Taxes, User Fees, and a Bold New Idea

Taxes are BAD.  Never mind that they pay for a civilized society.  Never mind that without them life as we know and like would not exist.  Taxes are BAD, instruments of the Devil, unAmerican, and are always proposed by Liberals…

Blame Game, Name Game, Yfems …

13 April 2014 The Blame Game, in addition to being the name of a popular song, is an expression that means finding someone/something to blame when things go badly.  While the term is new, the action is eons old.  …

Votes for sale

Today, April 2, just one day too late for symbolic effect, the Supreme Court announced that there are no limits to the amounts individuals, groups, corporations, etc. can contribute to political campaigns.  The punditry believes that this will increase the…

News Flash — Russia annexes Brighton Beach

March 18, 2014 — Russian Czar Wannabe Vladimir Putin announced today the Russia has annexed the Brighton Beach section of Brooklyn NY.  Citing unspecified fears from the mostly Russian population of Brighton Beach of limitations on vodka and blini imports,…

What’s in a Name?

What’s in a Name? You may think that the real issues inside the Beltway deal with the workings of the U.S. government or the lack thereof.  Actually, there is a much larger issue that seems to be gaining ground, or…