Monday Joke

It's Memorial Day, and I don't usually post a joke on solemn occasions, but the spirit of this one seemed appropriate to honor our fallen soldiers. A large group of ISIS fighters in Iraq are moving down a road when they hear a voice call from behind a sand dune: “One Marine is better than ten ISIS fighters”. The ISIS commander quickly orders...

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Monday Joke

Larry got off the elevator on the 40th floor and nervously knocked on his blind date’s door. She opened it and to his amazement and joy, was as lovely and sweet as his friend Dave had promised. “I’ll be ready in a few minutes,” she said. “Why don’t you play with Snuggles while you’re waiting? She does wonderful tricks. She’ll roll over, shake...

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Government Growth

On this day, in 1800, president John Adams orders the federal government to move from Philadelphia to Washington D.C. The US population was 5.3 million and the government employed 125 people. Today the US population is 318 million (about 61x as many people), but the federal payroll has grown to 2,750,000 people (about 22,000x as many peopl...

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Is the Pain Capable Act a Good Thing? [Updated]

Perhaps you read this story yesterday: Breaking: U S House Passes 10 Week Abortion Ban on Anniversary of Gosnell Conviction. According to OpenCongress, the vote was 242-184 in favor, mostly along party lines, with 4 Democrats voting "yes" and 4 Republicans voting "no". I remains to be seen whether the senate will pass this bill with enough votes...

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Extremists

“We cannot let a minority of people — and that’s what it is, a minority of people — hold a viewpoint that terrorizes the majority of people” Think about these words, and how scary they are. We cannot let people hold a viewpoint - that's thought police. It's not "we cannot let people do such-and-such" - they should not be allowed to think such-and-such. If...

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Monday Joke

A mangy looking guy goes into a restaurant and orders a hamburger. The waiter shakes his head and says, “No way. I don’t think you can pay for it.” The guy says, “You’re right. I don’t have any money, but if I show you something you have never seen before, will you give me the food?” “Deal!” The guy reaches into his coat pocket and pulls...

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