I voted!

My civic responsibilities are met: I voted today. If you're in Bernalillo County, New Mexico, you can get sample ballot & list of early voting locations at: Bernalillo County Clerk. Be a good citizen. VOTE!

New Mexico is BLUE!

... just another video...

GOP Medicare

Too good to pass up

I'm one of the 'victims'!

1. I attended public school (K-12; UT El Paso; Purdue) - yep, my education was subsidized by government (local & state).

2. It gets worse! I attended UT El Paso, Stanford, and Purdue using $$$ from G.I. Bill - a FEDERAL subsidy. (Oh, yeah - I earned grad degrees in math & statistics with the aid of government largesse.)

3. My late wife, Teresa, helped pay for her undergraduate education (B.S., Mechanical Engineering, UT El Paso) with Pell Grants. Upon graduation she was hired by Sandia National Labs and sent to Purdue for her Master's degree - paid for by the Department of Energy. More government largesse for undeserving poor folk.

4. Following six (6) years of breast cancer & chemo, my wife, Teresa, was forced to retire from Sandia National Labs - where she had worked as a mechanical & nuclear engineer for 25 years (among other things, working on our country's nuke arsenal). With her retirement she received Social Security Disability payments, and went on Medicare (tho', thankfully, she had excellent private insurance thru Sandia). Upon her death I received a $255 'survivor benefit' from Social Security. Yep - both of us sucking on the public tit - leeches on society.

5. We DID pay taxes - effective rate of 18% in 2006 (the last full year of Teresa's employment.)
[Yes - I STILL pay taxes on my huge fixed retirement income!]


... on one count, at least, Mitt Romney is right: there is absolutely nothing he can say to convince me to vote for him in this election!

Just for fun: jumping on the bandwagon

Blatant self-promotion

Fun History: James Madison's 1792 screed against the Federalists.

Mitt's Silence

Russ Sype 2016: new blog

Russ Sype 2016: up and running!

On the campaign trail

I had an on-camera interview today with KQRE's Amanda Goodman about my presidential campaign. She thinks it'll air sometime next week. [KQRE is Albuquerque's CBS affiliate.]

A modest proposal

Let's make this guy the face of the GOP!

Just for fun: The guy who said, "If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down." is a member of the House Science Committee!!!

Related: from a FB friend

... and if you REALLY want your blood to boil...

... here's something guaranteed to raise your blood-pressure:

CEOs Tax the People
WSJ
AL'S EMPORIUM August 18, 2012
The more a company pays its chief executive officer, the bigger the tax break it gets.

This is how the game is rigged, according to the Institute for Policy Studies, a progressive Washington think tank, which released a report last week titled, "The CEO Hands in Uncle Sam's Pockets."

"The tax code has become a prime enabler of bloated CEO pay," says one of the study's co-authors, Scott Klinger, a chartered financial analyst and former investment manager.

The study counts the many ways our tax code encourages companies to overpay their top executives. One of them is an unlimited deduction companies may claim for the "performance pay" they give their CEOs. The bigger the CEO's performance pay, the bigger the company's tax deduction.

The tax code simply begs companies to lavish CEOs with stock options, the study says. This, in turn, encourages the bosses to take more risks with other people's money, and gets us all into the economic trouble we face today.
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The full study upon which this article is based can be found at Executive Excess 2012: The CEO Hands in Uncle Sam's Pocket [click the "Read the full report" link at the bottom of the page].

We the People of the United States, in Order to...

... secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity...

Republican party platform committee won’t include civil unions for gay couples

Well, I suppose our LGBT progeny don't really count as "our posterity".

Buffoon announces for President, 2016

Buffoon joins the 'show us your taxes, Mitt' chorus

Eastdale Little League Softball: World Series champs

Albuquerque's Eastdale Little League Softball team won the Little League Softball World Series by defeating Florida's Windermere team 16-2 in 5 innings (the 10-run 'mercy rule' was invoked). They won their last 6 games (including the championship game) by combined score of 67-5, with three shut-outs.

You are invited to a political event

What: Announcing my candidacy for president in 2016
When: Saturday, 11 August, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Where: Elegante Motel, Albuquerque (on Menaul east of University

This event will be videographed... it'd be nice to have a few supporters in the audience.

My announcement speech was published on these pages in February.

For your inner geek

Let them eat fractal pancakes