Author: Simon

Inspired by a discussion with a commenter at Did I impose on PETA last night? Being left alone is not an imposition. If I push on a block of wood I am imposing on it. If I don’t push on the block I’m also imposing on it? You must be a Taoist.

Social Conservatives thrive on prohibitions. So do criminals. Makes ya wonder sometimes don’t it?

As you know the abortion discussion has been going hot and heavy here in the last few days. I have written a fair number of posts on the subject lately. Abortion Prohibition is a good example of the discussion. And of course the subject spills over into my e-mail box. So I wrote a letter…

Is Obama planning to rule by executive order? Ulsterman thinks so. And he has some evidence. John Podesta of the George Soros funded Center for American Progress is now urging President Obama to side step Congressional approval and simply utilize executive authority to move forward with sweeping reforms Podesta deems necessary for the good of…

Around 1930 or so the Progressive movement split into left and right factions. And they HATE each other. And their end is the same: Power and Control. Pretty cool huh? BTW Left and Right Progressives brought you alcohol prohibition. Billy Sunday ring a bell? I found the reviews of this book interesting: A Fierce Discontent:…

Warning. The above video is quite disturbing. I couldn’t watch it all. Let me add that the link to the video was sent to me by Eric my blog master at Classical Values. Here is a question for all my “the government must do something about abortion” friends: How do you prevent abortion enforcement from…

There is a heck of a lot of complaining about the latest body groping rules implemented by the TSA. The thing is we gave up ownership of our bodies a long time ago when we let urine screening for employment pass without a murmur. All for the greater good to be sure. The Drug War…

Is Sarah Palin good or is she lucky? That is the question being asked by will45 at NewsFlavor. How to tell if it is luck: Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action. Ten times? I think an attack by superior forces is in progress. Cross Posted at Power and Control

American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson – A Film by Ken Burns H/T Intangible Materiality. Cross Posted at Power and Control

The libertarians are the difference between winning and losing national elections. The news covers this up by calling them independents. But where do the independents stand? Less government. Government out of the wallet and out of the bedroom. To keep a coalition together you have to allow the tail to wag the dog. Without the…

The TEA Parties have fired a shot across the bow of the old guard of the Republican Party. You will know the old guard better by their philosophy. Simply put: “if you are right on abortion hardly anything else matters.” Not fiscal conservatism. Not small government. And especially not winning national elections. Representatives of the…

Here is a link to the Official TSA Groping Instructions T-Shirt. Never fly without it. And wouldn’t you know it. Amazon has an instructional video: Groping America H/T Gates Of Vienna Cross Posted at Power and Control

Read more at We Won’t Fly. Here are some scary thoughts for those who OPT OUT. How to Opt Out: Say “I Opt Out” Should you decide to opt out, you must be aware that the TSA will perform a pat down instead of subjecting you to the WBI/AIT (AKA porno-scanner). The TSA may try…

David Rittgers at National Review takes a look at how a Supreme Court decision on the Drug War is being used to justify the individual mandate in the recently passed Health Care Bill. Here are Dave’s opening remarks: If the generation of “limited government” lawmakers freshly chosen to man the trenches in Washington wishes to…

Some folks are complaining about the Soros Plan to overthrow the US Government. The country has already been overthrown: “The Latin American drug cartels have stretched their tentacles much deeper into our lives than most people believe. It’s possible they are calling the shots at all levels of government.” – William Colby, former CIA Director,…

According to this report by a supposed Washington insider, speaker Pelosi (soon to be former speaker) is sharpening her sword and is working to take Obama down. Once again, CLOSELY watch for Pelosi news. Speaker preparing for departure from Congress, but going to burn bridges as she does so – namely all those leading to…

I take issue with the “fact” that the pyramids were built 10,500 years before Christ. Modern scholarship puts the pyramid age at 4,600 years old. About 2,600 BC. And I’m not convinced of all the parallels in the video. But there are far too many for there to not have been borrowings. In fact borrowings…

There is a discussion of gun control and the Nazis going on at the Volokh conspiracy. I found a comment there I took exception to: I’m for 2nd amendment rights but the silly Nazi idiocy in this post is offensive. It reeks of the miltary hatered found in the IBD blog about a possible miltary…

This is an article Frank W. and I have been working on for the last two weeks or so. Frank did all the writing and I provided some editorial advice and minor editing. === Today, November 9, is the anniversary of Kristallnacht. It is the day when Nazi Germany unleashed its thugs against the Jews.…