With apologies, the Dumbplumber has been negligent in posting to his blog. You see, he has been busy investigating, documenting and exposing a low level government bureaucrat, who is systematically plundering and squandering tax and ratepayer money. And he is trying to get it back. You would think this would be easy….Right?
Wrong. No matter how blatant the evidence (meeting minutes), no matter how damning (clear and blatant disregard for the law), no matter how long the offense (going on eight years), no matter how big the loss (well over $1 million dollars), there seems to be little appetite to STOP the poorly concealed, incompetent bureaucrat from continuing the practice.
If these acts were by an individual, they would be prosecuted as a continuing criminal enterprise. If it were by a group of individuals, it would be pursued under the RICO (Racketeer, Influence, Corrupt Organization) Act. But since it is a micro-State agency (2 employees), it is viewed as a force to be reckoned with. Indeed, attempts by at least one of the ‘governed’ to make the agency do its job has led to tens of thousands in extra-ordinary expenses, but with no results. Now THAT is your government at its worst!
Not only has the offending agency been plundering their flock for years, they do so without producing one page of required, mandated reporting for most of them. And yet they demand their dues the same time every year without shame of offense. You would think once you made these facts available to the injured cities, districts and the media, there would be a quick response with appropriate outrage and zeal for an end to the fleecing. You would be wrong again!
After more than 3 months of presenting this theft of public money to the highest losers among the offended, I am awaiting a legal declaration by the lawyers of the victims to decide if the specific State Codes are indeed being violated. Nevermind that an Eighth grader could figure it out in about 5 minutes.
So, as we speak, the offending bureaucrat is receiving a six figure salary and benefit package, under the myopic gaze of those tasked with ending the theft.
Yes, if you’re going to go into the fraud business, there is no better place than the government sanctioned and protected kind of fraud. We are so Screwed.
Friday, April 26, 2013
Sunday, March 24, 2013
Ramblings
If any of you have been reading the news lately, you probably know that the RINO GOP is going the ‘Full Weeny’. They are ‘re-branding’ themselves to try an attract the Hispanic--Tran-sexual--Gay--Lesbian--functioning idiot--cross-dressing--Mad-as-Hell--taxi driver vote. Yessir, nothing quite says Grand Old Party like a Hippie bus full of buzzed-out, tattooed laden, smelly, tofu eating, dope smoking, flower wearing losers on their way to the voting booth.
Meanwhile, the MSM are touting the Republican’s efforts as a step into the 21st Century. Yeah, like equating Conservatism with unlimited spending, unending welfare and unemployment, then the inevitable disability claim from Hell, before dropping all pretense of following the Constitution, which clearly states that the federal government shall control all money, food, jobs, healthcare, transportation, firearms, energy, water, and most of all your attitude. In other words….“the beatings will continue until morale improves”.
Even Fox News is waffling on the seriousness of our plight. Apparently content to just report the oncoming train wreck than actually describing what is causing it. This leaves Glenn Beck, who has launched a network almost completely committed to telling the truth about what is going on. And to keep his moderates awake, he salt and peppers the schedule with incredible segments on history, inspiration and capitalism. He has even started his own ‘Dream Labs’ where entrepreneurs develop ideas into a working business. Way cool.
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A recent headline reads, “Republicans plan to spend $10 million on outreach”.
My headline would read…TeaParty and Libertarians are spending $300 million on ammo”. Video at ll.
Sunday, March 10, 2013
Loving Dead Presidents
It is being reported that Hugo Chavez has amassed over $2 billion, in personal wealth, during his reign as Venezuela’s president.
It was also reported that deposed Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak had plundered over $500 billion during his time in office.
Of course we shouldn’t forget our old buddy Saddam Hussein of Iraq, whose wealth was reported at several billion, most of which was amassed from skimming oil sales and black market imports of banned goods.
However, many of us old crusters can’t forget Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos, who died in office with more than $60 billion in Swiss banks, taken from us because the only exports from Manila, besides pain and suffering is prostitutes.
And we should not forget old pineapple face, Manuel Noriega from Panama. He couldn’t steal enough from U.S. aid, so he invested heavily in the cocaine shipping business, which made him hundreds of millions. His commissary account in federal prison must be huge.
Meanwhile, the U.S. continues to cram taxpayer dollars into Muslim Brotherhood gangs, posing as freedom fighters. No telling how much of that is finding its way into terrorist coffers and unholy retirement funds for jihad leaders.
Nope if you can’t make it in an honest living, you might try moving to some third world dump and get on the U.S. Government dole. No strings, no audits, no supervision, no kidding.
Life is good, when you’re a corrupt dictator, receiving our aid and your country’s average annual income is $90 bucks.
It was also reported that deposed Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak had plundered over $500 billion during his time in office.
Of course we shouldn’t forget our old buddy Saddam Hussein of Iraq, whose wealth was reported at several billion, most of which was amassed from skimming oil sales and black market imports of banned goods.
However, many of us old crusters can’t forget Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos, who died in office with more than $60 billion in Swiss banks, taken from us because the only exports from Manila, besides pain and suffering is prostitutes.
And we should not forget old pineapple face, Manuel Noriega from Panama. He couldn’t steal enough from U.S. aid, so he invested heavily in the cocaine shipping business, which made him hundreds of millions. His commissary account in federal prison must be huge.
Meanwhile, the U.S. continues to cram taxpayer dollars into Muslim Brotherhood gangs, posing as freedom fighters. No telling how much of that is finding its way into terrorist coffers and unholy retirement funds for jihad leaders.
Nope if you can’t make it in an honest living, you might try moving to some third world dump and get on the U.S. Government dole. No strings, no audits, no supervision, no kidding.
Life is good, when you’re a corrupt dictator, receiving our aid and your country’s average annual income is $90 bucks.
Monday, March 04, 2013
Sequestration What?
Well the Sequester is here. So?
All the media is abuzz about the ‘fabricated’ catastrophes that lay ahead because the Congress and the President have failed to come to terms with out-of-control spending. And to hear the president tell it, the planes will fall from the sky, babies will starve in their mother’s arms, schools will close and Congress and the President will not get their annual pay raises…..well, er, maybe not the last one.
But up here in what we refer to as, “The Real Northern California”, things are pretty much as they’ve always been. In fact, on a day-to-day basis, you can’t tell the difference of today from yesterday or this day last week or last month.
For instance:
They tell us the traffic lights will cease to work. Well, Fall River Mills doesn’t have any traffic lights and damned few stop signs either.
They say airport security will slow the boarding of airplanes. Ha, there is no security other than an eight foot cyclone fence and a gate that is never locked.
They say police will be slow to respond to 911 calls. Hell, it takes from 45 minutes to 4 hours to get an officer here now. How much slower can it get. In fact, if your call is to report a burglary, you have to travel 25 miles to file a report, if and when the station is open.
They say fire departments will be slow to respond. Yeah well, our department is all volunteer already and they get there a hell-of-a-lot faster than the sheriffs. Besides, if your double wide is on fire, after the first five minutes it doesn’t make much difference.
The mail will be delayed. Oh sure, they have never delivered on Saturdays, since I moved here in '86 and most of the mail is just junk anyway.
And the weakest of all threats, “The Forest Service will be cut back and face some furloughs”. Well, since all they do is drive around in new pickup trucks, carrying only clipboards, I guess counting a few less trees everyday won’t set us back much, since revenue from timber disappeared almost 20 years ago.
Yessir, that whole Sequestration thingy upsetting the president and his media goons doesn’t mean much up here. Dumbplumber
All the media is abuzz about the ‘fabricated’ catastrophes that lay ahead because the Congress and the President have failed to come to terms with out-of-control spending. And to hear the president tell it, the planes will fall from the sky, babies will starve in their mother’s arms, schools will close and Congress and the President will not get their annual pay raises…..well, er, maybe not the last one.
But up here in what we refer to as, “The Real Northern California”, things are pretty much as they’ve always been. In fact, on a day-to-day basis, you can’t tell the difference of today from yesterday or this day last week or last month.
For instance:
They tell us the traffic lights will cease to work. Well, Fall River Mills doesn’t have any traffic lights and damned few stop signs either.
They say airport security will slow the boarding of airplanes. Ha, there is no security other than an eight foot cyclone fence and a gate that is never locked.
They say police will be slow to respond to 911 calls. Hell, it takes from 45 minutes to 4 hours to get an officer here now. How much slower can it get. In fact, if your call is to report a burglary, you have to travel 25 miles to file a report, if and when the station is open.
They say fire departments will be slow to respond. Yeah well, our department is all volunteer already and they get there a hell-of-a-lot faster than the sheriffs. Besides, if your double wide is on fire, after the first five minutes it doesn’t make much difference.
The mail will be delayed. Oh sure, they have never delivered on Saturdays, since I moved here in '86 and most of the mail is just junk anyway.
And the weakest of all threats, “The Forest Service will be cut back and face some furloughs”. Well, since all they do is drive around in new pickup trucks, carrying only clipboards, I guess counting a few less trees everyday won’t set us back much, since revenue from timber disappeared almost 20 years ago.
Yessir, that whole Sequestration thingy upsetting the president and his media goons doesn’t mean much up here. Dumbplumber
Sunday, February 24, 2013
Devil in the Details
This is a response to a Silas Lyons' editorial that slaps around the Redding City Council for NOT mortgaging Redding's future......
Silas, among your metaphors, you might have missed 'streets paved with gold', 'water into wine' and 'Happy Days are here Again'. What you miss is the 'Devil is in the Details', ask Stockton, Ca.
And if you even bothered to review the landslide of grants coming down from Big Brother, you would see that the strings attached put rural America’s most precious resource, water, into complete control of environmentalists, urban power grabbers and the ‘behind the curtain’ boogeyman, the United Nations.
So I would caution you to spend some time with the “Tinkerers” before you start writing future sensational stories about how Big Brother snuck up on rural America and stole its future.
Those “Tinkerers” are fighting to keep OUR water rights, and how they are NOT going to surrender a portion, NOT going to be forced to meter it all and NOT be told how it must be used in the future.
And I find it amusing that none of the “Agenda” calls for cutting 20% of the water in swimming pools, cutting 20% of the irrigated landscaping or cutting 20% of the pressure from big city water systems. No, control and regulation is only for the Mountain People.
So Silas, before you rale against those that refuse to mortgage our future any further, perhaps you might ask those that did it in the past and ask them how the auction is going.
Silas, among your metaphors, you might have missed 'streets paved with gold', 'water into wine' and 'Happy Days are here Again'. What you miss is the 'Devil is in the Details', ask Stockton, Ca.
And if you even bothered to review the landslide of grants coming down from Big Brother, you would see that the strings attached put rural America’s most precious resource, water, into complete control of environmentalists, urban power grabbers and the ‘behind the curtain’ boogeyman, the United Nations.
So I would caution you to spend some time with the “Tinkerers” before you start writing future sensational stories about how Big Brother snuck up on rural America and stole its future.
Those “Tinkerers” are fighting to keep OUR water rights, and how they are NOT going to surrender a portion, NOT going to be forced to meter it all and NOT be told how it must be used in the future.
And I find it amusing that none of the “Agenda” calls for cutting 20% of the water in swimming pools, cutting 20% of the irrigated landscaping or cutting 20% of the pressure from big city water systems. No, control and regulation is only for the Mountain People.
So Silas, before you rale against those that refuse to mortgage our future any further, perhaps you might ask those that did it in the past and ask them how the auction is going.
Sunday, January 27, 2013
News You Can Use
Has anyone else noticed the irony of an administration who wants to limit American’s access to guns, while sending F16 fighter jets and Abrams tanks to the Muslim Brotherhood, in Egypt, who have sworn to Sharia Law and the destruction of Western civilization.
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We learn that Hillary was wearing ‘Fresnel’ prism lenses in her glasses during the recent hearings on Bengazi. Fresnel lenses are to deal with double vision. Well, double vision for a double dealing, double talking, double-speak bureaucrat. Why the confusion?
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In the past gun control advocates swore that one day “Only Criminals will have Guns“. Today they say, “Only Criminals and Professional Body Guards will have Guns“.
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Just learned that Reince Prebius has been re-elected RNC National Chairman. Let me think….what do they call people that keep doing the same thing over and over, expecting a different outcome?
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By all accounts Hillary buried the Bengazi Debacle so deep, you will have to send it sunlight with a backhoe. All’s left is her and Obummer on 60 Minutes citing the eulogy.
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Memo to Reince Prebius and the RNC: You can start with Smaller Government, Lower Taxes, Fewer Regulations and Personal Responsibility.
The rest will write itself.
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And finally: Many schools are Fed up with the new guidelines for meals in their schools. Wow, hooda thunk it. If kids won’t eat broccoli at home, what makes anyone think they will eat it in a cafeteria full of other kids that hate broccoli?
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We learn that Hillary was wearing ‘Fresnel’ prism lenses in her glasses during the recent hearings on Bengazi. Fresnel lenses are to deal with double vision. Well, double vision for a double dealing, double talking, double-speak bureaucrat. Why the confusion?
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In the past gun control advocates swore that one day “Only Criminals will have Guns“. Today they say, “Only Criminals and Professional Body Guards will have Guns“.
……………………………….......................
Just learned that Reince Prebius has been re-elected RNC National Chairman. Let me think….what do they call people that keep doing the same thing over and over, expecting a different outcome?
………………………………...........................
By all accounts Hillary buried the Bengazi Debacle so deep, you will have to send it sunlight with a backhoe. All’s left is her and Obummer on 60 Minutes citing the eulogy.
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Memo to Reince Prebius and the RNC: You can start with Smaller Government, Lower Taxes, Fewer Regulations and Personal Responsibility.
The rest will write itself.
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And finally: Many schools are Fed up with the new guidelines for meals in their schools. Wow, hooda thunk it. If kids won’t eat broccoli at home, what makes anyone think they will eat it in a cafeteria full of other kids that hate broccoli?
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Grilling Hillary
Hillary’s Bengazi Hearings….Bad questions, Worse answers. But remember, she's grooming herself to be president!
Add the dead bodies in Bengazi to those that have followed Hillary all the way from Little Rock. Not a woman to piss off, ask Vince Foster. Memo to Rand Paul: Watch your back and stay off park benches.
What was missing from the hearings on Bengazi today were the elephants, not in the room, the survivors. They are MIA. They are being held, away from reporters, away from investigators, away from Congressional hearings. Put one of these 800 lb. gorillas in the room and watch Hillary pee all over herself.
Hillary’s moral outrage comes after many decades of being married to Bill. All she has to do is ‘project’ and the rest comes from memory and repetition.
For a woman that has just had brain surgery, has designs on 2016 and has far more answers than interrogators have questions, this is the perfect storm for the Rodham She-Devil.
It was a very busy day for Mrs. Clinton. She sought sympathy for her recent medical condition, cried for the benefit of victim’s family members, juggled fantasy and reality simultaneously, answered questions that weren’t asked, badgered Congressmen when cornered and manufactured moral outrage when all else failed.
Many folks are still shaking their heads that Hillary paid off the multi-million dollar debt from her 2008 campaign on the same week she sat before the Congressmen on Bengazi. Not to worry Hillary, if they won’t audit Obama’s campaign finances, they sure as Hell won’t look at yours.
Everyone can rest assured that the only casualty of this despicable event, besides those that died in Bengazi, will not be Hillary, but that poor schmuck that made the Muslim documentary.
And finally, once again, Hillary was helping the most powerful man in the world dodge accountability for scandalous behavior.
We are so screwed.
Add the dead bodies in Bengazi to those that have followed Hillary all the way from Little Rock. Not a woman to piss off, ask Vince Foster. Memo to Rand Paul: Watch your back and stay off park benches.
What was missing from the hearings on Bengazi today were the elephants, not in the room, the survivors. They are MIA. They are being held, away from reporters, away from investigators, away from Congressional hearings. Put one of these 800 lb. gorillas in the room and watch Hillary pee all over herself.
Hillary’s moral outrage comes after many decades of being married to Bill. All she has to do is ‘project’ and the rest comes from memory and repetition.
For a woman that has just had brain surgery, has designs on 2016 and has far more answers than interrogators have questions, this is the perfect storm for the Rodham She-Devil.
It was a very busy day for Mrs. Clinton. She sought sympathy for her recent medical condition, cried for the benefit of victim’s family members, juggled fantasy and reality simultaneously, answered questions that weren’t asked, badgered Congressmen when cornered and manufactured moral outrage when all else failed.
Many folks are still shaking their heads that Hillary paid off the multi-million dollar debt from her 2008 campaign on the same week she sat before the Congressmen on Bengazi. Not to worry Hillary, if they won’t audit Obama’s campaign finances, they sure as Hell won’t look at yours.
Everyone can rest assured that the only casualty of this despicable event, besides those that died in Bengazi, will not be Hillary, but that poor schmuck that made the Muslim documentary.
And finally, once again, Hillary was helping the most powerful man in the world dodge accountability for scandalous behavior.
We are so screwed.
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