SciFi Quote of the Day
“If San Diego Comic Con is your handsome older brother with a Phd wearing a fancy suit and driving a Prius, Dragon*Con is your loud-mouthed sister who’s dressed just a tad inappropriately and most likely coming off a bender in Vegas.”
democrat Culture of Corruption marches on…
House Member Eleanor Holmes Norton, a democrat, made a fundraising call to a lobbyist, and left voice mail where she flat out hits the lobbyist up for cash.
It’s Primary Day
At least here in the People’s Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
All the interesting races are in the Republican primaries. The democrats are typical Massachusetts democrats, part of the party system, and like my Congressman, Rep. McGovern, part of the caucus of the Socialist Party of America. For those lefties that read this blog, I wish I was making that one up.
The big race is the five way one for the right to run against Rep. McGovern, who, like the President and his cabinet, has never held a private sector job in his life.
For that race, I like Marty Lamb. I’ve met him, and his wife Peri. I like his message and his reasons for running.
The other contested race is for Auditor.
I like both candidates, Kamal Jain and Mary Z. Connaughton. Kamal has the advantage for supporting ballot initiative 3, which would roll the state income tax from 6.5% to 3%.
Kamal (and Marty) get that the problem isn’t that government isn’t taking enough of the tax payer’s money, the problem is that government is spending too much of the tax payer’s money.
Sunday Roundup
Filed under: Culture of Corruption, Our Dear Leader, Politics
Small Sample of Philly Voter Rolls Reveals Hundreds of Ineligible Names
Just a reminder: No one in Obama’s cabinet has business experience
Liberals desperate to connect Tea Party with domestic terrorism
41 Obama White House aides owe the IRS $831,000 in back taxes
Yet another example of democrat corruption
Rep. Sanford Bishop (D-Ga.) awarded three scholarships from the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation to his stepdaughter and wife’s niece between 2003 and 2005, according to records from the non-profit group.
Anti-Jewish Hatred From The Folks Who Call The Tea Party Racist
The Racist, Bigoted Right Wing Nets 30 African American Candidates in 2010
September 11, 2001
Crunchy SciFi Goodness
On the last episode of Warehouse 13, H.G. Wells’ Time Machine had a Flux Capacitor!
I’m waiting for the oscillation overthruster to show up.
Butterfly Swords
I picked up a set of practice Butterfly Swords, steel ones, not the lightweight aluminum ones.
These are really fun! They come in pairs, one for each hand, and are pretty heavy for their size. Using them is an upper body workout in itself!
They are not a common weapon system in most martial arts. They come from a Southern Kung Fu tradition. I’ve only seen reference to them in Hung Gar and Wing Chun. Here is a Wing Chun form I found.
Originally posted on my Shaolin Kempo blog.
Question of the Day
What is the left has against simple debate? If you dare mention that the narco-civil war in Mexico is creating a security problem along the US/Mexico border, they shut down and call you a racist.
Fact one: It’s not about race.
Fact two: Mexico has been in the midst of a violent narco-civil war for years! It’s one of the reasons average Mexicans risk life and limb to come to America!
Fact three: Many Americans would be a lot less concerned about illegal immigration from Mexico if the narco-civil war stayed south of the border. Look up the kidnapping rating in Phoenix, AZ if you think the drug gangs haven’t crossed the boarder into the US.
It’s not that difficult to grasp. The problem is slightly more complicated than than the leftists would like it be, but not by much. Is it asking too much for liberals to step up to the intellectual plate on this subject?
Even the Obama administration admits the violence problem, although in a very quiet manner they hope nobody will notice.
Quote of the Day
My personal credo as a libertarian conservative: I think all attempts to reform your fellow-citizens or tell them how to live their lives are arrogant and tyrannical. THAT’S why I oppose Leftism. I want people to be free to manage their own lives. “Reform” is just authoritarianism. People are not playthings for anybody’s theories or obsessions.
Clint Howard Knows Politics!
Clint Howard nails it on why democrat congresscritters are avoiding Town Hall meetings!