Too Much Government = Too Much Corruption

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Peter Schweizer, author of Throw Them All Out, had some very interesting things to say in an interview about rampant corruption throughout government in America.
One of the many facts he presented was that 7 of the 10 richest counties in America surround Washington, DC. Here’s a list of them from late 2010.
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And here’s a closeup of the DC area:
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Any devil’s advocate care to explain how this isn’t perfect evidence that there’s just too much damn government in the U.S. in 2011?!

Sean Quigley: Canada’s Newest Musical Sensation

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Events in recent months have fed much fuel to the belief that much of today’s youth are nothing more than lazy entitlement junkies. While that’s sadly true in too many cases, there are exceptions. One of these is exemplified by Sean Quigley, a high-school student from Winnipeg, Manitoba, who released this music video on YouTube last Wednesday. Turn up the volume and watch it full screen for maximum effect:

It has since gone viral, with now well over half a million views!
Charles Adler recently interviewed Quigley. What an inspiring, positive young man, eh?!
The song is now available for purchase for just 99 cents. Please consider buying a copy and helping make this young Canadian a shining example for others of his generation.

One Ringy Dingy…

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Now is the time at SDA when we celebrate crown corporations!
Leader Post, Nov.30th – SaskTel has released nine managers and a chief technical officer without cause but said it has nothing to do with recent problems plaguing the Crown corporation’s 4G network.
CKOM, Dec. 8th – Some calls from Regina to Saskatoon aren’t getting to where they should and instead are being rerouted to Regina 9-1-1. A 9-1-1 operator tells News Talk Radio that it has been happening since about 9:30 a.m. Their lines have been flooded with confused callers trying to get somewhere else.

This Is Not Your Grandma’s Humane Society

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Last week a new animal advocacy group called the Humane Society for Shelter Pets (HSSP) jumped onto the scene with a high-profile advertising campaign asking people to give to their local pet shelters instead of to national groups that give the impression of helping shelters, but don’t pass more than a pittance of the money along. I’m proud to say that my firm, Berman and Company, helped get this excellent group off the ground by providing substantial pro bono PR and operational services. The group is managed by two long-time animal advocates, Jeff Douglas, who has 30 years of experience promoting veterinarians, and Diana Culp, the former director of education for Humane Society of the United States who now works at a local animal shelter. The group’s Board of Directors is chaired by Debbie Price, Director of Education and Policy at one of the nation’s largest non-profit groups.
You’d think that this venerable team coming together in an organization devoted to encouraging funding local pet shelters wouldn’t be controversial. Unfortunately for the group, Wayne Pacelle does not like competition. He was apoplectic at the notion that people would forego giving to his behemoth organization in favor of local shelters and irate that a pet shelter group was pointing out that HSUS—despite more than 85 percent of the animals in their ads being dogs and cats—gives only 1 percent of the money it raises to local pet shelters.

We Don’t Need No Stinking Giant Fans

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If only there existed a technology to transmit news of this most recent in a long line of green energy failures to our own Saskatchewan energy minister … some sort of long wire with a speaker at each end ?

In one of the most scathing indictments of government mismanagement we have ever witnessed, Ontario Auditor-General Jim McCarter reported Monday that Mr. McGuinty’s green dream has rapidly become an $8-billion nightmare for Ontario taxpayers and electricity users. Almost no new net power will be generated by all the green-energy projects hastily funded since the bill was passed, but the average residential consumer will see more than $400 a year added to his power bill for a decade to pay for all the bad contracts with and subsidies to eco-friendly power suppliers.
Over the past year, the McGuinty Liberals have been forced to conduct a series of embarrassing climbdowns from their grand promises about the benefits that would flow from the switch from carbon fuels to renewables.
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While it’s too late for Ontario to avoid these costly mistakes, other provinces can still learn from them. Other provincial governments may be tempted to consider similar green-energy programs, either for environmental reasons or in the hopes of establishing a productive, lucrative and morally pure industry by the magic of government fiat and wishful thinking. Let Mr. McCarter’s findings be a warning for them: Don’t copy the McGuinty example. It is good for neither the environment nor for consumers.

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