Government Expense Priorities

Have you noticed that any time a government is strapped for cash, the first thing they do is start threatening to take away the things that are actually needed by the people? When it’s local government trying to past a tax increase, first on the chopping block is always cops, firemen, and libraries. When it’s the federal government trying to either increase taxes (or raise the debt limit), first on the block is Social Security. Has it occurred to them that also in the expense category are bureaucrat’s pensions and salaries? Of course it has – but they have are of a higher caste.

New IPhone 4

I just got a new phone recently and am using an app to blog. We'll see how this goes. Good to be back.

More Cop Corruption Enabled by the Failed Drug War

Detroit police officer Luke Davis is in hot water after his victim's home recording equipment revealed what he and his team are really about during one of their many drug raids.

Story here.

Video below.

Obama: "No Ground Troops in Libya"

I will reference this article when ground troops do, in fact, invade Libya. And mark my words, US troops WILL invade Libya. Obama is a war-mongering liar, just like the despot before him.

Japan Earthquake and Tsunami: an Economic Positive?

So says economic "expert" and former Treasury Secretary, Larry Summers.

Summers, and the countless mainstream economic imbeciles like him, are either deviously and purposely deceptive or have absolutely no clue when it comes macroeconomics.

Summers would be wise to read the parable of the broken window by Frederic Bastiat. Full essay here.

Military Reunion Show

I came home this evening to find my wife watching a show on the Lifetime channel. One of the promos playing during a commercial was about a new show on Lifetime that follows military dads reuniting with their children. It was a very emotion invoking presentation as it showed a little girl crying as she went to hug her father dressed in a full military uniform.

The only thing I could think about was how many Iraqi and Afghan children will never get to hug their fathers again as a result of the bombs and bullets coming from military men like the one depicted in this program.

Things look very different depending on one's perspective.

Joe Rogan on the American War Machine

Here is a great 9 minute video of Joe Rogan explaining the truth behind the American War Machine. NSFW (language)