Category Archives: Government

Well Hi, guys.

Look who stopped by…

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And who’s fault is that?

FOXNews: The United States’ climbing national debt could drag the country into a “double-dip recession,” President Obama warned in an interview with Fox News Wednesday from China, though he said he’s still considering additional tax incentives for businesses to reverse … Continue reading

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From Formerly Great Britain

A former U.K. soldier says he found a discarded shotgun and turned it in to police — and now faces at least five years in prison for doing so, ThisIsSurreyToday.co.uk reported. Paul Clarke was found guilty of possessing a firearm … Continue reading

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The Health Care Speech

Now with running commentary! Madame Speaker, Vice President Biden, Members of Congress, and the American people: When I spoke here last winter, this nation was facing the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. We were losing an average of … Continue reading

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Why is it

That people get so mad about health insurance companies supposedly screwing some people occasionally that they are willing to turn that function over to a government that screws almost everyone pretty much every day?

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Quote of the Day – Cleaning House Edition

And, yet, incumbents are still re-elected about 95% of the time. If you want to throw the bums out, you gotta start with your bum first. – Say Uncle

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Headline Juxtoposition

ummm… Hat tip Uncle

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What could possibly go wrong?

Via CNET News (hat tip PGB): Bill would give president emergency control of Internet Huh… giving power to shut down the biggest avenue for free speech an administration that says There is a lot of disinformation about health insurance reform … Continue reading

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That might work!

Via Rasmussen Reports: 42% Say People Randomly Selected from Phone Book Better Than Current Congress

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Quote of the Day – Unintended Consequences Edition

Legislatures at all levels are prime case studies in unintended consequences, and the only thing more appalling than the blatant partisan self-interest exercised by both parties is the invariable attempt to mask that self-interest as “the will of the people”, … Continue reading

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