From ABC News: The conservative filmmaker arrested this year for an undercover attempt to tape staffers at a U.S. senator’s office said his next target — the Census Bureau — is another example of government waste. James O’Keefe, fresh off
From the New York Post: You know the old saying: “Everyone loves a charade.” Well, it seems that the Census Bureau may be playing games. Last week, one of the millions of workers hired by Census 2010 to parade around
Today, last year, General Motors filed for bankruptcy protection. It was the beginning of a new chapter in crony capitalism. (Happy Birthday Alana!)
James O’Keefe turns his hidden camera from ACORN to the Census. Tune in at 7:30 EDT.
A newly emboldened James O’Keefe speaks to reporters moments after receiving probation for a misdemeanor in New Orleans. He promises new videos in the spirit of the ACORN investigation he engineered with Hannah Giles last fall. [youtube a_AA7T2wr_A] Stay connected
Today, give thanks that you are here to complain about the government. Now, do something about it.
Okay, the President isn’t actually on the beach in Hawaii, but he might as well be. After a three hour diversion to Louisiana, the Obama’s are vacationing in Chicago. We’re forty days into probably the biggest environmental disaster in U.S.
From the Associated Press: Conservative activist-videographer James O’Keefe said video he shot of conversations with staffers of U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu was deleted when his cell phone was returned after he and three others pleaded guilty to charges in a
Last night, to kick off the Memorial Day weekend, Prism Beer Company in Pennsylvania debuted it’s Tea Party Unfiltered Pale Ale. Why didn’t someone think of this before? Every serious political movement should have its own beer! (As far as
Recently, wannabe dictator Hugo Chavez opened a twitter account. (No, you really can’t make this stuff up.) Yesterday, Big Government friend Christian took to the tweet-waves (?) to criticize Venezuelan carny barker and ended up blocked from Chavez’s twitter account.
At this point, we’re guessing that the Administration doesn’t really want to plug the oil leak in the Gulf. It would help them argue against any future deep sea drilling and allow their allies in the environmental community to fundraise
Attorney-client communications are among the most sacred in the American system of jurisprudence, so when James O’Keefe’s lawyers noticed at least two instances of privileged communication between them and their client appearing in the media, they wrote to Assistant U.S.
UPDATE: O’Keefe promises more undercover investigations. Full update after the jump. NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Four conservative activists accused of trying to tamper with the phones in Sen. Mary Landrieu’s office have pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges of entering federal
North Korea has cut off all contact with South Korea and is threatening war with its neighbor. The Chia Pet who runs North Korea has a long history of bluster and bombast. Nothing is quite what it seems in the
The European debt crisis appears to be getting worse. As Big Government readers know, the crisis playing out with the Euro is simply a foreshadowing of things to come here. It won’t be pretty.
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Today, in 1844, the first telegraph line in the US opened. Operating between Washington D.C. and Baltimore, MD, it was inaugurated by Samuel Morse with the message, “What Hath God Wrought?” Our lives are the grandchildren of that event.
Suzanne Fields in the Washington Times: Punditry and wonkery are great fun, and occasionally get things right, but a man named Jonathan Kahn actually represents something new for conservatives to sing about. He’s on his way to becoming an authentic
A must read in today’s New York Times: (it happens) With the Senate’s passage of financial regulation, Congress and the White House have completed 16 months of activity that rival any other since the New Deal in scope or ambition.
From the Honolulu Advertiser: Honolulu City Councilman Charles Djou has won the special election in urban Honolulu’s 1st Congressional District, the first Republican sent to Washington, D.C., to represent the Islands in two decades. According to the state Office of
From today’s Washington Post: Democrats are bracing for the loss of a House seat Saturday in President Obama‘s birthplace of Hawaii, where a special election in a heavily Democratic district has inflamed tensions within the party. Republican Charles Djou has
Today, in 1964, President Lyndon Johnson outlined his “Great Society” program in a speech at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Boy, did it take in that state. Judging by how things have turned out there, we’re confident Michiganders
Colorado’s 9News has the latest on ACORN: Dan Bishop figured that when scandal-plagued ACORN went out of business it would stop deducting donations from his bank account. He was wrong. “They supposedly shut down several months ago,” Bishop said. “I
This week, Big Hollywood and Big Government contributor “Jon David” was profiled in the Wall Street Journal. The acclaimed Hollywood screenwriter and musician has written a song, American Heart, that has been called by many the “tea party anthem.” While
