Politics and other nightmares

How the all knowing and all powerful compassionate federal government is saving our children from the dangers of . . . postage stamps:

Priorities:

That extremist rightwing rag the New York Times says the Obamacare disaster might -- gasp! -- undermine faith in government:

Some of the commentariat are giving Kathleen Sebelius a hard time for her "people who I don't work for" comment:

Health and Human Services secretary Kathleen Sebelius responded moments ago to questions about whether she will resign in the wake of the Affordable Care Act’s problematic rollout. Her response is raising some eyebrows. 

Still longing for fiscal sanity in Washington? This is what we're up against:

Senate majority leader Harry Reid says that "Everybody" is "willing to pay more" taxes. He said so in an interview with a Nevada Public Radio host.

Our tax dollars at work:

What is the meaning of life? The answer is worth $24,953, at least according to the National Endowment for the Humanities, a taxpayer-funded federal agency that is providing an educational grant to study the question.

"What is the good life and how do I live it?" Well, for $25,000 in tax dollars, NEH has tasked someone with finding out.

Yeah, OK, the NSA has been getting too snoopy against Americans, and tha's worrisome, but I can't seem to get too worked up over this:

Take a look at the picture and decide for yourselves-- old hats on the left, new ones on the right. "Marines in girly hats." It's a perfect symbol for something -- just not sure what.

A change to the Marine Corps’ uniform hats could take the hard-nosed Leathernecks from the Halls of Montezuma to the shops of Christopher Street.

I know I frequently get into beating-a-dead-horse territory when writing about governments restraint and sensible spending, but, dammit, Jim, somebody has to. It's for sure the other side is absolutely relentless.

Now we have this, and we all knew it was coming, didn't we?

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