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Category: Government
February 19, 2025
The goal – zero-based versus baseline
In case you don’t understand what’s going on right now here’s a rundown. I read an article this morning about what Trump and Musk are trying to do. I’m going to simplify it a little bit to make it easily understandable. It has to do with baseline budgeting versus zero-based budgeting. Each time congress puts […]
May 1, 2021
Is it really your business?
As creatures of society, we’re natural nosy and intrusive busy bodies. While there are laudable values in knowing what everyone else is doing (more able to help when help is truly needed), our native nature isn’t to good-hearted altruism. We gossip about everyone and everything. We have an opinion on everything and everyone. Seldom is […]
April 5, 2021
OMGosh! This is fabulous!
I’ve occasionally said (tongue in cheek) that illegal immigrants should be catapulted back over the border. We’ll be kind . . . we’ll even give them a parachute. This article has an even better plan! I love it! Time To Do That Which We Are Accused By Lindell Denham -April 5, 2021 Are you a ‘normal, […]
April 5, 2021
Why I support Judicial Watch
One of the foundations I support annually is Judicial Watch. They do really good things for our country and deserve every cent and more of the money I donate annually. This article is by Micah Morrison, chief investigative reporter for Judicial Watch. Judicial Watch at the Supreme Court: Fighting for Clean Elections Battles for clean […]
November 30, 2016
Having health care is not a milestone
I signed up for Apple Care, our state’s health care exchange. Until now I’ve paid for my health care out of pocket and that has worked wonderfully well for me. I’d like to continue to do that and have a high deductible policy that covered me in case of disaster but that’s not available to […]
September 1, 2015
Why government will fail
Obama’s press secretary is on record saying Congress is afraid of the NRA. Silliness. It’s we’re the government and we’re here to help trying to sway public opinion and walk on our freedoms. It’s time we began recognizing and decrying this for what it is. It isn’t “control the masses”, though it could be. It […]
August 26, 2015
Everything Old is New Again
There was a time in human history when communities were rounded up, imprisoned, dissected, murdered, starved and harvested, and the surrounding population turned a blind eye. This complicity was national and the debasement of a whole sect of people was rationalized because they were considered sub-human. A nation bought into this abuse because it was […]
July 5, 2014
And then they came for me
On Facebook this morning was a post about a woman with brain cancer who got caught up in the whole Obamacare mess, lost her coverage and in the mess that ensued, died from lack of treatment. There have been a number of things on Facebook lately that flipped my switch, this was just one. Thus […]
December 18, 2012
Rephrasing the argument
This morning the Tea Party’s Facebook feed has another “bad Obama” posting. Various conservative groups run this sort of thing almost weekly. The latest is a repeat of how “bad” Obama is because he vacations in Hawaii and he’s off to do it again soon and it costs $4 million and “ew, isn’t that horrible”. […]
July 31, 2012
Milton Friedman’s 100th
Today is Milton Friedman’s 100th birthday. There are few people for whom I have as much respect, nor any I laud more frequently. In celebration of his birthday, I’d like to extend this idea. What if, in the process of writing new legislation, a short treatise was required that referenced all the prior related legislation, […]
