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President Obama and the Democrats tacked an amendment on to the Obamacare bill that will kill the private student loan business and make the federal government the sole lender of student loans. This would be a terrible blow to freedom and the beginning of government control of who gets loans and the curriculum [...] Arizona contractors – are you ready for the new federal lead paint regulations that are effective April 22, 2010? Virginia Real Estate, Land Use & Construction Law Blog: “The next wave of the EPA’s lead paint regulations take effect on April 22. These regulations will impose new training, certification, work practice and [...] Wall St. Journal: “Income tax rates go up, rich taxpayers vanish. . . . after passing a millionaire surtax nearly one-third of Maryland’s millionaires had gone missing, thus contributing to a decline in state revenues. The politicians in Annapolis had said they’d collect $106 million by raising its income tax rate on millionaire households . [...] Can there be any more proof that the police have too much time on their hands or maybe there are too manycops enforcing the law than this story of beer busts in Pennsylvania? The Philadelphia Daily News has an incredible story called “Troopers raid popular bars for unlicensed beers” that starts: IT WAS ELIOT [...] In their never-ending thirst to raise tax money to pay for their unlimited spending habits, some states have adopted what is called the “Amazon” tax and others are considering it. This is a tax on online companies that have no connection with a state, but are required to collect and pay sales taxes [...] The Cato Institute published an article called “The Criminalization of Almost Everything.” It discusses a subject that important in a free country, but it is ignored by the main stream media that is too busy stalking Tiger Woods and Paris Hilton. The subject is that federal state and local governments have passed so [...] A 7th grade girl was suspended from school for five days because a friend put a single prescription drug pill in her hand. The pill was Adderall, an ADHD drug. The girl who said no said no and gave the pill back to her friend. The school supseded the girl for five days [...] Apparently there is a major new crime wave in the Los Angeles area, but fear not, the billboard police are on it. Kayvan Setareh was arrested and held on $1 million bail for putting up a movie advertisement on an eight story building. I wonder what his bail would have been if he [...] The Tampa, Florida, law enforcement agencies must not have enough crime because they recently arrested a teenage boy for walking along a public highway while wearing a clown mask. A sheriff’s deputy spotted the perp and followed him for a while until backup from the Tampa police department arrived to help make the [...] The food police busted the B & B Do it Center in Camarillo, California, for giving customers free coffee and donuts in the morning. Owner Ty Brann says the business had been giving the free stuff for over 15 years. Recently a customer complained to the Ventura County food police and B & [...] This is not a joke. Democrats and a few Republicans in the House of Representatives passed a bill that would recognize a new race, the native Hawaiian race, and give its members special rights and privileges not given to any other Americans except for native Americans who are members of federal government recognized [...] New York Times: “in the two years since the Education Department began an intensive effort to root out such teachers from the more than 55,000 who have tenure, officials have managed to fire only three for incompetence. . . . . The city’s effort includes eight full-time lawyers, known as the Teacher Performance [...] New York Times: “Nine months after effectively banning most fund-raising food sales in city schools, a city panel will vote Wednesday on an amended regulation that will allow student groups to sell items like Pop-Tarts and Doritos during the school day, but not brownies, zucchini bread or anything else homemade. . . . [...] The nutters have a new scare they want us to be aware of – hot dogs. The Associated Press reports that the American Academy of Pediatrics wants the federal food police to make “sweeping changes in the way food is designed and labeled to minimize children’s chances for choking.” Even though hot dog [...] The Los Angeles police have apparently eliminated crime in their jurisdiction because they now devote a lot of man/woman police hours to busting mobile food vendors who sell from vehicles. I can’t wait until NBC makes a one hour TV series about the LAPD food police called FIU, short for Food Investigation Unit. I’d like [...] One of the unintended consequences of big government is that agencies have to justify their existence by finding and attacking windmills. Imagine being an Equal Opportunity Commission (EEOC) worker whose job is to stamp out sexual harassment in the work place. Problem number one is you must sniff out the evil sexual-harassment-doers, and [...] A Rhode Island high school asked all teachers to work an additional 25 minutes a day, but because the teachers are union members, the union said no way. Result: The high school fired everyone of the lazy it’s all about the children teachers – over 100 teachers, administrators and assistants. Nevermind that the [...] The Wall St. Journal had a story on February 13, 2010, about the growing problem of student loan debts and the consequences of defaulting on student loans. The story mentions many people who now have massive student loans, including the medical doctor who graduated from med school in 2003 with a $250,000 loan [...] Thanks to the State of South Carolina U.S. citizens can sleep better at night knowing that the State’s new subversive registration law is in effect. Subversive organizations must register with the South Carolina Secretary of State or be subject to a fine of up to $25,000 or imprisonment up to ten years, or [...] Los Angeles Times: “A proposed law would require new homes, larger developments and some redevelopments in Los Angeles to capture and reuse runoff generated in rainstorms. The ordinance approved in January by the Department of Public Works would require such projects to capture, reuse or infiltrate 100% of runoff generated in a 3/4 [...] reason.com: “In April 2008, The Orange County Register published a bombshell of an investigation about a license plate program for California government workers and their families. Drivers of nearly 1 million cars and light trucks—out of a total 22 million vehicles registered statewide—were protected by a ’shield’ in the state records system between [...] Government know-it-alls, aka the “Food Police” want to tell you want you can and cannot eat. Our founding fathers fought and died so that Americans could be free, but now totalitarians in and out of government want to control our lives in every way possible. Earlier this week I submitted a Certificate of Limited Partnership to the Arizona Secretary of State for filing. The document contained a photocopy of the general partner’s signature. It did not have an original signature. The Arizona Secretary of State rejected the document because it claims “all applications for Limited Partnerships . . [...] Boston Globe: “Since December 2007, when the current downturn began, the ranks of federal employees earning $100,000 and up has skyrocketed. According to a recent analysis by USA Today, federal workers making six-figure salaries – not including overtime and bonuses – ‘jumped from 14 percent to 19 percent of civil servants during the [...] Wall St. Journal: “The Washington, D.C., bag tax seemed simple enough: Beginning Jan. 1, grocery stores in the district would charge five cents a bag, plastic or paper. The goal was to cut down on waste and raise money to clean up the polluted Anacostia River. But nearly a month into the program, [...] guardian.co.uk: “Smuggled and bootlegged, it has been the cause of transatlantic tensions for more than two decades. But after 21 years in exile, the haggis is to be allowed back into the United States. The “great chieftan o’ the puddin-race” was one of earliest casualties of the BSE [bovine spongiform encephalopathy] crisis of [...] Congress passes laws without any consideration of the unintended consequences of the laws. Magicians and TV journalists Penn & Teller’s video is a shocking eye-opener about the untended consequences of the Americans with Disabilities Act and how it has harmed, rather than helped the disabled. The video also shows the stupidity of the [...] An Associated Press story claims that government regulations and six figure fishing permits cause fewer people to enter the New England fishing industry. Lowering the Bar: “Michael Winston Hicks is the name of a suspicious individual who is on ‘the list,’ according to the TSA. It is also the name of 8-year-old ‘Mikey’ Winston Hicks, left, who according to a January 13 New York Times article is therefore searched virtually every time he goes through airport [...] Sign On San Diego: “CARB is proposing to require every repair dealer to check the inflation of every tire during repair to improve mpg for all vehicles . . . . the only times that consumers may decline a check and inflate service—they can never decline the service if it’s offered for free—is [...] |
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