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Brigid over at Home on the Range has some early Christmas present ideas for the guys out there. She shows quite a bit of insight as to what would fly (or not) in our household and the picture with the ammo in a heart made me feel all warm inside. I was reminded of a… Continue reading

Got this from my college roommate. I thought it was wicked funny. Continue reading

Hamilton, Madison, and Jay have a new posting up today that juxtaposes nicely with my thoughts about the attitude of the administration towards us poor, non-Harvard-educated, unwashed masses. They note that the government is now going on tour to indoctrinate our children into drinking the climate-change Kool-Aid. If part of their road-show includes the “I… Continue reading

I kind of hate using the word ‘moral’ because everyone has their own line where they would say that something is either moral or immoral. But something that’s been percolating since the blogmeet is the difference in moral compass between those who would consider themselves to be either conservative or liberal. For example, conservatives generally… Continue reading

Attended my first blogmeet today and met several folks whose words I’ve read avidly. Some things I learned: I REALLY need a Leatherman Wave; RobertaX has the best miniature mobile toolkit I’ve seen; Old Grouch has great taste in food; I’m glad that Shermlock Shomes decided not to do his MSG/pain experiment (as far as… Continue reading

Today is the 222th anniversary of the signing of the Constitution of the United States. We need to remember this document and remember the men who took action to see it put into place as the Rule of Law of our Republic. Remember our Freedoms, as put into place by this document. I think that… Continue reading

Firstly, and not surprisingly, the Obama administration has decided to completely screw the Czechs and the Poles by ditching plans for the missile defense system. Guess he’s trying to replace the non-functioning and mis-translated ‘Reset’ button, with the Nuclear Button in the hands of the Russians. Nice timing on that too, BTW–the 70th anniversary of… Continue reading

I was listening to NPR this morning (during commercials it was Don Wade and Roma on WLS radio with snippets of Bob and Tom) but during their discussion of the health care bill (@ 3:27), I heard that the insurance requirement was going to cost a middle class family, which was defined as a family… Continue reading

Via Insty: Jay Matthews of the Washington Post writes about a high school teacher who was going to lose his teaching certification because he hadn’t taken enough education school courses. This guy has National Board Certification and practical, real-world experience out the yin-yang. But he was going to lose his certification and his job because… Continue reading

It’s interesting that the MSM is concentrating on Mr. Obama’s US tour stumping for his healthcare bill (which I very much doubt he knows anything about judging from his previous remarks about it) while the Congress is working on very bills in committee. Is it meant to be a distraction from the work going on… Continue reading