Archive for the ‘Government’ Category
Thursday, December 2nd, 2010
OK, GM-haters, try this out for size:
"The Fed's efforts to prop up the financial sector reached across a broad spectrum of the economy, benefiting stalwarts of American industry including General Electric and Caterpillar and household-name companies such as Verizon,Harley-Davidson and Toyota. The central bank's aid programs also supported U.S. subsidiaries of ...
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Tuesday, November 30th, 2010
Cicero famously asked, "Qui bono?" If he asked that today about the latest Wikileaks document dump, he would conclude that the major beneficiaries include the neo-cons and their allies who want war with Iran, as the secrets revealed include materials such as Arab leaders calling on us to stop Iran ...
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Friday, November 19th, 2010
Imagine paying a price far above any other standard expenditure.
Imagine then being bored, cramped and inconvenienced.
Add in imagining the equivalent of a convenience store clerk ogling your wife/husband/children and occasionally groping them as well.
Sorry, when I invest money in a purchase I expect quality, service and a modicum of interest ...
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Sunday, October 24th, 2010
It seems that some of the big banks, who may have received billions in bailouts (though who can say, since the details are too secret to share with those who must pay for all of it), now that they're back on their feet, are buying up tax liens and then ...
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Monday, September 13th, 2010
Someone posted this cynical, hip-hop explanation of the legislative process, ca. 2010, on YouTube. They explain government a lot better than my high school textbook did! Enjoy (or weep, over what your government has become)!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEe1nWxGb5s&feature=related
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Saturday, September 11th, 2010
September 11th is a time for mourning, reflection and re-dedication to defending liberty, as it should be. We should not, however, let sober reflection on the events of nine years ago obscure other threats to our freedom, many of which, even if, admittedly, much smaller in magnitude than al-Queda murderers, ...
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Wednesday, August 18th, 2010
The Media and much of the blogosphere focus on blaming the President for the state of affairs of the nation.The President bears much responsibility in the context of his leadership and "bully pulpit" to promote a political policy agenda. The real responsibility lies with the Congress, as it was designed. ...
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Thursday, August 5th, 2010
The Left has a new plan for making money - rob you and say it's for the environment. Even though 'Cap & Trade,' their Enron-like risky enviro-tax scheme, is dying in D.C., The Land of Hollywood is bringing you the sequel. Our friend Mut outs them in her usual direct ...
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Wednesday, August 4th, 2010
Matt Drudge reports (August 4, 2010) that TSA does store your imagies - like this one below. (So, do you still think 'Homeland Secirity is keeping you safe? Who keeps you safe from them? And where does your daughter's inage end up next? care to guess?)
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Monday, July 12th, 2010
The Sheriff of Nottingham would appear to have nothing on the municipal government of Dearborn Heights, Michigan. There, the police have doubled the number of tickers written over the previous year's total. Unless one assumes that asphalt lawlessness is on the rise, or that traffic flow doubled in an area ...
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