Month: November 2012

Democrats – it is the purpose of the government to steal from those who are too rich. Republicans – it is the purpose of government to administer beatings to the unrighteous. Theft won over beatings. But it was close.

I got a link in my e-mail to an interesting article. Victories for Liberty Outweigh Tuesday’s Losses. You should read the whole thing but near the bottom of the article this caught my eye. …after the attacks on the grassroots of the party launched by the Romney campaign, party leaders and special interests, in many…

Clare Spark has a few words on the election. …the nation is polarized around capitalism itself, whether or not our market society can offer upward mobility and a better quality of life for all persons willing to work. Let us not forget that “capitalism” is a relatively recent development in the world, and, in the…

Not Safe For Work H/T the commenters on Zero Hedge

M. Simon is a proud 1%er who voted for Gary Johnson, and his recent post made me do some homework. Like other people, I too have been curious about whether Gary Johnson was a factor in Obama’s victory, so I went to the Reason article’s link to a wonderful interactive state-by-state database and looked at each state to determine…

Gary Johnson pulled one million votes. About 1% of the total. I voted for Johnson. 1% free.

Michael Savage typifies the sort of “conservatism” that makes me want to vomit, and as I have said a number of times, if Savage is a conservative, then I am not, nor do I ever want to be, a conservative.  (I like to think he isn’t really a conservative, but I guess it’s not up…

I was under the impression that Jesus was against making morality a political issue.

One of our commenters asked: OK, the Democrats did the “vote for us, get free stuff” thing first and aren’t going to quit. Given that nobody wants to be told to eat their vegetables, what’s left for the GOP to offer? “We will leave you alone, totally.” has considerable appeal. See Colorado. See Washington State.…

Colorado Legalizes. Washington State Legalizes Massachusetts Goes For Med Pot

According to Google’s Election Map Gary Johnson, the Libertarian candidate, looks to be winning about 1% of the vote nationwide. That would make 2012 their best showing in a long time.

Well, it looks like Obama is going to win Michigan, Ohio, and even Florida (which shocks me, as I thought Romney at least had that). I’d love nothing more than being wrong, but I’d say Obama’s got it. Ugh. MORE: The fools on Fox are waxing about the “conservative base.” Spare me! The “conservative base”…

There is an election in this country tomorrow, right? And whoever wins is supposed to be in charge of the Executive Branch of government, right? While these questions seem obvious on their face, reading this is enough to make many people wonder who really runs things, and whether the president in fact has power the Constitution supposedly…

Sorry I haven’t had time to post much lately, but I am in a pre-election dither. Almost every pundit has written off Mitt Romney’s chances in Michigan, but if this poll is to be believed, Romney and Obama are in a dead heat. Who are you most likely to vote for in the Presidential election…

I thought a little relief from the last days before the election might be in order. Probably Not Safe For Work. But most amusing. In a semi-adult childish way. Another bit of amusement in the same vein.

Eric just did a post on Too taboo for who? wondering why some things are forbidden. Funny. Also funny in the same vein is this video by a former European Drug Czar explaining why some drugs are forbidden. OK. I’ll give away the punch line. It is the same reason for the forbiddenness of the…

While Tuesday’s election may not hinge on the answer, I have a perplexing question. If alcohol is forbidden, and if pigs are also forbidden, then are pigs allowed to drink alcohol? Who gets to decide??

If you read around the net much you will come across something like this: “I paid $50K for a college degree. I have a job in my field (Chem Eng) but the debt is killing me.” What he is saying is that he got scammed by the school racket to pay $50K for knowledge that…

Via Glenn Reynolds, I see that Charles Krauthammer recently contrasted how President Obama is ‘playing president’ for Sandy, but not Benghazi. Apparently, he wants to have credit where credit is not due, and avoid blame where blame is due. Not to be unduly facetious (for I know innocent people are suffering) I nonetheless think there are some interesting…

I took the “Candidates you side with” test and here are my results: 89% Gary Johnson Gary Johnson Libertarian on healthcare, domestic policy, economic, science, and immigration issues 83% Mitt Romney Mitt Romney Republican on foreign policy, economic, environmental, science, and domestic policy issues 67% Virgil Goode Virgil Goode Constitution on economic, environmental, and domestic…