Ask that the opposition parties respect the choice of Canadians and work with the duly elected minority government. picked by ReBoot 11 months ago

Utterly missing in this election season is a serious focus on limited or constitutional government. The Democrats, generally speaking, want more government, not less, so their neglect of the issue is to be expected. But the Republican dereliction is more troubling. It represents a falling away from the standards of Ronald Reagan’s conservatism—a decline already reflected in the “... read full post picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Liberal Leader Ignatieff listed a series of conditions that he said Prime Minister Harper must meet to avoid the Liberals toppling the minority Conservative government and triggering a summer election.

As a taxpayer who will fund this whole fiasco, I'd like to fire ALL of these politicians. TODAY! picked by chinook 5 months ago

“And I called them because (my goverment disability check) wasn’t there and they said, ‘You’re dead,’ and I said, ‘No, I’m not dead.’ And they kept trying to tell me I was dead but I’m not.”

Typical government response. Unless the theme pic is a posed corpse (with pancakes), she IS alive! picked by Moe 2 years ago

Iceland has elected a new Left-wing government after Johanna Sigurdardottir, the feminist leader of the Social Democrats and caretaker premier, swept to victory on the back of street protests that toppled the previous conservative government. picked by TheJehosephat 7 months ago

Top accountant hired by Irish government to introduce accountable system for politicians' expense claims resigns because politicians resist reform of existing expense claims without proof.

Taxpayer pays for:

Hire hat for politician's wife: €400.

Hire limo in Heathrow to go from one terminal to another: €500.

And so on. picked by murtysanchez 2 months ago

Top secret mine holds vaults of national treasures, classified files, and government secrets. Aw, what the heck, let's put it on the channel 4 news. picked by ReBoot 2 years ago

Dear Parents,

You child is fat. Just so you know that we know that he is fat.

Sincerely,
English Government picked by proverb 2 years ago

U.S. government employees received improper gifts from energy industry representatives, and engaged with them in illegal drug use and inappropriate sexual relations, according to a report issued Wednesday. picked by webrush 6 months ago

Woman is healed through prayer and wants to stop her benefit payments. Government says they can't as the computer has no button for miracles.... picked by henkspaan 2 years ago

Help the Government find its missing laptops, hard drives, weapons, VA records, and more. Track what's been lost and found Now with contact numbers so you can report any missing gov't property you stumble upon picked by 2manyusernames 2 months ago

Thanks to the Freedom of Information Act, many government documents that would normally never be seen by the public are now freely available. Government Attic offers up a very large and diverse set of documents from military secrets to FCC complaints about your favorite show and much more. Makes for some interesting browsing. picked by 2manyusernames 4 months ago

The Government agency in charge of immigration spent £30,000 on a new logo which is nearly identical to the old one. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

The Local Government Association warned that the worst cases of obesity will be increasingly seen as evidence of "parental neglect," and that social workers will have to step in to offer advice to protect the child's welfare. picked by bernardblack 1 year ago

Citizens are literally bankrupting themselves throwing ridiculously large wedding and birthday parties. Tajik government declares no more entire-village parties.

Here's the irony: for every breach of the new money-saving laws, party throwers are fined up to $300. picked by RowanGrey 2 years ago

New on the Internet: a community of people who believe the government is beaming voices into their minds. They may be crazy, but the Pentagon has pursued a weapon that can do just that. picked by kissmenow 3 years ago

Without their knowledge, millions of Americans and foreigners crossing US borders in the past four years have been assigned scores generated by government computers rating the risk that the travellers are terrorists or criminals. picked by teaya21 3 years ago

What if we could have our own Fantasy Government, who would you pick for the top job? (A bit dated but interesting BBC poll.) picked by cb__ 3 years ago

In what must surely be the most bone-headed decision in the history of the green energy movement, the Rudd Labor Government of Australia has decided to squash the local solar panel industry. The same government that paid lip service to environmental concerns by signing the Kyoto Protocol has decided to make installation of home solar panels a class issue. picked by aus 1 year ago

Historical PBS interview with Milton Friedman, recipient of the 1976 Nobel Memorial Prize for economic science. A classic clip in which he discusses minimizing the role of government in order to create political and social freedom. picked by hypnotode 3 years ago