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Month: March 2004

Tryin' to reason with hurricane season

I’m not a citizen of the UN

But the UN must think that we all are citizens of the UN. The World Court (*snort*) has declared, while issuing a ruling about how…

March 31, 2004February 15, 2021
Tryin' to reason with hurricane season

Urban Renewal for Iraq

We’ll start the morning’s harvest with this from Fox about the killing and mutilation of some of our soldiers in Iraq. IIRC, the last time…

March 31, 2004February 13, 2021
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Closer to home, another hate speech incident

(Via WorldNet Daily) At North Carolina’s flagship public university, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, we have yet another noteworthy incident of the…

March 29, 2004February 15, 2021
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Slipping a bit further down the slippery slope

While we’re on the “This isn’t the country I grew up in” theme, we have this lovely decision by the 5th US Circuit Court of…

March 29, 2004February 13, 2021
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There will be order!

I despair at the state of this country. Truly I do. We have here the classic Good Samaritan, arrested for adopting a stray chicken. I…

March 29, 2004February 13, 2021
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Making up a people to make up a county?

Sometimes I get behind in my reading. This absolutely stunning opinion piece, written by humorist Larry Miller nearly 2 years ago, was called to my…

March 27, 2004February 15, 2021
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This man is not your friend

(Via WorldNet Daily) The San Jose Mercury News brings us this story on Contra Costa County’s desire to ban .50 caliber weapons. They’re afraid some…

March 24, 2004February 13, 2021
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News From the Trenches

I was following links from blog to blog, sort of bored and just exploring. But I found An Unsealed Room, and it might just be…

March 23, 2004February 13, 2021
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Well, I hope she learns a lesson!

(Via WorldNet Daily) A few days ago I mentioned this bit of genius. So now the redoubtable Professor Dunn has been put on paid leave…

March 23, 2004February 13, 2021
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Watch and Learn

If you value your Constitutional rights, you should watch this. Brought to you by the fine folks at Keep and Bear Arms.

March 22, 2004February 13, 2021
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The “fog of war” lifts

The true hero of the ambush of the 507th Army Maintenance Company receives his due (second item on the page). Sgt. Donald Walters died a…

March 21, 2004February 13, 2021
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Strange doings in OK?

It’s been sort of lost in the noise generated by the War on Terror, but does anyone remember the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing? You remember–the…

March 21, 2004February 13, 2021
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So what happened to the Digital Divide?

According to Reuters, 75% of Americans have access to the Internet. I suspect the other 25% don’t want access. If true, maybe they’re the smart…

March 19, 2004February 13, 2021
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Another case of believing their own propaganda

(Via WorldNet Daily) I love this one. Apparently this “professor”–one must wonder exactly what she professes–decided that to make her point about “hate speech” (spit)…

March 19, 2004February 15, 2021
Tryin' to reason with hurricane season

Some clear thinking on the Spanish election

My comment about the recent Spanish election was “I wonder if they realize they’ve just painted a big ol’ bullseye on their chests?” It would…

March 19, 2004February 13, 2021
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Something to reflect upon

(Via The Federalist) How prone all human institutions have been to decay; how subject the best-formed and most wisely organized governments have been to lose…

March 19, 2004February 13, 2021
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Hey Earl! Get me a bucket of dihydrogen monoxide, will ya?

This is what happened when the eco-fools start believing their own propaganda: “ALISO VIEJO, Calif. — City officials were so concerned about the potentially dangerous…

March 16, 2004February 15, 2021
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Break out the encryption, boys!

Big Brother is planning on enlarging the number of things it can wiretap. c|net’s News.com is reporting that the FBI now wants all broadband provider…

March 15, 2004February 15, 2021
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From the “Nothing Succeeds Like Success” files

(Via WorldNet Daily) There was a reason that predators were hunted in the Old West. Wyoming is rediscovering that.

March 13, 2004February 15, 2021
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If China can do it, why can’t the US?

(Via WorldNet Daily) China is going to stop levying a tax on farmers that is over 4,000 years old. And we can’t do away with…

March 13, 2004February 15, 2021
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Liberals believe in freedom of speech–as long as they agree with the speech…

(Via WorldNet Daily) Just in case you haven’t been paying attention for the last umpteen years, here is another example of how our Leftist Liberals…

March 13, 2004February 15, 2021
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Gee, haven’t we seen something like this before?

OK, so we couldn’t ban dofus lawsuits against gun manufacturers without those wacky kids from the Loopy Left chiming in with their “help”, so let’s…

March 11, 2004February 15, 2021
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California: The Land of Fruits, Nuts and Flakes

This doesn’t need any further commentary. It stands quite well on its own,

March 11, 2004February 15, 2021
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RFID tags in US currency?

It’s long been rumored that the US Government can track the movements of individualized bills. That said, I’m not sure what to make of this…

March 8, 2004February 13, 2021
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An anti-gun measure goes down in flames

Well, it started out life as a law to protect a perfectly legal industry, firearms manufacturers, from nonsense lawsuits. It ended life with it’s own…

March 3, 2004February 15, 2021

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