You’re only tolerant if you agree with them
Michigan high school teacher Jay McDowell says he didn’t like where the discussion was going after a student told his classmates he didn’t “accept gays.”…
Year: 2010
Maximizing the take
The N.C. Highway Patrol and other law enforcement agencies across the state are launching a two-week crackdown on speeding, timed to the Thanksgiving holiday travel…
A big mistake
I’m currently reading the catalog of Rockler Woodworking and Hardware. The entire thing is made of want. Of course, the first thing I’d want is…
Sunday funnies
(From The Email List That Must Remain Nameless) The latest in 419 scams: Dear Sir, Good day and compliments. I am Dr (Mr) Benjamin Bernanke,…
Oh, I could so do this
Afghan President Hamid Karzai said the United States must reduce the visibility and intensity of its military operations, especially night raids that fuel anti-American sentiment…
Here we go
It would seem that there is going to be a battle between the Tea Part and the Republican Party. Not a minute too soon. Dear…
Dateline: Keystone, MO
(Via the Drudge Report) Sorry, that should be Kansas City, MO. My bad. It seems that two of KC’s bestest, who couldn’t differentiate between a…
“Get lost”
Out of the 40 (planes) that left, 28 didn’t make it back,” said Mitchell. “We were attacked by 150 German fighter planes. Why are you…
What to say
It’s Veterans Day once again, and I’ve been racking my brains for something to say that I haven’t said before. I finally got it. Thanks.…
We must reduce the size of government!
Cut politically sensitive/popular programs? Check. Increase taxes without actually increasing taxes? Check. It would seem the RINO/Democrat “deficit reduction panel” is on track. Obviously, the…
“Cameras are going to become a part of life”
So sayeth the North Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles in their quest to redesign various “specialty” fund-raising auto license plates to be more friendly to…
Well, I’m surprised
(Via Say Uncle) Take this quiz and see if maybe the ADA applies to you, too. (I scored a 15.) Me…Aspergers? There’s a surprise, Sparky.
I don’t need a gun in my car
Sure you don’t–unless you want to count on your reflexes and luck.
Government-think at the local level
Moscow on the Catawba (also known as Charlotte, NC) wants light rail/mass transit/other expensive but under-utilized feel-good modes of transportation. However, “the current half-cent sales…
You had to know this would show up sooner or later
(Via Timebomb 2000) Hitler gets the election results.
Another example of “Not getting the message”
Wisconsin Republican Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner says he wants Republicans to rebrand but keep the global warming committee devised by Speaker Nancy Pelosi and maligned by…
Oh look! The Stupid Party is still in business!
Republicans are making some big promises to try to lure West Virginia Senator-elect Joe Manchin to cross the aisle. Aside from his pick of committee…
Yet another inconvenient truth
The presidential commission investigating the massive Gulf oil spill has found no instance where a decision deliberately sacrificed safety to cut costs. Fred H. Bartlit,…
“Blue-Colored UFO in Centreville”
(Via the Drudge Report) The Democrats are evacuating DC…
This has been on my to-do list for almost a week
To watch. I wish I had gotten to it sooner, so I could have made this post sooner. Some people don’t like Glenn Beck. Some…
Stupid gun store tricks
I’m still shaking my head over yesterday’s visit to one of the local gun stores. I don’t go to often these days; a kid in…
Has the Fed led us into a liquidity trap?
That subject, along with a dissection of the latest unemployment numbers, are the topics of the latest Thoughts From the Frontline newsletter from John Mauldin.…
Counting the cost
(Via Chaos Manor) The environmental and human price paid by the Chinese for their economic miracle. A little something to think about the next time…
Man, how could I have forgotten
Today is Guy Fawkes Day! In memory, here is the entire (and as Wikipedia notes, politically incorrect) poem that commemorates this day: Remember, remember the…
Need some cheese to go with that whine?
(From Facebook) On election day, an anonymous statist decided to call us all “RACIST!!!” one more time. You know, in case we had forgotten about…
Rooting for the collapse?
(From The Email List That Must Remain Nameless) Bring it on, Ben: take us that much nearer to the denouement of 100 years of US…
Best blog quotes on the election
“…jackass party was beaten like the proverbial rented mule.” “Apparently the folks in California were too stoned to remember to legalize weed.” “2008: Yes, we…
Don’t tell me that “drunk driving checkpoints” are about getting drunks off the road
Not when a local paper reports on a checkpoint where only 2 arrests were made for drunk driving but 36 other citations were issued. And…
Funny but predictable
(Via the Drudge Report) Now that the GOP has the power to block if not control the legislative process in Washington, the Democrats warn them…
Aw-w-w…you remembered!
Boy howdy did you remember! Incumbents across the country have been voted out, and in the US House a new sheriff has come to town.…