You know government has lost its mind when…

Orange Punch, The Orange County Register political commentary blog ^ | 4-13-2012 | Mark Landsbaum

[Mark Landsbaum]

So, is there anyone left who still doesn’t recognize the absurd upside-down priorities of government driven by political correctness and environmental extremism? If so, get a gander at this news out of San Franciso (where else?):

(CNSNews.com) – The government spent at least $205,075 in 2010 to ‘translocate’ a single bush in San Francisco that stood in the path of a$1.045-billion highway-renovation project that was partially funded by the economic stimulus legislation President Barack Obama signed in 2009.

Yeah, a couple hundred grand of your tax money to move a bush.

“Why?” you might ask. . .

[goseminoles]

We built a tunnel under a road for turtles blog pimp.

[Former Proud Canadian]

Ummm, the government spends $250,000 to move a bush. It runs and agriculture department with more civil servants than the number of farmers. The energy department doesn't produce any energy. NASA can't send an astronaut into space without the Russians. The education department doesn't educate a single child.

The ATF sells guns to Mexican drug lords so they can kill ICE/DHS agent. The EPA denies water to farmers to grow crops to feed people so that minnows will survive in great numbers. The State department sends 1.5 billion to a moslem terror organ. The government pays for Chinese prostitutes to moderate their liquor consumption. Obama parties like its the last days of the Roman empire.

I could go on, but I have to work to pay my taxes.

[Digger]

Just imagine this pseudo health care.

[joe fonebone]

Well written indeed!!!

[humblegunner]

(Excerpt) Read more at orangepunch.ocregister.com ...

“Why?” you might ask. . .

[PGR88]

I believe we would be better to prepare for he eventually bankruptcy of the USA than worry too much about stories like this.

Indeed, the Gov’t is absolutely wasteful, and many cases are comical, like this one. But I believe we are past the point where our nations’ politics and character are such that anyone can do anything about it. Nature will have to take its course.

[Skooz]

Just so you know, I plan on plagiarising this post. Thanks.

[SunTzuWu]

FR has a blog forum. He posted it in the right place so, why don't you mind your own business!

[goseminoles]

What are you? His advocate?

[shibumi]

Click the Pic!

[shibumi]

This is an elite pimp. He doesn’t reply to us commoners.

He counts on pimp enablers to talk for him.

Check the posting history.

[humblegunner]

FR has a blog forum. He posted it in the right place so, why don't you mind your own business!

FR has a reply function. Goseminoles replied accordingly.

Why don't you mind your own business?

[McGruff]

I clicked on your link. Twice. Just to piss off The Blog Police.

[humblegunner]

Sucker.

That’s like subsidizing hoodies for thugs.

[SunTzuWu]

Why do you think JimRob included a blog forum on HIS site????

[goseminoles]

Lol!!!!

[humblegunner]

Why do you think JimRob included a blog forum on HIS site?

Comic relief? Target practice?

Actually, here's what Jim had to say about it:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/2636843/posts?page=552#552

Now this particular offender can hide behind the OC Register's
offensive threats to FR, so he's legal. Not MORAL. Note from
his posting history that he does not participate other than to
ecxerpt his stuff to get a few hits, using us as free advertising.

You like that?

[shibumi]

You asked this question - "Why do you think JimRob included a blog forum on HIS site????"

You sure you want the answer? OK Here it is, from The Man Himself:

Jim Rob on the topic of bloggers:

"Believe it or not, once upon a time vanities were frowned upon by our participants. FR’s original format was established to not only fight for liberty and against government abuse/corruption, etc, but to criticize the liberally biased mainstream media. Therefore our original format was to post from valid NEWS sources and government reports, etc, and to tear them down where deserved. Vanity posters were shunned (unless they were very good).3

Then a few years ago the blogger craze started. At first, most of them were treated simply as vanities and were pulled or zotted on sight. Eventually some were accepted as valid material on FR. And soon the blogger wars commenced. To allow blogs or not to allow blogs was the question. Can’t go blanket either way. Like it or not, some blogs are better than most others.

So, long story short, we created a special forum for blog posts. This was in lieu of simply deleting all blog posts. The theory was that as long as they were posted in the bloggers forum, those who didn’t wish to read them could simply click on the “news” forum and they wouldn’t see them. But, of course, as some blogs are definitely better than most others and some are much better than your typical mainstream news sources, we soon allowed certain blogs to be posted regularly to the news section.

This all worked more or less to a certain degree without too much friction until the non-commenting, short-excerpting, long-complaining blog pimp was born.

I have no complaint if a good conservative blogger posts his own material to FR, not as an excerpt to drive hits and discussion back to his blog, but rather to impart useful information to OUR readers and to promote and join in on the discussion and conservative activism HERE on FR.

If a blogger can’t or refuses do that, and if he constantly complains or fights with our participants over it, then I’d just as soon he doesn’t post here. It’s not my job to make his content or his presentation or cooperation acceptable to our readers. That’s his job. And if he cannot do it or refuses to do it and continues posting brief excerpts only and obviously attempting to draw away our participants while loudly complaining about it, then I have no sympathy for his complaints and the more apt I am to ban his account and blog.

Furthermore, I’m not big on “rules.” You won’t see me posting rules for bloggers. The rules for bloggers on FR are the same as the rules for everyone else. If you are a good conservative activist and are willing to work with US on OUR goals and causes and not against US, then you’re welcome to post to FR. But unless we say otherwise your blog material should be posted to our bloggers forum and it would be best if you do not excerpt your own material and if you would actually join in on the discussion here on FR. We’re not really that interested in driving OUR traffic to YOUR blog. But if our readers see that you post useful information then they might start reading your site and that’s fine by me.

552 posted on Tuesday, December 07, 2010 5:06:19 PM by Jim Robinson (Rebellion is brewing!! Nuke the corrupt commie bastards to HELL!!)


From this thread, Post #552.

[McGruff]

I clicked on the link twice more. Just for you.