Blog Feed: Government 2.0

My final post

Published on 2011-03-08 21:43:26

It's been fun and interesting and I appreciate the support of my regular fllowers. However afer 15 months I am finding that the blogosphere is overwhelmed with political BLOGS and trying to generate any significant readership is very difficult. > read more

Tax Payer Receipt Act

Published on 2011-03-07 10:20:43

This is a great idea from Scott Brown. It is no accident that federal and state income taxes including SS are automatically deducted from your paycheck. There are of course lots of valid reasons for this but make no mistake if you had to write out ch > read more

Why do we need public sector Unions?

Published on 2011-02-28 21:24:35

The labor movement was born out of reprehensible working conditions that were the norm during the early days of the industrial revolution. No one can deny that unions were the major force for improving working conditions for millions of American > read more

Wisconsin Senators on the Run

Published on 2011-02-25 14:48:45

Wisconsin state senators running to Illinois is a dangerous game. And a game is exactly what it is. Like a spoiled child throwing a temper tantrum they have decided to take the game ball and run away with it. Did you ever really respect that kid? In > read more

Cheese Heads

Published on 2011-02-18 18:50:08

Wow, based on what's happening in Wisconsin it will be interesting to see what is going to happen when real cutbacks are proposed to the big 3 at the federal level. What will be more interesting to learn over the coming months is where the majority o > read more

Obama tips hand on re-election strategy

Published on 2011-02-15 17:59:30

The president this week has clearly tipped his hand on at least one major part of his 2012 campaign strategy. By submitting a budget that increases spending, the deficit, and taxes he is daring republicans to take the first step toward entitleme > read more

What is a Caliphate?

Published on 2011-02-10 21:04:17

With all the recent talk of Caliphate in the news in regard to what is going on in the middle east I thought I'd post this linkWhat is a Caliphate? > read more

Judicial Activism

Published on 2011-02-05 15:56:59

Judge Nancy Gertner Wikipedia defines judicial activism this way: “Judicial activism describes judicial ruling suspected of being based on personal or political considerations rather than on existing law.” The term Judicial Activism has be > read more

Slippery slope to nanny state - The Boston Globe

Published on 2011-02-04 15:45:03

Good piece by Scott Lehigh.Slippery slope to nanny state - The Boston Globe > read more

Power to the People, just not here

Published on 2011-02-01 19:03:21

 Violent, racist, radical Tea Party Protestors  Peaceful protesters in Egypt      It’s interesting to watch all of the support and gushing from certain quarters here in the US for the uprisi > read more

New BLOG Design

Published on 2011-02-01 08:57:37

I hope you all find the new design more appealing and easier to navigate! > read more

Freedom of the Press … to continue to alienate itself

Published on 2011-01-26 10:52:36

The first amendment to the constitution guarantees freedom of the press. Many have argued that the press can almost be considered a 4th branch of government. There is no denying the necessity and importance of a free press to maintaining a free socie > read more

Tea being served tonight after The State of the Union

Published on 2011-01-25 16:43:03

Michele Bachmann will be giving the Tea Party response to the state of the union address tonight. That’s a pretty big deal. It’s a seat at the table previously reserved for the single apposing party (Democrat or Republican) to respond to the addr > read more

End of Life Counseling

Published on 2011-01-06 19:03:31

Either end of life counseling is proper or it is not. I tend to think it is. Then why does this have to be foisted upon the physician community via legislation? Is it against the law to do so now? If it is so awkward for physicians to have this > read more

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Published on 2010-12-24 11:39:15

..and a Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year! > read more

Today is Pearl Harbor Day

Published on 2010-12-07 09:57:28

Today we honor all the veterans of the Pacific front of WWII. In particular those that died or were injured during the invasion of Pearl Harbor. > read more

Tocqueville’s prediction of the new kind of servitude

Published on 2010-11-15 07:52:45

(DF - Why the Nanny state, the welfare state, too much government regulation and less liberty is a bad thing) After having thus successfully taken each member of the community in its powerful grasp, and fashioned him at will, the supreme p > read more

A big leap in the "right" direction

Published on 2010-11-05 14:26:45

America took one giant leap toward G2.0 this week. It's only the beginning. We need to heed the words of Marco Rubio and other like minded victors this week who know this can’t just be a swing to the right and the old Republican party. If so it is > read more

Get out and Vote

Published on 2010-10-28 18:04:32

I will be away through the election. YES, I already submitted my absentee ballot. Hopefuly I will return to the beginning of Government 2.0. Most importantly no matter where you stand get out and vote! I can only hope you are ready to take a stand > read more