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I was reading this post from the Advice Goddess blog and realized something as I was adding my comment (I seem to be doing that a lot lately).  The discussion in question was in regards to burkhas and feminists and religious freedoms and such.  But the comments started talking about France and their ban on… Continue reading

Via Mr. B…      My Conservative Identity: You are a Free Marketeer, also known as a fiscal conservative. You believe in free-market capitalism, tax cuts, and protecting your hard-earned cash from pick-pocketing liberal socialists. Take the quiz at About.com Political Humor Continue reading

Borepatch has some thoughts regarding Smart vs. smart and Intelligent vs. intelligent based on a conversation over at Aratae’s place.  I made a comment on Borepatch’s post but didn’t really want to take it political since it’s his blog and all.  It seems that a lot of my comments juxtapose nicely with Aratae’s blogpost regarding… Continue reading

Via Hecate’s Crossroad: I write like James Fenimore Cooper I Write Like by Mémoires, Mac journal software. Analyze your writing! Continue reading

I think that Old Spice has the funniest commercials out there right now.  I like the Old Spice Guy (whose name is Isaiah Mustafa, BTW).  No, I don’t want my man to smell like him or be him, but I do enjoy watching the commercials as well as his new Youtube Channel where he answers… Continue reading

JayG links to an article from Oklahoma where a victim of a home invasion shot and killed one of the intruders and critically wounded the other.  The kicker to this??  She took NO action and was cooperative until they wanted her to undress.  She was willing to give up her belongings, but to not be… Continue reading

It’s interesting that an organization with its base and raison d’etre to perpetuate racism should accuse others of being racist.  Aside from the fact that pulling the race card so frequently makes it lose its sting (and that ticket has been punched so many times in the past year that it has lost all meaning),… Continue reading

In this article from the Wall Street Journal, tests performed by the federal government peg most of the issues with unintended acceleration on driver error–at least when it comes to the electronic system in Toyotas.  There were still the issues with the after-market floormats and the sticky accelerator pedals, but the preliminary findings from the… Continue reading

I wonder if this is actually one of the signs of the apocalypse?  The French are actually making sense and the British come out with some new idiocy almost every day, like knives with no points–literally.  The French parliament has voted to approve a ban on face veils worn by some Muslim women.  They cite… Continue reading

Brought to me by the same guy who sent out a bulk email to my workplace on the day the governor signed the workplace carry law (where you can legally have your gun in your car) stating that my workplace was exempt and they would keep us all safe from harm…. I get an email… Continue reading