Category: Stupid Government

Nipping A Meme In The Bud – The Iraq War Cost $3 Trillion Dollars (and yes, I am saying that in my mind like Dr. Evil and I have my pinky at my cheek)

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Mark Tapscott gives us the heads-up that some in the Democratic circle are proclaiming that the Iraq war has cost $3 trilion dollars. The CBO, you know, those guys that actually account for all congressional expenditures, shows the cost at about $709 billion, a wee bit short of the $3 trillion mark. Here’s a CBO […]

EPA To Regulate Dust…. Really.

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But, it’s only farm dust, so us non farmers don’t have to worry… Yet. Yes, this move did start and was implemented in the wonderful dysfunctional state of California. To the rest of the nation, I, as a Californian, do apologize. Oh, BTW, watch out for your fireplaces. We can’t use those anymore either. PS. […]

Political Stupidity / Meme Alert – Arizona VS Rhode Island

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In the last week, I have heard all over talk radio that it’s unfair to single out Arizona for wanting to enforce immigration law, when Rhode Island is doing that very thing! Why aren’t people and states and city counsels boycotting them?  Why doesn’t the government sue them???? Over at Volokh, I made this comment: […]

Neverending Meme Alert!

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A comment from a Facebook post on the Arizona immigration ruling today: “How much longer are WE gonna let this dictator run the show? Elections don’t matter anymore they never will. Wake up people action needs to happen because the USA I grew up in is gone. I worry about my childrens future…. ” This […]

The Shirley Sherrod Debacle.

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Note that the following is the first thing I wrote about this whole this, which was posted at Gay Patriot: After watching the full video, I conclude, that if the sole reason for her firing was this vid, Shirley Sherrod was wrongly terminated. Being a film major in college, and knowing just how manipulative a […]

Wednesday July 21st, 2010 in Politics / Law Stuff, Stupid Government | 4 Comments »

Stupid Politics – Why (unfortunately) Harry Reid Will Win…

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Because, at least in this interview.  his competitor seems to have a messianic complex five times greater than Obama’s! Here is some of the answers given by Angle from a recent interview Reid challenger Sharron Angle did on CBN. Now, I don’t have a problem with a candidate having strong religious beliefs, and I recognize […]

Taking Credit Where Credit Isn’t Due.

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This morning while driving, I was listening to the morning news. Certainly one of the big stories is the initial success of BP’s efforts to FINALLY cap the Deep Horizon oil spill. Well, wouldn’t you know it, the report was accompanied by audio clips of President Obama’s reaction to the news: “This larger, more sophisticated […]

Friday July 16th, 2010 in Stupid Government, Tortured Logic | No Comments »

The Sad State Of California – Why We Are Where We Are, Part 2

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We being the voters of California. Californians have always had a healthy dose of mistrust of our state politicians, usually with very good reason. Way back when, about twenty years ago, we in California were convinced that the only way to get better, less corrupt, people in office was to limit the amount of time […]

Wednesday July 14th, 2010 in Politics / Law Stuff, Stupid Government | No Comments »

Ha Ha! Your Intellectualism Is Dying! Pt 1

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GOPers Who Slammed Marshall’s Activism Can’t Name A Case Typifying It This is what happens when you take your talking points from Rush Limbaugh or Sean Hannity or Glenn Beck.

“No one will know until this is actually in place how it works.”

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Not Again! Good God, you’ve got ot be kidding! Yep. Again. That is a quote from Democrat Chris Dodd, on how the new Financial Reform Bill will affect things. Yep. We are in the very best of hands. PS. Here’s more: Although it would not fundamentally alter the shape of Wall Street or break up […]

Friday June 25th, 2010 in Stupid Government | No Comments »