Civil religion accepts all forms of deviancy and knows no righteousness.

The Right needs to find effective ways to confront the tyranny of the Left. The Tea Party movement was massive. The Chik-Fila protest was brilliant. We need more events like the Chik-Fila event that people on the Right can participate in. That event was so effective and powerful because nobody felt like a kook doing it. All you had to do was buy a chicken sandwhich and you were making a political statement.

Do you know who the big winner is on Obamaphones? It's Mexican media mogul Carlos Slim aka The Richest Man in the World. His finger is in that pie in a big way. Crony capitialism is multi-national.

Outrage would require luccidity or at the very least, having your eyes open.

You did not give the government any money for "tax cuts". The idea that a tax cut is an expense is predicated on the idea that all the money belongs to the government.

Your link doesn't work. Got another one?

Contractors cost more to employ.

Really, Comrade Teddy? Name calling does not become you. I am in no way a Leftist, just pointing out flaws in your numbers. I'll read your source material and gladly recant if I was incorrect. In all due fairness, you did not cite anything in your original post so it just looks like you were pulling stuff out of thin air. In the future, try being civil, acting like a jerk may be your right but it certainly isn't necessary.

I thought that the Hatch Act prohibited Federal workers from engaging in public political activity. If these folks violated the Hatch Act, fire all of them. There, money saved.

That's when the furlough is done on short notice. This time they have gone through all the necessary hoops to keep from having to give people backpay.