tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-188932212024-03-14T07:19:52.269-05:00Reflective Codexchroniconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09772960186413699420noreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18893221.post-58918299938133143742013-08-31T18:41:00.001-05:002013-08-31T18:41:19.442-05:00Fact From FictionHow much of a society's culture, politics, attitudes, etc. can be determined by fictional representations (particularly if an author is a member of that society at the time period depicted in the wok)?
Obviously, an author's biases will color a work to some degree. However, if the author is seeking to portray their society as accurately as possible as a given to the story line, than how chroniconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09772960186413699420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18893221.post-51338999776771895212013-03-16T19:02:00.001-05:002013-03-16T19:02:20.091-05:00To See ClearlyThere is so much that I don't know, how can I do otherwise but live by faith?chroniconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09772960186413699420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18893221.post-75890124013988918752013-02-01T17:42:00.001-06:002013-02-01T18:11:07.247-06:001776Listening to the book 1776 by David McCullough. Exceptional treatise on the Revolutionary war, General George Washington, several other major players; but most fascinating of all has been the insights in the military forces.
It details what kind of men made up the Continental Army. Where they came from. Their training, or lack thereof. Their interactions with each other (the southern militias chroniconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09772960186413699420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18893221.post-41547774236320556672013-01-26T16:23:00.000-06:002013-01-26T16:23:01.602-06:00Feinstein Assault Weapons Ban of 2013Senator Feinstein introduced her proposed new "Assault Weapons Ban", S.150, in the Senate this week. It is (currently) posted on her website, and Scribd. I have not read the 122 pages of text yet or any commentary yet, but I'm sure it's going to be draconian, and no doubt unconstitutional.
From the time of her first AWB:
"I know the sense of helplessness that people feel. I know the urge tochroniconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09772960186413699420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18893221.post-21629348329867155962013-01-26T00:53:00.001-06:002013-01-26T11:22:40.636-06:00Criminal!Confirmed. I've said it for years. There are so many laws & regulations on the books; a day doesn't go by that you aren't breaking at least one of them...
Web of environmental rules threatens Gulf Coast businesses with jail, steep fines
While there is no concrete figure, there are an estimated 300,000-400,000 environmental laws, statutes and mandates believed to be in circulation chroniconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09772960186413699420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18893221.post-663622302780779982013-01-15T15:22:00.001-06:002013-01-15T20:00:46.724-06:00Trillion Dollar Coin: Call It In The AirYou have to admit, this is pretty funny. Jon Stewart calling out the oh so 'brilliant' Paul Krugman on the trillion dollar coin farce, and then Krugman... well, he just makes Stewart's case.
Krugman, Stewart in trillion-dollar coin tiff by Mackenzie Weinger in Politico
Stewart first took on the coin in a segment on "The Daily Show" last Thursday, joking that "if we’re going to make s--- chroniconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09772960186413699420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18893221.post-18212634706764971502013-01-15T14:31:00.000-06:002013-01-15T20:34:58.795-06:00Guns, Race, and HypocrisyA recently popular Facebook meme:
Here's another take on guns, race, and hypocrisy:
History abounds with instances of injustice and hypocrisy. Here's hoping we do our best to avoid the mistakes of the past. All Americans need to stand united for their Second Amendment rights! Once lost, it will be virtually impossible to get them back.
Informative reading:
Supreme Court Affirms chroniconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09772960186413699420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18893221.post-61590429365090949772013-01-10T19:58:00.001-06:002013-01-10T19:58:33.504-06:00Disarm by Executive OrderA lot has happened in the last couple of days.
Foremost is an unprecedented declaration from Vice-President Biden yesterday that the White House may issue Executive Orders to implement their anti-Second Amendment agenda. From Fox News:
...the vice president hinted Wednesday that executive action -- action by the president in which Congress would not have a say -- would indeed be involved."Therechroniconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09772960186413699420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18893221.post-22334442140019622492013-01-04T18:40:00.000-06:002013-01-04T23:07:03.623-06:00Gun Control Reduces Crime?Tell it like it is John!
"If someone gets into your house, what would you rather have: a handgun or a telephone?"
chroniconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09772960186413699420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18893221.post-76871037140546727972013-01-03T18:59:00.000-06:002013-01-10T17:28:08.796-06:00Gun Grabber "Discussion": PointlessThis post is a response to and/or continuation of a FB conversation which began concerning a satirical opinion piece posted 12/30/2012 in the New York Times entitled Babes In Arms by Bill Keller.
Initial Conversation
Me:
Once an idea has been deemed obviously "stupid" by the elite: no need to consider or discuss—therefore demonize, dismiss, mock, lampoon, satirize, and hope the chroniconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09772960186413699420noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18893221.post-58801408499626366792013-01-03T02:41:00.001-06:002013-01-03T15:29:35.897-06:00Gun Grabber Hypocrisy AlertTypical unhinged leftist gun-grabber threatens violence in the name of "peace":
...I would tie Mitch McConnell and John Boehner, our esteemed Republican leaders, to the back of a Chevy pickup truck and drag them around a parking lot until they saw the light on gun control.
chroniconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09772960186413699420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18893221.post-46445252362483769592013-01-01T22:03:00.001-06:002013-01-03T03:13:07.112-06:00Your Papers PleaseWe've lost it. We're cracked, and the cracks are showing through.
From December 15, 2012, Paragould, AR
Armed task force to patrol streets
In response to a recent increase in crime, Paragould Mayor Mike Gaskill and Police Chief Todd Stovall offered residents at a town hall meeting Thursday night at West View Baptist Church what could be considered an extreme solution — armed officers chroniconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09772960186413699420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18893221.post-13458262900316229162012-12-14T23:58:00.001-06:002012-12-27T10:58:08.037-06:00And Thus It Began...Today a 20 year-old murderous ******* went on a killing rampage at a grade school in Connecticut, shooting his mother (a teacher at the school), several other adults, and killing approximately twenty children.
Words cannot convey the loss and pain felt upon learning (and reflecting) about this heinous tragedy.
I don't know the motive yet, maybe no one ever will. It really doesn't matter does itchroniconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09772960186413699420noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18893221.post-59664870112735153742010-11-25T02:06:00.004-06:002010-11-25T03:26:15.462-06:00BrokeMy Mom left her copy of Glenn Beck's Broke with me. It just reconfirmed what I've already known, although I don't think I was clear on the magnitude of just how broke we really are as a nation. No holds barred, this book. It doesn't matter if you have an R or a D after your name. If a President had part in the financial crisis (that's too tame a word for it, but it will have to do) that we chroniconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09772960186413699420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18893221.post-46971943845694642722010-10-28T13:14:00.007-05:002010-10-28T16:36:53.495-05:00Cloward-Piven Strategy Article Found!A while back, I wrote about the so-called Cloward-Piven Strategy. The concept is outlined in an article entitled "The Weight of the Poor: A Strategy to End Poverty" published in The Nation magazine, May 2nd 1966.Basically the idea is to overwhelm welfare & entitlement programs by getting as many people as possible enrolled in them. When the government cannot meet the entitlement demands of chroniconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09772960186413699420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18893221.post-90530972038654771512010-04-25T14:47:00.001-05:002010-04-25T14:51:23.871-05:00American Thinker: It's the Constitution that's Radicalizing Our PoliticiansAmerican Thinker: It's the Constitution that's Radicalizing Our PoliticiansThis is a very interesting take on the state of the legislature of the United States. Repeal the 17th Amendment (good luck) and return to Article I Section 3. Get real representation for the interests of each State instead of having BOTH Houses pandering to the masses. Bring balance back.He's right. If we don't, it's chroniconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09772960186413699420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18893221.post-611752017495047822009-10-28T21:40:00.003-05:002009-10-28T21:46:17.792-05:00Climate Crap & TaxI'll transcribe the relevant facts (which accounts for virtually the entire speech) as soon as possible...I'll also post the "guru" of climate change info shortly. This is the same guy that said we were going into an ice age back in the '70s...........Inhofe, addresses that ice age crap in the speech above...chroniconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09772960186413699420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18893221.post-88833243479572131492009-10-28T21:02:00.000-05:002009-10-28T21:03:40.836-05:00VicticratFound on Michelle Malkin's RSS...Alfonzo Rachel produces one of the coolest (and far more relevant) rap video's since Run-DMC remade (and revived Aerosmith's fizzling career) Walk This Way!Tagged "Racism", if you can't figure out why then you did not watch the video...chroniconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09772960186413699420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18893221.post-28180612419515288652009-09-27T21:23:00.002-05:002009-09-27T21:28:36.552-05:00Video's & BlogsDon't mix...Embed a video from YouTube or wherever: Something of relevance. Something important to our culture, our society, history. And then, a few weeks later *poof* the video is gone. Removed by the user or removed by the service. Napolitano's "apology" to veterans? Gone.Well, save a local copy I guess.Video-blogging is pointless it seems.chroniconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09772960186413699420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18893221.post-77067858281065289832009-09-17T19:15:00.009-05:002009-09-17T19:31:02.881-05:00Rep. Michele Bachmann Independence Institute SpeechA wake up call speech deliver August 31st in Denver presented by The Independence Institute. Yes, it will be worth your time to hear it in it's entirety...The Independence Institute presents... Michele Bachmannchroniconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09772960186413699420noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18893221.post-42436555461548178682009-09-17T18:26:00.002-05:002009-09-17T18:33:28.879-05:00Jon Stewart Smacks Down Mainstream MediaWha...? REALLY! I know it's unbelievable. He lets ACORN AND the media have it.No really. I'm serious! Yes, THAT Jon Stewart. Oh just watch the video...The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cThe Audacity of Hoswww.thedailyshow.comDaily ShowFull EpisodesPolitical HumorHealthcare Protestschroniconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09772960186413699420noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18893221.post-44083748360820236222009-09-01T17:30:00.002-05:002009-09-01T17:45:19.317-05:00North American UnionJust a couple of links on the topic for future reference from the Council on Foreign Relations:Building a North American CommunityEnglish PDFCreating a North American Community: Chairmen’s StatementEnglish PDFchroniconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09772960186413699420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18893221.post-64264521456938847372009-08-29T15:02:00.004-05:002009-08-29T15:07:01.992-05:00America: It Ain't No More OkMy take on the current political/internet buzz:I saw this yesterday on HotAir. Pretty sad no matter how you take it...Honestly, I think the police officer just might have misspoke out of frustration & nervousness in front of the camera. But taking all of his statements together throughout the video like, "I can charge you whatever I want to charge you" didn't do anything to assuage the chroniconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09772960186413699420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18893221.post-89906866886346787732009-08-28T15:47:00.003-05:002009-08-28T16:03:31.845-05:00A White House InternetIt's back!I was hoping this had died, but that is not the case.Today's big tech news is the return of legislative proposals to grant the White House power over the Internet. The "ability" to shut down parts of the net in case of a "cyber-attack". Just how they think they would go about doing that would be interesting, but just the fact that they want that kind of power is telling.It goes beyondchroniconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09772960186413699420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18893221.post-1102561631777655322009-08-13T21:20:00.006-05:002009-08-13T21:31:56.035-05:00Excuse Me While I Take This CallTotally unbelievable. "Shelia Jackson Lee answers her cell phone while a person in the audience is addressing her @ a townhall meeting here in Houston Texas on August 11th 2009"Respect for the voice of the people... at least those on the phone anyway!chroniconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09772960186413699420noreply@blogger.com0