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Who Gets Three Fifteen Minute Breaks in Three Hours? Census Workers!

June 2, 2010
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Big Government is at it again. Another Census worker has submitted his report of the waste of our dollars – paying these employees for hours they didn’t work. This time the employee was Shaughn Adeleye in Louisiana and you can read about more about his adventure at Big Government. Your tax dollars at work!...

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Video: James O’Keefe Documents Fraud at Census Bureau

June 1, 2010
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He’s back! James O’Keefe got a job working for the Census Bureau and he was able to document fraud right from the get-go. Employees were encouraged to fill out fraudulent pay forms indicating they worked hours they did not work. I wonder how much time and money will be spent trying to discredit O’Keefe...

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Robert Reich: The US Should Take Over BP

June 1, 2010
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Nothing like a crisis as an excuse to take over an industry, or at least a large corporation. Robert Reich is urging the Obama administration to seize control of BP. It’s time for the federal government to put BP under temporary receivership, which gives the government authority to take over BP’s operations in the...

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Shocking! Socialized Medicine Not Working Out So Well In Canada

June 1, 2010
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I’m sure you’ll be shocked, just shocked, that socialized medicine in Canada is taking its toll on budgets in provinces throughout the nation. (Reuters) – Pressured by an aging population and the need to rein in budget deficits, Canada’s provinces are taking tough measures to curb healthcare costs, a trend that could erode the...

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Note for Peggy Noonan: What Made You Think He was Competent?

May 28, 2010
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While I don’t disagree with the premise of Peggy Noonan’s latest column in The Wall Street Journal, I do have to ask her – what it was that made you believe Barack Obama was competent. What was it that he did to make you think he was competent? Was it his mastery of Alinsky...

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Finally – Oil Gush Plugged According to Coast Guard – Update – It Isn’t Plugged

May 27, 2010
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It looks like BP’s top kill procedure on the gushing oil well may be working. LA Times: Engineers have at least temporarily stopped the flow of oil and gas into the Gulf of Mexico from a gushing BP well, the federal government’s top oil-spill commander, U.S. Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen, said Thursday morning....

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Surprise! Government Spending Does Not Stimulate the Economy

May 27, 2010
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The only thing surprising about this news item is that the researchers were surprised by their findings. Recent research at Harvard Business School began with the premise that as a state’s congressional delegation grew in stature and power in Washington, D.C., local businesses would benefit from the increased federal spending sure to come their...

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‘Frightening’ US Money Supply Shrinks to Levels Not Seen Since Great Depression

May 26, 2010
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Here’s some more depressing news. Sure, the CBO will keep cranking out reports telling us the stimulus grew our GDP and put millions of Americans back to work, we all know that’s a big lie. But they can’t tell us the truth, now, can they? Telegraph: The M3 figures – which include broad range...

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Members of Agency Overseaing Offshore Drilling Viewed Porn, Salazar Recommends Starting Three New Agencies

May 25, 2010
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An IG report reveals that employees of the agency tasked with overseeing offshore drilling kept busy viewing porn online rather than, you know, overseeing offshore drilling. One employee even admitted coming to work while still under the influence of methamphetamine. So, what does Ken Salazar plan to do about it? Why, expand the federal...

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Rick Santelli Slams Democrats for Fannie and Freddie: Too Complicated?

May 11, 2010
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I love this guy! It’s too complicated? You think taxpayers that go to work to pay the money you are subsidizing, it will end up a half a trillion, do you think they think complicated is an excuse? House Minority Leader John Boehner (via Breitbart) has more information on the taxpayer funding of these...

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Alan Grayson’s Worst Nightmare

May 9, 2010
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I continue to believe we have all got to pull together to defeat the Democrat political machine this fall. We’ve been seeing lots of money flow into the few seats they are trying to defend here in Florida. There are also a goodly number of Republican candidates in the hunt for all of the...

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Faisal Shahzad Removed from Terrorist Watch List by Obama Administration

May 7, 2010
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Keeping track of terrorists isn’t at the top of the Obama administration’s agenda. There’s an economy that isn’t quite dead, unions to pay back and foreign dictators to bow to. Priorities. CBS News: Sources tell CBS News that would-be Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad appeared on a U.S government travel travel lookout list –...

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Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics

May 7, 2010
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Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics

Most of us have heard the phrase, but it seems so very appropriate when looking at the job numbers today. In most media outlets we see in big headlines “More Jobs Added” and “Job Growth Exceeds Expectations”. Below the fold the rest of the story may get told, that the jobless number rose from...

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$6 Billion Cash for Caulkers Bill Passes House

May 6, 2010
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How are they going to pay for this? And what makes them think this “stimulus” will be any more successful than their past failed stimuli? CBS News: Homeowners could collect thousands of dollars in Cash for Caulkers rebates for renovating their homes with better insulation and energy-saving windows and doors under a new economic...

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