Tuesday, July 06, 2010
Monday, July 05, 2010
Greetings from the Ft Worth Zoo!
Sunday, July 04, 2010
No Justice
July 1, 2010
Stilly Sounds Video: No Justice performs Love Song off new album
No Justice members unplug for No Justice album preview
By Chase Rheam Stillwater NewsPress
STILLWATER, Okla. — No Justice is set to release its new album, Second Avenue next week. This will be the band's fourth album and its first album with Carved Records. The band has had two number one hits on the Texas music charts and has toured with other acts including Dierks Bentley and Willie Nelson.
No Justice will be making its way back home to Stillwater on the day of the release to do CD signings and a short acoustic set at Hastings. On July 19, No Justice will return for a performance at Eskimo Joe’s.
Band members Steve Rice and Cody Patton previewed their new album for Stillwater NewsPress readers in the NewsPress acoustic studio recently.
Stilly Sounds Video: No Justice performs Love Song off new album
No Justice members unplug for No Justice album preview
By Chase Rheam Stillwater NewsPress
STILLWATER, Okla. — No Justice is set to release its new album, Second Avenue next week. This will be the band's fourth album and its first album with Carved Records. The band has had two number one hits on the Texas music charts and has toured with other acts including Dierks Bentley and Willie Nelson.
No Justice will be making its way back home to Stillwater on the day of the release to do CD signings and a short acoustic set at Hastings. On July 19, No Justice will return for a performance at Eskimo Joe’s.
Band members Steve Rice and Cody Patton previewed their new album for Stillwater NewsPress readers in the NewsPress acoustic studio recently.
Saturday, July 03, 2010
Craig and Missy Hannan invited us to go to Paseo with them last night...
And we did.... and really enjoyed it.
No signs of a slow down with economy there in relationship to pricing, haha...
Then it was off to the Longhorn for some awesome steaks, and oh yes, great bread and lots of BUTTER... then we headed off to Borders to browse...
What a wonderful evening.. thanks to C and M...
You might want to read this as it effects all of us -- Six Months to Go Until The Largest Tax Hikes in History
Six Months to Go Until The Largest Tax Hikes in History
From Ryan EllisIn just six months, the largest tax hikes in the history of America will take effect. They will hit families and small businesses in three great waves on January 1, 2011:
First Wave: Expiration of 2001 and 2003 Tax Relief
In 2001 and 2003, the GOP Congress enacted several tax cuts for investors, small business owners, and families. These will all expire on January 1, 2011:
Personal income tax rates will rise. The top income tax rate will rise from 35 to 39.6 percent (this is also the rate at which two-thirds of small business profits are taxed). The lowest rate will rise from 10 to 15 percent. All the rates in between will also rise. Itemized deductions and personal exemptions will again phase out, which has the same mathematical effect as higher marginal tax rates. The full list of marginal rate hikes is below:
- The 10% bracket rises to an expanded 15%
- The 25% bracket rises to 28%
- The 28% bracket rises to 31%
- The 33% bracket rises to 36%
- The 35% bracket rises to 39.6%
Higher taxes on marriage and family. The “marriage penalty” (narrower tax brackets for married couples) will return from the first dollar of income. The child tax credit will be cut in half from $1000 to $500 per child. The standard deduction will no longer be doubled for married couples relative to the single level. The dependent care and adoption tax credits will be cut.
The return of the Death Tax. This year, there is no death tax. For those dying on or after January 1 2011, there is a 55 percent top death tax rate on estates over $1 million. A person leaving behind two homes and a retirement account could easily pass along a death tax bill to their loved ones.
Higher tax rates on savers and investors. The capital gains tax will rise from 15 percent this year to 20 percent in 2011. The dividends tax will rise from 15 percent this year to 39.6 percent in 2011. These rates will rise another 3.8 percent in 2013.
Second Wave: Obamacare
There are over twenty new or higher taxes in Obamacare. Several will first go into effect on January 1, 2011. They include:
The “Medicine Cabinet Tax” Thanks to Obamacare, Americans will no longer be able to use health savings account (HSA), flexible spending account (FSA), or health reimbursement (HRA) pre-tax dollars to purchase non-prescription, over-the-counter medicines (except insulin).
The “Special Needs Kids Tax” This provision of Obamacare imposes a cap on flexible spending accounts (FSAs) of $2500 (Currently, there is no federal government limit). There is one group of FSA owners for whom this new cap will be particularly cruel and onerous: parents of special needs children. There are thousands of families with special needs children in the United States, and many of them use FSAs to pay for special needs education. Tuition rates at one leading school that teaches special needs children in Washington, D.C. (National Child Research Center) can easily exceed $14,000 per year. Under tax rules, FSA dollars can be used to pay for this type of special needs education.
The HSA Withdrawal Tax Hike. This provision of Obamacare increases the additional tax on non-medical early withdrawals from an HSA from 10 to 20 percent, disadvantaging them relative to IRAs and other tax-advantaged accounts, which remain at 10 percent.
Third Wave: The Alternative Minimum Tax and Employer Tax Hikes
When Americans prepare to file their tax returns in January of 2011, they’ll be in for a nasty surprise—the AMT won’t be held harmless, and many tax relief provisions will have expired. The major items include:
The AMT will ensnare over 28 million families, up from 4 million last year. According to the left-leaning Tax Policy Center, Congress’ failure to index the AMT will lead to an explosion of AMT taxpaying families—rising from 4 million last year to 28.5 million. These families will have to calculate their tax burdens twice, and pay taxes at the higher level. The AMT was created in 1969 to ensnare a handful of taxpayers.
Small business expensing will be slashed and 50% expensing will disappear. Small businesses can normally expense (rather than slowly-deduct, or “depreciate”) equipment purchases up to $250,000. This will be cut all the way down to $25,000. Larger businesses can expense half of their purchases of equipment. In January of 2011, all of it will have to be “depreciated.”
Taxes will be raised on all types of businesses. There are literally scores of tax hikes on business that will take place. The biggest is the loss of the “research and experimentation tax credit,” but there are many, many others. Combining high marginal tax rates with the loss of this tax relief will cost jobs.
Tax Benefits for Education and Teaching Reduced. The deduction for tuition and fees will not be available. Tax credits for education will be limited. Teachers will no longer be able to deduct classroom expenses. Coverdell Education Savings Accounts will be cut. Employer-provided educational assistance is curtailed. The student loan interest deduction will be disallowed for hundreds of thousands of families.
Charitable Contributions from IRAs no longer allowed. Under current law, a retired person with an IRA can contribute up to $100,000 per year directly to a charity from their IRA. This contribution also counts toward an annual “required minimum distribution.” This ability will no longer be there.
First Wave: Expiration of 2001 and 2003 Tax Relief
In 2001 and 2003, the GOP Congress enacted several tax cuts for investors, small business owners, and families. These will all expire on January 1, 2011:
Personal income tax rates will rise. The top income tax rate will rise from 35 to 39.6 percent (this is also the rate at which two-thirds of small business profits are taxed). The lowest rate will rise from 10 to 15 percent. All the rates in between will also rise. Itemized deductions and personal exemptions will again phase out, which has the same mathematical effect as higher marginal tax rates. The full list of marginal rate hikes is below:
- The 10% bracket rises to an expanded 15%
- The 25% bracket rises to 28%
- The 28% bracket rises to 31%
- The 33% bracket rises to 36%
- The 35% bracket rises to 39.6%
Higher taxes on marriage and family. The “marriage penalty” (narrower tax brackets for married couples) will return from the first dollar of income. The child tax credit will be cut in half from $1000 to $500 per child. The standard deduction will no longer be doubled for married couples relative to the single level. The dependent care and adoption tax credits will be cut.
The return of the Death Tax. This year, there is no death tax. For those dying on or after January 1 2011, there is a 55 percent top death tax rate on estates over $1 million. A person leaving behind two homes and a retirement account could easily pass along a death tax bill to their loved ones.
Higher tax rates on savers and investors. The capital gains tax will rise from 15 percent this year to 20 percent in 2011. The dividends tax will rise from 15 percent this year to 39.6 percent in 2011. These rates will rise another 3.8 percent in 2013.
Second Wave: Obamacare
There are over twenty new or higher taxes in Obamacare. Several will first go into effect on January 1, 2011. They include:
The “Medicine Cabinet Tax” Thanks to Obamacare, Americans will no longer be able to use health savings account (HSA), flexible spending account (FSA), or health reimbursement (HRA) pre-tax dollars to purchase non-prescription, over-the-counter medicines (except insulin).
The “Special Needs Kids Tax” This provision of Obamacare imposes a cap on flexible spending accounts (FSAs) of $2500 (Currently, there is no federal government limit). There is one group of FSA owners for whom this new cap will be particularly cruel and onerous: parents of special needs children. There are thousands of families with special needs children in the United States, and many of them use FSAs to pay for special needs education. Tuition rates at one leading school that teaches special needs children in Washington, D.C. (National Child Research Center) can easily exceed $14,000 per year. Under tax rules, FSA dollars can be used to pay for this type of special needs education.
The HSA Withdrawal Tax Hike. This provision of Obamacare increases the additional tax on non-medical early withdrawals from an HSA from 10 to 20 percent, disadvantaging them relative to IRAs and other tax-advantaged accounts, which remain at 10 percent.
Third Wave: The Alternative Minimum Tax and Employer Tax Hikes
When Americans prepare to file their tax returns in January of 2011, they’ll be in for a nasty surprise—the AMT won’t be held harmless, and many tax relief provisions will have expired. The major items include:
The AMT will ensnare over 28 million families, up from 4 million last year. According to the left-leaning Tax Policy Center, Congress’ failure to index the AMT will lead to an explosion of AMT taxpaying families—rising from 4 million last year to 28.5 million. These families will have to calculate their tax burdens twice, and pay taxes at the higher level. The AMT was created in 1969 to ensnare a handful of taxpayers.
Small business expensing will be slashed and 50% expensing will disappear. Small businesses can normally expense (rather than slowly-deduct, or “depreciate”) equipment purchases up to $250,000. This will be cut all the way down to $25,000. Larger businesses can expense half of their purchases of equipment. In January of 2011, all of it will have to be “depreciated.”
Taxes will be raised on all types of businesses. There are literally scores of tax hikes on business that will take place. The biggest is the loss of the “research and experimentation tax credit,” but there are many, many others. Combining high marginal tax rates with the loss of this tax relief will cost jobs.
Tax Benefits for Education and Teaching Reduced. The deduction for tuition and fees will not be available. Tax credits for education will be limited. Teachers will no longer be able to deduct classroom expenses. Coverdell Education Savings Accounts will be cut. Employer-provided educational assistance is curtailed. The student loan interest deduction will be disallowed for hundreds of thousands of families.
Charitable Contributions from IRAs no longer allowed. Under current law, a retired person with an IRA can contribute up to $100,000 per year directly to a charity from their IRA. This contribution also counts toward an annual “required minimum distribution.” This ability will no longer be there.
Read more: http://www.atr.org/sixmonths.html?content=5171#ixzz0sdBKzcFo
Friday, July 02, 2010
Gosh - I am so impressed, NOT!
House Democrats ‘Deem’ Faux $1.1 Trillion Budget ‘as Passed’
by Connie Hair
Last night, as part of a procedural vote on the emergency war supplemental bill, House Democrats attached a document that “deemed as passed” a non-existent $1.12 trillion budget. The execution of the “deeming” document allows Democrats to start spending money for Fiscal Year 2011 without the pesky constraints of a budget.
The procedural vote passed 215-210 with no Republicans voting in favor and 38 Democrats crossing the aisle to vote against deeming the faux budget resolution passed.
Never before -- since the creation of the Congressional budget process -- has the House failed to pass a budget, failed to propose a budget then deemed the non-existent budget as passed as a means to avoid a direct, recorded vote on a budget, but still allow Congress to spend taxpayer money.
House Budget Committee Ranking Member Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) warned this was the green light for Democrats to continue their out-of-control spending virtually unchecked.
“Facing a record deficit and a tidal wave of debt, House Democrats decided it was politically inconvenient to put forward a budget and account for their fiscal recklessness. With no priorities and no restraints, the spending, taxing, and borrowing will continue unchecked for the coming fiscal year,” Ryan said. “The so-called ‘budget enforcement resolution’ enforces no budget, but instead provides a green light for the Appropriators to continue spending, exacerbating our looming fiscal crisis.”
by Connie Hair
Last night, as part of a procedural vote on the emergency war supplemental bill, House Democrats attached a document that “deemed as passed” a non-existent $1.12 trillion budget. The execution of the “deeming” document allows Democrats to start spending money for Fiscal Year 2011 without the pesky constraints of a budget.
The procedural vote passed 215-210 with no Republicans voting in favor and 38 Democrats crossing the aisle to vote against deeming the faux budget resolution passed.
Never before -- since the creation of the Congressional budget process -- has the House failed to pass a budget, failed to propose a budget then deemed the non-existent budget as passed as a means to avoid a direct, recorded vote on a budget, but still allow Congress to spend taxpayer money.
House Budget Committee Ranking Member Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) warned this was the green light for Democrats to continue their out-of-control spending virtually unchecked.
“Facing a record deficit and a tidal wave of debt, House Democrats decided it was politically inconvenient to put forward a budget and account for their fiscal recklessness. With no priorities and no restraints, the spending, taxing, and borrowing will continue unchecked for the coming fiscal year,” Ryan said. “The so-called ‘budget enforcement resolution’ enforces no budget, but instead provides a green light for the Appropriators to continue spending, exacerbating our looming fiscal crisis.”
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Happy Anniversary to Paul and Heather.. day late and dollar short I am.. sorry...
Happy Anniversary to Paul and Heather.
Happy Anniversary to Paul and Heather.
Happy Anniversary to Paul and Heather.
Happy Anniversary to Paul and Heather.
Happy Anniversary to Paul and Heather.
Happy Anniversary to Paul and Heather.
Happy Anniversary to Paul and Heather.
Happy Anniversary to Paul and Heather.
Happy Anniversary to Paul and Heather.
Happy Anniversary to Paul and Heather.
We love you.. .and many many more....... Mom and Dad Moffat
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Humm... guess us ole okies are not the only ones who hate higher taxes?!
Actually nothing new here... the idiot in waiting has never listened to the people, nor has his party... All they want to do is keep us under their wing, and in debt to them... sigh... come on America, it's time to take our country back!
I am a former member of US Jaycees and a JCI Senator... and "we believe that economic justice can best be won by free men through free enterprise...!" The power of words, short and well written, can solve so many problems.
this is want I believe....
The Jaycee Creed
WE BELIEVE:
That faith in God gives meaning and purpose to human life;
That the brotherhood of man transcends the sovereignty of nations;
That economic justice can best be won by free men through free enterprise;
That government should be of laws rather than of men;
That earth's great treasure lies in human personality;
And that service to humanity is the best work of life.
...and in believing, it helped me become...!
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Kaitlyn Last Game of Season for Tball... with a hit and a score she goes round!!
video by Jonathan Moffat
Friday, June 25, 2010
One of the nicest places to order mower parts on the web, most prompt, most courteous, most reliable
Small Engines Parts Warehouse
They have most all parts for most brands of anything small,
PLUS for those of you with a file system like mine... hahaha...
they have the owners manuals online and the parts books online to look up parts, etc.
just saying, if you need parts and can wait for them to be delivered to your home..
this is the DEAL! Have used them for several years. Don't know that they save you money, but I have never been sent the wrong part! That is something. And if you can't find it, send an email and they get right back with correct information. very unusual in this day and time!
If you have others sites providing services that are honorable and you enjoy using, please pass them on to us to post here for us all to check out? ...
They have most all parts for most brands of anything small,
PLUS for those of you with a file system like mine... hahaha...
they have the owners manuals online and the parts books online to look up parts, etc.
just saying, if you need parts and can wait for them to be delivered to your home..
this is the DEAL! Have used them for several years. Don't know that they save you money, but I have never been sent the wrong part! That is something. And if you can't find it, send an email and they get right back with correct information. very unusual in this day and time!
If you have others sites providing services that are honorable and you enjoy using, please pass them on to us to post here for us all to check out? ...
Thursday, June 24, 2010
While none admit to this... this is what they are really saying when campaigning.. haha
www.youtube.com
Clint Webb. A brutally honest politician.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Just in and hot off the wires... lookie... lookieeeee.... I am so very proud of you Jonathan Scott Moffat, way to go...
Just off the wires.... Ada, OK, 12:00 Noon, CN News is reporting: (and we are busting our buttons!)...
First plaque Jonathan Scott Moffat has received from Chickasaw Nation Governor Bill Anoatubby.
"Pretty cool", reports Jonathan.
Jonathan completed a managers training program. There are levels 1-4, with 1 being for administrators, 2 for directors, 3 for managers, 4 for supervisors. I completed level 3, so now I go for level 2.
Basically you complete a ton of classes at the Nation and through ECU (management type classes and cultural classes).
The program is to create a big pool of leaders that can be used to pull managers, directors and administrators from when positions open up.
Jonathan reports he is very proud of this accomplishment and so are we...
Way to go Jonathan, way to go!!
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Get ready kiddos... the obubba ride is just starting .....
he has almost single handedly put this nation into bankruptcy... yes it started way back even before Clinton... and each President could have stopped it, including the one now who ran as our lord and savior... but alas he chose not too, so here we are, in just a year and half, he has increased our nations debt to the breaking point adding almost 3 trillion dollars to it... heard an economist say couple of weeks ago, that each trillion cost this nation a Billion in interest each month...
and the great health care that does nothing but reward his cronies... well, OSU announced a huge increase in our health insurance for this coming year... due to the new health care and obubba.
My banker says interest will increase as the recovery kicks in due to inflation and that it will probably peak between 25 and 35%, so love your cards and notes now, for in the distant future, you will wish you did not have them... Ann and I built our home when interest was 13% for a home loan.. the cheapest around in 1982 and within a few years, it went to 28% before heading down.... I can tell you what happens to ones budget when interest takes 1/4 of each dollar...
A CPA friend of mine says Taxes on average Americans with average income will raise about 10 to 15% more and if all taxes are thrown in, probably will be closer to 25% increase in all taxes. (He voted for Obubba, but thinks now perhaps he made a mistake, with a tear in his eye.)
If you take all taxes paid by a self employed person and add them up and they are in the upper middle class rate... with SS added in, etc and the joy of owning personal property (taxes) and sales taxes.. one right now today is paying about 58 cents on the dollar to fund government. This leaves 42 cents (for Heather!) for the small business person to operate on. I am not sure this is what our founders anticipated?! and just imagine if our taxes and insurance increase 25%... about 15 cents ... then we are are 73 cents of every dollar... leaving 27 cents for us to survive on. 73 government and 27 for us... by 2012.
Right now we have an artist management company among several... and we hold out 38 cents of every dollar ... leaving them 62 cents.. and they bleed.. but in the end.. it's not enough to hardly pay their federal taxes.. but it sure wakes them up to the joys of ownership and of paying taxes.. haha...
Wonder what will be left for our grandchildren when they enter the workplace... Hopefully, with each election after this we will put in new folks with new ideas who want to work and then every term or two, replace them with new blood and ideas and keep this country moving forward, breaking the graft and corruption that is embedded in it from politics as usual...
and the great health care that does nothing but reward his cronies... well, OSU announced a huge increase in our health insurance for this coming year... due to the new health care and obubba.
My banker says interest will increase as the recovery kicks in due to inflation and that it will probably peak between 25 and 35%, so love your cards and notes now, for in the distant future, you will wish you did not have them... Ann and I built our home when interest was 13% for a home loan.. the cheapest around in 1982 and within a few years, it went to 28% before heading down.... I can tell you what happens to ones budget when interest takes 1/4 of each dollar...
A CPA friend of mine says Taxes on average Americans with average income will raise about 10 to 15% more and if all taxes are thrown in, probably will be closer to 25% increase in all taxes. (He voted for Obubba, but thinks now perhaps he made a mistake, with a tear in his eye.)
If you take all taxes paid by a self employed person and add them up and they are in the upper middle class rate... with SS added in, etc and the joy of owning personal property (taxes) and sales taxes.. one right now today is paying about 58 cents on the dollar to fund government. This leaves 42 cents (for Heather!) for the small business person to operate on. I am not sure this is what our founders anticipated?! and just imagine if our taxes and insurance increase 25%... about 15 cents ... then we are are 73 cents of every dollar... leaving 27 cents for us to survive on. 73 government and 27 for us... by 2012.
Right now we have an artist management company among several... and we hold out 38 cents of every dollar ... leaving them 62 cents.. and they bleed.. but in the end.. it's not enough to hardly pay their federal taxes.. but it sure wakes them up to the joys of ownership and of paying taxes.. haha...
Wonder what will be left for our grandchildren when they enter the workplace... Hopefully, with each election after this we will put in new folks with new ideas who want to work and then every term or two, replace them with new blood and ideas and keep this country moving forward, breaking the graft and corruption that is embedded in it from politics as usual...
Monday, June 21, 2010
Eight dead among 52 shot across city over weekend :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Metro & Tri-State
Eight dead among 52 shot across city over weekend :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Metro & Tri-State
obubba land..... sounds more like something right out of a western movie... and they want to take away our guns.... wow... guess there is not enough crime... looks like we might need an open carry law instead of concealed carry law!! the bad is sure winning now it seems...
Yesterday was quite a day .... for our family.
Jake's Baptism and Jake,Trisha and Isabella joining University Heights Baptist Church in Stillwater.
(photos and video by Phillip Moffat. Tammy Moffat took photo above.)
Yesterday two days after Jake's 28th birthday and on Father's Day 2010, Jake was baptized and he and Trisha and Isabella Ann joined the University Heights Baptist Church, where they have been attending for last three months or so. He was joined by his oldest brother Phillip Moffat and Tammy and Austyn, and his sister Heather Blankinship and her kiddos Andrew and Madison, his Grandmother Elinore Moffat, and his Aunt Marilyn Moffat along with his Mom and Dad, Ann and Stan Moffat.
We are very proud of you, Jake... and of your family.
PS.. in one of the photos you will see Rockford Brown, who with his witness, presence and friendship with Jake, helped make this special day in Jake's life happen. And then, you know me... yelp.. we all went to a Mexican Restaurant on the west side of Stillwater (I don't know the name and if I did, probably could not spell it, right Austyn?) to have a Father's Day lunch that was very relaxing and was the perfect way to top of such an exciting time with family.. Two day run really... Jonathan and family came up on Saturday and we all got together... for Jake's Birthday, Fathers Day and Great Grandma's Birthday celebration early... wow... don't know if at my age, the ole ticker with hold up for such celebrating... haha.. oh well, what a way to go... !! and then we heard Mike might get to go home from hospital sometime later this week, more great news.. .
For those of you who are thinking of the ipad... this closes and has two screens...
Toshiba's new dual touch-screen laptop, the Libretto W100
Toshiba has unveiled a new dual-screen, touch-screen mini laptop designed for surfing the internet, sending and receiving emails and keeping up to speed with social networking sites on the move.
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Not sure if everyone enjoyed the day as much as I did...
We just finished up one the awesome days a family can have where they are all there with only a few missing... wow... what a wonderful day indeed.
In this day and time, to think that all can find a way to make it happen is almost unbelievable!
Thanks to everyone who made it happen! Great way to celebrate Jake's 28th Birthday, Mothers Day, Fathers Day and Great Grandma's 91st birthday (sort of)....
Thank you to Jon's for the neat tree face and to Andrew and family for the Lincoln book... Awesome ... thank you so much.
But thanks to all for just coming together... what a glorious day!
will put more photos up later.. or in a few days..
And FYI.. the food was 'killer'.... good...
In this day and time, to think that all can find a way to make it happen is almost unbelievable!
Thanks to everyone who made it happen! Great way to celebrate Jake's 28th Birthday, Mothers Day, Fathers Day and Great Grandma's 91st birthday (sort of)....
Thank you to Jon's for the neat tree face and to Andrew and family for the Lincoln book... Awesome ... thank you so much.
But thanks to all for just coming together... what a glorious day!
will put more photos up later.. or in a few days..
And FYI.. the food was 'killer'.... good...
Heather and I walked back to my office at home to check on the kiddos.. and this is what we found.. Ms. Madison Ann working..
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