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Each year, lobbying groups in Washington spend billions of dollars trying to buy influence. Corporations, special-interest groups, unions, and single-interest groups like the NRA — all of them have poured money into efforts to shape laws and regulations to fit their interests. No doubt about it: most lobbies are forces to be reckoned with. Despite […]
You make the laws. You control the military, police force, trade policies, tax rates, and most facets of everyday life in the country you rule. Being a politician is certainly a power trip. But for many politicians, power isn’t enough. They go and stuff their pockets with every chunk of change they can get their […]
Ah, political parties, like a pimple on the face of America right before a prom. Oh, you can treat it, but the big ones never really go away and the little ones are just as annoying. Here is a countdown to 10 groups that are slowly destroying America.
The End is Nigh, and we’re not just talking about Glenn Beck’s ratings. Some economists are saying that the US has passed the point of no return with its economy, which means economic collapse is as inevitable as Charlie Sheen’s future apologies. There’s lots you’ll need to do before hunkering down in your zombie-proof bunker […]
We’ve all noticed a bit of a change in the socio-political atmosphere in the last few years. Whether it’s in the emergence of social networking monopolies or the advancement of tracking systems, it seems more and more that Big Brother has got us covered — in more ways than one.
In honor of President’s Day, we’ve listed 25 of the best President’s Day quotes we could find below. Each quote comes from the mouth or pen of a US president. 1. I know only two tunes: one of them is ‘Yankee Doodle’, and the other one isn’t. -Ulysses S. Grant 2. I had rather be […]
President Obama is slated to meet with software captains of industry this evening. The most notable players include Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, and Eric Schmidt. A lot of media commentary seems to be treating this as a celeb gathering, or some kind of running joke. What are they really going to talk about? Isn’t the […]
The national natural gas pipeline network. Image: Department of Energy Information February 9, 2011: A natural gas explosion in Allentown, PA damages eight rowhouses and kills at least one person. January 24, 2011: A natural gas pipeline explodes in Fairport Harbor, Ohio. One house explodes. September 9, 2010: A natural gas explosion in the San […]
Image: Upstate NYer/Wikimedia How can the government support entrepreneurship? There’s no easy answer to this question. People have written books on the topic for years, but it’s anyone’s guess as to who is right. The Obama administration’s latest effort to foster an innovative economy is called Startup America. It aims to increase opportunities for entrepreneurs […]
Image: pepemczolz/Flickr In a new effort to trim the fat from Americans, the USDA and Dept. of Health and Human Services have released new dietary guidelines today. With its admonition to increase exercise and reduce calories, it embraces common sense without taking any action to combat one of the core tenets of the obesity epidemic, […]
“(The financial crisis) was a fundamental disruption–a financial upheaval, if you will–that wreaked havoc in communities and neighborhoods across this country.” I’ll say! If you’re wondering what’s inside the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission’s 600+ page report on the causes of the financial crisis, released today in its full glory, the quote above should give you […]
Yesterday’s State of the Union was a nicely written piece, full of buzzwords and encouragement. To get a better sense of what Obama was really saying about business and the economy, I sifted through the political-marketing smokescreen to try to find something more substantial. My dissection is below, with relevant SOTU excerpts and links to […]
