Frugal Café Blog Zone

Vicki McClure Davidson | May 16, 2012

  The Nanny State Environmental Police strikes again. A popular ice cream stand in Massachusetts, run for 26 years by longtime dairy farmer Mark Duffy, has been shut down because Duffy dared to make improvements without paying for government permits. Duffy is astounded, saying he has done countless repairs and improvements on the stand and [...]

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Vicki McClure Davidson | May 15, 2012

  What in the name of Zeus is Pres. Obama doing appearing on a daytime television show again? Doesn’t he have a JOB to do? So, dammit, do it, Mr. President. Stop campaigning and mugging for the TV cameras and begging for donations for oh, say, 72 hours and DO YOUR JOB. The American economy [...]

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Vicki McClure Davidson | May 15, 2012

  LightSquared, recipient of a shady, fast-track $267 million loan from Team Obama using taxpayer-funded stimulus money, has filed for bankruptcy. This past fall, the White House repeatedly stonewalled on sharing the loan documents with members of Congress, to the point that Sen. Charles Grassley threatened to block Pres. Obama’s FCC nominees until the documents [...]

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