Archive for June, 2007

The I-Phone

Saturday, June 30th, 2007

Are you getting an I-Phone. I know I am not.
First I don’t care for AT&T’s privacy abuses and AT&T is the only carrier
Second. I don’t have $600 to blow on a phone
Third. I hate to be an earlier adapter of a any gadget. Its like being a Beta Tester but less […]

A Clean Sweep

Saturday, June 30th, 2007

A agree with Senator Clinton on the clean sweep but I’d take it a step further.
while she is right that
“A clean sweep” is needed at the White House because President Bush has fostered “a culture of cronyism, corruption and incompetence ” she doesn’t go far enough
Sweep Congress, the Senate, and the […]

C.A. Beard quote

Friday, June 29th, 2007

I love this quote
“You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in their struggle for independence.”
C.A. Beard, via Harold Hayes

Gary Brecher the War Nerd Explains War in Five Points

Friday, June 29th, 2007

Gary Brecher has a great column on the Exile called War Nerd
He explains modern war this way
1. Most wars are asymmetrical / irregular.
2. In these wars, the guerrillas / irregulars / insurgents do NOT aim for military victory.
3. You can NOT defeat these groups by […]

Never kiss a cop

Friday, June 29th, 2007

An old but funny story on Breitbart
The moral is Never Kiss a Cop Without Permission.
I never did find out what happened to the guy.

Freedom from Surveillance

Friday, June 29th, 2007

The illusionary freedom from crime given by police surveillance cameras is trumped by the real right of people to be free from State surveillance.
Real freedom is the moral imperative.

Self Defense

Friday, June 29th, 2007

If you own arms as a good citizen should I would go as a far as to say you have an obligation to defend yourself, others and the State . This is why there is a militia clause in the 2nd amendment. If you own arms and the country is attacked you need […]

More Wisdom from my Sifu

Thursday, June 28th, 2007

More wisdom in the form of a verse from my Sifu Kwai Chang Prosper
To gain wisdom we must
Stop manipulating
Stop managing
Stop wasting
Stop regulating
Stop intervening
Start Liberating
Start Educating
Start Leading
Start Risking
Start Trusting

Votes talk but money is louder

Thursday, June 28th, 2007

The reason politicians don’t want real campaign finance reform, the that shuts off the corporate spigot is they don’t want to balance what the people want against the needs of the country and the Constitution.
Its much easier to listen to a few big contributors and do what they want than it to have backbone […]

Thomas Jefferson on Liberty

Wednesday, June 27th, 2007

Yet another Founding father quote this from Thomas Jefferson
“I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.”

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