September 28, 2014

And those would be him and his astroturf groups Moms Demand Action, Everytown, and Mayors Against Illegal Guns… (H/T Powerline)

“A new chart from the minority side of the Senate Budget Committee shows a startling fact: Almost 1 in 4 Americans between the ages of 25-54 (or prime working years) are not working.  Here’s a chart showing those in that age group currently employed (95.6 million) and those who aren’t (28.9 million)” (H/T: Weekly Standard)

“If you’re suing nuns, you’ve done something really wrong,” US Senator Ted Cruz on the Democrat Obama Administration suing the Catholic nuns, The Little Sisters of the Poor, for fighting for their right on conscience (and “Free Expression as in the First Amendment) and not being forced to provide abortifacients in their healthcare plans. Yes, …

Blogline of the Day – seriously, suing nuns that attend to the dying? Read More »

That was the simple question I asked, when on my town’s budget committee, of the School Board.  How many actual workers that were doing teaching and how many were not (and thus, overhead)?  Most businesses know this number constantly in order to control costs – but government, unless watched like a hawk, will expand to …

Data Point – Indirect vs Direct labor ratio? Read More »

Twinkies disappeared for a while as the bakery (et al) unions overplayed their hands in a power struggle as in who gets to effectively run a company – the company’s owners / managers or the unions (note I didn’t say workers).  The unions wanted control and they wanted more money.  However, in the public marketplace, the …

Didn’t the US Postal Service union learn from the Twinkie debacle? Read More »

Which one is less likely to make you a victim? (H/T: Liberal Logic 101)

–Granite Status (reformatted, emphasis mine) Other results from surveys conducted Sept. 19-20: US Senate: 50.1% to 42.8% – Democrat Sen. Jeanne Shaheen over Republican Scott Brown NH Congressional District 1: 45.2% to 45.2% – dead tie between Republican Frank Guinta and Democrat Carol Shea-Porter NH Congressional District 2:   48.9% to  38.1% – Democrat U.S. Rep. Ann McLane Kuster over Republican Marilinda Garcia …

NH Republican Wave? A smaller ruler is needed… Read More »

State House Dome: “Right-to-work, or forbidding unions from charging non-members agency fees for negotiating and administering collective bargaining agreements, will also be back next session.  During the 2011-2012 term, lawmakers battled over the issue – which was promoted by House Speaker Bill O’Brien – more than two times before the Senate called a halt to the maneuvering …

I have a suggestion for Right To Work – a little one Read More »

The money part was the focus – but it was the last line that should catch EVERYONE’s attention (and then think about it) The economists had predicted just last year that they expected the total economic impact to South Texas to be $89 billion in 2022. Instead, they now estimate that the impact has already …

Texas is booming – thank cheap energy! Read More »

Possible Responses from the White House to the attack.   State Dept adds "no indication that the U.S. Embassy was the target of the attack" today in #Yemen — thankfully US personnel NOT injured — Ed Henry (@edhenry) September 27, 2014   Weasel Zippers c/o Susan Olsen