Instapundit points over to Coyoteblog on an issue that is of high priority in this age – somehow that profits are ugly, mean, and totally unnecessary.  It’s the root of all things, for gosh sakes!  Hmm, certainly those of us who have ever signed the front of a paycheck understand that.  I also do wonder, in the story below, if the ranger really understands that without profits, he’d have no job at all? Blame it on our government schools that can’t teach the rudiments of basic economics for without profits, you’re Venezuela.  Emphasis mine:

In Defense of Profits — Why They Are At Least As Moral as Wages

Quick background:  my company privately operates public parks, making our money solely from the entry fees voluntarily paid by visitors and campers.  We don’t get paid a single dollar of tax money.

A major partner of ours is the US Forest Service (USFS), which actually operates more recreation sites than any other agency in the world (the National Park Service has a higher profile and the Corps of Engineers has more visitors, but the USFS is the most ubiquitous).  Despite the USFS being an early pioneer of using private companies to reduce the operating costs of parks and campgrounds, the USFS still has a large number of employees opposed to what we do.  The most typical statement I hear from USFS employees that summarizes this opposition — and it is quite common to hear it — is that “It is wrong to make a profit on public lands.“

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For Immediate Release – October 5, 2016
Contact: Greg Moore (603) 303-9297

Americans for Prosperity Notes September Business Tax Revenue Continues Major Spike After Business Tax Cuts

MANCHESTER – Americans for Prosperity – New Hampshire (AFP-NH) pointed to today’s release of September state tax revenue as ongoing evidence of the success of business tax relief that started January 1st. For the month, revenues were $22.7 million ahead of plan, with business tax receipts making up $21.3 million of that surplus.

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It’s not supposed to be Press Release Day, but this one caught my eye. Carol SEIU-Porter is the Democrat candidate for the US House in NH district one who many years ago, showed up everywhere for everything to get elected to office. Now, I guess, she and her party just assume she is entitled to it because she doesn’t show up to anything.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 6, 2016
Is Shea-Porter Running For Congress?
CONTACT: Team Guinta
Info@teamguinta.com

Yesterday, Carol Shea-Porter declined an opportunity to debate with Bernie Sanders-inspired Shawn O’Connor and Republican Frank Guinta on Jack Heath’s WGIR Radio program in Manchester.

This is the third time in 10 days the former congresswoman has refused an opportunity to tell Granite Staters where she stands on highly important topics. On Monday, Shea-Porter skipped the Bi-State Primary Care Association’s Forum, and last week refused to accept Guinta’s challenge to allow all candidates to participate in upcoming debates.

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https://twitter.com/SteveSGoddard/status/783523010737299456

As I was tweeting in response to the above (because we all know that every Democrat wants the kind of laws that make Chicagoland one of the deadliest places on the planet) a hashtag popped into my head to describe the progressive gun control zombies.

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The concept of the Second Amendment as a natural born right is an interesting one which merits a closer look. I’ve written here in the past about my own rather dubious view of the concept of “natural born” rights based on the idea that “rights” are a concept we install for ourselves using the government as a tool to ensure them. But there’s no question about the idea of Constitutional rights for Americans. We are regularly reminded that all of our rights – even those of free speech and religion – have limits and that’s basically true. But unlike the treatment of the right to keep, and more importantly bear arms, you don’t need to check in with the government before you begin exercising them. You don’t need a permit to speak in the public square and someone will be along presently to remind you that you’ve overstepped your bounds if you wind up falsely shouting “Fire!” in a movie theater. There is no license required to go check out all the local churches when you move to a new town… you just do it. Should you decide on one full of hippies where they hand out peyote during services you’ll no doubt be hearing from the authorities, but short of that you’ll be fine with no paperwork required.

So how is it that a person who has never broken a single law still needs a permit before getting a gun? It says right in the Constitution that your right to do so shall not be infringed. If you abuse that right then we can forbid you from having firearms, but until that point shouldn’t it be a “natural born right” in the same sense?

I heartily disagree with Shaw that our Rights are

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From Rasmussen:

A sizable number of Americans say they may give the National Football League a pass this year, thanks to the player protests over racial issues.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that nearly one-third (32%) of American Adults say they are less likely to watch an NFL game because of the growing number of Black Lives Matter protests by players on the field. Only 13% say they are more likely to watch a game because of the protests. Just over half (52%) say the protests have no impact on their viewing decisions. (To see survey question wording, click here.)

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This post by Peggy Ryan over at American Thinker pretty much has the right of it – the Progressives, with their constant shoving of politics into everything, are basically ruining everything.  They can’t just leave well enough alone and have to constantly be screeching at us from their positions.  You name it but there’s hardly no place to go without some Progressive policy or stance thrown in our faces.  As I have said on others, I generally don’t post up an entire post but this is good enough to do so. Emphasis mine and let me know what you think about this:

It Finally Happened: Politics Has Ruined Everything Fun

Not that long ago, I could get away from the dystopian news environment and relax.  I’d spend my weekends at the movies, chatting with friends over a latte or watching football on my oversized 4K TV, all things that bring a smile, take me away – just good old-fashioned fun.  But one after another, these treasured pastimes have become something else – a reminder of the dark times we live in, another forum for angry political discourse.  In their zeal to control every aspect of our lives, liberal activists have left no stone unturned.

My first casualty was the movies.  Nothing saves you from reality more than a good flick.  But  one by one, my favorite Hollywood stars publicly inserted themselves into politics.  Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Lawrence, Matt Damon, and Ben Affleck are on the growing list of actors and actresses who feel compelled to take stands on issues that have nothing to do with their films.

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The Public Interest Legal Foundation, representing the American Civil Rights Union, has opened up a can of voter fraud worms in the City of Philadelphia, specifically convicted felon voters voting illegally.

Philly is known for letting uniformed Black Panthers patrol election stations and zero Republican votes cast in many wards in the city. You can also check out the number of people who are eligible to vote in the City with the number of recorded voters for an eye opener. But that is a different story.

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Sigh….and oy vay. No, Rudy, not EVERYONE does – not at all (reformatted, emphasis mine):

Rudy Giuliani answered the charge that he faces accusations of infidelity on Sunday by saying it’s not just him. “Everybody does,” the former New York City mayor and Donald Trump supporter said.

Giuliani was attacking Hillary Clinton in an interview with NBC’s Chuck Todd on “Meet the Press” the morning after Trump said — with no evidence — at a rally: “I don’t even think she’s loyal to Bill, if you want to know the truth. And really folks, really, why should she be?”.  Not mentioned by Trump: He’s had three divorces and faced accusations of infidelity himself. So has the thrice-married Giuliani.

No folks, I’m also not agreeing that what Trump said that he should have.  Just stones-and-glass-houses” dumb – and goes for Rudy as well.  But I also remember what was said about Romney out of the blue that flat out was made up about him (re: dingy Harry Reid, using the US Senate well to protect what he said about Romney).  But really? To say that everyone has been unfaithful – making what both he and Trump have done of “no consequence”?

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I spoke to Reagan George of the Virginia Voters Alliance today about the wunderkind college student working for a Soros-funded voter registration non-profit who “on his own” registered 19 deceased people to vote. One happened to be the brother of a sitting judge so he was caught by an alert election official and is under investigation by out illustrious FBI.

What could go wrong when the Feds investigate Democrats.

While I had Reagan on the phone we talked about the recent catch by his group, along with attorney J. Christian Adams of the Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF), of 1046 non-citizen voters in that state.

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