http://www.redstate.com/techsan Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:34:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Slashdot points to a story in the LA Times (via Hugh Pickens)... In short...a couple decides to save the planet by replacing their grass with wood chips. Only now they face a "maximum penalty of six months in jail and a $1,000 fine for their grass-free, eco-friendly landscaping scheme." Quotes like this ... http://www.redstate.com/techsan/2010/03/03/climate-nut-vs-city-ordinance/ So...now a cyberwar against conservatives has started. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/09/13/hackers-imperil-wilson-campaign-web-site/ <blockquote>Sources close to the South Carolina congressman charge that hackers have blitzed his campaign Web site JoeWilsonforCongress.com with a series of attacks that periodically shut down the page. </blockquote> So...the lefty version of tolerance shows up, again.  And the press yawns, again.  And lefty disillusionment and ... http://www.redstate.com/techsan/2009/09/14/meanwhileback-at-the-jokers-laira-dos-attack-was-unleashed/ Preparation Earlier this morning, my wife left a reunion with some friends in Chicago to be home in by 2.  She was trying to make it in time for our family to make it to a 3:00PM Tea Party in Greenville, WI. The event had been published some time ago on ... http://www.redstate.com/techsan/2009/07/20/greenville_wi_tea_party_july_19/ The WSJ article Medicare Plans to Cut Specialists' Payments points out the reality of a government improperly involved in business. Government Administrators get to decide the value of a service. Payments to cardiologists would be trimmed by 11% overall, but certain procedures they perform would see steeper reductions. ... http://www.redstate.com/techsan/2009/07/02/medical-tyranny/ It just came to my attention that a case was just sent to the WI State Supreme Court challenging a state constitutional amendment which defines marriage.  Read a press release (PDF) from Wisconsin Family Council.  The amendment passed in November 2006 with overwhelming public support (better than 59%).  I'm stunned.  The matter in my mind had been ... http://www.redstate.com/techsan/2009/04/10/wi-marriage-ammendment-could-be-overruled/ ...or that's what we're told to think.  As we RSers know, markets do work.  Check out this Forbes story (via Techdirt). In summary, a banker basically sits out of the loan market...for 3 years.  In a lengthy article, Forbes notes  Andy Beal, a 56-year-old, poker-playing college dropout, is a one-man toxic-asset eater--without ... http://www.redstate.com/techsan/2009/04/08/evil-capitalist-banker-takes-advantage-of-the-market/ Check out this post...turns out to be a great example of why governements aren't good at giving out our money. A few years back, the government passed a bill to encourage "greener" transportation by providing tax credits for the use of alternative fuels <snip> The paper companies are wasting diesel fuel (remember, the ... http://www.redstate.com/techsan/2009/04/06/unintended-consequences-8b-of-your-money-gone/ From the WSJ: President Barack Obama Thursday nominated Robert Groves, a sociology professor at the University of Michigan, to be the next director of the Census Bureau ...continuing... Mr. Groves, who served as associate director of statistical design at the Census Bureau from 1990 to 1992, is an expert on "sampling," the ... http://www.redstate.com/techsan/2009/04/03/2010-census-the-fix-is-already-in/ While everyone was watching GM get swallowed up by the state, actions were being taken to move our kids a step closer to being swallowed up as well.   The GIVE Act passed the house, went to the Senate and was renamed the SERVE Act.  It's on it's way back to ... http://www.redstate.com/techsan/2009/03/31/giveserve-act-passes-senaterequired-service-creepiness-now-part-of-hr-1444/ I was working in the basement and caught a story from Bill Moyers on PBS.  I can't say I have much history watching him so I can't comment much on his politics (although I have an impression of a pretty soft, non-confrontational interviewer).  This evening, he facilitated a discussion with ... http://www.redstate.com/techsan/2009/03/27/william-greider-hopes-obama-fails/ In the continuing saga of election consequences...here's a doozie from the WSJ: Who Pays for Cap and Trade?. And talk of the pilferring of the fund has started before any bill is even passed... An economy-wide tax under the cover of saving the environment is the best political moneymaker since the income tax. ... http://www.redstate.com/techsan/2009/03/09/cap-and-trade-tax/