This great Dilbert cartoon perfectly captures how surveillance breeds distrust. The feds are spying on us left and right, and yet politicians whine that we don’t trust the government. At least not everyone’s a damn fool on that regard. (No – this isn’t the cue to recite the Pledge of Allegiance….)
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Obama’s Bogus Exit Perfectly Captured
When the Washington Post’s Tom Toles is good, he’s great.
Will Obama Out-BS Bush on Iraq?
Popcorn sales are soaring across the nation because Obama will give a live Oval Office speech tonight on the U.S. victory in Iraq. I’m disappointed that Obama will not be giving the speech after climbing out of a jet wearing a flight suit, like George W. did with his “Mission Accomplished” speech in 2003. I […]
9/11 as Government Blowback Day
Some church in Florida is planning on celebrating 9/11 by burning hundreds of Korans. Perhaps this will be the launchpad for bonfires across the nation of any book suspected of Muslim tendencies. There’s a different 9/11 celebration going on in San Diego. Lawrence Ludlow emailed me about “Government Blowback Day.” I don’t know if Lawrence […]
The Crime of Lying to the FBI???
Former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich is a four-star sleazeball. But the feds had their chance to put him away and they failed to convince a jury on all charges except lying to the FBI. This is one of the “crimes” that best illustrates the mirage of the Rule of Law in the U.S. FBI agents […]
James J. Kilpatrick, RIP- the Conservative Literary Path Not Taken….
[updated at the bottom]James J. Kilpatrick passed away yesterday at the age of 89. In his prime, and in his top notch writing, he was one of the best conservative stylists of the late 20th century. He gracefully combined earthiness and erudition to connect with Americans far and wide. When William F. Buckley passed away […]
A Web-Only Solution for Federal Agencies?
Today’s Dilbert should cheer up American newspaper executives. Is there any way to also get most federal agencies to go “web-only”?
Jim Bovard
The former #1 radio DJ in NYC has bad news for Yon
Brian Wilson
CAPTCHA snipped the lead:
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Robert Giordano
How many convicts has the EEOC hired?