Bureaucracy

Decay Point: Bureaucratic Sclerosis

January 5, 2013

Alas, as a society decays, its parts shrivel and wither in interestingly tragic ways. An exemplar of such decay occurred just the other day. Big Government’s bureaucratic sclerosis hit a Fire Department so hard that it felt it necessary for its, “…22 firefighters and six vehicles…” to remain idle on the shore and watch a [ Read more ]

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An Assault Weapon or Not An Assault Weapon…That is the Question

December 19, 2012

I’m no expert on firearms but do a fair job of knowing how government works and this “we need to do something” thing plays right into my wheelhouse. That “something” is the desire of legislators to appear to be capable of managing our lives in every meaningful way, so when a nut plotted, planned and [ Read more ]

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Obama Couldn’t Run A Lemonade Stand (Nor could a NH Democrat) And Here’s Why?

October 9, 2012

When the economy got rough my employer had to cut back staffing.  By the time they were done we had dropped about 70% of our staff, down to the bare minimum needed to operate each department.   We kept the best people and asked them to do a lot more for the same money, and sometimes [ Read more ]

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“Obama couldn’t run a lemonade stand”, No Kidding, Who Can?

October 6, 2012

A fellow Granite Stater said, “Obama couldn’t run a lemonade stand“.  Good for him, I say.  I take his point:  the bumbler in chief is so over his head that he can’t even muster the intellectual skill it takes to even perform a simple grade school task.  But this guy should have used another example [ Read more ]

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The Delphi Technique

August 16, 2012

As we find ourselves more and more exposed to committee meetings, public meetings, and even private ones, particularly with bureaucrats, paper pushers, or local or state level government officials, this bit of news might come in handy. It’s about the Delphi Technique. From Informed Citizens United In group settings, the Delphi Technique is an unethical [ Read more ]

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Two Dick’s & Obama’s Vitamin Police

October 10, 2011

Long story short, if the regs went into place the vitamin shelf at the store would be emptied until supplement makers submitting test results to the FDA and the products were approved. And the added for battling the bureaucracy and testing regime? You’d be paying that when they products went back on the shelf, if they did.

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UNH may have to Layoff More Staff

September 29, 2011

Instead of looking for the opportunity to do more with less they blame the legislature for asking them to do what every small business-every family in the state–has already done for years. Cut back, and find new ways to get the job done.

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A New Ed “Flash” Larkin Inspired Scratch Game From The NH Lottery?

September 25, 2011

Talk about a government jobs program. Show some strangers your “little professor” at the grocery store parking lot and we’ll give you $436,875.00 over five years.

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OBAMA IS TOAST

September 16, 2011

“No science is immune to the infection of politics and the corruption of power … “ —Jacob Bronowski Solyndra is a California-based “green energy” company that sought more than $500 Million is loan guarantees from the Department of Energy and has now filed for bankruptcy protection. Solyndra first sought consideration for the loan guarantee program [ Read more ]

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JOE BRIGGS ON JOB CORPS CENTER

September 11, 2011

“The two pillars of ‘political correctness’ are: a) willful ignorance; and,  b) a steadfast refusal to face the truth” —George MacDonald “Reform school” was a euphemistic term used to characterize what amounted to a penal institutions for teenagers, most often boys. Social reformers of America during the late 19th and early 20th centuries decried the [ Read more ]

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WILL LIVING OFF THE GRID BE ILLEGAL SOON?

September 4, 2011

“Doesn’t the fight for survival also justify swindle and theft? In self defence, anything goes.” ~Imelda Marcos USA Today reported back in April 2006, that 180,000 families were living “off the grid” Moreover, USA Today in that same story reported that that rate has jumped to upwards of 33% a year for a decade according [ Read more ]

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Meet Bob “Bathroom Bill” Perry (Reprise)

August 8, 2011

So if you’re interested in more unaccountable government, a debt spending state legislature, balloon bills, regulatory restrictions that scare off jobs, late night taxes passed without one single hearing, and an endless string …half-witted, poorly thought out mandates like the one that could have turned every ladies locker-room or public bathroom into a drive thru for every drunk guy, horny adolescent, or sex offender who has suddenly felt the need to get in touch with their feminine side (or your wives or daughters), then you want Bob Perry.

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Teri Norelli Cries Foul on the Budget: Insert Yawn Here

August 2, 2011

“If you put the government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there’d be a shortage of sand.” ~Milton Friedman, Economist Democratic leader Terri Norelli takes pen to the Union Leader this morning to decry the Republican budget. Norelli does a masterful work in her use of descriptors and categorizations demagoguing the Republicans [ Read more ]

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Tin-Eared Bureaucrats

July 30, 2011

“Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its status.” ~Laurence J. Peter Barbara Seebart, New Hampshire State Refugee Coordinator didn’t appear to grasp Mayor Ted Gatsas’ assertions that the City of Manchester is not prepared to absorb another 300 refugees. The Board of Mayor and Alderman voted in [ Read more ]

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Evil Landlords Who Pick On Tenants

July 27, 2011

“I like to think of my behavior in the sixties as a ‘learning experience.’ Then again, I like to think of anything stupid I’ve done as a ‘learning experience.’ It makes me feel less stupid.“ -P.J. O’Rourke I was at a housing office today dropping off some “required paperwork.” As I sat waiting to review [ Read more ]

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Think John Lynch Cares about Granite State Sportsmen? Think again…

July 14, 2011

“Mr. Janet Reno? I think Mr. Janet Reno… I think he’s one of the best hunting dogs in the world.” ~Ted Nugent Governor Lynch could not give one hoot about those who hunt, fish or trap. Oh yes! He was there…in the flesh on June 17, 2011 at the New Hampshire Moose Lottery sucking up [ Read more ]

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Manchester City Politics and Swimming Pools

June 7, 2011

Continue reading, “Manchester City Politics and Swimming Pools”

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Northern Pass: Still Ignoring the Overarching Reason for Opposition

May 26, 2011

“The only people who support the use of eminent domain for private development are cities that use it, developers and businesses that benefit from it and planners who plan it. Everyone else hates it.” – Dana Berliner, Senior Attorney, Institute for Justice  Yesterday’s Union Leader featured, Another View of Why New Hampshire should be open [ Read more ]

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Sen. Rand Paul confronts our enemy

May 21, 2011

She appears in the person of an unctous, self-satisfied, smug, federal government bureaucrat…and she means to control us all:

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