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– U.S. arms given to friendly forces in Afghanistan ending up in the hands of Taliban.
– Senate Democrats block funds Obama requested to close Gitmo.
– California voters overwhelmingly reject proposals aimed at balancing the state's budget.
– Obama demands new efficiency standards; expected to add $1,300 to the cost of a new automobile.
– One in four Bush administration officials now lobbying or consulting to influence agencies they once worked for or oversaw.
– Report says GPS could black out, cause massive failures next year.
– The future is now: Cyanide-laced computer chips could track, eliminate undesirables!
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Obama demands new efficiency standards; expected to add $1,300 to the cost of a new automobile.
Government efficiency: do less for more money.
Report says GPS could black out, cause massive failures next year.
OMG! Imagine a world where you can’t find the nearest gelato place on your iPhone! Devastation! Panic! Learning where shit is in your neighborhood! Gah!
GPS – a comment about the same story in the Guardian explains what is going on with GPS better than I ever could. Read the last sentence first.
@ 3:07pm http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/may/19/gps-close-to-breakdown
One in four Bush administration officials now lobbying or consulting to influence agencies they once worked for or oversaw.
Is there a libertarian line on lobbying? Isn’t lobbying just people with special skills/knowledge selling their services?
One in four Clinton administration officials is back at their job in the Obama administration.
Is there a libertarian line on lobbying?
Its free speech. The fundamental problem isn’t lobbying, its the gargantuan government that lobbying can influence.
Let’s rewrite that California link to more accurately reflect what happened, shall we?
California voters overwhelmingly reject a political shell game that will accomplish nothing but increased taxes and demand an actual solution.
Basic physics: more mass requires more energy to propel it.
Unfortunately, what the idiots at places like the Insurance Institute really want to see is everybody driving a car the size of a Suburban at 45mph.
RCD beat me to the same answer:
Its free speech. The fundamental problem isn’t lobbying, its the gargantuan government that lobbying can influence.
“One in four Bush administration officials now lobbying or consulting to influence agencies they once worked for or oversaw.”
Don’t worry…Obama is in charge now. He’ll fix it. He promised he’d crack down on lobbyists and get rid of all the Bush corruption.
? U.S. arms given to friendly forces in Afghanistan ending up in the hands of Taliban.
Didn’t we do that one time before?
Those killer cynade laced chips – can’t we make those things mandatory for members of Congress and all elected state officials? With the ‘kill switch’ given to every voter? Please, please, please……..