So much for "not increasing your taxes!"

You knew that it was only a matter of time before the tired and worn out methods became all of a sudden fresh and new! It has been tried before. It has been a miserable failure. Alan says it better than I could here.

FairTax...a beginning.

While I'm a big fan of the FairTax, I certainly like Instapundit's take on the proposal for a surtax on former government employees who get a big raise after departing the public sector for the private sector. See the post here. I invite all readers to read and understand the FairTax as it is described in Neal Boortz' and John Linder's prize winning book. It really is simple to understand and truly is "fair" as anything else suggested. Best of all is that it removes the ability of government to choose winners and losers in the market.

Read more here.

School Lunch...no matter what it tastes like!

I personally see this as the beginning of the end. True overreach by those who insist they have nothing but the best of intentions. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/education/ct-met-school-lunch-restrictions-041120110410,0,4567867.story I would walk right down to my doctor and write a note saying that little Johnny only likes the food that his mother makes...and it would hurt his "self-esteem" to be forced to eat the same crap as the other students...and that therefore he should have a medical waiver from having to eat the prepared food offered by the school! Really turn their rules against them! More here from Michelle, (Doug Powers, actually, but you get the idea.)

Why a Salad Costs More Than a Big Mac

This is really just another example of the Law of Unintended Consequences which states...that "any intervention in a complex system may or may not have the intended result, but will inevitably create unanticipated and often undesirable outcomes."

Unintended Consequences: Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_Unintended_Consequences

Why a Saad Costs More Than a Big Mac

Link: http://consumerist.com/2010/03/why-a-salad-costs-more-than-a-big-mac.html

Speaking of Tax Dollars being wasted...

You probably have seen stuff like this before from the government. Something that just doesn't make sense.
This is the letter from the U.S. Census telling citizens that it is going to be sending them a letter.

LINK: http://www.redstate.com/bs/2010/03/09/your-tax-dollars-at-work-us-census-edition/

The flu season that wasn't.

I can still remember that goofball secretary of health and human services showing reporters how to "properly cough" into the crook of the elbow. If something is to be learned from this it is that if the government tells you something is a crisis...you can probably ignore it. If the government tells you not to worry about something, that is when to be concerned.

LINK:http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703429304575095743102260012.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLENexttoWhatsNewsSecond

I'm from the Government...here to help (NOT!!)

Government steps in it again. The law of unintended consequences is displayed en toto.

LINK: http://hotair.com/archives/2010/02/17/the-ripple-effects-of-federal-action-a-case-study/

Why Fear Big Government?

Victor Davis Hanson has the answer! Be Afraid...Be VERY Afraid!

LINK: http://pajamasmedia.com/victordavishanson/why-fear-big-government/

Big Goverment getting Bold! Scary!

Funny how the government is always the one who sets the rules and can set up bureacracy to assist them whenever they are obviously at fault. Pedestrians have right of way, even outside of crosswalk!

LINK: http://dailycaller.com/2010/02/04/struck-down-feds-refuse-to-explain-how-agent-injured-daily-caller-writer/

Disturbing Article about Two Classes of Citizens

Those that work...
and
Those that are looters...

Which would you rather have more of?

LINK: http://www.nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/keeping-americas-edge

Question 9 of the 2010 Census

What is Person 1's race?
_White
_Black, African Am., or Negro
_American Indian or Alaska Native ---Print name of enrolled or principal tribe

_Asian Indian _Japanese _Native Hawaiian
_Chinese _Korean _Guamanian or Chamorro
_Filipino _Vietnamese _Samoan
_Other Asian--print race, for example Hmong, Laotian, Thai, Pakistani, Cambodian, and so on.
_Other Pacific Islander--print race, for example Fijian, Tongan, and so on.
_Some other race--print race

Me, I'm planning to answer "Some other race."

Many consider de facto racial profiling an example of institutional racism in law enforcement. The history of misuse of racial categories to impact adversely one or more groups and/or to offer protection and advantage to another has a clear impact on debate of the legitimate use of known phenotypical or genotypical characteristics tied to the presumed race of both victims and perpetrators by the government. I think, like Justice Roberts that the way to stop discriminating on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.

"Some other race" seems to work for me.

More "Unexpectedly" Statements

It may be my opinion, but the phrase "Unexpectedly" and "Unexpected" is used more often than not. Just who are these "Experts" making the predictions? Why are the results so often "unexpected?"
As I told my son one time when making a string of poor decisions, "Maybe you should just do the opposite of what you think you should? - You would be better off.

I'm now thinking that the "experts" making predictions should take this advice.

LINK:http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100108/bs_nm/us_usa_economy_7

Is there any accountability?

If this was viewed as a "War" as it should be, then this guy would be looking for a job.

LINK: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2010/01/07/2010-01-07_antiterror_chief_took_ski_pass_remained_on_slopes_after_christmas_bomb_attempt.html

When Government Gets More Power - You Lose More Freedom

That's the way it works folks! I am a big believer in the FairTax. When you look at how much time, effort, energy and money is spent in following the regulations of the IRS...and when you understand that the IRS employees are unable to tell you what the exact policy is...and when you understand that if you are ever audited it your responsibility to prove you are innocent...and when you understand that as of 2005 only one member of Congress prepared his own income tax paperwork...then you will understand that the IRS is not a friend to anybody in the United States, except of course the Congress.

LINK: http://boortz.com/nealz_nuze/2010/01/giving-the-irs-more-power.html

I'm afraid that the rules we are creating only favor our enemies

We are so screwed! Our enemies only have to send one lame brain over and then our court system will open up all our sensitive intelligence to them. It is amazing that the Ruskies and Chicoms didn't think of this during the Cold War.

LINK:http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2010/01/025314.php

More Craziness from the Border Security/TSA Nutjobs

You've probably seen his reporting. I don't always agree with his assessments, but he certainly is correct to refuse to answer a question of his annual income. Is this the first in a series of the the Federal Government overstepping its boundries? Hardly. Look for more of this in the coming weeks and months. All of this is meant to distract the casual observer from what is really happening - Dismantling of the Representative Republic - Empowering the Sococialist Democracy.
LINK: http://hotair.com/archives/2010/01/05/breaking-michael-yon-arrested-at-seattle-airport/

John Lott's Website: Amtrak loses $32 per passenger

Enough is enough!!
This is basically the same outfit that wants to run the Healthcare industry... 1/6th of our Economy?
Has America lost it's freakin' mind? This has to stop!
Vote for free markets with no government interferrence or control.

John Lott's Website: Amtrak loses $32 per passenger

CARPE DIEM: The No Insurance Club: Innovative Prepaid Medical Plans That Restore the Doctor-Patient Relationship#links

I just knew that the private free market had a solution. The answer has never been more government. Just the opposite...the answer has always been individual responsibility!

CARPE DIEM: The No Insurance Club: Innovative Prepaid Medical Plans That Restore the Doctor-Patient Relationship#links

Not Exactly Sure What She's Talking About

Watching this video statement from Speaker Pelosi. She seems to me to be trying to tell many Americans that their words can hurt.

Of particular note, the phase, "...some of the ears that it is falling on are not as balanced as the person making the statement may assume."

Is she talking about me?

LINK:

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2009/09/17/pelosi_chokes_up_warning_against_political_violence.html

I've thought this for years...

Indeed, there is something blowing in the wind--The stench in Washington DC!
Wiinning platform of
1) Smaller Government,
2) Strong Defense,
3) FairTax,
4) Strong Borders,