Arnold-nomics, Dishonoring the 9-11 Dead, Shoe Flowcharts: Morning Intell

Morning Intell: Weekday Edition: Monday, November 2, 2009

• MORE PROOF THAT RINOs ARE CLOSER TO DEMS THAN REPUBLICANS: HOFFMAN CALLS SCOZZAFAVA A ‘TURNCOAT’.
  Dede Scozzafava throws her ‘support’ to Democrat Bill Owens in the NY-23 race. Republicans can only hope that she’ll be as effective campaigning for Owens as she was for herself.

  Chuck Schumer and Rahm Emanuel called the now-defunct campaign of Scozzafava to urge her to endorse the Democrat. As Scozzafava is still a NY Republican pol, perhaps this is only a premonition of the Dede-yet-to-come.
  MORE: The Real Story.
  ANALYSIS: Scozzafava endorses Democrat in NY-23. This last is both accurate and correct. That’s the labels we stick on any and all analysis with which we agree.
  AND: How Scozzafava repays NRCC and RNC
  The latest action by Dede Scozzafava is one reason so many conservatives refused to support her. Glenn Reynolds wonders if the RNC will be able to get their $900,000 Scozzafava investment back? “Like I say, you can’t sue politicians for breach of warranty the way you can sue businesses. If you could, politicians would have to be more trustworthy.”
  FINALLY THIS: PPP poll: Hoffman up big in two-man race. Allahpundit talks some sense and hits several nails on their heads.
  DBKP’s LBG on Scozzafava endorsing Owens after calls by Sen. Schumer and Rahm Emanuel: “We seldom get to watch people selling their souls to the Devil.”

• SPEAKING OF RINOS, ARNOLD-NOMICS!
  California to withhold a bigger chunk of paychecks.
  The state of California hits workers for an extra 10% of their paychecks and sez: “We’re hit you back later, dude!”
  Even the LA Times gets it: “The amount goes up 10% on Sunday as Sacramento borrows from taxpayers. Technically, it’s not an income tax increase: You’ll get the money back eventually.”
  …As in a no-interest loan to the state.
  Of course, the state handed out IOUs for awhile in 2009, so California taxpayers looking for another reason to flee the “Golden State” have one. California’s increasingly “golden” only if you’re a state employee.

• WHO’S ON TOP? Daily scoreboard
• PROOF THE ECONOMY IS REBOUNDING? Dollar Homes Lack Buyers.
  3 homes put up for auction in Barrington, VT, each for $1.00. No takers. [h/t: Ernest Hancock, Freedom's Phoenix]

• LIBERAL M.O.: Bullying by disclosure
• NASCAR WEEKEND: 2009 Unofficial Driver Standings: After Amp Energy 500.
  Top 4: Jimmie Johnson, Mark Martin, Jeff Gordon, Juan Pablo Montoya.

• TOP TEN MOST POPULAR SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES:

  
  Source: Web Pro News

• HONORING THE DEAD? 911 Memorial Park Arson: Fire Reveals 911 Victims Stored in Temporary Tent
• SWAMI: Limbaugh Assails Obama’s ‘Radical’ Agenda, Predicts One-Term Presidency.
  Fox News: “The conservative radio host assailed the administration for its economic stimulus package, health care reform plan and alleged uncertainty over the way forward in Afghanistan. In a wide-ranging interview, he called Obama a “child” driven by his “out-of-this-world ego.” And he predicted that Obama, who built a broad-based majority over Republican candidate John McCain a year ago, would not win a second term.”

• WHO’s #1? The Associated Press Top 25 Poll .
  Top 3: Florida, Texas, Alabama.

• SHOWING SUBSERVIENCE, HILLARY WORE A HEADSCARF, BUT ALL SHE GOT WAS THIS LOUSY PRESS: Al Qaeda leadership in Pakistan: Hillary Clinton.
  Clinton: “The percentage of taxes on GDP (in Pakistan) is among the lowest in the world… We (the United States) tax everything that moves and doesn’t move, and that’s not what we see in Pakistan.”
  [h/t: Don Surber]
  MORE: A Very Interesting Next Three Years
  VDHansen: “What if you took everything Yale Law School Hillary has said abroad the last week and put it into the mouth of Idaho BA Sarah Palin? The press would have gone ballistic about her ignorance of the Middle East, her sermonizing, her scapegoating, her factual errors, etc.”

• FLOWCHARTS FOR ? Shoes?
  Hint: The one for girls is a lot more involved than the one for guys.

  

• THE NERVE: Boeing Heads South for Better Business Climate: Washington State Politicians are Surprised?
  

  This is one of many examples illustrating why one-on-one handouts between governments and businesses are bad for taxpayers, and in the long run, bad for the businesses themselves. Once the luster of the handout runs out, the business will scramble for another, and another, and so on. Better to build a strong business climate across-the-board, which is good for large and small companies alike.

  Washington’s competitiveness, from a labor standpoint, is dismal. Other states should take note. South Carolina is a right-to-work state, meaning workers do not have to be members of a union as a condition of employment. Workers at the South Carolina plant where Boeing plans to locate its second 787 line recently voted to remove the union from the plant—an unlikely feat in Washington given our current labor laws and the history of organized labor in this state.

  Political hacks keep asserting that “we have to build more in the US”. Then, they pass more laws making that a more unlikely scenario. It’s one consequence of electing politicians who don’t have the foggiest about running a business.
  [h/t: Instapundit]

• BOX OFFICE: ‘This Is It’ tops charts with $101M worldwide (AP).
  That’s the first five days…The film’s domestic haul was $21.3 million.

• GOOD GOVERNMENT IDEAS at WORK: 1,600 are suggested daily for FBI’s list.
  WashPo: “Number of names on terrorist watch list at 400,000, agency says”.
  It’s obvious that those who watch are going to have trouble monitoring this many people. In the meantime, many who are not terrorists will have to explain why they’re on this list. 1600 names suggested a day? Why not change the Watch List to “Popular Terrorist” and make it into a magazine format?
  [h/t: Powell Gammill, Freedom's Phoenix]

• FROM the EMAIL BOX: Census Change Will Cost California Five House Seats.
  Uhhh, that’s if the Senate votes to only include citizens, as per the Constitution, in the census results.
  Newsmax: “A proposal from Republican Sen. David Vitter to count only U.S. citizens and not illegal aliens in the 2010 census would cost California five congressional seats, a new analysis of census data reveals.

  The Constitution requires that congressional districts be reapportioned every 10 years based on a count of the “persons” in each state. The 2010 census form does not ask about citizenship.

  Vitter’s proposal would ban federal financing for the census if a citizenship question is not included. The Louisiana lawmaker argues that counting noncitizens would “artificially increase the population count” in states with large numbers of illegal aliens, and thereby give those states larger congressional delegations than they deserve.

  An analysis by demographers at Queens College of the City University of New York found that not counting illegals would cost California five seats, and New York and Illinois one seat each.

  Vitter’s proposal would enable Louisiana, Iowa, Michigan and Pennsylvania to avoid the expected loss of one seat, while Montana, North Carolina, Indiana, Oregon and South Carolina would each gain a seat, The New York Times reported.

  If all residents are counted in 2010, Florida, Georgia, Arizona, Nevada and Utah would gain one seat and Texas would get three. Under Vitter’s proposal, Texas would gain only one seat, the analysis found.

  Vitter said in mid-October that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid wants illegals to be counted so that left-leaning states with large numbers of undocumented aliens will gain seats, according to The Hill newspaper.

  Illegals counted in the 2000 census gave California up to five additional seats in Congress, according to Vitter, who said: “Basically states with large illegal populations, starting with California, are rewarded and other states are penalized.”
  There was no link to any story at NewsMax and no stories matching the email info on the magazine’s website(?!?)

• TA DA! The Pelosi Plan Unveiled.
  All 1990 pages of it. BL Rag: (Warning: Largest PDF file I’ve ever uploaded).

• HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAME SCORE: Parkersburg (WV) South -77; Wheeling (WV) Park – 71.
• TWO TICKETS to PARADISE: Win 2 Tickets to Hear Sarah Palin Speak at the Wisconsin Right to Life Event.
  The entry fee? Leave a comment on the post above at Team Sarah.

• NUTBUSTERZ.ORG: Exposing New York’s Working Parties Scam.
  What’s the next ACORN shell party scam? “We’re Here to Help You” Party? “Free Money for You” Party?

• REAL AMERICAN HEROES: An American Hero Was Honored Today.
  A Secret Service agent went down in the line of duty in 1950 defending Harry Truman.

• CLEVELAND FEVER! Mangini losing power in Cleveland?

  EXTRA! CLEVELAND is NOT DETROIT:

  An enterprising chap entered a homemade video in a contest that the Cleveland Visitors Bureau was having to promote Cleveland. Below is his first entry.

  After the 1st video was huffily rejected, the enterprising ad pioneer submitted effort #2 below.

  Hard to tell which video is more accurate–and therefore, better.

• THE MAGICIAN: Harry Reid’s Sleight-of-Hand Healthcare Bill Tactics .
  Dick Morris on Harry Reid hocus pocus: “Will this tactic work? It all depends on the political environment outside Washington. If the bill is only marginally unpopular (the current 40-55), it will probably pass. But if public opinion moves another five or so points (to, say, 35-60 against), then the moderates will probably refuse to cave in.”

• DAILY HAH! Hippie Critic’s No PINhead Zone.
  From I Own the World…natch.

  by Mondo Frazier
  images: DBKP file

  

  
  
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