Archive for November, 2008
Monday, November 24th, 2008
So now that gas is down to $1.84/gallon here, I got to wondering when the people who blamed oil companies for the high oil prices this summer were going to thank the oil companies for getting those prices back down.
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Tuesday, November 18th, 2008
...and thought it worth passing along.
At some point in your life, you will have to come to the conclusion that the common denominator in all your failures is you.
I thought it might have come from Despair, but I couldn't find it in the list of demotivators.
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Tuesday, November 18th, 2008
Some of you would argue that that phrase entails every thought I've ever had, but I can go you one better.
I was thinking tonight: Is it more energy-efficient to boil water that came from the hot tap, or just use the cold tap and heat 'er up.
See, I'm thinking ...
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Monday, November 17th, 2008
A few posts back, I asked my sinestra pals to defend the Orwellian "Employee Free Choice Act."
The only commenter was my good friend, Chad, who said that he couldn't defend it.
Matt Singer, bless his soul, steps up to the plate and says, it's good for the economy.
The mind boggles.
Look at ...
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Monday, November 17th, 2008
This phrase got drilled into my head during my junior and senior years when we had Mr. Cleverley for history and government. He preached that those three elements were key to a successful Republic.
On which count do these folks fail? (Hint: There may be more than one.)
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Saturday, November 15th, 2008
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Friday, November 14th, 2008
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Friday, November 14th, 2008
Over at The Last Best Place, Mike has put up a doozy of an essay, entitled, "About Marriage.
Agree or disagree, it's a thought-provoking essay, and well worth your time to read.
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Friday, November 14th, 2008
For a project that should reach across party lines, I invite you to take a look at Big Sky Search.
This is a project of the Montana Policy Institute, and is geared toward creating a system to allow citizens to examine state expenditures online.
Transparency is a Good Thing™. On that, ...
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Friday, November 14th, 2008
They're so intolerant.
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Friday, November 14th, 2008
I've been reading some about the badly misnamed (Orwell nods knowingly) Employee Free Choice Act.
The long and the short of it is that it does away with secret ballots for unionization efforts.
If the Board finds that a majority of the employees in a unit appropriate for bargaining has signed valid ...
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Friday, November 14th, 2008
Back In The Day™, I was a frequenter of a few Usenet groups. I'm sure some of you can relate to this story.
Right around the time the Internet was moving out of Academia and into commercial and home use, AOL began to carry Usenet groups. AOL'ers enthusiastically began ...
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Thursday, November 13th, 2008
You can feel free to make your apologies in the comments of this post.
Although I suspect some of you are so invested in the idea that you won't admit it.
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Tuesday, November 11th, 2008
Unless you've been sleeping, you have probably already seen this piece by WaPo's Ombudsman, Deborah Howell.
The op-ed page ran far more laudatory opinion pieces on Obama, 32, than on Sen. John McCain, 13. There were far more negative pieces about McCain, 58, than there were about Obama, 32, and Obama ...
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Tuesday, November 11th, 2008
I meandered over to The Office of the President-Elect (whatever happened to "transition teams"? I guess that doesn't sound important enough) to get my hands on some specific policies to criticize. It seemed like the "Agenda" tab would be a good place to start, and here is what ...
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