Thursday, October 12, 2006

Oxymoron of the Day: BATFU Ethics

The man who recently departed as director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives ordered his staff to help with his nephew's high school homework, wasting the agency's time and violating ethics rules, an inquiry found Wednesday...

Fine received another anonymous letter Sept. 22 from a group that described itself as concerned ATF employees. The group argued that three ATF assistant directors also were mismanaging agency funds by commuting to work in government-owned cars, promoting relatives and arranging weeklong conferences for employees at resorts like the Hard Rock Casino in Los Vegas.

Looks like that kid'll make a fine BATFU agent, what with the ethics they're teaching him.

We actually ought to encourage this--every minute they waste is a minute they're leaving us alone.

Big Richard is Watching You

"By the time 2016 [rolls around], we'll have more cameras than Washington, D.C. ... Our technology is more advanced than any other city in the world -- even compared to London -- dealing with our cameras and the sophistication of cameras and retro-fitting all the cameras downtown in new buildings, doing the CTA cameras," Daley said.

And we all know how well they work in DC.

UK: Chips to Help Reel in Fish

Some customers are willing to have microchip implants as a means of paying in stores, a report out today says...Around 8 per cent of 13 to 19-year-olds were open to the idea of microchip implants...This compared to just 5 per cent and 12 per cent respectively for adults asked the same questions.

Any guesses on what per cent of these slave wannabes are open to the idea of sovereign individuals having an unalienable right to keep and bear arms?

This Day in History: October 12

On this day in 1776, British Generals Henry Clinton and William Howe lead a force of 4,000 troops aboard some 90 flat-boats up New York’s East River toward Throg's Neck, a peninsula in Westchester County, in an effort to encircle General George Washington and the Patriot force stationed at Harlem Heights.

Technical Difficulties

Been trying to post all morning--can't access Blogger--not just this site but all Blogspot sites.

Just got through after over an hour of trying. Will attempt a few quick posts, but am running out of time this morning and will attempt to post again this evening.