Life In Sherman Oaks

The Family Research Council spokesman Peter Spriggs said today that gays should not be allowed to openly serve in the military because they might cause forceable sex acts in the showers. But then again, Peter Spriggs also thinks gays shouldn’t be permitted to work in the U.S. Department of Education. 61% of regular U.S. church goers support gays being allowed to serve in military. Family Research Council is a very [...]

It seems as if Republicans have completely forgotten that they were all here during those wonderful Bush years. They’ve forgotten REPUBLICANS voted for the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy that increased the deficit by $1.3 trillion, plus interest. They’ve forgotten REPUBLICANS all voted for the Iraq war, that, to date has increased our deficit by $1 trillion, cost us thousands of lives, plus interest. They’ve forgotten REPUBLICANS were all, [...]

In 1980, just shy of one-quarter of the total national income was concentrated in 10% of all American families. By 2004, that same one-quarter of the total national income was concentrated in just 1% of Americans. In fact, by 2004, just 10% of all American families controlled 70% of America’s money. 90% of the people controlled just 1% of the money. This division between the rich and the middle class, [...]

Republican Marsah Blackburn, minority whip — stated the Republican position today that a 5% tax cut across the board is the best solution for the country. Okay. Let me ask you a question. When you have a drop in income — do you say to yourself — okay, well, I’ll just spend 5% less across the board. I’ll pay the DWP 5% less, the Gas Co. 5% less, I’ll pay [...]

One of my first jobs was working as a Financial Analyst for the CFO of a large corporation. He was always trying to figure out ways to cut costs — partly because it was his job and partly because his bonus was tied to it. First, we went thru benefits to see which employee benefits we could cut. Then we went thru to see which employees might be cut. Last, [...]

After deregulation of their friends on Wall Street, the discretionary war in Iraq and two sets of tax cuts for the wealthy that cost us $1.3 trillion in tax revenue — both of which costs us a huge $1.3 trillion deficit by the end of the Bush administration… The Republicans are complaining about the new Obama budget. to me — that’s a little like having a drunken husband who for [...]

Newly elected Republican Senator Scott Brown of Massachusetts said again today that he believe in a women’s right to choose and that he disagrees with his party when it comes to overturning “Roe V. Wade.” Brown has further said that the Republican party should not take him for granted. that while he is fiscally conservative — he is more socially liberal. Some pundits have said that Scott Brown may be [...]

Republicans Hensarling and Blackburn said today that they believe the best way to reduce deficit is to cut social security. This is from the same Republicans that are opposing the expiration of the Bush Tax cuts for the wealthy at the end of 2010.

National Cybersecurity Initiative to protect our information networks. Funding of $36 million will support ongoing projects to improve surveillance technologies to detect enhanced, emerging and advanced biological threats. Efforts to develop next-generation Bio-Watch sensors will continue in order to detect bio-attacks at the earliest possible instant. The Budget also supports the termination of outdated systems such as the terrestrial-based, long-range radionavigation (LOrAN-C) operated by the U.S. Coast Guard resulting in [...]

The President’s Budget will build upon the $5 billion provided in the recovery Act for weatherization assistance in order to spur development of an industry that will have the capacity to meet the President’s goal of weatherizing one million homes annually. The proposal is deigned to save Working families on Average $350 Per year in gas and electric bills. By upgrading a home’s furnace, sealing leaky ducts, and adding insulation, [...]

Enhance Security at Over 90 Major Ports, to improve homeland Security, increase international Trade and Commerce, and Create Jobs. This investment will help make our Nation’s ports a vital and secure link to the global economy, not a vulnerable entry point for those who seek to harm us. The Administration is committed to improving the protection of our critical port infrastructure. The Budget continues to provide risk-based funding through the [...]

The President proposes to expand Access to Broadband. As a country, we have made significant public investments so that, regardless of economic status, Americans have access to telephone service and electricity. In this day and age, we must do the same for broadband. Like any network, the more people who are a part of it, the stronger we all are. The more communities that have access to high-speed Internet connections, [...]

This morning, John Boehner, Republican, Ohio, was interviewed on a Sunday morning talk show. And two things really stood out about this interview: 1. When the interviewer asked how they (Republicans and Democrats) could work together, as the President has asked that they do — the interviewer asked Boehner if they couldn’t agree on the interstate sales of health insurance — a Republican idea which democrats included in the Health [...]

In an unprecedented action, President Obama went to the House Republican retreat in Baltimore to engage Republicans in a dialogue. The President faced the entire Republican house and answered tough questions. He discussed the fact that the American people want the bitter bickering to stop. That the American people wanted Congress to get something done. That the American people want legislation passed that will create jobs. And what is the [...]

All three cable news networks were supposed to carry the extraordinary question and answer session between the President and the members of the Republican House members. But Fox cut away. Why? Why did Fox network cut away from this forum? Don’t they trust their viewers to be able to listen to this exchange in an intelligent manner? Does anyone have an answer? Why was Fox the only cable news network [...]

After the President’s State of the Union Address statement on the repeal of “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” Defense Secretary Robert Gates and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, will present an “implementation plan” to U.S. lawmakers next Tuesday, FEb. 2, 2010, spelling out measures that the Pentagon will take internally before the White House and the Congress move to change the law. In his first [...]

President Obama asked to speak to Republicans at their House Retreat in Baltimore today. The objective — the continue to try and reach out to Republicans to advance the economic agenda of America. First the President discussed the Economic Recovery Act (sometimes referred to as the Stimulus). He pointed to a poll released today that showed the while Americans said they didn’t like the Stimulus package — when those same [...]

Human beings live conflict. It’s why we love to watch sports, the Final Four, the Superbowl. We love the back and forth tug between two forces. In movies, in computer games, we love conflict. We especially love it when the under dog wins. But that is the point — after a good slugfest, we do ultimately want there to be a good outcome — we want someone to win and [...]

President Obama will be delivering his first ever state of the Union Address this evening (that’s right — he’s been in office ONE WHOLE YEAR ALREADY). Try watching. It’s better than watching the corporate ads filled with all the lies.

Below is a list of the top ten priorities of Americans as of today, according to the Pew Research Organization — by percent. 83% Economy 81% Jobs 80% Terrorism 66% Social Security 65% Education 63% Medicare 60% Deficit Reduction 57% Helping the Poor 53% Health Care 49% Military The biggest change was in Americans’ concern about the Energy Problem. Last year, 60% of all Americans thought the energy problem (i.e. [...]