Tag Archives: Abuse of Power

Dirty Rotten No Good Unions

And I don’t like ’em very much either.

Greece and California aren’t the only governments in a world of hurt because of the power of Unions.  New York is getting hammered too.

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The Downside to Being Right All the Time

One of the downsides to being right all the time is that the burden to continue to be right is hard to bear.  With a batting average at 1.000, it can be difficult to handle the pressure each day.  And to make it especially hard is having to support positions that strike pretty close to my heart.

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Outlaw Water Main Breaks

It would seem that elected officials in Boston aren’t satisfied with altering the laws of men; they also would like to change the laws of nature.  And stuff.  So I offer them this unsolicited advice:

Stop nibbling at the edges and just legislate away water main breaks.

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Tell Me How These Are Different

Take a very close look at the two pictures below.

Tell me.  How are they different?

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Good Work If Ya Can Get It

Wanna know why California is going down the toilet?  And perhaps, why the rest of us are soon to follow?  Because unlike the real world, California rewards organizations that fail.

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More On "Thing A"

Just in case you think that bimbo wives of NFL playboys are the only Lefties scooping up gabillion dollar energy sinks there is this news:

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Taxpayer: Then vs. Now

I Lose

Hat Tip: Dirty Santa

So Much For The GM Love

So the other day I gushed about my man crush with GM.  I love Chevy and have always rooted against Ford.  But with the government bailout of GM and the destruction of 100 year old bankruptcy law by the administration, I left my love on the side of the road and embraced Ford.

I was only too happy to have GM pay back their money.

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Gangsta' Government?

For all the flap surrounding the Gangster Government it might just turn out to be the most appropriate description of Chicago gone DC yet.  How so?  Turns out the shamed Illinois Govn’a, Rod Blagojevich, has issued a subpoena to…..

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In A Stunning Reversal

So, how many of ya’ll thought that Obama’s health care bill was gonna reduce costs?  Reduce prices [you DO know the difference, right?] or even reduce the budget/deficit/debt?

Anyone?

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