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So I started doing our taxes this past week, and it turns out that the federal government claims we owe them some money. A lot of money. A lot of money in addition to the monthly wage-garnishments we have [...]

If this actually happens, every last member of Congress might as well pack up their bags and head home immediately afterwards, because they just rendered themselves null-and-void in the eyes of the Constitution:

The twisted scheme [...]

Now this is interesting:

The inaugural British Tea Party will take place on Saturday in my home town of Brighton, and I’ll be speaking. Do try to come: here are the [...]

At least some politicians have the nerve to be honest about revenue cameras:

Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick (D) on Thursday outlined his plan to reduce the state’s $600 million deficit and help struggling municipalities by, among several [...]

After digging long enough through Atlas Shrugged, I have finally met the mysterious Ragnar Danneskjöld:

“I do not approve of it, Mr. Rearden. But I’ve chosen a special mission of my own. I’m after a man whom I [...]

It has been a while since I cracked the covers apart, but today’s hold-my-nose-and-read session with Atlas Shrugged yielded this quote:

“Oh,” said Lawson; he remembered that he had seen Mouch lunching with Balph Eubank two weeks ago. [...]

Ways to Tell that America May Be Too Far Lost to Save: A house’s listing says, “Zoning Allows for Home-Office.”
Thank you, oh thank you, gracious and glorious masters, for granting me this kind and generous boon…

Today brings us another quote from Ayn Rand’s inimitable Atlas Shrugged:

The next voice she heard was Mr. Weatherby’s: “Wait a minute, boys. Do you happen to remember that you need to obtain permission before you can close [...]

Say what you want about Sarah Palin, but she has found some pretty powerful words of her own:

“We got into this mess because of government interference in the first place,” the former Republican U.S. vice presidential [...]

The Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington have their yearly 15 Most Corrupt Members of Congress list up, and while I sincerely think they are short a few names, it makes for an interesting [...]

Today’s readings of Atlas Shrugged included Ayn’s explaining exactly how she views laws that seek to control a man by force:

“But the law compells you to volunteer a defense!”

There was laughter at the back [...]

There is a very famous quote of Ayn Rand’s concerning laws, those who abide them, and those who break them… Today in my reading of Atlas Shrugged, I finally found the full quote, in its entirety:

Dr. Ferris [...]

Today’s hold-my-breath-and-read marathon brought out two interesting quotes from Atlas Shrugged… first:

Do you wish to know whether that day is coming? Watch money. Money is the barometer of a society’s virtue. When you see that trading is [...]

From the mouths of the totalitarians:

I have concerns about some of the language that is being used because I saw this, myself, in the late ’70s in San Francisco. This kind of rhetoric was very frightening, [...]

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. [...]

Remember back last month when the unemployment numbers were worse than what the government thought they would be, if the government had done nothing?
Yeah, it happened again:

Once again, not [...]

SayUncle better-expresses my own sentiments concerning Governor Phil’s objections to Tennesseeans wanting to know who the police officers standing behind him when he vetoed HB0962 were:

Let me explain it to you, Sparky. These officers, like you, [...]

A conversation at lunch:

Other Guy: … That was back when automobiles were actually made with steel.
Me: Yeah, and automobile companies were owned by automobile companies.
Other Guy: I wonder how long that is [...]

Chrysler (and Dodge, and Jeep) – bankrupt and under federal government control.
General Motors (and Buick, and Cadillac, and Chevrolet, and GMC, and Hummer, and Pontiac, and Saab, and Saturn) – bankrupt and under federal [...]

Over at Alphecca, Jeff points out a positively absurd turn of events:

Justice Department political appointees overruled career lawyers and ended a civil complaint accusing three members of the New Black Panther Party for Self-Defense of wielding [...]

What happens when the federal government cannot balance its books and spends itself flat broke? Does it have to file bankruptcy and reorganize its spending to be balanced, while simultaneously paying off the debts it has?

Ever since last Wednesday, left-wing news/media/weblogs/commenters have been desperately and incessantly attempting to demonize, demean, and diminish the Tea Parties held on Tax Day, in addition to those fools/misguided souls/idiots/malcontents/etc. who dared to attend them. Allegations and accusations of [...]

On Wednesday, I had the distinct pleasure of hanging out with about 2000 other so-called “rightwing extremists”.
There was no destruction of property.
There was no vandalism.
There was not a whole lot of shouting, or [...]

What will follow will mostly be pictures of the recent Knoxville Tea Party – I will leave the reporting to the reporters (and columnists… and professional webloggers).
What I will do, [...]

By way of a backstory, Kevin broke the news about this three days ago, but was not sure if it was real or not. Michelle Malkin managed to get those responsible to

Countless liberal-leaning weblogs throughout the ‘verse have been fielding countless rumors, conspiracy theories, and fabrications indicating that today’s Tea Parties are the orchestrated events of some big Republican/conservative/Big Business/Big Oil/etc. machine, rendering all of these events nothing more than [...]

As I alluded a few days ago, I will be attending the Knoxville Tea Party tomorrow afternoon. While I will be toting along my camera and my sign, I will not be carrying my Walther, because the Tea Party [...]

Behold, the front of the sign I will be carrying at the Knoxville Tea Party:

After all, I am Simon [...]

When it comes to answering the Google search of, “Why does Simion Jester have devil symbol“, a query that pointed at my webpage a few days ago, the best explanation probably [...]

After some relatively careful thought and consideration (I know, I know, how strange for me, eh?), I can only come to the conclusion that I am Simon Jester:

We are Simon Jester.

We are not [...]