New Insurance Exchange in CA – $910,000,000 and counting to set it up. Mark Meckler March 26, 2013 Barf Bag That's right...$910 million dollars to set up the new insurance exchange in California and market it to the citizens. It's sure to top one billion dollars spent when all is said and done. Can you say...
Public Employees – Big $ for the rest of their lives… Mark Meckler March 26, 2013 Barf Bag She's top of the tops in California. She is a public servant so extraordinary that Alameda County Administrator Susan Muranishi will retire on a package of $423,664 per year. Now I admire the hard work and...
Majority Believe Obamacare is a Big Lie Mark Meckler March 25, 2013 Economy The bad news is that the majority of ruling elite in The Capitol City of DC don't really care what the majority of those of us in the provinces think about what they do. The good news is, we know they are a...
America’s Coming Surveillance Society Mark Meckler March 18, 2013 U.S. Constitution America’s Coming Surveillance Society By Marta H. Mossburg Kentucky Senator Rand Paul last week filibustered the confirmation of John Brennan for Central Intelligence Agency director over the fine points...
Beware of the New Elites Mark Meckler March 16, 2013 Corruption, Uncategorized The "New Mandarins," the "New Elites," or whatever you want to call them, are ruining America. These are the members of the real entitlement class. These are the people believe that it's our responsibility...
Can the Left and Right have Civil Discourse? Mark Meckler March 12, 2013 Uncategorized Mark Meckler of Citizens for Self Governance and Joan Blades the founder of MoveOn.org have created Livingroom Conversations. They tackle issues where there is common ground like Crony Capitalism and...
Marissa Mayer, Yahoo CEO, is a hero, not a villain. Mark Meckler March 7, 2013 Uncategorized By Marta H. Mossburg Lost in the self-righteous clamor to demonize Marissa Mayer for making employees at Yahoo work in the office is a sense of perspective. Everyone from feminist icon Gloria Steinem to...
Barack Obama ‘has authority to use drone strikes to kill Americans on US soil’ Mark Meckler March 7, 2013 U.S. Constitution 1 Comment Due process? The Constitution? What Constitution? The President and his Attorney General have united civil libertarians on both the left and the right with their outrageous proposition that the President...
Bluegrass and Grassroots in Tennessee Mark Meckler March 3, 2013 Activist Stories, Citizens Spotlight 2 Comments It was July 2012 - a hot month in Tennessee for both weather and politics – and the members of Tennessee Center for Self Governance were facing their toughest challenge ever. Only seven months old at the...
New American Diplomacy – Sec. of State John Kerry tells German audience that Americans ‘have a right to be stupid’ Mark Meckler February 26, 2013 Barf Bag I'm not sure how newly minted Secretary of State John Kerry thinks that this helps America's image in the world, but apparently he does. It is consistent with President Obama's statements internationally...
