I once heard Barney Frank quip something like this, "In all my years of public service, I've never gotten one complaint along the lines of 'Please don't plow my roads every day!' or 'The ambulance got here too fast!'" People seem to get … [Read more...]
An opportunity to fight back.
Let's join Keith Olbermann's effort to form a nationwide coalition to fight against the Health Care Industry's attack on the people of America. It will be interesting to see the ideas Olbermann brings to the table. If we can all … [Read more...]
We should stop paying attention to the polls on health care
That same confusion and ambivalence appears to characterize American’s feelings about government in general. PA Times, a monthly publication of the American Society for Public Administration, reported that 79 percent … [Read more...]
Fusion Center run amok? Who knows? Not you.
Everything secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity. - Lord Acton … [Read more...]
Mass 2-1-1
MEMA and the Council of Massachusetts United Ways (COMUW) continue to promote Mass2-1-1 as the Commonwealth's primary telephone information call center during times of emergency. The easy-to-remember 2-1-1 telephone number will be … [Read more...]
Transparency for the $700B… Not!
Ed Brayton alerts us to the treasury's idea of transparency: On October 13th, the Interim Assistant Secretary for Financial Stability at the Treasury Department, gave a talk to the Institute of International Bankers. Among the many things … [Read more...]
Taxpayer funded politcal operatives?
Henry Waxman had an interesting thing to say in "The Hill""Can you imagine the reaction if each member of Congress had a campaign person paid for with taxpayer dollars?" Apparently he's considering legislation to ban federal funding of … [Read more...]
Welcome to the New Gilded age – and the Big Lie
The parable of the frog in the cookpot comes to mind. When first popped into the water, the water was at room temperature. But that pot was on the stove! The burner was turned on, but very low. The frog comfortably … [Read more...]
Mary Jean V Massachusetts State police
The original video case which will has resulted in first amendment constitutional law has now moved forward in the federal Court system. This video has been produced to expose the tactics of the State police in a last ditch effort to entrap … [Read more...]
The Continuing Attack on Bureaucracy
I focused on Chapter 3 of Kamarck's book, titled "Democratic Accountability," in which she lays out the basis of her argument that traditional bureaucracies have depended on adherence to rules and … [Read more...]