I struggled with Atlas Shrugged; the damn book took me six months to finish, and I was only able to read it for at most about a half-an-hour at a time until the incessant philosophical clubbing-about-the-head gave me a blistering headache. Two things stuck with me after the end …
The really depressing part of that article is the comments section, which right now leans 90% toward chastising the man for not bending over and taking it
While you and I and most of the rest of the world were getting well and truly sloshed to celebrate the passing of a somewhat blah year and celebrate the arrival of a new one we can all screw up all over again, Our Glorious President was busy literally signing …
I admit to being way the hell behind the curve on this, and I apologize for that, but given mywritings on the topic in the past, it should come as no surprise to anyone that my reaction to this news was a heartfelt, “Good!”:
I am not going to directly comment on this situation until much later, after I have had time to calm down and fully collect my thoughts, but I figured these quotes would put you all in the right frame of mind.
I will not say that I have held this belief for particularly long, but I do currently believe that no election, or series of elections, will "save our country", no matter who or what is on the ballot. Why? Well, the answer is fairly simple – America’s problem is not, …
On the one hand, the request to read and offer my thoughts on the particular weblog post discussed below came as part of a mass-spam of various folks on Twitter.
On the other hand, I am always looking for quick-and-easy blogfodder, especially that no one else has touched on before. …
… Because something tells me trying to run one of these will not go over too well with the power-tripping high-school drop-outs hiding behind their blue uniforms and tin badges:
The Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security on Tuesday partnered with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Transportation Security
You will note that I have been largely silent regarding the ongoing "Occupy [X Location]" idiocy that seems to be sweeping the nation at the moment, and apart from this post and my previous one, I am going to keep up that trend. Trust me, it is better for …
One of the many joys of living in a relative backwater like Knoxville is that I have been able to observe the spread of the Thousands of Sexual Assaulters’ cancer-inducing, ionizing-radiation-spewing backscatter "security" systems from afar, without having to actually partake of the privacy-invading glow.
Unfortunately, we have other plans, but if you are in the Nashville region on the 8th and have some free time, I would strongly recommend attending the We Stand With Gibson rally and free concert between 1400 and 1600 at the Scoreboard Restaurant. I do not know their names, …
If it sounds this stupid when we, the people, say it, how it is any less stupid when the government – and, specifically, Our Glorious President – does it?
(And, yes, pictures/cartoons can count as quotes – that whole "thousand words" thing…)
“I am sorry, but I don't feel too much regret since looking at her [Meleanie Hain] smug face made me want to grab her gun and pop a cap in her ass as well.... it would be funny as heck if Hain was shot with her own gun. I am hoping that her husband turned her own gun against her......Most concealed carry idiots make me want to grab their guns and pop a cap in their sorry moronic arses.” by James Charles Michael Bannerman, writing as 'Laci the Dog'
; the damn book took me six months to finish, and I was only able to read it for at most about a half-an-hour at a time until the incessant philosophical clubbing-about-the-head gave me a blistering headache. Two things stuck with me after the end …
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