Diggapedia

·          Charles and Te’Andrea Wilson, a black couple, were told by their church, the predominantly white First Baptist Church in Crystal Springs, Mississippi that they could not be married in the church.    In 2012, there still remains a racist element that denies fellow congregation members the right to get married in their own church.   Then again no one should be surprised about anything in Mississippi after all it finally ratified the 13 th Amendment that banished and prohibited slavery and involuntary servitude on March 16, 1995; 130 years after the country ratified it.    On the plus side, another church stepped up and allowed the couple to be married and other members of the First Baptist Church have reached out to the Wilsons to welcome back and apologize for the acts of other congregation members. ·          Recently elected French President Francois Hollande wa...

Part V of the Digganalysis of Romney’s 59 point plan is a quick peak into Romney’s labor and fiscal policies and an overarching summary of the grand plan. The italics are the words directly taken from the plan in the third person.   My commentary follows. ·          “’Card Check’ was the top item on the union wish list, which is unsurprising, since it goes right to the heart of current union woes about declining membership. This change, strongly supported by President Obama…” This is another GOP red herring along with President Obama will take your guns away.   If this was so important to President Obama, he would have pushed it through during 2009 while the Democrats controlled the house.   If anything President Obama has turned his back on organized labor for NOT pushing ‘Card Check’ and for staying out of the Wisconsin battle on union powers. ·          “In using borrowed funds a...

In part IV of analyzing Mr. Romney’s 59 point plan, we will analyze and comment on his energy policy.   Short version: old energy good, new energy bad.   Romney’s plan is about slamming everything President Obama stands for and in the process sounds like male Palin, a Malin.   The quotes and italics are the actual words from the Romney plan and the plan uses Romney in the third person (“George is getting angry”). ·          “The Obama administration’s diversion of resources into green energy has occurred at a time when the traditional energy sector – oil, gas, coal, and nuclear – holds remarkable job-creating potential.” Romney sounds like FDR and believes putting people to work for public works jobs is OK.   He is promoting coal mining because it is so labor intensive, while ignoring the environmental impact.   What is rather funny is President Obama has been pushing the exploration and recovery of natural gas and...

  ·          34% of Republicans think President Obama is a Muslim.   I am not surprised because 60% of Americans believe the Bible literally. ·          So far this year Congress has sent a whopping 54 bills to the President including 14 that rename post offices, 9 to approve real estate transactions, and 6 to renew existing laws making this Congress one of the least productive ever. ·          15% of Boy Scout membership are Mormons.   Do you think that explains it’s homophobic stance?   By the way the membership in the BSA has fallen from 4.8million to 2.7 million over the last 40 years. ·          According to the New York Times, at the same time a grand jury was hearing evidence in the Jerry Sandusky case, Joe Paterno negotiated a $5.5milllion contract. ·      ...

In Part III of the Digganalysis of Mitt Romney’s 59 point plan we will take a look at the former Salt Lake City Olympic Savior’s thoughts on trade policy.   In a nutshell: Free trade good, China bad.   Romney spends most of this section attacking President Obama’s record on dealing with China and the lack of free   trade agreements.   Unfortunately for Mr. Romney, the facts do not back up his assertions.   Once again, this document is written in the third person, quotes and italics are words taken directly from the Romney plan. ·          “President Obama has also singularly failed in handling commercial relations with China.”   Mr. Romney is either delusional   and/or lying.   The Obama administration has successfully argued and WON six rulings at the WTO in 3.5 years.   That’s twice as many as the Bush administration did in 8 years.   A seventh case has been submitted regarding auto tarif...

In part II of analyzing Mr. Romney’s 59 point plan, we will analyze and comment on his regulatory policy.   Short version: regulations bad, industry good.   The general theme is that anything that stops business from exploiting the public or ravaging the planet is onerous and must be eradicated.   Romney goes on to push for cost benefit analysis on every regulation before it is approved.   Sounds great, but how do you calculate the benefit of air quality 100 years from now?   What is the cost to healthcare when our drinking water is contaminated?    You get the picture.   The quotes and italics are the actual words from the Romney plan and the plan uses Romney in the third person (“Jimmy likes Elaine”). ·          “The Obama administration’s war on carbon dioxide – what Time magazine has called “the most far-reaching environmental regulatory scheme in American history”.   Fact is every industrial...

Having listened to Romney and his team of surrogates talk about his 59 point plan for turning around the economy, I decided I had to delve into it with an open mind, not really.   Before going into the details, let me share some general comments about the plan: ·          Neither the CBO nor the Joint Tax Committee could score the plan because it lacked sufficient detail. ·          The Tax Policy Center estimated the plan would give the richest 0.1% a $725,000 tax cut while forcing families making <$30,000 to pay more.   Most middle class families would get an $810 reduction in taxes.   It also would increase the deficit to 5% of GDP from the current 3.1% while adding $3Trillion to the debt over a decade. ·            Romney defended his “plan” by saying it couldn’t be scored because he intentionally left out the details.   That m...