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SOCIALISM:

Political pressure forces Ford to pull ad bragging that it didn't take bailout money.

ECONOMY:

The CEO of Coca-cola just noticed the US is worse for business than China. Pretty much every other big company recognized that a decade ago.

TAX AND SPEND:

Palin exposed as a tax and spend mayor in Wasilla.

REGULATION:

Every time media tells me government agents have reached an international agreement, I cringe.

FEDERAL RESERVE:

This is a wonderful piece of double-speak:

"Over the years, there have been changes in the Fed’s structure to improve its independence, credibility, accountability, and transparency."

Independence and accountability? That's some trick.

HEALTH CARE:

I don't mean to make fun when people have died, but when the government-controlled media exaggerates such events, I have to proclaim a fear-mongering alert: Run for your lives from cantaloupe!

"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday that 72 illnesses, including 13 deaths, are linked to the tainted fruit. State and local officials say they are investigating three additional deaths that may be connected."

OMG. Only lightening may be more deadly. Or living in houses. I bet more than 1,000 people have been killed from living in houses in the same period. But that's highly regulated by government so it's not newsworthy. Instead, the news focuses on the one in a few million people who ate cantaloupe and died. On a personal note, I ate cantaloupe yesterday at lunch. So far no ill effects. God bless the government for saving me. Or not since they had nothing to do with anything. I bet more people die from heart attacks in response to this bull**** than die from the cantaloupe in question. Please pray that I may live through the night after my self-destructive behavior of eating cantaloupe yesterday. God willing, I'll poke fun at alarmist bull**** again tomorrow in this blog as usual. If you think I'm going to die because I ate cantaloupe, or because I breathed Al Gore's air, please send all your money to lostinwilderness@gmail.com so my family can tend to my burial. Thank you.

GLOBAL WARMING AND ENERGY:

EPA implementing regulations it admits are absurd.

"While EPA acknowledges that come 2016, the administrative burdens may still be so great that compliance … may still be absurd or impossible to administer at that time, that does not mean that the Agency is not moving toward the statutory thresholds."

You can't make this stuff up. Do you think they can afford to hire an editor?

POLICE STATE:

The feds have a new surveillance device that mimics a cell phone tower so it can locate cell phones even when they're not in use. Have you checked in with big brother today?

New York City police chief claims the NYPD can shoot down airplanes if necessary. I don't like any government having this power, but I prefer local governments having it to the federal government.

The black flash mob attacks have spread to Denver.

Not only did the ATF force gun dealers to sell guns to the Mexican drug cartels, they funded the purchase with taxpayer money.

WAR:

Admiral Mullen tells the truth.

"We’re Going to Be There [Afghanistan] Longer Than 2014."

Obama must hate when his subordinates expose his lies.

The pretend transparent Obama administration won't allow the American people to see supposed pictures of bin Laden's execution. Or this is all charade. Flip a coin.

FOREIGN POLICY:

Israel announces more settlements. I wonder how analogous this situation is 19th century US manifest destiny. Seems very similar to me. I wonder if the Palestinians will receive tiny reservations on crappy land too or nothing.

POLITICS:

The latest Zogby poll shows Herman Cain skyrocketing to the top and Rick Perry falling 23 points. If this is true, it shows that polls have become even more irrelevant than before.

Eighty-one percent of Americans dissatisfied with the Federal government. I always wonder about the people who are satisfied. Who are they?

Christie still says no.

It's nice to see somebody in the press bring up the connections between Obama, Ayers, Alinsky, Cloward and Piven.

Obama's fundraising take plummets.

Obama's political warmonger predicts 2012 will be a "titanic struggle" in sort of the same way loser Jimmy Carter struggled titanically against Ronald Reagan. But different. It's funny that an incumbent is already resigned to a struggle instead of a victory. Policies matter. Socialism kills. What's really sad is Axelrod brings a lot of truth to the matter. Reagan won because he presented an unabashed libertarian message of hope in contrast to Carter's message of government malaise. Unlike 1980, the mainstream Republican agenda is the same as the Democrat agenda, but slightly less. Who cares? Today, no Republican other than Ron Paul draws the clear ideological line between libertarianism and government domination of society that Reagan drew in 1980, and the press won't allow him to get any traction.

MEDIA:

Humorous idea for Ron Paul to win the nomination by manipulating the media to cover him.

"Here is how Ron Paul can win. He can kidnap Chris Christie. Hold Christie hostage in a cabin. With Christie now receiving the media adoration once given to the buffoon Donald Trump, then poured on the hapless Rick Perry, my kidnap plan could propel Paul to the White House. Here's how it would work:
Every morning, outside the cabin, Paul could host a news conference to end the Christie kidnap. Imagine: With the media herd hungrily assembled, Chris Mathews would breathlessly ask Paul: "When will you release Christie?” Ron would reply: "I will that discuss that soon, but first I want to discuss my plans to end secrecy of the Federal Reserve Board" to the huge audience.
Matt Drudge and Roger Ailes would have a field day with the Christie kidnap.
Drudge would banner in bold: CHRISTIE TAKEN PRISONER. Media coverage would surge. Ailes, who has turned Republican debates into a reality show, as Howard Kurtz brilliantly writes in Newsweek, would use Fox money to hire a mercenary army to liberate Christie, with live coverage of the liberation on the Bill O'Reilly show. But before the Ailes force lands …
The next morning, with Christie still in custody, Paul would emerge before the hungry media herd again. Wolf Blitzer would ask: "When will you release Christie?" Ron would reply: "Wolf, I will discuss that soon, but first I want to discuss why I believe America is militarily overextended, which skyrockets our national debt.” Carville might say: It's about time! Castellanos might say: This could propel Paul, but the big winner is Mitt Romney. Gergen might say, an interesting strategy, but we have to balance all considerations.
Think about it. Ron Paul would have the largest audience in history, and could address the nation about its future, while the media herd awaits the Christie release."

Funny because it's true.

MSNBC calls the AP racist for accurately transcribing Obama's speech.

"“Take off your bedroom slippers. Put on your marching shoes,” Obama lectured the audience. “Shake it off. Stop complainin’. Stop grumblin’. Stop cryin’. We are going to press on. We have work to do.”However, after the Associated Press accurately transcribed Obama’s dropped g’s, MSNBC aired a debate segment asking whether the decision not to “clean up” Obama’s words was “racist”."

Obama intentionally adopted that accent. Making that clear in the transcription is a service.

Praise for the Russian Times.

"I'm old enough to remember the incessant cold war propaganda about the Soviet Union's unfair elections and government-run press, so the I can appreciate the joy it must give the Russians to stick it back to us."

It's amazing how the US government has seized control of everything without people realizing it. Very impressive.

LOCAL:

Government education subsidies are not economic growth. They kill far more jobs they create. I'm all for businesses funding education so they can make sure they get the productive workers they need, but pointing to government agent GE as an example of this is just wrong. GE is just a filter for government money.

MISC:

Space weather is just another excuse the government uses to scare people into surrendering more money to it. Wake me if my power goes out.