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Monthly Archives: January 2008
We’re here!
Moved into the house last week. We’re still in let’s-go-out-and-find-ways-to-spend-money-rather-than-unpack mode though. On this particular morning it’s getting a new battery installed in the car. When the temp hit zero, it was just too much for the old one to … Continue reading
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In case you’re wondering…
In case you’re wondering where I am and why y’all hadn’t heard from me – I’m on the road. We’re headed north in a truck and probably not logging on for a while. See ya!
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Second Guessing History: This Lincoln Garbage, Part 2
Part 2: Don’t Call Me No Goddam Yankee! “Free men are aware of the imperfections inherent in human affairs, and they are willing to fight and die for that which is not perfect. They know that basic human problems can … Continue reading
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Second Guessing History: This Lincoln Garbage, Part 1
Note: Well, it’s happened again. Some libertarians are again wailing on the most terrible president in American history – Abraham Lincoln. The last time this argument raged I wrote the following for Liberty magazine. However, by the time I submitted … Continue reading
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And some more good watches
In a comment to my post “Free Speech: Where’s the Outrage?” blog friend Paardestaart says that over at Little Green Footballs you can see “Ezra Levant from Western Standard is lecturing the Canadian Human Rights commission who summoned him to … Continue reading
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A couple of good watches
I’ve recently come across two good, thought-provoking presentations. One is from the Heritage Foundation archive of their noon lecture series. Evan Sayet, a comedian, writer and former liberal talks about Regurgitating the Apple: How Modern Liberals “Think”. http://www.heritage.org/Press/Events/ev030507a.cfm Sayet begins … Continue reading
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Uncomfortable Thoughts: Empire part 2
OK, in spite of the common insult, we’re not an empire. (And see the comment to part 1.) But what if… -weapons of mass distruction became cheap and easy to manufacture by any moderately industrialized country? Say, Zimbabwe, Columbia (the … Continue reading
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Uncomfortable Thoughts: What if empire is the only choice we have?
Note: see here http://rantsand.blogspot.com/2007/12/new-blog-feature-uncomfortable-thoughts.html for the rules and disclaimer of this blog feature. In a previous post I argued that the United States, in spite of the “imperialist” insult, is not an empire by the accepted definition. http://rantsand.blogspot.com/2007/12/new-blog-feature-uncomfortable-thoughts.html “Webster’s revised … Continue reading
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Another Example of How Weird It’s Gotten
This is from Robert Novak’s column http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RobertDNovak/2008/01/12/women_vs_oprah OBAMA’S UNION The politically potent presidential endorsement of Sen. Barack Obama by 60,000-member Local 226 of the Culinary Workers in Nevada, announced just after his defeat in the New Hampshire primary, was vigorously … Continue reading
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Is this for real?
Have a look at this from CNN, dated the 9th. http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/01/09/voter.id/ WASHINGTON (CNN) — A conservative majority of the Supreme Court appeared ready Wednesday to support an Indiana law requiring voters to show photo identification, despite concerns that it could … Continue reading
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