Archives for the ‘War on Intelligence’ Category
Friday, 12 September 2008
Government created the financial market climate responsible for the risky loans that should never have been given. Yet government has now appointed itself the savior that will rescue us from bad decisions made by government. How this guy can be so far off base is amazing.
Self-reliance. Individual responsibility. A faith in free markets and a [...]
Tags: bad decisions, bear stearns, economic model, fannie mae, fannie mae and freddie mac, federal national mortgage, federal national mortgage association, finance lenders, government sponsored enterprises, harsh discipline, home mortgage corporation, lehman brothers, market climate, mortgage finance, national mortgage association, risky loans, securities and exchange commission, self reliance, u s treasury, unprecedented intrusion
Posted in Apropos Rumination, Banality of Bureaucracy, Correct Me Please, Current Events, Federal Wars, Government, Ideas, Memewars, Nanny State of Mind, Political, Politics, Rampant Consumerism, Signs of the End Times, Trevordamus, United States, War on Intelligence | 2 Comments »
Thursday, 28 August 2008
It’s true that Barack Obama loves guns. But only for the privileged politician and bureaucrat classes. You see, without guns, the bureaucrats would get a lot less cooperation fighting all the wars they are engaged in. Gun control is not about protecting us from each other. Gun control is about protecting bureaucrats from their subjects.
You [...]
Tags: boondoggle, bureaucrat, chicago tribune, drug use, extreme stance, federal legislation, gun regulation, gun rights, illegal substances, illinois residents, mentality, national legislation, pet issue, prescription abuse, social injustice, social injustices, u s senate, war on drugs, War on Poverty, war on terror
Posted in About Libertarians, Apropos Rumination, Federal Wars, Global, Government, Ideas, Memewars, Nanny State of Mind, Political, Politics, War on Drugs, War on Guns, War on Intelligence | 2 Comments »
Monday, 25 August 2008
Government, by its very nature, engenders some pretty idiotic news stories. This is one of the dumbest I’ve read in years. Intent is no longer an issue in the giant plantation of subjects we called the United States of America. Nancy Pelosi, being one of the overseers, must be protected, even when no one is [...]
Tags: authorities, citizens, colorado department, department of public safety, grand hyatt hotel, nancy pelosi, pinedale wyo, police officers, professional response, rifle case, secret service, states of america, weapons
Posted in Banality of Bureaucracy, Correct Me Please, Current Events, Federal Wars, Government, Memewars, Nanny State of Mind, Plain Old Stupid, Political, Politics, United States, War on Drugs, War on Intelligence | 8 Comments »
Friday, 22 August 2008
Alabama is about to begin charging state employees $25 a month for being overweight.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Alabama, pushed to second in national obesity rankings by deep-fried Southern favorites, is cracking down on state workers who are too fat.
The state has given its 37,527 employees a year to start getting fit — or they’ll pay $25 [...]
Tags: alabama state, deep south, dissension, getting fit, health issues, incentives, insurance companies, libertarian perspective, obesity, personal productivity, reward employees, southern favorites, state employees, tooth and nail, triathlon, wage garnishment
Posted in Banality of Bureaucracy, Federal Wars, Government, Politics, War on Intelligence | 3 Comments »
Wednesday, 20 August 2008
Another mental patient has died while in government care. The solution being touted, as usual, is more government oversight.
The state sent a team Tuesday to help Cherry Hospital in Goldsboro draft new procedures to ensure patients receive proper care.
An investigator’s report released Monday found that 50-year-old Steven Sabock died in April after he at one [...]
Tags: bureaucracy, cherry hospital, citizens, deaths, department of health, department of health and human services, doctors, government oversight, health and human services, hospital staff, indifference, journalists, medication, mental patient, north carolina counties, playing cards, psychiatric hospital, state of north carolina, surveillance, watching television
Posted in Apropos Rumination, Banality of Bureaucracy, Current Events, Federal Wars, Government, Inhumanity, Nanny State of Mind, United States, War on Intelligence | No Comments »