Heritage.Org: TARP, Stimulus Package, Social Security, MedicareSpread The Word:

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From the UK Guardian: The Iranian authorities have ordered the family of Neda Agha Soltan out of their Tehran home after shocking images of her death were circulated around the world. Neighbours said that her family no longer lives in the four-floor apartment building on Meshkini Street, in eastern Tehran, having been forced to move [...]

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From The Ibtimes (UK), of Saturday’s events in Iran: Iranians are set to gather at 4pm (12:30 British time) for a rally to mourn the death of 27 year old student Neda Agha Soltani, dubbed the “Angel of Iran” after her death, allegedly at the hands of a Basij militiaman was caught on camera. Neda [...]

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Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) didn’t like a Brigadier General calling her “ma’am” at a federal Environment and Public Works hearing Wednesday at hearing she chaired on New Orleans’ levee system. “Do me a favor,” she said, “could say ‘senator’ instead of ‘ma’am?’ It’s just a thing, I worked so hard to get that title, so [...]

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Via The Tax Foundation: OECD countries such as Ireland, Poland, the Slovak Republic, and Switzerland have enjoyed an influx of foreign capital and investment not because they are “tax havens” but because they have dramatically lower corporate tax rates than the United States, France, Germany, Great Britain and Japan. Until these high-tax countries lower their [...]

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This is freaking sick: GARY, Ind. (CBS) – A 26-year-old convenience store clerk was shot and killed in broad daylight in Gary, Ind., and police say witnesses stood by and did nothing. CBS 2′s Pamela Jones reports there are critical clues that may help crack the case. Police say one of the four men caught [...]

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