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Cinemassacre's Monster Madness 2011 Day 19: Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master




I usually don't lead off with something like this, but frankly, there's nothing out there to write about- in terms of news.

E-cat news? You can find that elsewhere. Besides, this is more of a "dream" site anyway. Why not a nightmare? Bwa ha ha ha!

Do you remember the Hover Boards in Back to the Future?

Get a load of this!




Not exactly the same thing, but it isn't far from it.

Wealthiest metropolitan area in the United States is now Washington DC

Next Big Future

Comment:

The rather extreme irony of it all is that these people get into power by pretending to be "of the people, by the people, and for the people".   They seem to be, rather, "of the lawyers, by the lawyers, and for the lawyers."

Cain's Stimulating '9-9-9' Tax Reform

Arthur B. Laffer

excerpts:

• in today's world the tax mandate has many more facets. These include income redistribution, encouraging favored industries, and discouraging unfavorable behavior
• Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain's now famous "9-9-9" plan is his explicit proposal to right the wrongs of our federal tax code.
• the plan exempts from any tax people below the poverty line
• I support collecting more in taxes from people with high incomes who choose to actually pay taxes at lower tax rates than use lawyers and accountants to avoid taxes at higher tax rates.
• Still, a number of my fellow economists don't like the retail sales component of the 9-9-9 plan. They argue that, once in place, the retail rate could be raised to the moon. They are correct, but what they miss is that any tax could be instituted in the future at a higher rate

Comment: Taxes should be for the funding of government and nothing else-neither income redistribution, nor favored industries, nor changing behaviors. Any true conservative should love this plan because a limited government is what it is all about.

Who said the moon isn't made of cheese? "Green" cheese, that is.

I making puns out the wazoo here.  You don't get it?  The kind of cheese I'm talking about is green.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=cheese

But it is also green because of this

http://instesre.org/Solar/ApolloEarthRise.jpg

All I'm saying is that you can make money off the moon and promote "greener" policies on Earth.  And it doesn't have to cost too much money.

You can mine lunar platinum, for example.  That can be used for fuel cells on Earth.  You can make solar power satellites and launch them from the moon into Earth orbit.  From there it can provide energy to the Earth.

It takes less energy to get from the Moon to Earth orbit, so it will be more economical.

Hydrogen can be obtained from seawater and made into methanol and shipped to wherever it is needed. Methanol can be electrolyzed back into hydrogen, while saving the carbon dioxide, making it carbon neutral.

The solar power satellites and the platinum can sustain a lunar colony, which saves the expense of getting there because someone is already there.  Their being there has to be sustained and the reason for being there will be sustained because there are resources on the moon which can be exploited.  The economic activity can expand further into deeper space, yielding additional returns.

You can also fashion new worlds from lunar materials.  Getting to and from an Earth Moon Lagragian point to another point in space is a lot easier and cheaper than launching rockets from the ground- even if launch costs come way down.  Space exploration and settlement becomes all the more economically feasible and profitable.  This will yield benefits on the ground, making everyone better off.

"The Power of Herman Cain"

American Thinker
 excerpt:

I thought of this amazing happening when I read about what Herman Cain decided to do when the power went out at his recent speech in Tennessee. He had just started delivering his talk when the generator fueling his mike failed.

After a few awkward moments, Cain did the most amazing thing, something perhaps unique in the annals of politics: he started singing -- and an apt song, "The Impossible Dream."

Comment:  Cain isn't a bad singer.  It's like Gomer Pyle in the sixties sitcom, you may be surprised at how well he does sing.

2012 Republican Presidential Debate

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Part 7
Part 8

Post debate interview with Herman Cain, and my previous post here.

Update:
I am going to watch all of these and make some short comments on each.

Part 1: Lively discussion of Cain's 9-9-9 tax plan.  Cain says read his plan, it is on his website.  Romney talks a bit about his 59 point plan.

Part 2:  There was a lively discussion about RomneyCare as opposed to ObamaCare.  Romney got Gingrich to admit that he got the individual mandate from the Heritage Foundation as well as Gingrich himself. Santorum kept talking over Romney, rude.

Part 3: Rick Perry brings up Romney's hiring of illegals.  Then, he talks over Romney while he is speaking. What is it with this rudeness?  Border fence question.  Bachmann brings up Obama's illegal relatives. Bachmann favors English as official language.  Perry directly accuses Romney of being the main problem with respect to illegals.  Romney loses something with that, it is a direct hit.

Part 4:  Latino vote for Gingrich, which he handles pretty well.  Cain sells tax program again, Perry brings up energy plan.   On the issue of energy Perry sounds a lot like this blog.   Santorum talks about family values. Yucca Mountain question Gingrich answers.  Nothing is mentioned about thorium, which reduces the amount of waste.  Romney says let the free market work.   I think Gingrich loses a bit here.

Part 5:   Real Estate Bubble, Santorum answers.  Perry-Santorum scuffle about TARP.   Romney sells his plan.  Cain explains his position on TARP.  Bachmann accuses Obama of failure to home owners.  Occupy Wall Street question:  asked of Cain.  Cain repeats what he said earlier.   Paul goes after Federal Reserve.
Romney accuses Obama of failure.  Romney and Cain come out the best on this one.  Santorum loses.

Part 6: Romney and Mormonism question, should voters pay attention to religion?  Santorum answers.  Then Gingrich.  Then Perry- who swerves to Obama.  Romney responds by criticizing the idea of paying attention to religion.  Pushes tolerance.  Topic changes to deficit reduction and national defense.   Bachmann criticizes Obama because of his failed policies and especially nuke in Iran.   Gingrich rips special committee process. Trillion spending cut question asked of Paul.  Get out of Afghanistan, says Paul.  Hostage question asked of Cain.  Discussion of Israeli prisoner exchange.  Cain may have a problem with his statements that he has to explain away too often.

Part 7:  Foreign aid-- Perry answers.  Agrees that money shouldn't be sent overseas- defunding UN.   Romney responds-- how to use money- a budget problem he says.  Paul against aid.  Even Israel.  Bachmann says no to that.  Paul brings up Reagan negotiating with hostages.  Gingrich defends Reagan.  Paul is a bit over the top, he loses this- even though he probably makes some good points, he drowns this by going after Reagan. Perry may seem too extreme with UN.  Romney gives a  politically "safe" answer.

Part 8:  Who can beat Obama?  Asked of Santorum.  Says he won swing state of Pennsylvania- twice. Romney responds-- experience in private sector helps with economy issue.  Perry talks about Romney's record v his- says his is better.  Perry and Romney go after it over jobs.  Perry says Romney failed.   Cain says Romney is Wall Street, he is Main Street.  Romney mentions turnarounds.  Bachmann says she is like Reagan.  Gingrich says he about substance.

Who won?  Nobody.  This won't change anything.