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Government Outrage
Thursday, March 05, 2009
WHAT DOES A TRILLION DOLLARS LOOK LIKE?
I don’t think ANY of us really know what a trillion means…..despite the fact that the number is being thrown around with abandon, these days. I remember when a $400,000,000,000.00 (four hundred billion dollars) was an UNCONSIONABLE deficit…..but that was a long time ago - back when a Republican was in the White House. Now, the government can commit to spending well over one trillion dollars it doesn’t have (meaning it will borrow or print the money), and (almost) everyone is cheering.
Anyhow, thanks to Jonah Goldberg at THE CORNER, I’ve been to a website where one can see in a very graphic fashion the full reality of $1,000,000,000,000.00 (one trillion dollars). Get ready, because it’s a little bit shocking. OK…..(I’m not making this up).....(don’t say I didn’t warn you)........HERE IT IS.
Miscellany • Funny (strange?) Stuff • Politics • Domestic • Government Outrage • Economics •
Saturday, February 21, 2009
RICK SANTELLI SPEAKS FOR EVERYONE WHO FAITHFULLY PAYS ON A MORTGAGE FOR A HOUSE HE CAN AFFORD….
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Saturday, February 14, 2009
ARE YOU WONDERING ABOUT “PORKAPALOOZA”, AKA “THE STIMULUS BILL”?
REASON MAGAZINE has an analysis, including a big list of projects that made it into the bill - that OUGHT to make your blood boil.
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It’s a terrible bill, in other words, both on its face and in the details. For the reasons I detailed HERE, it won’t stimulate the economy. It violates many of President Obama’s promises. Most of the deals that created it were made behind closed doors, meaning that there is virtually zero transparency and no real way to track where, how, or why money is being spent. On top of that, the bill is still packed with items that any vaguely impartial observer would call pork.
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READ THE WHOLE THING…..and weep for our children and grandchildren, who will be paying for our lack of restraint for many decades.
Politics • Domestic • Healthcare • Government Outrage • Economics •
Thursday, January 29, 2009
THE OLD STORY IS THAT THE AUTO COMPANIES KILLED THE ELECTRIC TRAMS ALL OVER THE U.S…...
....and now, guess what? The electric automobile is being KILLED IN CALIFORNIA, and guess who the murderer is, this time?
Would you believe….? It’s the CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD. On the surface, this really seems bizarre, doesn’t it? I mean….electric cars will take gasoline-powered vehicles off the road…..and plug-in electrics can supplant the WORST-polluting type of driving that exists - the daily commute. So, what’s the deal?
Science • Environment • Politics • Domestic • Government Outrage • (0) Comments •
Monday, December 29, 2008
WANT TO SUPPLEMENT YOUR S.S. CHECK SELLING SOMETHING FROM HOME…....?
Fuggedaboutit…....
Shasta County health officials are cracking down on an 86-year-old disabled World War II veteran who has been selling homemade fruitcakes for more than a decade.
The Department of Environmental Health cites an obscure law banning food businesses in private homes.
Jack Melton of Redding gave away many of his pecan-filled fruitcakes. But health officials saw a small handmade window sign offering some for sale.
Health specialist Fern Hastings says Melton must use a commercial bakery that has passed a health inspection even if he gives his cakes to the public.
Melton says the 10- to 14-dozen fruitcakes he sold each year helped supplement his Social Security benefits.
But the retired electrician says at his age, it’s probably time to quit anyway.
I guess in California, if you can’t get by on one government check, you can either get by with less, or apply for a second government check! READ THE STORY HERE
Hat Tip: THE CORNER at National Review Online
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