Posts tagged: congress

CNN Poll: Majority says government a threat to citizens’ rights

CNN Just posted their results to a recent poll and their results were very interesting! Fifty-six percent of people questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Friday say they think the federal government’s become so large and powerful that it poses an immediate threat to the rights and freedoms of ordinary citizens. Forty-four percent […]

Obamacare: Don’t pay Insurance fine? Go to Jail!

I don’t think anyone would disagree when I say that the Heath Insurance industry needs reform but I keep reading more and more idiotic suggestions and decisions from our “leaders” in DC.. This one was irritating but not suprising.. From Politico.com – Read the original HERE Ensign receives handwritten confirmation This doesn’t happen often enough. […]

Will whole body imaging lead to “TSA Porn”?

So you’re at the airport, you’ve gone through the inevitable check-in and security line, when you walk through a machine you think is a metal detector, just like you probably have a number of times before. However, if you’re at one of nineteen airports across the country testing new “whole body imaging” scanners, you might […]

Road Warriors bare all for TSA – Millimeter Wave X-Ray

CNN.com posted a GREAT article about the TSA’s plan to roll out millimeter X-Ray to more and more airports. I hope someone releases the scans of our top politicians. The option of walking through a whole-body scanner or taking a pat-down shouldn’t be the final answer, said Chris Calabrese, a lawyer with the American Civil Liberties Union. […]

Running for congress?

So far, I’m loving the Disgruntled Truck Drivers platform for his 2012 run for congress. Read his ideas HERE It almost seems like the US Government has totally forgotten the fact that THEY work for US, not the other way around.  Depending on how things go in the next year, maybe I’ll copy his platfrom […]

Sunday September 28th, 2008 in , , , , | 1 Comment »

Scientists compare cell phone cancer risks to Cigarettes

The MOAB (Mother of all Bailouts) has taken up so much discussion in the media that this interesting/scary story was lost in the noise. US Scientists have alerted congress to the risks of using cell phones and their possible link to brain cancer.  They discussed that the older studies were flawed becuased the classified regular […]

Friday September 26th, 2008 in , , , | No Comments »

Financial Crisis faces America and the Dems Adjourn..

WOW! This was pretty shocking (No.. Not talking about the picture) to read.. Our finance system faces an implosion and Congress runs from the turmoil.. I probably one of the first to say that the government needs to stay out of things.. Let bad companies fail and let good companies succeed… Given that I was still a bit […]

Thursday September 18th, 2008 in , , , | No Comments »

Disgruntled Truck Driver to Run for Congress!

Today on his blog, the Disgruntled Truck Driver announced his intention to run for Congress in 2012! Read the post and his platform HERE

Tuesday September 16th, 2008 in , , | No Comments »