If the Bootlicker Sun, official press outlet for the Emerald Emperor, is gong to carry O'Guvnah's water, they need to be a little more subtle about it.  They're article "Audit Seen as Threat to Medevac Overhaul" was a clear political puff piece written by someone in the Schaefer Building and handed over to Gadi Dechter at the Bootlicker.

If anything, this audit will be used by the Emerald Emperor to justify a costly upgrade and overhaul of the state's Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIEMSS) and the Aviation Division of the Maryland State Police.

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Cory Ruppersburger -- the son of CA "Dutch" Ruppersburger III -- is in a little bit of hot water with the State of Pennsylvania.  It turns out that Cory runs a business called Direct Leadsource (a telemarketing firm) that made over 500,000 illegal sales calls to homes in the state of Pennsylvania.  You can read all about it here.

But if that weren't bad enough, I think there is some bad news for Dutch, Jr.  He's breaking Maryland law, too.

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Federalism is an important founding principle of our country.  The notion of federalism harkens back to the very beginning of our Revolution, when our founding fathers believed in the primacy and sovereignty of state governments over a strong central government.  However, they quickly learned that the relationship was untenable, as the Continental Congress struggled mightily to fund and equip the Continental Army without the power to tax and raise revenue.

Our Constitution provided -- originally -- for a central government of limited powers, with any undelegated powers reserved to the states.  Unfortunately, the federal government long ago (starting with Lincoln in the Civil War) abandoned any pretense of limited powers, and now reigns supreme with virtually unlimited power (couple with unbridle incompetence) in many areas of our lives.  But in no area is that more apparent than Federal Highway Funding.

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Well, now that we know that Southwest Delaware's Most Notorious Cyberterrorist and renowned Maryland Perjurer-- Mahmoud Vladimir Joe Albero -- is now using 300 W. Main Street ("Tora Bora") to spew his filth AND stalk passers-by with his digital camera, we have mounted a new campaign to warn our friends and family in the State of Maryland about the current Threat Level in the Cyber Terrorism world.

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I have a new word that I would like to introduce to my fellow state employees:  "Duh!"

It is, believe it or not, typically a term of derision.  It is a shortened form of the phrase, "No shit, dumbass."  It could also be used in place "Who told you first Dick Tracey?"

So when I read this typical "man bites dog" article in the O'Guvnah Bootlicker Herald, I said to myself "Duh!"  And myself said back, "No shit, dumbass."

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We're moving on up!  Moving on up!  Here on the East Side!  To a deluxe tax status in the sky!  Cause we are Number Four!  The Terps may not make the Final Four this year, but we did!  We are in the top ten percent of the class!  Aren't you excited?

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Everyone stand up and applaud Paul J. Wiedefeld, the Maryland Mass Transit Administration head.  He has proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that people rise to the leve of their incompetence.  For the third time in 2008, we have serious issue with MTA vehicles that puts a substantial part of their fleet at risk.

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Baltimore County Grupenfuhrer Executive Jim Smith is a dog with a bone.  He has decided that he wants to take the case of the LNG terminal at the old Beth Steel shipyard to the US Supreme Court.  According to his lapdogs at the Calvert Street Communist Party Newsletter, Smith claims that "It's for the country and the sake of the county that we'll be pursuing this."

Uh, no.  It's what is best for his political ambitions.

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Brian Griffiths has an interesting -- if not possibly misguided -- posting about the fact that the city seems to be going in the direction of replacing the existing the 1st Mariner Arena in the same location rather than moving to a more logical and hospitable spot.

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The Maryland Public Service Commission is notorious for its fundamental inability to effectively regulate the energy business in Maryland.  And O'Guvnah O'Malley's inability to move beyond Progressive/Fascist mandates -- like compulsory subsidies for the sales of compact fluorescent bulbs -- is legion.

Government is lousy at picking winners and losers.  And the insistence that we all throw our incandescent bulbs in favor of mercury-laden CFLs is just another perfect example.  Why?  Because private industry is working hard to create another alternative:  LED-based light bulbs.

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