Credit for High end Home Owners Imposed by the State of Indiana

Those homeowners should be happy with the circuit breaker rule. The reason why because the state know the greed of the local officials and will only allow two percent of the value of your expensive home. What does this mean? It means the local government will have to be conscious of the two percent cap. From the IDLGF website

The circuit breaker provides property owners with a credit for any amount of taxes over 2 percent. For example, the maximum amount of property taxes a homeowner would pay on a $100,000 house would be $2,000. In this example, the credit limits the tax liability for the property to the 2 percent cap of $2,000.

The impact the Circuit Breaker may have on local governments and taxpayers will not be fully known until the annual adjustments of assessed values are completed later this year. With the new assessed values, counties and the state will be better able to fully calculate the impact of the Circuit Breaker.

But warning, these same local official could increase your tax rate to met the two percent cap. Oh my cooking the book is such a fun game to play with the tax payers.

Positive Liberty

I requested writers and so far have not received any responses. However, Positive Liberty has a carnival of citizens by Jason Kuznicki blogging this morning on religion and state. Also posted here.

Credo writes on Barack Obama and Illinois’ segregationist history at Fort Wayne African-American Independent Woman. I’ve often seen the claim that there need to be more local-interest blogs, and that we could learn many interesting things from citizen-journalists with an eye to local events. This is just one example of what I hope will be a trend in that direction.

Mediashuttle presents a list of bloggers.

Katric Couric: What's a girl to do?

Ms. Couric duing her debut as a serious news anchor,came out in a white blazer. Image definitely aimed to the youngster that she maybe seasoned but she is hip. Because old school still believes in packing in anything white right after labor day. But the problem that I have with Ms. Couric is she wasn't hired to be a fashion trendsetter, but to deliver some hard hitting news.

So what did we get when she interviewed President George Bush, Jr.? Ms. Couric couldn't hold eye contact with the lying President! Can't you call the President a liar, without being sent to some type of secret prison? Ms. Couric was so barbie-ladylike in allowing the President to correct her, when she didn't quite get her facts straight.

Sorry, Ms. Couric, the President is not running for office, so nail him. Just picture him naked or that someone that lied and said you had a face lift or eyebrow lift. We are counting on you to call him on his own lies. We have been listening to what you had to say,Ms. Couric, much longer than the President. So don't let us down.

Renaissance Point and the Old South Town Mall

This comes from Indyundercover. Corruption in Indianapolis, sounds like land grabs in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Is it the African-American Community or Democrat Party Leadership?

Found this on AdvanceIndiana. Gary Welsh, attempting to compare African-American oppressions with gay issues, you be the judge, favored as a little colorblind racism. Gary Welsh says:

"Spaulding is right to emphasize the role anti-gay bigotry in the Alabama's African-American community is playing in the Democratic Party's actions, and that this issue is being downplayed in the media coverage. You can bet that if a group of white Republicans had taken similar action against an African-American candidate, the news media would have played up the race issue big time."

"The question now is whether Alabama's state Democratic Party, with encouragement from the DNC, will step in and overrule the local party leader's actions. If they don't, then our U.S. Justice Department should do its job in enforcing the Voting Rights Act and overrule the local party's actions. Somebody needs to act quickly; otherewise, we're simply allowing a bunch of bigoted sore losers to make a mockery of the very laws which were created to ensure fair elections for minorities."

African-American Civil War Memorial and Museum

I made it to the African-American Civil War Memorial. This time, after traveling a few more blocks on U Street NW, an historical district in Washington, D.C. for African-American and Civil War History, I found the African-American Civil War Museum. I concluded from this visit that raced whites, both Democrats and Republicans have always been divided and fighting among themselves. And that it important to remember that African-Americans survival depends on understanding we have contributed to the survival of America and the betterment of America.

Hari Jones, Assistant Director of the African-American Civil War Museum delighted in sharing the history of the Civil War, and African-Americans contribution. I was told about a Garland White, after I told Mr. Jones I was from Indiana. White played an instrumental role in the liberation of African-Americans. A woman upon seeing, White on the street, wanted to know who was the man. because she believed he looked a lot like her son. Indeed it was her son, a son who had fought to liberate his own mother. "Accompanying the 28th USCT was Rev. Garland White who was born in Richmond as a slave and later escaped to the North where he recruited African Americans for the Union army. After addressing a crowd on the edge of the city an older woman approached and said, “This is your mother, Garland, whom you are talking to, who has spent twenty years of grief about her son” (p. 127)." Nelson Lankford. _Richmond Burning: The Last Days of the Confederate Capital.

In 1865, Garland H. White, black chaplain of the 28th U.S. Colored Infantry, wrote: "The historian pen cannot fail to locate us somewhere among the good and the great, who have fought and bled upon the alter of their country." Over 100 years later, the "historian pen" has finally begun to examine the story and significance of the United States Colored Troops.

I asked about the emanicipation proclamation. Jones quickly shares a compelling story about the emancipation proclamation. The parchment issued as an executive order was to release African-Americans from bondage to save the Union. The parchment was granting African-Americans the legitimacy to fight for their freedom. When Lincoln threaten to use this executive order to enlist person of colors, it was not well received, and others questioned whether or not he had the authority to do so under the Constitution. "Arguing against the black enlistment bill, one Democratic legislator declared: "'This is a government of white men, made by white men for white men, to be administered, protected, defended, and maintained by white men.'"

In joining the northern battle, African-Americans soldiers were aware that they were liberating themselves from the southern bonds of eternal damnation-slavery. In other words, African-Americans were "the great emancipator" from slavery, commissioned by Abraham Lincoln when he lifted the ban against persons of African descent from joining the military.
"Reacting sharply to the outrageous and offensive claims against his policy, an acerbic and unmoved Lincoln argued that peace would eventually come to the Union, and when it did: "'Then, there will be some black men who can remember that, with silent tongue, and clenched teeth, and steady eye, and well-poised bayonet, they have helped mankind to this great consummation; while, I fear, there will be some white ones, unable to forget that, with malignant heart, and deceitful speech, they have strove to hinder it.'"

The words used in the inscription located near the display of the emancipation document, suggests a well-kept secret about African-Americans contributions during the Civil War: "The proclamation was drawn up first in July 1862, but because the North had fared badly in the War, Lincoln was advised not to issue the Proclamation until the Union Army finally won a battle. This occurred at Antietam in Sharpsburg, Maryland on September 17, 1862( Battle of Antietam also called Battle of Sharpburg). Five Days later, on September 22, 1862 the proclamation ending slavery in the United States was issued by President Abraham Lincoln. It was finalized on January 1862" .

Jones, suggest that students not view Glory the movie as a telling of African-Americans contributions to the winning of the Civil War, but to read the African-American soldiers' letters, then write and discuss what they read. If the telling of the story about the liberating of over 300 by Harriet Tubman is such a compelling story, youth will swell with pride in understanding, that many freed men and fugitives, over 200,000 threaten with re-enslavement or death, went from the north and reentered the south willing to fight to free over four million slaves, as a wow moment.

"The Confederate Congress responded quickly, and on May 1, 1863 passed a formal declaration that black men bearing arms would be viewed as insurrectionary slaves subject to the laws of the states where they were captured. At the very least, captured African American soldiers faced a return to the shackles of bondage."

The truth liberators of our people come from the people themselves. "Massachusetts Republican Governor John A. Andrew. Andrew had long and ardently advocated the use of blacks in the military -fully believing that they could, and would fight if given the opportunity. It was no surprise then, when he, along with the earnest support of Frederick Douglass - raised the nation's first post-Emancipation Proclamation black unit, the 54th Massachusetts Regiment."

G-Itch New Orleans or Spike Lee's

Watched Act I and II of Spike Lee's When the Levees Broke, and was reminded of something so painful, you never want to forget.

Campaign Ads-

Deep pockets candidates are giving other candidates a run for political offices. Detroit, Michigan is one of the hottest monied race for Governor.

Cousin Jeff

Cousin Jeff, from BET is supporting Kenneth Blackwell. Blackwell, is an African-Americans running under the republican ticket. Cousin Jeff, raises an eyebrows in announcing his public support of Blackwell. As the Democrats and Republicans positions themselves to use high visible African-Americans to support their African-Americans candidates. Some are suggesting that even, Dr. Martin Luther, King, Jr. had to have been a Republican, coming from the south and being a Republican. Maybe, he came from a era that celebrated the Republicans for being a facilitator of the liberation of African-Americans. However, in King, Jr.s book, Why We Can't Wait, he suggest we embrace the idea of an independent party. Nevertheless, the question for many African-Americans voters is, will these candidates make a difference on policies impacting their communities.

I think not, I believe that the candidates who will make the different are those candidates at the local level. Those who are connected to the voters, at the grassroots levels, out there working in the community. Those candidates who have worked actively in knowing the voters needs in their community. These candidates can turn around the democratic or republican agenda at the grassroots level. However, as Dr. King, Jr. suggest an independent party will more than likely speed up this process. Lani Guiner, suggest that other join us in this process. If African-Americans could save the United States, surely we can save ourselves under an independent party.

World Trade Center Refund Coming Soon

Dear Oliver Stone, Magic Johnson Theatre and Al Sharpton,

Give me a break, who does not what to write about a hero, and to point fingers at Oliver Stone getting the movie wrong??? Answer, when two of the heroes are African-Americans. Jimmy Cricket!!! A commentator writes on the New Pittsburgh Courier's Online few media outlets were interested in Jason L. Thomas' Story.

Did they even get medals for the role they played in this? I want my money back from being mislead by the producers. Forget about pretending ignorance, these are rich folks, they knew darn well African-Americans were heroes !!!! Here, I'm boo-hooing and stuff, reading the credits and nothing about the heroes being brothas. Nothing, I tell ya. Unbelievable, wait a minute not really , if I remember correctly. Instead of telling the story about an African-American female named ShoshanaJohnson,who made it to hell and back. Media chose to create a trumped up story about a raced white female as a heroine captured in Irag in order to rally the troops.

I guess to rally the troops, our heroes and sheroes have to be anybody but an African-American somebody. So Mr. Stone I requesting my money back, Magic Theatre to refuse to show the lie, and Al Sharpton, to help restore the two heroes dignity to the larger community.

Human Right Campaign

The Human Right Campaign reports President George Bush,passage of the Pension Protection Act signed into law on Aug. 17, 2006 certain provisions may support same sex partners economic situations. Individuals can now designate certain types of benefactors for their pension, and those individuals can roll over these amounts without being penalized, when the original owners dies.

This is huge for same-sex partners wishing to take care of loving ones, especially those who are critical ill. Of course, those GLBT who are desperately searching for a reason to continue supporting the Republicans, have given up on Republicans ever passing a bill supporting same-sex marriages. Hat tip to advanceindiana.