Category Archives: stoopid government

Chicken’s coming home to roost

We’re talking operation Fast and Furious, the ill conceived (to put it mildly) gun running program sponsored by our very own government to supposedly expose the entire gun smuggling operation. But now the casualties are coming in. Mexican officials estimate … Continue reading

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Doing business in California

Watch the latest video at video.foxbusiness.com Is doing business in Boulder much different?

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‘All that’s missing are the words “Five Year Plan” ‘

In what may be the strongest signal yet of the new pro-labor orientation of the National Labor Relations Board under President Obama, the agency filed a complaint Wednesday seeking to force Boeing to bring an airplane production line back to … Continue reading

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Neil Cavuto would like this guy…

Robert Samuelson takes on both parties when it comes the deficit. It boils down to this… Our budget problem is conceptually simple. Government’s spending commitments, driven by more retirees and uncontrolled health costs, vastly exceed the existing tax base. There … Continue reading

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“… and grown men can’t cut $34 to $60 billion dollars”

Oh a priceless Rick Santelli rant that I caught live this morning. Here’s an excerpt starting at around 3:00′ but really the whole rant is deserving of your time. “..well ya know, I just read about Freddie and Fannie ya … Continue reading

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The Dead Hand of Government Dependency

Lew lamented, “Something special happened during the first three years, and after we got the grants it didn’t happen anymore.” Curious? h/t to Instapundit.

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“Things will different this time”

The problem isn’t just a matter of money. The larger crisis is due to a federal government without limit, led by people with a faith in their infinite capacity for problem-solving matched only by their mind-numbing obliviousness to their myriad … Continue reading

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“Luckily, this stuff is only creepy when there’s a Republican President.”

The government is creating a vast domestic spying network to collect information about Americans in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks and subsequent terror plots, The Washington Post reported Monday. More here.

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“I know nothing”

Government employess and contractors instructed not to read documents leaked WikiLeaks. I would like to note that even if a Government employee has the appropriate security clearance, they are still required to “have a need to know” before they are allowed access to … Continue reading

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TSA: Beyond Pathetic

In the truth is stranger than fiction category… This is probably another good time to remind you all that all of us were carrying actual assault rifles, and some of us were also carrying pistols. So we’re in line, going … Continue reading

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Travelers are in the very best of hands

TSA Hit With Lawsuits As Revolt Explodes “As the TSA agent was frisking plaintiff, the agent pulled the plaintiff’s blouse completely down, exposing plaintiffs’ breasts to everyone in the area,” the lawsuit said. “As would be expected, plaintiff was extremely … Continue reading

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Hope and Change

White House altered drilling safety report The Interior Department’s inspector general says the White House edited a drilling safety report in a way that made it falsely appear that scientists and experts supported the idea of the administration’s six-month ban … Continue reading

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Whenever the government collect information…

“… it lies about what it will do with it. This is a near-universal law.” Hmmm. I’m dumbfounded.

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More government…

Always the solution. That should make Boulderites happy.

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Government will save us….

Michael Brown has a different opinion. The monologue starts at 11 minutes, however if you’re impatient I suggest starting at 22:20′.

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Colorado going where the money is

The State of Colorado is considering taxing on-line purchases. There are some privacy issues with the proposed law that I find troubling. They also expect a legal challenge if the law is passed. To show how disconnected they lawmakers are… … Continue reading

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Congress shall make no law….

A proposed Constitutional amendment from an Instapundit reader… Congress shall make no law that applies to the citizens of the United States that does not apply equally to the Senators and/or Representatives, and Congress shall make no law that applies … Continue reading

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Health care mission creep

h/t to Instapundit.

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60 votes

The Left, the Right and the American Public Couldn’t Stop 60 Votes The world will understand America has changed. Our country is now run by elites who are printing money, debasing our currency to throw at massive new spending and … Continue reading

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Rejoice in the name of scarcity

George Will comments on how many times the world should have run out of oil. He concludes… Today, there is a name for the political doctrine that rejoices in scarcity of everything except government. The name is environmentalism.

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