Noonan ‘making it hurt’ again. I wish some in Congress would be equally focused. ============ The IRS scandal was connected this week not just to the Washington office—that had been established—but to the office of the chief counsel. That is a bombshell—such a big one that it managed to emerge in spite of an unfocused, frequently off-point congressional hearing in which some members... Read more
Archive for the ‘Big Govt’ Category
A Bombshell in the IRS Scandal
July 19 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, IRS, Noonan, Party PoliticsAn ObamaCare Board Answerable to No One
June 20 | Posted by mrossol | Big Govt, ObamaCare, US ConstitutionLong, but worth the read. When people don’t pay attention, and when one branch of [U.S.] government abdicates its responsibilities, this is what happens. =============== By DAVID B. RIVKIN JR. And ELIZABETH P. FOLEY Signs of ObamaCare’s failings mount daily, including soaring insurance costs, looming provider shortages and inadequate insurance exchanges. Yet the law’s most disturbing feature may be the Independent Payment Advisory... Read more
Noonan’s Blog…
June 16 | Posted by mrossol | Big Govt, NSAOnly for those who really want to discuss the issues…. ============= “… 3. The president said Friday, in his remarks on the NSA surveillance story: “I think it’s important to recognize that you can’t have 100% security and also then have 100% privacy and zero inconvenience.” But is that really the trade-off? Will a surveillance state make us 100% safer? It let the Tsarnaevs... Read more
Henninger: The Sum of All Fears
June 16 | Posted by mrossol | IRS, NSAMr. Henniger… says it so well, again… ============= Here is Barack Obama commenting last Friday on the National Security Agency’s antiterrorist surveillance programs: “We’ve got congressional oversight and judicial oversight. And if people can’t trust not only the executive branch but also don’t trust Congress and don’t trust federal judges to make sure that we’re abiding by the Constitution, due process and... Read more
Surveillance and Its Discontents
June 16 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, NSA, Radical Islam, US ConstitutionI have readers who don’t want to post comments who tell me that I have a ‘terrible bias’. I confess I do – like most people I know [although I suppose many have a ‘wonderful’ bias as compared to mine]. I tend to agree with the WSJ, but what I appreciate even more about the J is that... Read more
Noonan: Privacy Isn’t All We’re Losing
June 16 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Big Govt, Noonan, ObamaAlways a good read. ======= The U.S. surveillance state as outlined and explained by Edward Snowden is not worth the price. Its size, scope and intrusiveness, its ability to target and monitor American citizens, its essential unaccountability—all these things are extreme. The purpose of the surveillance is enhanced security, a necessary goal to say the least. The price is a now formal and... Read more
