Tag Archives: corruption

Not Random Violence, but the Consequence of Ideas

Posted on August 25, 2013 by Jim

Saturday, we saw a number of news reports on the interwebs about the murder of Delbert Belton, who fought at Okinawa, allegedly by two teenaged thugs. From these reports, we learned that robbery is bad, murder is bad, elderly combat … Continue reading →

Posted in Education | Tagged civil society, corruption, Delbert Belton, education reform, Individual Rights, individual vs. the collective, random crime | Leave a comment

What should Congress do? #6 Oversight

Posted on June 26, 2013 by Jim

Given President Obama’s abdication in presenting select priorities to the Congress, Selfish Citizenship took the initiative to spell out the top seven legislative priorities for 2013 at the beginning of the year. Congress has utterly failed in its oversight of … Continue reading →

Posted in Congress | Tagged corruption, Darrel Issa, impeachment, legislative oversight | 1 Comment

NJ Gov. Christie Evades Government Spending in Union Giveaway

Posted on March 6, 2013 by Jim

Bloomberg reports that New Jersey’s unfunded public employee pension liability increased by $5.5 in 2012, which is a 13% increase in the states total unfunded pension liability. As I have written before in the case of Obama’s $761.5 billion accounting … Continue reading →

Posted in Election, Political Discussions | Tagged Barack Obama, Bloomberg, Bosch Fawstin, Chris Christie, corruption, debt, debt ceiling, deficit hawk, deficit reduction, deficits, Elise Young, New Jersey, pensions, public employee unions, Terrance Dopp, unfunded liabilities | Leave a comment

Obama Using Accounting Cheat to Hide $761.5 Billion in Deficit Spending

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Jim

Federal Times reports an OPM announcement that the unfunded liability for federal employee pensions is $761.5 billion– the size of a TARP bailout. Today private companies, like Ford, have been pouring their profits into pension liabilities instead of new jobs, … Continue reading →

Posted in President | Tagged Barack Obama, corruption, debt, debt ceiling, deficit hawk, deficit reduction, deficits, pensions, unfunded liabilities | 5 Comments

Top Three Reasons to Vote Obama for President

Posted on October 30, 2012 by Jim

Having given full consideration regarding voting for Barack Obama as President on election day, the following is the reasonable case for doing so: #1 Obama has consistently evil policy innovations Unlike his main opponent who is unprincipled, erratic, and arbitrary … Continue reading →

Posted in Election | Tagged abortion, Barack Obama, corruption | 7 Comments

Our Racist Public Schools

Posted on August 30, 2012 by Jim

While Democrats are quick on the trigger with fallacious rhetorical partisan charges of racism against critics of President Obama, their silence is deafening when it comes to actually racist government policies. Previously, I mentioned the Obama Administration filing a petition … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, President, Quotes | Tagged Ayn Rand, Barack Obama, Bob McDonnell, corruption, equal protection of the law, Fisher v. University of Texas, George W. Bush, public schools, racism, The Cartel | 1 Comment

Great Falls, George Washington Conquered Nature In Pursuit of Profit

Posted on July 18, 2012 by Jim

Recently, I took a trip to Great Falls National Park to enjoy a walk. Surrounded by enclaves of expensive homes, the park is a virtual wilderness area protected from development by the federal government. Residential development of this site would … Continue reading →

Posted in History | Tagged "Light Horse Harry" Lee, commerce, conquest of nature, corruption, development, Founding Fathers, George Washington, Great Falls, integrity, National Park Service, profit | Leave a comment