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The future of Obamacare: bureaucracy and pulling strings
The future of Obamacare: bureaucracy and pulling strings.
Obama administration: No new drilling permits, but we’ll tap into our oil reserve
Does this seem as crazy to you as it does to me? At the same time the Obama administration is fighting to prevent any new drilling for oil, it is also now considering tapping our strategic oil reserve to get more oil into the market.
Number of healthcare reform law waivers climbs above 1,000
If Obamacare was so great, why have the number of waivers the administration has issued to the law now climbed to more than 1,000?
TSA planned secret body scans of pedestrians
Does this make you feel safer? The TSA spent millions developing the ability to do secret body scans of pedestrians as they entered train stations, bus depots or major events. Key quote:
EPIC lawyer Ginger McCall says the project is disturbing nonetheless because it shows the department “obviously believed that this level of surveillance is acceptable when in fact it is not at all acceptable.”
Obama administration appeals oil drilling ruling
The Obama administration has appealed a judge’s ruling that the law requires them to issue oil drilling permits.
Democrat state lawmakers want to ban photography at accident sites
Freedom of speech alert: Democrat state lawmakers in Illinois want to ban photography at accident sites.
House Republicans attempt to impose a national ID card
House Republicans attempt to impose a national ID card.
Read the entire article. For more reasons than one can count (with the most important of all being that the public doesn’t want it), this is a bad idea at a bad time.
TSA wants to expand its jurisdiction to searching people on sidewalks
FOIA documents show that the TSA has plans to expand its jurisdiction to searching random people on city streets. More here.
Judge gives Obama administration seven days to appeal or Obamacare is dead
Judge gives Obama administration seven days to appeal or Obamacare is dead. And he really means it.
Interior Secretary Salazar issues first Gulf of Mexico drilling permit since oil spill
Faced with pressure from Congress and the courts, Interior Secretary Salazar finally stopped stalling and issued late Monday the first Gulf of Mexico drilling permit since the BP oil spill.
For 50 Straight Weeks, the Majority Has Supported Repeal
Repeal Obamacare already! And for fifty straight weeks, the majority in every poll has agreed.
E.P.A. Scales Back Emission Rules
O joy. The EPA today issued revised, scaled back regulations for commercial-grade boilers and incinerators.
Police arrest 11-year-old over ‘inappropriate’ stick figure drawing
Madness: Police arrest an 11-year-old over an “inappropriate” stick figure drawing.
Armed TSA agent gets through TSA airport body scanner
And the TSA exists for what reason again? In a test, a TSA agent with a handgun slipped past TSA security at Dallas-Fort Worth airport, despite being scanned by the enhanced-image body scanner.
Judge gives states deadline to respond to White House over Obamacare lawsuit
Showdown coming! The judge who ruled Obamacare unconstitutional has given the suing states until Thursday to respond to the White House’s request that the law be implemented despite his ruling.
Repealing ObamaCare to Reduce Gross Spending By $1.4 Trillion Over Next Decade
Repeal the damn bill! According to a new report from the Congressional Budget Office, repealing Obamacare will reduce spending by $1.4 trillion over next decade.
House pulls plug on health law funds
Right on! House today approved several amendments to block significant areas of funding for Obamacare.
Federal judge lowers the boom on the Obama administration on drilling permits
The law is for everyone: A federal judge has lowered the boom on the Obama administration over its refusal to issue permits for drilling oil in the Gulf of Mexico. Key quote:
In issuing the directive to the government, Feldman, who sits on the District Court for the Eastern District of Louisian, noted that “it is undisputed that before the Deepwater Horizon disaster, permits were processed, on average, in two weeks’ time. In stark contrast, the five permits at issue have been pending from four to some nine months.”
Dick Durbin Is Stealing Your Free Checking!
Dick Durbin is stealing your free checking!
Another damn bill that should be repealed.