Entries by Dave in EH

When the going gets tough…

… the tough get their golf clubs????? Whilst other world leaders are showing leadership and trying to do the hard work of addressing the problems in Libya, Dear Leader Barak Obama was busy addressing a golf ball in his sixtieth round of golf. From Human Events: Addressing the House of Commons, Cameron said, “We will […]

Public Employee Unions, One Man’s Opinion

Anyone care to guess who said this: “… Meticulous attention should be paid to the special relationships and obligations of public servants to the public itself and to the government. All Government employees should realize that the process of collective bargaining, as usually understood, cannot be transplanted into the public service. It has its distinct […]

There’s Something Rotten…

…in the Nation of Sweden, with all due apologies to the Bard, and it stinks like the Chicago at low tide.  It is Wikileaks and its founder, Julian Assange.  Mr. Assange, for those who haven’t heard, is the Australian hacker “Internet activist” who has decided that it is his mission to play “cop of the […]

You know its getting bad…

… when Marion Barry is out there decrying welfare and its corrosive effects.  (H/T Michael Tanner @NRO) It was largely lost amid the glut of post-election news, but last week an important political figure called for a major cutback in social-welfare benefits. In doing so, he denounced welfare as a program that created “a cycle […]

Like Blood from a Stone…

… government auditors want to get money out of an ACORN. Auditors questioned about $2 million because ACORN Associates didn’t document open competition by contractors — many of them ACORN affiliates throughout the country. The inspector general said HUD should demand records that document why contractors were selected and records that justify the lack of […]