Should the Rich ...

Should the Rich
1. Pay more taxes so we can increase government spending (or not cut)
2. Hire some workers for their company so unemployment is reduced
3. Go for a weekend getaway where taxi drivers, waitresses, store owners, retail sales workers and bartenders can earn some of their money
4. Remodel their house so that carpenters, painters, landscapers and electricians can earn some of their money
5. Send a big check to their grandchildren who will spend it all at the mall and keep many young retail workers employed
6. Be the lead sponsor for a Feed the Hungry fundraiser

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Small Business Can Save The American Dream

Very interesting article on farms vs. factories, urban vs. rural and their place in American history. Read it!

The twentieth century incarnation of the American Dream wasn’t just a set of ideas about home ownership. It was a way of life: domestic bliss in the burbs. But the differences between the Suburban Dream and the older American Dream based on the single family farm tell us a lot about the problems Americans face now — and help us begin to think constructively about where we need to go next.

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Free Webinar on Political Reputation Management hosted by Get on the Map Local Search Marketing.

Reputation Management Horror Stories

First result in youtube for congressman's name
[name] supports torture
Second result in Google for candidate's name
[name] opposes ban on cockfighting
Third result in Google images for political consultant's name
[consultant's boss name] taught me how to be a bad cop

It took me less than 5 minutes to find these examples - clearly no one wants to start the game on defense, but all of these men have to because they haven't paid attention to their online reputation.

Death by Politics

Last night's party ended with fire alarms, EMTs, CPR, ambulances and sadly, the fatal heart attack of one of the delegates. Here's the Sac Bee report

GOP former candidate dies after collapsing at convention party

Republican activist and former candidate Douglas McNea died late last night after collapsing at a party held by U.S. Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Bakersfield, at the Sheraton Grand Sacramento Hotel, according to Sutter General Hospital spokeswoman Nancy Turner.

The 64-year-old San Jose resident won the Republican nomination for the 16th Congressional District of California in 2002 and 2004 but lost both times to U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-San Jose. He had turned 64 a week ago.

McNea had also run for the 24th Assembly District in 2006, 2008 and 2010 but lost to Democrat James Beall, of San Jose.

According to a biography on Vote-Ca.org, McNea was a nuclear industry scientist and a U.S. Navy veteran. He was married and had four grown children and eight grandchildren.

According to colleague Shane Patrick Connolly, McNea had collapsed on the dance floor at the McCarthy party Saturday night held during the California Republican Party's convention. Paramedics rushing McNea out of the hotel were pounding on his chest, eyewitnesses said.

Turner said McNea was declared dead at 11:56 p.m. Saturday after suffering a heart attack.

McNea was the chairman of the Silicon Valley Taxpayers' Association, Connolly said, and had been active on issues such as limiting eminent domain powers of government.

"He thought it was very important that people treat the money in Sacramento and Washington like they would treat their own money," Connolly said.

This is going to be my new method



Say your fond of fancy thing
Diamond clips & emerald rings
And you want your man to come through
Give him the ooh la la

When your car is asked to stop
By a handsome traffic cop
Unless you want a ticket or two
Give him the ooh la la

If Napoleon at Waterloo-lala
Had an army of debutantes
To give the British the well known ooh la la
He would have changed the history of France

When your favourite Romeo
Grabs his hat & starts to go
Don't reveal the fact that you're blue
Don't break down & start to boo hoo
There's just one thing for you la la to la la do la la
Like Tallulah just give him the ooh la la

If Napoleon at Waterloo-lala
Had an army of debutantes
To give the British the well known ooh la la
He'd have changed the history of France

When your favourite Romeo
Grabs his hat & starts to go
Don't reveal the fact that you're blue
Don't break down & start to boo hoo
There's just one thing for you la la to la la do la la
Like Tallulah just give him the ooh la la
The ooh la la
The ooh la la
You'd better be like Tallulah
Don't be a fool-ah
Give him the ooh la la

I've got a special blog dedicated to Christmas music -- I'm really proud of it - I have about 60 songs - with video performances of some of the greatest artists of all time - Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Ella Fitzgerald, Michael Jackson, Elvis Presley and many, many more. Is your favorite Christmas song included?

A Marshmallow World lyrics

All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth lyrics

All I Want for Christmas is You lyrics

Angels We Have Heard on High lyrics


Away in a Manger lyrics

Ave Maria lyrics

Baby It's Cold Outside lyrics

Buon Natale lyrics

Christmas Island lyrics

Christmas in Killarney lyrics

Christmas Time is Here lyrics

Cool Yule lyrics

Count Your Blessings lyrics

Deck the Halls lyrics

Everybody's Waitin' For the Man With the Bag lyrics

Frosty the Snowman lyrics

Go Tell it on the Mountain lyrics

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen lyrics


Good Christian Men Rejoice lyrics

Happy Holidays lyrics


Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas lyrics


Home for the Holidays lyrics

I'll Be Home for Christmas lyrics

It Came Upon a Midnight Clear lyrics

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas lyrics

It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year lyrics

I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm lyrics

Jingle Bell Rock lyrics

Jingle Bells lyrics

Jolly Old Saint Nicholas lyrics


Joy to the World lyrics

Let it Snow lyrics



Little Drummer Boy lyrics

Little Saint Nick lyrics

Mele Kalikimaka lyrics

Mistletoe & Holly lyrics

O Come All Ye Faithful lyrics

O Holy Night lyrics

O Little Town of Bethlehem lyrics

Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer lyrics

Santa Baby lyrics

Santa Claus is Coming to Town lyrics

Silent Night lyrics


Sleigh Ride lyrics

That's What I Want for Christmas lyrics

The Christmas Song lyrics

The Christmas Waltz lyrics

The Merriest lyrics

This Christmas lyrics

Twas the Night Before Christmas lyrics

Twelve Days of Christmas lyrics

Up on the Rooftop lyrics


We Three Kings lyrics

We Wish You a Merry Christmaslyrics

We Wish You the Merriest lyrics

What Are You Doing New Year's Eve lyrics

What Child is This lyrics

When My Heart Finds Christmas lyrics

White Christmas lyrics

Winter Weather lyrics

Winter Wonderland lyrics

You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch lyrics

Zat You Santa Claus lyrics

Bios of the GOP Freshman Class

Alabama 2 Martha Roby
Alabama 5 Mo Brooks
Arkansas 1 Rick Crawford
Arkansas 2 Tim Griffin
Arkansas 3 Steve Womack
Arizona 1 Paul Gosar
Arizona 3 Ben Quayle
Arizona 5 David Schweikert
California 19 Jeff Denham
Colorado 3 Scott Tipton
Colorado 4 Cory Gardner
Florida 2 Steve Southerland
Florida 5 Rich Nugent
Florida 8 Daniel Webster
Florida 12 Dennis Ross
Florida 22 Allen West
Florida 24 Sandy Adams
Florida 25 David Rivera
Georgia 7 Rob Woodall
Georgia 8 Austin Scott
Idaho 1 Raul Labrador
Indiana 4 Todd Rokita
Indiana 8 Larry Bucshon

Indiana 9 Todd Young
Illinois 8 Joe Walsh
Illinois 10 Bob Dold
Illinois 11 Adam Kinzinger
Illinois 14 Randy Hultgren
Illinois 17 Bobby Schilling
Kansas 1 Tim Huelskamp
Kansas 3 Kevin Yoder
Kansas 4 Mike Pompeo
Louisiana 3 Jeff Landry
Maryland 1 Andrew Harris
Michigan 1 Dan Benishek
Michigan 2 Bill Huizenga
Michigan 3 Justin Amash
Michigan 7 Tim Walberg
Minnesota 8 Chip Cravaack
Mississippi 1 Alan Nunnelee
Mississippi 4 Steven Palazzo
Missouri 4 Vicky Hartzler
Missouri 7 Billy Long
Nevada 3 Joe Heck
New Hampshire 1 Frank Guinta
New Hampshire 2 Charles Bass
New Mexico 2 Steve Pearce
New Jersey 3 Jon Runyan
New York 13 Mike Grimm
New York 19 Nan Hayworth
New York 20 Chris Gibson
New York 24 Richard Hanna
New York 25 Ann Marie Buerkle
North Carolina 2 Renee Ellmers
North Dakota At Large Rick Berg
Ohio 1 Steve Chabot
Ohio 6 Bill Johnson
Ohio 15 Steve Stiver
Ohio 16 Jim Renacci
Ohio 18 Bob Gibbs
Oklahoma 5 James Lankford
Pennsylvania 3 Mike Kelly
Pennsylvania 7 Pat Meehan
Pennsylvania 8 Mike Fitzpatrick
Pennsylvania 10 Tom Marino
Pennsylvania 11 Lou Barletta
South Carolina 1 Tim Scott
South Carolina 3 Jeff Duncan
South Carolina 4 Trey Gowdy
South Carolina 5 Mick Mulvaney
South Dakota At Large Kristi Noem
Tennessee 3 Chuck Fleischmann
Tennessee 4 Scott DesJarlais
Tennessee 6 Diane Black
Tennessee 8 Stephen Fincher
Texas 17 Bill Flores
Texas 23 Quick Canseco
Texas 27 Blake Farenthold
Virginia 2 Scott Rigell
Virginia 5 Robert Hurt
Virginia 9 Morgan Griffith
Washington 3 Jamie Herrera
West Virginia 1 David McKinley
Wisconsin 7 Sean Duffy
Wisconsin 8 Reid Ribble

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