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Transportation Security Administration Blog

June 24th, 2008 · Comments Off · 6 views

Well, this blows my mind. Just found out that the TSA has a blog.

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Categories: Government

IRS Increases Mileage Rates through 12-31-2008

June 23rd, 2008 · Comments Off · 142 views

The Internal Revenue Service today announced an increase in the optional standard mileage rates for the final six months of 2008. Taxpayers may use the optional standard rates to calculate the deductible costs of operating an automobile for business, charitable, medical or moving purposes.

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Categories: Government · Taxation

Government Officials Looking for Pr0n

April 11th, 2008 · 1 Comment · 24 views

Photo: This was an interesting search that found this site. The article this person found was not germane to the search.

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Categories: Government

Civics Quiz

September 19th, 2007 · 1 Comment · 27 views

Here’s a great quiz.
You answered 56 out of 60 correctly — 93.33 %
BTW, here’s how our elite performed.

Found this via the Corner

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Categories: American Economy · Education · Government

How Are NY’s Bridges?

August 3rd, 2007 · Comments Off · 136 views

R News
by Bill Carey
It was back in 1987 that a bridge collapsed and claimed 10 lives in New York State.
The disaster at the Schoharie Bridge on the State Thruway led to a round of inspections focused on bridge safety. Accidents, like the one in Minneapolis, leave many wondering whether New York State learned its [...]

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Categories: Americas North Shore · Disasters · Government

The Punch Clock Campaign

September 15th, 2006 · 1 Comment · 24 views

Here’s a novel idea. Ask our employees, Congress, to account for their time.

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Categories: American Politics · Congress · Government · Politics

American Democracy

September 6th, 2006 · Comments Off · 13 views

Lorraine at American Lady is stuck in a poli sci class.

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Categories: American History · Government · History

Katrina and the Federal Government

August 25th, 2006 · Comments Off · 26 views

One year later, the White House offers this summary of activity and action.

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Categories: Americans · Charity · Disasters · Government · Gulf Reconstruction · Katrina relief

Pork, It’s Not Just for Breakfast

August 22nd, 2006 · Comments Off · 32 views

Here is another Porkbusters’ post, looking at the top earmarks in the HHS / Labor appropriations bill. Charley Rangel does pretty good.

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Categories: American Politics · Commentary · Government · Limited Government · Original writing · Politics · Pork Busters · Taxation

White Gold

August 1st, 2006 · Comments Off · 13 views

Heree’s an interesting tale of how our “farm subsidies” hurt other farmers.
BBC
n a landscape scattered with mud houses, donkeys and carts, under the clearest of clear blue skies, Mr Moussa explains how his seven-hectare cotton farm brings in 500,000 CFA a year, helping him care for his three wives and seven children.
At harvest time, cotton [...]

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Categories: Government · Limited Government