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I Don't Drink The Kool-Aid. For Anybody.

Have You Heard About CPSIA?

By Paul Oyler / February 18, 2009 /

It’s just one more case of the nincompoops whom we’ve elected hurriedly passing a sweeping law in the midst of a trumped-up “crisis” to counter a non-existent threat, with the upshot being a whole host of awful consequences, among them dealing significant blows to small businesses, the destruction of many valuable things, and the ongoing…

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Surprise: Government is Failing to Keep Promises

By Paul Oyler / February 16, 2009 /

People continue to put faith in big government–witness the election of Comrade Obama, for example–and big government continues to fail them. Can any of us honestly be shocked by this headline? Benefits Neglected for Civil Retirees Not if we’re paying attention. The more we trust government to do the right thing, to keep its word,…

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Another Clueless Republican

By Paul Oyler / January 27, 2009 /

Get a load of this gem, proposed in Congress by Republican Peter King of New York: The Camera Phone Predator Alert Act So…because sometimes predators use their cell phones to take pictures of kids, now everybody will have to pay a little more for their cell phones, so that if a predator is going to…

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Just Another Example…

By Paul Oyler / January 19, 2009 /

of the failure of big government: Lead Heads Where does the blame go for the lousy economy? IMHO, the lion’s share goes to our inept federal government, because of doing things precisely like this.

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The Ultimate Ponzi Schemes

By Paul Oyler / January 15, 2009 /

Bernie Madoff is the scum of the earth. Hands down, no doubt; building up a Ponzi scheme in order to bilk people out of billions of dollars is infuriating, and this man should spend the rest of his life behind bars. Let’s hope that the authorities track down as much of his ill-gotten money as…

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