Lately, it is a three ring circus...

...just not the way they meant.

Quote of the Day

In a mature society, civil servant is semantically equal to civil master. - Robert A. Heinlein

...and here's Bore Patch's riff on the topic.

In a free society when public/civil servants do not see themselves accoutable to those who they serve we're headed toward one enormous FAIL.

A ponzi scheme called government

Another dead on analysis by Bore Patch. My prayer is that we can turn the tide starting in November, but I fear there is a lot of pain coming.

Seventeen years later...

1993 - Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents raid the Branch Davidian church in Waco, Texas with a warrant to arrest the group’s leader David Koresh. Four BATF agents and five Davidians die in the initial raid, starting a 51-day standoff. It ends with the deaths of sevety-six Davidians including seventeen children.

The Short List

Martin Gross provides a list of the ten most destructive government actions.
H/T to Uncle.

Just what we need.

The news has been going in the background most of the day while I do other things. Then I heard Shepard Smith on Fox News say lawmakers are considering what to do to keep events like the shooting at Fort Hood from happening again.


And all I can imagine is a knee jerk reaction that ignores all reason and is guaranteed to screw us all. What else is government for?

Government Assistance

Submitted without comment. From Firehand.