I’m worried. I’ve been fighting this feeling for awhile and tried to avoid appearing reactionary or overreactionary to recent events, but I’m worried. Something is happening here and it isn’t pretty. I’ve grown to distrust modern liberalism. Its adherents keep changing the U.S. into something it’s not supposed to be and wasn’t meant to be. [...]
As we prepare to pass a massive health care entitlement program that will destroy the quality of the current system and exponentially increase the size of the federal budget, the federal debt, and the power of the federal government in our lives, let’s consider a few things. 1. Name me a successful (or, as most [...]
Any one of these deserves greater attention, but the real world is currently demanding a great deal of my time. But here a couple of things I think I think. 1. Obama is turning out to be exactly who I thought he would be and yet I dislike him even more than I thought I [...]
I’m currently watching National Geographic Explorer’s episode on executions, with a (understandable) focus on the Texas death row in Huntsville. I’ve always like the Explorer series and they tend to play it pretty straight without taking sides (or at least without being too overt about it). One gets a vague feeling of disapproval. In times [...]
Let’s bail out all sorts of business entities. Other than loss of taxpayer money, effective nationalization of companies, destruction of normal competition, and a bizarre distortion of investor-company relationships, what could go wrong
Ariana Huffington is someone whose naked ambition is impressive but her intellect is not. I can’t say I’ve ever read anything by her when I thought the woman was sharp. This isn’t just because I almost universally disagree with her politically and ideologically, but also due to her constant intellectual vapidity and sloppiness. The latest [...]
One of the devious things about government welfare is that it tends to enslave those receiving it. This is so for individuals as well as for companies (which is one of my worries about the bailout nonsense, but at least the financial clout of companies better enables them to control politicians as opposed to the [...]
I’ve decided I’m the last person in the country who doesn’t really care all that much that Barack Obama is the first black man elected president. Sure, it’s a decidedly positive development in America, but I’m annoyed by all the adulation for several reasons. Obama’s election is not exactly a fulfillment of King’s Dream, part [...]
While I’m talking about vapid entertainment news, another recent brouhaha has embroiled Grey’s Anatomy’s Isaiah Washington. According to reports, back in October while on-set, Washington referred to his co-star, T.R. Knight, as a ‘faggot.’ Knight is gay. Though this wasn’t publicly known as the time, it seemingly was the cast and crew. The incident was [...]
Ah, it’s American Idol time. This is when the show starts up with plenty of bad singers, fame-coveting no-names, and twits who just want to get on TV, show up and perform poorly while the few talented make it through to further potential cuts. This is also the time when people start whining about how [...]
There are rumors (rumors, mind you, since I can’t find independent confirmation of this, although the reporting blogger is respected in gaming circles) that Hillary Clinton is thinking about pushing for special taxes on video games: Sources tell me that Clinton has been asking around for volunteers for a new anti-violence in video games initiative. [...]
It’s the end of an era. Parker Brothers is going to start phasing out the funny money in the Monopoly board game and is replacing it with Visa-brand toy credit cards and a reader. Game makers Parker have phased out the standard multi-coloured cash in a new version. Players will instead use a Visa mock [...]
Great googly-moogly, the pro-life movement must be getting desperate if it’s doing this: BROOKLYN (March 22, 2006) — A nude Britney Spears on a bearskin rug while giving birth to her firstborn marks a ‘first’ for Pro-Life. Pop-star Britney Spears is the “ideal†model for Pro-Life and the subject of a dedication at Capla Kesting [...]
While I’m not typically in the habit of reproducing comments I leave elsewhere, I’ll do so this time. Given the time it took to write them and that my blogging hasn’t otherwise been productive lately, it’d be a shame to waste them. These were in response to this post over at Moonbattery about Charlie Sheen [...]
I saw V for Vendetta last Friday. I thought it was a well-executed movie with an engaging story. Other than that, I thought it was dreck. The modern political commentary was unmistakable, heavy-handed, and distinctly moonbatty. Possessing a Koran earned the death penalty. So, apparently, did being a homosexual. Many other cultural objects were prohibited [...]