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Many Uninformed Viewers in Shock over Presidential debate
October 4,2012
the staff fot eh Ridgewood blog

Ridgewood NJ, Many viewers who have been inculcated in media talking points leaving them woefully uninformed have never heard the the other side of the argument and nothing made that more obvious than the reaction to the Presidential debate last night .

While economic conservatives heard more details from Mitt Romney on his 5 point action plan to create jobs and were put at ease as Romney drew a stark contrast between his policies of limited government and more personal freedom as opposed to the Presidents big government knows better top down approach

Many were clearly shocked because they had never heard the other side of the story. Most of the main stream media has long since given up on reporting the news and instead become the chief propaganda arm for the big government knows best.

While these “command and control ” policies have proven technologically obsolete and historically an abject failure as seen with the fall of the Soviet Union ,American elites and main stream media has clung to collectivist ideals , embracing them and embellishing them regardless of what the facts are since the early 1960’s . More recently most of the mainstream has been reduced to writing nothing more than press releases for the current administrations failed agenda.

So it came as a shock to many in both the media and the public at large to see Mitt Romney run together a string of coherent arguments against “big government” drawing a stark contrast to the values that made America great and the new collectivist direction to which the President simply had no answer other than to regurgitate stale talking points .

State gives preliminary go-ahead to two new charter schools

The Christie administration continues to be picky about new charter schools, with just two applications approved in the latest round announced yesterday — one in Newark and one in Camden.

If it receives its final charter, the Newark school would be the first approved under a new law allowing existing private schools to convert to charter schools. The new school would be Philip’s Academy Charter School, a renaming of St. Philip’s Academy, a well-established independent school in the city’s Central Ward.

The Camden application is for the International Academy of Camden, an elementary school founded by a group of New Jersey entrepreneurs and likely to be run by a private education management organization.

Among those under discussion is the operator of the Ascend Learning charter schools in New York City, but one of the founders of the Camden school stressed that others are also being considered in a public bidding process.  (Mooney, NJ Spotlight)

https://www.njspotlight.com/stories/12/10/01/state-gives-preliminary-go-ahead-to-two-new-charter-schools/

Univision: Juarez drug cartel leader ‘El Diego’ was captured with Fast and Furious weapons
Published: 10:10 PM 10/01/2012

When Mexican authorities took Juarez drug cartel carnage king Jose Antonio Acosta Hernandez — better known as “El Diego” — into custody, he had weapons from Operation Fast and Furious on his person, the English-language transcript of the Spanish-language television network Univision’s special investigation into the scandal shows.

“According to investigations, ‘El Diego’ forms the link between this massacre and Fast and Furious,” an anchor read on air in Spanish Sunday evening, referring to two different mass killings drug cartel operatives used Fast and Furious weapons to conduct as Univision reported.

“When he [El Diego] was captured in Chihuahua in the summer of 2011, he was found with weapons that the American government had allowed to enter Mexico,” the anchor added.

Read more: https://dailycaller.com/2012/10/01/univision-juarez-drug-cartel-leader-el-diego-was-captured-with-fast-and-furious-weapons/#ixzz28A4QwS7L

N.J. public employee union ratifies new contract

The Christie administration announced Monday a new four-year contract it has reached with the state’s second-largest public employee union.

The agreement — ratified by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 1 in September – provides for no salary increases for the first two years.

The union’s nearly 9,000 members will receive a 1 percent salary increase in the contract’s third year and 1.75 percent in its fourth year.

Those raises are identical to ones agreed to by the other civilian bargaining units the state has already reached agreements with, including the Communications Workers of America, which represents 35,000 state workers.  (Campisi, The Record)

https://www.northjersey.com/news/NJs_AFSCME_union_ratifies_pact.html

What Tax Bracket Will You Be in for 2013?

Tax Foundation Estimates New Brackets Based on Inflation Rate

Washington, D.C., October 1, 2012— The Tax Foundation, based on recently released data from the federal government, has estimated federal income tax brackets for tax year 2013, as detailed in a new analysis published today. Analyst Nick Kasprak also examines alternate brackets that would come into effect if Congress were to vote to extend the Bush-era tax cuts and other policies, or if President Obama’s 2013 budget plan were passed.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics recently released its August 2012 consumer price index figure, which is typically the final piece of information needed to determine the next year’s tax brackets. Brackets are adjusted for inflation based on the consumer price index from September to August of the previous year. Given that the CPI-U (consumer price index for all urban consumers) average for the previous twelve months is 2.57% higher than the previous year, parameters for tax year 2013 will be roughly 2.57% higher than for 2012.

“Projecting tax brackets for 2013 is more complicated than usual, given the uncertainty surrounding the potential expiration of the Bush tax cuts and some more recent stimulus bill tax cuts,” said Analyst Nick Kasprak.

Despite the complication caused by multiple expiring provisions, however, the different tax parameters are adjusted for inflation in more or less the same way, meaning that the Tax Foundation can project next year’s parameters under a variety of scenarios with a high degree of certainty.

Even though taxpayers will not start filing their 2013 tax returns until January 2014, tax year 2013 parameters are needed in advance so that the Internal Revenue Service can produce instructions for 2013 income tax withholding, which will begin in January. Therefore, the inflation adjustments for any tax year must be based on Consumer Price Index data from portions of the previous two years.

Tax Foundation Fiscal Fact No. 328, “Next Year’s Tax Brackets” by Nick Kasprak is available online.

The Tax Foundation is a nonpartisan research organization that has monitored fiscal policy at the federal, state and local levels since 1937. To schedule an interview, please contact Richard Morrison, the Tax Foundation’s Manager of Communications, at 202-464-5102 or [email protected].

Pat Caddell: Media Have Become An “Enemy Of The American People”
Former Democratic Pollster

In recent remarks to an AIM conference, “ObamaNation: A Day of Truth,” former Democratic pollster and analyst Pat Caddell said, “I think we’re at the most dangerous time in our political history in terms of the balance of power in the role that the media plays in whether or not we maintain a free democracy.”

Caddell noted that while First Amendment protections were originally provided to the press so they would protect the liberty and freedom of the public from “organized governmental power,” they had clearly relinquished the role of impartial news providers.

Nowhere was this more evident than during the tragic death of a U.S. ambassador in Libya that was lied about for nine days, because the press and the administration did not want to admit it was a terrorist attack.

“We’ve had nine days of lies over what happened because they can’t dare say it’s a terrorist attack, and the press won’t push this,” said Caddell. “Yesterday there was not a single piece in The New York Times over the question of Libya. Twenty American embassies, yesterday, are under attack. None of that is on the national news. None of it is being pressed in the papers.”

Caddell added that it is one thing for the news to have a biased view, but “It is another thing to specifically decide that you will not tell the American people information they have a right to know.”

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2012/09/29/pat_caddell_media_have_become_an_enemy_of_the_american_people.html

Digital Age overload: ‘Internet addiction’ to be classified as mental illness
Published: 01 October, 2012, 14:21
Edited: 01 October, 2012, 21:19

Think twice the next time you play a videogame or surf the Net: ‘Internet-use disorder’ is set to be added to the list of mental illnesses in the worldwide psychiatric manual. Kids are identified as being especially at risk.

The international mental health encyclopedia known as the ‘Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders’ (DSM-IV) will include Internet-use disorder as a condition “recommended for further study” in its forthcoming May 2013 edition.

Psychologists believe that Internet addiction should be categorized like other addiction disorders as it has similar symptoms, including emotional shutdown, lack of concentration and withdrawal.

Parents have noted their children becoming angry and violent when their electronic gadgets are taken away from them, the Sydney Morning Herald reported. In other instances, kids preferred to play a videogame over eating or social interaction.

https://rt.com/news/internet-use-mental-illness-389/

Preview of Univision’s “bombshell” report on Fast & Furious
POSTED AT 5:31 PM ON SEPTEMBER 29, 2012 BY ED MORRISSEY

The Obama administration clearly hoped that the Department of Justice’s Inspector General report on Operation Fast and Furious would be the last word on the scandal. which has been tied to hundreds of deaths in Mexico and the murders of two American law-enforcement officials. However, a new report from Univision to be broadcast tomorrow, previewed here by ABC News, may put the issue back on the front pages. One source called Univision’s findings the “holy grail” that Congressional investigators have been seeking:

https://hotair.com/archives/2012/09/29/video-univisions-bombshell-report-on-fast-furious/

State program to aid would-be exporters

New Jersey small businesses with an eye to export will soon be able to seek state grant money to develop foreign markets.

In a step aimed at giving promising smaller businesses some international reach, the state’s new International Business Development and Protocol will administer a $204,000 grant from the federal Small Business Administration to advise, train and even fund companies’ first steps beyond U.S. borders.

Michael Van Wagner, the executive director of the state’s Business Action Center, which includes the international development arm, said New Jersey would use the federal money to allow a variety of small companies everything from small trips to international trade shows – a bet he says can pay off for the state in terms of job creation and economic productivity. (Fletcher, The Record)

https://www.northjersey.com/news/171461711_State_program_to_aid_would-be_exporters.html