As if we needed any more reason to hate the TSA, two agents have been dismissed recently for their involvement in “hand”-picking attractive men and manipulating the scanner to facilitate groping. The TSA requires pat-downs to be administered by officers of the same gender, which would be somewhat reassuring if homosexual TSA officers (and their […]
Continue reading →Tax Freedom Day changes slightly every year. It marks the point in the year when taxpayers have worked long enough to pay their taxes every year. This year, it’s April 24. That means that if you took every cent you had earned in 2015, you would have accumulated enough to pay your taxes by April […]
Continue reading →Is income inequality a bad thing? Most people would say so. It seems obvious that income inequality is based on greed and corporate welfare, right? Some of it certainly is. But some of it is based on the fact that certain people hit on an extremely useful idea at the right time, take the necessary […]
Continue reading →If you were to base your understanding of what’s wrong with America on the media, what do you think you would cite as America’s No. 1 problem? Racism? Global Warming? Terrorism? The economy? Immigration? Health Care? Nope. According to a recent Gallup poll, the No. 1 problem with America is … government: Government has been […]
Continue reading →The Republic of Texas is a secessionist group in, you guessed it, Texas that is committed to seeing the state secede from the Union. Because its members believe that the federal government no longer serves the interests of the people. As if to confirm that this was in fact the case, the FBI raided a […]
Continue reading →The head of the Department of Homeland Security, Jeh Johnson, went about on Sunday Talk Shows talking about the dire consequences of de-funding the DHS. Apparently, if we defund the DHS, we might as well stop going to the mall: “I would say that, if anyone is planning to go to the Mall of America […]
Continue reading →Whatever your views of net neutrality, the attempt by the civil government to treat the internet as a “public utility” may not be as innocent as you (may) think. See, Obama and other bureaucrats say they want the internet treated as a public utility so that the FCC can ensure net neutrality. But the net […]
Continue reading →Ten days ago, Americans voted Democrats out of Congress in the midterm elections. In what was rightly called a repudiation of Obama’s policies, the voting electorate made it clear they weren’t fans of the Democrat agenda. But apparently this hasn’t done anything to change Obama or his policies. At all. Obama has made it abundantly […]
Continue reading →The National Forest Service announced recently that it is considering regulations to restrict the photography of “government-owned” natural beauty to those photographers who have paid a $1500 registration fee. Unregistered photographers could be fined by the National Forest Service: If the plans are finalized in November, any media with a camera, even a simple cell […]
Continue reading →If you listen to leftists and big-government stooges, the middle class is evaporating because of low minimum wage, greedy corporations, and tax-breaks for the rich. Which would indicate that, in order to grow the middle class, the civil government needs to get more involved. No one argues with the fact that the middle class drives […]
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