Scary stuff... Hopefully we never get as bad as the below here in the US.

Socialism means equality of income or nothing... under socialism you would not be allowed to be poor. You would be forcibly fed, clothed, lodged, taught, and employed whether you like it or not. If it were discovered that you had not character enough to be worth all this ( Read more... )

For those who think that chinese style totalitarian internet censorship couldn't possibly happen in a free, democratic country...

AustraliaJust wait, if Obama gets in, we'll surely have the same thing happen here with the internet Fairness doctrine, banning any site that doesn't offer a "balanced" view in some nebulous bureau's opinion. There will ( Read more... )

Friends don't let friends dress their kids up in political gear...

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http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/09/the_libertarian_case_for_palin.htmlRead more... )

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/28/fcc_comcast_landmark/Read more... )

http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/06/re-regulate-com.html

Wired is arguing that the airlines should be reregulated because the airlines are losing so much money. I think they're absofreakinglutely insane. It seems like they think there are two states to capitalist systems. Regulated and unregulated. Really, there's a huge grayscale between the two and ( Read more... )

I heard recently that Jolie has obtained the movie rights for Atlas Shrugged. The immediate question was one of "can one of those Hollywood types NOT butcher the whole idea of the book ( Read more... )

http://washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080210/NATION/851739546/1001Read more... )

I think this stimulus package breaks one of my essential rules on how to make a market economy work. You can't have any situation anywhere that would make it so you would lose money by earning one additional dollar ( Read more... )

Holiday altercation with standing up for the little guysTwo thoughts on this ( Read more... )