Tag: "Nanny State"
Why Does Our Government Hate Children and Potatoes?
Thanks to the Lonely Conservative for bringing this new attempt to expand the Nanny State to my attention. You say potato? The USDA says “starchy vegetable.” The U.S. Department of Agriculture wants to limit how many starchy potatoes American schoolchildren eat each week as part of the federal school lunch program, beginning next year. I [...]
Why Is Our Government Persecuting a Guitar Maker?
I honestly have no idea what authority the Department of Justice has to raid two different Gibson Guitar factories twice in the past two years, shut it down for at least a day, seize files and real property, and hold that property for more than a year without one word of explanation to the rightful [...]
Vote, So A Kitty Can Get Angel’s Wings
If you’re sitting at your office today and wondering, “How can I make a splash for my country today”, Mike Flynn has a very good suggestion for you. If you live in California’s 36th Congressional district or in one of the 6 state senate districts targeted by Big Labor in Wisconsin, please vote today. If [...]
What the Over-Militarization of Our Police Departments Have Wrought
I have no reaction to this story but near-blinding rage. I don’t even know how to excerpt the links I have, so let me give you the short version of the story. On May 5, a police SWAT team in Arizona killed Jose Guerena, a former Marine who had recently wrapped up two tours in [...]
Bill Clinton Proposes Internet Rumor Control Agency, Universe Shudders from Irony Overload
If you hear a deafening “BOI-OI-OING” coming from every point in the known universe at the same time, please don’t worry. It’s just our reality rebounding from the weight of the irony former President Bill Clinton dumped into it on Friday. Bill Clinton doesn’t like all the misinformation and rumors floating on the Internet. And [...]
Democratic Senators Bully RIM into Taking Away Another Choice From You
If you are anything like me, you hate sobriety check points — those blights on weekend and holiday traveling where police officers commandeer an entire highway, slow all traffic to a near-standstill, and lecture each and every driver about the dangers of drunk driving all under the guise of ridding our roads of drunk drivers. [...]
Welcome to Britain, Where Death Stalks You at Every Turn
If you read British newspapers, and thanks to the miracle of RSS, I do, England may be the most dangerous country in the world. If the roving gangs of “Asian youth” or crowds of spoiled rioters ticked that they have to pay a little more for their mostly-subsidized college educations don’t get you, you can [...]
Old and Busted: Death Panels. New Hotness: Death Doctors
You might remember that Sarah Palin was raked over the coals in 2009 for using the phrase “Death Panels” to describe the “Advanced Care Planning Consultations” that were proposed in Obamacare. As the public clamor against the measure mounted, the Democrats swore up and down that the Death Panels didn’t exist, then removed the non-existent [...]
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