“To take from one, because it is thought his own industry and that of his fathers has acquired too much, in order to spare to others, who, or whose fathers, have not exercised equal industry and skill, is to violate arbitrarily the first principle of association, the guarantee to everyone the free exercise of his [...]
“Every child in America should be acquainted with his own country. He should read books that furnish him with ideas that will be useful to him in life and practice. As soon as he opens his lips, he should rehearse the history of his own country.” Noah Webster, On the Education of Youth in America, [...]
OK, so compasionate I’m not. But I’m seriously fed up with all the cost and regulation being placed on the honest tax payer over Meth. If these idiots want to torch themselves then I say lets take a vacant parking lot and and set it aside for them. Probably better make sure its one that [...]
It is good to see a little sanity in the news occasionally and that the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that warrants are needed for the police to track you by GPS certainly qualifies. That it was ever in doubt is seriously disconcerting… UPDATE: Ooops… seems my jubilation sure didn’t last long…
The left likes to use new speak phrases like “increase revenue” to refer to raising taxes like raising taxes actually increases revenue. Case in point Illinois tax payers fell for it and yet their crisis just keeps getting worse. I’d say this is refutation of the new speak flunkies but then they know what they’re doing… [...]
“The Grecians and Romans were strongly possessed of the spirit of liberty but not the principle, for at the time they were determined not to be slaves themselves, they employed their power to enslave the rest of mankind.” Thomas Paine, The American Crisis, No. 5, 1778
I cannot tell you how many times I’ve had Microsoft fanboys knock Un*x systems as outdated and archaic due to the lack of a GUI… After years of this Microsoft Server GUI is officially on the way out. Go figure.
The latest Iranian Nuke Scientist take-down reads like a cold war spy novel… Kudos to the two wheeled mad men who stuck a magnetic bomb to the car. Naturally Israel has been blamed, and may well have been behind it. But I seriously doubt, were that the case, they acted without the United State’s tacit approval.
Here we have a court case that could effect every land owner in America.
If you ever used Commodore machines then this look back at the Commodore 64 will offer a bit of nostalgia.
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The masthead graphic "Road to Oakalla" was taken during a motorcycle ride to the Oakalla covered bridge on 23 May, 2007 with a Canon A85 digital camera (F5.6, 1/125 sec exposure). Additional images from the visit are in the Oakalla bridge gallery.
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