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Why DaTechguy says DaTaxDeal is an excellent political move for the GOP

Posted: December 14, 2010 by datechguy in business, economy, opinion/news, politics
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It’s not often that I disagree with Rush Limbaugh AND Sarah Palin but it is my opinion that the Obama Tax deal is an excellent deal for the GOP and the right, particularly on the political side.

1. The two-year tax cut deal as I’ve already said gives us the ability to constantly bring up a vote to make the tax cuts permanent and put Senate Democrats and the president on the spot again and again and again. (If it passes we get credit, if it fails it becomes a political issue for 2012)

2. Democrats, by extending unemployment save the republicans the tough issue of refusing to extend them. As for paying for it, there is nothing to stop congressional republicans from allocating tarp funds etc to pay for said benefits AFTER Jan 3rd. Also by not including or demanding additional benefits for the 99 week guys it takes it off the table (even liberal democrats didn’t want this extra spending).

3. The individual pork pieces in the bill can be attacked by individual bills during the next session, forcing the left to defending them. Each time the left defends said pork, it becomes an issue for 2012.

4. Thanks to Bernie Sanders filibuster an actual unapologetic socialist is now the iconic image of the left…

4a. …And of course it shows the intransigence of the whole bunch of them in attempting to block this, making the lie over the “compromise” issue. This firmly establishes the idea of democrats unwilling to compromise, (particularly to those who have voted for them in the past whose unemployment benefits are on the line) that we can play up over and over again in the next session. It will be an excellent counter to the media goes that will try to make GOP intransigence an issue. We will answer: “Oh it’s the democrats being just as uncompromising as there were with the president in December.” It shatters the media’s template built carefully over decades.

5. And finally I’d rather have the actual tax rate in place than to simply have a football to kick democrats with. Why give the economy a hit when we don’t have to.

Ted Kennedy was always smart enough to take a piece of what he wanted and then amend it over time. We may have disagreed with Sen Kennedy over issues but tactically we should be just as smart.

DaTechGuy on DaRadio with PAM GELLER special time 5 P.M. EST today

Posted: December 11, 2010 by datechguy in blogs, internet/free speech, opinion/news, politics, tea parties
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Today’s show features on of the most fearless bloggers in blogging today Pam Geller of Atlas Shrugs who will likely have a few things to say about Jihad. We will also feature Bob Belvedere of Camp of the Saints LIVE in the studio. We will once again be at 5 p.m. due to UMASS Basketball which will directly follow our show.

If you are somehow outside of the range of our 50,000 WATT signal at WCRN you can listen on our live stream from the web site. Feel free to call in at 508-438-0965 or e-mail us at datechguyondaradio@gmail.com

We will be giving away another copy of the Rosemary Reynolds Christmas CD this week and another family game from LAN games in Leominster as well…if you can answer the blog and news trivia question that is.

Oh and two FYI’s

This will incidentally be the last week at 5 p.m. Starting next week we will return to our normal 9-10 time slot but of course you should be streaming all night at WCRN starting with the RAVE 4-6 with Gary Rosen and Gary Vecchio, Konnie Lukas at 6 p.m. Conservatively Speaking with Mike Wade, John Weston (and yours truly as 4th banana) 7-9 and of course the fun and always wild Sam Rosiario directly after me taking you to midnight. A full evening of live talk!

This week the RAVE runs 4-5 (also due to Basketball) and will feature live in the studio Greg Fettig president of the Hoosier Patriots so tea party fans nationwide, make sure you start streaming at 4 p.m. at WCRN!

Well the public is just going to love this

Posted: December 11, 2010 by datechguy in opinion/news
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After all the stories about trouble at TSA checkpoints what’s the one thing that the Obama Administration could do to annoy people more? Barbara Espinosa has the answer:

As violent drug cartels take over Mexico and expand their criminal enterprises north, the United States has signed a “trusted traveler” agreement that allows pre-screened Mexican airline passengers to bypass lengthy airport security checkpoints.

The foreigners will get “trusted traveler cards” with fingerprints and other biometric data and they must answer customs declarations questions on touch-screen kiosks before leaving airport inspection areas. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano claims it’s a way to enhance information sharing and mutual security in the face of “ever-evolving, multinational threats.”
About 84 million Mexicans are expected to qualify for the trusted traveler program, according to Mexico’s Interior Ministry Secretary, who signed the agreement on behalf of his country this week.

I’m sure that this is going to go over really well with the traveling public. In terms of PR the only thing more foolish the administration could do is to assign police to escort people crossing the border illegally…oh wait:

While Napolitano was in Mexico finalizing the trusted traveler agreement this week, she also took the opportunity to sign a “letter of intent” to develop a plan for protecting immigrants from criminal attacks as they cross the border—illegally—into the U.S.

Yes you read that right.

Now common decency says you don’t stand by while people are attacked or robbed but common sense also says that once you save people from attack, if they were in the process of committing a federal offense you arrest them!.

Our grandparents of the greatest generation and before would be looking at us and shaking their heads.

BTW don’t miss Barbara on KFNX 1100 Mondays 8-9 PM Arizona time.

This story really says it all doesn’t it

Posted: December 11, 2010 by datechguy in DaTechGuy on DaRadio, opinion/news
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Ok I’m the Justice Department, am I concerned about the latest terror plot foiled? Am I concentrating on Wikileaks and keeping secrets safe? Apparently If I’m Eric Holder I have other priories:

HEADLINE: Holder reassures Muslims of DOJ’s anti-bias focus

Attorney General Eric Holder reiterated his resolve to prosecute hate crimes while standing behind the methods used in anti-terrorism cases during a speech Friday night before a Muslim advocacy group near San Francisco.

You know I really need to send the MSM a thank you card. It’s almost as if they knew Pam Geller was going to be my guest today on the radio and they wanted to make sure I had a fresh story to tell.

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