By Paul R. Hollrah, Guest Blogger By now, almost every living American, other than public employees and their union officials, is aware that state governments across the nation are on the verge of fiscal collapse. According to a February 2010 Washington Post report, “Even before financial markets crashed in fall 2008, state governments nationwide had [...]
Dr. Kevorkian Alive and Well in Sacramento
January 10th, 2011 · No Comments
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Airport Security Breach in Detroit! (Update)
February 8th, 2010 · No Comments
A security breach at Detroit’s Metro Wayne County Airport resulted in the arrest of a man just before 8 a.m. Eastern today. It also prompted re-screenings of hundreds of passengers. The man apparently walked through the Transportation Security Administration screening area, according to a Michigan Public Radio report, ignoring repeated orders to stop, and proceeded [...]
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Homeland Security’s Napolitano: ‘System Worked’
December 28th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano can’t seem to get her story straight. On Sunday, she told a CNN “State of the Union” audience “the system worked” to stop the attempted Christmas Day terrorist bombing of Northwest Airlines Flight 253 as it approached Detroit from Amsterdam. A day later, she said airline security failed. Finally, the [...]
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ABC Refuses to Identify NWA Incident as Terrorism (Update)
December 25th, 2009 · 4 Comments
Two sentences contained in an ABC News article published today stand as proof that the network and its faux reporters are in denial when it comes to identifying terrorism and terrorists: It is unclear how powerful the explosive could have been and what the man’s intentions were. Initial reports were that fireworks or firecrackers had [...]
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Bowl Game Sponsorships Receive Second Look Amidst Year of Bank Bailouts and TARP Loans
December 16th, 2009 · 1 Comment
One year ago this month, I opined about taxpayers footing the bill for several college football bowl games. Today, I decided to revisit the college football bowl scene and find out who’s sponsoring this year’s post-season gridiron clashes. [Note: I brought this back to the front page of this blog after it was cross-posted Christmas [...]
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Nuggets of News Cause Blogger to Pause
June 16th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Surfing through the morning news headlines, I found some nuggets of news that caused me to pause for a moment and thought they might have a similar effect on you: NO CHRYSLER DEALERS LEFT IN DETROIT: Last week, Lochmoor Chrysler Jeep on Detroit’s East Side stopped selling Chrysler products, one of the 789 franchises Chrysler [...]
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Taxpayers Foot Bill for College Football Bowls
December 30th, 2008 · No Comments
It appears writer Eric Crawford was ahead of the journalistic pack with his article that appeared in the Louisville Courier-Journal on Black Friday — the one after Thanksgiving, not Christmas. In Bailout Bowl, Presented By You and Me, he highlighted the many instances in which taxpayers — hence, “You and Me” in his headline — [...]
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