Larry Kudlow: Obama declaring war on investors, entrepreneurs and small businesses…

President Obama: Economic Illiterate

Larry Kudlow Writing For CNBC

Let me be very clear on the economics of President Obama’s State of the Union speech and his budget.

He is declaring war on investors, entrepreneurs, small businesses, large corporations, and private-equity and venture-capital funds.

That is the meaning of his anti-growth tax-hike proposals, which make absolutely no sense at all — either for this recession or from the standpoint of expanding our economy’s long-run potential to grow.

Raising the marginal tax rate on successful earners, capital, dividends, and all the private funds is a function of Obama’s left-wing social vision, and a repudiation of his economic-recovery statements. Ditto for his sweeping government-planning-and-spending program, which will wind up raising federal outlays as a share of GDP to at least 30 percent, if not more, over the next 10 years.

This is nearly double the government-spending low-point reached during the late 1990s by the Gingrich Congress and the Clinton administration. While not quite as high as spending levels in Western Europe, we regrettably will be gaining on this statist-planning approach.

Study after study over the past several decades has shown how countries that spend more produce less, while nations that tax less produce more. Obama is doing it wrong on both counts.  (Read more.)

B.S. Report–This is a rerun of LBJ’s “Great Society” programs of the late ’60′s and early 70′s.  It’s also an attempt to fix all of life’s problems by throwing government (tax payer) money at them.  It didn’t work for LBJ and it’s not going to work for Obama.

Obama wants our country to be run by “super-smart” elites like himself.  But even experts are not experts at everything.  Obama himself has never worked in the private sector.   He’s never run anything.

Aside from being a community “rabble-rouser” and a brief tenure as a law professor, we  have elected a President that has zero experience doing much of anything.

William F. Buckley famously said that he would rather our country be run by the first hundred names of the Boston phone-book than by the faculty of Harvard.  Well, it looks like we’re about to test the downside of Mr. Buckley’s theory…because Obama and his chosen elite have the power to run everything right now…and there’s little that we can do to stop them.

Video shows Washington cop kicking teen girl

Deputy kicks, then throws girl to the ground

SEATTLE (AP) — A King County sheriff’s deputy kicks a 15-year-old girl, slams her to the floor of a jail cell, strikes her and pulls her hair in violence captured on videotape.

Prosecutors released the surveillance video Friday in the assault case against Deputy Paul Schene, who is accused of using excessive force on the girl. Schene, 31, pleaded not guilty to fourth-degree assault in Superior Court on Thursday.

In the video, a deputy kicks the girl, pushing her back toward the wall. The deputy then strongly backs the girl against the wall and slams her to the floor by grabbing her hair. A second deputy enters the holding cell, while the first deputy holds the girl face down to the floor. The first deputy appears to hit the girl with his hands. The girl is then lifted up and led out of the cell while the first deputy holds her hair.

The second officer shown in the video was a trainee at the time and is not under investigation, Goodhew said.

According to court documents, the girl complained of breathing problems after the incident and medics were called to check her. A short time later, she was taken to a youth detention center and booked for investigation of auto theft and third-degree assault, the latter accusation dealing with her conduct toward the deputy. The girl has pleaded not guilty to taking a motor vehicle without permission, Goodhew said Friday, adding she was never formally charged with assault.

The incident last November began after the girl was brought in for an auto theft investigation, according to court documents. The footage shows the attack beginning after the girl enters the cell at suburban SeaTac City Hall and kicks off one of her shoes toward the deputy.

“We believe this case is beyond just police misconduct, it’s criminal misconduct,” King County Prosecutor Daniel Satterberg said. “This is clearly excessive force.”

Schene was investigated previously for shooting two people – killing one – in the line of duty in 2002 and 2006. Both times his actions were found to be justified, said Ian Goodhew, prosecutor’s deputy chief of staff.

Calls by The Associated Press to Schene’s lawyer, Anne Bremner, were not immediately returned Friday. Bremner, however, released a statement to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer in which she said the video does not tell the whole story. Bremner had asked Judge Catherine Shaffer not to release the video to the media.

“As we argued to the judge, it will inflame public opinion and will severely impact the deputy’s right to a fair trial,” Bremner said.

B.S. Report–What I hate even more than the officer’s actions is the fact that this little punk girl is likely going to pocket hundreds of thousands of dollars because this cop roughed her up a little.

I’m not defending the cop…it looks like he used excessive force.  The reason I say, “It looks like” is because these things aren’t always as “clear-cut” as they appear on the video.  I didn’t even see her kick her shoe off at the cop the first time I watched it.

Yes the cop roughed her up and he shouldn’t have–but he didn’t beat her up…at least I didn’t see him strike her, I saw him throw her to the ground.  That’s a big difference.  In my opinion, he should be reprimanded, maybe even suspended–but not fired.

On the other hand, the little brat who was possibly in on a car theft shouldn’t receive a penny.  She wasn’t damaged.  Had she been disciplined at home by parents (I’m assuming she wasn’t) she may have had more respect for other people and their property. I sure as heck wouldn’t want to be a cop in today’s environment.

What? A Modern Gal Has To Be Able To Multi-Task These Days…Woman Gets Ticket For Breastfeeding While Driving…While Talking On The Phone…

It Takes A Real “Boob” To Breastfeed While Driving!

KETTERING — A Harrison Twp. woman faces child endangering charges after police said she admitted to breastfeeding her child and talking on a cell phone while driving, according to Kettering Police Officer Michael Burke.

"Hold on a second, I've got to turn at the next light. Hey, quiet back there!"

The incident happened about 7:45 a.m. Thursday, Feb., 26, near the intersection of Far Hills Avenue and Dorothy Lane, Burke said.

A male motorist called the police department’s non-emergency number to report that he had seen the woman breastfeeding and talking on a cell phone while driving, Burke said. The man reported that he also witnessed the woman driving a Honda minivan into the parking lot of a local school and saw some children get out of the van. The man then got the van’s license plate number and called police.

“I’m following right behind her right now on Far Hills Avenue,” the caller said as he spoke to a Kettering dispatcher in a recording of his non-emergency call that was released by police on Friday, Feb. 27.

“I tried to say something to her. She literally has the little girl on the steering wheel and I said, ‘I can’t believe you have that kid in your lap and she said, ‘You want to pop your titty out and breastfeed this kid?’ That’s what she said to me. I’m like, ‘You can feed your kid when you stop.’ It’s like wet out here. It’s full of traffic. It’s ridiculous. She’s got like three other kids in the car.”  (Read more.)

B.S. Report–Wow, the guy actually ratted her out…I don’t know that I would have done the same.  But the guy is obviously right…we all see how many accidents are caused or narrowly averted just by talking on the cell phone.

Add breastfeeding into the mix and the 3 other kids in the car and this lady is behaving really irresponsibly.

I’d like to register my own complaint here and now.  Lately, I’ve seen a lot more cars with videos playing…and I don’t mean just for the passengers.  I’ve seen many drivers now watching dvd movies in their cars while driving.

Nepalese Man Finally Finds Happiness With Wife #25

With future ex-wife #25 and daughter.

Melbourne, September 14 (ANI): It took Ramachandra Katuwal, a Nepalese porter, twenty-five marriages to finally find the right woman to be happy with.

The 49-year-old, who first got married at the age of 26, admittedly remembers only nine of his previous brides.

Whilst his first wife, and later, many others, ran off with her lover, Katuwal from then on led a life of succeeding failed marriages covering an incredible span of more than two decades.

“My second wife also ran away,” The Daily Telegraph quoted him saying, “and the third one too.”

“(Like other ex-wives) the 24th one also ran away. And I decided not to marry again,” he added.

But he changed his mind and married 23-year-old Sharada seven years ago.

And when asked why he did so, he replied: I wanted to have a wife, because a house is not house without a wife,”

Pleased and determined not to marry again, Katuwal has finally concluded his most-recent marriage as the much wanted “journey of happiness”.

B.S. Report–Didn’t this guy ever wonder, say, after 10 failed marriages, or 15, or 20, that maybe it wasn’t the wives fault.  “Perhaps I’m the problem,” should have entered his head.

The guy is only 49 years-old and on wife 25…they must start to dislike him very quickly.  He must have some line to reel in 25 women…but they eventually get wise to him.  Though I guess India doesn’t have very strict spousal support laws.  The guy is doing all right for a poverty-stricken porter.

He says he only remembers 9 of his wives…that means it’s possible he may have married the same wife more than once.

“And Now You Know The Resssst Of The Story” …Paul Harvey Dies At 90

Paul Harvey 1918-2009

CHICAGO– Paul Harvey, the news commentator and talk-radio pioneer whose staccato style made him one of the nation’s most familiar voices, died Saturday in Arizona, according to ABC Radio Networks. He was 90.

Harvey died surrounded by family at a hospital in Phoenix, where he had a winter home, said Louis Adams, a spokesman for ABC Radio Networks, where Harvey worked for more than 50 years. No cause of death was immediately available.

Harvey had been forced off the air for several months in 2001 because of a virus that weakened a vocal cord. But he returned to work in Chicago and was still active as he passed his 90th birthday. His death comes less than a year after that of his wife and longtime producer, Lynne.

“My father and mother created from thin air what one day became radio and television news,” Paul Harvey Jr. said in a statement. “So in the past year, an industry has lost its godparents and today millions have lost a friend.”

Known for his resonant voice and trademark delivery of “The Rest of the Story,” Harvey had been heard nationally since 1951, when he began his “News and Comment” for ABC Radio Networks.

He became a heartland icon, delivering news and commentary with a distinctive Midwestern flavor. “Stand by for news!” he told his listeners. He was credited with inventing or popularizing terms such as “skyjacker,” “Reaganomics” and “guesstimate.”

“Paul Harvey was one of the most gifted and beloved broadcasters in our nation’s history,” ABC Radio Networks President Jim Robinson said in a statement. “We will miss our dear friend tremendously and are grateful for the many years we were so fortunate to have known him.”  (Read more.)

B.S. Report–He was a class act and a wonderful storyteller. RIP.

Former Morgue Worker Was Wining, Dining, & “Romancing” At The Morgue…Oh Yeah, With The Corpses…

Romance At The Workplace–Don’t, It’s A Bad Idea!

On many nights over 16 years, Kenneth Douglas engaged in his own personal macabre workplace party.

He often brought drugs or alcohol to work and sometimes had sex with women.

At least three of those women were dead, Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters said Thursday.

But if Douglas is to be believed, he could have had sex with as many as “over a hundred” bodies in the 16 years he worked as night attendant at the Hamilton County morgue.

“I am sure there are more (victims). I’m certain of it,” Deters said Thursday in announcing new indictments against Douglas.

“This guy’s just a pig. I can’t explain why someone would do something like this. … This is off-the-charts weird.”

Peter Bronson: Sick, sick, sick and dead wrong

Douglas, 55, of Westwood, already is serving a prison sentence after he pleaded guilty last year to abuse of a corpse. He admitted he had sex with the nearly beheaded body of 19-year-old murder victim Karen Range in 1982.

Thursday, Douglas was indicted on two more counts of abuse of a corpse after DNA evidence, Deters said, showed Douglas’ semen was in the bodies of two women who were killed in 1991 and stored at the morgue awaiting autopsies:

Charlene Edwards, also known as Charlene Apling, who was six months pregnant.

She was strangled to death Oct. 1, 1991, by Mark Chambers, now 47, in Chambers’ Avondale home. Chambers originally was charged with murder but accepted a plea bargain and was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and sent to prison for 10-25 years. He was paroled in 2000.  (Read more.)

B.S. Report–I’ve sometimes wondered what kind of person would want to work at a morgue.  And I usually came to the conclusion that it was exactly the kind depicted in this story.  A sick, nerdy, lonely loser–not that there’s anything wrong with that…until you start doing the stuff he did…

I guess morgues don’t have the strictest hiring standards.  But, ironically, this guy can serve as little as 3 years.  But I just think they’ll come up with more charges though, like tampering with evidence.  This guy is going away for a long time.

I can hear his attorney’s argument clearly:  “My client, although his behavior was somewhat “unusual” did not harm anyone.  Furthermore, none of his victims ever once voiced an objection to his actions!  You’ve heard that ‘No means No’…Never once did any woman utter a ‘No’ or a  ‘Stop’ or anything that would indicate displeasure.”

“Furthermore your Honor, just from a results standpoint it must be said that my client is only being accused of misdeeds with 29 corpses…your Honor, thousands of bodies came through the morgue during Mr. Douglas’ work tenure–that means that well over 90% of the time he acted entirely properly.  That’s a marvelously high success rate!  Thank you your Honor, The Defense Rests.”

This is kind of what was going on…but in reverse.  (Semi-graphic.)

Not A Very Bright Crook…His Counterfeit Money Was Only Printed On One Side

Man Pays Fake Money For Fake Drugs; Will Get Real Jail Time

ERWIN, Tenn. – A man was been arrested after police said he used counterfeit money to purchase fake OxyContin pills from an undercover officer. Unicoi County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a 21-year-old man on Tuesday and charged him with criminal conspiracy with schedule II drugs, forgery and criminal simulation.

Investigator Frank Rogers said the officer met with several people at a mobile home park and arranged for the suspect and another man to come to Unicoi to buy 76 OxyContin pills for $4,875.

Officers said it was “obviously bad money” with some bills printed on just one side.

Authorities also tracked down the device believed used to make the counterfeit money.

The Johnson City Press reported officers expect to make more arrests in the case.

Required hat for a one-sided counterfeiter.

Get The Toned Arms Of The First Lady…Yes, great arms, but it’s her views that are troubling…

Wonderfully toned arms? I guess so...but the problem is what comes out of her mouth.

(CNN) — First lady Michelle Obama has a fashion following, with blogs tracking her daily garment choices.

She’s on the March cover of Vogue in a sleeveless silk sheath. Then there was the purple sleeveless Narciso Rodriguez she wore to the president’s joint session of Congress on Tuesday. And she’s on the cover of the latest People magazine in a lacy pink number, also without sleeves.

Those toned arms are becoming a trademark. And a source of inspiration for some women.

Rylan Duggan, a personal trainer who runs Go Sleeveless, a blog that instructs women how to tone up flabby arms and “eliminate bat wings,” said that in addition to asking how to get “Madonna arms” or “Kelly Ripa arms,” clients are now asking about getting “Obama arms.”

“The Obama effect has been that women of all ages have been inspired to take responsibility for their health and their body,” said Duggan. “As the first lady of the United States, at 44 years old, and with two young children, Mrs. Obama has shown the world that you are never too busy to take care of yourself and look good doing it too,” he said.

Exercise advocates are also fans. “She’s a great role model,” said Jessica Matthews, a continuing education coordinator for the American Council on Exercise. “Women shy away from strength training, because they’re afraid of big muscles. She shows nice toned arms and that it’s not going to lead to this myth of a bodybuilder type.”  (Read more.)

B.S. Report–They are really trying to turn Ms. Obama into Jacqueline Kennedy reincarnate.   I don’t see much in the comparison-except for both of them being young first ladies.

While Ms. Kennedy was your typical blue-blood northeastern liberal, Ms. Obama is not.  She had to learn to become a snob-and she’s done that quite well.  What bothers me about Madame “O” is that she spends a whole lot of time “dissing” her country even though she has been living a dream-life here.

No doubt about it, Ms. Obama is pretty and “tone”–on the outside.  But inside, well, lets just say the jury is still out.

Wal-Mart Employee Sets Himself On Fire Outside the Store…

Man Allegedly Said, He “Couldn’t Take It Any More”

BLOOMINGDALE, Ill. — Police in a Chicago suburb say a Wal-Mart employee has died after setting himself on fire outside the store where he worked.

Police watch commander Randy Sater says 58-year-old Larry Graziano of Carol Stream set himself ablaze late Thursday outside the store in Bloomingdale. It was not immediately clear how he caught on fire, but Sater says lighter fluid was involved.

It's hard to imagine that there would be a disgruntled Wal-Mart employee...

The Cook County Medical Examiner’s office says Graziano was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead early Friday.

Sater says Graziano told police he “couldn’t take it anymore.”

Police say bystanders tried to help, but Graziano fought them off.

Wal-Mart spokesman Dan Fogleman says Graziano had been with the company for seven years and that he had no reported personnel issues.

B.S. Report–It’s not clear how he caught on fire (does that mean they haven’t ruled out spontaneous combustion?) but it “appears” that lighter fluid was “involved.”  My guess is lighter fluid only became involved when the deceased, Mr. Graziano, doused himself with it–otherwise we’re looking at a horrendous murder.

Even so, lighter fluid is mostly benign until a spark is introduced into the equation.

It’s a sad story, and I’m sure Wal-Mart will not use this guy in any of their promotional materials enticing new job applicants. But how unhappy must an employee be to choose death by an excruciatingly painful method, rather than clocking in for even one more hour at the department store goliath?

Oy Ve! You Two Are Really Married…Now I’ll Grant You A Divorce

Teens Hold Mock Wedding…Rabbi Says It Was Legal

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – An Israeli girl has become a divorcee at the age of 14.

This is your lucky day...I have special rates for divorcing girls 15-years-old and under!

It all began as a lark, in a schoolyard where a 17-year-old boy recently declared the girl his wife, reciting a Jewish ritual vow in front of witnesses, and she accepted his ring.

That, and what a spokeswoman for Israel’s Rabbinical Courts said was the consummation of their marriage, was enough to make them man and wife in the Jewish state.

Spokeswoman Efrat Orbach, describing the girl as the youngest Jewish divorcee in Israel’s modern history, said the couple was granted a rabbinical divorce this week.

Under Israeli criminal law, sexual relations with a 14-year-old girl are not illegal as long as her male partner is no more than three years her senior.

B.S. Report–The Rabbi’s conversation with them went something like this:

Rabbi:  Hey you two, you’re really married!

Couple: What do you mean?  We were just kidding!

Rabbi:  Well, did you consummate the marriage?

Couple:  What’s that?

Rabbi:  Did you, uh, become one?

Couple:  What do you mean–become one?

Rabbi:  Did a sacred unifying ceremony take place after the wedding?

Couple:  Uh, we’re not sure…

Rabbi:  My son, did you, uh, did you shtoop her?

Boy:  Oh sure, a bunch of times!

Rabbi:  Congratulations, I now pronounce you man and wife…now to get your divorce proceedings underway…

P.S.  I understand her attorneys are already going after him for spousal support.