Misplaced Outrage
I saw a great photo on Facebook today. It read: APPARENTLY, I’M SUPPOSED TO BE MORE OUTRAGED BY WHAT MITT ROMNEY DOES WITH HIS MONEY THAT BY WHAT OBAMA DOES WITH MINE. I couldn’t say it any better.
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Down the Drain
I didn’t even know there was such a thing as “sparkly styling spray” for dogs (which “leaves the coat with specks of shiny glitter and aroma of candy cane”) but the members of Congress do. Yes, that’s right. If you haven’t guessed it, you and I are subsidizing these products/companies through farm legislation. Apparently, this […]
NINTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS HEADING FOR SUN AND SURF – ON OUR DIME
Call me naive. That’s okay. But I had no idea that individual Circuit Courts held conferences. Well, they do. It’s been reported that the famously liberal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals’ 2010 conference cost the taxpayers more than $657,000 in travel costs alone for 700 attendees. Taxpayers were billed a combined $860,000 for travel […]
Pentagon Orders Study to Study Whether It Does Too Many Studies
You read that correctly. The Pentagon has ordered a study to study whether it does too many studies. In 2010, the Pentagon launched its study of studies after it had received a large amount of studies. As a result, the Government Accountability Office reviewed this latest “study” and decided it was a flop because it […]
WASHINGTON STATE BAR NO DIFFERENT THAN WASHINGTON D.C.
As an attorney, I’m required to be a member of the Washington State Bar Association and had to pay $450 a year in dues. I belong to the California State Bar Association to which I pay dues as well. This year, a Spokane attorney got enough signatures to have a referendum voted on to lower […]
Taxpayer Spending Refuses to Die
Apparently, it wasn’t enough that Democrat John Murtha made sure some $150 million taxpayer dollars was used to fund the Murtha Airport in Johnstown, PA during his lifetime as a Congressman. Thanks to Mr. Murtha, who died more than a year ago, the airport now has a $7 million air traffic control tower, $14 million […]
“I’M TRYIN’ TO GET SOME OBAMA BUCKS”
That’s one of the responses from a man standing in line at the welfare office. If your stomach can take it, please watch this video. Our country is spending money faster than we can print it and there’s no doubt in my mind that we’re heading in the same direction as Greece – a big […]
And They’re Stilling Blaming Bush
I could probably write a column a day about how our government spends/wastes taxpayers’ money. But this latest story is even more outrageous because they’re actually trying to blame President Bush for the waste. You’ve probably read that General Services Administration chief, Martha Johnson, recently resigned after the 2010 extravagant conference in Las Vegas which […]
Down the Drain
Well, just when I thought Los Angeles couldn’t waste any more money, I read a story about $7 million worth of fuel that went bye-bye. Even though City Hall has attempted to track the use of taxpayer-purchased fuel at dozens of city fueling sites, millions of gallons of fuel were pumped without any record of […]
