[Army Air Corps]

Ping.

[Lazlo in PA]

Something tells me that these dudes are not on the take.

Minus Phil. RIP.

[taxcutisapayraise]

Just a fine point, if I could respectfully make a suggestion. The term “crony capitalism” is a contradiction of terms.

I instead use the phrase “crony statism” which is more accurate, albeit less common.

In brief, capitalism invokes free markets, free trade, with a fair and level playing field for all participants where the rules are enforced regardless of stature.

Cronyism is an un-level playing field; dishonest players with the help of corrupt referees create disadvantages to competitors.

Statism is the ready willingness of government actors who collude so easily and instinctively with powerful private interests — that means unions, too!— to tilt the playing field.

God Bless Mark Levin for making "statism" an "unpopular" word by repeatedly using it in his NYT best-seller "Liberty and Tyranny."

[Publius6961]

NOAA's strategic vision is "an informed society that uses a comprehensive understanding of the role of the oceans, coasts, and atmosphere in the global ecosystem to make the best social and economic decisions."

And who, dammit, should make those decisions?

I've been seeing this happening way too long and it makes me sick when each even more egregious example pops up. I could care less about fish, I don't like fish.

But the Dr. Frankenstein Congresses, cranking out an endless series of monsters has got to stop.

Unless they want to see millions of citizens going postal.

NOAA quite clearly has gone from researching and promoting understanding, to becoming judge and jury of the entire process, and giving elected representatives and the stupid citizens a fait accompli, and making the social and economic decisions themselves.

Isn't that sweet?
Rule by appointed, unanswering delusional sociopath bureaucrats!

This has got to freaking stop!!

There is a huge zoo of these alphabet soup agencies which have been "playing this game" for decades.
We need somehow to elect a Congress (both houses) with a collective science IQ greater than 100.

[SueRae]

Anything that bears the name of Michael Milken stinks in my book.

THis sounds like a carbon trading-like scheme for the commercial fishing industry and needs to be kneecapped in its infancy. I have an enormous amount of respect for commerical fisherman. New England birth does that but I spent many days in my choildhood summers around the docks of Rhode Island watching the hard and dirty work they do day in and day out, in all kinds of weather. They’ve done it for hundreds of years without such “help”. Leave them alone.

[longtermmemmory]

anti-dog eat dog rule —ala ayn rand.