I thought I was listening to Mad Magazine Radio yesterday when I heard about the National Bed Bug Summit. But the dial was on FOX radio, I am sure of it. Apparently, this summit came about because the Federal Bed Bug Working Group had failed to provide a solution to the problem. And then I [...]

We can add another item to the list of everyday, victimless, peaceful activities that shall soon become a crime: distracted walking. From the article: After targeting drivers who paid more attention to their phone calls and text messages than the road, lawmakers in Arkansas and New York are now looking to crack down on pedestrians [...]

A coalition of lobbies has asked Barney Frank to create an agency that will act as a “watchdog” over the nation’s auto dealers. This would fall under the jurisdiction of the Consumer Financial Protection Agency, another proposed Obama agency that has yet to be created. So these folks want an agency within an agency, and [...]

The situation between Cambridge Police Sgt. James Crowley and Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. has received way too much publicity, thanks to Obama’s involvement with his off-the-cuff comments. It seems Herr Obama desires to get some positive mileage out of this incident by playing peacemaker. President Obama’s highly anticipated sit-down with Cambridge Police Sgt. [...]

James Oberstar (D., Minn.), chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, wants to establish a federal Office of Livability that will tell Americans when they can drive, where they can drive, what they can drive, and how they will live. And of course, this will include a Livability Czar who will “ensure that States [...]

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