Category Archives: The Government is Not Your Friend

An Idiot Once Said

Posted on September 18, 2013 by Phil Kadath

That “The Republican Health Care Plan was ‘Don’t get sick.” Apparently, that plan sounded so good to the Democratic Party in California that they adopted it. Insurers limiting doctors, hospitals in health insurance market Insurers in California’s new health insurance … Continue reading →

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They must have no idea what they’re doing

Posted on September 17, 2013 by Phil Kadath

Do they do this so often that they have a different name for it? Some miners in Alaska want the feds to start digging for answers. A task force including members of 10 state and federal law enforcement agencies descended … Continue reading →

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Of course they don’t

Posted on September 16, 2013 by Phil Kadath

If the federal government took border security seriously it wouldn’t cost nearly as much as it does. And where is the fun in that for a bureaucrat? The sweeping immigration bill passed by the Senate in July attempts to solve … Continue reading →

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How Goverment Works

Posted on September 6, 2013 by Phil Kadath

Now that Congress is back, we all need to guard ourselves and our wallets as well as the EPA is doing. Steady yourself for this one The GOP chairman of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee accused the Environmental … Continue reading →

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Eliminating Dissent

Posted on September 5, 2013 by Phil Kadath

Want to get a line on those who don’t like you? Even in 1772, filtering known metadata is all you needed to do. Using Metadata to Find Paul Revere London, 1772. I have been asked by my superiors to give … Continue reading →

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You’re Misunderstanding Them

Posted on August 13, 2013 by Phil Kadath

They love you and want to give you free healthcare. Until you become too expensive to the “public resource” coffers. Then you should just go and let them kill you. Welcome to Oregon. Coming soon the rest of the nation. … Continue reading →

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They Collect Everything

Posted on August 9, 2013 by Alaska

Y’all may not have seen this. Recall, please, that the NewsHour is venerated in Washington as the sober Word of Truth among the elite. For very good reasons, frankly; bias aside, they’re still better than most at what they do. … Continue reading →

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First they find you guilty

Posted on August 8, 2013 by Phil Kadath

Then they convict you. U.S. directs agents to cover up program used to investigate Americans A secretive U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration unit is funneling information from intelligence intercepts, wiretaps, informants and a massive database of telephone records to authorities across … Continue reading →

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RNS Quote of the Day, Signs and Portents Edition

Posted on August 3, 2013 by Alaska

Here’s a twofer. You really want to click over and read the whole thing on each. They’re short but pack a wallop. Noth­ing the gov­ern­ment has said should give you any con­fi­dence that we are not bound for the crush­ing … Continue reading →

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So, you think you’re tough?

Posted on July 12, 2013 by Phil Kadath

Then you should have no trouble watching these clips from yesterday where Radley Balko discussed his book “Rise of the Warrior Cop” and the militarization of the constabulary on Chris Hayes’ MSNBC show. Clip 1 Clip 2  

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