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The best of Neal Boortz 3/9-3/13/2009

March 15th, 2009

neal-boortz-7518761 Some interesting articles from Neal Boortz’s website:

Nancy Wants Diversity In Radio

“Diversity” is going to be the new way to justify the regulation of talk radio. To a Democrat, how can ANYONE be against the idea of diversity? I’ll tell you - if it is government mandated. And that is exactly what Nancy supports. Read the full story.

Stimulus Money To Mexico

Try this: Google “money to Mexico.” I got over 100,000 hits. Why? That would be because we have millions of illegal Mexican aliens in this country who send most of the money they earn back to their families in Mexico. Now there is something to be admired here. Consider the number of American deadbeat dads who spend money week after week on their cigarettes and beer but nothing for the children they’ve fathered along the way .. but I digress: Read the full story.

Nancy’s Personal Airline…The U.S. Military

I’ve been telling you about this for some weeks now … ever since our wonderful Democrat congress started demonizing anyone who uses a private jet in their business. Read the full story.

Let The Private Sector Do What It Does Best

Have you heard the news about Wal-Mart? Whenever I mention Wal-Mart, most liberals start rolling their eyes … it is “anti-union” or it is an “evil corporation.” Well Wal-Mart has decided to enter into the world of digitized healthcare data by unveiling its own version of high-tech medical records. Read the full story.

The Zimbabwe Debacle

Republican South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford has been saying for a while that he would turn down any stimulus money that comes his way via this economic stimulus bill. And as of yesterday, he made it official … turning down about a quarter of his state’s $2.8 billion share. He says, “Fundamentally, if you boil down what the stimulus means for South Carolina, it means we would go through the process of spending a bunch of money we don’t have.” Finally, a guy who gets it. Read the full story.

Clark Howard talks about JetBlue refund policy

March 4th, 2009

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clark_standing_25092 Some interesting articles from Clark Howard’s website:

JetBlue following Hyundai’s lead with refund policy

It started off with Hyundai’s layoff coverage — you know, the deal everyone’s buzzing about where they let you off the hook if you buy a car and lose your job. Now JetBlue is doing the same. Read the full story.

Wal-Mart offers smart stored-value card

There are tens of millions of Americans who are among the “great unbanked” in our country. These hard-working Americans can’t take their paycheck and direct deposit it into a bank because they’ve been banned from having an account — usually for 5 years — after running afoul of the ChexSystem. Read the full story.

Internal employee theft a danger for small business

Clark has a special warning to share for small business owners. As a business owner, in a recession, it is not uncommon to have internal employee theft, fraud, forgery, embezzlement and more. Read the full story.

Interesting articles to read for February 2, 2009

February 2nd, 2009

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Some interesting articles to read:

The Republicans have elected a new National Chairman - former Maryland Lieutenant Governor Michael Steele. One of his first statements was to point out that the GOP lost its way in the 1990s and expanded the size of government.

Congressman Jeff Flake brings up a very suspicious rule included in the economic stimulus bill that could prevent earmark challenges.

Iran says that Obama’s offer to talk shows that America’s policy of domination has failed and Western ideology has become passive.

A question floating around the Internet this weekend … Is Obama’s post-partisan politics dead on arrival?

Outrageous: Milwaukee Public Schools will get $88.6 million from this economic stimulus bill for new construction, “even though the district has 15 vacant school buildings, a large surplus of property and no plans for new construction.”

The other day we told you about Congressman David Obey’s son getting billions of dollars in stimulus for his national parks program .. check out how Obey’s office is handling the report.

This is not good news .. while the private workforce is losing jobs, the number of people working for the government is growing.

Obama is considering appointing a Republican senator to his cabinet .. but apparently this will not affect the delicate balance in the Senate as his replacement will be a Republican.

The White House is looking for ways to control the commercial use of Obama’s image.

A ranking member of the GOP wants to reconsider stimulus funding for the National Science Foundation after it was discovered that top staff members spent most of their days surfing the Internet for porn.

I’ll admit that we have been pre-occupied with this economic stimulus bill lately .. and for good reason. But something that is quietly slipping by is the slow implementation of government healthcare, thanks to the Democrats.

Canada and other nations are concerned about the “Buy American” requirement of the economic stimulus bill.

Czech President Vaclav Klaus is at it again .. saying that global warming is a hoax. Gotta love it.

Great Britain’s green advisor says that couples who have more than two children are being “irresponsible” because they are creating an “unbearable burden” on the environment.

How is California’s experiment with “green jobs” working out? Well .. judging by their current financial woes, I’d say not so well.

Government schools in Pittsburgh are delaying school for 2-hours this morning because of the Super Bowl last night.

Bruce Springsteen is upset that he made a deal with Wal-Mart to exclusively sell his album because Wal-Mart is “anti-union” and Bruce Springsteen is a bed-wetting liberal.

And now for the biggest story of the day .. Michael Phelps has been caught smoking marijuana.

Speaking of marijuana, Barack Obama’s half brother was arrested in Kenya for possession of marijuana.

Do you think someone in the newsroom got fired for this one? You gotta see it. It’s hilarious.

In case you care, YouTube has set up a channel where you can view and vote on Super Bowl ads.

Are you the cool parent that lets kids drink at your house? In Georgia, a woman has been charged for doing just that after a kid died after drinking at her house then driving. With mugshot. And here are Neal’s thoughts on the story from last week.

All articles were obtained from boortz.com