This second part concentrates on what is called the "FairTax Prebate." The gist of the Prebate is a monthly tax rebate on expenses up to the set poverty line, which ultimately means no one will pay taxes on the essential costs of living. That makes sense to me. The Prebate is a highly progressive step toward easing the burden of poverty in the United States of America...

Recently, there's been some talk about the FairTax Plan. Some like it, some don't, and most just don't understand it. Let me say right up front that I am a huge FairTax supporter, but all my research has been independently conducted and is not based on what talk show hosts or political pundits have said or written...

From the archives of Solar System 34629C comes yet another clue to the happenings of the Dark Era. We hope in releasing this information that members of the Intergalactic Union of Planets will update their databanks accordingly and work to delete old and corrupted files. Thank you, and have a nice life!...

Political banter, as I see it, is really just a consistent stream of live entertainment. How much more can you ask for than an enormous Family Feud-style contest where both sides try and try to guess what the American people want and come up short over and over and over? If you climb out of the political trenches of one party or the other and step back, you'll notice two camps made up of idiots who seem to take absolute delight in making fools of themselves. ...

At the risk of sounding repetitive, I've got more Taxpayer Tea Party information (this'll be a short post). There are Tax Day Tea Parties planned nation-wide for April 15, and this is an invitation to take a stand. (Corny line, perhaps. Necessary action, yes indeed!)...

Anyone who knows me, knows I'm a pretty calm, un-irate kind of guy. "Mellow" seems like a good word. Not a lot gets under my skin. However, "mellow" does not translate well into Weblog World; too much back and forth without clearly-defined opinions and stances on issues can seem wishy-washy in print. And since I have no intention of appearing in that manner, I have decided to only write about subjects that have thoroughly worked their way beneath the outer layer of flesh...

This being my first attempt at a weblog (emphasis on "first" and "attempt"), I figured I'd just write this post as a personalized news story: This Reporter, along with his father, Mark Hatfield, and siblings, Joseph, Abigail, Gabrielle, and Hannah, of Marshall, made the hour-long drive to Columbia to be a part of the "Columbia Tea Party" rally Thursday, March 12...