and here's something to keep you occupied while the BBQ cooks!
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Monday, May 31, 2010
Friday, May 28, 2010
How's that census going?
Mike V has some comments about the census:
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They have been badgering me by phone ever since. Each time I tell them that I have answered the principal question the Constitution requires about how many folks live here and that they are not getting anything else from me.I'm waiting for my turn under the gun.
What are they going to do? Send a cop to my door to kill me if I refuse?
Well, maybe.
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About those pesky libertarians
Vox Day answers a question posed about how a libertarian society would work:
Most folks that I've talked to about libertarian philosophy conflate libertarianism with either anarchism or libertine-ism. Libertarianism isn't about not having any laws, it's about not having laws that have no business being passed in the first place. Ron Paul provides an example with his performance at the Value Voter's debate in 2008.
The question was, 'Should the US pass a constitutional amendment officially making marriage between a man and a women?' Every candidate except Paul answered 'Yes', and there were audible gasps from the audience.
You see, Ron Paul recognizes that the government has no business being involved in marriage at all, so why would he advocate for a constitutional amendment? Government's already involved much more than it has any business being.
Anyway, read Vox' post, and the comments .... he does a much better job than I.
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Libertarianism is a secular defense mechanism against evil; a moral Christian society can tolerate and survive big government much better than a purely secular one due to the limits built into Christian morality. Those limits will be violated from time to time, Man being fallen, but the centuries-long history of hundreds of Christian near-absolute rulers who never once engaged in the sort of routine butchery of their people that secular irreligious rulers regularly do shows that it is secular and immoral societies that are the most in need of libertarian government.
Most folks that I've talked to about libertarian philosophy conflate libertarianism with either anarchism or libertine-ism. Libertarianism isn't about not having any laws, it's about not having laws that have no business being passed in the first place. Ron Paul provides an example with his performance at the Value Voter's debate in 2008.
The question was, 'Should the US pass a constitutional amendment officially making marriage between a man and a women?' Every candidate except Paul answered 'Yes', and there were audible gasps from the audience.
You see, Ron Paul recognizes that the government has no business being involved in marriage at all, so why would he advocate for a constitutional amendment? Government's already involved much more than it has any business being.
Anyway, read Vox' post, and the comments .... he does a much better job than I.
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When seconds count ....
I'm not sure why this took so long:
Yes, that a police officer was killed is tragic, especially by someone trying to cover up a collision.
But 47 minutes?!
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One neighbor hid in his bedroom, while on the line with 911 for 47 minutes until the SWAT team arrived.
Yes, that a police officer was killed is tragic, especially by someone trying to cover up a collision.
But 47 minutes?!
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Thursday, May 27, 2010
Advice for Mr Kyl
Rep Kyl (a reported Republican) has proposed new estate tax rules:
I've got a better idea - do away with the estate tax completely.
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It is unclear exactly how the plan would work, but one scenario would allow people to create “prepayment trusts.” They could put assets into the trust for five years and pay a 35% capital-gains tax on the gains of the assets. When the taxpayer dies, the assets would pass to heirs without any estate tax.
I've got a better idea - do away with the estate tax completely.
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Barney Frank is a fucking moron
Frank has some words for the media:
Because Barney Frank is a fucking moron, he doesn't want to acknowledge the differing requirements between a representative and the fucking president. And because Barney Frank is a fucking moron, he doesn't realize that by joining the military, Rep Djou has already shown his actual birth certificate to agents of the US government (in the form of the military).
Fucking moron .....
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Tongue firmly in cheek, Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) on Tuesday afternoon called on reporters to demand to see the birth certificate of new Rep. Charles Djou (R-Hawaii).
Because Barney Frank is a fucking moron, he doesn't want to acknowledge the differing requirements between a representative and the fucking president. And because Barney Frank is a fucking moron, he doesn't realize that by joining the military, Rep Djou has already shown his actual birth certificate to agents of the US government (in the form of the military).
Fucking moron .....
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The heat is on ...
Pat Toomey needs to find a way to utilize this:
This is just me (and I'm far from an expert) but someone needs to start labeling Sestak as a liar, hard and heavy. Then when he complains, all he needs to do is fully explain himself (including those pesky names!).
It's win-win in my book.
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Dick Morris, a former White House adviser to President Bill Clinton, told Sean Hannity on his Fox News show the case is "Valerie Plame only 10 times bigger, because it's illegal and Joe Sestak is either lying or theWhite House committed a crime."
This is just me (and I'm far from an expert) but someone needs to start labeling Sestak as a liar, hard and heavy. Then when he complains, all he needs to do is fully explain himself (including those pesky names!).
It's win-win in my book.
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Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Channeling Clint
Breda almost has a Gran Torino moment:
She's a much calmer person than I am!
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A few minutes later, the fire department arrived.
And a few minutes after that my neighbor, lovely woman that she is, marched up to our property line and started hurling threats and cussing me out like a harridan fishwife on a meth bender. (which, come to think of it, might actually have been the case) Due to my history with late-night speed dial, she had assumed it was me who had ratted her out.
She's a much calmer person than I am!
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