Category: Government Waste

Danny Glover’s Revisionist History: 2nd Amendment Was for Protecting Slavery

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Actor and hardcore progressive Danny Glover should add revisionist historian to his growing resume of left-wing activism after a recent visit to Texas A&M University where he told students that the Second Amendment was mainly meant to keep African Americans in slavery and to kill Native American peoples. During his January 17 appearance at the […]

 

New York Fires Auditor Who Found Abuse of Federal Hurricane Sandy Funds

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

No good deed goes unpunished in New York as the state has abruptly cut off a contract with the independent auditor who found that the city and state had been wasting federal money meant to be spent on Hurricane Sandy recovery efforts. Thomas Sadowski, the fired consultant, told the Times Union that he was escorted […]

 

Americans Dissatisfied With Current Gun Laws But Still Supportive of Second Amendment

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

In the aftermath of the murders at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newton, Connecticut, Gallup has found that the number of Americans open to greater restrictions on guns has taken an upswing going from 25 percent in support of tighter restrictions to 38 percent. Despite this, Americans are not keen on ending their Second Amendment rights. […]

 

Obama Signs Law Giving Himself Armed Guards for Life

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

President Obama has signed a law that will give himself and all presidents Secret Service protection for life, reversing a law passed during the Clinton administration that gave former presidents a security detail for only 10 years after leaving office. The new law signed on Wednesday also gives former first ladies lifetime security details (unless […]

 

Hooray! Goverment Wastes $100k On Video Game About Hotcoldwetdry And Gender

Posted on by William Teach

When conservatives talk about responsible spending and limited government, this is an example of what we’re talking about. It’s also a good example of Government being in the business of propaganda (Daily Caller) A taxpayer-funded computer game produced by Spelman College features a black female protagonist battling the evil forces of climate change and gender […]

 

Fake News: L.A. Cops/Media Tout Rocket Launcher Seizure That Wasn’t

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Chief Charlie Beck and L.A. Mayor Villaraigosa, Dec. 27, 2012 The L.A. Police Department had big news on December 27. They had seized a pair of rocket launchers! This, of course, would have been shocking news if only they really had found “rocket launchers” in the City of Angels. As the L.A. Police Department’s “gun […]

 

Obama’s Lawless Presidency

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

President Obama’s supporters love to call him the “cool” President, a “no drama” guy, and generally like to claim he is unflappable in office. Whatever the truth of that claim, there is one thing for sure: he doesn’t sweat the small stuff. Like following the law. During his four years in office this president has […]

 

Fiscal Face Plant

Posted on by Robert Cleveland

It is now 2013, and I can unequivocally state that I am sick and tired of all of the Fiscal Cliff crap…mainly because crap is all that we are getting from Washington. After all of the angst and hand-wringing and closed-door meetings and finger-pointing and bloviating for the press, all the White House and the […]

 

What Fiscal Cliff? VP Biden, Gov’t Workers Getting Raises

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Imagine you are working for a company that is going bankrupt, but everyone you work with and your bosses are getting pay raises. Seem absurd? Not if you work for the failing federal government because President Obama has happily decreed that Vice President Biden, members of Congress and most federal workers are getting raises for […]

 

Sen. Schumer Says Long Dead Assault Weapons Ban Responsible for Current Falling Crime Stats

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

On Sunday Senator Chuck Schumer tried to pass off the 1994 assault weapons ban bill that was canceled eight years ago as the reason that today’s violent crime rates have been down. In a discussion about gun control with Senator Chuck Schumer (D, NY) and Lindsey Graham (R, SC), David Gregory of NBC’s Meet The […]

 

Wind Energy Subsidies Must Die

Posted on by Dave Blount

By watching the “mainstream” media, you could get the impression that the crucial issue of the day is whether the government will be able to raise taxes high enough fast enough to avoid disaster. In reality, Big Government already has too much money if it has even a penny to waste on moonbat insanity like […]

 

Government Green Energy Leech Calls for Death of Critics

Posted on by Dave Blount

Be careful when relaying information relating to the massive sums of money our rulers are flushing down green energy boondoggles — unless you want sociopathic moonbats like Kerrilee Ann Crosby calling for your death: A woman angered by a Watchdog investigation into the government lab where she works retaliated by threatening mass murder against this […]

 

Weekly Standard’s Kristol Throws Up Hands, GOP Should ‘Acquiesce’ to Obama

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

-By Warner Todd Huston William Kristol, Editor of the Weekly Standard, seems to have decided that retreat is the way forward for the Republican Party. In a new editorial that approaches a meltdown, the Fox commentator and consummate Washington insider essentially advised the GOP to just throw in the towel on these fiscal cliff talks […]

 

AP’s False Claim That ‘Some’ Democrats Open to Entitlement Cuts

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

In a November 28 article, the Associated Press tried to give cover to Democrats by insisting that they are somehow divided over cuts in entitlements to help solve the “fiscal cliff” problem. But the truth is, Democrats are united against these cuts, not divided. In its piece headlined, “It’s Not Just Taxes: Benefit Cuts Divide […]

 

Sen. Orrin Hatch: Obama Fiscal Proposal ‘Classic Bait and Switch’

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Senator Orrin Hatch (R, Utah) delivered the GOP weekly address and it was a damn good one. He pulled no punches and laid it out straight that Obama lied when he ran for re-election and perpetrated a “classic bait and switch” maneuver. What ever you think of Mr. Hatch or the GOP, he spoke truth […]

 

After We Get Rid Of The Dollar Bill, We Should Move On To The Penny And Nickel Next

Posted on by John Hawkins

Replacing dollar bills with dollar coins is an obnoxious idea, if only because coins don’t work well in most wallets. Yet, this would seem to be a strong argument in favor of the practice. Congressional auditors say doing away with dollar bills entirely and replacing them with dollar coins could save taxpayers some $4.4 billion […]

 

College Professors Lose Hours Because of Obamacare

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

One of my favorite stories this week is the college professors at Pennsylvania’s Community College of Allegheny who’ve had their hours cut because of the costly requirements of Obamacare. One of Obamacare’s changes to general business practices is to make people who work 30 hours or more a “full time worker.” For generations that magic […]

 

Health Care Reform = More Money, Bigger Hospitals, and Less Private Practices

Posted on by Matt Vespa

For a while, conservatives have known that Obamacare would be a dose of bad medicine. : However, given the axiom that bog government helps big business, the same could be true with the medical industry. : Tim Carney at The Washington Examiner aptly pointed out today, from Bloomberg, Obamacare favors big hospitals, and smashes small practices. In […]

 

Tax Paid Prof Says Commie Stalin Never Committed Any Crimes

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Here is a heartwarming tale of your education tax dollars at work. At a recent school event at a New Jersey public university, a tax paid professor said that Joseph Stalin, the murderous head of the Soviet Union during the WWII era, never committed any crimes against humanity. “I have yet to find one crime […]

 

Foodstamps Surge to All Time High, Biggest One Month Growth Ever Recorded

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

The Obama administration has finally released its report on the number of Americans on foodstamps. This report was released nine days past its traditional release date and just coincidentally days after the election. Shockingly, those numbers show that Americans on foodstamps is at an all time high. Worse the report shows the highest one month […]

 

Newsweek: Hey, Whities, You’re Old, You’re White And You’re Finished

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Your days are done, white man. In its November issue, Newsweek and writer David Frum want you GOP whities to know that you’re old, you’re white, and you’re finished. Not only does Newsweek want white Republicans to know their salad days are over (and that they are racist, no doubt), but the aging magazine has […]

 

CNBC: We’re Probably Headed to Another Recession… NOW They Tell Us?

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Two days after the election, CNBC published a dour report on the economy. Shockingly, CNBC is predicting that the U.S. economy is likely headed for another recession. CNBC so helpfully tells us that, now that the election is behind us, the light in our economic tunnel could be a “freight train.” Gee, it sure would […]

 

After The Elections: Where Is America Now? It’s Dead, That’s Where

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Due to the re-election of Barack Hussein Obama, the United States is officially a failed experiment. In fact, his election in the first place in 2008 signaled the end. Because so few of you people out there know anything about history any more, I’ll have to explain that opening line above. You see, the founders […]

 

L.A. Times: Hey, Did We Mention That You Romney Voters are ALL Racists

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Sandy Banks of the L.A. Times has figured out why anyone would vote against Barack Obama. Why, they are all racists, of course. Oh, you don’t use “the N word,” she tells us, but we know what you Romney voters really think. Banks dropped all pretense of logic or fairness in her November 4 piece […]