Maybe we should require background checks first
June 19, 2013
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Party line
June 15, 2013
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How to render government eavesdropping pointless
June 12, 2013(caution: crude language)
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NSA-approved books for children
June 12, 2013
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Orwell warned us about this
June 12, 2013
For further enlightenment:
Press #1 for English, #2 for Spanish and #3 for Obama, by Doug Giles
Obama is Just Obama, by Victor Davis Hanson
Sorry, Mr. Obama, the Constitution Is Not Negotiable, by Sen. Rand Paul
Keeping Us Safe from Obama, by Mona Charen
We’re Only Spying on Ourselves, by Jacob Sullum
We Can’t Trust Obama, by Jonah Goldberg
7 Reasons to Worry about Federal Surveillance, by Ben Shapiro
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The Lifer
June 10, 2013Rep. John Dingell (D-MI) is now the longest-serving member of Congress in history. As of last Friday, he surpassed the previous longevity record, which had been set by Sen. Robert Byrd of West Virginia. Dingell took office on December 14, 1955 after winning a special election to fill the seat his father had held for more than 20 years.
The Bard of Murdock comments:
While others pause to praise the man
Who’s given sixty years,
We might recall what he has wrought
Before we join the cheers.
An advocate for government,
With bureaucratic heart,
In every regulation passed
Our John has played a part.
The EPA, the FDA,
And now Obamacare!
For every bit of overreach
Our Dingell has been there.
And how he prospers through the years
While moving up in rank;
The latest calculations show
Five million in the bank.
For us, the hand of government.
For him, a fortune gained.
Forgive me if my accolades
Might seem a bit restrained.
While Johnny pauses to reflect
And hear his life acclaimed,
For what he’s done with sixty years
He ought to be ashamed.
Copyright 2013 by The Bard of Murdock. Used with permission.
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The paper chase
May 24, 2013The BBC Business News reports:
Venezuela’s National Assembly has backed plans to import 39 million rolls of toilet paper, in an effort to relieve a chronic shortage.
Lawmakers voted to approve a $79m credit for the country’s ministry of commerce, which will also be used to buy toothpaste and soap.
The products are currently in short supply in Venezuelan shops.
The oil-rich nation relies on imports, but currency controls have restricted its ability to pay for foreign goods.
President Nicolas Maduro, who won a narrow majority in April’s presidential elections, maintains that the country’s periodic shortages of basic goods are the result of a conspiracy by the opposition and rich sectors of society. (continue reading)
The Bard of Murdock comments:
The socialist caucus
Now running Caracas
Is on the hot seat in the polls.
The national issue?
A shortage of tissue
That common folk purchase in rolls.
The problem is vivid.
The public is livid,
As price controls wipe out supply.
Now people are queuing
In hopes of accruing
A super absorbent two-ply.
The previous autumn
The market hit bottom,
When need far exceeded demand.
Which happens when masses
Are ruled by asses,
And finish with nothing in hand.
As public opinion
Throughout the dominion
Continues its negative trend,
The socialist caucus
Now running Caracas
Says all will be well in the end.
Copyright 2013 by The Bard of Murdock. Reprinted with permission.
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Obama denies role in government
May 19, 2013Via The Borowitz Report:
WASHINGTON—President Obama used his weekly radio address on Saturday to reassure the American people that he has “played no role whatsoever” in the U.S. government over the past four years.
“Right now, many of you are angry at the government, and no one is angrier than I am,” he said. “Quite frankly, I am glad that I have had no involvement in such an organization.”
The President’s outrage only increased, he said, when he “recently became aware of a part of that government called the Department of Justice.”
“The more I learn about the activities of these individuals, the more certain I am that I would not want to be associated with them,” he said. “They sound like bad news.”
Mr. Obama closed his address by indicating that beginning next week he would enforce what he called a “zero tolerance policy on governing.”
“If I find that any members of my Administration have had any intimate knowledge of, or involvement in, the workings of the United States government, they will be dealt with accordingly,” he said.
By Andy Borowitz.
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It’s been a rough week
May 18, 2013
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Everybody must get droned
June 19, 2013Well, I had to go get my surprised face out of storage when I heard that the FBI was surveilling the U.S. with drones. I wish I’d invested all my money in surprised faces, because the demand for them is sure to skyrocket when this news gets out…