Archive for June 2011
More government intrusion
This time it is the Department of Education that would seem to be overstepping its bounds. Thanks to their vigilence, we will today learn the identities of the most expensive colleges and universities in the United States, based upon data that the colleges and universities are required to file with the federal government. This information,…
Read MoreFree Trade Agreements…what the President didn’t tell you
At President Obama’s news conference today he spoke about the need to ratify free trade agreements (FTA’s) with Korea, Columbia and Panama. He spoke the same words in his January State of the Union Address stating that ratification “will support at least 700,000 American jobs”. One would think, based upon these two events, that the President favors these agreements. He doesn’t,…
Read MoreLet’s stop making these $1 presidential coins shall we?
Have you ever even seen one of the Presidential coins? I have not, and the federal government has enough of them lying around to fill a vault the size of a soccer field. Nobody wants them. Stop making them.
Read MoreFundraising from the White House: compare and contrast
I’m not sure this is much different than using coffees in the White House, or renting out the Lincoln bedroom as a way of raising funds for a political campaign. But it’s a stretch to say what Pres. Obama is doing right now to raise money for the Democratic Party is the same as what…
Read MoreDocument Drop – Connecticut governor releases layoff numbers to meet $1.6 billion in cuts
This afternoon, Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy’s (D) office released their suggestion to lay off about 5,466 state employees and leave 1,000 open positions unfilled.
Read MoreObama administration on ATF director’s status – Should he step down?
Jay Carney- the White House press secretary – was asked today if President Obama felt the acting ATF Director Ken Melson should step down in light of the Fast & Furious gunwalking program that seems to have been approved by high-ranking officials in the ATF, and/or the Department of Justice, and/or Homeland Security.
Read MoreThe Hartford closing some offices in central Connecticut
I’d like to use this news story as teachable moment. The Hartford Financial Services Group is planning to consolidate offices in a cost-saving measure that will move upwards of 900 employees out of its Southington, Conn. office. Is The Hartford outsourcing jobs to other cities and towns?
Read MoreNews reports complaining about corporate “tax avoidance” should include…
… the total number of employees the corporation employs in the United States and the total amount those employees pay in federal, state and local income tax as well as what the corporation and employees pay in payroll taxes. Really … there should be some sort of journalism law.
Read MoreATF whistleblower – not associated with Fast & Furious – gets termination notice
I’m seeing a lot of direct connections being made between the termination of ATF Agent Vince Cefalu and the Fast & Furious gunwalker program. Cefalu was not directly involved with Fast & Furious, and he did not testify at the hearings last week.
Read MoreA piece of the Casey Anthony trial
I have been following this trial, although not religiously, from shortly after the opening statements. My focus, I suspect due to my background as a litigator, and someone who taught law students how to become litigators, has been directed more to the attorneys than the facts. This past Saturday something happened that I have never seen before,…
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