Category: National
National Issues
Blessed Merry Christmas
To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible”. ~Thomas Aquinas . .
Happy Thanksgiving
Just as the Pilgrims thanked God for his blessings that first Thanksgiving, we continue to thank God for the blessings he has given to us. I hope you do too.
Use this Charity Watchdog before end-of-year donations
By: Diane Benjamin There are many website who claim to rate charities for you. To me this one is the best a provides the most detailed resources available: https://www.charitywatch.org/ Enter some of your favorites and see the salaries of top executives. If you want to research tax returns for other non-profits, this is the site […]
Good News: Connect Transit is losing less than they budgeted
By: Diane Benjamin PDF page 7 – The budgeted loss for the year is $16,350,921. That means Connect should be losing $1,362,577 a month. In September they only lost $1,148,129. The budgeted loss increased $2,593,421 this year. See last fiscal year, PDF page 7 https://www.connect-transit.com/file/686/08%2023%202022_Board%20of%20Trustees%20Meeting%20Packet.pdf Over $13,000 was spent on Travel and Meetings, of course […]
This is what Green Weenies are doing to all of us:
By: Diane Benjamin h/t a reader I updated this story from yesterday, a CO2 pipeline in Mississippi did break, a small town had to be evacuated. Capturing CO2 with no place to store it is STUPID. https://blnnews.com/2022/10/13/ever-heard-of-co2-pipelines/ Below is what happens when Climate Change clowns close coal fired power plants with no way to replace […]
The Tuttle Rebuttals: 40 Responses to Popular Political and Economic Myths
You may have heard about Tuttle Twins books for kids. This is publication is for everyone. The document is free, it’s education for those who want Common Sense principles instead of government propaganda. If you don’t know how to respond to today’s issues, this will help. I suggest voting for people who don’t push myths. […]
April: Every ride on a bus was subsidized $4.89
By: Diane Benjamin The Connect Transit Board met back on May 24th: https://www.connect-transit.com/file/586/05%2024%202022_Board%20Meeting%20Packet.pdf Of course they lost over ONE MILLION DOLLARS. Ridership from March dropped 3.31%, maybe because service hours and miles dropped – See PDF page 8. Connect Mobility ridership was down .52%, every ride on their smaller buses had a subsidy of $32.75! […]
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