I’m feeling a bit under the weather today and don’t feel much like writing, but here’s few must read articles from my stack of stuff: Greenspan Says Government ‘Activism’ Hampering U.S. Recovery – Bloomberg News Connecticut bill seeks to unconstitutionally restrict political and religious speech by employers – Washington Examiner ATF Let Hundreds of U.S. […]
Politics
Lunacy: Connecticut Town Ordered to Pay for Union Workers’ Coffee
From the you’ve got to be kidding me file: A Connecticut town must provide their union workers free coffee and milk, according to a ruling from the State Board of Labor Relations. The board also ordered town leaders to reinstate “Dress Down Fridays” for the union clerical and custodial workers. The dispute involved the town […]
Jobless Rate Falls to 8.9% as 192K Jobs Added
Today’s jobless report is a good news bad news thing, first the good news… From Bloomberg: U.S. employers added 192,000 workers in February, amid an improving economy and more seasonable weather, and the unemployment rate unexpectedly declined to 8.9 percent, the lowest level since April 2009. So what’s the bad news? In short the primary […]
Judge Vinson to Obama Administration: Quit Stalling, Either File the Appeal or Stop Implementing Obamacare
Federal District Court Judge Roger Vinson, the judge who a month ago ruled Obamacare unconstitutional, today clarified his ruling at the government’s request: The Obama administration got a well-deserved rebuke today from Judge Roger Vinson in the Florida lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Obamacare (aka the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act as big government […]
DHS Seeks Systems for Covert Body Scans
Somewhere George Orwell is smiling and thinking ‘I warned you’… I’ve always considered Mr. Orwell’s novel 1984 a bit far fetched, but this report from Computerworld makes me wonder if, perhaps, Mr Orwell wasn’t clairvoyant: Documents obtained Tuesday by the Electronic Privacy Information Center suggest that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has signed contracts for […]
Thoughts on Wisconsin’s Public Union Debate
I’m a little late getting to this, but I’ve been fighting a wicked sinus/ear infection and trying to finish up project that’s dragged on longer than it should have. Anyway, suffices to say I don’t have a lot sympathy for those protesting Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s proposal to reform collective bargaining privileges for most state […]
Arizona to Countersue Federal Government Over Immigration Enforcement
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer and Attorney General Tom Horne announced at a news conference today that they intend counter sure the file a counter-lawsuit against the federal government for failing to enforce immigration laws: Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has announced the state will sue the federal government for its failure to secure the border and […]
Chuck Schumer: ‘We have 3 branches of gov’t — A House, a Senate, a President’…
Wow, just wow: Idiot. Umm, Senator Schumer the three branches of Government specified by the Constitution are the Executive, the Legislative and the Judicial not the Senate, House and President, you might want to review Articles 1, 2 and 3 of the Constitution. It’s no wonder we’re in the mess we’re in when so many […]
Breaking: Florida District Court Rules Obamacare Unconstitutional
Federal District Court Judge Roger Vinson has ruled that a key provision of President Obama’s health care reform law passed last year violates the Constitution. Judge Vinson’s decision is the second judicial blow to the President’s signature legislative achievement in a little over a month. Today’s ruling in a lawsuit filed the attorneys general and […]
Breaking: Federal Judge Rules ObamaCare Individual Mandate Unconstitutional
U.S. District Court judge Henry Hudson has ruled key provision of the Democrats health care reform law unconstitutional. from The Wall Street Journal: A federal district judge sided with the state of Virginia in its challenge to the health law passed in March, saying Congress exceeded its “constitutional boundaries” when it required most Americans to […]
Janet Napolitano: Next Step for Body Scanners Could Be Public Transit
I linked to this piece from The Hill as a related item yesterday, but I think it deserves comment, so here we go: The next step in tightened security could be on U.S. public transportation, trains and boats. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says terrorists will continue to look for U.S. vulnerabilities, making tighter security […]
TSA Head: We Don’t Profile
I’ve been debating whether or not to weigh in on the TSA screening controversy for much of the past week, I’ve stayed away from it mainly because I haven’t felt like I’ve had anything other than a vitriolic rant to add to the discussion. Anyway, Gateway Pundit and The Other McCain are pointing out this […]
Guilty: House Ethics Panel Finds Rangel Guilty on 11 of 13 Charges
Well it didn’t take long for a House ethics panel to find New York Congressman Charles Rangel guilty on charges of that he violated House rules: A House ethics panel found senior Democratic lawmaker Charles Rangel guilty of 11 of the 13 counts of House ethics violations lodged against him. The New York congressman wasn’t […]
Ouch: Saturday Night Live Mocks Obama’s G20 Summit Trip
It’s more or less the same skit as last time, but it’s still petty good and we are still dealing the same crappy economic policies. Ouch, the sad thing is, this really isn’t a laughing matter… I don’t think there’s intellectually honest person on the left or right who can call the results President Obama’s […]
Obama Administration Grants 111 Obamacare Waivers; Buries Info on HHS Web Site
When it come to the health care reform the devil is in the details… or is this case the details you won’t see in the news. As of November 1, 2010 the Department of Health and Human Services has handed out 111 waivers exempting dozens of businesses and unions from provisions of the so call […]