My Flag

We live in a country where one political party has determined that UTTER opposition is the only prudent course, turning their backs on a system that has served our country for more than 235 years, since September 5, 1774, when the first Continental Congress met at Carpenters Hall in Philadelphia.

Good Riddance

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 …

Something For the Eloi

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.

Schizoid Scherzo

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”?

Windows Don’t Count

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?

Merry Christmas

Click ‘here’ and enjoy:
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Courage.

Global Warning

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

A Christmas Tale for the Rest of Us

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…

Butt Plug Bob Wants Santa To Kill Sen. Byrd

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.

Here’s a Thought

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 from your hands …
Peace on Earth, Good Will to Men.
It’s a really good idea, no [...]

Russian ‘Think Tank’ ties to Cato even MORE Suspicious

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