Your tax dollars at work. The US State Department was Wednesday under fire for spending $630,000 over two years to win millions of "likes" on its Facebook pages at a time of severe government austerity measures. A scathing report by the department's independent watchdog took the coordinators of its social media outreach policy to task saying ... MOREU.S. State Dept Spends $630,000 On Facebook "Likes"
Your tax dollars at work. The US State Department was Wednesday under fire for spending $630,000 over two years to win millions of "likes" on its Facebook pages at a time of severe government austerity measures. A scathing report by the department's independent watchdog took the coordinators of its social media outreach policy to task saying ... MOREWomen Sue Drug Warriors Over Roadside Cavity Searches
Public servants just protecting the citizens? The two women who are suing after they were subjected to a humiliating and invasive cavity search on a Texas roadside on Memorial Day last year have spoken out about their ordeal. Brandy Hamilton, 26, and Alexandria Randle, 24, told reporters how they were ordered out of their vehicle, not ... MOREDavid Harsanyi: Liberals Vs. Imaginary Monsters
A noble fight against evil? New York Times columnist Paul Krugman recently informed us that a national movement is afoot "to punish the unemployed." Remarkably, he went on to write, conservatives think the world is far too easy on those who can't find work, so they're on a mission to make it worse. The right, you see, is not just perpetuating ... MOREThomas Sowell - The Mindset Of The Left (Part 3)
A relentless quest for more government intrusions. The fundamental problem of the political left seems to be that the real world does not fit their preconceptions. Therefore they see the real world as what is wrong, and what needs to be changed, since apparently their preconceptions cannot be wrong. A never-ending source of ... MORERepubs Leaving Party Are Tired Of "Two Evils" Argument
Both parties relentless pimp big government. A new study by the Frontier Lab, a conservative market research group, found that Republican voters who leave the party do so because they are are tired of being told to vote Republican as the "lesser of two evils." The study, "Switching Behavior: Modeling disaffiliation from the Republican ... MOREPolitical Correctness Costs Big Brother Contestant Her Job
Modeling agency decides free speech good only in theory. A Texas modeling agency is dropping a Big Brother 15 contestant as a client after she spewed racist and homophobic comments on the show’s 24/7 feed. Zephyr Talent of Austin, TX announced on its Facebook page that it will release Aaryn Gries, 22, from her contract after she was ... MOREEmily Goff: Cut Government Spending To Help Economy?
Majority says yes. A recent Rasmussen poll
(subscription required) found that 65 percent of likely voters want the
government to cut spending to help alleviate the country’s economic
woes. Four years after the official end of the recession in June 2009, the economy is growing sluggishly. As The Wall Street Journal reports
today, the ... MORERick Manning: The Extra-Constitutional ObamaCare Delay
Waiting till after midterms to drive up health costs. Never has a word better described a man than "audacious" describes the 44th president of the United States, Barack H. Obama. His latest jaw-dropper was delivered via a Treasury Department blog post that the controversial employer mandate section of the ObamaCare law will be delayed ... MOREThomas Sowell - The Mindset Of The Left (Part II)
Promoting envy and a sense of grievance. The political left has long claimed the role of protector of "the poor." It is one of their central moral claims to political power. But how valid is this claim? Leaders of the left in many countries have promoted policies that enable the poor to be more comfortable in their poverty. But that raises a ... MOREDirty Little Secret About Holiday Traffic Ticketing
by Gary Biller. One of the most cherished traditions of the American family is the summer vacation. Packing up the car and heading cross-country for a weeklong camping trip, a visit with those distant cousins or an extended stay near a popular theme park is generally the recipe for a refreshing break from the dog days of summer. Little do most ... MOREFrom A Nation Of Laws To A Nation Of Men
by John Whitehead. With each passing day, America is inching further down the slippery slope toward a police state. While police clashes with protesters, small farmers and other so-called “lawbreakers” vividly illustrate the limits placed on our freedoms, the boundaries of a police state extend far beyond the actions of law enforcement. ... MORE
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