Backbone… finally. ===== WSJ 2/7/2018 Congress spent Tuesday working on a budget deal to avoid another government shutdown, and one adult on Capitol Hill was Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, who ripped America’s representatives for failing to provide reliable funding for the military. Mr. Mattis testified at the House Armed Services Committee about the 2018 defense strategy, among other topics, but noted with some acidity:... Read more
Archive for the ‘Big Govt’ Category
Who is this “Steele”?
February 9 | Posted by mrossol | FBI, StrasselWho, indeed… =========== WSJ 2/9/2018 Strassel America has been inundated by the words dossier, memo, collusion, FISA, Carter Page. They all come back to the actions of one man: Christopher Steele. Which is why the only news that matters this week is that the former British spy’s credibility has been dismantled. To the extent the U.S. press has focused on Mr. Steele,... Read more
Reading the Memo
February 2 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Big Govt, FBI, Losing Freedom, Party Politics, StrasselYep, MS Strassel has it right… ===== WSJ 2/2/2018 By Kimberley A. Strassel The White House looks set to release the House Intelligence Committee memo on 2016 government surveillance abuses, which means the attacks on the document by Democrats, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the media are going to get wilder. To help navigate through the spin, here’s a handy guide... Read more
We Don’t ‘Push the Envelope’ Any More
January 24 | Posted by mrossol | Big Govt, LawWow. I was more than surprised… ====== WSJ 1/24/2018 By Mick Mulvaney When I arrived at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in November, I told employees that despite what they might have heard, I had no intention of shutting down the bureau. As members of the executive branch, we are charged with faithfully executing the law. The law mandates that we enforce consumer... Read more
Shame on the FBI
January 24 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, FBI, Party PoliticsIf you don’t “blow a gasket” you aren’t tuned in… ====== WSJ 1/24/2018 The Justice Department has dropped a second tranche of text exchanges between FBI agents Peter Strzok and Lisa Page—conveniently delivering them to the Senate at the start of last Friday night’s government shutdown. Investigators are still plowing through the 384 pages, but preliminary findings raise new questions about FBI political... Read more
Tales from the NEA Crypt
January 2 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Democrat Party, NEAWhere is the NEA?? The silence is condemning.. ====== WSJ 1/2/2018 Detroit’s public schools are among the nation’s worst, which may explain how far they’ll go to deny students a better choice. Witness how the school district is preventing a charter from expanding into an abandoned elementary school. Detroit Prep is a public charter school with 80 students from kindergarten to second... Read more
