Year: 2007

John Walker at Fourmilog has apparently been considering the subject of governments and the coercive powers thereof. (If I were governments, I’d be worried. The…

Before someone want to bash me as a “cop hater”, let me point out a little something–if you are in a position of exceptional responsibility,…

Here’s an interesting site, the Grandfather Economic Report. There’s a lot there to read, but if you’re short on time, look at some of the…

I keep a “Blogs for consideration” folder in my bookmarks. Every time I find a blog that’s interesting, I chuck the URL in there, and…

A federal judge in Ohio has ruled against a longstanding foreclosure practice, potentially creating an obstacle for lenders trying to reclaim properties from troubled borrowers…

(Via Kim du Toit) STI, purveyor of some of the nicer specimens of John Moses Browning’s 1911 design, has decided that California is not a…

(Via the Drudge Report) Demarest School District Installs Laptop Surveillance Videos Monitored, Operated By Local Police I don’t even need to say it, do I?

Yesterday, the small town in North Carolina where I live honored our veterans with a parade. (It was on Saturday, because the 11th hour of…

This year, we’re taking an extra month at Camp Freehold. The weather is good, and we’ve missed a lot of weekends this summer for one…

I’ll give the leftists one thing–they can stick to their playbook like no group I’ve ever seen. Democrats controlling the House of Representatives will try…

(Via the Drudge Report) I’m shocked, SHOCKED I tell you. This may actually rise to the level of incensed! It is the greatest scam in…

(Stolen without conscience from the Heartless Libertarian) And I’m nice enough to warn you.

In the 16 counties where a propsed real estate transfer tax, meant to fund things like schools and roads made necessary by unrestrained growth, was…

Kim du Toit is on a roll lately–that’s why you’re seeing a lot of links to his posts. Today the one of interest is on…

(Via Timebomb 2000) But it’s still a goodie. Enjoy it again.

Here’s an interesting blog I just tripped over–Paper Economy. It bills itself as a “real estate bubble blog”, and the content is quite interesting. If…

This one can be filed under a lot of things–Thank You Lord, why I carry concealed, why North Carolina’s concealed carry laws are stupid, Bad…

(Via Kim du Toit) The Verve is together and on tour. I wonder if we dare hope for an album? Oh, and guys…let’s be careful…

(Via Timebomb 2000) If you’ve been around the various gun forums on the web, or the old Usenet rec.guns group before that, you’re probably familiar…

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We had 11 Trick or Treaters tonight. Yes, I said eleven. We gave up at 8:30, after 45 minutes without so much as a single…

(Via Timebomb) Man, am I glad I don’t live in Indiana….

A story have a happy ending and make you cry? Read this and find out. LawDog, you sir are a Peace Officer, and a fine…

I don’t normally blog about work. Such things can be hazardous to a blogger’s health. To many folks have lost jobs over it. But this…

Watching this video will be the best 13:39 you spend between now and the 2008 presidential election. Especially if you’re a Democrat.

OK, some kind soul clue me in. The referral log is showing a bunch of hits coming in via email–like there’s a message floating around,…

Given that I’m descended from hillbillies, I’m more than slightly inclined to click on a website that has that word in the title. Somewhere along…