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Missing The Mass Point

As Democrats are grieving their lost super-majority in Congress, some special interests are trying to spin the loss in ridiculous ways. The latest: Union boss Leo Gerard writes that “The message of Massachusetts should be clear: If Democrats want to

Big Government, Big Unions

This week brought inauspicious news: more union members work for the government than work in the private sector, “despite there being 5 times more wage and salary workers in the private sector.”*** Because of globalization, safer workplaces, Social Security, the

You Decide: Dems' Level of Grief

A friend drew my attention to the seven stages of successful grieving, the first few of which sound an awful lot like the whining, recriminations, and bargaining we’ve heard since Democrats lost their super-majority after Scott Brown won the special

Winners, Losers and Lessons From Tuesday

One would think the repudiation of the President Obama’s direct personal plea would make him the biggest loser in the wake of Tuesday’s stunning victory by Republican Scott Brown in the Massachusetts special Senate election. But one would be wrong.

When SEIU Is The Devil At Your Doorstep

Remember Brent Southwell, the business owner who says SEIU threatened to “kill” his company? Sadly, his experience isn’t unique. While BigGovernment.com readers have become increasingly acquainted with the tactics of unions like SEIU (and their allies in ACORN) to demonize

Force-feeding Us Big Government

After the bruising health care policy fight in America left moderate Democrats battered, they could get fried if leading big-government-type politicians keep pushing cap and trade energy rationing and taxes. Also, don’t forget to see if your Representative voted for

Merry Carbonless Christmas

This year hasn’t been kind to sensible policy, especially when it comes to energy and the environment (and efforts like “cap and trade” or a massive new energy tax to make carbon-based energy too expensive). Throw in massive new spending

St. Obama Heads for Copenhagen Bearing Gifts

Have you heard that the president may seek a $10 billion package from “rich nations” to fight global warming? Consider it a Christmas gift, from our economy to … well, someone else’s. P.S.: No word yet on what the White

Something Globally Rotten In The State of Denmark

President Obama is heading to Copenhagen, Denmark empty-handed as he tries to lead the world to a global warming solution without having accomplished any policy solutions in the U.S. With the recent exposure of emails indicating that the global warming

Cartoon: Global Warming Gets Hacked

The case for global warming alarmism continues to take a major hit after sensitive documents were lifted from the Hadley Climate Center. Enjoy our latest cartoon: Learn more here: Climate Change Skeptics Get to Say ‘I told you so!’ The

SEIU: Evidence Against Card Check

According to the Wall Street Journal, a rival union to the Service Employees International Union is alleging the purple juggernaut “with changing ballots and threatening to report a worker to immigration officials,” which “experts say the feud is a costly

The Center for LESS Responsible Lending

If the road to Hell (or serfdom) was paved with good intention (and economic ignorance) then surely that road starts at the North Carolina doorstep of the Center for Responsible Lending. Haven’t heard of it? Not surprising. It’s less well-known

RE: SEIU Arson, We Didn't Start The Fire

Kari Chisholm is a (self-described) political hack in my home state of Oregon. Chisholm is so bad that even the liberal Willamette Week has called “foul on Democratic media consultant Kari Chisholm, who runs the blog BlueOregon.com, for excessive use

Cap and Trade's Potemkin Village

Remember those good ol’ conservatives supposedly standing up for South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham’s move to the far-Green fringe on cap and trade? And remember how it turned out they weren’t so good ol’ conservative? It would be nice if

Global Warming Fringe Is Coming For Your Pet

When it comes to global warming alarmists’ far-Green fringe, it’s not just chickens and cows that harm the environment. Because Fido feeds and Kitty craps, you may also have to kill your pet. See more here and here, and enjoy

Is Union Priority A Dunn Deal For Obama?

During the Democratic primary, an arm of the powerful Service Employees International Union pressured Hillary Clinton’s campaign to fire its top strategist because he made a good living fighting unions and their policy priorities. So what will the union do

Your Own Global Warming Breadline

Chris Horner has blogged here about the “planned recession” strategy of fighting global warming — to reduce our economic activity so drastically that we can’t produce enough emissions to even dream of affecting the climate. Here’s a look at what

Will SEIU Take Care Of Your Grandmother?

… and will your state government give them the power to do so? Kansas’s Democratic governor has just announced he’s thinking better of his decision to use the state’s resources to help the Service Employees International Union target home care