Patriot Act Keeps Us Safe From Fighting Cocks
Whew! Good thing we have the Patriot Act to keep us safe from those radical Islamic…chickens? Just after midnight on May 13, 2004, a small team of FBI agents crept into the legendary Del Rio Cockfighting Pit in Cocke County. … Acting under the authority of the Patriot Act, the agents had obtained a search [...]
Bueller? Bueller?
FladaBlog has an excellent post on public school socialism: Let’s consider an island with one family with children and one childless couple. Does the family have a right to force the autonomous couple to contribute to the education of their children? Most rational people will agree that they do not have such a right. Additionally, [...]
Boy Do I Feel Safe
For the first time in a long time I’ve been able to get a decent night’s sleep knowing that someone is taking the necessary action to protect me from you people.
Happy Cost of Government Day!
Doug Mataconis points us to the report by Americans for Tax Reform that declares today the day of economic liberty in the United States. That’s right–beginning today, and every day for the rest of this year, every dollar you make actually belongs to you! This is very exciting. It’s a Festivus miracle!!! It now only [...]
Ron Paul on Colbert
I stayed up to watch Ron Paul on The Colbert Report tonight, and I was not disappointed. Not only did I get to see Dr. Paul, but also got to see Knoxville mentioned for our recent Bear Gone Wild, and heard one of the funniest one-liners I’ve heard in a while–”If someone is teaching you, [...]
Who is Really Behind Smoking Bans?
I’ve always been very opposed to the government dictating when and where smoking is allowed to private businesses, but something happened this week that make me suspect that private industry may actually be behind smoking bans. So let’s consider this–who has the most to gain by banning smoking in the workplace?
Venezuela, Can We Have Your Soap Opera Stars?
Isn’t it ironic that celebrities and “big media” news anchors in Venezuela are leading movements against a socialist regime, while a large number of the same crown in the U.S. seem to be encouraging movement towards socialism and governmental regulation? Soap opera stars leading a march may not sound like a big deal, but soap [...]
Smoking Bans — Legislation in the Nazi Tradition
I’m watching a program on the History Channel that documents the non-smoking laws/rules instituted by Hitler in the 1940s. Apparently German scientists figured out that smoking was bad for you (duh?) about a decade before anyone else. Hitler banned smoking in his presence, as well as on public properties. There was also quiet a bit [...]
Talking Cameras to Monitor for Litter
Oh boy. Home Secretary John Reid told BBC News there would be some people, “in the minority who will be more concerned about what they claim are civil liberties intrusions”. What about this isn’t an intrusion on civil liberties? And so what if the people who are concerned are in the minority? As I recall [...]
Where Does Our Tax Money Go?
The Washington Times has a breakdown of where the $21,992 collected per household goes. By the way, the federal government will spend $24,106 per household. I don’t know how you do your budget in your house, but that doesn’t add up at mine. Here’s a quick list of where the money goes, with some commentary [...]
