Living On the Diagonal

Tuesday, July 18, 2017 ORRIN HATCH ON “DEATH & TAXES” FOR THE MAJORITY, “OVER YOUR DEAD BODY” Here's To You Down the Hatch! SEN ORRIN HATCH, CHAIRMAN OF SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE IS GEARING UP FOR PUSHING FORTH LEGISLATION DISGUISED AS “TAX REFORM.” THE REPUBLICAN AGENDA IS TO SERVE THE WEALTHY.   THE PLAN IS MORE OF THE SAME; THE “FRACKING OF AMERICAN TAXPAYERS TO SQUEEZE YOUR LAST DIME.” WE CAN NO LONGER ALLOW THEIR “BAIT & SWITCH” AND BURY TAX BREAKS FOR THE WEALTHIEST WITHIN A THOUSAND PAGE BILL Millions of Americans received an email sponsored by ten different advocate groups urging you to sign on and respond to the call from Sen. Orrin Hatch for input on tax reform. The Senate Finance Committee writing a tax reform bill and they are not soliciting your views, opinions or objections but those of billionaires and mega-corporations as to what they would like to see in tax reform. It is the same as their health care bill. It is written behi...

June 27, 2017 THE MEAN REPUBLICAN HEALTH CARE LET’S TAKE A BREATHER, CONSIDER THE HEALTH  of OUR TIGERS Doug Fister (RHP) Boston Red Sox Astute Detroit   Tiger fans may have noticed a surprise this past Sunday when the MLB Network televised the Los Angeles Angels at Boston Red Sox game. Like most major league teams, the Red Sox are desperate for a pitcher, a good pitcher, a decent pitcher or a pitcher that can find home plate! With one eye on the Internet and the television tuned to a game of little interest in normal Tiger seasons, I heard the broadcaster announce “ Doug Fister takes his last warm-up and ready to throw his first pitch to the team that released him . Strike One!” Six of his first seven pitches were strikes and he set down the same team that gave up on him one-two-three. The announcers went on to say that Fister was dropped from the Angel’s 40 man roster in the spring and assigned to an AAA team. From what I understand the one-time Tiger h...