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Uh...had a slight weapons malfunction. But, uh, everything's perfectly all right now. We're fine. We're all fine here, now, thank you. How are you?
- Han Solo 
Crap of Interest- John Stossel : "Imagine if you had grocery insurance. You wouldn't care how much food cost. Why shop around?"When 3rd parties pay, Costs go up.
- I'd be fully pro-Gov. healthcare, If I rejected Economics, Mathematics, etcSowell takes this on in his latest column. A Must read.
- Rationality vs. Cultism: Al Gore likens fight against climate change to battle with Nazis
- "Our president represents the meritocratic ideal — that anyone, from any background, can grow up to attend Columbia and Harvard Law School and become a great American success story.But Sarah Palin represents the democratic ideal — that anyone can grow up to be a great success story without graduating from Columbia and Harvard."
- Not the Scientific Data you are looking forEPA May Have Suppressed Report Skeptical Of Global Warming
- Paul Krugman - The Mullah of Climate Change Theocratic Absolutism.'Deniers'...'Treason against the planet'
- 'cap and trade strikes me as the Iraq war of the Democratic domestic policy agenda.''It's a massive program that, unlike health care reform, no one is demanding, no one understands, and no one can explain.'
- Sowell: Nothing is easier in politics than setting some arbitrary goal...and go after it, in utter disregard of the costs or the repercussions."As someone who spent years teaching at colleges and universities for students who ranked in the country's top 10 percent, I nevertheless encountered many students whose interest in intellectual matters was less than overwhelming, to put it charitably."
- What I wish was said: "America will stand with all who love and fight for Liberty.Those who oppose Liberty are enemies of humanity."
- Steyn: there is a cost to governmentalizing every responsibility of adulthoodApathy
- John Stossel : "Imagine if you had grocery insurance. You wouldn't care how much food cost. Why shop around?"
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"The main vice of capitalism is the uneven distribution of prosperity. The main vice of socialism is the even distribution of misery."
-Churchill
- dennisdailyrant.com
- W.O.L.
- Climate Skeptic
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Jek Porkins
"I think I can hold it."
"Those who cannot remember the past, are condemned to repeat it"
- George Santayana
- Appeal To Heaven
- IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776Adc: Hands down, this is my favorite of the American founding documents: The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal [...]
- Answering the President on Public vs. Private HealthcareThe New York Times’ Paul Krugman just posted this: The president is making sense Ezra Klein and Matthew Yglesias both catch President Obama making sense on the public option: QUESTION: Wouldn’t that drive private insurance out of business? OBAMA: Why would it drive private insurance out of business? If private insurers say that the marketplace provides […]
- America and the Allies, fought to free the world from Tyranny – 65 years ago todayHere’s the documentary titled We Stand Alone Together from the special features of my all-time favorite WWII series, Band of Brothers. These are the comments from the men of Easy Company (in 8 segments): Part 1: Part 2: Part 3: Part 4: Part 5: Part 6: Part 7: Part 8:
- Prager University: America’s ValuesDennis Prager’s latest endeavor, Prager University, has just launched one of it’s initial segments. It is a brief, though thorough, explanation of what is unique about American values. Watch below: I have only a couple quick thoughts on this video. First, Prager mentions ‘Inalienable’ Rights – when the Declaration of Independen […]
- Milton Friedman: “Government becoming our Master, rather than our Servant” -on Donahue, 1980What I like about Friedman, was how positively and reasonably he presented his arguments. They are worth listening to and considering, even if you disagree. Not to mention, in my view, his ideas and critiscisms of central planning are as relevant today, as they were two and half decades ago. Many thanks to Youtube user brittle13 [...]
- Who Doesn’t Want Fuel Efficient Cars?President Barack Obama will announce plans on Tuesday for a national fuel-economy and greenhouse-gas standard for automobiles in an effort to give more certainty to car companies as they struggle for survival. The plan marks the first time there has been a nationwide standard for emissions of greenhouse gasses, and it will require an average mileage standard […]
- Live Free or Die, by Mark SteynMy note: It isn’t my intent to continually flog one person’s opinion. However, given that Mark Steyn’s America Alone is on my “Top Five Books Everyone Ought to Read” list, his recent article at Hillsdale College does a excellent job summarizing his book. Below is his full article titled: Live Free or Die -Reprinted by permission […]
- Three Reasons Everyone Should Watch HBO’s John AdamsFrankly, these may be considered *spoilers,* so consider yourself forewarned. Still, there is much more to this series than what you will see below. Now, admittedly – I haven’t read the book by David McCullough yet, but I’d still submit that Paul Giamatti’s Adams, is outstanding, (as is Steven Dillane’s Jefferson). Do yourself a […]
- Health Care: Economic Reality vs. Political CapitalThis just in from Politico: People who like the tax-free status of their company health benefits could be asked to ante up. Money in the pot: more than $700 billion over 10 years. Treasure the tax benefits from your health savings account? Some experts say the accounts encourage “excess consumption” of health services… … “I know that there is som […]
- Private Property and the Dispute over the Autzen Stadium ‘O’ UPDATE: Objection withdrawnUpdate at the bottom. I think this story from the Register Guard brings up a great point about private property rights. Complaint takes aim at big ‘O’ on Autzen The city will hold a hearing on a permit issue involving the tall, bright yellow letter A Fairmount Hill woman is trying to get a three-story “O” removed from [...]
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looking my way
Crying out for something...
They can't fill their stomachs with enough to satisfy
The hunger growing
Needing something real"
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