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The following video shows just how much power government has over private citizens. An Illinois man faces 75 years in prison for recording police officers in public. Do not adjust your computers. You read it right and this is no joke. Well worth the 15 minutes to watch this scary story:
Posted by Jerry Pomeroy as Limiting Government, Video at 2:41 PM UTC
I thought I’d heard the worst in government waste. Silly me. Leave it to San Francisco to raise the bar on unfathomable waste. Sit down before reading on:
Wheelchair ramp will cost $100,000 a foot
Phillip Matier,Andrew Ross
The proposed $1 million wheelchair ramp in City Hall. Chronicle Illustration
Where else but San Francisco City Hall could a [...]
Posted by Jerry Pomeroy as Budgets, Government Waste at 7:30 PM UTC
Leave it to the Brits to point out the over the top predictions of doom and doomier in the face of Irene. These days, crying wolf is political theater, but the over-blown warnings could lead to real trouble next time:
Perfect Storm of Hype: Politicians, the media and the Hurricane Irene apocalypse that never was
By Toby [...]
Posted by Jerry Pomeroy as Cultural Insanity, Global Warming, Media at 3:45 PM UTC
In these tough economic times, a thief in Colorado has discovered a way to pass on tens of thousands of dollars to loved ones through the innovative practice of law-breaking. Read on, and get ready for some head-scratching:
Burglar’s family awarded $300,000 in wrongful death suit
August 26, 2011 12:13 PM
LANCE BENZEL
THE GAZETTE
An El Paso County jury [...]
Posted by Jerry Pomeroy as Cultural Insanity, Ethics at 2:06 PM UTC
CBO warns of ‘profound’ challenges
The current national unemployment rate is 9.1 percent. | Reuters Close
By SEUNG MIN KIM | 8/24/11 9:40 AM EDT Updated: 8/24/11 12:32 PM EDT
The Congressional Budget Office painted a dreary economic picture Wednesday in a new report that warns of “profound budgetary and economic challenges” ahead.
The national [...]
Posted by Jerry Pomeroy as Budgets, Government Blunders, Obama Presidency at 11:11 AM UTC
It’s only one third of a billion dollars, so no one in Washington really gives a rip. But, considering the money went to those we are fighting, it does give one reason to wonder…
$360M lost to insurgents, criminals in Afghanistan
By DEB RIECHMANN – Associated Press,RICHARD LARDNER – Associated Press | AP – 4 hrs ago
FILE – In [...]
Posted by Jerry Pomeroy as Government Waste, Military, War on Terror at 9:38 AM UTC
Here’s a heartwarming story about Uncle Sam’s spending practices. The following must be true; it’s from the Associated Press:
Gov’t pays for empty flights to rural airports
By KEVIN BEGOS and ADRIAN SAINZ
Associated Press
AP Photo/Vicki Smith
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On some days, the pilots with Great Lakes Airlines fire up a twin-engine Beechcraft 1900 [...]
Posted by Jerry Pomeroy as Budgets, Government Waste at 6:40 AM UTC
Here’s Ann Counter’s take on the riots in England. Happy reading:
THE SUN NEVER SETS ON THE BRITISH WELFARE SYSTEM
August 10, 2011
Those of you following the barbaric rioting in Britain will not have failed to notice that a sizable proportion of the thugs are white, something not often seen in this country.
Not only that, [...]
Posted by Jerry Pomeroy as Best Of the Web, Core Values, Cultural Insanity, Welfare at 1:22 PM UTC
As the Reverend Jesse Jackson would say, we should always look for the root problem. What lies at the bottom of America’s fiscal nightmare? Read on:
EDITORIAL: Markets to Obama: shut up
Toxic fiscal policies send investors fleeing
By THE WASHINGTON TIMES
4:55 p.m., Monday, August 8, 2011
President Obama pauses as he speaks in the State Dining Room [...]
Posted by Jerry Pomeroy as Best Of the Web, Economics, Government Blunders, Obama Presidency at 6:39 AM UTC
Here’s the bitter truth about America’s debt:
Posted by Jerry Pomeroy as Cultural Insanity, Economics, Government Blunders, Video at 5:24 PM UTC