Potent Quotables (updated periodically)

  • "If you like sausages and laws, you should never watch either one of them being made." -- Otto von Bismarck
  • "God who gave us life, gave us liberty. Can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed a conviction that these liberties are the gift of God? Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, that his justice cannot sleep forever." -- Thomas Jefferson
  • "The best way to prove a stick is crooked is to lay a straight one beside it" -- FW Boreham
  • "There are two kinds of people in the world. Those who walk into a room and say, 'There you are' and those who say, 'Here I am'" -- Abigail Van Buren
  • "It was not political rhetoric, mass rallies or poses of moral indignation that gave the people a better life. It was capitalism." -- Thomas Sowell

Thursday, December 31, 2009

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

P + P = More P


Theory:
Poverty + Programs = Power

Therefore, one might say that votes matter more (to some) than the prosperity of a nation.

Sunday, December 27, 2009

The Ancients


If you are interested, a brief comparison of Jesus and Muhammad can be read by clicking here.  Article is by William Federer, historian and author of all kinds of interesting stuff.  His website is http://www.americanminute.com/ if you're interested in putting current events in a historical context.

The reason I posted this is because it seems that among all the other issues we think about (as a nation), we are also in the middle of debating whether or not to trust Muslims as a whole.  Islam is sometimes said to be a religion of peace, but the facts about this religion are not so convenient.  Of course there are exceptions, such as the thus-far peaceful Green movement in Iran currently engaged in what appears to me to be a remarkable act of civil disobedience and bravery.

Judge for yourself about Islam.  If you decide that trust in Islam is misplaced, that is your right.  But remember that Christianity does not promote the spread of violence or persecution.  It is possible that Muslims are a brainwashed people.  It would seem this presents an enormous opportunity for spreading the love of Christ, albeit a potentially dangerous one.

Carbon-bon



Let me preface this post by saying that when I watched the new movie, Avatar, I rooted for the Na'vi (the blue jungle-dwelling people).  I'm an animal and nature lover.  One of my own family members died of asthma related complications.  So I want you to know that I do care about the environment, clean air, etc.  The earth's resources should be used appropriately, not simply squandered beyond necessity to get at whatever goodies might lie beneath its surface. 

But it seems to me that this carbon footprint / climate change stuff is a money-making scheme created to pull at your heartstrings while doing nothing to actually better the environment.  This is what happens when an ideology becomes an idiocracy.  Pay special attention to the next to last paragraph in this article where the lady says she was just "trying to be good..."  What a sad religion is Gorism.  The Earth was doing a fine job of coping with temperature before Al Gore came along.  The only inconvenient truth here is that Al Gore and others like him have been able to make a mighty fine living off of ignorant people.

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Bribes, kickbacks, and other political booty

If the health care insurance reforms revered by liberal democrats are so great, then why the hell'd you have to buy off so many members of congress, Harry? Shouldn't people just naturally want to, you know, buy in on their own?

Of course, "buy in" is the appropriate term now, what with mandates and penalties and all.

Monday, December 21, 2009

60/40



Before you try to take over the world, thank you for at least letting me know who my friends are.  Also, this article rocks my face (not off, but it still rocks it).

Friday, December 18, 2009

I hate to say I told you so, but...

I told you so. Just not in quite a high-minded economics fashion.

Wait, let me retract that. I said months ago that it's basic economics: raise the cost of labor, and demand for labor will decrease.

The argument for a "living wage" or a higher minimum wage has almost always been based on specious emotional reactions and not on sound economic facts. I maintain that the two quickest, best things that Our Gov't could do to mitigate both the current economic situation and the longer-term budget deficit would be to reduce corporate income taxes and lower minimum wage, with reduction of personal income taxes a close third. This would stimulate business development, production, hiring, investment, and make the US a more attractive business environment to foreign firms. All of which would, in aggregate and over time, increase the tax base and gives us a fighting chance to lower the deficit before our children are grandparents (assuming hell freezes over and Our Gov't reduces spending).

Thursday, December 17, 2009

Is there hope for the Left after all?


Wow, maybe there is still some hope and change left under those seat cushions.  Does the Left have a conscience after all?  I want to give them credit where it is due.

Well, maybe except for the likes of Chavez and the other Copenhagen weirdos.  They're already too gone.

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Budget

“Because if we don't do this, nobody argues with the fact that health care costs are going to consume the entire federal budget,” the president said recently in an interview with Charles Gibson.

[Grimp raises hand]

Why?

Parker?! I don't even know her...



Hehehe, that's what she said... Okay enough.

Her first name, Annise, would have been much funnier if she were a man, by the way. You know, I don't want to rag on gays. Because the Lord said, "Love thy neighbor." And I do. But that doesn't mean I have to praise my neighbor's sin. Love the sinner not the sin. Yes, we all sin.  Yes, we all fall short.  Does that mean we all deserve for our sin to be made into an acceptable norm in our culture?  Um...no, not so much.

I love how being openly gay (apparently much better than regular gay) makes you worthy of a personal phone call from the president of the US.  Our president apparently loves the sin.  I also love how about 150,000 people made the choice to have an openly gay mayor for the other 2.2 million residents of Houston while the other registered losers didn't bother to get off their duffs and vote. 

Obama says, "We're watching and very proud..." 

Of??? 

Being gay???  Yes, congratulations and happy trails. 

Just another log to add to the morality bonfire.

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Well of course it does!

I haven't posted here in a few weeks, so it only makes sense that my first post back would be something stupid.
What English Sounds Like to Non-English Speakers (It's a music video, natch).

The dancing at 1:27 of the video cracks me up more than anything else.

Oh, and there's a harmonica.

Monday, December 14, 2009

The Power of Obama Compels You



As our fearless leader likes to say, "Let me be clear."  If our president were to get on board with America, I would be one of the first people to support him.  But until that day, I will be forced by conscience to disagree with him.

"I didn't run for office to help Fat cat bankers on Wall Street..."

These are the telling words of a communist that echo in the hearts of downtrodden minorities: "Don't be a banker...don't do anything that makes you or your family prosperous (unless it's writing a memior before you've had a life to write about)...making money is immoral (for conservatives)...unlike abortion and gay marriage which is no biggie...stay poor...stay ignorant...I will help you...I am from the government...I am all powerful and righteous...you are my subjects...let me (s)mother you...come to my bosom, and I will give you rest..."

Makes me wanna spew!  Out both ends!  Simultaneously. 

Banks owe the American public (as if these businesses were not made up of the American public)?  For what exactly?  Being bailed out against our will?  Wasn't that congress' doing?  Wasn't that our leadership?  No banks didn't cause the recession.  Congress did because people like Barney Frank regulated a "free" market system into what it became and opened a door to to incentives for poorly structured financial transactions. 

Be sure to watch the whole video linked in the paragraph above, and you can see Obama feign humility on Oprah.  I haven't seen that kind of acting since Hillary squeezed a steaming tear out on the campaign trail.  A B+ huh...  Wow, man, don't be so hard on yourself.  I mean, you're doing a great job of ramming new policies down the throats of unwilling Americans.  On the communist grading scale, I'd give you an A.  You can get an A+ when you have your own gulag.

Obama spoke.  And there was light...  Suddenly common sense and truth don't matter that much anymore.  This self-proclaimed savior of America is simply a man with a mic behind a fancy green curtain.

Sunday, December 13, 2009

Entropy (or why the left isn't right, Part III)


Entropy is considered a measure of disorder.  The term is used to describe the concept in science of systems naturally tending towards a lower state of energy (an increased state of chaos).  Living things use engergy to "defeat" entropy.  More energy is required to keep systems organized and working than what is needed to allow them to fall into a state of chaos.  Take an old tractor for example.  It has to be oiled, filled with fuel, and maintained in order to continue to run.  If it is left out in a field without any care, it will rust and eventually fall into a non-working state.  Your own house may even be an appropriate analogy.  If you do nothing to keep up with the laundry, do the dishes, or vacuum, eventually your house accumulates a list of needed chores so long that it seems insurmountable.  Similarly, that which is dead will begin to decay and be prayed upon by the living.

Entropy can be used to describe the liberal point of view.  Communication is important, and in the realm of communication, the conservative viewpoint is at a natural disadvantage that must be overcome.  Entropy describes why it is easier to convey the liberal message to the general public.  It is much simpler to say, "We're from the government, and we're here to help" than it is to convey a conservative message of personal freedom and the concepts of individual responsibility and individual charity.  It is much easier to be passively taxed by the government than to make a conscious decision to take action and give to someone in need.  Liberal views are lethargic and result in a removal of energy from the system due to complacency and waste.  Liberalism makes empty promises to the public without consideration of repercussions.  It takes the easy road: says what is easy to say and takes the path of least resistance. 

As these promises are believed, the public begins to rely on government for its wellbeing (business regulations, health care, etc.) and has a decreasing incentive to be productive resulting in a net loss of freedom, prosperity, and ability.  One expects charitable giving to decline as reliance on government to service the populace increases and for the general skillset to suffer as regulations are expected to solve personal deficiencies in the arts of math and money management. 

We have not even yet mentioned the direct destruction of life:  a liberal invention for solving personal social crises.  Energy is required to support life, and it is much easier to tell a young woman who is scared of an unwanted pregnancy that it is her right to abort the child than it is to teach her the value of human life.  When the culture of putting energy into the system is no longer valued, lives will be worth nothing.  Liberals prefer immediate solutions but have no intention of dealing with their unintended consequences.  They end up looking like humanity's saviors, but, much like orchids, they are simply beautiful parasites.

In short, communicating the conservative approach requires more work but results in a living organized system.  It must be maintained.  Energy must be put into it to make it work.  In the end, a stronger, more capable organism will remain.  The liberal alternative is an empty cup labeled "hope and change".

Why the Left isn't Right Part I
Why the Left isn't Right Part II

Saturday, December 12, 2009

Scientific Nobel Prize

In honor of the ignominious anniversary of the blog. I would like to take a moment to rectify a wrong. When the Nobel Prizes were awarded this year, you noticed, of course, that the American media were not among them. Why is this, when the American media have managed the greatest scientific discovery of our time, the Hills Singularity? We all know about black holes, singularities of immense gravitational power that can bend light itself. But who, I ask you, could have imagined that MTV would create a singularity so powerful that not even rational thought can escape? This incredible discovery is named in honor of that weird TV show where teeny-boppers just kind of awkwardly stare at each other for extended periods of time. I can only assume that they stare at each other without dialogue of any kind because the actors of the show are victims of the same singularity they helped to create, and their rational thought is being sucked out their tear ducts while the cameras are rolling. Bravo, American Media. I can only hope that your pioneering scientific spirit can continue to extend beyond the realms of our universe into other dimensions where logic, reason, and morality continue to carry a weight of importance that approximates that of a half-eaten cheese puff. You, American Media, are the reason that the terms "morning" and "mourning" are indistinguishable in spoken communication. Your epic fail is only eclipsed by the Russian Navy's ability to generate massive and well-recorded light shows with their failed sea-launched missiles. Next week - we discuss the topic of "subtlety". Until then, remember, if you're not cheating, you're not trying...

Monday, December 07, 2009

PHD


In honor of fallen heroes...

Photos

But I Never Learned to Reid!


Wow, there is a feminine hygiene product that describes Senator Harry Reid to a "t".  Yes, I know, that's a bit tacky.  But he is just awful.  The man unreluctantly equates enemies of communism to enemies of equal rights.  In his own words regarding the recent debates on health care communism: "When women spoke up for the right to speak up, they wanted to vote, some insisted they simply, slow down, there will be a better day to do that, today isn't quite right."  Really?  Can no one help this poor man?  And then, "When this body was on the verge of guaranteeing equal civil rights to everyone regardless of the color of their skin, some senators resorted to the same filibuster threats that we hear today."  In other words, since people wanted to slow down progression back then, it follows that people who want to slow down a really bad form of progression today must be evil.  Is there a lapse in judgment there, or is it just me?  It's the same old argument: "Anyone who thinks my ideas suck (and they do, Harry) must be prejudiced against blacks or maybe even women."  No Harry, just you.  I'm prejudiced against you.  So Harry, if you're ever thinking of jumping into a swirling lava-filled inferno, and I tell you to wait, slow down, think about it...by all means, don't listen to me, because I'm a conservative, and I wouldn't want to keep you from being progressive.

Sunday, December 06, 2009

The Strength of America


The Senate is currently debating the gargantuan health care bill.  There are a million and one sad stories that bleeding heart liberals can come up with to tug on your heart strings.  But no amount of willful blindness will make this bill a good idea.  The strengh of America is at stake now.  You can watch C-SPAN for a mere 5 minutes and realize democrats in congress have completely forgotten that the strength of America is found in the independency of each American and not in his/her reliance on the state.  Ever since we fought for liberty against Great Britain, the strength of America was Americans.  Americans are strong, able, intelligent, and charitable.  The government's mothering is smothering.  We don't need them to save us from ourselves.  This bill, which is thousands of pages of ambiguous controls is nothing more than one small step for congress, one giant leap towards tyranny.  As Europeans are pulling themselves out of the fires of socialism, we are rushing headlong into the flames.

Check out Cornyn around an hour 17 on this CSPAN video.  Nice to see Obama's empty promises of transparency made more transparent.

Wednesday, December 02, 2009

Completion



In case you missed the president forget last night to inspire a WIN versus bring the campaign operation fighting thingy to a successful completion, you may watch it by clicking the link below.  "As your commander in chief, I owe you a mission that is clearly defined and worthy of your service."  Time to pay up Mr. President.

Speech video