Wildlife Services

This is for the right to keep in mind when discussing budgeting and “needs”….go, read the Ace link at needs, it’s a good one….he’s talking about the most recent court decision on Obamacare, but it works here.

1. The mandate is not necessary at all. There is a difference between “necessary” and “politically useful” or “politically expedient.”

The taxpayers do not NEED to pay for a department to kill wildlife under the name of “Wildlife Services” in order for ranchers to live in complete safety on public lands.

(There is a cut in the Obama budget. I’m not sure if it’s there in the House version.)

(ht Ralph Maugham)

Matt Drudge

This sentence gave me a chuckle this morning:

The blunt truth is, Matt Drudge has probably had more influence deciding the political narrative in Washington than any individual in America, except President Obama in 2008 with his “hope and change” agenda that has largely disappeared.

The Hill thinks “hope and change” was more influential than Drudge. The Hill apparently forgot that Drudge was never a big fan of McCain.

Sorry dudes, Drudge rules. And part of that means that the gory, the Hollywood and the bizarre rule too!