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.

US House Republicans - VIDEO: “Your House" - Welcome to the United States Capitol

WASHINGTON – The House Republican Conference today released a new video featuring the architectural, historical, and artistic highlights Americans can experience on a tour of the U.S. Capitol. 

The video, titled “Your House,” includes high-definition footage of the Capitol’s exterior, the Hall of Columns, Statuary Hall, and more.  You can watch the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvEQWwPGdSo.    

“Even though families traveling to Washington, D.C. are no longer able to visit the White House, the United States Capitol is still open for free, public tours for visitors,” said Chair McMorris Rodgers.  “It is unfortunate President Obama chose to eliminate public tours of the White House as a result of his sequester – arbitrary across-the-board spending cuts – instead of government waste, but we are proud to keep the doors to the beautiful, historic U.S. Capitol open for all.”

The President’s decision to cut White House tours is a stark contrast to the philosophy the White House has always promoted.  In fact, on the White House website, First Lady, Michelle Obama wrote, “The White House . . . is the ‘People’s House.’  It’s a place that is steeped in history, but it’s also a place where everyone should feel welcome.  And that's why my husband and I have made it our mission to open up the house to as many people as we can.” 

While the White House has closed its doors to the public, the U.S. Capitol remains open.  Tours of the Capitol can be scheduled by clicking here or contacting your Member of Congress here.

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 - Take the IMF's hand out of Uncle Sam's wallet

March 7, 2013

Take the IMF's hand out of Uncle Sam's wallet

The Obama Administration requests to make a permanent $65 billion pledge to the International Monetary Fund, which has been arguing that Americans should pay higher taxes in order to close our massive budget deficit.

Cartoon: Hugo Chavez is dead

But his legacy lives on.

So much for the Pledge to America

The most recent continuing resolution, which funds Obamacare, was introduced on March 4 — a Sunday — and just two days later, it was approved, despite a House Republican pledge that "We will give all Representatives and citizens at least three days to read the bill before a vote."

WSJ:#SequesterThis

"Meat inspectors have to go, but fine wines are still on the USDA menu."

ALG's Daily Grind - How to end overcriminalization

March 5, 2013

How to end overcriminalization

Statutory law in America has expanded to the point that government's primary activity is no longer to protect, preserve and defend our lives, liberty and property, but rather to stalk and entrap normal American citizens doing everyday things.

Report: Treasury has option to default should debt ceiling be reached

1985 GAO Report: "The Secretary of the Treasury does have the authority to choose the order in which to pay obligations of the United States… Treasury is free to liquidate obligations in any order it finds will best serve the interests of the United States."

Sequester's Family Spending Conversion

The federal government's sequester is effectively the equivalent of a family cutting $45 a month to get their credit card debt under control, while spending $917 more each month that gets applied to the end of year balance.