Taxing AIG's Bonuses

Since some crooks over at AIG got some huge bonuses, Congress is now trying to get that money back through a tax -- a 100% tax on all bonus money from AIG.

Some people have said that this 100% tax is unconstitutional. Are you kidding me? The 16th Amendment clearly states that

The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration.

Boom. Right there.

Now here's my question: who the fuck said that taxes can only go up to 100%? I propose that we put something like a 500% tax on bonuses over 100K to employees in companies with government bailout money. Let's see how they like that one.

My other idea was to tax them enough so that everyone working in the company makes exactly as much money as person with the lowest salary employed at the company. You got a janitor making federal minimum wage? Here's your $6.55, Mr. CEO.

Inaugural Insurance

The world currently sits and waits until Barack Hussein Obama becomes the 44th president of the United States of America. In less than 38 hours, a black man will become the leader of the free world.

I find this truly incredible. However, I find it important to take out a little...insurance. This post is an attempt to bottle up some of the current emotion running through he country, should that emotion ever be needed again.

Good job, Canadia.

It's incredible. Your prime minister has actually just usurped your government. Congrats. Stephen Harper has just shut down the Parliament in Canadia until January 26. I reckon that this is the first time an executive branch has shut down a legislative branch since King Louis XIV in France closed down the Estates-General in 1618. The Estates-General remained closed until 1789.

See you in 2179, Canadian Parliament.

Videos, 11/11/08

Happy Angola Independence Day everyone! I can't really think of anything right now, so here are soem videos I've been watching:

Global Democracy

I was wondering: what if the entire world, not just Americans, voted in American elections? Would that help prevent us from electing people who would hurt the world at large? I imagine that foreign policy would become a much larger issue.

Nice, Mr. Olbermann

Obama is now President-Elect, and November 4 has come and gone. On his show, "Countdown with Kieth Olbermann," Kieth has overhauled his show's graphic design for the occasion. [Note the sarcasm.] He has gone from this:



to this:



Great show, Keith, but seriously, how much work did you spend in changing the date?

C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER!

I couldn't stop laughing and crying at this.

Be Prepared: Yahoo!

News came in just a little while ago that Obama has taken Ohio, along with PA. According to FiveThirtyEight.com, there is no way for McCain to win now.

Yahoo! has reflected this with a new homepage:



Here is the URL of that picture of a confident Obama:

http://l.yimg.com/a/i/ww/news/2008/10/30/barack-wins-xo-spirit.jpg

Naturally, I changed "barack" to "mccain," and found this picture:



I guess it doesn't hurt to be prepared.

UPDATE: I found some other pictures.

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Palin - Wurzelbacher 2012

My own post inspired me to remake my favorite sticker in Photoshop. Yes, I suck at Photoshop, but the point of the image is clear.



Wow, am I scared.

The Greatest Costume to Ever Grace Halloween Politics

(cue the drama)

Check out my costume!




It's a swing voter, get it? Swing voter? *pauses for laughs*

Anyway, reception was fantastic. However, my favorite part of the costume was the back:



In case you can't read that, it says "Palin - Wurzelbacher 2012." Tell me that there's nothing scarier. Very appropriate for Halloween.

Also, check out my tribute to the internetz in the last picture.

Thank you, good night! (Oh, and I'm currently scaring myself by turning on the TV, watching commercials for future programming, and thinking about how I will most likely know who the next president is when that show airs.)

Quick Thought

So today I was once again gawking at the ignorance in the now-famous event a few weeks ago when McCain had to confront his supporters over respect.

Question: In that video of that old woman who thinks Obama is an "Arab," who is that old woman? Why has she not been located and interviewed? Personally, I'd like to know what makes these ignorant bigots tick.

Halloween + Politics

Yeah, it's cool. I'm making a swing voter costume (I have a swing attached to a hat), and I'm making a bunch of buttons. Here's one of the templates. Enjoy!

Oh, and check this website out:

http://www.seniorsforliving.com/content/article/10-things-younger-than-john-mccain/128/

I liked Mount Rushmore.

The Logical Fallacy of "What if Everyone Said That?"

I am really bothered by this argument, and I hear it a lot. The argument goes something like this:

A: "I don't want to vote because I don't feel as if my vote will count."
B: "Well, what if everyone said that? Then no one would vote! Therefore, you should vote."

In case you can't tell, this argument is rather flawed. It's structure is as follows:

A: I want to do X.
B: If everyone did X, the result would be bad. Therefore, you shouldn't do X.

This argument makes no sense. Your actions are clearly not going to change everyone else's actions.

Example: replace "do X" with "eat a tunafish sandwich":

A: "I want to eat a tunafish sandwich."
B: "If all 6.7 billion people on this planet ate tunafish sandwiches, then there would be no more tunafish! Therefore, you shouldn't eat tunafish sandwiches."

See what I mean? It's ridiculous because whether or not you do some action, others will do otherwise.

McCain-Palin Mania!

What a day!

1. Palin is found guilty of abusing her power in Troopergate
2. McCain is booed as he attempts to calm a radically anti-Obama crowd
3. Palin is to appear live on SNL, and says she will be honored to meet the woman whom she gives so much material

Number 1 and number 3 were bound to happen sooner or later, but number 2 scares the crap out of me.

Honestly, these people are savage, barbaric, close-minded, arrogant, ignorant, uneducated, anti-intellectual, raging radical maniacs. Declaring that Obama was the Anti-Christ, that he should be killed, McCain decided to support Obama, in the hopes of quelling the nearly violent crowd.

They booed him.

Honestly, can we please abolish the minimum age to vote, and instead make a minimum IQ to vote? Please?

Polbots!

Wow, third post in and I'm already advertising. Wow. OK.

Anyway, check out my game, version 1.0.4:

http://www.freewebs.com/scikidus/Polbots/Polbots.html

AI is on the way!