Month: November 2009

Linking my earlier post about the Fort Hood shooting, M. Simon quoted what I said about the shooter’s imam: Hasan’s imam Faizul Khan is no ordinary imam. He is on the Board of Directors of the ISNA, a radical Wahhabi outfit which “enforces extremist Wahhabi theological writ in America’s mosques. Such people and their murderous…

It seems that a Libertarian can actually win in one of the most liberal areas of the country. New York City. Libertarian Dan Halloran wins City Council Seat in New York City Dan Halloran was elected to the Queens City Council in District 19. He was nominated by the Republican, Conservative, Independent and Libertarian parties.…

Resist Net has this from Walid Shoebat a former jihadist. TO WHAT LEVEL IS US MILITARY, FBI, CIA, DEPT. OF HOMELAND SECURITY INFILTRATED W. MUSLIM JIHADISTS? In the wake of the cowardly Ft. Hoot mass fatal shooting of 11 or more unarmed U.S. soldiers by Maj. Malik Nadal Hasan, America has the right to know…

More Ayn Rand videos. The above video is from 1979. Obviously well before our current dust ups in the Middle East. And don’t forget her novels: The Fountainhead Atlas Shrugged Cross Posted at Power and Control

That’s what Shepard Smith on Fox News just said about the officer who is described as the primary gunman who killed 12 people and wounded 31 in a mass shooting at Fort Hood Texas. He is described as “a convert to Islam” and a major who was about to deploy to Iraq, and who was…

Via Glenn Reynolds, my attention was drawn to an irresistibly funny comment left here: Dear Barack, Please continue to campaign for Democratic candidates in future elections. The Republicans welcome all your help. Thank you. He was quite effective, wasn’t he? Nothing wrong with giving credit where credit is due.

Smaller government and lower spending. And this time we really mean it. Heh. Cross Posted at Power and Control

It looks like Sarah Palin may not be able to pass the Republican Abortion Litmus Test. This is a report from March of 2009. Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) recently appointed Anchorage Superior Court Judge Morgan Christen, who once served on the board of Planned Parenthood, to the state’s Supreme Court, the AP/Anchorage Daily News…

Two posts I read yesterday hammered home the importance of something I hate. TELEVISION. My inability to watch it occasionally places me at a disadvantage in evaluating politicians. The problem is that I’m too impatient to put up with people spouting their opinions. When people talk, I can’t skim through and “scroll down” to get…

The lady, Jessica Corry, was a press secretary for a Republican Senator. Here is some more information on her. She and her husband have a few words to say on Huffington Post. While leaders from both major political parties whisper privately about the insanity of the drug war, they decline to take a rational public…

An animal rights nut I am not. Quite the opposite, in fact. However, I do think animals have a right not to be treated cruelly, and while it might be another example of my less than perfect libertarianism, I have no problem in making it a crime for human beings to torture animals. I would…

It strikes me that running for office is an inherently bothersome (if not annoying) thing to do — both to yourself and to other people. I suspect that this is why people who want to leave people alone tend not to run for office. It also might explain why the people who are running for…

Maine has voted against legalizing gay marriage. And of course cultural conservatives are crowing. Or at least greatly relieved if you can believe the pictures. The final tally is not in but the numbers are running about 53 to 47 against. But Maine also voted on medical marijuana. And the results there are a little…

I’m having a little discussion with a commenter at The Other McCain about abortion. I know more than a few social conservatives read this blog so maybe they can help me out. Here is the comment I was replying to: The Indentured Servant Girl said… M. Simon: women were not, and would not be charged…

On the issue of gay marriage, I have always been skeptical about state involvement. I realize my position is hardly the conventional libertarian one, but I have long had misgivings, and I vacillate between sympathy towards those of good will on both sides and general apathy. Analyzed in terms of freedom, I could almost go…

First off. I got my numbers from Obama/Keyes and Kerry/Bush. So let us start with the numbers. Also let me add that this is going to be somewhat simplistic since I did not look at exit polls to determine who did what and why. It should give some idea of what went on though. Not…

Libertarian Republican reports. Libertarian Republican has just learned that 73 elected officials on the county level throughout Texas have just switched, are in the process of switching, and will be switching by the end of the week, from the Democrat Party to the Republican Party. The news comes to us from Bryan Preston, Communications Director…

In what seems a mini referendum on government economic policies, the Democrats lost big in Virginia, and in New Jersey Governor Corzine lost to Chris Christie, despite the personal intervention of President Barack Obama in both races. Like most people, New Jerseyans don’t seem to take kindly to personal insults, and I think it proved…

As today is Election Day, I thought that as a public service message, I’d remind everyone to vote. I just did, and the only issue of any importance here in Ann Arbor is a proposal for a double digit property tax increase. Ann Arbor already has the highest property taxes in the state, but that’s…

The combination of Gaia worship, agitprop and rent-seeking pays very well indeed. So, given that Gore is reaping huge rewards, doesn’t this call into question just a teensy bit the objectivity of his business partner James Hansen, the man NASA has administering the numbers telling us how much the climate is allegedly warming (when he’s…