Healthcare Plan Gives Gov't Acess To Your Bank Accounts!!

08-03-2009 • www.economicpolicyjournal.com

 It is too expansive for many to read, but there are people out there who ARE reading it. And after reading it, if you ever got your hands on anyone associated with this slime, you would never stop slapping them.   Our friend, Peter Fleckstein, shares with us what he is finding,....

Tenn. Republican Sen. Paul Stanley has affair with intern, resigns

08-13-09 • AP

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee state senator said he was opposed to sex outside marriage, but his private life told a different story: He was having an affair with his 22-year-old intern.

U.S. to provide $1 billion to hire cops

07/28/2009 • CNN

(CNN) -- The federal government will give $1 billion in grants to law enforcement agencies in every state to pay for the hiring and rehiring of law enforcement officers, Vice President Joe Biden and Attorney General Eric Holder announced Tuesday.

Oh Boy

08/01/2009 • Economic Policy Journal

Drudge Report one liner: The government plans big revisions to historical economic data... Developing... Traditionally changes to economic data have been politically driven, including the change in focus from CPI to "core" CPI and from GNP to GDP. "Big revisions" in an activist government like Obama's is not a good sign.

DHS Senate Committee, miscalculates number of States opposed to Real ID

07302009 • BeatTheChip.blogspot.com

WASHINGTON -Advocacy researchers concluded late last week that only 13 out of 25 States were recognized for rejecting federal Real ID Act.  The flaw was first noticed during a hearing where legislation was reconsidered for  replacement by the PASS Act, July 15th.

Misinformation is currently billed as the primary cause of confusion. Local

Town Halls Gone Wild

07-31-2009 • Politico

Welcome to the new town-hall-style meeting, the once-staid forum that is rapidly turning into a house of horrors for members of Congress.

Millions For Energy Behavior Research

07-30-2009 • www.rightsidenews.com

A Democratic U.S. congressman has quietly introduced legislation to allocate tens of millions of dollars to create a social and behavioral research department to identify factors that influence energy consumption. 

The new, covert social and behavioral sciences research program is to be mounted at the Department of Energy, according to the measure (HR 3247) proposed by Washington State Congressman Brian Baird. Its pressing mission will be to better understand social and behavioral factors that influence energy consumption and acceptance as well as adoption rates of new energy technologies. 

The valuable social and behavioral data will be shoved down the respective throats of Energy Department divisions which will be forced to integrate its results into their work. This will, in turn, improve the design, development, demonstration and application of the nation's

Barney Frank is a Big Fat Idiot

07/30/2009 • Washington;s Blog

As I have previously documented, Larry Summers is a big fat idiot. Unfortunately, idiocy is not limited to the White House economic team. Barney Frank - the congress member taking the laboring oar in "solving" the economic crisis - is also a big fat idiot. Frank is calling for credit default swaps to be limited to the giant "market makers". Given that it was the giants trading in cds which brought down the economy (see this and this), Frank's proposal would be like saying that only convicted arsonists can work on the fire department's fire suppression team.

Wash Post: U.S. Judge Blasts D.C.'s Handling of Protest Cases

07/30/2009 • Partnership for Civil Justice

A federal judge chastised D.C. government lawyers Wednesday for how they have defended lawsuits brought by nearly 400 people arrested during a 2002 protest in downtown Washington.

Policy Would Allow Cops To Shoot At Fleeing Cars

07/30/2009 • CBS

The Chicago Police Department is considering a major change in policy regarding the use of deadly force. The department is looking at allowing police officers to fire their guns under circumstances where they previously could not.

Cops suspended for Obama check DeKalb equipment was used for query

07/29/2009 • The Atlanta Journal Constitution

Two DeKalb County Officers are being investigated for allegedly performing a background check on President Barack Obama. They have been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation.

Tennessee state senator Stanley resigns, admits affair.

07-30-09 • Tennessean.com

State Sen. Paul Stanley resigned from the legislature Tuesday, telling a Memphis radio station that he stood by his socially conservative record despite the sex-and-extortion scandal that forced him from office.

Exclusive: Declassified Docs Reveal Military Operative Spied on WA Peace Groups, Activist Friends St

07/28/2009 • democracynow.org

Newly declassified documents reveal that an active member of Students for a Democratic Society and Port Militarization Resistance in Washington state was actually an informant for the US military. The man everyone knew as “John Jacob” was in fact John Towery, a member of the Force Protection Service at Fort Lewis. The military’s role in the spying raises questions about possibly illegal activity. The Posse Comitatus law bars the use of the armed forces for law enforcement inside the United States. The Fort Lewis military base denied our request for an interview. But in a statement to Democracy Now, the base’s Public Affairs office publicly acknowledged for the first time that Towery is a military operative. “This could be one of the key revelations of this era,” said Eileen Clancy, who has closely tracked government spying on activist organizations.

Schwarzenegger signs budget with more welfare cuts

07-28-2009 • Judy Lin

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a revised $85 billion budget Tuesday that he said contained "the good, the bad and the ugly," including additional cuts to child welfare programs, health care for the poor and AIDS prevention efforts.

Schwarzenegger used his line-item veto authority to save an additional $656 million that will let the state restore a reserve fund he said is needed for tough times.

Democrats immediately protested the social spending reductions and threatened to block his political agenda during his final months in office.

"This kind of game playing by the governor doesn't bode well for success in terms of water, corrections, pensions or any of the other items the he is looking to in order to build some kind of real legacy," Assembly Speaker Karen Bass said.

The new budget should help the stat

Power Shifts in Plan for Capital Calamity

02/27/2009 • The New York Times

WASHINGTON — A shift in authority has given military officials at the White House a bigger operational role in creating a backup government if the nation’s capital were “decapitated” by a terrorist attack or other calamity, according to current and former officials involved in the decision.   (Publisher: Sounds like  "Valkyrie" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valkyrie_(film) )

Video: We Now Have A Total Gangster Government

6/14/09 • Youtube

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) speaking on the House floor: Now we've moved into the realm of gangster government. We have gangster government when the Federal Government has set up a new cartel and private businesses now have to go begging with their hand out to their local, hopefully well politically connected, Congressman or their Senator so they can buy a peace offering for that local business. Is that the kind of country we are going to have in the future? Video

Town Outlaws Playing Catch

07-27-2009 • WMUR video

It is now illegal to play a game of catch with your kids at any age in Clearwater, Fla. 

3,600 Photo Radar Tickets Set for Court

07/24/2009 • CameraFRAUD

Over 3,600 photo radar tickets have been set for one courtroom on Monday at the exact same time, according to an internal memo sent out to Maricopa County employees Friday afternoon and obtained by CameraFRAUD. The memo highlights concerns regarding security, and even suggests that people may be asked to wait outside if building capacity is reached.

Back from the Moon, Apollo 11 Astronauts Had to Go Through Customs

07-24-2009 • Space

Before the ticker tape parades and the inevitable world tour, the triumphant Apollo 11 astronauts were greeted with a more mundane aspect of life on Earth when they splashed down 40 years ago today - going through customs.

Just what did Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins have to declare? Moon rocks, moon dust and other lunar samples, according to the customs form filed at the Honolulu Airport in Hawaii on July 24, 1969 - the day the Apollo 11 crew splashed down in the Pacific Ocean to end their historic moon landing mission.

Douglas County, Oregon Resolution relating to Recordation of Federal Notices of Tax Lien!

07-24-2009 • www.freedomradio.us

WHEREAS, the current practice of filing Notice of Federal Tax Liens, herein after known as NOFTL, violates the Constitutionally protected Due Process rights of the Citizens of the County of Douglas, and; WHEREAS, the current practice of filing NOFTL violates the Citizens right to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects, from unreasonable search and seizure arising under Article 1 section 8, Oregon Constitution and Article IV, U.S. Constitution, and; WHEREAS, the current practice of filing these NOFTL has caused the Citizens of the County of Douglas irrevocable and irreparable damage to their persons and property, and; HEREAS, the Citizens of the County of Douglas created and formed the Board of Commissioners of the County of Douglas; who swore an oath to protect and uphold the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Oregon; for the express purpose of having said Board defend and protect the Citizens of the County of Douglas fr

Government Gone Mad

07-23-2009 • Joel S. Hirschhorn

Perhaps most Americans deserve the federal government they have. A government that, contrary to the lofty rhetoric of Barack Obama, is pure politics as usual. A government that is as corrupted by moneyed interests as ever. A government that is as dysfunctional and inefficient as ever.

Gov. Mark Sanford, PASS Act still too intrusive

07222009 • WBJF.com/BeaTheChip.org

Columbia, S.C.—July 21, 2009—According to Joel Sawyer, Governor Mark Sanford’s Communications Director, in light of ongoing revisions to the federal REAL ID law (now renamed PASS ID), Gov. Sanford, on Tuesday, outlined three main concerns as policymakers in Washington, D.C. continue modifying what is now widely regarded as an impractical, intrusive federal mandate.

AG in SC asks judge to drop Craigslist lawsuit

07-22-2009 • AP

The South Carolina attorney general who has threatened to prosecute Craigslist for prostitution-related ads wants a federal judge to dismiss the company's complaint against him, according to court papers filed this week.

"The conduct targeted by the Attorney General enjoys no constitutional protection," Attorney General Henry McMaster said in federal court papers filed Tuesday.

New York state, city reach $540 million Medicaid deal

07-21-2009 • Reuters

New York state and city have agreed to pay $540 million to settle allegations they submitted false claims under the federal Medicaid program, the U.S. Justice Department said

Is Patrick Gonzales Jr delusional or did he work for the CIA?

07-19-2009 • I Report

CBS claims to have Documents that shed light on the mindset and criminal past of the lead suspect in the grisly murder of a Florida couple who made full use of the Foster and Adoptive parent incentives.