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Don’t worry, they only need another $20 trillion

I always enjoy perusing the concise summaries of the increasingly ludicrous nonsense being peddled by our government lackeys when I open the monthly newsletters of the Tucson-based Doctors for Disaster Preparedness.

Lobbying frenzy

During each legislative session, a small army of taxpayer-funded lobbyists rolls into Carson City to demand that lawmakers direct ever-greater sums of your money to the governments and agencies they represent. This year, those lobbyists are clamoring for massive tax increases to avert spending cuts. All the while, they’re billing you for their work.

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Growth interrupted

In 2003-2004, when Las Vegas was the nation’s fastest-growing metro area, there was some chatter in the community about slowing things down a bit. The place was growing like a weed after a downpour, and some folks were weary of the chaos.

Obama’s Cuba policy

Cuba remains an oppressive, communist regime. Men and women of valor still rot in the island nation’s prisons for the “crimes” of speaking and writing in favor of freedom, in opposition to a government that rejects the very underlying tenet of property rights — the right to the fruits of one’s own labor.

Finishing the job

MGM Mirage and Dubai World — the investment arm of the Persian Gulf emirate — ended a five-week feud Wednesday by agreeing to a comprehensive plan to fully fund and complete the $8.5 billion CityCenter development on the Las Vegas Strip.

Grass is greener

On the campaign trail last year, Barack Obama expressed refreshing opposition to the Gestapo-like tactics the Bush Justice Department had used to undermine the popular will on the issue of medical marijuana.

Specter’s defection

Sen. Arlen Specter was faced with the prospect of a strong challenge from conservative Pat Toomey in Pennsylvania’s 2010 GOP primary. And the state is now trending Democratic.

Fleeting expletives

In a decision that can be described only as pure !@#*&$%!, the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday narrowly upheld the Federal Communications Commission’s power to impose regulations intended to discourage the use of curse words on television.

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