Every Year Boondoggles Pile Up in California
Posted on January 15, 2012 - Filed Under Anti-Capitalism, Democrats, Economy, Fiscal Responsibility, Fraud/misrepresentation, Government corruption, Government incompetence, Government malfeasance/misfeasance, Government tyranny, News, State Government, Taxes, government waste, liberalism, pork spending, transparency/accountability | 1 Comment
-By Warner Todd Huston
The left-wing idea that it’s good for government to always wildly increase spending is dying a quick death these days. But this good sense has not made it to every state in the union yet — two disastrous states in particular; California and Illinois.
These two states have not learned the lesson about [...]
Good News! $6.5 Billion In Taxpayers Funds At Risk In “Green” Ventures
Posted on January 14, 2012 - Filed Under Alternative Energy, Anti-Capitalism, Barack Obama, CBS, Congress, Corporate welfare, Cronyism, DOE, Democrats, Energy, Fiscal Responsibility, Government corruption, Government incompetence, Government malfeasance/misfeasance, Government tyranny, House, News, Taxes, bailouts, corporatism, government waste, pork spending, transparency/accountability | Comments Off
We just saw a Friday document dump from the White House, where they were fretting about the planned layoffs at Solyndra. This should bump the fretting up to Category 5 (and probably earn CBS’ Sharyl Attkisson another profanity laced tirade from White House personnel)
(CBS News) Solar panel maker Solyndra received a $528 million Energy Department [...]
Obama Excuses Over 500,000 Union Members From Obamacare
Posted on January 12, 2012 - Filed Under Anti-Capitalism, Barack Obama, Cronyism, Democrats, Government corruption, Government malfeasance/misfeasance, Government tyranny, Healthcare, Hypocrisy/Situational Ethics, News, Obamacare, Political prostitution, Socialism, Taxes, Unconstitutional, Union Mafias/Thugs, liberalism, political bribes, political opportunism, public employee unions, social parasites, transparency/accountability | 1 Comment
-By Warner Todd Huston
Remember back in the days of the debate over Obamacare when unions were the biggest voices screaming in support of the legislation? Many labor union bosses said that nationalized healthcare was exactly what they wanted. Further they said it was what was good for the country. Yet now we learn that Obama [...]
Sarah Palin Calls on Romney to Release Tax Returns and Prove His Claim of Creating 100K Jobs
Posted on January 12, 2012 - Filed Under Elections, Jobs, Mitt Romney, News, Newt Gingrich, Sarah Palin, Taxes, Video, transparency/accountability | Comments Off
I’m still not sold on anyone yet. I think this is a good call by her and a fair request. How do we know these jobs were created in the U.S.?
Romney has resisted releasing his tax returns, and his campaign has thus far refused to provide the hard proof to back up his [...]
Read More..>>Suddenly, Eric Holder’s Worried About “Undocumented” Guns
Posted on December 29, 2011 - Filed Under BATFE, DoJ, Fast and Furious/ Gunrunner, Government corruption, Government incompetence, Government malfeasance/misfeasance, Government tyranny, Gun Control, High Crimes and Misdemeanors, Hypocrisy/Situational Ethics, Journalistic Malpractice, Journalistic Prostitution, Journalistic incompetence, Law Enforcement, Liberal Media/Bias, News, Politico, Politics As Usual, State-sponsored terrorism, government media, liberalism, transparency/accountability | Comments Off
The current US Attorney General is probably the last person who should be discussing illegal guns, er, undocumented boom sticks, but, then, Fast and Furious seemed to be more about creating a situation to implement more gun controls on legal owners
(Politico) The number of officers killed in the line of duty jumped 13 percent in [...]
A VERY difficult issue
Posted on December 22, 2011 - Filed Under 1st Amendment, Government incompetence, Government malfeasance/misfeasance, HHS, Healthcare, National Security, News, Science/pseudo-science, transparency/accountability | Comments Off
With the exception of a few libertarians, no-one has ever advocated completely free speech. Libel, for instance, has always been actionable. So one could in the case below reasonably argue for the complete destruction of any of the knowledge referred to. As it is, some sort of reasonable compromise seems to be [...]
Read More..>>Tom Coburn Release Wastebook 2011, Highlights Government Waste
Posted on December 21, 2011 - Filed Under Congress, Earmarks, Fiscal Responsibility, Fox News, Government malfeasance/misfeasance, House, National Debt, News, Political prostitution, Politics As Usual, Senate, Taxes, government waste, political bribes, political opportunism, pork spending, transparency/accountability | 1 Comment
Unfortunately, this is not a thriller or science fiction
(Fox News) Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn on Tuesday released his annual “Wastebook” highlighting what he’s labeled some of the government’s most wasteful spending items, including $113,000 for a video game preservation center and $765,000 to subsidize “pancakes for yuppies” in Washington.
Coburn, a Republican who is known around [...]
Attorney General Who Won’t Prosecute Voter Intimidation to Speak Against Voter ID
Posted on December 13, 2011 - Filed Under 10th Amendment, 1st Amendment, ACLU, Anti-Americanism, Democrats, DoJ, Elections, FEC Violations, Fraud/misrepresentation, Government incompetence, Government malfeasance/misfeasance, Government tyranny, Hypocrisy/Situational Ethics, Illegal Aliens/Immigration, News, Obstruction of Justice, State Government, States Rights, Voter/Election Fraud, liberalism, transparency/accountability | 1 Comment
Remember, this is the same guy who torpedoed prosecuting members of the New Black Panthers, a slam dunk case, for standing around at Philly polling sites with batons, intimidating voters.
(Washington Post) The Obama administration on Tuesday will wade into the increasingly divisive national debate over new voting laws in several states that could depress turnout [...]
ATF Emails Discussed Using Fast And Furious For More Gun Control
Posted on December 8, 2011 - Filed Under 2nd Amendment, Anti-Americanism, BATFE, Border Control/Homeland Security, DHS, Democrats, DoJ, FBI, Fast and Furious/ Gunrunner, Government corruption, Government incompetence, Government malfeasance/misfeasance, Government tyranny, Gun Control, House, Law Enforcement, National Security, News, Obstruction of Justice, Police misconduct/corruption, Politics As Usual, President, Senate, State-sponsored terrorism, Taxes, government waste, political opportunism, political suicide, transparency/accountability | Comments Off
Ever since Operation Fast and Furious came to light, people have been musing that it was simply about creating a situation where the Obama Administration could create more stringent gun control laws. Yesterday, we received a bit of confirmation from one of the only mainstream media reporters bothering to cover this Obama scandal (via Hot [...]
Read More..>>Whiny Attorney General Unhappy With Daily Caller For Publishing Fast And Furious Stories
Posted on November 30, 2011 - Filed Under 1st Amendment, Anti-free speech, BATFE, Democrats, DoJ, Fast and Furious/ Gunrunner, Gov.Censorship, Government corruption, Government incompetence, Government malfeasance/misfeasance, Government tyranny, Gun Control, Hypocrisy/Situational Ethics, Journalistic Malpractice, Journalistic Prostitution, Journalistic incompetence, Liberal Media/Bias, MSM Censorship, News, Obstruction of Justice, liberalism, transparency/accountability | Comments Off
It’s kinda strange that the Attorney General of the United States doesn’t understand the 1st Amendment, but, then, Democrats tend to pick and choose what parts of the Constitution they like, and what they will abide by
(Daily Caller) Embattled Attorney General Eric Holder today demanded The Daily Caller stop publishing articles about the growing calls [...]
Hypocrisy: Left Wants SCOTUS Justice Thomas Recusal, Ignores Kagan’s Clear Conflicts
Posted on November 22, 2011 - Filed Under Activist Judges, Democrats, DoJ, Government malfeasance/misfeasance, Healthcare, Hypocrisy/Situational Ethics, Journalistic Malpractice, Journalistic Prostitution, Journalistic incompetence, Judicial Tyranny, Liberal Media/Bias, News, Obamacare, Politico, Politics As Usual, Propaganda, Senate, Supreme Court, Unconstitutional, WashingtonPost, conspiracy theory, government media, liberalism, transparency/accountability | Comments Off
-By Warner Todd Huston
This past weekend the Washington Post published a hit piece on the grand opening of a museum in Georgia dedicated to the birthplace of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. The paper was desperate to make some grand conspiracy, some lawbreaking evil from the project. But whatever is going on with the [...]
California Drowning in Budget Waste and Abuse
Posted on November 18, 2011 - Filed Under Anti-Capitalism, Cronyism, Delusional Dupes and DUmmies, Democrats, Economy, Education, Fiscal Responsibility, Government corruption, Government incompetence, Government malfeasance/misfeasance, News, Politics As Usual, State Government, Taxes, Unequal taxation, corporatism, government waste, liberalism, pork spending, transparency/accountability | Comments Off
-By Matthew Cunningham
Think you came up a bit short trick-or-treating this year? It’s nothing compared to California, whose revenues in October came in $800 million below projections. Overall, California is about $1.5 billion in the red for the current fiscal year, which may trigger some nasty cuts to schools and public safety if revenues don’t [...]
Ballot Measure Boondoggle – High Speed Rail Costs Balloon to $100 Billion
Posted on November 4, 2011 - Filed Under Anti-Americanism, Anti-Capitalism, Cronyism, Delusional Dupes and DUmmies, Democrats, Economy, Fiscal Responsibility, Government corruption, Government incompetence, Government malfeasance/misfeasance, News, Politics As Usual, State Government, Taxes, corporatism, government waste, pork spending, transparency/accountability | Comments Off
By Steve Maggi
Nearly $100 billion. That’s what High Speed Rail is now going to cost California taxpayers – more than double the costs initially promised by the proponents of Prop 1A, which contained the initial taxpayer financing for the project.
2033. That’s when the HSR project is now expected to be completed – [...]
Help Stop The High Cost of Federal Regulations
Posted on November 3, 2011 - Filed Under Anti-Capitalism, Barack Obama, Congress, Economy, Fiscal Responsibility, Government incompetence, House, News, Representative Government, Senate, Separation of Powers, Taxes, Video, government waste, transparency/accountability | Comments Off
-By Warner Todd Huston
One of the reasons that our economic recovery has been so slow is that the Obama administration has opened a continuous avalanche of regulations affecting jobs, hampering businesses, and costing all of us billions in lost revenue, taxation, and waste. But there is a bill in the House called the REINS Act [...]
House GOP Will Subpoena Illegal Immigration Data From DHS
Posted on November 2, 2011 - Filed Under Amnesty/Immigration reform, Barack Obama, Border Control/Homeland Security, Congress, Constitution, Crime, DHS, Fast and Furious/ Gunrunner, Fed Immigration Law, GOP, Government incompetence, Government malfeasance/misfeasance, House, ICE, Illegal Aliens/Immigration, National Security, News, Republicans, liberalism, transparency/accountability | Comments Off
Solyndra, Fast and Furious, now illegal immigration. The House GOP are busy little bees
(Washington Times) House Republicans are moving to subpoena a list of all immigrants whom the Obama administration has flagged under its secure communities program but failed to arrest for deportation, after the Homeland Security Department missed a congressionally imposed deadline to produce [...]
