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Top 10 Examples of Government Stupidity
Human Events ^ | July 30, 2011 | Human Events Editorial

Posted on 07/30/2011 9:47:22 AM PDT by Clairity

With Americans burdened with high taxes, one would hope that the government they pay for would at least be used efficiently and wisely. These Top 10 Examples of Government Stupidity from around the country would suggest otherwise:

1. Sensitivity training: The Omaha, Neb., public school district spent $130,000 in federal stimulus money to buy manuals to instruct teachers and school administrators on how to be culturally sensitive.

Green car bust: The city of Salinas, Calif., invested more than $500,000 in Green Vehicles, an electric car venture that failed to produce a single car.

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TOPICS: Editorial; Government
KEYWORDS: debt; democrats; dumb; fraud; goobermint; government; kleptocracy; obama; spending; waste
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To: CharlyFord

Excellent response.


21 posted on 07/30/2011 4:08:26 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Do you know why I love reptiles? It's because they don't play guitars.)
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To: Clairity

Where is Shelia Jackson Lee in this ranking?


22 posted on 07/30/2011 6:43:04 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (The liberal press applauded when the NY Times hacked Newt Gingrich's phone calls.)
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To: blueyon; paratrooper82

Darn you both! ;p


23 posted on 07/31/2011 12:23:47 AM PDT by Impy (Don't call me red.)
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To: marsh2
Kieran Suckling, the Center for Biological Diversity's executive director

Enough said.
24 posted on 07/31/2011 5:28:23 AM PDT by sasquatch
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To: Popman
Call me skeptical, but an across the board 10% cut isn't going to do it....Well, that was 10 % per year.

So you're sayin' projecting out in say ll years...?

25 posted on 07/31/2011 5:32:48 AM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate Republicans Freed the Slaves Month.)
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To: Clairity

10 items taken from an infinitely long list.


26 posted on 07/31/2011 5:39:54 AM PDT by liberateUS
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To: Clairity
Top teb examples of government stupidity?

1. Barack Obama.

2. Michelle Obama.

3. The people who elected Barack Obama.

4. Debbie Weinerdog-Schlitz

5. Chuck Schumer.

6. John McCainiac.

7. Wittle Windsey Gwaham.

8. Frankenstein Lautenberg.

9. Pelosi.

10. Reid.

27 posted on 07/31/2011 5:45:25 AM PDT by Lazamataz (If you pet a tiny goose, you will feel a little down.)
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To: dhs12345

I think we should have a CF debt rating, the C is for cloister...no, make that cluster.


28 posted on 07/31/2011 5:50:17 AM PDT by RipSawyer (Trying to reason with a liberal is like teaching algebra to a tomcat.)
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To: Clairity
And here's the absolutely undeniable A#1 all time best example of Government Stupidity!



29 posted on 07/31/2011 5:52:38 AM PDT by Zakeet (The Wee Wee's real birth certificate got shredded with his Rezko mortgage records)
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To: dhs12345

“There is huge waste, maybe as much as 20%, that is hidden beneath the surface.”
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I’m afraid the truth is that only a small portion of government spending results in anything even slightly positive in nature. There are whole departments, vast in scope, that are counterproductive in nature, meaning that we would be much better off if the whole department were eliminated, all assets sold off to pay debt and a pledge made never to resurrect the monster. Education is just one example.


30 posted on 07/31/2011 5:59:11 AM PDT by RipSawyer (Trying to reason with a liberal is like teaching algebra to a tomcat.)
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To: Popman

“No wonder Pelosi spilled the beans when she said we have to read the healthcare bill to know what’s in it.”
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When did she say that? What I heard her say was that “we have to PASS the bill so YOU can find out what’s in it”.


31 posted on 07/31/2011 6:03:14 AM PDT by RipSawyer (Trying to reason with a liberal is like teaching algebra to a tomcat.)
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To: bmwcyle

We should stop giving them a pass by saying they are stupid. In reality everything they do is EVIL. We send people to Washington who accumulate huge fortunes at our expense and then we say THEY are stupid? Those who vote for them are stupid!


32 posted on 07/31/2011 6:06:49 AM PDT by RipSawyer (Trying to reason with a liberal is like teaching algebra to a tomcat.)
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To: RipSawyer

No S*&t


33 posted on 07/31/2011 6:54:50 AM PDT by bmwcyle (Obama is a Communist, a Muslim, and an illegal alien)
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To: Clairity

Why does our government continue to give food stamps to people who are obese?


34 posted on 07/31/2011 6:57:31 AM PDT by Hoodat (Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. - (Rom 8:37))
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To: RipSawyer

This is very unfortunate. Because we can’t afford it. It is wasteful.


35 posted on 07/31/2011 7:25:06 AM PDT by dhs12345
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To: RipSawyer

True. Where is the accountability?


36 posted on 07/31/2011 7:27:08 AM PDT by dhs12345
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To: RipSawyer
I stand corrected:

She still didn't know what the hell was in it

37 posted on 07/31/2011 7:37:04 AM PDT by Popman (Obama. First Marxist to turn a five year Marxist plan into a 4 year administration.)
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To: Zakeet

Priceless! :)


38 posted on 07/31/2011 9:19:08 AM PDT by Clairity ("The United States needs to be not so much loved as it needs to be respected." -- VP Dick Cheney)
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