RockStarKevin

Blackstone’s Commentaries: “The right to self-defence is the first law of nature: in most governments it has been the study of rulers to confine the right within the narrowest limits possible.” (HT:NRO)

Posted on June 30th, 2008 under quote. Comments: None

Gun Thoughts by Tarzana Joe
If I ever thought to get a gun
My inner voice would cry out
What do you want with a gun, TJ?
You’d likely shoot your eye out.
Raised so far away from the NRA
That I never touched a rifle
Those semantic fights re: the Bill of Rights
Seemed an academic trifle
But in later life with a [...]

Posted on June 30th, 2008 under quote. Comments: None

There are only two times to pray: when you need it, and when you don’t.
~Pastor Mike

Posted on June 29th, 2008 under sermon notes. Comments: None

The editors of National Review are usually a smart bunch of people, but they’re having a hard time understanding the FairTax. NRO Editorial: Fair Tax, Foul Politics.
The tax code needs major reform to become fairer, simpler, and more efficient. The Fair Tax is one instantiation of those goals, but its political impracticality makes it fatally [...]

Posted on June 27th, 2008 under Taxes. Comments: None

(note: this line comes from a reviewer of a book, and I’m not saying he’s right or wrong, but it has to be the most creative line to discibe a book that the reader didn’t like that I’ve read in a while.)
“Finally, I’m amazed that he could string so many imaginary words together and make [...]

Posted on June 27th, 2008 under friday freeforall. Comments: None

After listening to Hugh H. on his C-Span interview with Willful Blindness author Andy McCarthy, prosecutor of the blind sheik in the first World Trade Center bombing (audio part 1 here; part 2 here), I wonder:
What would have happened if the WTC fell during the 1993 bombing?  How would the US have responded? Would [...]

Posted on June 26th, 2008 under QC7. Comments: None

BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY (1989)
They must think we were born yesterday to believe protesters at the 1972 Republican National Convention donned what appear to be Reeboks (see Tom Cruise’s footwear) a full seven years before they made their U.S. debut.

CATCH ME IF YOU CAN (2002)
Con man Frank Abagnale Jr. (Leonardo DiCaprio) swindled millions [...]

Posted on June 26th, 2008 under QC7. Comments: 1

Why do so many athletes make permenant residence in Texas and Florida?  Could it be that there is no state income tax there?  Or is it just the weather?

Posted on June 26th, 2008 under QC7. Comments: None

Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?”
For it is not wise to ask such questions.

Posted on June 25th, 2008 under facts and charts. Comments: None