It appears that as we get closer to November 4th, people (by people I mean the WSJ) all across the country are beginning to look closer at Obama’s proposed “tax cuts” and other tenants of his campaign. One of the most startling things people are finding is that while he promises to cut taxes on 95% of families (40% of which do not pay taxes) he’s “proposing one of the largest tax increases ever on the other 5%”. Something hardly anyone was talking about a week ago.

Now MSM (main stream media) and Others are finally taking note. So yes, while he would “cut” taxes, the truth is that just like other democrats before him who promised lower taxes, he’s actually raising them. In fact, according to the WSJ article:

Some families with an income of $40,000 could lose up to 40 cents in vanishing credits for every additional dollar earned from working overtime or taking a new job. As public policy, this is contradictory. The tax credits are sold in the name of “making work pay,” but in practice they can be a disincentive to working harder, especially if you’re a lower-income couple getting raises of $1,000 or $2,000 a year.

Thats something you won’t hear any of the talking heads on ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN or any other MSM outlet mention or ask him about. Its only a wonder why we haven’t heard that from the McCain Camp yet.

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Well, the Friday Night Firework series at Turner Field is done for the season, unless by some strange miracle of chance the Braves can pull it out and gain a playoff spot. I’m not holding my breath. In March, we were itching for opening day. The start of a new season, 14 shows spread across five months. By the 4th of July, we were in a steady rythm, already counting down the games until last nights game. With the heat of August, we were ready for the season to be done.

Its not that the work is hard or the pay mediocre (because the work is hard, but the pay is worth it), its just that 5 months of watching the Atlanta Braves play ball as they do (not really as one whole team, but as a couple of teams that just happen to be in the same uniform) gets a little tiring. If the Braves were a ball team like they were in the mid-90’s then maybe, we wouldn’t be looking for the end of the season. Instead, we get a team that has all the pieces of the puzzle, they just don’t always know how they fit together (have you seen the atrocity they call a bullpen?).

Anyways, we made it through another season, only one canceled show (due to wind and not rain…) and no one was hurt (thankfully). We’re glad for the break, but come January, we’ll be ready for the season to start. For now, its on to Thrashers (love hockey, live thrashers!), Hawks and a myriad of other events for us.

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I started backpacking when I was about 11. I got my first (and so far only…) pair of real hiking boots when I was fourteen. A pair of vasque sundowners that have been resoled once so far and are approaching the end of their life (almost 20 years of use!) but the pair I remember most is my father’s pair of Danner boots.

He had a pair of leather danner boots that he took the best care of (watching him take care of his Danner boots is how I learned to take care of my own boots). Making sure the leather was nik-waxed before every trip, cleaned, dried. They lasted him almost as long as mine have lasted, though he opted not to get them resoled, he bought a new pair of Danners because he knows from experience the quality that goes in to a pair of their boots.

Its funny the memories we remember, isn’t it?

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