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free is good

Hey, look, free book.
Apparently I need to turn in my quasi-libertarian credentials, given that I have never heard of the book nor its author, but at least the story seems like an interesting, and very appropriate, one. Unfortunately, this book is now third on my “read after Atlas

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keep it hush-hush

Leading sentence from a local rag:

… County schools will be closed for the rest of this week because of an increasing number of students missing school because of illness.

Yes, because not directly referring to piggy flu (which is pretty much the only “illness” of note that has been …

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whip it out

I think it is safe to say that Robb Allen has won the internets for today:

Personally, I am rather surprised that no one has posted a comment accusing him of being racist…
Update: Looks like I spoke too soon.…

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plumbing the depths

My NRA-organized Truth About Gun-Owners survey showed up in my mailbox yesterday, and here are the questions along with my responses:

1) Right now, Tennessee is among the 40 states that respect the right of law-abiding citizens to obtain a permit and carry a concealed firearm for self-defense. Do you

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way to miss the point

I guess I should not be surprised that the SUV that tried to crawl in my trunk, then beat me to a red light, then tried to crawl in my trunk again, and beat me to a red light again (along with all of the other prerequisite aggressive driving …

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Date set for Restaurant Carry Lawsuit

WSMV in Nashville is reporting that one of the lawyers for Randy Rayburn posted on his blog that November 6th is the day.
The lawyer, Will Cheek, also happens to be on the Executive Committee for the Tennessee Democrat Party and used to be party chair. Oh, and he …

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toodles

… And that is about it today, folks. I am just not feeling it. Another day of posting about petty, self-centered autocrats trying to run our lives for us; bigoted, hoplophobic totalitarians trying to strip our rights away; and ignorant, narrow-minded “journalists” demonstrating why newspapers are folding around the country …

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making up the rules as we go

What are Democrats to do when the unwashed rabble (read: “anyone who is not a Democrat”) dare to disagree with their Chosen One on the floor of Congress? Well, make such back-talking, un-”civil” behavior against the rules, of course. After all, Lord knows what would happen if we allowed …

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ghost writers in the sky

Snowflakes in Hell has a good roundup of posts and pictures relating to the recent Gun Blogger Rendezvous, Say Uncle has a good roundup of thanks for the GBR, and Looking at the Left has a good roundup of the few dozen folks who showed up at the Capitol over …

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an interesting dichotomy

Back in June of this year, late-term abortion doctor George Tiller was murdered, and the left side of the political spectrum used this illegal, unquestionably wrong act as an excuse to castigate the entire right side of the spectrum / pro-choice movement / Christian religion / all of the …

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it helps to be up-front

Note to self: use extreme (read: “more”) caution when asking a creator of finely-crafted items how much his items cost, and then informing him that said cost is too high for your budget.
Note to said creators of finely-crafted items: adding prices to the pre-existing descriptions and pictures would seroiusly …

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all quiet on the anti-rights front

Over 10 days ago, I issued an open challenge to all of the anti-rights activists, gun-control supporters, and hoplophobes of the world, basically boiling down to this very simple question: how is discriminating against one right any different from discriminating against another right?
The only reaction I have received to …

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there is denial, and then there is this

If you ever wanted to find out just how deeply anti-rights bigotry can really run, check out Dave Stancliff’s reaction to my questioning his column in the Eureka Times-Standard. In response to the large number of glaring inaccuracies and falsehoods in his column, I provided him concrete numbers from

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call in the choppers

Just this past Friday, Larry Gelbart died.
A lot of you may not know who he was, and, honestly, if I saw that name in a headline, it certainly would not ring any bells for me; however, if any of you have happened to laugh at a line from …

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bigotry by any other name

To continue on a previous theme, I bring you yet another installment of blind intolerance from the anti-rights activist, and unrepentant bigot, “mikeb302000″ (who shall remain linkless for obvious reasons). As with before, the following quote is only slightly edited:

It’s a very admirable quality to give people the

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let your voices be heard

Yesterday, somewhere around 2,000,000 people marched into Washington D.C. to let their duly-elected representatives know how much they disapproved of what those civil servants are doing with their power. Those doing the marching were complaining about rampantly out-of-control spending, expanding socialistic tendencies of the government, lack of true representation by …

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mind that first step

Something that never should have been included in a house’s MLS listing, but obviously was:

Laundry chute is hidden under the step in the master bathroom

Yeah, because that seems like a great idea.…

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lock it up

One of the things that will be added to our future house, once we eventually manage to purchase it, will be a fairly nice gunsafe – current firearm storage in our apartment consists of locking up some firearms in their own cases, and stowing the rest in safe locations. In …

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small town, usa

There is something nice about living in a town where one can walk to one’s dentist appointment. Likewise, having a chinese restaurant nearby where one picks the habaneros, by hand from the plant, that go into your spicy cashew chicken is all kinds of shiny.…

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project 2996 – Sergeant Rodney C. Gillis

On this September 11th, we will take a day to remember Sergeant Rodney C. Gillis, shield number 1889 of the New York City Police Department.
Sergeant Gillis started his NYPD career on January 26, 1988, and started patrolling with Field Training Unit 12; however, in December of 1991, he …

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