Michelle Malkin links to the Americans for Prosperity House of Representatives list of members to target in last minute phone and fax efforts to stop the massive “Cap and Trade” tax increase. A vote on Cap and Trade is scheduled for today.
Pennsylvanians Prefer Budget Cuts Over Rendell’s Tax Hike
The June 30th deadline for Pennsylvania’s budget is looming, and the PA House Republicans report that the Democrats picked up and ran off for the weekend earlier today leaving no chance at any agreement until Monday the 29th.
Maybe they were spooked by a new poll showing that cash strapped PA residents prefer budget cuts to Governor Ed Rendell’s proposed 16% tax hike. The poll was sponsored by a number of media groups in the state including Philadelphia’s WPVI-TV.
NOT Dead: Jeff Goldblum (56) and Harrison Ford (132)
Dispelling a couple of wild Internet rumors here: Actor Jeff Goldblum did not fall 60 feet off the Kauri Cliffs to his death, and Harrison Ford did not die on a yacht cruising off the coast of St. Tropez. Both actors are still alive.
Dead: Michael Jackson (50)
Multiple sources, including TMZ.com and Drudge Report, indicate that musician Michael Jackson has died after being rushed to UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles in cardiac arrest.
Oxford Valley Mall Owner Shuts Down Atlanta Tea Party
Simon Property Group, a conglomerate that owns Oxford Valley Mall, Franklin Mills Mall and Lincoln Plaza along with 395 others nationwide, has shut down the July 4th Tea Party protest in Atlanta, GA, which was expected to draw at least 20,000 protesters.
Dead: Farrah Fawcett (62)
Iconic 70s pinup, noted actress and one of my earliest media crushes Farrah Fawcett is dead. She was 62.
Obama To Decide If You’re Worth Saving, His Family Exempt
Barack Obama said that one way the government plans to cut costs under his Obamacare plan for socialized medicine is to deny potentially life saving care to patients a Washington bureaucrat decides are not worth saving.
The shocking admission came during the day-long disinfomercial sponsored by and broadcast on the ABC network as an attempt to prop up the failed President’s proposal.
Job Loss Pace Quickens
Stock futures tumbled as the latest weekly job report was released. The report showed 627,000 jobs lost last week, far worse than the 600,000 estimated and up from an adjusted 612,000 the week before.
Dead: Irv Homer (86)
Sad news from the world of local radio tonight via PA Watercooler; Philadelphia talk legend Irv Homer is dead.
Mark Sanford Was Banging Not His Wife In Argentina
Mark Sanford apologized to pretty much everyone he ever knew in a mid-afternoon press conference to explain his recent unexplained absence. Sanford admitted that he had been in Argentina carrying on a long-term extra-marital affair about which his wife has known for five months.
