Monthly Archives: December 2009

Because the Aughts were the Decade of Fear: fear of terrorists, fear of surveillance, fear of swindlers — from Enron to Blackwater — fear of the Other: the “Jihadist,” the “Muslim,” the “Illegal Alien” the fear of the “terrorist cell.” Some fears were justified. Others were not. And mostly we didn’t fear things until too late to stop them … Continue reading →

You thought the Boortz sound bite was bad? Hey, it’s a straight Ayn Rand sort of statement, and at least HE didn’t term the non-rich “parasites.” Rand does, and unapologetically so. Continue reading →

So, how come those who demand the most Orwellian of Orwellian measures of intrusion into the privacy of ALL persons, including all Americans are the SELFSAME people who are complaining about “big government” and fighting government’s “intrusion into our personal lives and finances”? Continue reading →

Who could ever have imagined that the operating system for that glorified abacus we call the “personal computer” wouldn’t pass the abacus check for its name? Continue reading →

Click ‘here’ and enjoy: HERE Courage.

Americans for Prosperity’s and the Cato Institute’s Boards of Directors have one and only one Venne Diagram overlap: David H. Koch. Continue reading →

Christmas, Marshall thought, is a time when we all show our brotherly love by putting up with people we wouldn’t waste a moment with at any other time of the year… Continue reading →

Butt Plug Bob only reveres Christmas if it agrees with him. (‘Cause, like, he’s an Über-Christer, don’t cha know?) And, all he wants for Christmas is for Santa to kill Senator Byrd. Continue reading →

I don’t know if we’ve forgotten it, or if the new generations never heard of it, but if you all could just take a moment to take your knees off your opponent’s chest, unclench your fists and wipe the blood … Continue reading →

Long time friends? I guess you could say that. Prime Ministers of Russia come and go, but love for Cato springs eternal, evidently. Continue reading →

It really doesn’t get any better than this: Cato Board Member’s (Howie Rich) astroturf group (ALG) quotes a Cato “fellow” who, it is NEVER MENTIONED, founded the group ["Moscow-based Institute of Economic Analysis (IEA)"] … They run the report through a British paper’s Libertarian contrarian and then quote it as “news” analyzed by the Institute’s FOUNDER — a global warming denier from way back… Continue reading →