Pew! Airborne Military Laser Takes Out Truck

10-01-2009 • Popular Science

In a recent test at the White Sands Missile Range, a specially equipped C-130 plane fried a parked truck with a powerful laser.

Alan Keyes: Government Will Stage Terror, Declare Martial Law

10-01-2009 • Gandeste

Former presidential candidate Alan Keyes has given perhaps his most dire warning yet, saying that the Obama administration is preparing to stage terror attacks, declare martial law and cancel the 2012 elections, which is why they are demonizing their

Montana to feds: we don't want your gun control

10-01-2009 • Billings Gazette

A lawsuit challenging federal gun control in Montana was filed in U.S. District Court Thursday.

More Pain For Humiliated SEC After Disclosure It Ignored Moody's Whistleblower Warnings

09-30-2009 • Zero Hedge

As if the SEC could be humiliated any more, another piece of disclosure now highlights that Mary Schapiro's useless organization was unresponsive to whistleblower overtures by former Moody's employees attempting to warn the regulator "about Moody's w

Welcome to governmentattic.org

09-30-2009 • governmentattic.org

governmentattic.org provides electronic copies of hundreds of interesting Federal Government documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act. Fascinating historical documents, reports on items in the news, oddities and fun stuff and governme

The myth of the underpaid public employee

09-30-2009 •

THOUGH IT HASN'T BEEN TRUE for years, many people believe that government employees receive such lavish employment and retirement benefits in order to compensate for their meager paychecks. The reality is...

State to MI mom: Stop baby-sitting neighbors' kids

09-30-2009 • AP

A southwest Michigan woman has been told that she’s breaking the law because she watches her neighbors’ children each morning before they get on the school bus. Lisa Snyder of Grand Rapids says it’s “ridiculous” that she faces fines and possible j

Are You Ready?

09-30-2009 • FEMA

A nuclear blast is an explosion with intense light and heat, a damaging pressure wave, and widespread radioactive material that can contaminate the air, water, and ground surfaces for miles around. A nuclear device can range from a weapon carried by

Video: AZ - Chris Simcox Calling Out John McCain

4/22/09 • Youtube

McCain should just resign or switch party's already...pathetic. see video:

House approves extending unemployment benefits for 13 weeks in 27 states

09-28-2009 • WCNT

On Tuesday, the House approved a bill that extends unemployment benefits for another 13 weeks. But it’s good only if your states unemployment rate is 8.5% or higher.

Taxpayer-Owned Citigroup Still Bankrolling ACORN

09-28-2009 • National Legal & Policy Center

Now that taxpayers are Citigroup’s biggest shareholder, owning 36% of common stock, it is time for the company and its foundation to end its relationship with ACORN and its affiliates

The Economy is a Lie, Too Even the Part-Time Jobs are Disappearing

09-27-2009 • Baltimore Chronicle

Americans cannot get any truth out of their government about anything, the economy included. Americans are being driven into the ground economically, with one million school children now homeless, while Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke announces

The Federal Government is NOT the United States

09-25-2009 • Tenth Amendment Center

The reality is that my generation was indoctrinated with a very subtle, but dangerous notion- that the Federal Government IS the United States. This is the situation we all face today as Americans who value the philosophy of our founding fathers. D

UPDATE: Massachussetts Flu Vaccination Law, S.2028

09-24-2009 • BeatTheChip.blogspot.com

UPDATE 9/24 11:00 AM CST : The Massachussetts flu vaccination bill,S.2028 sponsored by a local Senator Richard Moore, is still in the House Ways & Means Committee in Massachussetts.

BLS Jobs Numbers Contradict BLS Jobs Numbers

09-24-2009 • Seeking Alpha

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics calls its “non-farm payrolls report”. Because the BLS has adopted numerous “techniques” for “adjusting” its numbers (i.e. lying)

F.D.A. Bans Sale of Flavored Cigarettes

09-22-2009 • NY Times

The ban is intended to end the sale of tobacco products with chocolate, vanilla, clove and other flavorings that lure children and teenagers into smoking. The agency will study regulating menthol products and hinted that it might soon take action aga

Gallup: Opposition to big government growing rapidly

09-21-2009 • Hot Air

To no one’s great shock, the nation has reacted to the radical nature of the Democratic agenda by expressing even more suspicion of big-government solutions.

CORRUPTION: Government Housing Programs

09-21-2009 • The Market Ticker

The administration continues to LIE about claimed "improvements" in the character of home finance.

Secret process benefits pet government projects

09-21-2009 • By Eileen Sullivan and Matt Apuzzo AP

A sleepy Montana checkpoint along the Canadian border that sees about three travelers a day will get $15 million under President Barack Obama’s economic stimulus plan. A government priority list ranked the project as marginal, but two powerful Democr

Isn’t a 30-foot rule dividing the press from the public Unconstitutional?

09-20-2009 • Photography Is Not a Crime

CBS cameraman Glenn McReynolds had a legitimate question: Why is the public allowed inside the federal courthouse when the media is barred? Security guards told him something about a “30-foot rule” that is meant to separate reporters from people l

State official: Ban all distracted driving

09-20-2009 • East Valley Tribune

Banning texting while driving would make Arizona safer, but such a law would be prohibitively difficult to enforce and would fail to address the wider issue of distracted driving, the director of the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety said. “Text

New Government Policy Imposes Strict Standards on Garage Sales Nationwide

09-20-2009 • AP

Americans who slap $1 price tags on their used possessions at garage sales or bazaar events risk being slapped with fines of up to $15 million, thanks to a new government campaign. The "Resale Round-up," launched by the Consumer Product Safety Commis

The Government Puts Its Finishing Touches on Control of the Banking System

09-18-2009 • Economic Policy Journal

Government influence over the banking system is near complete. How long before Fed supervisors demand pay structures based on how much bank money is being made available to Obama favored industries? This is not your grandfather's America.

Coke CEO attacks soda tax as a Commie tactic

09-16-2009 • Daily Finance

A careful observer of the history of taxation might remind Coca-Cola Co. (KO) chairman and CEO Muhtar Kent that taxes have been used for centuries to create incentives for desired behavior. At a Rotary Club meeting in Atlanta on Monday, Kent employed

Rare Coins: Family Treasure or Ill-Gotten Goods?

09-16-2009 • NY Times

There were nine more of them in the safe-deposit box. But after the Langbord family took the coins to the United States Mint to be authenticated in 2004, they got a rude surprise. The Mint said the coins were genuine and kept them.

Privatizing Fannie, Freddie Could ‘Mitigate’ Risks Caused by Government Intervention, Says GAO

09-15-2009 • Cns

A Government Accountability Office report says that privatizing the government-sponsored enterprises (GSE) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could mitigate the systemic economic risk caused by the federal government’s guarantees to the now-defunct mortgage

Flashback: Pete Stark, D-Calif., Calls Bush Liar on House Floor

09-15-2009 • Fox

Flashback: Pete Stark, D-Calif., Calls Bush Liar on House Floor The House Democrats will vote today to discipline Rep. Joe Wilson for calling President Obama a liar on the House floor during his speech to the nation that was riddled with mislead

GOP: No more government bailouts

09-15-2009 • Marketwatch

Republican lawmakers on Tuesday gathered on Capitol Hill to promote their financial regulatory reform legislation