If someone lends money to a company or to a country and does not get paid back, they’re not going to come again, or at least they’re not going to come in a long while, and that’s one of the reasons why I’m strongly against debt forgiveness for the poor nations of the world, because [...]
There’s no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren’t enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws.
Ayn Rand
Maybe I’ll turn this type [...]
Like most Americans, I’m getting tired of the constant rise in gas prices, so I’ve come up with a solution: we need to form an Organization of Petroleum Consuming Countries (OPCC).
Think about it for a second - OPEC members are as dependent on foreign goods as we are dependent upon their oil.
OPCC would instruct [...]
Take a look at this bag tag from a Tom Bihn bag:
If you don’t speak French, the last two sentences say “We are sorry that our President is an idiot.
We did not vote for him.”
Source: O’Grady’s PowerPage
I’m not exactly sure how the RNC obtained my address or figured out that I was a Republican, but I just received a copy of the GOP Census. According to the enclosed letter, the answers I provide to the census “will be used to develop a BLUEPRINT for the Republican Party for the next 10 [...]
The Christian Science Monitor has an interesting article entitled “Will ‘I dos’ end the gay-marriage debate?”
According to the article’s sources, the current resistance against gay unions is only temporary. Like interracial marriages, gay marriages will eventually gain acceptance, and history will remember this time period as a turning point in civil rights.
WE CAN NOT ALLOW [...]
Ok, so I’m a little late on the news. Apparently, during a Meet the Press interview, a Colin Powell aide attempted to cut the interview short by turning the camera away from the Secretary of State. Here’s a link to the video, provided by A Whole Lotta Nothing.
This incident demonstrates how the news media acts [...]
“Voice or no voice the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.”
Hermann Goering
I never thought I’d have to say this, but…
I hate Movable Type. With the release of MT 3.0, Six Apart has unexpectedly announced new licensing. A free license is still available, but it limits individuals to one author and three blogs. A “Personal Edition” license is offered at the introductory price of $69.95, and it [...]
Oh, yes, another one of my early morning posts…
NSLog(); asks “What’s the most powerful song you can think of?”
I can’t decide upon a single song. However, Rage Against the Machine’s music is extremely powerful. Their lyrics, like Michael Moore movies, highlight social injustices with unrestricted fury. Although the band has broken up, the message they [...]