Archive for June, 2008
Thursday, June 19th, 2008
Its interesting to me how the media "headlines" things.
A good example is the UK Telegraph calling traditional Anglican bishops "Hardline" because of their opposition the the VERY NEW social/political correctness regarding homosexual clergy.
Is traditional, hundreds of years old belief "hardline"?
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Wednesday, June 18th, 2008
Reading Ann Coulter is always a hoot. She asks the question today of whether the military or the courts should "run the war".
That question would be slam dunk easy if the "war" we are fighting fit within the Constitutional definition of a "war". In other words, was declared ...
Posted in Constitution, Law, Terror, World Affairs | Comments Off
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
Voltaire is supposed to have said "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."In the U.S. we have the first amendment, although it is assaulted by the PC collectivists with regularity. Their position seems to be that people's hypersensitive ...
Posted in Courts, Culture, Law, Politics, World Affairs | Comments Off
Monday, June 16th, 2008
Reading Radley Balko's Fox News opinion piece today provided another illustration of just how sick our system of suing everyone is.Here is an outstanding overview of the problems with the U.S. tort system (suing people).John Edwards gained his entree to poltics based on his nice hair and his ability to ...
Posted in Education, Internet Reviews, Law | Comments Off
Monday, June 16th, 2008
Like the wooden Indian AlGore's dire predictions, many have tried to scare Americans about impending environmental doom. Walter Williams demonstrates a small tidbit of such goofy paranoia.
How many of YOU buy into the "woe is me" scenarios?
Posted in Climate, Environmentalism, History | Comments Off
Monday, June 16th, 2008
I loved this when I read it the first time years ago and when I saw it again today.
To add some fun, which one is BHO and which is McCain?
Socialism: You have two cows. The State takes one and gives it to someone else.
Communism: You have two cows. The State ...
Posted in Humor, Philosophy, Politics | Comments Off
Sunday, June 15th, 2008
The collectivist always miss the mark. They want to blame constriction of energy supply on the very people who can relieve it. That is if the *evil* "Big Oil" weren't constrained by law and activism by those very same environmentalist and socialist collectivists.Donald Lambro (and other sensible people) ...
Posted in Economics, Energy, Environmentalism, News | Comments Off
Sunday, June 15th, 2008
This message is dedicated to Fathers who fulfill that role diligently, with love and competently. Not for the sexual vagabonds who shirk and responsibility for the young people they are responsible for helping propagate.
Honor your Father on this day. You may not appreciate him, you may not recognize ...
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Saturday, June 14th, 2008
I agree with the comments on Well Put to a degree and if some additional context is applied.
Who should be "funding" the technologies mentioned. "We" is awfully broad. We as individuals? Investing in businesses pursuing these technologies? I agree, unless they can't realize any return in ...
Posted in Economics, Energy, Environmentalism, Science, Technology | Comments Off
Friday, June 13th, 2008
Even pachyderms are better than jackasses (well...sometimes)
Thanks to Powerline for this:
Posted in Economics, Energy | 2 Comments »
