Senate Bill 1760: Bill increases Second Amendment protection… Shannon, R-Lawton: ‘The government should never be allowed to strip citizens of their most basic constitutional rights’

SHAWNEE, Okla. —

Members of a state House committee have voted to increase the legal protection of citizens’ constitutional rights.

Senate Bill 1760, by state Sen. Anthony Sykes and state Rep. T.W. Shannon, would specify that Oklahomans’ Second Amendment rights cannot be taken away during a declared state of emergency.

“While government may assume greater police powers to preserve public safety during times of emergency, the government should never be allowed to strip [...]

Industry Rank Industry 2008-2010 Profits as % of Revenues

Here is the CNN/Money Mag composite list of most profitable businesses for 2008-2010.

Top industries

­: Most profitable
Return on RevenuesRe­turn on Assets Return on Shareholde­rs’ equity

Industry Rank Industry 2008-2010 Profits as % of Revenues

1 Network and Other Communicat­ions Equipment 28.8
2 Mining, Crude-Oil Production 23.8
3 Pharmaceut­icals 15.8
4 Medical Products and Equipment 15.2
5 Oil and Gas Equipment, Services 13.7
6 Commercial Banks 12.6
7 Railroads 12.4
8 Entertainm­ent 12.4
9 Insurance: [...]

This is the Administration of “change”. “Growing jobs” would be it’s first priority. Hmmmm – let’s see how their doing?

A friend of mine owns a small landscape business that employs 25 people, all of them legal and provided with benefits (life, health and disability insurance). After meeting with his accountant he has determined that it is no longer profitable for him to keep his doors open. The roll back of earlier tax cuts along with additional tax penalties hidden in healthcare “reconciliation” and the Dodd / Frank financial reform [...]