Remember General Motors Chrysler? Recall how the firm recieved a major pile of pork stimulous money purportedly to further the president's scheme to not only save jobs, but to promote environmentally-friendly energy choices. Saving jobs, and saving the planet: what a twofer! The future is "green" jobs ( Read more... )

From the White House Website

There is a lot of disinformation about health insurance reform out there, spanning from control of personal finances to end of life care. These rumors often travel just below the surface via chain emails or through casual conversation. Since we can't keep track of all of them here at the White House, we're asking for ( Read more... )

It began with a gag order on the Chief of Staffs and their vice chief of staff: in order to advise Sec. Gates on U.S. military needs for the next budget they were not allowed to even talk to their own staffs of expert advisors.

It ended with the first administration in modern history to refuse to publish the five-year defense program

There's a ( Read more... )

Myself, I think citizens ought to be able to pray at public occasions: neo-pagan, Christian, Jewish... whatever his or her religion, if someone feels called to pray to his or her Deity (or lack thereof): go for it. But there are the Church-and-State separation fundamentalist who disagree, and plenty of atheists who fear that letting any citizen ( Read more... )

Here's what arrived in my mailbox today. First, an appeal to envy and greed:

"CEOs of large U.S. companies averaged $10.8 million in total compensation in 2006, more than 364 times the pay of the average worker"

Taking what doesn't belong to you by force is fine; so long as you use a government stick. One thing to keep in mind: The only employment ( Read more... )

Reference Post Alpha*:

I told you so.

Odds are excellent I'll get to use that one a lot.

* Like Moon Base Alpha, but with twice the schadenfreude