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Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good …
Over at Bloomberg, Ramesh Pnnuru has piece on “Sensible Gun Legislation”. A ‘fair enough” piece that brings up some items that an uncle of one of the slain kids at Sandy Hook Elementary that included a legal requirement to report a imminent threat (or suffer jail time for remaining silent), a standard for how guns …
Comment Doodlings: What does “Why to you Need that?” have to do with Freedom? Read More »
I am, I confess, one of those who think that choice and impulse ought to come from below and not from above, from the citizen and not from the legislator; and the opposite doctrine appears to me to tend to the destruction of liberty and of human dignity. But by a deduction as false as …
Notable Quote: Their Faith is in The Legislator, Ours is in Mankind Read More »
(Repost: Originally posted Aug 17th, 2010 – What can I say, I like this one.) I started drinking coffee at the age of six, not because my parents were irresponsible—they were in fact better people than I can ever hope to become—but because I spent an unusual amount of time in the company of coffee …
OK, Steve beat me to it here, but I had my own thoughts of the accident in Pelham that I started on last night but as you will read, similar. There will be those out there that will react in horror to what I am about to write ( “BUT CHILDREN GOT HURT – BADLY!”). …
For the accident by a few, there will be those that will seek to punish us all Read More »
Panel Discussion on how our energy resources are locked up by green energy elites and environmental wackos, moderated by James Taylor, Senior Fellow and Managing Editor, Environment and Climate News, Heartland Institute. The panel consisted of: Ann McElhinney, Film Director and Producer, “Not Evil Just Wrong“, and the upcoming “FrackNation” Charles Drevna, President, American Fuel …
CPAC: Starving at a Feast: Why Aren’t We Using Our Untapped Energy Resources? Read More »
“The college idealists who fill the ranks of the environmental movement seem willing to do absolutely anything to save the biosphere, except take science courses and learn something about it.” — P.J. O’Rourke The NH Union Leader’s Ted Seifert featured a story about ConservationNH.org and their inaugural release of the, “Dirty Dozen” list of bills currently …
ConservationNH And Their “Tree-huggin” Hippy Crap Read More »
“I have a great diet. You’re allowed to eat anything you want, but you must eat it with naked fat people.” —Ed Bluestone It’s a different kind of day when the Shrill Kathy graces the pages of the Union Leader with feigned pity for Republican candidates. And what can be said of the Shrill Kathy where …
The Shrill Kathy On Religion, Fatties, Food Stamps, And Republicans Read More »
“College is a refuge from hasty judgment.” —Robert Frost Owning rental property is a daunting endeavor. With ownership comes financial challenges, legal exposure, and responsibilities not traditionally endured with single family home ownership. Add to that facet renting to college students and the task becomes a head-snapping endeavor. Years ago, I found myself dealing with …
“A charlatan makes obscure what is clear; a thinker makes clear what is obscure.” — Hugh Kingsmill Last month, while speaking at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, presidential candidate New Gingrich drew the hue and cry of liberals everywhere when he suggested that children can learn the value of a …
Romney Disagrees With Gingrich on Child Labor…Surprised? Read More »
