Pass the Cheese... 12/06/2010
 The highest tax bracket has taken a whopping fall from 70% in the Regan era to 30% in the Bush era. Yet our expenses have risen. Yes, entitlements have taken a toll, however two wars fought off the books until 2008 also has something to do with our fiscal position. You can't fight wars with money not included in the budget. That's like making a household fiscal plan and not including the mortgage and the car payment.  3 Comments  “Thirsty,” she whispered. A strong, gentle hand lifted Anya's head. She nuzzled closer, breathing deeply of fresh linen, vanilla and man—definitely man. “Drink, Pa Mici, drink,” a deep basso voice rumbled. Anya’s eye caught a snapshot of dark blue eyes, tousled midnight black hair. A thin white scar traced along the outline of a square jaw. Her vision turned fuzzy around the edges. She picked up a slight hesitation between his words and her understanding. His lips moved and she received, a nanosecond later, a weird built-in satellite delay. The hair on his muscled arm tickled across her back. His palm cupped the nape of her neck supporting her head. The thumb stroked downward. She trembled, leaning into the light caress. The thick fingers of his other hand curved around a filigreed silver tumbler with maroon and gold swirls. "Please, thirsty," Anya mumbled, as her lips pursed round the proffered straw. “Careful, Pa Mici. Lips that shape beg a kiss,” the deep voice murmured. Sweetness exploded on Anya’s tongue—a mélange of fruit? She didn’t recognize any of the flavors. Her eyes closed. The juice flowed through her mouth and down her throat easing the dryness. Voices in her mind, one here—the basso, the other, a baritone, close by. Their vibrations sang sweet music to her sex. Anya’s skin flushed rose. She reached up and traced a finger along the thin scar. Anya knew she dreamt. Her hero's face graced the cover of every romance novel she ever read. He played an American privateer, scarred from a run-in with a British man-of-war, or maybe a Regency Duke, scarred in a duel over his sister. It couldn't be about a woman other than his sister. After all, this was her dream.  “Your skin is exquisite, Pa Mici. Do you feel us yet? ” His soft mobile lips swept light kisses across her cheek and nibbled at the corner of her mouth. “Name...my pirate... name," she insisted, sticking out her lower lip—her mouth in moue. "Jonal. Rest now,” the voice soothed. “’Tis such a good dream,” Anya whispered, as she grabbed his arm. “Please, don't make me wake up.” The Sarran Plague will be available from Captiva Press late winter, early spring. In the mean time please enjoy my novel, Shattered Glass, from Captiva Press at www.captivapress.com. Also visit my website at www.ackatt.com. Buyer\'s Remorse 11/04/2010
 Buyer's Remorse Buyer's Remorse...On Tuesday, November 2nd, the United States electorate spoke or at least 41.5% of the spoke. The Democrats held on to the Senate, barely, and the Republicans took back the House of Representatives. The question now becomes what do the Republicans intend to do with their partial victory. Tea Party Candidates were elected to both houses of Congress and far-right enthusiasts like Senator Elect Rand Paul from Kentucky want to roll back all of the legislation passed by the last Congress. For your information, this includes bills on Wall Street Regulation and the Health Care Legislation. Republican Minority Leader of the Senate, Mitch McConnell has already made an appearance at the Heritage Foundation (the Republican Think Tank) stating that Cap and Trade, the legislation to prevent Global Warming was DOA. You can expect attempts to freeze or diminish Social Security, lower payments to Doctors accepting Medicare, an attempt to raise the retirement age, again, as well as a push to privatize the Social Security Program putting it in the hands of Wall Street, the denizens of which did so well with your 401K and pension plans in 2008. You can also expect no more unemployment extensions for those of you who have been out of work since the beginning of the recession and no proposals passed to provide good paying construction jobs by financing public works to improve our aging and failing infrastructure.  The push to have the United States regain technological superiority by funding research into energy alternatives is also up on the chopping block. The oil and energy companies who funded all those Republican PACs and SUPERPACs will want a return on their millions invested. The United States Chamber of Commerce will make sure their dollars speak loudly and there will be no hikes in minimum wage. The repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell will be under attack as well as the court decision Roe vrs Wade which gave a woman the right to choose what to do with their own body. In fact, if enough Blue Dog Democrats in the Senate join with the Republican Party you can basically look forward to a return of the Bush years which brought you two vastly expensive wars, deregulation of any environmental legislation, zero quality control and repeal of some of the OSHA laws that protect worker safety. The Department of Education could be dismantled in an era where American Schools trail fifteen countries in math and science. TheEnvironmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy could be dismantled when all the rest of the globe is worried about climate change. Did the average American voter realize what they brought upon themselves by a vote for the Republican Party in 2010, probably not. The fault here lies with the Democratic Party and its nominal head, President Barrack Obama. The Democrats did a terrible job of marketing their accomplishments and let the Republicans control the message delivered. Lies like calling the Health Care Legislation, "Death Panels," misrepresenting the cost estimates of programs like the auto bailout which has resulted in a profit for the Government as soon as GM completes their IPO. The President did come out of the Oval Office late in the election cycle, but unfortunately too late to move the electorate back to the Democratic column. What the Democrats needed was an organized, on message campaign, touting their accomplishments. What they got was individual races with no central theme where the candidates ran like herds of buffalo away from legislation that was beneficial to the general public. The Democrats need to wake up and learn how to present their successes. They need to know how to frame the conversation before their opponents do and they need to do this before 2012. You can follow my blogs on my website www.ackatt.com, or fan my block talk radio show, AC Katt's Books and Politics on Thursdays at noon-eastern, eleven-central, ten-mountain and nine-pacific time at www.blogtalkradio.com/ackatt. Captiva Press on Blog Talk Radio 11/03/2010
 Captiva Press on AC Katt's Books and Politics... Captiva Press Authors and Staff will join AC Katt on her Blog Talk Radio Show AC Katt's Books and Politics on Thursday, November 4th at 12:00 noon Eastern Time, 11:00 Central, 10:00 Mountain and 9:00 Pacific. Continuing their Grand Opening Celebration, both Captiva Press and AC Katt will be giving away prizes for this special hour long show. Come celebrate with us. Go to www.blogtalkradio.com/ackatt and listen live or drop by later and listen to the taped show. To find out more about Captiva Press, go to their website at www.captivapress.com.  This is your new blog post. Click here and start typing, or drag in elements from the top bar.  If you like my blogs...read my books 10/31/2010
  It's all A Matter of Trust. Click here to edit. Post Title. 10/28/2010
 It's Time to Vote... Today we are talking politics and it is time for you, the electorate, to make a decision. Now, I know quite a few of you will be sitting back in your lounge chair telling yourself that you are not going to vote because all of your choices are nasty. Too bad. Vote anyway. If you didn't vote in the primary elections, it is your fault that your choices are limited. Now it time to "man up" and vote for any of the candidates who you feel can, at least, partially represent your viewpoints. The privilege and right to vote is one of America's most cherished freedoms and like most of our freedoms it is a use it or lose it proposition. Due to the Supreme Court decision in the Citizens United Case, major corporations have been able to pour millions of dollars in this election cycle. They have distracted the voter from the issues and in some cases printed outright lies. Now it is up to you, the voter to decide whether or not corporate money rules the outcome of this election, or your vote does. The only way you can defeat the corporate money is to vote. Vote you conscience, vote your pocketbook. I don't care why you vote, just do it!  Post Title. 10/25/2010
 This is your new blog post. Click here and start typing, or drag in elements from the top bar. The Boy Scouts are no "Boy Scouts..." 10/21/2010
 When Jon Langbert enrolled his son in the local Dallas Cub Scout Chapter of the Boy Scouts of America he told them he was gay. "No problem" was the response he received. Now, a few years later, he has been stripped of his uniform, yet asked to continue to perform the same service for the local Cub Scout Pack that he performed when he was awarded the shirt. Jon performed the duty of Popcorn Colonel for the local Cub Scout pack. As a leader, he encouraged the cubs to sell popcorn to earn gifts and gift cards in the competition to raise money for the pack and its parent organization. Although Jon and his son, Carter, belonged to the pack for a number of years, it was only a week ago that officials from the State and National organization ordered the local pack to "defrock" Mr. Langbert. The local pack, however, wants Mr. Langbert to retain his now, untitled, position. All reports indicate that Mr. Langbert is a good father and performed well in his position with the Cub Scouts. In a world where the military currently sits under judicial injunction for its DADT policy because this position actually damages the function of the armed forces by preventing the retention of experienced personnel, and laws that discriminate against the LGBT population are being challenged daily in the courts; the position of the Boy Scouts is antiquated and a blatant disregard of first amendment rights. I am aware that the Supreme Court ruled in 2000 that the Boy Scouts were allowed as a private organization to continue their discriminatory practices, however, my points remains. Country Clubs, restaurants and stores are not allowed to practice overt discrimination, why make an exception for the Boy Scouts? For a country that advocates liberty and justice for all, we are very lax in putting our principles into practice. This is your new blog post. Click here and start typing, or drag in elements from the top bar. A Delicious Delights Contest from AC Katt 10/15/2010
 See my website at www.ackatt.com for further details. This is your new blog post. Click here and start typing, or drag in elements from the top bar. | AuthorAC Katt was born in New York City’s Greenwich Village. She remembers sitting at the fountain in Washington Square Park listening to folk music while they passed the hat. At nine, her parents dragged her to New Jersey where she grew up, married and raised four children and became a voracious reader of romantic fiction. At one time she owned over two thousand novels, until she and her husband took themselves and the cat to New Mexico for their health and its great beauty. Listen to internet radio with
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