If we’re going to make sense, we must learn to use language properly. I’m tired of words being misappropriated or misdefined through popular usage, so let’s sort this one out (it’s bad enough that the third-rate […]

Brilliant.

Naturally, I’m sure both of my Senators voted in favour – but Feinstein & Boxer are both statist Democrats.

I have a similar problem in working with the House – Lofgren is borderline statist as […]

“If you are always looking for racism, you will always find it.” -Me, ca 2002
“There will be racism as long as people insist on being ni****s.” -Me, ca. 1985 (N.B.: the use of the “N-word” [Lord, how I hate […]

Great.

How many small businesses that sell online with either stop doing so, or shut down altogether if this goes through? I don’t want to have to administer even ONE sales tax, let alone TWO (unless these […]

I don’t know what scares me more – that these people can take themselves seriously, or that OTHER PEOPLE can take them seriously!

I went back to school a few years ago, and had my English Writing instructor fail an opinion paper I turned in.

Not because my opinion was indefensible.
Not because I couldn’t show a logical construction of […]

That’s odd – when I was in grammar school, fully two-thirds of the students had pocket knives with them. We used them as tools (most of them had screwdriver blades on them, which we often used to tighten up […]

50-49-1. Nice to see it’s so popular.

Do you suppose anyone has actually read it?

If Internet Sales Tax gets passed, I’ll look for a way around it. If I can’t find one, I’ll go out of business. This is stupid.

Income tax is bad enough. All of these taxes should be rounded up and put out […]

One more time for the slow ones…

“It is the PERSON, not the tools they use. PEOPLE are violent, TOOLS are not.”

It’s really a very simple rule.

“Eat what you like, but don’t try to stuff it in my mouth.”

I only “oppress” vegetarians when they’re going to get in my face about it. I’ve worked with vegetarians, we’ve […]

I am white. I am, however, generally colourblind in terms of ethnicity.

I have known people of all colours, races, persuasions, /et/ /al/ that I have been happy – and proud – to call “friend.”

I have known […]

I do not see how passing a law to punish people for enforcing laws that are UNconstitutional can be, in itself, unconstitutional.

I’ve worried at this for about ten minutes – which, for me, is a very long […]

Sure. Why not?

In 2002, I applied to TSA and went through the selection process. The hope was that I could work my way up, and finally turn airport insecurity into something useful (the only airport I felt […]

And, it makes more sense. They’re ALREADY THERE!

I’m not advocating armed neophytes in the classroom – by all means, make training easily available to them, perhaps even subsidize it (I’d rather see my money […]

Gee whiz. And we spent three years, dealing with a $500 mistake, that THEY made, and took them two years to figure out?

I don’t get it.

If it’s not a STEM (Science, Technology, Education, Maths) major, you’re wasting money.

Sure, humanities courses are useful – but they are also MINOR courses for college. Your major should be something you […]

When I was in, the military was about the most color-blind place one could find. Everyone was either “green” (Army & Marine Corps) or “blue” (Navy & Air Force.)

Interestingly, however, the two colors were […]

OK – One more time for the rest of the class…

“It is not WHAT YOU EAT that makes you fat. It is what you do AFTER YOU EAT that makes you fat.”

When I was a kid, I ate more than most adults – by about […]

Were I offered a Nobel Peace Prize at this point, I’d refuse it. Offer me one for scientific accomplishment – that’s still an objective accomplishment, and hasn’t been diluted by politics (not that I know of, […]