President Obama on Federal Employees
Yesterday, the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) held its annual legislative conference in Washington, D.C. NTEU represents some 150,000 employees in 31 federal departments and agencies. A topic of discussion at the NTEU conference was last month’s attack on Internal Revenue Service employees in Austin, Texas. President Obama sent the following letter to NTEU’s National [...]
Who’s Obsessed and Deranged?
Frank Rich of the New York Times retired as a drama critic in order to take up his new role as the paper’s full-time drama queen. As an op-ed columnist for the Times, his assignment, apparently, is to write in such a hysterical fashion that Paul Krugman seems rational by comparison.
Currently, the most-recommended article [...]
Condolences In Austin
Last week, tragedy befell public servants in Austin, Texas. Earlier today, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner met with IRS employees in Austin to express his sympathies and support, and he read this note from the President:
To the men and women of the Internal Revenue Service at Austin:
I asked Secretary Geithner to carry this message to you.
It [...]
CAIR Spots A Terrorist Attack
You can’t say our friends at CAIR are oblivious to terrorism–nope, they know it when they see it. Hence this CAIR press release on Joe Stack, the desperate or demented pilot who flew an airplane into the IRS building in Austin, Texas:
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) tonight called the apparent airborne suicide attack [...]
Cybersecurity Awareness Month Part II
In my last blog post, I linked to President Obama’s proclamation announcing the start of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. This week, I would like to discuss in more detail the cyber threats that we are facing as a Nation and as individuals. A key theme for this month is that cybersecurity is "our shared responsibility." [...]
Yes, Virginia, It Really Is a Tax
Yesterday, Sen. John Ensign (R-NV, 92%) interrogated one Thomas Barthold, chief of staff for the Joint Committee on Taxation; Ensign wanted to know whether the Internal Revenue Service was responsible for enforcing the ObamaCare provision requiring individuals to pay a “penalty” of $1,900 if they fail to purchase an “approved” health-care plan.
Why is this important? [...]
