Archive for July, 2009
For Most of Us, The Political Isn’t Personal. On the Other Hand…
Polite political discourse? Oh, I think we tossed that into a ditch somewhere around the Bush v Gore SCOTUS decision. You know, in case anyone was interested in retrieving it, polishing it up, and handing it to our left-wing compadres. Just don’t tell Saul Alinksy.
Warning: Shack Strangeness All Weekend
Sunday Update: Most of what I had expected to do is done now, thanks to Andrew Riley and Duane Lester. Duane and I were talking and I mentioned my woes. He whistled up Andrew, who just did some great work at his site, and, literally within five minutes of that conversation, Andrew was on my [...]
Shocking News: Washington, DC Has Not Become Wild West Shootoutville
Washington, D.C. has been behaving rather strangely. No, I’m not talking about the usual suspects who inhabit the Federal buildings whose strangeness is becoming incredibly tiresome. I mean the city itself. It’s been a year since the D.C. City government was forced by the Supreme Court to give residents their Second Amendment rights back yet [...]
So, Who Gets the Axe Under Obamacare?
My new post is up at AIP. I decided to try a little thought experiment based on a new Democratic health care proposal that will force small businesses with payrolls of more than $250,000 to give their employees health insurance or pay a rather hefty fine. Here’s an excerpt: Consider Company A, which employs seven [...]
I Do Not Forsee an Increase in Humility
I suppose the question now is who will play him when this movie is made? I’m calling dibs on Kevin Smith to play my role as Plucky Blogger Who Links All Stacy’s IG Scandal Updates.
Same Old Interrupting Cow. Different Joke
What do you get when you combine my favorite knock-knock joke with rampant geekery? Pure, unadulterated funny. That same joke works if your substitute “coefficient of friction” with “lost continent” or “Buddhist unasking of a question”. So you can tailor it to your audience, whether it’s a Buddhist monk or Stephen Hawking. Wait…that’s not funny.
That’s Nice, Jules, But This is the Sundries Shack
Smitty dropped me a note to ask if I had a picture of The Sundries Shack as glorious as that of the grocery store next to Jules Crittenden’s Right Wing Warmonger’s Bookshop. As it happens, yes I do and it’s an awfully nice place, as befits The World’s Finest Country Store-Themed Blog. I came across [...]
That’s What You Said