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My mom called today and asked me if I’d enjoy having  a Kindle or a Nook or some other e-book reader.  I told her that, despite all other technologies that I use, I still enjoy books–the feel, the smell–being able to drop one in the tub and not have to spend $200 on a new… Continue reading

Old Grouch, in a discussion on Tam’s blog, points out that part of the problem in Haiti is that they’ve been taught nothing but dependence pretty much from the beginning.  He also aptly points out that the subsequent dictators had a habit of weeding out anyone who might be competition.  Much the same as what… Continue reading

Reading this report, the UN is calling for (primarily) US money and material support for Haiti.  Ya’know, it’s funny and not in a ha-ha kind of way that the first place the world looks is to the US for help, support, aid.  Hell’s bells, we were propping up the economies of most of the world… Continue reading

I’m not at the Indy Show but I’ve got a bunch of stuff to hopefully get organized. I’ve been thinking about Haiti and the tens of billions of dollars flowing in there that will never be seen again and, in the long run, I don’t think will change anything–just like Katrina in New Orleans.   The… Continue reading

Back a few months ago–as a matter of fact, right before Chicago seriously tanked on their bid for the Olympics, there was a video showing a student being beaten to death by his schoolmates.  Apparently what it came down to was that they had closed one high school to make it a specialty school and… Continue reading

Via Insty, Ann Althouse takes a dig at Mark Moulitsas of the Daily Kos for not knowing the difference between vice and vise.  For example, politicians are always getting caught in a vice, but it’s not because they’ve gotten their heads stuck in a vise.  Combining that with Martha Coakley’s campaigners misspelling her home state… Continue reading

Of course I’m talking about Hillary Clinton who has been strangely absent from the public eye for the past two months or so (no I really didn’t miss her either).  Either the Obamanaughts sent her off for reprogramming or it was like the movie ‘Dave’ where they sent the Vice President on a tour of… Continue reading

Saw a guy wearing a tee-shirt that said the following: ” Straight White Republican Male:  How else can I piss you off today?” I thought adding ‘gunowner’ would round it out nicely and would torque off the offenssensitivity crowd (scroll down to find the cartoon). Continue reading

I’ve been following the special election in Massachusetts since I lived there for five years.  Scott Brown, the Republican candidate for the Senate seat that has been held by an interim senator placeholder since Kennedy’s death is, by all accounts, kicking some major butt.  He raised over $1 million in a single day (yesterday) and… Continue reading

Via Insty, there is an article in Reason entitled P.C. Never Died that talks about the censorship and indoctrination programs in place at our institutions (a more than apt term) of higher learning.  An except from this excellent snapshot by Greg Lukianoff look at how college campuses squelch free speech and, more importantly, free thought:… Continue reading