I noticed an interesting trend this past week.  On tax day, and the days leading up to it, something strange happened.  And I’m not talking about the “tea parties” that occured across the country.  Rather, I refer to the spate of articles that cropped up on CNN, FOX News, and other media outlets that touted paying [...]

It seems only fitting that the first entry in the Hall of Shame is the Johnstown, PA airport named for the King of Pork-Barrel Spending, the Honorable (and I use the term loosely) John P. Murtha of the Pennsylvania 12th Congressional District. (Yes, residents of Cambria County, I’m pissed at you for keeping this profligate [...]

Imagine, if you will, a government that actually pays attention to the citizenry, and works exclusively for their betterment.  A government that functions well enough that the majority of the people of the United States actually approved of the way they conducted the people’s business.  With the petty squabbling that takes place within the halls [...]