SmallGovt

Hopefully this is a late April Fool's joke.  Michigan is trying to solve a budget deficit that is over $1 billion in the red.  At the same time they are planning to spend $38 million to buy every school kid an iPod.   Michigan law makers should suspend afternoon sessions and tune in to Dave Ramsey to learn how to live on a budget!!!

read for yourself…

http://news.com.com/2061-10801_3-6174170.html

http://apple.slashdot.org/apple/07/04/07/0417219.shtml

http://hotair.com/archives/2007/04/07/michigan-legislature-raise-taxes-buy-ipods-for-all-the-kids-in-the-state/

http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007704060333

http://apple.qj.net/Michigan-US-38-million-iPod-bill-introduced-school-reps-not-so-happy/pg/49/aid/88787

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20070406/130911.shtml

Amazing Discovery! If you overlay solar activity (sun spot cycle data) with temperature… They match!!! The correlation of this data has been known in solar-terrestrial physics since the early 1990s.

The eleven year cycle of the sun spot activity is not something you should use to set your watch. Sometimes it is closer to twelve years. Sometimes it is closer to ten years. Shorter cycles show more solar activity.

(Red – solar activity / Black – Temperature)

See for yourself…

http://www.friendsofscience.org

http://www.tmgnow.com/repository/solar/lassen1.html

The latest X prizes competition is out.  The quest is for a real car that gets 100 miles per gallon.  Sounds great!  Can I get one in 4wd with air conditioning and the towing package?  

Article…  http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/axprize;_ylt=A0WTcUSF8xdGzawA4AmOe8UF 

X Prize Foundation 

Muslim Terrorists have killed Americans at the Kobar towers, the USS Cole, and the World Trade Center.   We need to keep out guard up. 

In Burlington Township, New Jersey, they are running mock terror drills to stay vigilant.  However, in New Jersey they're afraid of Christians.  Check out the article on Hotair.com.

 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/04/03/new-jersey-hs-stages-mock-terror-attack-by-right-wing-fundamentalists/ 

 From the article…

The mock terror attack involved two irate men armed with handguns who invaded the high school through the front door. They pretended to shoot several students in the hallway and then barricaded themselves in the media center with 10 student hostages.

Two Burlington Township police detectives portrayed the gunmen. Investigators described them as members of a right-wing fundamentalist group called the “New Crusaders” who don’t believe in separation of church and state. The mock gunmen went to the school seeking justice because the daughter of one had been expelled for praying before class.

from http://en.rian.ru/world/20070403/62999935.html

Belgium to impose tax on barbequing to fight global warming
03/04/2007 12:27 BRUSSELS, April 3 (RIA Novosti) – The government of Belgium's French-speaking region of Wallonia, which has a population of about 4 million, has approved a tax on barbequing, local media reported.

Experts said that between 50 and 100 grams of CO2, a so-called greenhouse gas, is emitted during barbequing. Beginning June 2007, residents of Wallonia will have to pay 20 euros for a grilling session.

The local authorities plan to monitor compliance with the new tax legislation from helicopters, whose thermal sensors will detect burning grills.

Scientists believe CO2 emissions are a major cause of global warming.

What is the carbon footprint of a helicopter searching for burgers on the grill?  The environmentalists are all about taxes and controlling your behavior through government.