Virginia's Attorney General, Ken Cuccinelli, has subpoenaed documents from a scientist working at the University of Virginia. Such an action is permissible under a statute passed in 2002 to help curb and prevent employees at public Universities from defrauding public tax dollars. The Democrats in the State Assembly are, of course, aghast.
Funny that the Democrats should be concerned about the use of the subpoena for investigating potential misuse of public dollars; aren't they supposed to be the party of ethics and governmental responsibility? (I guess that that principle goes out the window when they hope to use the issue to gain electoral ground (read the Washington Post story here)).
Suspicions about the professor have led to previous investigations as well. Chances are that if he's raised eyebrows before, he's likely to raise them again.
If he did tamper with his evidence and data then he is defrauding the public of tax dollars and needs to be punished.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
The Constitution Does Matter
Would Ms. Fredrickson go to President Kennedy
and say , "We've had lots of changes from your day to ours, like the internet and ipods, so we're going to ignore the whole intent of the Civil Rights act of 1964
"?
(read more...)
Monday, January 24, 2011
Rahm Emmanuel Is Not a Chicago Resident
An appellate panel in Chicago ruled that Rahm Emanuel is not a Chicago resident and is ineligible to run for Mayor (read it here). People are now bemoaning the judicial activism in the courts because of this ruling. This in spite of the fact that the courts are designated to rule on legal issues.
It makes you wonder why people want Rahm as Mayor in the first place. Chicago is notorious for its corrupt politicians. Why do they think that Rahm would be that much better?
It makes you wonder why people want Rahm as Mayor in the first place. Chicago is notorious for its corrupt politicians. Why do they think that Rahm would be that much better?
Friday, January 21, 2011
Quick Thoughts: Obamacare Replacement
It looks like Ezra Klein was wrong again. Yesterday he savaged the republicans for repealing Obamacare but not having a replacement. Little did he know (or maybe he wasn't paying attention) that the GOP was working to make good replacement policy (read about it here). The GOP has set up committees to actually study and find verifiable evidence of policies which would actually cause health care costs to go down and not skyrocket like they have so far under Obamacare. Some of the possible policies that they are looking at include: buying insurance across state lines, creating insurance associations to decrease costs and others.
It's kind of a shock to have Congress trying to look at market based reforms and methods of improving the market before passing laws.
Make your voices heard too. Contact your Congressmen and Senators by visiting their webpages: http://www.house.gov/ and http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
It's kind of a shock to have Congress trying to look at market based reforms and methods of improving the market before passing laws.
Make your voices heard too. Contact your Congressmen and Senators by visiting their webpages: http://www.house.gov/ and http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
Time to Stand Up for Human Rights
Something about that answer just doesn't sit well with most Americans. Aren't these rights supposed to be for everyone? And isn't everyone supposed to benefit from a government that protects them? (read more...)
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Obamacare Repealed! Why do we need to replace it?
His point might be valid if it weren't fatally flawed. He completely ignores the faulty premises of Obamacare. We'll forgive him since he is young (26) and can't understand old things. (read more...)
News: Obamacare Repealed!
One year after the passage of Obamacare, the House of Representatives voted yesterday in a 245 to 189 vote, to repeal Obamacare. Now we wait to see if Harry Reid will bring it to the floor of the Senate for a vote. If you'd like to contact your senator click here. Hopefully the Senate will be persuaded that Obamacare needs to be repealed. Let's let our voices be heard!
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