Obama tax cut 'refunds' those who don't pay

Washington Times - Obama tax cut 'refunds' those who don't pay: "Barack Obama says he will give 95 percent of all American workers a tax cut but does not mention that his plan would send checks to tens of millions of tax filers who pay no personal income taxes - payments that critics say look 'suspiciously like welfare.'"

cbs11tv.com - Texas Requires Legal Status For IDs, Licenses

cbs11tv.com - Texas Requires Legal Status For IDs, Licenses: "People who aren't U.S. citizens must now prove they are living legally in the country before receiving or renewing a Texas driver's license or identification card."

Make $32K? You're in the richer 50% - MSN Money

IRS statistics read by Ernie on the show today.

Make $32K? You're in the richer 50% - MSN Money: "Other new IRS data: While the top 1% of US earners, collectively, make nearly twice that of the bottom 50%, those at the top also pay 13 times more in individual income taxes combined."

Very funny listener email

I got a ticket but….

The other day I went downtown to run a few errands. I went into the local Coffee shop for a snack.I was only there for about 5 minutes, and when I came out, there was this Cop writing out a parking ticket.I said to him, 'Come on, man, how about giving a retired person a break'?He ignored me and continued writing the ticket. His insensitivity annoyed Me, so I called him a 'Nazi.'He glared at me and then wrote out another ticket for having worn tires.So I proceeded to call him a 'doughnut eating Gestapo.' He finished the Second ticket and put I t on the windshield with the first.Then he wrote a third ticket when I called him a moron in blue.This went on for about 20 minutes. The more I talked back to him the more Tickets he wrote.Personally, I didn't really care. I came downtown on the bus, and the car That he was putting the tickets on had one of those bumper stickers that Said, 'Obama '08.'I try to have a little fun each day now that I'm retired.The doctor tells me that it's important to my health.

Good Drivers Get Free Lunch In N. Texas Town - News Story - KXAS | Dallas

This would more than upset me to get pulled over in order to give me a gift certificate.

Good Drivers Get Free Lunch In N. Texas Town - News Story - KXAS Dallas: "LITTLE ELM, Texas -- Wearing a seat belt or driving the speed limit could get you pulled over in Little Elm.
It's part of a new program that rewards good drivers.
Officers are giving out gift certificates to a local restaurant"

Listener email regarding English as on official language

"Of course the English language should be first and foremost. Everyone comes to America to improve their lives, so to get the taste of milk and honey, ask for it in English. I don't believe that a can of corn is large enough to accommodate all the languages of every nationality living in the United States. So, I believe that if we start that mess, more mess is coming. The Constitution was written in English. Are we going to have to have it re-written in Spanish? Learn the language or stay in ? country until you learn it . This Nation is an English speaking Nation and always has been. It is wonderful to be bi-lingual, but our wars were fought against foreign hostile nations, so that we could remain English speaking,with Religious freedom, and rights that most countries can't even imagine. Speaking, reading and writing in English is and has been some of the basics that we are entitle to by the fact that our fore-Fathers died for."

Business execs to help Dallas schools find financial flaws | News for Dallas, Texas | Dallas Morning News | News: Education

Isn't this exactly what I've been saying. These large school districts should be run by business people not educators who have never been trained on how to manage an organization.

Business execs to help Dallas schools find financial flaws News for Dallas, Texas Dallas Morning News News: Education: "Troubled by lingering questions over the Dallas school district's financial crisis, a few high-powered corporate executives have pledged to personally vet the district's financial operation until they know how spending went off track."

Cowboys Pull Out Win Over Bengals

These Cowboys are a great regular season team but they have given me no indication that they can go deep into the playoffs because they have no defense.

cbs11tv.com - Cowboys Pull Out Win Over Bengals: "After letting a 17-point lead shrivel to one, then breaking up a 2-point conversion that could've tied it, the Cowboys had plenty of reasons to be giddy about their lucky break in the final minutes that sealed a 31-22 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday."

Lewisville Considers English Only Resolution

Why is it too much to ask that people who move to this country learn the language? Which will be more damaging to the immigrant; learning the language or having to live in this society without the ability to communicate?

cbs11tv.com - Lewisville Considers English Only Resolution: "On Monday the Lewisville city council will consider a resolution establishing English as the official language of the city. Farmers Branch and Oak Point have both adopted similar resolutions in recent years."

Island Residents Who Insisted On Staying Died In Hurricane Ike

This brings new meaning to the term, "better safe than sorry!"

cbs11tv.com - Island Residents Who Insisted On Staying Died In Hurricane Ike: "The final hours brought the awful realization to victims of Hurricane Ike that they had waited too long. This storm wasn't like the others, the ones that left nothing worse than a harrowing tale to tell."

Scientists: Earth May Exist in Giant Cosmic Bubble - Science News | Science & Technology | Technology News

Earth is just a gian boy in a bubble?

FOXNews.com - Scientists: Earth May Exist in Giant Cosmic Bubble - Science News Science & Technology Technology News: "Earth may be trapped in an abnormal bubble of space-time that is particularly devoid of matter."

Fannie Mae Eases Credit To Aid Mortgage Lending - New York Times

This is the column from 1999 warining of the financial crisis. We read this on the air last week.

Fannie Mae Eases Credit To Aid Mortgage Lending - New York Times: "In a move that could help increase home ownership rates among minorities and low-income consumers, the Fannie Mae Corporation is easing the credit requirements on loans that it will purchase from banks and other lenders.
The action, which will begin as a pilot program involving 24 banks in 15 markets -- including the New York metropolitan region -- will encourage those banks to extend home mortgages to individuals whose credit is generally not good enough to qualify for conventional loans. Fannie Mae officials say they hope to make it a nationwide program by next spring."

5 O.J. Simpson jurors disagreed with 1995 acquittal - CNN.com

I almost feel bad for O.J.! Not!

5 O.J. Simpson jurors disagreed with 1995 acquittal - CNN.com: "Jury questionnaires released Saturday revealed five of the jurors in O.J. Simpson's Las Vegas, Nevada, robbery trial said they disagreed with the 1995 verdict where he was found not guilty of two murders."

Young voters hint at electorate shift - USATODAY.com

I've never understood why it is something to brag about that those people with the least amount of life experience support you.

Young voters hint at electorate shift - USATODAY.com: "Some voters under 30 are conservatives. An equal number are liberals. But a striking majority of the Millennial generation agrees on one thing: who should be the next president."