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Month: January 2010

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I suppose this is the best we can hope for from a B+ President

(Via the Drudge Report) In a $2 trillion budget, he can find $20 billion in cuts.

January 31, 2010February 15, 2021
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Austin PD/BATFE protest

It’s good to see that the good people of Texas are not taking this lying down. Lots of other interesting clips from that event will…

January 31, 2010February 15, 2021
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Somehow, I can’t imagine anyone would actually want to see it

John Edwards’ former mistress filed a temporary restraining order seeking to wrest control of an alleged sex tape that is at the heart of a…

January 30, 2010February 13, 2021
Now I get it
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Now I get it

OK, so I kinda-sorta watched our Leader make his speech last night. I remain unimpressed. Others have thoroughly addressed the multiple issues that the speech…

January 29, 2010February 13, 2021
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Can you imagine freedom?

The less freedom we have, the less people are able to imagine what freedom feels like, and therefore the less they are willing to fight…

January 27, 2010February 15, 2021
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Credit where credit is due

Thanks to the Patriot Post for the new masthead quotation.

January 25, 2010February 15, 2021
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Round 1 to the statists, it seems

Ye Old Furt reports that someone has caved and the Texas Gun Show set for February has been canceled. This sucks. I know that Austin…

January 24, 2010February 13, 2021
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Methinks someone is pissed

(Via Push the Pull Door) Not that I blame them. $3000 for this? Monkeys in suits? More like monkeys on crack.

January 24, 2010February 15, 2021
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Sorry about that

Since I’ve had to start using Blogger’s comment system after Haloscan lost their minds, the incidence of comment spam is way up. I’ve enabled captchas…

January 23, 2010February 13, 2021
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Fifty Things To Do NOW If You Fear an Economic Breakdown

A few examples: 1. Become a part-time entrepreneur, garage-market-dealer, urban farmer, welder, whatever. Just be productive under your own command. It doesn’t matter what it…

January 23, 2010February 15, 2021
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Too funny

(Via the Patriot Post) “Martha Coakley’s resounding defeat in the Massachusetts Senate race is hardly the sort of anniversary gift President Barack Obama could have…

January 23, 2010February 13, 2021
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Do you live in Texas?

If you do, go meet up with Ye Old Furt at the Texas Gun Show on February 20th. Support your Second Amendment Rights and stick…

January 23, 2010February 15, 2021
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And the meme continues

With the Massachusetts election as the subject.

January 21, 2010February 15, 2021
Oh no, he didn’t!
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Oh no, he didn’t!

Oh yes, I did. I’ve regressed through time and went back to my Jeff Foxworthy Stereo Stage–you know what I mean: “We may be starvin’…

January 21, 2010February 13, 2021
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More on the goings on in Austin, TX

Ye Old Furt keeps us up to date on the shenanigans in Austin with the Austin PD and ATF. If you’re in the Austin area…

January 21, 2010February 15, 2021
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Heh

That high whining sound you hear is Ted Kennedy turning 10,000 RPM. Now we’ll see if Scott Brown is as good as advertised, and just…

January 20, 2010February 15, 2021
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“We guard the rights of voters here”

And they pay particular attention to the rights of dead voters. And here I thought the Brown-Coakley contest was in Massachusetts, not Chicago.

January 20, 2010February 15, 2021
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Can you say “Statist Bastards”?

It rhymes with “BATFE” and “Austin PD”. Via the Old Furt we have this little bit of statist thuggery, in which a Texas gun show…

January 19, 2010February 15, 2021
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T minus…

…some amount until the special election in Massachusetts. Polls show Brown is leading Coakley by as much as 15 % and various Democrat power brokers…

January 19, 2010February 13, 2021
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Have you ever heard of Haiku Valley?

Probably not. It’s just one of those footnotes in something the size of a world war. But it’s a footnote worthy of your time.

January 17, 2010February 15, 2021
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The crowd may not be so wise as was thought

According to CNET News, Internet pioneer Jaron Lanier believes that “the wisdom of crowds”, embodied in sites like Wikipedia, is actually causing more harm than…

January 15, 2010February 13, 2021
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Ho-lee Crap

If this is true (and you have to wonder if CNBC would be stupid enough to put it out there without proof), I would not…

January 15, 2010February 15, 2021
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The next Lexington Gun Show

Since I seem to come up tops in search results for the phrase “Lexington gun show” (Brandon really needs to get a web site), in…

January 15, 2010February 13, 2021
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So much for a Christmas bounce

The Commerce Department said Thursday that retail sales declined 0.3 percent in December compared November… In an economy where consumer spending accounts for roughly 70%…

January 14, 2010February 13, 2021
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Darn skippy

(Via the Drudge Report) At least he understands who he’d be working for if he gets elected.

January 14, 2010February 15, 2021
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Are the wheels coming off?

(Via Timebomb 2000) It certainly seems so. Arizona state legislators go back to work Monday in an attempt to battle a nearly $1.5 billion dollar…

January 12, 2010February 15, 2021
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He doesn’t sound black…

(Via the Drudge Report) Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada described in private then-Sen. Barack Obama as “light skinned” and “with no Negro dialect,…

January 9, 2010February 15, 2021
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Covering up the true extent of the financial damage

Could Fed Chairman Timothy Geithner be involved in SEC rules violation? The New York Federal Reserve Bank under Timothy Geithner urged insurer AIG in late…

January 8, 2010February 15, 2021
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Important reading alert

Eric S. Raymond (who, by the way, is always worth your time to read) has a tremendous piece titled “Escalating Complexity and the Collapse of…

January 6, 2010February 15, 2021
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Are the rats abandoning a sinking ship?

We saw a similar exodus among Republicans in the last election, when they knew they couldn’t win. I have to wonder if the elect are…

January 6, 2010February 15, 2021

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