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With all the cable & network channels having their experts in tow, I thought that NGD should follow suit (if you can’t be a leader, at least be a follower!), so this site will now be advised on war
matters by Colonel Tyler Ingus (with apologies to SNL’s takeoff).

I think he’s renowned globally, but around these parts pretty much everyone knows and loves Colonel Ingus, the famous soldier from Fort Stewart, so he’ll give the ins & outs, the ups & downs as
well as the view from above and sometimes below, while all this plays out. Although I’m told that his friends call him Mister Tyler, it’s proper etiquette to refer to him by his rank, so Colonel Ingus will be the handle I’ll use.

I’ll try to get an interview with him as soon as everything is in place (with kids, a job & extended family around, it’s sometimes difficult to get the logistics straight). However, I can
promise that I’ll get as much Colonel Ingus on record as I can and as soon as possible….you can bank on that.

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Is it taxes or is it spending? Pt. IV

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Posted by — RW @ 7:07 pm Edit This

Here we look at on-budget receipts versus GDP, all using actual dollars.

Year

Receipts

Outlays

Inlay Growth

Outlay Growth

GDP in constant 1996 $

GDP Growth

Inlay minus GDP growth

GDP minus Outlay growth

Outlays at 7.5% yrly increases

Surplus/ Deficit

1960

81,851

81,341

2,377

1961

82,279

86,046

0.5%

5.8%

2,432

2.3%

-1.8%

-3.5%

87,442

-5,163

1962

87,405

93,286

6.2%

8.4%

2,579

6.0%

0.2%

-2.4%

94,000

-6,595

1963

92,385

96,352

5.7%

3.3%

2,690

4.3%

1.4%

1.0%

101,050

-8,665

1964

96,248

102,794

4.2%

6.7%

2,847

5.8%

-1.6%

-0.9%

108,628

-12,380

1965

100,094

101,699

4.0%

-1.1%

3,029

6.4%

-2.4%

7.5%

116,776

-16,682

1966

111,749

114,817

11.6%

12.9%

3,228

6.6%

5.1%

-6.3%

125,534

-13,785

1967

124,420

137,040

11.3%

19.4%

3,308

2.5%

8.8%

-16.9%

134,949

-10,529

1968

128,056

155,798

2.9%

13.7%

3,466

4.8%

-1.8%

-8.9%

145,070

-17,014

1969

157,928

158,436

23.3%

1.7%

3,571

3.0%

20.3%

1.3%

155,950

1,978

1970

159,348

168,042

0.9%

6.1%

3,578

0.2%

0.7%

-5.9%

167,646

-8,298

1971

151,294

177,346

-5.1%

5.5%

3,698

3.3%

-8.4%

-2.2%

180,220

-28,926

1972

167,402

193,824

10.6%

9.3%

3,898

5.4%

5.2%

-3.9%

193,736

-26,334

1973

184,715

200,118

10.3%

3.2%

4,123

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Support

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Posted by — RW @ 6:54 pm Edit This

Peoria Pundit nails it when discussing some folks in congress who are hedging their bets on this war:

They say they support the troops. But to them, support begins and ends with saying the words support as many times as possible, without really doing it. In fact, there are some
who want nothing more than for this war to end with Bush wounded politically. There is nothing patriotic about that, because for that to happen, the interests of the United States will have to
suffer.

Their ideological kin are those who carry signs urging U.S. soldiers to kill their officers. The notable exception in Sen. Lieberman.

I’d add in Evan Bayh and John Edwards to the mix of notable donks expressing their REAL support.

Perusing the left side of the blogosphere (do I owe Quick royalties for typing that?) I noted several sites that would easily pass for the official blogs of Chuck Rangel, Al Jazerra or Wesley
Clark, so there are plenty to go along with the ideological kinship noted. A lot of stuff that’s out there falls outside simple disagreement over policy, but a glint of hope for something
negative, because it could effect Bush.

Great job, Bill….and I’m counting the days until that ‘blogspot’ part is gone from the URL (I’m sure you’ve never heard that one before).

quote edited by RW for spelling

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Whoops

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Posted by — RW @ 8:26 am Edit This

Peter Arnett, you just ‘chicked’ yourself.

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Is it taxes or is it spending? Pt. III

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Posted by — RW @ 6:06 am Edit This

Since I went back a few extra decades using constant dollars, here’s another look at on budget inlay/receipt information, this time looking at the percentage gains/losses as it pertains to inlay growth and outlay growth, going back to the last year
of the Eisenhower administration.

On Budget in Actual dollars

Year

Receipts

Outlays

Surplus / deficit

Inlay Growth

Outlay Growth

Surplus / deficit

1960

81,851

81,341

510

1961

82,279

86,046

-3,766

0.5%

5.8%

-5.3%

1962

87,405

93,286

-5,881

6.2%

8.4%

-2.2%

1963

92,385

96,352

-3,966

5.7%

3.3%

2.4%

1964

96,248

102,794

-6,546

4.2%

6.7%

-2.5%

1965

100,094

101,699

-1,605

4.0%

-1.1%

5.1%

1966

111,749

114,817

-3,068

11.6%

12.9%

-1.3%

1967

124,420

137,040

-12,620

11.3%

19.4%

-8.0%

1968

128,056

155,798

-27,742

2.9%

13.7%

-10.8%

1969

157,928

158,436

-507

23.3%

1.7%

21.6%

1970

159,348

168,042

-8,694

0.9%

6.1%

-5.2%

1971

151,294

177,346

-26,052

-5.1%

5.5%

-10.6%

1972

167,402

193,824

-26,423

10.6%

9.3%

1.4%

1973

184,715

200,118

-15,403

10.3%

3.2%

7.1%

1974

209,299

217,270

-7,971

13.3%

8.6%

4.7%

1975

216,633

271,892

-55,260

3.5%

25.1%

-21.6%

1976

231,671

302,183

-70,512

6.9%

11.1%

-4.2%

1977

278,741

328,502

-49,760

20.3%

8.7%

11.6%

1978

314,169

369,089

-54,920

12.7%

12.4%

0.4%

1979

365,309

404,054

-38,745

16.3%

9.5%

6.8%

1980

403,903

476,618

-72,715

10.6%

18.0%

-7.4%

1981

469,097

543,053

-73,956

16.1%

13.9%

2.2%

1982

474,299

594,351

-120,052

1.1%

9.4%

-8.3%

1983

453,242

661,277

-208,035

-4.4%

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Computer geek post of the day

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Posted by — RW @ 6:02 am Edit This

Worthless html for the masses…

There are plenty of times where I’ll visit a site & they’ll have a link (or I’ll click on their blogroll) and it opens the URL within the same browser window. That may be how you set things
up & that’s fine, but more than once I’ve clicked on a link within the FIRST post of a blog, which took me to another page, where I found another link and moved onward & so on & so on…

Pretty soon, after I’d finished reading the subject matter, I often forget where I began in the first place & may have missed some important stuff on your blog. Well, no, I can’t lie…I read
my blogroll every three days or so, most of them daily. But, you get my gist. Maybe some folks have missed out on more than a few entries at your site, or I visited YOUR site via a link &
inadvertently left with another click.

With that in mind, here’s all you have to do to insure that all your links open in new windows & your page stays intact, until the user actually chooses that they’re ready to close it altogether or
click something in their bookmarks:

Just put that before the of your blog/site & you’re good to go. Nothing else is necessary.

—Also, if you have an MT site & your entire main index page doesn’t load all the way, forcing users to hit "F11" twice, just put this at the bottom of your index code, right before your

tag:

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3/29/2003

Sigh

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Posted by — RW @ 11:04 pm Edit This

Oh, well, my beloved ‘cats lost. Well, it gives me an opportunity to post some eye-candy & say “see you next year, Ashley”. BTW, Tubby’s da man, because that team was NOT one of his more talented squads.

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Something so interesting it caused my non-political wife to comment

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Posted by — RW @ 10:32 pm Edit This

From Neal Cavuto:

A week ago Wednesday night the war started and ever since I’ve heard tons of complaints about what we started.

Let me tell you what I see:

I see coalition forces within 50 miles of Baghdad.

I see them controlling two-thirds of a country the size of California.

I see angry Iraqi civilians turning on their own duplicitous soldiers.

I see children getting candy and adults water.

I see the image of U.S. prisoners not scaring our soldiers, but emboldening them.

I see clarity over sandstorms and truth over treachery.

I see countries that mocked us worming their way into life in Iraq after us.

I see second-guessing from wannabe generals who couldn’t be more clueless and senseless name-calling from countries who couldn’t be more hapless.

I see people without guts criticizing those who are giving their guts.

I see people who’ve never known a day of battle pontificating on what we should do in battle.

I see Iraqis daring to dream of the democracy they were refused to have and some treacherous Iraqi neighbors fearing the very same democracy they refused to offer.

I see more countries jumping on our bandwagon and others desperate to be on any bandwagon.

I see leaders of countries still condemning us, but investors in those countries still investing in us.

I see markets that will go up and economies that will improve because I see a coalition of the willing, teaching a thing or two to a collection of the pathetic.

I see prisoners and soldiers alike who will come home and a nation who will greet them with open arms and sincere hugs.

I see a hard battle but a great victory.

I see past the sum of our fears, to the whole of our greatness.

And finally I see a great nation defined by the good things it does and not the bad things others say.

I see those who will call me just another Yankee Doodle Dandy.

And I see this very grateful journalist more than happy to say, damn right.

It’s sometimes difficult to miss the big picture when watching 24 hour news that focuses on the negative.

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3/28/2003

R&R

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Posted by — RW @ 2:20 pm Edit This

Off for a (very) short vacation to the mountains & to visit the in-laws.

Have a good weekend, folks.

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Is it taxes or is it spending? Pt. II

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Posted by — RW @ 1:12 pm Edit This

Another look at on budget inlay/receipt information, this time looking at the percentage gains/losses as it pertains to inlay growth and outlay growth in constant 1996 dollars (because that’s what
the US budget site uses).

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On Budget in constant 1996 dollars

Year

Composite Deflator

Receipts

Outlays

Inlay Growth

Outlay Growth

Surplus / deficit %

1960

0.1855

441,245

438,496

1961

0.1903

432,365

452,160

-2.0%

3.1%

-5.1%

1962

0.1930

452,876

483,347

4.7%

6.9%

-2.2%

1963

0.2010

459,627

479,363

1.5%

-0.8%

2.3%

1964

0.2042

471,342

503,399

2.5%

5.0%

-2.5%

1965

0.2068

484,014

491,775

2.7%

-2.3%

5.0%

1966

0.2135

523,415

537,785

8.1%

9.4%

-1.2%

1967

0.2210

562,986

620,090

7.6%

15.3%

-7.7%

1968

0.2307

555,076

675,327

-1.4%

8.9%

-10.3%

1969

0.2436

648,309

650,394

16.8%

-3.7%

20.5%

1970

0.2581

617,389

651,073

-4.8%

0.1%

-4.9%

1971

0.2747

550,761

645,599

-10.8%

-0.8%

-10.0%

1972

0.2926

572,119

662,420

3.9%

2.6%

1.3%

1973

0.3095

596,817

646,585

4.3%

-2.4%

6.7%

1974

0.3345

625,707

649,537

4.8%

0.5%

4.4%

1975

0.3679

588,837

739,038

-5.9%

13.8%

-19.7%

1976

0.3949

586,657

765,214

-0.4%

3.5%

-3.9%

1977

0.4282

650,960

767,170

11.0%

0.3%

10.7%

1978

0.4561

688,816

809,228

5.8%

5.5%

0.3%

1979

0.4935

740,241

818,752

7.5%

1.2%

6.3%

1980

0.5432

743,562

877,426

0.4%

7.2%

-6.7%

1981

0.6000

781,828

905,088

5.1%

3.2%

2.0%

1982

0.6411

739,821

927,080

-5.4%

2.4%

-7.8%

1983

0.6716

674,869

984,629

-8.8%

6.2%

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Stupid, stupid, stupid….

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Posted by — RW @ 6:06 am Edit This

It seems like daily we’re hearing about some idiot executive who decides to try to put his personal stamp on something by changing what was already working. This time, we have some upper management idiots who have decided that
Skip Caray & Pete Van Wieren no longer will be on TBS:

TBS Superstation, which Ted Turner built into cable’s most-watched network partly by convincing viewers nationwide to adopt the Braves as "America’s Team," has
decided to reposition its telecasts this season as "MLB on TBS" rather than "Braves on TBS." Viewers surely will detect that the Braves still appear in all of the games. But TBS will try to make the broadcasts more generic by
focusing equally on both teams, removing the Braves’ logo from the screen—and removing Caray and Van Wieren from the booth.

Brilliant.

That moron just chicked his career. Dollars to donuts he’s a yankee without a clue as to what those two have meant to the Braves fans for the last 28 years.

Chicked – (ch[i^]kd),

v.

1. making a decision that is so roundly panned for its idiocy that it ends up being one of the worst choices in that person’s life.

See Also: Natalie Maines, Dixie Chicks, Paul Reubens, New Coke, Babe Ruth trade, Shelley Long.

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T minus two days

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Posted by — RW @ 5:53 am Edit This

There’s too much bad news out there. Consider this my pathetic attempt to put something other than the sad reports and bitching back and forth into the discussion, if only for a few minutes. Besides, it’s America’s game.

My fantasy baseball team draft:

Primary "up" team

Supplemental (minor league) team

CA Paul Loduca

1B Todd Helton

2B Bret Boone

3B Edgardo Alfonzo

SS Miguel Tejada

OF Chipper Jones

OF Shawn Green

OF Andruw Jones

OF Cliff Floyd

EH Garret Anderson

EH Rafael Palmeiro

EH Juan Gonzalez

SP Kevin Millwood

SP Bartolo Colon

SP Matt Morris

SP Javier Vazquez

RP Keith Foulke

RP Armando Benitez

Clemens sp

Hampton sp

Mo Vaughn 1b

Weaver sp

Lawrence sp

Spooneybarger rp

Mondesi of

Fr Rodriguez – Anaheim rp

Batista 3b

Nevin 1b

Ed. Martinez 1b

Payton of

Marrero of

S. Finley of

Mcgriff 1b

Walker 2b

Hidalgo of

Eaton sp

Or.Hernandez sp

Moss sp

Byrd sp

V.Martinez c

T.Martinez 1b

D.Young 1b

Kapler of

Have I mentioned that I love baseball?

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More headlines you don’t want to see

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Posted by — RW @ 5:50 am Edit This

...if you’re a Republican in Georgia who ran on no tax hikes

Perdue’s tobacco tax hike defeated

"The Georgia House handed Gov. Sonny Perdue a resounding defeat Wednesday on his plan to raise tobacco taxes, leaving state leaders wondering how to fill a budget gap that could reach $1
billion."

Sonny’s going over like Zell Miller did in 1990, when he won a close election & immediately managed to piss off just about everyone with fee hikes after pledging no tax hikes (see, a ‘fee’ isn’t a tax – or so we were told).

It’s beginning to look like Schultz was right & Barnes is regrettably starting to resemble his old Democrat-ic self.

Then again, look at how Zell ended up…

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