Accountability Jettisoned
PIG News Wire [05/31/14]

The war on excellence is alive and well, in Washington, D.C. It transpired in a Nanny State Cabal named the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). If you've never heard of it, don't feel like the Lone Ranger. According to the Daily Caller, the CFPB 'oversees transactions in the financial sector' for Uncle Sam.

When the usual suspects whined about race based discrimination in the performance reviews at CFPB, it resonated enough to put CRPB officials in the hot seat at a hearing. Faced with that ordeal,CFPB officials launched a pre-emptive strike. What strike? They scuttled performance reviews entirely, so all employees, regardless of their actual performance, will get the highest performance rating.

Doing an outstanding job is a complete waste of time, because that slacker who is always late, frequently absent, and rarely does a lick of work, gets the same rating as the hardest working go getter. Some rational adults have issues with that

"Treating the agency's highest-rated employees the same as its lowest-rated ones is the opposite of fairness, Thomas Brown, a columnist for Bankstocks.com, wrote in a Wednesday piece lambasting the decision. "Hard-working, conscientious workers (and, yes, the federal government does have those) deserve to be treated better and paid more than workers who, say, persistently show up late and turn in shoddy work."

"Instead, in its pathetic bow to political correctness, the slackers are being rewarded," Brown continued. "Worse, Cordray seems oblivious to the fact that he's giving his most valuable workers the shaft."

Lowered expectations will yield lowered performance.

Now That's Funny
PIG News Wire [05/31/14]

A 90 year old law in South Carolina requires colleges to teach its students one year's worth of courses on this nation's founding documents. This week that edict reached critical mass at one South Carolina Ivory Tower with utterly PIGish results:

The Center for Women's and Gender Studies (CWGS) at the University of South Carolina Upstate (USCU) will close on July 1 and the funding, previously allocated for CWGS, will be used to teach the Constitution, Declaration of Independence, and Federalist Papers.

The South Carolina House of Representatives wanted further cuts at both USCU and the College of Charleston, which had already seen budget cuts over mandated gay literature for freshmen students. However, the Senate was hesitant to cut funds for fear of academic censorship.

The chambers compromised by allotting the discussed funds toward teaching the provisions and principles of the Constitution, Declaration of Independence, and Federalist Papers, as well as "the study of and devotion to American institutions and ideals. [FPM]

Now that's funny. I don't care who you are.

Southwestern Korrectness
Source: PIG News Wire [05/10/14]

When Albuquerque;s city council ran their speech code up the legislative flagpole, they didn't get specific, they opted for weasel words. It's a move which reeks of gotcha.

Moonbattery describes it this way:

Albuquerque city councilors [recently] called on local media organizations to use "responsible speech" and avoid "derogatory language and inaccurate representation of marginalized [i.e., politically favored] groups."

The bill, sponsored by Rey Garduño, won approval on a 5-3 party-line vote - Democrats in the majority - after about a dozen people testified in favor of it.

The measure doesn't identify any particular words or phrases as "irresponsible," but several supporters of the measure objected to use of the phrase "illegal immigrant" in news reports to describe a person living in a country without legal permission.

Some also raised concerns about how transgender people are described.

If you like that, get ready for a special thrill:

Peter Simonson of the American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico spoke against Garduño's bill.

Despite good intentions, he said, "we don't believe it's the place of government officials to urge the press and the community at large to censor their speech. . The most effective way to confront offensive or disrespectful speech is to counter with more, positive speech. That's not a government role. That's the role of the private citizen."

How far left must your travel to prompt the ACLU to refuse to tag along?

Snippets
Source: PIG News Wire [04/26/14]

Maryland

Thanks to Maryland's Colonista governor, Martin O'Malley, the state is egregiously user friendly, when it comes to coddling border jumping scumbag invaders.

While Homeland Security is reconsidering their position on deporting illegal criminals with 'trivial' crimes, Maryland's Governor O'Malley has taken it one step further. He announced that the Baltimore City Detention Center will no longer comply with a federal policy that requires the jail to detain illegal immigrants for deportation. O'Malley said the Detention Center will now consider the severity of the charges a person is facing when reviewing I.C.E. requests to hold immigrants through the 'Secure Communities' program. The federal program 'Secure Communities' was intended to catch and deport dangerous criminals by coordinating with local jails. [DMLDaily]

The destruction of America by our Elected Tormentors is accelerating.

Washington D.C.

It's an inspired, inspiring, idea that rocks my world. IT, in this context, is a USA Today news item that puts Detroit on the short list of cities considered to host the Jackass Party nominating convention for the 2016 Oval Office Derby.

Will Democrats nominate their choice to succeed President Obama in party strongholds such as Chicago, Cleveland and New York City?

Or how about Detroit, Indianapolis or Columbus, Ohio?

The Democratic National Committee sent a letter Monday to 15 mayors asking them to submit proposals to host the party's 2016 convention. In addition to the six cities named above, letters were also sent to Atlanta, Pittsburgh, Las Vegas, Miami, Nashville, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix and Salt Lake City.

The cities will have until June 6 to submit the "request for proposal," and the DNC hopes to make a decision by the end of this year or early next.

"This quadrennial convention is not just the place where we will nominate the leaders of our party and our country, but it is also an opportunity to provide our Host City with a chance to showcase its community on a world stage," DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz said in her letter to the mayors.

If they're looking for a place that is the gold standard, when it comes to the legacy of decades of uninterrupted Jackass Party rule, Detroit stands alone.

Consequences
Source: PIG News Wire [04/12/14]

On January 1, 2014, Illinois' new concealed carry law went into effect. Did it make things better or worse? The best place to measure that is Chicago.

The first three months of the year saw 6 fewer murders than the same time frame in 2013–a 9 percent drop–and 55 fewer murders than 2012, according to a statement from Chicago Police.

There were 90 fewer shootings and 119 fewer shooting victims, drops of 26 and 29 percent respectively, according to police statistics.

Compared to the first quarter of 2012, there have been 222 fewer shootings and 292 fewer shooting victims. Overall crime is down 25 percent from last year, and police said more than 1,300 illegal guns were recovered in the last three months.

It's easier to play gangbanger when you know that nobody is packing heat. With no downside, a badass would be bold as brass. But, if you know there are armed citizens out and about, it makes you think twice. If you won't give the new law all the credit, so be it. It has to be a contributing factor.

Second Amendment Heroine
Source: PIG News Wire [03/22/14]

When the New Jersey Legislature pooped out a bill that would limit gun magazine capacity to 10 rounds, the New Jersey Law and Public Safety Committee held a public hearing in Trenton, our heroine gave them an earful. She's a 9 year old named Shyanne Roberts who is a competition shooter:

In her speech, which earned thunderous applause from the audience, she presented the simplicity and common sense nature of the pro-gun argument in a way only a kid can.

"I am not a 'gang banger or domestic terrorist' as a certain vocal supporter of this bill claimed two weeks ago in the Star Ledger," Roberts said. "This bill, if it becomes law, will severely impact me and a million other gun owners."

The 9-year-old girl explained that she is a 4th-grade honor roll student and competitive shooter in multiple styles with numerous local, state and national sponsors.

"I have worked and trained very hard to get to the level I am at and if A2006 becomes law, I will be forced to choose between giving up on a very great and promising future in a sport that I love or asking my dad to move to another state. I will not be giving up my sport."

She said many of the firearms she hopes to use in the next level of her young competitive shooting career will be made "illegal" if the proposed gun control bill, known as A2006, becomes law.

"Everyone is upset about bad people doing bad things to others, but punishing the people who didn't do anything wrong is not the way to stop bad people," she added. "If it wasn't against the law, I would've brought one of my competition guns with me today to show you it won't do anything unless someone touches it."

"I ask you please keep the promise you made when you were elected by protecting people's rights and vote no on A2006," she concluded. [The Blaze].

Nicely done darlin'.

WTF!
Source: PIG News Wire [03/22/14]

When the Obama Regime swilled down the Globally Warmed Greeniac Kool-Aid, it nuked any residual synaptic function. If you need proof, you came to the right place.

The White House launched a new campaign to sell its global warming agenda to rural America: "sustainable" buildings, including skyscrapers, made out of wood to lower carbon dioxide emissions.

The Agriculture Department (USDA) announced it was launching a new $1 million program to promote wood as a "green" building material to boost rural economies, as well as a $1 million competition "to demonstrate the architectural and commercial viability of using sustainable wood products in high-rise construction," according to Department.

Skyscrapers made out of wood. They are serious.

The project … combines parts of President Barack Obama's Climate Action Plan and the administration's push to win over rural America using green jobs. The USDA hopes to spur the use of wood technologies in industrial building projects like "tall buildings and skyscrapers, as well as other projects," claiming that such buildings would produce be more energy efficient and reduce carbon emissions.
[Moonbattery]

Wooden skyscrapers? Seriously? I don't think so.

Bay State Peep Show
Source: PIG News Wire [03/07/14]

Upskirting is a very popular pervert pastime, a fun fact that doesn't thrill the subjects of the uninvited photographic peeks under their skirts. Upskirt perpetrating perverts know this and either don't give a damn, or are perversely excited by the hostility of their victims.

In theory, Bay State upskirt photographers were violating an existing state law which targeted "Peeping Tom" voyeurism of 'completely or partially undressed people. In reality - as ruled by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court - upskirt photos aren't banned by the law, since women targeted were fully clothed.

The high court's ruling today came in the case of a man who allegedly took photos under the dresses of women on Green Line trolleys.

The court focused on the language of the law, which prohibits secret photography of "a person ... who is partially nude."

"A female passenger on a MBTA trolley who is wearing a skirt, dress, or the like covering [private] parts of her body is not a person who is 'partially nude,' no matter what is or is not underneath the skirt by way of underwear or other clothing," the court said in a unanimous ruling written by Justice Margot Botsford. [Globe]

That ruling sent state legicrats scrambling, to remedy the situation.

Consequences
Source: PIG News Wire [03/07/14]

An unrepentant Marxist, the Big Apple's new fearless leader - Mayor de Blasio - has painted a bull's-eye on the 'evil rich' who inhabit the city. He's so repulsively hostile to 'wealth', his Marxist bullcrap is having predictable results.

As a public service, I'm going to enlighten this Marxist asshole about some inconvenient truths:

Truth 1: Being rich means de Blasio's evil rich can afford to pack their bags and simply leave.

Truth 2: As Bloomberg often noted, about 5,000 very wealthy families paid 30 percent of the city's income tax. Losing even a few of them means significantly less money for filling potholes and hiring cops.

Billions in philanthropy support the arts, ranging from local dance groups to the flagship institutions that define New York as a world-class city. Nearly half of the Metropolitan Opera's operating fund comes from donations, which last year reached $143 million.

When you 'do the math' it's obvious that pissing off the rich, unnecessarily, is an asinine thing to do.

I know what you're thinking...will the rich get the hell out? I'll let you decide for yourself.

And thanks to the de Blasio administration, New Yorkers are getting a bitter taste of its divisive nature. So much so that talk about quitting Gotham is surging in some circles.

One friend says 10 wealthy people have told him they are leaving and another says disgusted New Yorkers bought $1 billion in residential property in Florida since the November election. The Sunshine State confers an automatic tax cut of about 12 percent because it has no city or state income tax, nor does it have an inheritance tax.

Beyond taxes, the mayor's open hostility is a factor. His insulting treatment of former Mayor Bloomberg at the inauguration remains a cloud over him. As one affluent woman, a self-described liberal, told me, "De Blasio hates me, so I hate him." She doesn't personally know him, but draws her conclusion from his words and deeds.

Elections have consequences.