Reagan Debate
Debate recap: Social Security was the defining moment: ExamPerry vs. Romney: RS
Why the Reagan Library GOP debate sucked: Malkin
Reagan Debate Analysis: Who Won? Who Lost?: RWN
Scoring the GOP Debate at the Reagan Library: Jazz Shaw
Rick Perry fabulously defends Texas death penalty: Scoop
MSNBC Debate Recap: Watching the Watchdogs: Loesch
Gingrich Goes After Debate Moderator John Harris: NB
Republican Reagan Library Debate -- Tweet of the Night: LI
Nation
Gunrunners and Outlawry: ProWisWH Take on GOP: Enemies! Barbarians! Sons of Bitches!: Dossier
You Have Awakened a Sleeping Chakra: Driscoll
Politics Turns Dangerously Rougher: Blankley
2012 Presidential Hopefuls' Immigration Stances: NUSA
Confusion: RS
Is Perry Unelectable?: Ace
Maxine Waters to Obama: Can You Say Black?: ConBlkChk
"A Time For Choosing": ZH
Economy
Oh My Stars and Garters: Obama's Big New Idea For Jobs Speech: AceBecause Obama's Last Spending Binge Worked So Well: Cobb
Gibson CEO to attend Obama's jobs speech as Boehner's guest: Hill
ObamaCare Increases Both Healthcare Costs and Number of Uninsured: RWN
Light up your lottery tickets, pass the Hopium: Kass
Hoffa Supporters Threaten Tea Partier: Loesch
Climate & Energy
Solyndra - The Obama connection: ZHSolyndra officials made numerous trips to the White House, logs show: DC
August Volt/Leaf Sales: Bayonet
Media
Former ACORN Insider Infiltrates Fox News: MonCrief"I Would Say It Again" -- Hoffa: Equalizer
Politico: Even Democrats Fear That Obama Has Become a SCOAMF: Ace
Little love for Obama in today's Washington Post: Pundette
Opinion: What if we Blamed Obama for the IHOP Shooting? Crazy, Huh? : WNYC
VDH looks at aftershocks of 9/11: Ace
The Five Biggest Reasons Republicans Keep Losing the Propaganda War: Shiver
Anti-Palin tempest in a teapot? "Fog of war describes Twitter in a nutshell": sisu
Culture of Eruption: Conservative Palin critics are “coming out of the closet”: Toldjah
World
Report Card on the 9/11 Commission's Recommendations: FSMThose Post-9/11 -isms and -ologies: A Look Back at a Decade: Hanson
BofAs Legal Woes Go Global After Norway's Sovereign Wealth Fund Sues For Mortgage Fraud: ZH
Jihad in India: Deady Islamic Attack Strike New Delhi Courthouse: Atlas
The Unspoken Reality: Flopping Aces
Under Suspicion At The Mall Of America: VPR
Sci-Tech
High-tech ghost town planned for New Mexico: CNetReport: Facebook's Revenue Hits $1.6B In The First Half Of 2011: Forbes
HP TouchPad screen can now support Android: CNet
Cornucopia
10 Most Disturbing Statistics From Mark Steyn’s “After America: Get Ready for Armageddon”: RWNBehold: the Lightbringer: MOTUS
Tele-Prompter: BS Footprint
Look What the Dems Are Causing With Their Lies About Paul Ryan: iOTW
Evacuating Washington D.C. (No, Not In The Good Way): C&S
SOB is taken out: LaughingCon
Image: Adapted from a photograph by Chris Carlson, AP
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: Support Allen West for Congress
QOTD: "I guess there's no way to really check this out but my girlfriend who works for the federal government was just informed that she has to cancel her vacation planned for October. The 2011 fiscal year ends in September and there is money left in her department's budget so her boss is planning a conference in Boston for employees from all over the country. This happens every year at the same time because the money is 'lost' unless the money is used so managers are 'encouraged' to use the money up and travel is the easiest/quickest way. My friend worked for another federal agency and the same thing happened at the same time. As I said, I guess there's no way to officially check this out but it cheezed me off sufficiently to write." --J.P. via email
Thanks for linking to my Teleprompter page!
ReplyDeleteEven 30+ years ago, when I worked for the government, that was the unwritten rule, and you were in deep water if you failed to carry it out.
ReplyDeleteIf that is occurring, it's a failure at the highest levels of that agency.
ReplyDeleteYou do NOT "lose" funding that you don't use. It's been YEARS since individual agency budgets were based on prior year budgets. If any agency hasn't spent weeks preparing a spending plan that justified every dollar requested (compared to mission requirements), then that agency needs to be completely de-funded until they do.
Yes, I'm a budget geek with a federal agency. Yes, I spend weeks justifying every damn thing in my annual request. Yes, even though I get everything I ask for (good justifications help!), I still end up with unexpended funds that I willingly return to higher authority.
And of course... THEY take the conferences.