Category Archives: Politics

I love football. As a Miami native, Miami Dolphin colors run through my veins. But I rejoiced when the Florida legislature did not approve a bill that would allow the the Dolphins $289 million in taxpayer support from an increase in the Miami-Dade hotel tax.

I wrote about this and my personal feelings back in January of this year.

The owner of the stadium, Stephen Ross, is worth more than 2.5 Billion dollars.  That is 2,500 million dollars! I have a problem with the 117th richest person in America asking taxpayers to pay for his stadium. But wait supporters say, “it is a hotel tax, so out of town strangers will pay the tax, not us!”. That is a disgusting line of reasoning. A tax is a tax, and if we do this other cities do this and as a whole, American taxpayers wind up getting hosed.

Ross and much of the news media are blaming the legislature. What is not widely reported is that this was not just a Miami Dolphin bill. This bill would allow Orlando to spend money to attract professional soccer and help the Jacksonville Jaguars and Daytona International Speedway. Hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayer support.

But the worse part is the blackmail. Supporters saying we need this stadium renovation to get super bowls and top college bowl games and so forth. Without it, there will be none of that.  No more bowl games, no Super Bowls, etc. South Florida will suffer.

The truth is if the 117th wealthiest person in America decides not to privately finance the renovations, then that decision is what will accomplish that.

Americans are tied of being taxed to death.

Some Blogging Guy

NORTH KOREA

The nut jobs in the insane society North Korea has created are at it again. And America and the rest of the somewhat civilized world are responding like Pavlov’s dog. This is insanity.

This is a very complex chess game. Let me toss out some basic facts:

North Korea’s Military:

• Just in the DMZ, a mere stone’s throw almost from the capital of Seoul, North Korea has 700,000 troops, 8,000 artillery pieces and 2,000 tanks.
• 35 miles. That is what separates Seoul from the DMZ.  North Korea could land at least 1,000 artillery shells in the capital. Some with chemical weapons.
• North Korean forces are heavily dug-in with more than 4,000 underground facilities and bunkers near the DMZ and an estimated 20 tunnels dug under the DMZ.
• North Korea has 20 Special Forces brigades, totalling about 88,000 troops, which could be deployed by air, sea and land to disrupt US and South Korean combat operations and attack civilian targets.
• North Korea has over 1.1 million active-duty military personnel and some 4.7 million reserves, making them the world’s fifth largest active military force.
• North Korea’s air force includes 605 combat aircraft organized into 33 regiments: 11 fighter/ ground attack; two bomber; seven helicopter; seven transport; and six training regiments.
• Naval forces consist of 43 missile craft; 100 torpedo craft; 158 patrol craft; 26 diesel submarines of Soviet design; 10 amphibious ships; and 23 mine countermeasures ships. There are also some 65 miniature submarines for the insertion and extraction of Special Forces.

Now I will grant you that the North Koreans are not trained well and much of it’s military hardware is old and outdated. Still, with Seoul being just 35 miles from the border, in the event of a real war that capital city is going to suffer a tremendous amount of damage if not actually captured. In time, South Korean and American forces will push the South back and pretty much decimate them. But at what cost?

I’ve seen three suggestions for a solution. 1) Ignore them. 2) Come down harder and 3) Turn the other cheeks and give North Korean a hug. Kill them with niceness.

I propose a fourth solution: Give North Korea to China. Through secret talks and deals, encourage or even force China to invade and kick out all the crazies and remove the chemical and nuclear weapons. Make the NK a province of China, or just set up a puppet government. China will never, ever allow North Korea to be taken over by America or the south. They need that buffer state. So, let them create their own. It would be a hell of a lot better than what we have now.

Just my uneducated thoughts. Your counter thoughts encouraged.

 

Some Blogging Guy

I happened to be in Bass Pro/Outdoor World yesterday and figured I would see if they had a Ruger P95 in stock.  This is what I found when looking into the gun case:

 

All of the other cases were similar to this, with one or two pistols for sale. Apparently, thanks to the insane recent gun proposals, everyone and their cousin is buying arms. Obama and the Democrats are apparently responsible for a massive increase in guns. Interesting.

As I have stated previously, I am in favor of stronger background checks, and a real course along with a test drive of the pistol before new gun owners can purchase a gun. The Conceal Carry Permit currently available is not quite useless, but pretty darn close. In Florida you only have to fire a gun once to be licensed, and sit in the class for an hour or more.  I attended a quality school where I had a half day of class and I was able to fire my pistol about 20 times. Still, for people who have had no prior experience with handguns, that is not enough.

You need a class, a written test and a test drive to obtain your driver’s license. Maybe we need something like that for first time gun buyers.  I know out in Montana people will laugh at this, but down here in South Florida where all the extra stupid people live it would make me feel a tad more comfortable.

Just my view. Your mileage will vary.

 

Some Blogging Guy

Now our abusive federal government is closing airport control towers. Anything that can hurt the general population they are downsizing as part of the sequestration. Can you  imagine all the millions and millions of federal bureaucrats pulling down 6 or 7 figure salaries sitting behind desks slurping coffee?  You don’t hear about them being  let go.  The current federal government is an obese whore on crack, and its brand of crack is money. Higher taxes, less service, more greed. Like any mobster or criminal, when threaten it fights back. In this case, by hurting the general population.  They want this to be the last time anyone even thinks of having government accountability.   Our government is of bureaucrats, by bureaucrats and for bureaucrats.  This is just a short list of all the federal agencies and departments thanks to Wikipedia.  You mean they can’t find somewhere else to cut the budget?

Of course they can! But they want to teach America a lesson. Don’t screw with Big Government. 

My view. Your mileage may vary.

Some Blogging Guy

 

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Legislative branch

Agencies within the legislative branch:

• Architect of the Capitol
  • United States Botanic Garden
• Government Accountability Office
• Government Printing Office
• Congressional Budget Office
• Library of Congress
  • Congressional Research Service
  • United States Copyright Office
• Office of Compliance
• United States Capitol Guide Service
• United States Capitol Police

Judicial branch

Agencies within the judicial branch:

• Administrative Office of the United States Courts
• Federal Judicial Center
• Judicial Conference of the United States
• Office of Probation and Pretrial Services
• United States Sentencing Commission

Executive branch

Executive Office of the President

Agencies within the Executive Office of the President:

• Council of Economic Advisers
• Council on Environmental Quality
• Domestic Policy Council
• National Economic Council
• National Security Council
• Office of Administration
• Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships
• Office of Management and Budget
• Office of National AIDS Policy
• Office of National Drug Control Policy
• Office of Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Engagement
• Office of Science and Technology Policy
• Office of the President
  • Office of the First Lady
    • Office of the First Children
• Office of the Vice President
  • Office of the Second Lady
    • Office of the Second Children
• President’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board
• President’s Intelligence Oversight Board
• President’s Intelligence Advisory Board
• United States Trade Representative
• White House Office
• White House Military Office

United States Department of Agriculture

Agencies within the Department of Agriculture:

• Agricultural Marketing Service
• Agricultural Research Service
• Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
• Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion
• Economic Research Service
• Farm Service Agency
  • Commodity Credit Corporation
• Food and Nutrition Service
• Food Safety and Inspection Service
• Foreign Agricultural Service
• Forest Service
• Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
• Marketing and Regulatory Programs
• National Agricultural Statistics Service
• National Institute of Food and Agriculture
  • 4-H
• Natural Resources Conservation Service
• Risk Management Agency
  • Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
• Rural Business and Cooperative Programs
• Office of Rural Development
• Research, Education and Economics
• Rural Housing Service
• Rural Utilities Service

United States Department of Commerce

Agencies within the Department of Commerce:

• Census Bureau
• Bureau of Economic Analysis
• Bureau of Industry and Security
• Economic Development Administration
• Economics and Statistics Administration
• Export Enforcement
• Import Administration
• International Trade Administration
  • Office of Travel and Tourism Industries
  • Invest in America
• Manufacturing and Services
• Marine and Aviation Operations
• Market Access and Compliance
• Minority Business Development Agency
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  • NOAA Commissioned Corps
  • National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
  • National Marine Fisheries Service
  • National Oceanic Service
  • National Weather Service
• National Telecommunications and Information Administration
• Patent and Trademark Office
• National Institute of Standards and Technology
  • National Technical Information Service
• Trade Promotion and the U.S. And Foreign Commercial Service

United States Department of Defense

Agencies within the Department of Defense:

• Department of the Army
  • United States Army
  • Army Intelligence and Security Command
  • Army Corps of Engineers
• Department of the Navy
  • United States Navy
    • Office of Naval Intelligence
    • U.S. Naval Academy
  • Marine Corps
    • Marine Corps Intelligence Activity
• Department of the Air Force
  • United States Air Force
    • Civil Air Patrol
  • Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Agency
• Joint Chiefs of Staff
  • J-2 Intelligence
• National Guard Bureau
  • Natural Disaster and Disaster Help Program
  • J-2 Intelligence Directorate
  • Air National Guard
  • Army National Guard
  • America Citizen Militia
    • America Citizen Militia Intelligence
• Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
• Defense Commissary Agency
• Defense Contract Audit Agency
• Defense Contract Management Agency
• Defense Finance and Accounting Service
• Defense Information Systems Agency
• Defense Intelligence Agency
• Defense Logistics Agency
• Defense Security Cooperation Agency
• Defense Security Service
• Defense Technical Information Center
• Defense Threat Reduction Agency
• Missile Defense Agency
• National Security Agency
  • Central Security Service
• National Reconnaissance Office
• National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
• Naval Criminal Investigative Service
• Pentagon Force Protection Agency
• United States Pentagon Police
• American Forces Information Service
• Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office
• Department of Defense Education Activity
• Department of Defense Dependents Schools
• Defense Human Resources Activity
• Office of Economic Adjustment
• TRICARE Management Activity
• Washington Headquarters Services
• West Point Military Academy

United States Department of Education

Agencies within the Department of Education:

• Federal Student Aid
• Institute of Education Sciences
  • National Center for Education Statistics
  • National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance
    • Education Resources Information Center
  • National Center for Education Research
  • National Center for Special Education Research
• National Assessment Governing Board
  • National Assessment of Educational Progress
• Office for Civil Rights
• Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
  • Office of Safe and Healthy Students
• Office of Postsecondary Education
• Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
  • National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research
  • Office of Special Education Programs
  • Rehabilitation Services Administration
  • Special institutions
    • American Printing House for the Blind
    • National Technical Institute for the Deaf
    • Gallaudet University
• Office of Vocational and Adult Education

United States Department of Energy

List of agencies within the Department of Energy:

• Energy Information Administration
• Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
• National Laboratories & Technology Centers
  • University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
• National Nuclear Security Administration
• Power Marketing Administrations:
  • Bonneville Power Administration
  • Southeastern Power Administration
  • Southwestern Power Administration
  • Western Area Power Administration

United States Department of Health and Human Services

Agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services:

• Administration on Aging
• Administration for Children and Families
  • Administration for Children, Youth and Families
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
  • Epidemic Intelligence Service
    • National Center for Health Statistics
• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
• Food and Drug Administration
  • Reagan-Udall Foundation
• Health Resources and Services Administration
• Patient Affordable Healthcare Care Act Program {to be implemented fully in 2014}
  • Independent Payment Advisory Board
• Indian Health Service
• National Institutes of Health
• National Health Intelligence Service
• Public Health Service
  • Federal Occupational Health
  • Office of the Surgeon General
  • United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

United States Department of Homeland Security

Agencies

• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • FEMA Corps
  • U.S. Fire Administration
  • National Flood Insurance Program
• Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
• Transportation Security Administration
• United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
• United States Coast Guard (Transfers to Department of Defense during declared war or national emergency)
  • Coast Guard Intelligence
  • National Ice Center
  • United States Ice Patrol
• United States Customs and Border Protection
  • Office of Air and Marine
  • Office of Border Patrol
    • U.S. Border Patrol
      • Border Patrol Intelligence
  • Office of Field Operations
• United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement
• United States Secret Service
  • Secret Service Intelligence Service

Offices

• Domestic Nuclear Detection Office
• Office of Health Affairs
  • Office of Component Services
  • Office of International Affairs and Global Health Security
  • Office of Medical Readiness
  • Office of Weapons of Mass Destruction and Biodefense
• Office of Intelligence and Analysis
• Office of Operations Coordination
• Office of Policy
  • Homeland Security Advisory Council
  • Office of International Affairs
  • Office of Immigration Statistics
  • Office of Policy Development
  • Office for State and Local Law Enforcement
  • Office of Strategic Plans
  • Private Sector Office

Management

• Directorate for Management

National Protection and Programs

• National Protection and Programs Directorate
  • Federal Protective Service
  • Office of Cybersecurity and Communications
    • National Communications System
    • National Cyber Security Division
      • United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team
    • Office of Emergency Communications
  • Office of Infrastructure Protection
  • Office of Risk Management and Analysis
  • United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (US-VISIT)

Science and Technology

• Science and Technology Directorate
  • Environmental Measurements Laboratory

Portfolios

• Innovation/Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency
• Office of Research
  • Office of National Laboratories
  • Office of University Programs
  • Program Executive Office, Counter Improvised Explosive Device
• Office of Transition
  • Commercialization Office
  • Long Range Broad Agency Announcement Office
  • Product Transition Office
  • Safety Act Office
  • Technology Transfer Office

Divisions

• Border and Maritime Security Division
• Chemical and Biological Division
• Command, Control and Interoperability Division
• Explosives Division
• Human Factors Division
• Infrastructure/Geophysical Division

Offices and Institutes

• Business Operations Division
  • Executive Secretariat Office
  • Human Capital Office
  • Key Security Office
  • Office of the Chief Administrative Officer
  • Office of the Chief Information Officer
  • Planning and Management
• Corporate Communications Division
• Interagency and First Responders Programs Division
• International Cooperative Programs Office
• Operations Analysis Division
  • Homeland Security Studies and Analysis Institute
  • Homeland Security Systems Engineering and Development Institute
• Strategy, Policy and Budget Division
• Special Programs Division
• Test & Evaluation and Standards Division

United States Department of Housing and Urban Development

Agencies

• Federal Housing Administration
• Federal Housing Finance Agency

Offices

• Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships (HUD)
• Departmental Enforcement Center
• Office of Community Planning and Development
• Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations
• Office of Equal Employment Opportunity
• Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity
• Office of Field Policy and Management
• Office of the General Counsel
• Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control
• Office of Hearings and Appeals
• Office of Labor Relations
• Office of Policy Development and Research
• Office of Public Affairs
• Office of Public and Indian Housing
• Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization
• Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities

Corporation

• Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae)

United States Department of the Interior

• Bureau of Indian Affairs
• Bureau of Land Management
• Bureau of Reclamation
• Fish and Wildlife Service
• Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (formerly Minerals Management Service)
• Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (formerly Minerals Management Service)
• National Park Service
• Office of Insular Affairs
• Office of Surface Mining
  • National Mine Map Repository
• United States Geological Survey

United States Department of Justice

• Antitrust Division
• Asset Forfeiture Program
• Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
• Civil Division
• Civil Rights Division
• Community Oriented Policing Services
• Community Relations Service
• Criminal Division
• Diversion Control Program
• Drug Enforcement Administration
• Environment and Natural Resources Division
• Executive Office for Immigration Review
• Executive Office for Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces
• Executive Office for United States Attorneys
• Executive Office for United States Trustees
• Federal Bureau of Investigation
• Federal Bureau of Prisons
  • UNICOR
• Foreign Claims Settlement Commission
• INTERPOL – United States National Central Bureau
• Justice Management Division
• National Crime Information Center
• National Drug Intelligence Center
• National Institute of Corrections
• National Security Division
• Office of the Associate Attorney General
• Office of the Attorney General
• Office of Attorney Recruitment and Management
• Office of the Chief Information Officer
• Office of the Deputy Attorney General
• Office of Dispute Resolution
• Office of the Federal Detention Trustee
• Office of Information Policy
• Office of Intergovernmental and Public Liaison
• Office of Intelligence and Analysis
• Office of Justice Programs
  • Bureau of Justice Assistance
  • Bureau of Justice Statistics
  • Community Capacity Development Office
  • National Criminal Justice Reference Service
  • National Institute of Justice
  • Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
  • Office for Victims of Crime
• Office of Legal Counsel
• Office of Legal Policy
• Office of Legislative Affairs
• Office of the Pardon Attorney
• Office of Privacy and Civil Liberties
• Office of Professional Responsibility
• Office of Public Affairs
• Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering and Tracking
• Office of the Solicitor General
• Office of Special Counsel
• Office of Tribal Justice
• Office on Violence Against Women
• Professional Responsibility Advisory Office
• Tax Division
• United States Attorneys
• United States Marshals
• United States Parole Commission
• United States Trustee Program

United States Department of Labor

Agencies and Bureaus

• Bureau of International Labor Affairs
• Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships (DOL)
• Employee Benefits Security Administration
• Employment and Training Administration
• Job Corps
• Mine Safety and Health Administration
• Occupational Safety and Health Administration
• Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
• Veterans’ Employment and Training Service
• Wage and Hour Division
• Women’s Bureau

Boards

• Administrative Review Board
• Benefits Review Board
• Employees’ Compensation Appeals Board

Offices

• Office of Administrative Law Judges
• Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management
• Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy
• Office of the Chief Financial Officer
• Office of the Chief Information Officer
• Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs
• Office of Disability Employment Policy
• Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs
• Office of Labor-Management Standards
• Office of the Solicitor
• Office of Worker’s Compensation Program
• Ombudsman for the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program

United States Department of State

Agencies and Bureaus

• National Council for the Traditional Arts

Reporting to the Secretary

• Bureau of Intelligence and Research
• Bureau of Legislative Affairs
• Office of the Legal Adviser

Reporting to the Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources

• Executive Secretariat
• Office of the Chief of Protocol
• Office for Civil Rights
• Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism
• Office of the United States Global AIDS Coordinator
• Office of Global Criminal Justice
• Policy Planning Staff

Reporting to the Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security

• Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation
• Bureau of Political-Military Affairs
• Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance

Reporting to the Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs

• Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
• Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs
• Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration
• Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons

Reporting to the Under Secretary for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs

• Bureau of Economic, Energy and Business Affairs

Reporting to the Under Secretary for Management

• Bureau of Administration
• Bureau of Consular Affairs
  • Office of Overseas Citizens Services
• Bureau of Diplomatic Security (DS)
  • Diplomatic Security Service (DSS)
  • Office of Foreign Missions (OFM)
  • Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC)
• Bureau of Human Resources
  • Family Liaison Office
• Bureau of Information Resource Management
• Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations
• Bureau of Resource Management
• Foreign Service Institute
• Office of Management Policy, Rightsizing and Innovation

Reporting to the Under Secretary for Political Affairs

• Bureau of African Affairs
• Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs
• Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs
• Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs
• Bureau of International Organization Affairs
• Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs
• Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs
• Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs

Reporting to the Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs

• Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
• Bureau of International Information Programs
• Bureau of Public Affairs
  • Office of the Historian
• Office of Policy, Planning and Resources for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs

Permanent Diplomatic Missions

• United States Mission to the African Union
• United States Mission to ASEAN
• United States mission to the Arab League
• United States mission to the Council of Europe (and to all other European Agencies)
• United States Mission to International Organizations in Vienna
• United States Mission to the European Union
• United States Mission to the International Civil Aviation Organization
• United States Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• United States Mission to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
• United States Mission to the Organization of American States
• United States Mission to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
• United States Mission to the United Nations
• United States Mission to the UN Agencies in Rome
• United States Mission to the United Nations Office and Other International Organizations in Geneva
• United States Observer Mission to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
• United States Permanent Mission to the United Nations Environment Program and the United Nations Human Settlements Programme

United States Department of Transportation

Agencies

• Bureau of Transportation Statistics
• Federal Aviation Administration
  • Air Traffic Organization
• Federal Highway Administration
• Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
• Federal Railroad Administration
• Federal Transit Administration
• Maritime Administration
• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Office of Intelligence, Security and Emergency Response
• Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
• Research and Innovative Technology Administration
• Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation
• Surface Transportation Board

United States Department of the Treasury

Agencies and Bureaus

• Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau
• Bureau of Engraving and Printing
• Bureau of the Public Debt
• Community Development Financial Institutions Fund
• Federal Consulting Group
• Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
• Financial Management Service
• Internal Revenue Service
• Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
  • Office of Thrift Supervision
• Office of Financial Stability
• United States Mint

Offices

• Office of Domestic Finance
• Office of Economic Policy
• Office of International Affairs
• Office of Tax Policy
• Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence
• Treasurer of the United States

United States Department of Veterans Affairs

Agencies

• National Cemetery Administration
• Veterans Benefits Administration
• Veterans Health Administration

Boards and Offices

• Board of Veterans’ Appeals
• Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives
• Center for Minority Veterans
• Center for Veterans Enterprise
• Center for Women Veterans
• Office of Advisory Committee Management
• Office of Employment Discrimination Complaint Adjudication
• Office of Survivors Assistance
• Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization
• Veterans Service Organizations Liaison

Independent Agencies and Government Corporations

• Administrative Conference of the United States
• Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
• African Development Foundation
• Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation)
• Armed Forces Retirement Home
• Central Intelligence Agency
• Commission on Civil Rights
• Commodity Futures Trading Commission
• Consumer Product Safety Commission
• Corporation for National and Community Service
• Corporation for Public Broadcasting
  • Public Broadcasting Service (Partially funded)
  • National Public Radio (Partially funded)
• Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency
• Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
• Election Assistance Commission
• Environmental Protection Agency
• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
• Export-Import Bank of the United States
• Farm Credit Administration
• Federal Communications Commission
• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
• Federal Election Commission
• Federal Housing Finance Board
• Federal Labor Relations Authority
• Federal Maritime Commission
• Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
• Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission
• Federal Reserve System
  • United States Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
• Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board
• Federal Trade Commission
• General Services Administration
• Helen Keller National Center
• Institute of Museum and Library Services
• Inter-American Foundation
• International Broadcasting Bureau
• Merit Systems Protection Board
• Military Postal Service Agency
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• National Archives and Records Administration
  • Office of the Federal Register
• National Capital Planning Commission
• National Constitution Center
• National Council on Disability
• National Credit Union Administration
  • Central Liquidity Facility
• National Endowment for the Arts
• National Endowment for the Humanities
• National Labor Relations Board
• National Mediation Board
• National Science Foundation
  • United States Antarctic Program
• National Transportation Safety Board
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission
• Office of the Federal Coordinator, Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects
• Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission
• Office of Compliance
• Office of Government Ethics
• Office of Personnel Management
  • Federal Executive Institute
  • Combined Federal Campaign
• Office of Special Counsel
• Office of the National Counterintelligence Executive
• Office of the Director of National Intelligence
  • Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity
• Overseas Private Investment Corporation
• Panama Canal Commission
• Peace Corps
• Postal Regulatory Commission
• Railroad Retirement Board
• Securities and Exchange Commission
• Securities Investor Protection Corporation
• Selective Service System
• Small Business Administration
• Social Security Administration
• Tennessee Valley Authority
• U.S. Trade and Development Agency
• United States Agency for International Development
• United States International Trade Commission
• United States Postal Service

Proposed Government Corporation

• Strategic Economic and Energy Development

Inspectors General

• Inspector General – full list U.S. Inspectors General

Boards and commissions

• Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Foundation
• Administrative Committee of the Federal Register
• American Battle Monuments Commission
• Appalachian Regional Commission
• Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (United States Access Board)
• Arctic Research Commission
• Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Interagency Coordinating Committee
• Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation
• Broadcasting Board of Governors
• Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board
• Chief Acquisition Officers Council
• Chief Financial Officers Council
• Chief Human Capital Officers Council
• Chief Information Officers Council
• Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee
• Commission of Fine Arts
• Commission on International Religious Freedom
• Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (United States Helsinki Commission)
• Commission on Wartime Contracting (Will sunset when announced (currently not announced) )
• Committee for Purchase from People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled
• Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
• Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States
• Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
• Defense Acquisition University
• Delaware River Basin Commission
• Denali Commission
• Endangered Species Committee
• Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board
• Federal Advisory Committees
• Federal Executive Boards
• Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council
• Federal Financing Bank
• Federal Geographic Data Committee
• Federal Interagency Committee for the Management of Noxious and Exotic Weeds
• Federal Interagency Committee on Education
• Federal Interagency Council on Statistical Policy
• Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer
• Federal Library and Information Center Committee
• Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission
• Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation
• Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor Commission
• Indian Arts and Crafts Board
• Interagency Alternate Dispute Resolution Working Group
• Interagency Council on Homelessness
• Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin
• J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
• James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation
• Japan-United States Friendship Commission
• Joint Board for the Enrollment of Actuaries
• Joint Fire Science Program
• Marine Mammal Commission
• Migratory Bird Conservation Commission
• Millennium Challenge Corporation
• Mississippi River Commission
• Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation
• National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare
• National Indian Gaming Commission
• National Interagency Fire Center
• National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling
• National Park Foundation
• Northwest Power and Conservation Council (Northwest Power Planning Council)
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission
• Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board
• Preserve America
• Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues
• President’s Council on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition
• Presidents Management Council
• Presidio Trust
• Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board
• Regulatory Service Center (Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs)
• Social Security Advisory Board
• Susquehanna River Basin Commission
• Taxpayer Advocacy Panel
• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• Veterans Day National Committee
• Vietnam Educational Foundation
• White House Commission on Presidential Scholars (Presidential Scholars Program)
• White House Commission on the National Moment of Remembrance

Chartered Organizations

These organizations are some of the organizations who hold a congressional charter. They aren’t part of the United States government, even though some are funded by the United States government.

• YMCA International
  • YMCA of America Inc.
• YWCA International
  • YWCA of America Inc.
• Boys and Girls Clubs of America
• American Red Cross
• American Red Crescent Movement
• Boy Scouts of America
• Girl Scouts of America
• International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
• World Organization of the Scout Movement
• Planned Parenthood
  • Planned Parenthood of America
• National Ski Patrol
• National Academy of the Sciences
• International Olympic Committee

There are several other organizations that are also chartered.

Quasi-Official Agencies

• Legal Services Corporation
• Smithsonian Institution
• John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
• State Justice Institute
• United States Institute of Peace
• National Trust for Historic Preservation
• Brand USA
• Graduate School USDA
• Graduate School USA

Private Regulatory Corporation

• Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
• Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
• Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board
• National Futures Association

Government entities created by acts but are independent or other entities

• American Institute in Taiwan
• COMSAT
• Cotton Incorporated
• Dairy Management Inc.
• In-Q-Tel
• Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation
  • Washington National Cathedral
• Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
• Howard University
• National Consumer Cooperative Bank
• National Corporation for Housing Partnerships
• National Endowment for Democracy
• National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
• National Technical Institute for the Deaf
• Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation
• Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation
• The Financing Corporation
• Sister Cities International
  • Twin Cities International
• United States Olympic Committee (also chartered)
  • United States National Paralympic Committee
  • United States Anti-Doping Agency
    • World-Wide Anti-Doping Agency

Government Enterprises

• Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation
• Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (Farmer Mac)
• Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac)
• Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae)
• AbilityOne
• Federal Home Loan Banks
• Farm Credit System

 

Other

These entities listed almost below are other entities government related that are government related and created in various ways.

• The MITRE Corporation
• The RAND Corporation

Historic or renamed agencies

See also

• List of federally funded research and development centers
• Arctic policy of the United States

External links

• Firstgov Guide to the Federal government
• US Government Manual (GPO)
• Federal Agency Directory maintained by LSU Libraries in partnership with the Federal Depository Library Program of GPO
• A-Z Index of US departments and agencies
• CyberCemetery for defunct U.S. Federal Agencies, hosted by the University of North Texas Libraries

Bloomberg, the Nanny  of New York, wants to protect his millions of subjects from 16 ounce drinks and now from seeing cigarettes on display in stores.

He claims children seeing them on display makes them think smoking is “normal”. Which means he thinks smoking is abnormal, just like drinking a super sized coke.

I was not aware that being mayor of a city gave you Pope-like qualities to determine what is normal and what is not. I am also wondering, who the hell is running the city as this ass clown Nanny from New York is so busy telling the Americans in his city what they can drink, what they can eat and smoke.

I dislike smoking more than anyone. I also think drink sizes are really too large. But I happen to believe in the U.S. Constitution and in individual freedom. If we let these arrogant despots start deciding what is  normal and overriding people’s constitutional rights we will lose this great country, and become just like any other third world country with a socialized dictator running things.

Just my view. Your mileage may vary.

Some Blogging Guy

Nearly $50 BILLION was given to foreign countries by the US in 2011 according to Wikipedia.

ForeignAssistance.gov has a beautiful up to date map of where your tax dollars are going.

We are giving $63 MILLION to Russia!

$14.3 MILLION dollars to China!

1.5 BILLION dollars to the Muslim Brotherhood controlled country of Egypt!!!

$5 MILLION to Venezuela!

Over 101 MILLION dollars to Zimbabwe

Almost 381 MILLION dollars to Mozambique!

What……..the……..Fudge?

$50 BILLION!

Why? What are we getting from it? Who is actually being helped?  Plus we are supporting the United Nations who spew cash out like a slot machine on exlax-crack.

Don’t fire one cop in America, one teacher, one park ranger until we use up that $50 BILLION first!

 

Some Blogging Guy