When following the Wisconsin union mess, I found myself agreeing with a lot of what RedState was saying. Both they and I agreed that public service unions needed to step up and understand that their collective bargaining positions in boom times leads to harder bust times than is necessary. They’re still voters after all,...
One of the sticking points in the Wisconsin mess between the state and the unions is the issue of mandatory dues. Fox News reports: The plan would leave in place increases to the now-nominal employee benefit contributions – a move that would have government workers pay about 12 percent of health insurance costs, less...
We are supposed to be guaranteed equal protection under the law, though we all know it doesn’t quite work that way. Some folks have connections that get them out of a speeding ticket that you or I would get out of. But for a couple in Tennessee, it’s worse than that. Carol Ann and...
Yesterday, I wrote about a WI Democrat who told someone they were “f-ing dead”. That is just reprehensible. However, I would be remiss to not pass along this story from Hot Air about how a WI Democrat physically protected a Republican colleague from a crowd that was just getting way to rowdy. You have...
Florida made the decision. They don’t want to build a high speed rail line from Orlando to Tampa. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood’s response? He proudly stands with Florida and tells them they have another week to make the decision they’ve already made. Yeah, that makes about as much sense as hiring Charlie Sheen...
Neveda is unique in the US. It’s the only state with legal prostitution. It’s regulated, but legal in any county that chooses to have it. As a result, the girls enjoy a standard of living that prostitutes in other states can only dream about. For Harry Reid, that’s just unacceptable. In a speech to...
Texas, one of the gun states in this nation, is getting set to pass a law that will allow gun on college and university campuses. The measure will be just the latest in a series that date back to the Virginia Tech massacre, and once again supposedly educated people are freaking out over the...
Wisconsin certainly seems to be where it’s all happening in state politics right now. My beloved Georgia simply avoids voting on some things, while Wisconsin Democrats pull a Taco Bell and “make a run for the border.” In this case, it’s the state border, and all because Republicans want to modify rules that keep...
The City of Brotherly Love may want to rethink their nickname when they get a chance. How about the City of Statist Tyranny. Doesn’t that have a nice ring? Why, you may ask? Because the City has arrested at least eight people over the last two years who’s only “crime” was to carry a...
ThinkProgress.com is at it again. This time, they take aim at Alaska Senatorial candidate Joe Miller who is currently ahead in the ballot count for the GOP nomination. He made the comment that Social Security and Medicare are unconstitutional. From our “friends” at ThinkProgress: Last month, Alaska GOP U.S. Senate candidate and Tea Party...
