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Thursday, February 20, 2014

Miscellany: 2/20/14

Quote of the Day
An educated man is one who knows a lot and
says nothing about it.
Gracie Fields

Birth Control Is So Expensive in a Sandra Fluke World That Carrying Protection Makes You a Target

What is it about the cost and expense of pursuing victimless crimes? Leave the punishment of victimless crimes to God!



Barry! Say It Ain't So.... Once Again Backing Down on Entitlement Reform...

Who would ever believe that the man whom would rather shut down the US government than to accept modest budget cuts in exchange for raising the debt ceiling, who refused to endorse the majority findings of Simpson-Bowles, would back away from modest cost-of-living increase reform under the social security Ponzi scheme? This man has never seen a budget too big; look at his populist nonsense in response to even modest sequestration cuts.

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Via LFC
Or have the kids churn homemade ice cream while "progressive" kids tax their "fair share", claiming you didn't make that....

(LFC). Should society respect human rights or animal rights? If a religion such as Judaism or Islam infringes on the rights of animals, should it be banned? Is meat-eating murder? Is spaying your pet genital mutilation of a slave?

"Denmark’s government has brought in a ban on the religious slaughter of animals for the production of halal and kosher meat, after years of campaigning from welfare activists." (Teal)
Simply put, an unconscionable intervention against religious liberty by a majoritarian abuse of power on behalf of special interests. Morally contemptible is mounting a sophistic defense of "animal rights" to mask religious intolerance.

(Libertarian Republic). Kansas 'Spanking Bill' Would Allow Teachers and Parents to Leave Bruises | The Libertarian Republic http://bit.ly/1haHdZX
The last thing I would provide is a blank check to let public employees physically abuse my child. Not a parent, but an uncle whom has done his fair share of babysitting. I was shocked when one sister-in-law, unasked, gave me her permission to swat the kids if they got out of line; it never crossed my mind. If the kids got out of line, I might say those words every child fears worse than a spanking: "Go to bed NOW" in my no-nonsense professor voice.

(Independent Institute). Senior Fellow Ivan Eland: "The almost 65-year U.S.-led effort to isolate this regime [North Korea] has failed--as also has the 55-year attempt to do the same with the Castro brothers in Cuba. In both cases, isn't it time to try alternatives to these 'isolationist" policies?'"
Agreed. Free trade and greater prosperity would be far better than escalating tensions with angry, counterproductive rhetoric.
American doesn't have the right to speak about human rights. Killing innocent children and family with drones. Killing the unborn. Going to war just to cause major chaos in other nations. How much killing will the United States government do?
Not saying American intervention is without problems, but trying to compare the US government to thuggish rogue regimes is absurd. In this country, you are free to express your opinion about the government. Under rogue regimes, you and possibly your friends and family will be liberated from life.

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Courtesy of Steve Breen and Townhall
Musical Interlude: My iPod Shuffle Series

Dave Loggins, "Please Come to Boston"