Pointman’s Page

Proving once again Global Warming is about research grants to study the obvious. At least this one is rather optimistic for plants. The last story I recall on “CO2 is plant food” was how rising CO2 was going to inundate us with poison ivy.

The under reported story of the decade is the crumbling value of the U.S. dollar. Between the poor monetary policies of the last 3 Presidents, Congress printing money like drunken sailors, Congress and the Executive spending like drunken sailors, too much U.S. currency held by foreign concerns, and many other contributors the rising cost of […]

Remember all that Archaeological looting of Iraqi antiquities that was reported as being due to our entering Iraq? Well, guess what… like many other anti- American media stories it simply wasn’t true. Go figure.

The former head of the Palestinian Communist Party hopes Obama is elected so he will immediately birth a palestinian state. Of course if people would read their history they’d know there is already a Palestinian state, it’s called JORDAN. When Israel was granted territory it was a tiny tiny sliver off the larger British protectorate. […]

Those non-existent WMD’s from Iraq? Yeah, well they just moved a 500 tons of uranium from Iraq to Canada…. Of course the Administration never said they would find any, only that they were trying to build them, and I think 500 tons of low grade Uranium, some in various states of refinement, counts under […]

While Der Spiegel writes of a a brighter future in baghdad National public Radio writes of Insurgents Turn Themselves In to U.S., Iraqi Troops. There ought to be some cut-and-run Democrats a bit worried….

Very nice article on Are the ice caps melting? Also, I always enjoy Chris Horner’s take.

A blog worth reading, the Marxists/Socialists/Communists for Obama. If this doesn’t scare you then, heaven help us.

YouTube - Harry Reid Says “Coal Makes Us Sick”
What an idiot. Democrats in control of the House for the past almost 2 years. Gasoline at $2.00 then, its at $4.15 now. And with the attitude Harry Reid displays in the video you know it will only get worse since their plan is to push the […]

The Republican website has a nice review of Obama’s statements concerning firearm ownership. At the same time ABC is reporting the Obama camp distancing itself from Obama’s own statements as “inartful” which isn’t even a word but gets the point across that they’ve been unexpectedly caught with their drawers down.
“That statement was obviously […]

I love reading Ted Nugent’s writing and his take on the DC Gun Ban ruling is a satisfying read as I would expect.
On the polar opposite side of the political spectrum on everything else, my favorite Progressive Sam Smith weighs in with positive comments on the Courting getting something right. Sam even includes a […]

Despite my recent bout of pessimism regarding the case the SCOTUS blog has the ruling reflecting well on the rights of We the People. Though superficially it would appear they’ve worked very carefully to maintain the status-quo and not shake the current legal standing of any anti-gun law short of an outright ban such as […]

So now the Supremes have ruled that death penalty for child rapists is cruel and unusual. I wonder what they think it was from the child’s perspective?
This is going to be like the recent Taser ruling and I expect the consequences to be pretty immediate. If a parent has no expectation of real justice they’re […]

An interesting side note on the high costs of oil is that some manufacturing jobs are coming back to the US.
“It’s not just about labor costs anymore,” says Rubin. “Distance costs money, and when you have to shift iron ore from Brazil to China and then ship it back to Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh is looking pretty […]

Want a perfect example of why I am somewhat pessimistic about the future of our nation? Here’s a great one…

I’m a bit leery of the court ruling on the D.C. gun ban for it will be a distinct indicator of the direction of the country. And I am less than optimistic because there are people who buy this load of bravo sierra:
A ruling that the District’s gun ban is unconstitutional “would grant courts unprecedented […]

So now we know exactly why DC has the highest crime rate in America, it’s populated with sheeple!
I particularly loved the elder woman with the eastern block accent who stated the country she came from didn’t allow people to own guns and they shouldn’t be allowed to here, either. And that worked out so well […]

Oh my! The sky is falling! The sky is falling! This is the last chance! We must ACT NOW!
Yeah, now that NASA’s own data shows the warming trend ended and we’ve been in a cooling trend that has already dropped average temperatures below where we started these idiots are pumping up the demagoguery before […]

Now that forced “racial desegregation” has been “accomplished” in the school systems (never mind that it has been a dismal failure) what about Political segregation in suburbia? The big misnomer here is that it is unnatural for people to want to associate with like minded people. For an anti-theology that espouses “nature” and embraces base […]

Because the first step in decentralizing domain name registration went so well they’re talking about taking it even further. Two problems, one is it is a step toward internationalizing an American invention. Second, the inmates are definitely running the domain registry asylum as can easily be seen in the news over the past few […]

Handguns, Rifles, Swords, kitchen knives and now hats

I’ve been referring people to Open Source Web Design for many years. Now there is another option along the same lines, Open Web Design. The more, the merrier!

I’m one of those people with a high cost of changing tasks. For the most part I have believed this is due to the intricately technical nature of both work and hobby which demand undivided attention for the sake of not only technical accuracy, but also safety.
Over the years I’ve considered this a […]

So goes the value of the almighty Dollar.
There is a reason for import tariffs, its about time someone in Washington figured that into their monetary policy..
Unless driving the dollar into the tank is their monetary policy….

The push for ethanol is coming partly from the ag community and partly from those who think of it as “carbon light” compare the the “evil” oil based products. And the high prices, driving mostly by speculation and an artificially pinched supply, is being used as a vehicle to push the ethanol alternative as a […]