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The Ho-Hum Masturbatory Doldrums of the State of the Union Address

by January 24th, 2012 - Politics »

Hey. I missed the State of the Union Address. Did it go something like this? “Those other guys are assholes. We don’t do anything wrong. We will prevent everything that could ever go wrong to anyone and give everyone everything they always wanted. We are the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever […]

Occupy Wall Street and the Individual – Of Walruses and Oysters, a Grain of Sand

by October 21st, 2011 - Politics » Society »

I quote Ferris Beuller, “-ism’s in my opinion are not good. A person should not believe in an -ism, he should believe in himself. I quote John Lennon, ‘I don’t believe in Beatles, I just believe in me.’ Good point there. After all, he was the walrus.” Good point there. When I first heard of […]

Pulp Consensus

by October 15th, 2011 - Politics » Society »

Every man is an island, each a unique, organic participant in the archipelago of humanity, freely sailing the uncertain seas between unless beaten with brute force into a single land mass.

The Declaration of Independents: How Libertarian Politics Can Fix What’s Wrong With America by Nick Gillespie & Matt Welch

by August 15th, 2011 - Politics » Culture » The Written Word »

I don’t wanna be a candidate for Vietnam or Watergate… Luckily, Reason writers Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch – they of the Free Minds, Free Markets persuasion – have co-written a new book which recognizes this preference, celebrating our modern world, one of competing luxuries and increasingly expressive and diverse individuals that have prevailed in […]

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