Monday, October 28, 2013

In Case You Missed It Dept.:

Not only will furloughed federal workers be getting back pay, they'll also get a raise on January 1st. The rest of us get a backed up website and raised insurance rates. 

After two weeks of trying, a CNN reporter was STILL unable to sign up for Obamacare online. I bet the IRS's "Pay Your Fine Here" site will work perfectly from day 1. 

The CEO of Walmart described America's near-term economic outlook as "tough" and "unpredictable". Remember back when that's how people used to describe Americans? 

The latest red tape count: there are now 11.5 million words of Obamacare regulations - 30 times more words than in the law itself. About the same factor you should expect your insurance premiums to go up by. 

A new report shows that the government only reviewed one bid before awarding the contract to design the Obamacare website. Amazing! What are the odds of finding the worst possible contractor on the very first try? 

At the morning briefing, Jay Carney refused to say when the Obamacare website will be fully functional. I'm guessing just in time for the first successful concrete dirigible test flight. 

The L.A. Times said it will no longer publish letters to the editor that deny that man-made global warming is real. Still allowed: letters blaming the Obamacare sign-up website's failure on George Bush. 

-- Fred Thompson

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