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Please explain to me, Senator, why on earth I should vote for you. After the abomination that is BiCRA and the continued push to regulate on-line political speech, I thought you’d gone as far as possible. Turns out I was wrong.
The proposal, which Sen. John McCain is planning to introduce on Wednesday, also […]

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We Should Have Expected This

Wednesday, January 10th, 2007

[Via Drudge] Yesterday LA County voted to look into following New York’s lead in banning Trans-fats from food in restaurants.
New York’s ban, the first in the country and to be expected from somebody like Bloomberg, took regulatory nannyism to an entirely new height. Banning trans-fats lacks even the “what about the workers” excuse that […]

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So Long And Thanks For All The Pork

Wednesday, December 13th, 2006

It’s sort of sad that I get my local news via Hit & Run, but it is wonderful news that Henry Bonilla is out of Congress. As I’ve stated before, I bloody hated that guy and I’m glad he’s gone. Good riddance, asshole.

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How To Hurt Me

Friday, November 24th, 2006

I went to see the new Bond flick yesterday, on account of having today off from banking, and the movie was preceded by a preview for the new Will Smith venture. It seems like a pretty compelling film, really, but — though

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Go To Hell, Henry

Wednesday, November 8th, 2006

And take the idiots running the TX Dems in TX-23 with you. Because folks, seriously, six Democrats in the race? Not a good plan for victory. Folks, look at the chart. As of this writing if all of that D power had been consolidated behind one candidate, you’d be up 50-47 […]

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What I Just Said? Nevermind.

Friday, September 29th, 2006

This seals it. I am not going to vote for any sitting Republican for the forseeable future, except to make sure that one party does not control both elected branches of government, but I will express this will in only the presidential election because I’m okay with a (D) Congress and an (R) Executive.
It […]

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More From The Cult Files

Monday, September 18th, 2006

If you didn’t believe that Scientology was a dangerous cult before now, watch and be amazed.

Seriously, it’s quite disturbing. Even worse, the police officer who assaults a law-abiding citizen at the start of the clip. Shameful.

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‘We Are Watching You’

Monday, September 18th, 2006

Every time one of my family members or friends teases me about my libertarian proclivities, which is often, I think of the UK. In particular, I think of their CCTV system. As now the telescreens are only in public places, but the new ability of CCTV monitors (who work for the state) to […]

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Dear (Dis)Astros Management,

Sunday, June 25th, 2006

Please, please, trade Brad Lidge. His ERA is 4.67, he’s blowing saves all over the place, and today he gave up two hits and a walk with two out in the 9th, and then a grand slam.
In fact, get rid of the whole bullpen besides Wheeler. I realize that things will get better […]

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Fuck You, Congress.

Thursday, May 11th, 2006

Now that I know the NSA has a huge fucking database of phone calls anyway, and that my cell carrier has been complicit in such, I’m just going to come out and say what I’ve been thinking because I’m sure I’m already on watch-list anyway.
Basically, the headline is all I wanted to say. There […]

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