Archive for June, 2007
Pining for the Days of Old
Saturday, June 30, 2007 20:13 Comments OffCommunist nostalgia is in. Well, in Berlin anyways. “After the demise of East Germany, people got rid of their furniture fast and went to IKEA. They lost part of their identity, now they like seeing the old stuff again,” said Sand, who says he is not making a political point. Shame on capitalism for invading [...]
Using the Fear Factor to Hate China and Wal-Mart
Saturday, June 30, 2007 18:56 Comments OffThe headline reads: “What to do when everything is Made in China?: A one-week attempt to avoid products from there meets with little success.” Of course this is a push on the part of the Buy American-Protectionist crowd to scare people away from China’s imported goods and thus support the move toward the regulation of [...]
Why You Have to Hate Government
Tuesday, June 26, 2007 21:29 Comments OffThis here is the insanity and totalitarianism that is government.
If it Ain’t Nailed Down…
Monday, June 25, 2007 17:47 Comments OffIf you don’t think this is funny, you don’t have a sense of humor…..I do know that all over the country copper is being stolen, however, it’s a very rampant “sport” in Detroit. Another story reads, “That day, a crew from the utility found a man lying dead next to a pole in Detroit, apparently [...]
I Say “Let Them Suffer.”
Sunday, June 24, 2007 21:36 Comments OffA review of Michael Moore’s new movie “Sicko” asks: It poses a simple question and demands an answer: Why is the U.S. the only Western democracy without universal healthcare? Why are we willing to let our fellow citizens suffer? Do you want the strict libertarian’s answer to that stupid question? Most libertarians will sit there [...]
Low-Carb Low-Carbon Footprint Eating
Sunday, June 24, 2007 16:16
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Last night on the news there was this fella who had laid out various consumer food and beverage products on a table, and he explained the ‘carbon footprint’ that was representative of each product. The viewer was supposed to feel guilt. Fiji water was from, well, Fiji. Tahini was flown in all the way from [...]
The Psychopath Podhoretz
Sunday, June 24, 2007 15:52 Comments OffNeoconservative icon Norman Podhoretz followed up his Commentary article titled “The case for bombing Iran” — excerpts of which were re-published in The Wall St. Journal — with an interview elaborating on why he “hopes and prays” that we bomb Iran and how he envisions the bombings. Though he generously acknowledges that such an action [...]
Guess Who Celebrates Dictatorship?
Saturday, June 23, 2007 21:08 Comments OffWho else but the Weekly Standard? Michael Goldfarb celebrates what he thinks is The Federalist Paper’s approval (No. 70) for an executive office dictatorship. Glenn Greenwald covers this in Salon. In the world according to Goldfarb, the framers “sought an energetic executive with near dictatorial power in pursuing foreign policy and war. So no, the [...]
Drobo
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Conspiracy Realists of the World Unite
Saturday, June 23, 2007 6:56 Comments OffThis article, written by Wilt Alston, can’t seem to make its way onto the libertarian websites. Of course, people hesitate to touch anything that questions the official stories surrounding 9/11- because it’s just too darn radical. I am happy to publish a very well-written and tenacious piece that is skeptical of the rubbish people have [...]