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Kim Novak of Bell Book and Candle

Ok so what does Kim Novak and Bell, Book and Candle a movie released in 1958 have to do with now. If you happen to be a fan of Will Farrel or Nicole Kidman you might have seen a movie they made called Bewitched, witch was based on a TV show from the seventies of the same name. Whether the creators of Bewitched have ever admitted it I don’t know, but if you watch Bell, Book, and Candle you can see an awful lot of similarities. Kind of internet trivial pursuit.

Can you believe that an American made car is on Top AAA Cars, 2006. Actually there are two, but the other one is an anachronism. The car that is not an anachronism is even a hybrid, the Ford Escape Hybrid. Congratulations to Ford, that’s one at least.

The Estate Tax and Political Blackmail

On Friday, the Senate will vote on a bill that increases the minimum wage for the first time in nine years. Conservatives “who never voted for the minimum wage before, you’ll see them vote for this,” explained Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC). Why? Because the minimum wage increase — which is at its lowest buying power in 51 years — is being coupled with an unnecessary and costly reduction in the estate tax for the super-wealthy, a windfall for a small number of powerful legions in the conservative base.

The Senate leadership, demonstrating that it cannot act on behalf of low-wage workers without bribing the rich, has said it will prevent any attempts to strip the estate tax provision from the bill and allow a straightforward vote on the minimum wage increase. In a moment of candor last week, Rep. Zach Wamp (R-TN) revealed the political motives behind the bill, informing proponents of the minimum wage increase that “you have seen us really outfox you on this issue tonight.”

Actually Thursday Democrats and a hand full of moderate Republicans in the Senate killed this blackmail of working Americans. I’m not running for office and never will so I can afford to alienate a some people; if there are people out there running a business and they cannot “afford” to pay people something close to a living wage, maybe they shouldn’t be running a business. If nothing else form a cooperative with your employees and make them part of ownership. People have a real personal investment in their work tend to be better workers. The’re not going to set their wages to the point where they put themselves out of business. We can call that my crazy idea of the day, only I’ve seen small farms, candle makers, and furniture makers do it.