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Archive for June 14th, 2008

Drill For Oil On American Soil

June 14th, 2008 | Category: Politics

While the United States Congress cannot create a solution to the energy crisis, it does not, however, have a right to prevent one from occurring.
Common sense and the law of supply and demand tells us that:
(A) when supplies are plentiful, prices go down;
(B) when supplies are scarce, prices go up.

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Just in case you thought the Dems were in touch; Sen Harry Reid explains their position.

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Spain Smacked by a Dose of Economic Reality

June 14th, 2008 | Category: Politics

So far Zapatero’s post-modern approach to Spain’s economic crisis seems based on three reality-evading pillars: denial, passing the blame, and more denial. His Plan A has involved a pop psychology campaign advising Spaniards that “pessimism does not create jobs.” Plan B blamed “radical liberalism,” which in euro-speak means the free market.

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How to Regulate Games: A Guide for Legislators - A Followup

June 14th, 2008 | Category: Politics

I’ve noticed that a lot of people have commented on the various reproductions of my How to Regulate Games: A Guide for Legislators since its posting a few weeks ago. There are, however, a number of points I’d like to clarify about that post and with regard to some of the comments I’ve seen on the stories about that article.

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“Dear Next President: No Internet Taxation”

June 14th, 2008 | Category: Politics

“The web is the force behind the most important innovation in recent history. We should be empowering individuals and small businesses to succeed in this new medium to the greatest possible extent, not taxing innovation. Introducing taxes now will severly cripple the web’s growth at this critical stage of early development.”

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Satan loathes iPods

June 14th, 2008 | Category: Politics

Satan’s been slipping, not keeping up with the latest technology, and it’s hurting his youthful following. Do you realize it’s been years since the ol’ Master of Evil made a press release with one of his infamous backwords subliminal messages? Why you wonder? Well, how the hell is Ol’ Red supposed to do that when iPods don’t even play backwards ?—

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Controversial World War II book questions ‘just war’

June 14th, 2008 | Category: Politics

Even the staunchest opponents of the wars in Vietnam and Iraq are loath to take issue with World War II, the quintessential conflict between good and evil that became the model of a morally just war.

Andrew says: Another Jew-hater trying to make his hatred out to be “questioning” rather than what it is…

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