A Car, A Washer/Dryer, and Air Conditioning
No, this isn’t a Johnny Carson Carnac skit. And yes, I’m old enough to remember Carnac, even though I didn’t get it.
These are the first three items that are considered to be necessities by Pew Research Center.
You know what that means–it’s just a matter of time before everyone has a “right” to these things.
And once [...]
Business Fail Because of Banks and Credit Card Companies? C’mon.
I normally wouldn’t comment on a situation like Cindy Fairless Lay’s.  She is closing her privately owned business here locally, and that’s none of my business.  However, Ms. Lay wrote a guest column for the KNS (related article) today in which she explains why her business is closing.  In doing so, she’s put herself out there, [...]
First They Came For The Chemists…
A retired Massachusetts chemist had his home raided (without a warrant of course) and his property stolen by authorities. Why?
Experiments. That’s right. He was doing experiments.
Deeb is not accused of making methamphetamine or other illegal drugs. He’s not accused of aiding terrorists, synthesizing explosives, nor even of making illegal fireworks.
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Pamela Wilderman, [...]
Parenting for Adults
When (if) my kid(s) decide to go to college as adults, I expect they’ll do some pretty stupid things during the first couple of years and beyond. To me, making mistakes and dealing with the consequences are important aspects of the learning process; part of acquiring an education. Luckily, the State of Tennessee now has [...]
Are They Going To Sell Them At Wal-Mart?
File under Utterly ridiculous.
A public school in California is now requiring students to wear RFID so they can track them. No, seriously.
The system was imposed, without parental input, by the school as a way to simplify attendance-taking and potentially reduce vandalism and improve student safety. Principal Earnie Graham hopes to eventually add bar codes [...]
Dream Ticket? Whose Dream Is This?
When MLK said that he had a dream that little black boys and little white girls would one day hold hands run on a presidential ticket together, is this what he had in mind? If so, we should stop referring to him as a civil rights leader and change his title to Republican strategist. [...]
McCain v. Hilly
Looks like a done deal, which really scares me.
I’ve had to hold my nose and vote Republican several times when I didn’t really want to. I’m not sure I’ll be able to do it this time. Either way, I’d essentially be voting for Democrat.
But maybe this is a good thing.  Maybe people will finally realize this [...]
It’s Not A National I.D.
It’s a Federal Driver’s License. You recognize the difference, right?
No?
The rationalization for this plan, of course, is the same as that for any authoritarian program…a centrally mandated, controlled, and issued driver’s license will make it more difficult for con artists, drug traffickers, illegal immigrants, or terrorists to gain access to identification that could compromise our [...]
My 2007 Year in Review
Unlike everyone else, I slacked off and waited until 2008 was officially here to do my review. 2007 was my first year of full on blogging. I’d messed around here and there with different blogs before, but 2007 was the year I drank the Kool Aid and went at it for real. I’ll keep this [...]
Isn’t This Rich?
And by rich I mean the lobbies that are successful in getting governors to propose prison time and heavy fines for online gamblers and poker players in the same bill that makes the way for licensing for casinos.
Patrick’s casino legislation, which has been introduced at the State House but is not expected to get a [...]
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