Climate skeptics view environmental activism as greater threat than global warming

By   /  May 6, 2013  /  Alaska, California, Climate Change, Energy, Environment, Environmental, Featured, Federal Government, Foreign News & Policy, National, National News, Regulations  /  5 Comments

Rising sea level a security threat?

Not only can you “actually see Russia” from some parts of Alaska, but you may also see the wrong end of a missile launched from North Korea.

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GAO: Serious cuts, tax increases possible due to health care, pension costs

By   /  May 3, 2013  /  Accountability, California, Finances, Florida, Health Care, Illinois, Issues, National, National News, News, Pennsylvania, Pensions, State Budgets, State Government  /  24 Comments

WASHING AWAY: Pension costs are forcing state and local governments to cut vital services while they raise taxes, too - and it's not going to stop anytime soon, according to a new Government Accountability Office report.

HARRISBURG, Pa. — People will be paying more and getting less from their governments as health costs and pension obligations will force state and local governments to adjust their budgets over the next 50 years, according to a new report.

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Obama: Profiling for me, but not for thee

By   /  February 12, 2013  /  Arizona, California, Featured, Michigan, National, News  /  6 Comments

DIVERSITY?: The quotas and set asides that now flow out Washington, D.C,. are in conflict with the post-racial sentiments President Obama has stressed repeatedly in his public pronouncements.

 
By Kevin Mooney | Watchdog.org
Be sure you fit the profile before seeking out new opportunities in Barack Obama’s America.
Put another way, “White Males Need Not Apply.”
This is central message behind the race and gender quotas now operating at the federal level that make it necessary for federal officials to profile Americans doing business with the [...]

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12 things the president won’t say

By   /  February 12, 2013  /  California, Featured, Illinois, Kansas, National, News, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin  /  3 Comments

NOT SAYING: President Barack Obama certainly will speak at length Tuesday during his State of the Union address, but what the commander-in-chief doesn't say may be more telling. (AP photo)

WASHINGTON, D.C. — When President Barack Obama takes to the podium at 9 p.m. ET on Tuesday, he’ll go old-school Fidel Castro on you — talking at great length, with apparent insight, intelligence, and sympathy for the people. But there are some things even the most powerful man in the world can’t say. Or won’t.

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Privatization: The library unions don’t want you to read about

By   /  December 28, 2012  /  California, Capitalism, City Government, County Government, Featured, Free Market, public sector  /  1 Comment

CLOSED BOOK: After the San Fernando experiment, Gov. Jerry Brown killed library privatization as a gift to public-sector unions.

Public libraries are near sacred institutions in our communities but in a time of escalating municipal debt they have become increasingly vulnerable as local governments look for places to cut.

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