Pigford: Good Intention To Gigantic Fraud

A black farmer in the rural south  USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service

When Andrew Breitbart's Big Journalism expressed concern about the class-action settlement called Pigford, he was ridiculed by the usual media suspects. That was last year. A few days ago, The New York Times verified that Breitbart had every right to be outraged at what has become an extraordinary fraud on taxpayers brought to us by our elected officials and their appointees in Washington. I won't belabor readers with my take on this one. All I ask is that my liberal readers read the NYT article before declaring Pigford just another target of unhinged conservatives. If liberals can't handle the news from their flagship source, here is a shorter version of the story from the editors of National Review Online.

If we keep spending money - taxpayer or Chinese loan - like this the country will not survive.

Fiat Lux: "Saving" Chrysler For America

So, to recap, the Obama Energy Department is loaning a foreign car company $3.5 billion so it can pay the Treasury Department $7.6 billion even though American taxpayers spent $13 billion to save an American car company that is only worth $5 billion.

Oh, and Obama plans to make this "success" a centerpiece of his 2012 campaign.

You can't make up this stuff. It is an object lesson in what is happening to your children's future at the hands of a severely misguided government. OTR is only too happy to shed light on the darkness.

H/T Powerline

God Tells Governor Sanford To Stay

Well, I'm glad that's cleared up. After all, the same strategy worked temporarily for the PTL - pass the loot - crowd in upcountry South Carolina and for many national televangelists caught in similar circumstances in the past forty years. Unfortunately, Sanford is a politician and not subject to the forgiveness doctrines that have enabled his electric fraternity brothers to often escape the grosser punishments.

At this point, Sanford doesn't need political opposition to punish him. Every time he opens his mouth about his scandals it's like another scab ripped off a wound. One would think his political handlers could shut him up, better still, get him to resign. South Carolinians - and the Republican Party - deserve better than this pathetic philanderer and fraud. Read his latest scab here, in addition to some pointed comments, all thanks to South Carolina State House Blog. Story courtesy of LGF.