City Puts A Stop To Homeless Outreach

Bobby and Amanda Herring have been feeding the homeless in downtown Houston for more than a year but according to authorities there will be no more feeding the homeless without proper permits.  What does it take for the permit? - Having a certified kitchen and a certified food manager.
Let me ask this question to the city of Houston - in your attempt to protect the homeless - who suffers by shutting the Herring's true charity work down?  You or the homeless?

Make Mine Freedom - Someone With Knowledge Back In 1948

This cartoon was made in 1948 by some people with serious knowledge of the socialistic impact of government given too many powers.  This really is a must see.......for today's youth.

Nanny Of The Month - August 2010

Just amazing!

Surprise - Federal Government In Private Sector Again

Using tactics that are really growing old - Dodd and Frank put a provision in the financial reform bill that requires a private sector CEO to make public the difference between his salary and that of his employees.  Once again this is the private sector - do I believe that anyone is worth the money these CEOs are making?  No - I do not - but that is for the board of directors and the share holders to deal with.  It is not for the federal government or me to get involved in.  If a government employee had a salary that high, being paid for by taxpayers, I would be outraged.

How The Federal Government Abuses The Commerce Clause

This 10 minute video is worth watching - if for no other reason than to watch the university egghead tell the camera how the government can do whatever they want.

The Government's New Right to Track Your Every Move With GPS

It would appear that we just keep inching (hell - we are leaping) towards the totalitarian state that George Orwell imagined.  This new rule applies in California and 8 other Western states.  What is the rule - you ask?  The government now has the right to come onto your property and install a GPS device on your car without a warrant.  When asked why the government should be allowed to do this the judge said that because a delivery driver or paperboy can walk across a person's driveway the government can come onto your property.  When asked who was exempt from having this happen to them......in a surprising answer - rich people that can afford to put up a gate or fence to keep people out of their yard.

Kill Your TV

I was recently sent an interesting article on the toll television is taking on us.  When we watch television we go into a hypnotic state (almost comatose) and fail to use the left side of our brain.  The left side is the centre of logical human communication and analysis.  Is it really that hard to believe that television/video games are the cause for the lack of attention spans in today's youths?

The EPA Is On The Verge Of Declaring That Naturally Occurring Dust Is A Pollutant

What country am I in?  If the EPA declares the dust is a pollutant thing - farmer's will be penalized for their livestock kicking up dust, raising dust by plowing their fields or for driving down a dirt or gravel lane. It is not just the farmer that is subject to this over regulation you would not be able to drive down a gravel road either.  Big government is out of control and is in need of being put back in its place by the American voters!

Portland Lemonade Stand Needs $120 License To Operate

Don't believe that government sticks its nose into our business too much?  How about a 7 year old girl
needing a $120 permit to have a lemonade stand - do you think that is over the line of intrusion?
In today's America where the youth feel they are entitled to everything and our government encourages that sort of ignorant thought - there is a girl wanting to make some money by working for it - and the government shuts her down. 
Government is awesome!!!

The Feds Admit They Store The Body Scan Images

Remember when they first started installing these imaging machines and they said the images were not stored anywhere?  Well - in a shocking admission - it turns out they are storing the images - doesn't that make TSA a porn institution?I have said it many times - they won't have to worry about me going through the scanner the next time I fly - I will strip naked and walk around it.

Guess What? They Don't Read The Bills They Pass

Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) - admitted that he did not read the Finance Reform Bill and now he will do everything in his power to correct the crap that he helped get into law.
A big no - no that is now law is that the SEC no longer has to conform to the Freedom of Information Act.  What this means for us is that we will no longer know about things like the ponzi scheme pulled off by Bernie Madoff.  The FOIA makes the SEC look bad and that they are not doing their job.  Thanks to this new law - the SEC has no accountability to the American people.
Thank you Congress and Captain Kick-ass!

Illinois Looking At Taxing The Obese

It was wonderful when we all lived in a free society and had the freedom to choose what we wanted to eat and drink.  The problem is - this is a new America.  The government has a way with the poor people......tax your goods to the point that you can't afford them.  So savor that Dew my friends because the government is looking to take care of you.

US Senate Committe Approves Cybersecurity Bill

The bill that - if made into law - allows the president to shut off the Internet in the event of a cyber attack has been approved to move on to the Senate for debate. 
Under the Communications Act of 1934 the president has the authority to shut down the Internet in times of war but this legislation will give the president the ability to shut it down for up to 120 days without needing the approval of Congress.
This is just what the ego-maniac needs - the ability to silence his critics anytime he sees fit to do so.  To gain security - freedom has to be limited.

To Gain Security You Must Surrender Freedoms

It is the oldest government trick in the book - they claim that for you to gain security you must surrender some of your freedoms.  The most powerful tool the government possesses is fear.  They play on our fears and slowly take away our freedom.  This is how the Russians are doing it.
How long do you think it will take our government to do this?  In many ways they have already.