Once you decide that affirmative action is generally not a good idea because race preferences are generally not a good idea, no matter what the context, how do you go back to supporting ethnic preference in government contracts? (Clarence Thomas … Continue reading →
Obama is accusing McCain of pulling his energy policy straight out of “the Chaney playbook,” favoring oil, etc. As MSNBC reports, there is an interesting twist to this story: However, Obama himself voted for a 2005 energy bill backed by … Continue reading →
I shouldn’t have to hire a lawyer to tell me whether or not I have free speech. I am very tempted to put in lettering, underneath: This Message was Approved by James Madison – Sebastian, Snowflakes in Hell
Continue reading →Compromise is a dirty word to a lot of people, especially in the gun rights movement. However, compromise is often much more nuanced than it seems. It seems to me that there are approximately 5 outcomes to an action (bill, … Continue reading →
Gunnuts:TNG last night was on the Mike Vanderboegh letter, and “extreme activism” and included a call in from Mike. I think that it was good to have the discussion, and a number of interesting point were raised. I have been thinking … Continue reading →
Seen in the comments at Robb’s: The more I think about it, the more I’m convinced that the only solution may be to kill off that 80% of the voters. Problem is, I can’t think of any philosophy which would justifiy politicide … Continue reading →
The great thing about our system is, if you get enough people angry, you don’t need a revolution, because we can throw the bastards out in the voting booth. We did it in 1994, but we didn’t follow through. People … Continue reading →
Quantum physicist Werner Heisenberg famously posited that it is impossible to precisely measure the position and momentum of a particle simultaneously. His “uncertainty principle,” in popular usage, has come to mean that any attempt to observe something changes what is … Continue reading →
But having your seat on your campaign plane marked “President” is way past that. If you are not familiar with the presumptive close, it consists of talking (usually in a sales presentation) as though a deal is done, and you … Continue reading →
What’s wrong with military weapons? Virtually every type of firearm has been used as a weapon by some army, from a black powder muzzle loader to a shotgun to a modern EBR. Characterizing a firearm as a military weapon is … Continue reading →
