Author Archives: AverageJoe

Here comes the slippery slope!

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/11/23/lawmakers-propose-war-surtax-pay-troop-increase-afghanistan/

Go read the proposed Senate Health Care bill…

OVER 2000 PAGES! Give me a break. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/11/19/comment-box-send-findings-health-care-reform/

Amendments to Patriot Act?

Check out the blog Threat Level for a good article on the proposed amendments to the Patriot Act. The chart compares proposed amendments (.pdf) to National Security Letters (NSLs) and the so-called “lone wolf” provisions of the Patriot Act. The proposals have only been passed by the judiciary committees, and face further amendments before they

At Least the White House has a Competent CIO

That’s Chief Information Officer for those of you that are acronym challenged. clipped from gizmodo.com Vivek Kundra, the Obama Administration CIO, just opened up a new app store for federal agencies so that they can get up on these wacky, government-approved cloud computing programs. Looks like he’s following through on his promises. The app store

South Carolina Rep. to Obama – “You Lie!”

Wow! I hope Congress turns into British Parliament…. it’s way more fun. clipped from www.foxnews.com WASHINGTON — In an extraordinary breach of congressional decorum, a Republican lawmaker shouted “You lie” at President Barack Obama during his speech to Congress Wednesday. The incident came directly after Obama said, “There are also those who claim that our

Enough Said

The Government Wants to Run Your Life – Starting With Your Health

The power hungry politicians slipped some extremely provocative items into the Spendulus.  One is the reform of Health Care.  Check out this article in Bloomberg.  We cannot let this pass!  Call, e-mail, phone, mail, and fax your Senators (the House is a lost cause) and urge them not to pass any bill with this health

My Diatribe on the “Spendulus”

Before I begin, there is some excellent commentary on Obama’s “Spendulus” plan over on the Fox Forums. I just want to voice my utter disdain for the people we call “Our Leaders” for their continued support of this un-American, anti-capitalist, freedom trouncing, leftist, gravy train of a stimulus package. Democratic, Republican, Centrist, Leftist, blah blah

Stimulate the Stimulus

Head on over to http://readthestimulus.org/ to read the House version of the stimulus. Important stuff for us, our children, grandchildren, grandchildren’s children, and the next 10 generations of Americans.

See and Listen for Yourself

Absolutely stunning.