By Nathan Barton
Good morning. Here are a few examples in the news about what government does (and does not do). Be warned, please.
Job growth picks up in states that raised minimum wage, according to Fox News, quoting US Department of Labor “data” – reminding us how MUCH statistics lie. Continue reading
by Nathan Barton
Good morning this weekend, as we swelter in the heat again.
The Black Death (pneumonic plague) has appeared in Denver, not just in remote prairie dog villages. This Jennifer House does not seem to know much about the matter. Or is being carefully coached in what to say. I work with CDPHE on a nearly-daily basis, and my confidence in them is very, very low. It is obvious that the woman has no grounding in basic public health OR the plague.
Mama’s Note: Jennifer is a government employee… tells you all you need to know. Continue reading
By Nathan Barton
Good morning. Just a short column today, after being slow on writing for a couple of days., due to travel and many distractions. But here we go.
Canaanite front: Israel accepts truce plan; Hamas balks. The Hamas rejection came just minutes after Israel’s security cabinet decided to embrace terms set forward late Monday night by Egypt’s military-backed government. If it isn’t one side, it is the other. Neither side is telling the truth, without a doubt. Continue reading
By MamaLiberty
Not my problem. I’m sure a lot of people would consider that a harsh thing to say, but if you’ll stay with me a bit you should easily see that it is the only real answer to the whole “politically correct” thing sweeping this country and, incidentally, the world.
“You made me mad. You didn’t make me happy. I’m offended.” You can probably add a hundred more such phrases people use to control what you do, say and even what you believe. That’s exactly what happens when a few people can choose any word or object, assign a specific (often NEW and ugly) meaning to it, and then demand that nobody use that word or object because it “makes them feel”… whatever. Continue reading
By Nathan Barton
Good morning: it has truly been said that war is the health of the state, and today’s headlines prove it. Here are a few examples of the stupidity of government and its wars.
War on Some Drugs: There is a right way to do things, and a good many wrong ways to do them: government almost inevitably chooses the wrong way(s) to do something. Consider, for example, this last week’s “legalization” of marijuana for recreational use in Washington State, one of the more “progressive” states of the Fifty, but one in which voters nearly TWO years ago voted to legalize the selling, purchase, ownership, and consumption of cannabis. Continue reading
By MamaLiberty
The lawless religious right: Time to stop caving to their ridiculous tantrums
Salon – by Katie McDonogh
“The Christian right wants to live above the law, and so far they’ve been wildly successful at getting what they want. But the progressive left — led by a coalition of LGBTQ organizations — is finally poised to fight hard against the trend, and to push Congress and Obama to do the same.” (07/10/14)
The “right” wants to live above the law. So does the “left.” Congress and the President most certainly live “above the law,” along with all or most of the federal employees in the country, especially the alphabet soup gangs. Then there are all those cops who definitely live in smug defiance of any law that should punish them for harming innocents. State, county and city governments in general work hard getting around some laws, even if they can’t jump above them quite as easily as the “dear leader.” The folks on Wall Street, and a vast array of corporate entities don’t seem to have much problem ignoring the law that is enforced on the rest of us either. Continue reading
By Nathan Barton
Good morning and welcome to the end of another week. Let us briefly look at cities, economic matters, and of course, stupid government, remembering that much government just plain shuts down for the weekend.
John Ransom at Townhall points out what a wonderful example Chicago was last weekend, with 10 dead and 50 shot in what he calls “Happy Dependence Day.” Chicago is indeed the poster child for Tranzi philosophy and government, because of its corruption, its incest (business and all the levels of government), the sheep-like demeanor of its people, and the way it produces such FINE examples of humanity like the Fuehrer and his Consort and the Emanuels and Al Capone and Honest Abe: indeed a “worthy” successor of Babylon, Rome and Constantinople and Paris… Continue reading
The Price of Liberty 
Libertarian Commentary on the News, #14-29B: Nanny State Stupidity
By Nathan Barton
In Texas, the cartels are “suspected” as high-caliber gunfire sends Border Patrol scrambling on Rio Grande.
Mama’s Note: Maybe they should borrow some guns from the post office and shoot back… Do they even have “rape whistles?”
Hmmm. Apparently in the interests of being “kinder and gentler” the BP is less heavily armed at the border than everywhere else in the nation, but I notice that they claim that they do not have the armored vehicles capable of protecting them against this harassing fire. Why? Continue reading →