ALG's Daily Grind - Let Future Cabinet Secretaries pay for their own ego portraits

March 18, 2013

Let Future Cabinet Secretaries pay for their own ego portraits

The EPA recently blew almost $40,000 for the portrait of former Administrator Lisa Jackson.

We waited four years for this budget?

Senate Democrats pass a budget out of committee that includes massive tax increases, dramatically increases spending, never is projected to come close to balancing the budget, and in a tip of the hat to George Orwell, they call it "balanced" in its approach.

America's coming surveillance society

Today, DHS is not only lending drones to local agencies but distributing grants to them so that they can buy their own without an official policy in place to guide how and when they can be used.

Zerohedge.com: Farage slams Eurozone as 'completely incompatible with nation-state democracy'

UK Independence Party leader points to election results in Italy as signaling the beginning of the end of the Eurozone.

ALG's Daily Grind - Senator Paul and the American people did deserve an answer

March 8, 2013

Senator Paul and the American people did deserve an answer

Read the Eric Holder letter to Rand Paul very carefully. Obama has reaffirmed his license to kill U.S. citizens on American soil without trial.

Has the House abdicated?

The House of Representatives has only one true constitutional check against an avaricious Executive branch — the power of the purse — and instead the House has chosen to pass a continuing resolution funding the Obama agenda.

Leaked email shows Obama administration's plan to make sequester more painful

In places where cuts aren't necessarily going to happen due to the sequester, the Obama administration is instructing the government to cut anyways because they said it would have to happen.

Marissa Mayer is a hero not a villain

Everyone from feminist icon Gloria Steinem to Sir Richard Branson, founder and chairman of the Virgin Group, have criticized Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer of the struggling tech company for recently ordering those who telecommute to return to the office full time by June 1.

ALG's Daily Grind - The true story of sequester

Feb. 7, 2013

The true story of sequester

The Budget Control Act, which reduced budgeting authority by $1 trillion over ten years will only yield $115.3 billion of actual, real cuts to discretionary spending over a two-year period, after which outlays will increase.

Cartoon: Power Outage

Obama knows what caused the Superdome power outage.

News Quips: Karl Rove has had a bad couple of days

For a supposed messaging genius, one wonders how Rove managed the impossible and managed to position himself to be hated by both sides.

FoxNews.com: States step up fight against use of surveillance drones by law enforcement

The Virginia Assembly has passed legislation that would place a two-year moratorium on the use of drones in the Commonwealth except in emergencies.

ALG's Daily Grind: Obama's Domestic Drone Wars?

June 4, 2012

Obama's Domestic Drone Wars?

You don't have to be Mel Gibson in Conspiracy Theory to appreciate that predator drones patrolling your backyard might be cause for concern.

Video: Unemployment Numbers Look Bad Again, How Long Will We Be Waiting For Hope And Change?

May unemployment numbers look worse than they looked before. We have been waiting for "Hope" and "Change" since 2009. It feels like we could have grown a long, gray beard in the process.

A high unemployment future?

With 40 straight months above 8 percent unemployment, this is the longest period of sustained high joblessness since the Great Depression.

Tapscott: Trouble brewing for Labor's Solis

"Because millions of shares can be traded in milliseconds, early access to unemployment data can be quite valuable to Wall Street and those who feed the traders, analysts and other aspiring masters of the universe."

GOV. GARY JOHNSON: Concerned over U.S. drone program within America

By Karl Dickey, West Palm Beach Libertarian Examiner Former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson is calling congressional approval of legislation making it easier for the government to operate unmanned drones over U.S. soil an “ominous step that raises serious concerns about individual freedom and privacy.” The FAA Reauthorization Act, signed into law by President Obama Tuesday, includes a provision directing the Federal Aviation Administration to develop rules for the testing and licensing of drones to be flown in U.S. airspace and to expedite the process for authorizing their use by federal, state and local agencies.  The FAA projects that as many as 30,000 drones could be in use over the U.S. by 2020. In a statement, Johnson said, “The threats to privacy in America – from our own government – seem to never end.  Does Congress really think they can just stick an ‘oh-by-the-way' provision in an obscure piece of legislation directing the FAA to clear the way for 30,000 drones to fly over our neighborhoods, and have no one notice? “Big Brother is alive and well, and now we’re talking about making it easier for him to fly remote control planes loaded with cameras over our neighborhoods.  Based on our experience with the Patriot Act, the National Defense Authorization Act, and several other laws Congress has enacted in recent years, it is not alarmist to fear or assume that when we give the government the power to snoop, they will indeed snoop. “The government, through the FAA, already has the power to permit specific uses of drones, such as in fighting forest fires, looking for lost campers, or helping deal with natural disasters.  And right now, they are being used to patrol the border.  Some of those uses may be justified and legit, and the rules allow for that today.  But directing the FAA to come up with a system that will allow federal, state and local law enforcement to deploy 30,000 drones is a very different proposition, and should absolutely not be allowed to proceed without a serious conversation about a very real threat to fundamental privacy. “The ACLU, the Electronic Freedom Foundation and numerous other groups are expressing serious concerns about Congress’ action, as they should.  I share those concerns.  The idea that the air above our heads and homes should be turned into a wide-open playground for government snooping is an insult to freedom and to what remains of privacy in this country.” Continue reading on Examiner. com Presidential candidate concerned over U.S. drone program within America - West Palm Beach Libertarian Examiner.com