Release Date: 17 February 2012
Genre: Animation | Family | Fantasy
Cast: Amy Poehler, Will Arnett, Mirai Shida
Directors: Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Writer: Mary Norton, Hayao Miyazaki
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures

Plot:
The Clock family are four-inch tall “little people” who live anonymously in another family’s residence, borrowing simple items to make their home. Life changes for the Clocks when their daughter, Arrietty, is discovered.

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I’ve titled this “Wang Chung – Dance Hall Days Deciphered”  as I had always misunderstood the lyrics so I could not even start getting to the real meaning. I thought there might be some possible physical violence and I heard “craze” as “Christ” but knew in my heart that these Wang Chung dudes probably were not evangelists like say the band “After The Fire.” 

Here are the lyrics if you are curious:

Take your baby by the hand
And make her do a high hand stand
Take your baby by the heel
And do the next thing that you feel

We were so in phase.
In our dance hall days
We were cool on craze
When I, you and everyone we knew
Could believe, do, and share in what was true
Oh, I said

Take you baby by the hair
And pull her close and there there there
Take your baby by the ears
And play upon her darkest fears

We were so in phase
In our dance hall days
We were cool on craze
When I, you and everyone we knew
Could believe, do, and share in what was true
Oh, I said

So take your baby by the wrist
And in her mouth an amethyst
And in her eyes two sapphires blue
And you need her and she needs you
And you need her and she needs you

We were so in phase
In our dance hall days
We were cool on craze
When I, you and everyone we knew
Could believe, do, and share in what was true
Oh, I said

Dance hall days love..

(Editor note: Read the whole article by Michael McConnell at the WSJ.com link for the President’s ongoing pattern of Executive overreach)

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The Tiger Mother, Amy Chua‘s, children could take lessons from this Chinese primer of awesome and practical advice from two 10 year old girls from China. The book contains twenty stratagies for avoiding punishment from mom. I really could’ve used a translation of this growing up.  The authors are Chen Leshui and Deng Xinyi. Leshui’s father uploaded the guide on to China’s equivalent of Twitter, where it has gone viral.

Read more here:

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 Tactic #17: After your mother has yelled at you, you can: Shout that you’re going to run away, take some things, run to the stairs, and run down crying. Style: Soft

Tactic #18: When your mother is yelling at you, you suddenly say: “May I go to the toilet? This way you can hide in the bathroom. Style: Sort of hard. Note: Best used sparingly.

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Obama By The Numbers: Stimulus You Won’t Believe

From: http://www.gop.com

$45.1 Trillion:

Total Federal Spending Proposed By Obama’s FY2012 Budget Through 2021. (OMB, 9/1/11)

$24.0 Trillion:

Projected Federal Debt In 2021 Due To Obama’s Binge Spending. (OMB, 9/1/11)

$14.9 Trillion:

Current National Debt. (U.S. Treasury Department, Accessed 10/5/11)

$9.1 Trillion:

Amount Obama’s FY2012 Budget Would Add To The Debt Through FY2021. (OMB, 9/1/11)

$6.4 Trillion:

Cumulative Deficits Caused By President Obama’s Deficit Reduction Proposal. (OMB, 9/19/11)

$5.2 Trillion:

Total Interest Payments On The National Debt Due To Obama’s Proposed Budget, FY2012-2021. (OMB, 9/1/11)

$4.2 Trillion:

Added To The National Debt Since Obama Took Office. (U.S. Treasury Department, Accessed 10/6/11)

$2.6 Trillion:

True Cost Of ObamaCare Once Fully Implemented. (Office Of The Speaker Of The U.S. House Of Representatives, Report, 1/6/11)

$1.75 Trillion:

Annual Cost Of Federal Regulations. (Small Business Administration, September 2010)

$1.57 Trillion:

Tax Hikes In Obama’s Deficit Reduction Proposal. (OMB, 9/19/11)

$1.416 Trillion:

Federal Budget Deficit For FY2009 – Highest In U.S. History. (CBO, 10/7/10)

$1.334 Trillion:

Projected FY2012 Budget Deficit Under Obama’s “Deficit Reduction” Proposal. (OMB, 9/19/11)

$1.298 Trillion:

Federal Budget Deficit For FY2011 – Second Highest In U.S. History. (CBO, 10/7/11)

$1.294 Trillion:

Federal Budget Deficit For FY2010 – Third Highest In U.S. History. (CBO, 10/7/10)

$1.17 Trillion:

Total Cost Of Obama’s First Stimulus With Interest. (CBO, 8/24/11, CBO, 1/27/09)

$1.17 Trillion:

American Debt Held By China. (U.S. Treasury Department, Accessed 10/6/11)

$763 Billion:

Net Interest Payment On Our National Debt In 2021 Due To Obama’s Proposed Budget. (OMB, 9/1/11)

$825 Billion:

Price Tag Of Obama’s First Failed Stimulus. (CBO, 8/24/11)

$575 Billion:

Amount Of Medicare Cuts In ObamaCare. (CMS Chief Actuary Richard S. Foster, Memo, 4/22/10)

$491.7 Billion:

Amount Of Taxes In ObamaCare. (Letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi, 3/18/10; Joint Committee On Taxation, 3/2/10)

$447 Billion:

Price Tag Of Obama’s Second Stimulus. (WhiteHouse.gov, 9/8/11)

$347.1 Billion:

Debt Service Costs For Borrowing To Pay For Obama’s First Stimulus. (CBO, 1/27/09)

$175 Billion:

Increased Spending In Obama’s Second Stimulus. (CBO, 10/5/11)

$170 Billion:

Taxpayer Funds For Fannie Mae And Freddie Mac. (Bloomberg, 8/5/11)

$105 Billion:

Projected Cost Of New Regulations For 2011. (American Action Network, 9/30/11)

$24 Billion:

Stimulus Funds Sent To Tax Cheats. (Government Accountability Office, April 2011)

$535 Million:

Stimulus Loan To The Failed Solar Company Solyndra. (The Oakland Tribune, 11/4/10)

81.9 Million:

Annual Paperwork Burden Hours Imposed By Regulators In 2011. (American Action Network, 9/30/11)

46.2 Million:

Record Number Of Americans Living In Poverty. (U.S. Census Bureau, 9/13/11)

45.3 Million:

Record Number Of Americans Receiving Food Stamps. (Department Of Agriculture, 9/29/11)

$18 Million:

Cost Of The Stimulus Website Recovery.org. (ABC News’ “The Note“ Blog, 7/8/09)

14.0 Million:

Unemployed Americans. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 10/7/11)

9.3 Million:

Americans Working Part-Time For Economic Reasons. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 10/7/11)

7.3 Million:

Foreclosure Filings Since Obama Took Office. (RealtyTrac, Accessed 10/6/11)

6.2 Million:

Americans Unemployed 27 Weeks Or Longer. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 10/7/11)

4.0 Million:

Mortgages Either 90 Days Late Or In Foreclosure During August. (Lender Processing Services, 10/3/11)

3.4 Million:

Workers Granted Waivers So That ObamaCare Would Not Outlaw Their Health Care Plan. (HHS.gov, Accessed 10/6/11)

2.6 Million:

Number Of Americans That Fell Into Poverty Between 2009 And 2010. (U.S. Census Bureau, 9/13/11)

2.2 Million:

Jobs Lost Since Obama Took Office. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 10/7/11)

1.6 Million:

Private Sector Jobs Lost Since Obama Took Office. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 10/7/11)

1.5 Million:

Jobs Lost Since Obama’s Stimulus Was Passed. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 10/7/11)

1.59 Million:

Personal Bankruptcies In 2010. (United States Courts, 2/15/11)

$1.5 Million:

Stimulus Funds Sent To Indonesia To Discourage Air Pollution In Jakarta. (The Daily Caller, 7/7/11)

1.47 Million:

Personal Bankruptcies In 2009. (United States Courts, 2/15/11)

1.0 Million:

Construction Jobs Lost Since Obama Took Office. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 10/7/11)

1.0 Million:

Americans That Have Given Up Looking For Work. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 10/7/11)

911,000:

Private Sector Jobs Lost Since Stimulus Was Passed. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 10/7/11)

818,000:

Manufacturing Jobs Lost Since Obama Took Office. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 10/7/11)

709,303:

Personal Bankruptcies During First Half Of 2011. (The Wall Street Journal, 7/5/11)

690,969:

Avoided Foreclosure Through HAMP, Obama Had Promised To Help As Many As Nine Million. (Los Angeles Times, 10/5/11; President Obama, Remarks In Mesa, AZ, 2/18/09)

$278,000:

Cost Per A Stimulus Job. (The Weekly Standard, 7/6/11)

170,300:

Number Of Local Government Education Jobs Lost Since Obama Signed A $10 Billion Teacher Union Bailout He Said Would Save 160,000 Teacher Jobs. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 10/7/11; The Washington Post, 8/10/10)

89,000:

The Number Of Stimulus Checks Sent To Dead Or Incarcerated People. (The Wall Street Journal, 10/7/10)

81,405:

Record Number Of Pages Added To The Federal Register In 2010. (Competitive Enterprise Institute, 2011)

57,700:

Number Of Heavy And Civil Engineering Construction Jobs Lost Since The Stimulus Was Passed. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 10/7/11)

$48,120:

Your Share Of The National Debt. (U.S. Treasury Department Accessed 10/6/11; U.S. Census Bureau, Accessed 10/6/11)

45,696:

Pages Of New Rules Added To The Federal Register During Obama’s First Two Years In Office. (Competitive Enterprise Institute, 2011)

$26,668:

Amount Obama’s FY2012 Budget Would Add To Your Share Of The National Debt By 2021. (U.S. Treasury Department Accessed 10/7/11; OMB, 9/1/11; U.S. Census Bureau, Accessed 10/7/11)

23,000:

The Number Of Jobs Obama Knew His Drilling Moratorium Would Kill. (The Wall Street Journal, 8/21/10)

$15,500:

Annual Cost Per Household Of Federal Regulations. (Small Business Administration, September 2010)

$13,700:

Increase In Your Share Of The National Debt Since Obama Took Office. (U.S. Treasury Department Accessed 10/6/11; U.S. Census Bureau, Accessed 10/6/11)

$11,300:

Negative Effect Of Debt On Gross National Product Per Person In 2035. (CBO, 6/22/11)

$10,585:

Cost Per Employee That Federal Regulations Place On Small Businesses. (Small Business Administration, September 2010)

3,700:

Number Of Tax Delinquents Who Received Stimulus Funds. (Government Accountability Office, April 2011)

2060:

Year Federal Spending Will Reach 50 Percent Of GDP. (CBO, 6/22/11)

2037:

Year That Federal Debt Will Reach 200 Percent Of GDP. (CBO, 6/22/11)

2036:

Year That The Social Security Trust Fund Will Be Exhausted. (The Trustees Of Social Security & Medicare, 5/10/11)

2020:

Year That The CBO Predicts Medicare’s Trust Fund Will Be Exhausted. (CBO, 3/18/11)

1,603:

Number Of Regulations That Would Impact Small Businesses Proposed By Obama Administration In First Two Years In Office. (Competitive Enterprise Institute, 2011)

1,578:

Number Of Waivers Granted To Unions And Businesses So That ObamaCare Would Not Outlaw Their Health Care Plans. (HHS.gov, Accessed 10/6/11)

1,000:

Number Of Jobs Obama’s NLRB Is Trying To Kill In South Carolina. (The Denver Post, 5/2/11)

408:

Number Of Regulations Proposed By Obama During First Two Years That Have An Economic Impact Of Over $100 Million. (Competitive Enterprise Institute, 2011)

300:

Taxpayer-Subsidized Chevy Volts Sold In August. (CNNMoney, 9/29/11)

102%:

Total Federal Debt As A Share Of GDP. (U.S. Treasury Department Accessed 10/6/11; Bureau Of Economic Analysis, Accessed 10/6/11)

82%:

Federal Debt Held By The Public As Share Of GDP In 2021. (CBO, 8/24/11)

81%:

Americans Dissatisfied With The Way Things Are Going. (Quinnipiac Poll, 2118 RV, MoE 2.1%, 9/27-10/3/11)

80%:

Small Businesses That Could Be Forced To Change Health Care Plans As A Result Of ObamaCare. (The Washington Post, 6/15/10)

79%:

Stimulus Funds For Wind, Solar And Geothermal Energy Projects That Went To Foreign Firms. (Investigating Reporting Workshop/ABC’s World News Tonight/Watchdog Institute, 2/8/10)

77%:

Americans That Believe We Are Currently In A Recession. (Politico, 10/6/11)

73:

Number Of Bank Failures This Year. (FDIC, 9/30/11)

68.6%:

Federal Debt Held By The Public As Share Of GDP By End Of The Year. (OMB, 9/19/11)

64%:

Voters Who Disapprove Of Obama’s Handling Of The Economy. (Quinnipiac Poll, 2118 RV, MoE 2.1%, 9/27-10/3/11)

55%:

Americans That Disapprove Of Obama’s Handling Of The Presidency, The Highest Level Since Taking Office. (Quinnipiac Poll, 2118 RV, MoE 2.1%, 9/27-10/3/11)

48.5%:

Households That Receive Some Form Of Government Assistance. (The Wall Street Journal, 10/5/11)

44.8%:

Top Tax Rate By 2014 Under Obama’s FY2012 Budget. (The Washington Post, 5/16/11)

43%:

Americans That Believe Their Taxes Will Go Up If Obama Is Reelected. (Quinnipiac Poll, 2118 RV, MoE 2.1%, 9/27-10/3/11)

40.5:

Number Of Weeks That It Takes To Find A Job. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 10/7/11)

39.8%:

Increase In National Debt Since Obama Took Office. (U.S. Treasury Department Accessed 10/6/11)

34.2%:

Households That Receive Either Food Stamps, Subsidized Housing, Cash Welfare Or Medicaid. (The Wall Street Journal, 10/5/11)

32.4%:

Unemployed Workers Out Of Work For Over A Year. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 10/7/11)

32:

Record Number Of Straight Months With Unemployment Rate Above 8 Percent. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 10/7/11)

31%:

Share Of Existing Home Sales In August That Were Distressed Properties (Foreclosures And Short Sales). (National Association Of Realtors, 9/21/11)

25.9%:

Federal Spending As A Share Of GDP By 2021. (CBO, 6/22/11)

23%:

Home Loans Underwater (Negative Equity) In August. (Lender Processing Services, 10/3/11)

18%:

Amount GNP Would Be Lowered Due To Debt’s Effect On Economic Growth By 2035. (CBO, 6/22/11)

17%:

Cut To Medicare Benefits When Trust Fund Is Exhausted. (House Ways & Means Committee Hearing, 6/22/11)

16.5%:

Workers Unemployed Or Underemployed. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 10/7/11)

15.1%:

Americans Living In Poverty. (U.S. Census Bureau, 9/13/11)

11%:

Americans That Think The Economy Is Improving. (Politico, 10/6/11)

9.1%:

Unemployment Rate. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 10/7/11)

8.13%:

Percent Of Home Loans Delinquent In August. (Lender Processing Services, 10/3/11)

5.1%:

Decline In Median Home Sale Price In The Last Year. (National Association Of Realtors, 9/21/11)

3.6%:

Inflation Rate During The Last 12 Months. (The Wall Street Journal, 7/6/11)

3:

Record +$1 Trillion Deficits On Obama’s Watch. (CBO, 10/7/11)

2.3%:

Decline In Median Household Income In 2010. (U.S. Census Bureau, 9/13/11)

2.2%:

Residential Investment In Second Quarter, Lowest Level Since 1945. (The Wall Street Journal’s “Real Time Economics,” 10/1/11)

1.3%:

GDP Growth In The Second Quarter Of 2011. (Bureau Of Economic Analysis, Accessed 10/6/11)

0.4%:

GDP Growth In The First Quarter Of 2011. (Bureau Of Economic Analysis, Accessed 10/6/11)

0:

Number Of Co-Sponsors For Obama’s Second Stimulus. (American Jobs Act Of 2011, Accessed10/10/11)

0:

Other People Obama Will Have Left To Blame For The Failures Of His Economic Policies In 2012. (The American People, 11/6/12)

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