Mindlessly Trolling for Votes

Spike,

"I'm not naïve (sic) enough to think this governor will ever sign it," Courtney said. "But if I can get it out now, and people can get a look at it, this governor won't be around forever. Maybe I can get it passed and get it signed."

People should be paid are they are worth, not what Senator thinks it will take to buy his re-election.

Senator Courtney is no bargain. Voters must make certain Senator Courtney is no longer around after next November.

Cabot Emptor

Courtney will be grasping for anything larger than a toothpick and far more crooked.

Spike

Obama Admin Announces More Loans

“The company, Ener1, received a $118 million grant from DOE [Department of Energy] in 2010 as part of the president’s stimulus package,” writes the Heritage Foundation’s Lachlan Markay. “The money, which went to Ener1 subsidiary EnerDel, aimed to promote renewable energy storage battery technology for electrical grid use.”

Today, Ener1 announced it was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Despite the generous federal support Ener1 received (Vice President Biden even visited Ener1, January 26, 2011, the day after the President pledged in his State of the Union address to put “one million advanced technology vehicles on the road by 2015” with the help of taxpayer funding), and like several other now-bankrupt energy companies, Ener1 was “racked by problems.”

Spike,

"The US Federal Bureau of Investigation is looking for a tool to mine social media for intelligence tips."

Holding public office and driving while intoxicated is not a federal offense. Neither is holding public office while grossly ignorant and/or incompetent.

Will the FBI spooks monitor Derailed?

Clyde Tolson

They're trailing everyone.........

Spike

‘Real News From The Blaze’ Breaks It Down For You

Where's Valerie Jarrett or That Mad Black Woman?



Arizona Governor Jan Brewer traded words with President Obama after she greeted him at a Phoenix airport Wednesday.

Brewer and Obama "spoke intensely for a few minutes" after he landed at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport, according to a White House pool report. At one point, the GOP governor shook her finger at the president.

"He was a little disturbed about my book," Brewer told a reporter after the incident, referring to her political memoir, "Scorpions for Breakfast." In the book, Brewer depicted Obama as "patronizing" during an earlier meeting.

"I said to him that I have all the respect in the world for the office of the president," Brewer said. "The book is what the book is. I asked him if he read the book. He said he read the excerpt. So."

Brewer said Obama told her "that he didn't feel I had treated him cordially."

"Because of your history with Speaker Gingrich, what goes through your mind when you think of the possibility, which is more real today than it was a week or a month ago, that he would be the Republican nominee and that you could come back here next January or next February with a President Gingrich?”

To which the Minority Leader responded, “Let me just say this. That will never happen.”

When asked why, Pelosi elaborated, “He’s not going to be President of the United States. That’s not going to happen. Let me just make my prediction and stand by it, it isn’t going to happen.”

“Why are you so sure?” King pressed.

“There is something I know. "

Me, too. You're a pathetic has been and no new haircut will cover the treasonous nature of your very criminal fabric.

Spike,

"On Feb. 18, 1924 the caucus was called for the Republican Party to elect delegates for the county convention. This was before many people on the inside were aware of how extensive the Klan movement had grown. They were in for a great surprise. No sooner had the caucus been called to order by the county chairman and the temporary organization named, than someone arose to substitute the proposals with one of his own, with a different chairman.

An effort was made to have regular procedure followed by which the permanent organization and the naming of delegates to the state convention were done by committees chosen by the precincts. The dissenters proclaimed that this was to be a people’s convention. A new chairman was elected. The effectiveness of this quiet work was seen when the vote was 151 for the Klan sponsored chairman and 57 against. The caucus had been stacked with Klan supporters. The new chairman later pulled a paper from his pocket and proceeded to read off the committee lists."

"One early supporter of McDonald and the Klan, was the Rev. J. Roy Wright, who had been pastor of the Centerville Church of Christ since 1920. He was a dynamic minister, attracting record crowds. He stated, “The Klan is not made up of cowards, but of brave men who have tolerance in their hearts for others. The Klan is not an organization of hate. It is an organization of love and has no quarrel with any man because of his race, color, religion or politics."

Way down south in the State of Iowa, not Dixie.

Set up your own group defending "Americanism." Gather your flock of the fooled. Collect dues and encourage donations.

Wave about symbols of nationalism and the dominant faith. Those different from your crew who do not attend the church of your choice need not apply. Issue smiley face proclamations from a friendly pulpit to detract from your true intentions.

Say you are defending America's traditional values. Say you are serving the Lord. Scare to action that small faction of the unthinking frightened. Scare them so they will do and vote as you say. Tell them your way is the only way for the salvation of the nation and more importantly themselves.

Take over an existing political organization. Do it to increase your own personal power and wealth.

"Anti-Klan forces, 100 people strong, finally held a meeting on March 13, 1925 and formed the Lincoln League in an attempt to restore normalcy to Centerville. The American newspaper wasn’t told about the meeting. The League’s platform affirmed principles of liberty, equality and justice embodied in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the U.S and Iowa. They declared for friendship and good will among all citizens regardless of race, color, religion or politics. They favored strict enforcement of the law and efficient business administration."

Informed, independent thinking people organized and turned the tide against those whose belief in America's founding principles was only symbolic. It was nothing new. History repeats itself.

People in Iowa who know what is going on and think for themselves need to organize and take an interest once again. It is the only way to keep those malicious and ambitious from achieving power to serve their unholy ends.

RR

Spike,

A lot people are probably aware of the national uproar over the 4 missing precincts from the Lee county GOP that couldn't be verified for the Iowa caucus count. If you go to the numbers provided by the Iowa GOP it shows that the missing precincts would have meant 25 more votes for Rick Santorum had they been turned in.

Compare this with the comments from the Lee county chair in an article by Radio Iowa about the whole mess.

"A Form “E” from each of Iowa’s 1774 precincts was to be sent to Iowa Republican Party headquarters in Des Moines by the close of business this Wednesday and used to “certify” the results of the Caucuses. Lucas, a backer of Mitt Romney, is no fan of having Rick Santorum declared the winner of the Caucuses.

“Romney fairly and squarely won the state of Iowa by eight votes,” Lucas said. “But when they recounted all their papers and stuff like this and stuff like that, they’re saying now he lost by 34.”

Lucas suggested party officials at the state level should be more concerned about electing Republicans in Iowa and less concerned about the “hype” of choosing a president."

Sounds to me like the chair was a big time Romney fan who didn't want certain votes to count. There needs to be a serious investigation into this and if it washes out, get rid of this joker before he runs the party into the ground.

NM

Spike,

"Trousil said he prefers the version of property tax reform the Senate passed in 2011 than the version the House passed. Sands said that's because the Senate version does not affect cities and counties, but also does not stop shifting the burden to other taxpayers."

Hand outs Hans is unhappy. Giving Tax increment Funding to any venture that comes along is causing West Burlington to suffer.

West Burlington's Schools are being under funded. West Burlington's infrastructure such as sewers is being under funded. All crumbles as taxes go up residential property and older, established businesses.

Hans Trousil is not the only Mayor to abuse TIFs. Many other Iowa cities have done the same. The Iowa Legislature is looking into stopping TIF abuse.

Hans wants to blame the Legislature for his folly. When will West Burlington voters see through Mayor Trousil and vote him out?

Ed Norton

Spike,

"Some Chevrolet dealers are turning down Volts that General Motors wants to ship to them, a potential stumbling block as GM looks to accelerate sales of the plug-in hybrid."

Q: How do you start a fire without a match?
A: Rub two Volts together.

Q: How do you turn a Chevy Vega into a Chevy Volt?
A: Put an electrical cord on it.

The Chevrolet Vega is often cited as General Motors earliest obvious sign of serious decline. Now that Chevrolet is a division of Government Motors, behold the Volt.

GNU

Cheaper Labor? No!

America Lost Its Grove? Yes!

Scale of Production, Supply Chain Solutions & Lots of Workers - Yes!

"During that infamous Silicon Valley dinner with Barack Obama, the POTUS asked Steve Jobs, "what would it take to make iPhones in the United States? ...Why can’t that work come home? Mr. Obama asked.

Mr. Jobs’s reply was unambiguous. “Those jobs aren’t coming back."

...Apple had redesigned the iPhone’s screen at the last minute, forcing an assembly line overhaul. New screens began arriving at the plant near midnight.

A foreman immediately roused 8,000 workers inside the company’s dormitories, according to the executive. Each employee was given a biscuit and a cup of tea, guided to a workstation and within half an hour started a 12-hour shift fitting glass screens into beveled frames. Within 96 hours, the plant was producing over 10,000 iPhones a day."

Since 2007 they have built over 200 million iPhones.

..."Another critical advantage for Apple was that China provided engineers at a scale the United States could not match. Apple’s executives had estimated that about 8,700 industrial engineers were needed to oversee and guide the 200,000 assembly-line workers eventually involved in manufacturing iPhones. The company’s analysts had forecast it would take as long as nine months to find that many qualified engineers in the United States.”

In China, it took 15 days."

This is a must read. There is more to the story than the perspective of a community organizer that doesn't understand business or global economics.

Spike,

"A commercial-scale plant to make biofuels from Benton and Linn County trash is poised to become reality with a $25 million USDA loan guarantee announced today.

Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced that the agency has approved the $25 million conditional loan commitment to Maryland-based Fiberight LLC and Fiberight Blairstown Operating LLC for their plant in Blairstown."

Ethanol is soused with subsidies. Cellulose ethanol has an even more checkered record. None the less, cut the checks.

Where no private venture capital would sanely tread, draw on a government account. Tell taxpayers it will create jobs. If will not support itself, so what. If it goes belly up, so what. It is not real money. It is tax money.

Have a shot of something new; wood alcohol. Guaranteed to keep taxpayers blind.

Snuffy

"New development has Iowa cities' debt piling up"

West Burlington Buried in TIF Debt - Likely in Top 10

Register Chart Fails to Compare Ratio of Debt to Tax Revenues

"Iowa cities are going deeper and deeper into long-term debt to jump-start development, state statistics show.

City officials spent about $350 million in tax dollars in 2010 paying off or acquiring new long-term debt under the state’s tax increment financing law, according to the most recent data available from the state’s nonpartisan Legislative Services Agency.

Iowa cities owed a total of almost $2.1 billion for more than 1,500 ongoing tax increment financing projects, led by top borrowers Des Moines, Coralville and Altoona.

The new numbers underscore a growing controversy surrounding part of an urban renewal law on the books since the 1960s that legislators of both parties say is being abused."

What is missing is the comparison of TIF financing dollars to tax revenue. West Burlington would probably place in the Top 10 of Disproportionate TIF Dysfunction.

Spike

Spike,

"Dodd clearly can’t distinguish the difference between censorship and web sites that engage in Internet piracy. And it’s interesting that Dodd would use the Chinese government as an example in his effort to get SOPA and PIPA passed."

"Dodd's retirement comes after months of speculation about his political future, and amid faltering polling numbers and a growing sense among the Democratic establishment that he could not win a sixth term."

Former Democrat U. S. Senator from Connecticut, Christopher Dodd, did not seek re-election under an ethical cloud. This does not mean Dodd went home in disgrace. Dodd got a great paying job as a lobbyist. A member of the top 1% elite, Dodd advocate's the Communist Chinese approach to control copyright infringement on the internet.

If all it takes is a complaint, Burlington's City Hall and union halls will be on the horn to Washington every morn. Shut down Burlington Derailed.

If Dodd has his and his paymasters way, the First Amendment will be blown away.

GN

Forget Government Took Down Megaupload.com With Existing Laws

"On Wednesday evening, with Wikipedia still under its blackout to protest the House of Representatives’ Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Senate’s Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA), Glenn Beck shared with GBTV viewers what the proposed legislation is really all about.

As Beck points out, who wouldn’t want to stop piracy or protect property that belongs to someone else? According to Beck, we should of course want to uphold values that prevent online stealing and protects the copyright of others. “But that’s not the problem,” he says. “The solution is the problem.”

If there was ever a reason Iowa could give the nation why it should not be first in the political process, the blundered mess of the caucus count is enough to be banned from any future political process.

This is a monumental embarrassment for Iowans and a striking indicator of blatant incompetence.

Spike

Spike,

"The president will discuss proposals from Tuesday’s address in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Phoenix on Wednesday, and in Las Vegas and Denver on Thursday. On Friday, Obama will make remarks in Detroit."

It looks like Kenyan in Chief is coming to Iowa. Scheduled to soon speak in Detroit, his coming to Burlington would be redundant.

Spike, will you be traveling north on US 218 to provide live coverage?

Donner

Warns pcAnywhere users they face increased risk

Confirms theft of source code of prominent consumer program

"Symantec today backed away from earlier statements regarding the theft of source code of some of its flagship security products, now admitting that its own network was compromised.

In a statement provided to the Reuters news service, the security software giant acknowledged that hackers had broken into its network when they stole source code of some of the company's software.

Previously, Symantec had denied that its own network had been breached, and instead pointed fingers at an unnamed "third party entity" as the attack's victim. Evidence posted by a hacker nicknamed "Yama Tough" -- a self-proclaimed member of a gang calling itself "Lords of Dharmaraja" -- indicated that the information was obtained from a server operated by the Indian government."

A trusted alternative - Vipre.

Make it so #1.

Spike,

"It's unclear exactly why, but the Department of Homeland has been operating a "Social Networking/Media Capability" program to monitor the top blogs, forums and social networks online for at least the past 18 months."

Big Brother is monitoring the web for any who fail to love him. Burlington Derailed was not on Big Brother's list. Big Brother has little brothers.

Are local little brothers watching? They must be. If City Hall, or the Iowa Senate Government Oversight Committee office see anything of interest they will pass it along.

BB

We've had Big Brother on site for a long time from every dark group the U.S. has in its arsenal. Mostly because of these two IAAP Supergun images.





Great use of resources.

Spike

"Research has shown crows can use tools to obtain food, but footage captured by a Russian family has shown a fun-loving bird using a jar lid for something altogether different.

The jackdaw is seen taking advantage of the chilly winter weather to snowboard repeatedly down the roof of a home using a round jar lid.

The enterprising bird successfully slides down the roof before picking up the lid and returning to the top to try again.

The second time around the jackdaw slides over a bare patch of roof and quickly realises the snow provides much less friction than roof tiles."

Pigee Shovels Major Load of SCC Beverly Simone’s Crap

I have no doubts that the Pulitzer nominating committee will be soon seeing an application for Jermaine Pigee’s wrap-up of SCC’s Beverly Simone’s boundless pile of superfluous horse crap at Monday night’s meeting.

Nowhere in recent newspaper history has there been a Pulitzer-worthy account of an employee charged with leading an institution of higher learning being allowed to trash talk the Board of Directors with smoke and mirrors. Maybe one is lurking. It seems the opportunity is there.

“The first of Simone's goals focus on improving student success. Among other things, Simone wants to implement a pilot first year experience for fall 2012, which will be targeted for new entering students. This is ongoing.

"A five-person team of faculty and administrative/professional services staff participated in a workshop in November of 2011 to learn more about designing a first year experience for SCC students," Simone said.”

What the hell does this mean? Does Simone even understand what the goal is or how to achieve it? Not likely since its taken a year to have a workshop to study it. And why in the hell do students need a “first year experience” and why is this a goal for Simone? This is a local community college within an easy commute for 95% of its students. This isn’t Harvard, Yale or West Point.

“In addition, Simone wants to have continuous improvement at SCC. One of the ways she wants to do this is by working with an external consultant to create and provide an in-service for department and divisional chairs and association representatives, so can learn the tools and strategies to implement continuous process improvement within their areas.

This portion of the goal is completed. The training occurred prior to the beginning of the fall 2011 semester.”

Finally, Simone admits she doesn’t know what “continuous improvement” is or how to measure it in a manner the students or the Board can understand. Simone must hire and work with an external consultant to create something new. Apparently, Simone must not have the skills or abilities to foster new ideas by herself. If not, why is she here? It seems like stale bread. Everyone knows it has mold but doesn’t take it out of the refrigerator.

Meanwhile, for Beverly Simone, she gets the sack of crap award for trying to get us dumb old know-nothings to ignore the fact she doesn’t have a clue how to do her job other than blow smoke up the Boards’ ass.

Our hat flies off to Jermaine Pigee. Any writer charged with covering an assignment like this fluff piece deserves a Pulitzer, or at least a couple rounds at the Sombrero, for the hours it took to listen to the recording, trying to decipher Simone's whimsical diatribe of self worth, wondering what the hell is Simone saying and then transcribe that into a few words to fill the page between advertising.

Now, if he'd just go ask for the detailed financials.

Spike

The "Days of Wine and Roses" on Broadway at Mt. Pleasant

Spike,

Your comments on Hans Trousil's Ad Vertiser howling were indeed revealing.

You and others have warned about the dangers of TIF abuse. Tax Increment Fund has become municipal meth. Look to the West.

West Burlington has become the equivalent of a toothless geek on an anti meth poster. Hans Trousil's cravings have the sewers caving in. Residential and non TIF businesses are being taxed to desperation to support Hans habit.

Cold turkey is not kind. It is necessary.

West Burlington residents should stop enabling Hans dependency. Mayor for life Hans needs booted from office. Maybe Trousil could found a local 12 step program for tax and and spend TIF addicts.

We have no shortage of government officials in need of recovery.

Kirsten Arnesen

Romney: What Is That On My Shoe?

Spike,

"Even so, the order of finish - Ron Paul second, followed by Jon Huntsman, Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum - scrambled the field and prolonged the increasingly desperate competition to emerge as the true conservative rival to Romney."

Satan Steve Scheffler and Balloon Bob Vander Plaats effort to stop Romney in Iowa failed. Unlike 2008, the best Iowa's faith fraud merchants could arrange in the caucuses was a tie. Balloon Bob's boy, Rick Santorum, placed way back in the New Hampshire pack. The race goes on, but a questions remain.

What, if any, relevance will Iowa have in the process next time? Will Ralph Reed reduce his in exposure in Iowa?

BB