Have nothing to do with the [evil] things that people do, things that belong to the darkness. Instead, bring them out to the light... [For] when all things are brought out into the light, then their true nature is clearly revealed...

-Ephesians 5:11-13

Posts Tagged ‘Local Government’

Cause and Effect. Action and Result. Bad decision, bad conclusion. Life sometimes is really that simple. This may be why diets don’t work, and as a result lots of people die young and fat. The present temptation to the county commissioners overrode any consideration of what the ultimate effect would be.

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I am persuaded that the prime hindrance to job creation isn’t government, but Obama himself. The average small business owner keeps saying to himself, “When is he going to quit? When is he going to stop? When is he going to back off? When is he going to leave me alone so I can do my job?” And the answer is: not until he leaves office. Come on, November 6th, 2012!

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Paper money is not money. It is paper. Given sufficient quantities of the stuff, it’ll become totally worthless, impoverishing those who think of it as money. This is a lesson the folks in China are about to learn, just as we are.

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I was so glad to write this article. It’s the first ray of sunshine in a long time. Now if this little bit of pushback can be accelerated and expanded to other areas that desperately need trimming…

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When the 82,566 fans of the New York Giants cheer their team at the home opener of the season this Sunday at the New Meadowlands Stadium, they will likely enjoy the game more than the taxpayers of New Jersey who still owe $266 million on the old Giants Stadium which was demolished to make way for the new one.

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Notable in the statement from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) last week that it was charging the State of New Jersey with securities fraud was the lack of fines, punishment, or names of the guilty. The fraud began in 2001 and wasn’t uncovered until the New York Times exposed it in April of 2007.

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Although both the National Rifle Association (NRA) and the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence applauded the ruling by the Supreme Court, they differed in how that long list of legal challenges will play out in the courts.

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When it was learned that more than 50 people were shot, some fatally, over Fathers Day weekend in the poorer sections of Chicago, it didn’t even make the front page of Chicago newspapers.

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In light of such concerns, a look at the remarkable transformation in New Zealand is helpful and encouraging. In a presentation at Hillsdale College in 2004, Maurice P. McTigue, a former member of the New Zealand Parliament, said:

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This sounds like Kelo v. City of New London all over again. In that Supreme Court case the New London Development Corporation was allowed to remove private residences for a large commercial development planned by Pfizer because, according to the Supreme Court, the “economic development” envisioned by Pfizer was in the “public interest.”

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