Month: January 2012

“Conservative” = favors big government but is against abortion. “Liberal” = favors big government but is for abortion. “Libertarian” = common criminal (probably a communist and a homosexual too) who just wants government to leave him and everyone else alone

I ran across an interesting blog Katabasis while reading a Watts Up With That piece. It is a libertarian blog out of the UK.

In an effort to enlist the gun rights community in the anti-prohibition effort I have written a piece for Gun Values Board. Cross Posted at Power and Control

Ulsterman has a bit up from a Wall Street Insider on the G’s he knows. Not your ordinary street level Gs to be sure. Here is what the Insider had to say as part of one exchange: WSI: (Smiles) I already told you in quite simple terms that I did not care if the Ron…

Every Monday morning, I am reminded of how what we might call basic quality of life has declined. There is just something about going out the front door first thing in the morning and being glared at by an angry man who looks like a ex-convict from central casting who believes he is somehow entitled…

Earlier today I visited the McKinley presidential memorial and museum in Canton, Ohio. Here’s a photo I took: William McKinley is one of those under-appreciated presidents who does not fit the molds demanded by modern thinking. He believed in racial equality, strong defense, high tariff, and the gold standard. Shot in the gut by an anarchist, his…

This is interesting: Ron Paul’s Army Won’t Be Easily Broken When Sarah Palin, during the post Iowa media spin feast, warned GOP leaders to not “marginalize” the Ron Paul supporters, she was looking ahead to the greatest challenge faced by whoever captures the nomination. The Republican leaders in DC loathe Ron Paul, and they loathe…

Politics is like D&S. If you don’t hurt them (the politicians) they feel unloved and then begin disrespecting their Masters.

I was commenting on the sad state of the Republican Party and got this interesting comment from Bram. Why do you think there is so much displeasure with the nominees? The party is convulsing right now. When is the last time the Republicans actually delivered some economic freedom? The Democratic Party is basically the opposite…

And I am going to be gone for the next couple of days, so I won’t be fully able to discuss it! Oh darn. Anyway, there is some discussion on the Internet (which initially struck me as typical leftist snark) over whether Rick Santorum is constitutionally eligible to be President. Reason? His father was born…

I like it when other people notice the things I notice and write about them. Take this bit from The Economist. …the Republican Party has long been quite comfortable living with the hypocrisy of promoting individual freedom in the economic realm, while strictly limiting it elsewhere. This is exemplified by Republican support for instrusive anti-terrorism…

Can you spot what’s missing in this NYT article?  But his latest budget proposal made clear that California has not emerged from what has proved to be the most difficult and destructive fiscal storm in its history. Even if voters approve the taxes Mr. Brown proposed as part of the $92 billion budget for 2012…

I don’t know how many of my readers will be interested, but plastic surgeons are now regularly repairing ear lobes that have been stretched by plugs. At one point, Oakland resident Coleton Tidwell could fit a golf ball through the hole in his earlobe. Tidwell, now 21, was among those who purposely stretched their earlobes…

Last night M. Simon said he was “taking the test,” and he was talking about a political test. This morning I read about another test which is being used more and more by employers. A urine test. Not for the usual substances they test for, but urine testing for nicotine. The emerging trend is that not…

Well, I’m confused about morality again. A recent email declared that Mitt Romney is “pro-abortion,” and urged people not to vote for him for that reason. OTOH, the nation’s leading abortion rights group NARAL is going after him with both barrels because he is so outspokenly anti-abortion. Romney’s position on abortion, unfiltered by fear-mongering abortion advocates…

I’m having to answer some questions in order to join the Patriot Action Network. I found this set most amusing: What Issues Concern You Most? Climate Alarmism Constitutional Infringements Globalism Gun Control Illegal Alien Amnesty & Open Borders Immorality/Godlessness Judicial Activism Social Liberalism Socialism Tax Increases Universal Healthcare You will never guess which government issue…

This report supplies as stark an example as I have seen that we have a president with absolutely zero respect for the Constitution. President Obama announced today that he was going to take a new step in the expansion of executive authority by recess appointing a head to the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau despite…

This morning I did something I hardly ever do. I Googled “santorum.” The news about his near-victory was at the top, and the neologism which has been plaguing him is now relegated to number two status. The Google (and Bing, Yahoo, etc.) problem is complicated, and it is explained here in more detail than most…

Between out of town guest hecticness (or would that be hecticism?) and watching tonight’s Sugar Bowl game, I’m guilty of blog neglect. Feel free to scold me, but right now it’s halftime and my spirits are lifted. By all appearances, VA Tech appeared to have a superb defense, but the Wolverines seem to be onto…

Zero Hedge makes an interesting observation: “Iran will not repeat its warning … the enemy’s carrier has been moved to the Sea of Oman because of our drill. I recommend and emphasise to the American carrier not to return to the Persian Gulf,” Salehi told IRNA.” Which is interesting because considering that the 5th Navy…