>“A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man, that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of his friends, and that the most liberal professions of good will are very far from being the surest marks of it. I should be happy that my own experience had afforded fewer examples of the little dependence to be placed upon them.”
~ George Washington, letter to Major General John Sullivan, December 15, 1779; “The Writings of George Washington,” [1890] by Worthington Chauncey Ford, Vol. 8, p. 139
>73% Say Being a Father is Most Important Role for Men in Today’s World Sunday, June 19, 2011
Today is Father’s Day, and most adults will be doing something for their dad today.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 18% of American Adults consider Father’s Day one of the nation’s most important holidays, while 17% consider it one of the least important. Most (62%) say it is somewhere in between. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
Interestingly, men downplay the importance of Father’s Day as a holiday more than women—women are more likely to say it is one of the most important holidays or somewhere in between, while men are more likely to say it is one of the least important holidays.
Seventy-three percent (73%) continue to believe that being a father is the most important role a man can fill in today’s world. This, too, has changed little over the past several years.
>Changing Tides: Research Center Under Fire for ‘Adjusted’ Sea-Level Data By Maxim Lott Published June 17, 2011
NASA Projects Sea Level Rise
In a NASA “what-if” animation, light-blue areas in southern Florida and Louisiana indicate regions that may be underwater should sea levels rise dramatically.
Is climate change raising sea levels, as Al Gore has argued — or are climate scientists doctoring the data?
The University of Colorado’s Sea Level Research Group decided in May to add 0.3 millimeters — or about the thickness of a fingernail — every year to its actual measurements of sea levels, sparking criticism from experts who called it an attempt to exaggerate the effects of global warming.
“Gatekeepers of our sea level data are manufacturing a fictitious sea level rise that is not occurring,” said James M. Taylor, a lawyer who focuses on environmental issues for the Heartland Institute.
*photo from the Ridgewood Cooperative Nursery School
Father’s Day, a holiday which honors fathers worldwide, is celebrated in the United States on the third Sunday of June. It originated in the United States in 1910, a few years after the country began celebrating Mother’s Day. Father’s Day became an official U.S. holiday in 1972.
Father’s Day, in the United States, is a holiday (third Sunday in June) to honour fathers. Credit for originating the holiday is generally given to Sonora Smart Dodd of Spokane, Washington, whose father, a Civil War veteran, raised her and her five siblings after their mother died in childbirth. She is said to have had the idea in 1909 while listening to a sermon on Mother’s Day, which at the time was becoming established as a holiday. Local religious leaders supported the idea, and the first Father’s Day was celebrated on June 19, 1910, the month of the birthday of Dodd’s father. In 1924 President Calvin Coolidge gave his support to the observance, and in 1966 President Lyndon B. Johnson officially proclaimed it a national holiday. Observance on the third Sunday of June was decreed by law in 1972.
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Today marks the one-year anniversary of President Obama’s so-called “Recovery Summer.” Unfortunately, as most Americans know all too well, the “Recovery Summer” never materialized. The President promised that his economic policies would ensure that the unemployment rate would not exceed 8%, yet we’ve had an unemployment rate well above 8% for 28 consecutive months. Despite clear evidence that we are headed in the wrong direction, President Obama now tells us this is just a “bump on the road to recovery.” Rather than make excuses for his failed economic policies, he should be stepping up to the plate to work with Republicans to address our country’s dire fiscal crisis that continues to weigh down economic growth and job creation.
In 2009, the Obama administration promised that his $1.16 trillion “stimulus” bill would bring the unemployment rate down to 6.8% by now. Fast forward to today and we find an unemployment rate of 9.1% for the month of May. When accounting for the unemployed, those unable to find full-time work and those discouraged from looking for work, the picture looks even worse – Gallup’s monthly survey places the rate of underemployment at 19.1%. Furthermore, economic growth was recently reported at an anemic 1.8% for the first quarter when we need to see growth twice that amount to start putting Americans back to work. Clearly, when Treasury Secretary Geithner wrote his New York Times op-ed, “Welcome to the Recovery,” last August, he failed to consider the millions of Americans still out of work and struggling to make ends meet.
In November 2010, the American people went to the polls to make their voice heard loud and clear that they were tired of fiscal irresponsibility and the failed economic policies of the last two years. Republicans have answered their call by taking common-sense steps towards setting our economy back on the right path and getting our fiscal house in order. House Republicans passed a budget resolution for Fiscal Year 2012 that takes serious steps towards balancing our budget in the short-term and enacting economic policies that, according to the Heritage Center for Data Analysis, would create nearly 1 million new private-sector jobs next year and bring unemployment down to 4 percent by 2015. In addition, Republicans have offered a plan to get Americans back to work by promoting private sector growth. Unlike the failed “stimulus,” this multi-faceted approach gets big government out of the way of job creators by lowering tax and regulatory burdens, promoting innovation and investment, and opening new markets.
We cannot stand by any longer and allow the failed policies of this administration to continue to chip away at confidence in the American economy. We must get our fiscal house back in order, reform the broken tax code, reduce our dependence on foreign oil, and scale back burdensome regulations. These are the pro-growth policies that helped make our nation strong in the past and led to robust economic growth. That is what the American people demand and deserve. It’s time Washington listens.
>How Miserable? Index Says the Worst in 28 Years By: Jeff Cox
When it comes to measuring the combination of unemployment and inflation, it doesn’t get much more miserable than this.
In fact, misery, as measured in the unofficial Misery Index that simply totals the unemployment and inflation rates, is at a 28-year high, reflective of how weak the economic recovery has been and how far there is to go.
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After hours of emotional testimony, the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee approved legislation that will sharply increase public employee’s contributions to pension and health benefits. (Isherwood, PolitickerNJ)
Pilot project to launch Christie’s teacher evaluation system
The Christie administration’s vaunted plans to remake teacher evaluation in New Jersey will start with up to nine pilot districts testing various methods next year, with a little money and lots of guidance from the state. (Mooney, NJ Spotlight)
> Land of the Free? New York and California come out at the bottom of individual freedoms study By MARK DUELL Last updated at 6:51 PM on 15th June 2011
New Hampshire, South Dakota and Indiana ranked at the top It might be the ‘Land of the Free’, but some states certainly aren’t living up to the words of America’s national anthem.
New York, New Jersey and California are the least free in the U.S., based on an index of public policies affecting your individual freedoms.
The rankings are based economic, social and personal freedoms of Americans – and include measures such as taxes, government spending and regulations.
