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Americans have become soft and impractical. Americans are consumer robots that are mesmerized by ‘image over substance’. That is exactly where America’s marketing geniuses have brought us. Some Americans are waking up to a world known by their grand parents and great grand parents. Frugal is no longer a ‘quaint concept’. Gas prices and their effect on food and necessities is the slap in the face we need to come out of the hypnosis we have been enjoying.

Posted by bosskitty May 25th, 2008 | Tags: big rigs, fuel crisis, Oil, transportation, trucking industry, trucks | Category: Accountability, Corporate corruption, Global Economy, Health, Mismanagement, Oil, Politics, Sino-Russian, Waste, changing planet, commercialism, consequences, consumerism, contradictions, denial, disinformation, economics, economy, fiscal responsibility, food, fuel crisis, fuel-efficiency, gas, marketing, profiteers, renewable energy, scams, trucking industry | Comments (2)

 
GAO-08-620T Testimony:

IRS estimated that the costs of implementing the economic stimulus legislation may be up to a total of $767 million—including a $202 million supplemental appropriation. In addition to the supplemental appropriation, IRS is reallocating hundreds of collections staff to answering taxpayer telephone calls, resulting in up to $565 million in foregone enforcement revenue. In [...]

Posted by bosskitty April 19th, 2008 | Category: GAO, IRS, economic stimulus, scams | Comments (2)

Justices uphold welfare home searches
The ACLU had challenged a San Diego County policy, saying its warrantless inspections violated privacy rights. The Supreme Court refuses to hear it.
WASHINGTON — County welfare officers may conduct routine searches of the homes of welfare recipients to combat fraud under a ruling in a California case that the Supreme Court [...]

Posted by bosskitty November 27th, 2007 | Category: 14th Amendment, 4th Amendment, ACLU, California, Constitution, Supreme Court, Welfare, civil rights, scams | Comments (1)

Naturalization paperwork jam hits Texas hard
Backlog may keep some from casting votes for president
WASHINGTON — Millions of people who applied for naturalization and other immigration benefits to beat a midsummer fee increase are caught in a paperwork pileup that threatens the chance for some to become U.S. citizens in [...]

Posted by bosskitty November 21st, 2007 | Category: America, Border, Border Wall, Citizenship, Corruption, DHS, Democracy In Action, Eddie Lucio III, Founding Fathers, HHS, Homeland Security, Human Rights, Human Traffiking, Hypocracy, Immigration, Mexican, Middle East, Narcotics, No Border Wall, Politics, Public Health, Rio Grande, Roma Texas, Tax Dollars, Texas, Texas Politics, Ugly American, aliens, arrogance, asylum, betrayal, candidates, civil liberties, consequences, contradictions, criminal, deportation, displaced persons, drug war, drugs, equality, extortion, illegal arms, immigrants, policy, poverty, prejudice, profiteers, refugees, scams, slavery, taxpayers, victims | Comments (1)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The brother of embattled State Department Inspector General Howard (Cookie) Krongard quit as an adviser to Blackwater Worldwide on Friday, two days after the relationship with the security contractor was sharply criticized by a congressional oversight committee.
Erik Prince, Blackwater’s top executive, said the conflict of interest questions raised by the [...]

Posted by bosskitty November 17th, 2007 | Category: Blackwater, Constitution, Krongard, Scandal, War Czar, Waxman, betrayal, big brother, consequences, conspiracy, profiteers, responsibility, scams | Comments (3)