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March 26, 2009

Restroom Access Act

It’s a bad law. #tcot

February 12, 2009

A Message From A Non-Aborted Fetus

#tcot

February 9, 2009

Crazy Pete

#tcot

February 2, 2009

Earth Hour, 2009

My plan for Earth Hour 2009. #tcot

January 27, 2009

NASCAR: Roush Goes Green, Planet Saved

Roush Fenway racing goes green. We’re saved! #tcot

January 15, 2009

Judging A Book By It’s Cover

What happens when you hire a functional illiterate? Well, if that functional illiterate sees you reading a book about how Notre Dame handled the Ku Klux Klan and only sees the burning cross on the front, you might get brought up on charges of racial harassment. And if you work for Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, [...]

January 14, 2009

The Shape Of Things To Come?

This article in the Christian Science Monitor is eye opening.
Any government that attempts to guarantee healthcare must also control its costs. The inevitable next step will be to seek to control citizens’ health and their behavior.
If the US government gets its hands on our health care [...]

January 9, 2009

Misdirected Compassion

There’s a saying that goes “Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.”
I think I have a corollary to that: Give a man enough fish, and you make him dependant on you for fish.
John Stossel did a segment on [...]

January 8, 2009

Worst. Lennon. Impersonation. Ever.

The One Laptop Per Child folks have taken advantage gotten Yoko Ono’s permission to use John Lennon’s likeness in a commercial begging asking folks to help with their cause.
Using what’s obviously a Lennon impersonator for the voice, and some video tricks that aren’t even as good as 1989’s “collaboration video” between Hank Williams, Sr. and [...]

January 6, 2009

Welcome to Nashville! Now Speak English

I guess I knew there was a referendum coming up here in Nashville, but I didn’t know it was this soon. Thanks to some folks who oppose Metro Charter Amendment 1, I know now that we’re in the early voting period and the special election is on January 22. With me, their little flyer backfired. [...]