One more example of statist intervention in our lives

And another reason government and their creatures should keep out of the free market.

Proof that government is a job killing machine, not our saviors that they advertise.

Here we have our state's Department of Agriculture putting a small business out of business because they were using "raw" (arguably healthier than pasteurized) milk in PET food.

Yes it was labeled as such and no there is no law against it.

Washington County's Judge Lane is absolutely correct in his judgement. The 4 District Court of Appeals needs to agree with Lane. It looks like they are heading in that direction.

Marietta Register story here

Stong words from the editors of the Marietta Register

OpEd piece from the Marietta Register, concerning the Delta Queen and Joe Biden. You'll find this refreshing.

And another lie from Obama / Biden

Marietta Register story about how Obama will say anything to get a vote....like we didn't already know that.

"Last fall, President Obama and Vice President Biden said they were both working to continue exempting the Delta Queen from 43-year-old federal fire safety standards that are now forcing the historic steamboat to dock, seemingly once and for all in Chattanooga, TN.

That was their presidential campaign message then, in some circles at least, when both Obama and Biden were still in the U.S. Senate. Now, not so much.

In a regional press conference about the administration's first 100 days in office and its priorities going forward, Vice President Biden, when asked, told The Marietta Register that the Delta Queen, a National Historic Landmark, is no longer on the Obama administration's list of things to do.

"We're not going to interfere… I'm a little sentimental about the Delta Queen, but it really is beyond our ability to make that kind of judgment. We don't have standing to make a decision on that," Biden said, changing the topic to the administration's proposal for a high speed rail system."

"We don't have standing to make a decision on that"? Yet the administration has standing to force banks to take tax money, then will not let them repay? They think they have "standing" to force their Marxist ways on our country, yet they say they don't have "standing" to seek a change in a federal rule? Who would have this "standing" if the administration doesn't?

Think locally, again

Here is a Marietta Register oped piece. I can't help but agree 100%

Marietta has a 1.7% income tax. I can't think of any higher in southeastern Ohio. Not even Leningrad on the Hocking.

While there were Republicans railing against the incessant spending of Congressman Charlie Wilson, President Obama, et al., why were they not railing against the 1.7% income tax? Let's be consistently against excessive taxes anywhere they appear from, Washington, Columbus or Marietta.

If the GOP wants to be against high taxes and spending, that's great (especially after the tax Taft years), but GOP members should set an example at the local level in our finance committees.

Why not eliminate the income tax altogether. Just think of the folks that don't move into Marietta because of the income tax. That reason would be gone. More citizens, more businesses, more income from property tax and sales taxes. Seems like a no brainer......as long as the sales and property taxes stay within reason to fund the basics and the basics alone.

Private enterprise can do wonders if the government doesn't take all it's money.

More and more are noticing Charlie Wilson's hand in our national debt growing daily

Congress and AIG: What were they thinking? Pomeroy Daily Sentinel

Change something fundamental Congressman Marietta Register