http://www.pointmanspage.com Strange in a Stranger Land Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:38:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The US media has been circumspect concerning the events in Honduras this past week. Here we have a democratically elected leader who overstepped his constitutional bounds and was slapped down by the Honduran Supreme Court. Naturally the Dictators Club (United Nations) has also decried the ousting of Zelaya irregardless ... http://www.pointmanspage.com/2009/07/02/honduras/ George Carlin is, well... George Carlin so if you've sensitive ears don't press play. He has to a large degree come to the right conclusion although much of his perspective is based on evolution-as-fact. But that makes this segment even more striking, that someone as rabidly liberal as Carlin, who's belief ... http://www.pointmanspage.com/2009/06/29/george-carlin-on-global-warming/ Yup, Barney is at it again.... we will learn nothing from this because it would put too many liberals and moderates out of work, irregardless of party. http://www.pointmanspage.com/2009/06/24/fannie-freddie-asked-to-relax-condo-loan-rules/ The power to tax is the power to destroy jobs. But oh, it's "for the children" http://www.pointmanspage.com/2009/06/24/hav-a-tampa-cigars-closing-tampa-plant/ Isn't it interesting how American education resembles the American auto industry due to union contracts 700 NYC teachers paid to do nothing that cannot be allowed back into the classroom for various reasons. It is bad enough watching the auto industry crumble under the weight of the unions but ... http://www.pointmanspage.com/2009/06/23/700-nyc-teachers-paid-to-do-nothing/ Anyone who has ever doubted that statement need only look at the draconian lunacy of Home Owners Associations. And people wonder why I prefer a shack in the sticks. http://www.pointmanspage.com/2009/06/18/tyranny-of-the-masses/ "There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws" Ayn Rand. http://www.pointmanspage.com/2009/06/16/no-way-to-rule-innocent-men/ How many times have you found yourself telling someone "Google is your friend" when they ask you a question? I know I must say that to people on a daily basis. And it's not necessarily that these people aren't smart, just not tech - non techie people are not as ... http://www.pointmanspage.com/2009/06/15/let-me-google-that-for-you/ I could care less about Coke Zero but have to point out the evolving Zimbabwe of South America.... http://www.pointmanspage.com/2009/06/11/venezuela-bans-coke-zero/ Check out the Political Math blog.... http://www.pointmanspage.com/2009/06/10/link-goodness/ I bet the Canadians are wondering what Global Warming? I'm wondering the same as I look at the well below average temps now and this time last year - and that this is the 2nd June in a row where 5 days of 7 call for rain. Last year ... http://www.pointmanspage.com/2009/06/10/canada-frosts-the-most-widespread-in-recent-memory/ ... no analog television signal as of this Friday.. and unless they boost the digital signal power there is going to be hell to pay for those refusing to PAY for broadcast television. At 40 miles out to say digital is "spotty" would be an understatement. And unlike "snowy" ... http://www.pointmanspage.com/2009/06/10/there-will-be/ The Democrats killed their own D.C. House Voting Rights Bill due to an amendment that would effectively return DC's 2nd Amendment rights. Choice quote.... "We will never give up on equal rights for our residents," she said, insisting that pro-gun Democrats could have opposed the amendment without sustaining political damage So... she ... http://www.pointmanspage.com/2009/06/10/dc-house-voting-rights-bill-nixed-due-to-gun-provision/ A 72-year-old woman was tased by an officer. Not agreeing with the woman's actions toward the officer but clearly the officer was intimidated by this 4' 11" woman which only justified her contempt for him as a representative of "the law". So now what did this officer gung-ho to write ... http://www.pointmanspage.com/2009/06/10/72-year-old-woman-tased/ "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." Winston Churchill http://www.pointmanspage.com/2009/06/10/socialism-philosophy-of-failure/