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Sunday, October 26, 2008

WHERE DO YOU STAND ON THE SECOND AMENDMENT…....?

You remember, that’s the one that the Supreme Court (5-4) said guarantees individual Americans the right to a firearm for their self-defense, among other purposes…...
. Full disclosure: I own an ancient, single-shot .410 shotgun, and have never owned a handgun, although I’ve shot a number and am thinking about a .45 semi-automatic pistol.
. But, I’ve always been attracted to the decals that say “These premises protected by Smith and Wesson”, as well as by the column called ARMED CITIZEN that the NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION (of which I’m a member) publishes every month. The column chronicles defensive gun use in the United States - stories of a very few of the 1,000,000 or more regular citizens, attacked in their homes or businesses, who defend themselves *each year* with a firearm.

Posted by Earl on 10/26 at 03:00 PM
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I AM BILL (AYERS)......from IOWAHAWK

If you haven’t ever read the blog over at IOWAHAWK, then you have a treat in store…..he writes a LOT of incredibly inventive political satire. In addition, some of his posting is family-oriented, and he’s a major fan of vintage autos and hot-rods…......

On my birthday, October 17, Iowahawk posted an entry (non-satirical) he called I AM JOE, dealing with what happened to “Joe the Plumber”, the guy who asked the question that elicited Obama’s statement that he wanted to tax Joe more, if he were to buy the business as he planned, in order to “spread the wealth around”..... It ended up:
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Are you a Joe? Say it proud. Leave it on every goddamn newspaper comment section and online forum. Let these pressroom and online thugs know you won’t stay silent when they try to destroy the life of a private citizen for speaking his mind—because for every one of them, there are a million Joe Wurzelbachers. And for that we should all be thankful.

Posted by Earl on 10/26 at 02:29 PM
Miscellany • Funny (strange?) Stuff • Politics • Domestic • (1) Comments •

Saturday, October 25, 2008

HALLOWEEN AT A TRUE-BLUE DEMOCRAT’S HOUSE…..

Posted by Earl on 10/25 at 06:32 PM
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Thursday, October 23, 2008

IN AN AGE OF “BAILOUTS”, WHAT’S ONE MORE…..BUT ETHANOL?!?

Remember…...the federal government has a tariff on imported sugar in order to protect the cane farmers in Florida (and the campaign contributions they supply to incumbents in Congress).
. Furthermore, the replacement for cheap sugar from the Caribbean is high-fructose corn syrup, produced by (perhaps) the MOST subsidized agricultural corporations in the United States - corn farmers like ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND (ADM). This stupid policy (not stupid for the Congress-critters, of course, who get massive campaign contributions from corn producers) not only costs the taxpayers billions of dollars, distorts the market, and feeds the epidemics of diabetes and obesity, it is also an environmental disaster, creating a massive DEAD ZONE off the coast of Louisiana, where excess nitrogen fertilizer stimulates algal blooms than then die and suck the oxygen out of the water column. AND, to top it all off, 15% of Iowa’s carbon dioxide emissions are being spewed into the air by the state’s ethanol plants.

Posted by Earl on 10/23 at 08:40 PM
Science • Environment • Miscellany • Food • Politics • Domestic • Economics • (0) Comments •

HAVE A GOOD LOOK AT YOUR CREDIT CARD BILLS - LEST YOU CONTRIBUTE TO A PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN UNAWARES

Steve and Rachel Larman say a strange credit card charge appeared on their statement this month—a $2300 donation to Barack Obama’s presidential campaign. The Larman’s say they don’t want this to be about their political affiliation, but they say they’re not about to give the Obama campaign any help from their pocketbook.

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READ THE WHOLE THING

Posted by Earl on 10/23 at 07:11 PM
Miscellany • Funny (strange?) Stuff • Politics • Domestic • Media Bias • (0) Comments •

THERE REALLY IS A PRICE TO BE PAID FOR “EXPERIMENTING” WITH ALTERNATIVES TO THE FREE-MARKET ECONOMY

One is inclined to murmur something about “karma” when contemplating those who seem highly committed to the most recent enthusiasm for “soak the rich”. That would, of course, be wrong. Christianity forbids schadenfreude, for one thing….and then one does have to think about the grandchildren.
. It does seem odd that people don’t want to admit that there actually are economic laws, but that doesn’t change the facts of the matter—and like natural selection, these laws operate without our permission, and despite our disapproval.

The economic tides will not stand still while Washington experiments with European-type social democracy, even though the dollar’s role as the global reserve currency will buy some time. Our trademark competitive advantage will be lost, and once lost, it will be hard to regain. There are too many emerging economies focused on prosperity and not redistribution for the U.S. to easily recapture its role of global economic leader.

Tomorrow’s children may come to question why their parents sold their birthright for a mess of “fairness”—whatever that will signify when jobs are scarce and American opportunity is no longer the envy of the world.

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The author is talking about the “tax tipping point” when there are more people getting money from the government than there are people paying it in….suddenly, there is a majority constituency for higher taxes! Veeeeery interesting…...
. READ THE WHOLE THING

Posted by Earl on 10/23 at 06:50 PM
Politics • Domestic • Economics • (0) Comments •

Friday, October 17, 2008

MICHAEL POLLAN HAS WRITTEN AN OPEN LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT-ELECT—START THINKING ABOUT FOOD

MICHAEL POLLAN has written A NUMBER OF BOOKS, the last several of them about food, and the U.S. food supply, and our peculiar way of producing it.

I recently finished THE OMNIVORE’S DILEMMA, and Thank You, LAURA for insisting, and for loaning me the book. I truly enjoyed the last half of it, where he talks about sustainable agriculture and about hunting and gathering…but the first half about U.S. factory agriculture, is pretty horrifying. Even given that, I recommend the book - it will change the way you look at the grocery store, and for the better.

Posted by Earl on 10/17 at 03:47 PM
Miscellany • Education • Food • Politics • Domestic • Healthcare • Economics • (2) Comments •

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