You all may have noticed it has been a bit quiet around these parts for a while now. The reasons are multiple, but the biggest is that the Line we were attempting to hold has actually moved.
And not, as we’re sure you’ve noticed, for the better.
So, Ted and I* [...]
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The American Revolution was started by about one third of the population of the thirteen colonies. This one third encompassed the landed wealthy, the educated, the middle class, the yeoman farmers, and the illiterate. Basically every strata of society in terms of money, education, prestige, personal or political [...]
Quick question: Which of these stories is more likely to be Joe Biden’s “manufactured crisis” where we won’t like what the Obama administration does to “fix” it?
The one where Western citizens are killed wholesale abroad by terrorists commiunicating via satelite phone to Pakistan? Or the one where [...]
“If by the mere force of numbers a majority should deprive a minority of any clearly written constitutional right, it might, in a moral point of view, justify revolution.”
“This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they [...]
Really? The One is like Lincoln?
Let’s think about this for a minute.
Abe’s father was a sunofabitch who abandoned him. Obama? Check.
Abe took in a strong political adversary into his cabinet? Obama? Check.
Abe was willing to suspend civil liberties, tell industries what they could and could not produce, and gave [...]
Government
Definition from Merriam-Webster:
The organization, machinery, or agency through which a political unit exercises authority and performs functions and which is usually classified according to the distribution of power within it
Definition from Cambridge:
The group of people who officially control a country:
Definition from Dictionary.com:
The political direction and control exercised over the [...]
Right now, there’s a big kerfuffle on the right side of the internet about Obama’s plan to require or strongly encourage volunteerism among the citizenry in exchange for a $4,000 tax break. It goes something like this: you work up to 100 hours a year in some non-salaried capacity, and [...]
With the presidential election one week away, there’s one idea I would like to start circulating, which is this: vote for the candidate you want in office.
I know, that sounds self-evident. However, for too many people, all that matters is that they voted for the guy who eventually won, rather [...]
Florida sucks. This November we have not 1, but 6 Constitutional Amendments to vote on. Lucky us, there was originally 9 to ponder over, but we’ve managed to whittle it down a few. Only one actually removes power from the state government but is worded in such a way [...]
Why is it so quiet around here? Because the world is too frigging depressing, thankyewverymuch.
I’ve come to the conclusion that there is absolutely no way to talk to people who can seriously hold an opinion like this:
jeff Joke-oby, you are a racist buffoon. You and your sick rich cohorts run [...]
Government involvement in the economy increases ethnic rebellion
Really, you don’t say? Economic advantages and disadvantages that are applied through government regulation can lead to ethnic unrest? Wealth redistribution along ethnic lines makes people testy and prone to take out their frustrations on other ethnic groups?
That is just amazing!
In all [...]
This must be the “community service” The Messiah is always on about.
Chaplain Ken Higgins told students in a Sept. 18 e-mail, “If you’re scared about the prospects for this election, you’re not alone. The most important way to make a difference in the outcome is to activate yourself. It [...]
Sigh… Owning a gun is nice and all, but if we keep putting up with shit like this, it’s a useless gesture amounting to nothing more than a distraction from the true loss of freedom
TAMPA - Hillsborough County soon will begin enforcing its strict ordinances governing adult businesses now [...]
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Related Entries:Palin Derangement Syndrome (PDS) continues, taking down that bastion of political learnedness, Chevrolet Chase:
Click here to view the embedded video.It’s so sad when one of our most venerated and learned scholars loses his fecal matter in such a publicly embarrasing fashion. Let us all bow our heads for a [...]
Today is Constitution Day, which I virtually guarantee will not be touched upon at all in either of our kids’ schools today. In honor of the least known federal holiday on the books, here’s a short citizenship exam.
If you make less than 70% on it you have [...]
Had an AIM conversation today with a friend/coworker who particularly dislikes both McCain and Palin. Since the MILF/Maverick pairing has created the most ire I’ve ever seen in a national election, I asked her…a gay, liberal female…what’s the big deal?
[11:37] Friend: you asked me yesterday why people despise sarah palin
[11:37] Friend: [...]
First, the case of Candice White, an eighteen year old, pregnant, citizen of East Bank, West Virginia.
Seems that Sgt. Steve Smith is a little trigger happy with his tazer. He zapped this woman three times with it, apparently while just playing around during a social visit. A report in [...]
“Obama was a community organizer like Jesus … Pontius Pilate was a governor.”
Click here to view the embedded video.Oh, so then Palin is going to crucify Obama? I’m good with that.
This guy isn’t even smart.
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Related Entries:We’d only been in Florida for a few months, having moved down in June for Ted’s new job. I didn’t yet have gainful employment, staying home with our young children instead. I was finishing up some contract design work for my old company the morning of the 11th, when Ted [...]
In the time since Sarahcuda was announced as the Veep candidate, has anyone else noticed the thundering chorus of catty bitchiness spewing from the mouths of otherwise (presumably) intelligent women? ”Don’t vote with your uterus,” they screech…blogging this latest National Enquirer crap as if it were fact…and otherwise generally [...]
Tomorrow, the Large Hadron Collider, the world’s largest particle accelerator, comes online. Some believe this heralds the end of life as we know it, the utter destruction of the Earth, and/or a rise in fuel prices. We here at Casa de Ligne know better, and here are the Top [...]
To borrow a word from someone I don’t necessarily like or agree with, the Pussification of American kids continues, with a Texas state official proposing the elimination of extra credit in high school classes to promote “fairness.”
High school students across Texas would no longer get extra credit in their [...]
I promise you all, I am going to Lose. It. on these people who make constant hay (in the comments) from the whinge that Palin isn’t near experienced enough to deal with being Veep. I by no means think she’s perfect…anyone who wants the job by definition doesn’t deserve it…but [...]
Most unexpectedly, a bit of wisdom from the Guardian:
Hatred is the most powerful emotion in politics. At present, American liberals are not fighting for an Obama presidency. I suspect that most have only the haziest idea of what it would mean for their country. The slogans that move their [...]
Anyone else remember Keith Olbermann from his Sportscenter days? He was by far the funniest/wittiest of a stellar crew, so it’s kind of a pity he’s driven his choo-choo directly off the rails.
And Matthews…he’s just loud, without the benefit of either wit or style. Darryl Hammond does a better Chris [...]
Sooo, what’d you think of Col. Tigh’s McCain’s speech? Sincere? Inspiring? If you were on the fence about him before are you now convinced?
What? What do *I* think? Erm…
I didn’t watch it.
Yeah, that’s what I said, I didn’t watch it.
*sigh*
I don’t like him, ok? I don’t like him and I [...]
Jooooooe Biiiiiiiden, (D), currently running for the office of Vice-President of the United States.
<Crowd Noise>
Announcer one: “Well Ted, I gotta say, I have been watching this game for a long time and I don’t think that I have ever seen this kind of speed by a candidate. The way he [...]
Ok, we watched The Speech (you know which one)…what’d you all think?
I think Ted was more enamored than I was, but it was undeniably strong, and really set the tone for how the [R]s are going to play this election. McCain has been thoroughly rendered as the martyr, will [...]
I checked in with the rest of the Stone Gang last night to see what they thought of the announcement regarding Palin’s daughter’s pregnancy…”no one’s business but the family’s” was the consensus.
I’m sure it won’t be that way for everyone in the same demographic, but I think most will [...]
It just keeps on coming, doesn’t it. The man is starting to sound like Kim Jong Il and his perfect score of 18 during his first round of golf ever. Now, Tsar Putin is apparently the hero yet again, taking down a charging Amur tiger that was trying to [...]
No, not for New Orleans.
Rather for the The American Diabetes Association and one of our sidebar guys who is going to be walking in the national walk-a-thon fund raiser.
I promise that this isn’t a trend of blegging beginning. This is the first time we have asked you guys [...]
You know, if someone libels an everyday citizen, then their recourse is to sue, settle the matter in civil court. But if the Obamessiah is libeled, well, that clearly requires the intervention of the Justice Department.
The advertisement ties Sen. Obama to William Ayers, an education professor at the University [...]
For Putin anyway:
The owner of an internet site critical of the Russian authorities in the volatile region of Ingushetia has been shot dead in police custody.
Magomed Yevloyev, owner of the ingushetiya.ru site, was a vocal critic of the region’s administration.
And:
Reports quoting local police said Yevloyev had tried to seize [...]
Watching the ticker on FoxNews (convenient channel for hurricane tracking is all, don’t read anything into it), and saw this fun tidbit go by… Apparently Former DNC chairman Don Fowler was recorded saying Gustav’s landing this morning (on the opening day of the RNC) proves God wants the Democratic party [...]
We have been following this whole election cycle with varying degrees of interest from the dropout of FDT and Duncan Hunter all the way up until the announcement of Sarah Palin to be the next VP. We have watched as qualified people who believed in limited government and constitutional strict [...]
So, I know I’m a little late to the party, and no one is going to read this since it is Friday night, but here is my buck and a quarter.
So far today, I have heard and read both sides of the aisle carooming off the walls about Gov. Palin. [...]
Ye gods this is nauseating.
Belgian Gardens State School in Townsville, Queensland, recently banned all unsupervised gymnastic activities outdoors in what it called an effort to protect students from injury.
ARGH. Kids get hurt, dammit, it’s part of being a kid. Wrapping them in cotton wool might save them but it [...]
Nothing about this on the news yet but Ted says the radio folks are reporting a certain mother of five, pro-drill ANWR, 44 year old conservative from Alaska has been picked up by McCain’s jet.
UPDATE: It’s official already? CNN says Palin’s The One.
To the “pundits” who are saying, [...]
So, McCain has chosen his veep, to be announced, oh, whenever.
I am SOOOOO excited by this election year. *yawn*
McCain’s selection process has been conducted mostly in secret, but officials said he was considering one or more candidates who support abortion rights. The disclosure set off a fracas on the [...]
I will be able to hold every mistake he ever makes over his head until he dies. (Sorry Jesuits, just revamping for the new order.)
When the UK’s DNA database plan for kids as young as five worked out so well, it seemed to embolden Her Majesty’s Government to really [...]
Or, you know, NOT.
This guy here is a total loser who ran his mouth in a public place with witnesses about his desire to harm both Obama and Pres. Bush. That just makes him a dumb-ass.
No real threat there.
Historically, those who actually do harm to public figures don’t say [...]
Well, this is baffling:
Nebraska’s new safe-haven law allowing parents to abandon unwanted children at hospitals with no questions asked is unique in a significant way: It goes beyond babies and potentially permits the abandonment of anyone under 19.
I really don’t know what to think of this. On the one [...]
And the hilarity begins:
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was briefly evacuated from her downtown Denver hotel on Saturday when a man carrying two hunting rifles and two pistols tried to check in to the hotel.Secret Service spokesman Malcolm Wiley said 29-year-old Joseph Calanchini of Pinedale, Wyo., faces a charge of [...]
