Posts Tagged ‘big government’
Government Continues to Grow during Lame Duck Season
Nestled between Thanksgiving and Christmas, as we all revel in the season and work on getting things handled at the office so that we can spend some time with family and friends in just 20 short days, our Senators in DC are hard at work making sure that they can toast to new taxes on…
Read MoreThe End of the Tea Party?
Today, many of the incumbents and political elite who were mystified by the public uprising of the Tea Party are leaving office just as bewildered. After nearly two years of rallies, activist, and electioneering the Tea Party Movement has done what many on the left and in the media thought impossible. They united together on…
Read MoreSan Francisco’s Final Victory
I am always amazed at the parallels between baseball and politics. Perhaps it is because I have worked in politics for several years and been a baseball fan far longer. Or perhaps it is because baseball is quintessentially American (with apologies to places where the sport was exported like Japan and the Caribbean). It is…
Read MoreSome Things Never Change, Part II
PHILOSOPHER KINGS FACING INEVITABLE DEFEAT: BLAME THE VOTER
In the closing chapters of election 2010, one conspicuous factor that stands out is the bizarre and obvious contempt the liberal Left has with the American voter. Upon his coronation, it was pronounced loud and clear by the new administration, mainstream media, and leftwing blogs that all subjects who reside within the kingdom be required…
Read MoreTransitioning from a National Mindset to a Local One
With the end of mid-term election season quickly approaching, nearly every poll, blog post, and even MSM news story has come to a similar conclusion: at least one house in Congress (and possibly both) is almost guaranteed to flip from one party to another. And on a larger scale conservative and center/right candidates should also…
Read MoreWisconsin is a Conservative State
Recent polls have shown that the number of likely voters in Wisconsin who identify themselves as “conservative” is far greater than those who would use “liberal” or “moderate” as a label. It isn’t just one poll either. A McClatchey-Marist Poll (September 26-28, 2010) in Wisconsin found 47% of likely voters label themselves a conservative, compared to 20% for liberal and 33% for moderate. A CNN/Time Poll (September 17-21, 2010) showed 47% conservative, 19% liberal, and 32% moderate among Wisconsin likely voters. A Gallup poll showed the percentage of conservatives at 43% of Wisconsin likely voters.
Read MoreSeeing the Light Born of a Dark Two Years
In the middle of October, 2008, when I still had my own personal blog (never again) I predicted that Barack Obama would win the Presidential election. Though the poll numbers were still pretty tight at that point, the writing was on the wall as far as I was concerned. Thus I conceded a month early…
Read MoreWhy Constitution Day Still Matters, 223 Years Later
Why celebrate Constitution Day? On September 17, 1787, our founders, the members of the Constitutional Convention, adopted our Constitution as the governing document for our brand new country. Faced with overwhelming odds against this country they fought for succeeding and thriving, they outlined a blueprint to “enable the government to control the governed, and in…
Read MoreDo Something!
In the age that we find ourselves in, there are so many campaigns and organizations vying for our attention. If your calendar is anything like mine, it is hard to discern where you are supposed to be from day to day or even hour to hour. Multiple meetings, breakfasts, forums & debates continue to crowd…
Read MoreHooky Playing Government Employee Kept on the Books… for 12 Years!
I’m sure at least a few of us thought about playing hooky today, with summer winding down and (at least here) the sun shining outside, but could you imagine playing hooky for 12 years? Well, an employee of the taxpayer funded “Community Services” Board in Norfolk, Virginia did exactly that. For 12 years the employee…
Read MoreUpdate: Driveway Taxes and Pooches Pool Parties
You might remember this post from last week, where I discussed the new “driveway tax” passed last week by the city council in Mission, KS. This tax (assessed as a fee) will apply to nonprofits including churches, schools and governments, will charge homeowners $72 each year for having a driveway, while businesses will be charged…
Read MoreHow to Prolong a Recession: Tax Driveways
What if you owned a small business? What if you owned a small business and your customers came to your store or office? What if you owned a small business where your customers came to your store or office, and parked in your parking lot? What if you owned a small business where your customers…
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Focus Local: 10 Reasons Why Bell, CA Matters
I like to think that I’m a pretty dynamic individual, but I’ll be honest, there comes a point in every single training I conduct where I bore my attendees. They start looking around the room, staring at the ceiling, mouths dropping open, drool pooling at the corners of their lips. Ok, maybe it’s not that…
Read MoreWhat?! I agree with Huff-Po critique of “YouCut” project.
Originally posted at RazShafer.com I’m all about giving props to liberals when they get something right…even if it’s a little thing. While I don’t agree with a lot of the article, the author raises a great point about the YouCut Project: even if every budget item that was given as an option in the YouCut…
Read MoreGenuine Protest: Us and Them
History has shown, and is now showing once again, that liberty, in and of itself, is a cause worth fighting for. It requires no supplemental incentives; it begs no top-down orchestration.
Read MoreA Pearl of Wisdom from John Locke
It is the knowledge that there is an element of the Divine in our efforts that should spur us on even further – the knowledge that by giving of our time and talent to make a difference this November, we are preserving our God-given right to liberty and a government that is useful to us, not harmful.
Read MoreYour Tax Dollars at Work: Quail and Cocaine
The National Institute of Health, in a surpassingly frivolous and mind bendingly irresponsible foray into the realm of the meaningless, gave a $181,000 grant to a scientist at the University of Kentucky studying the effect of cocaine on the sex drive of Japanese quail.
Read MoreAmerican Religious Freedom Part II: The Present
Institutionalized secularism is the single largest threat to American religious freedom today. We may not think much of a court decision here or there, but the ripple effect of degraded religious freedom will have enormous repercussions for our liberty as a whole, the state of our culture, and our well being as a nation.
Read MoreProud to be Pro-Choice (Though not in the Way You Think)
I love bacon cheeseburgers. I honestly do. Give me a solid bacon cheeseburger covered in ketchup and mayo with a side of fries drenched in salt along with a frosty beverage and then a strawberry shake for dessert, and you have the making of my “Death Row Meal”. The problem with those foods, however, is…
Read MoreSome Food for Thought: Government Efficiency
Following the president’s speech last night regarding the oil spill and cleanup efforts, I stayed around to watch some of the commentary just to see if I had missed any good observations. When FoxNews pundit Charles Krauthammer weighed in, I was not disappointed. (For the particular response referred to in this post, click here. For the…
Read MoreMore Unpopular than BP?
Guess who is still more unpopular than BP? Felix Salmon posted this chart displaying just how much BP’s brand has tanked since the start of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in April. But, I find the real shocker in Salmon’s chart is not BP’s drop. The real kicker is that the company responsible for the…
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