~ Louis D. Brandeis
Archives for June, 2008
Limits to Free Speech? (long but with a great video)
“ Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
This is the Big One. It’s at the […]
Democrats forced to privatize Senate restaurants
Hat tip to Scrappleface for this lovely story from the Washington post:
Year after year, decade upon decade, the U.S. Senate’s network of restaurants has lost staggering amounts of money — more than $18 million since 1993, according to one report, and an estimated $2 million this year alone, according to another.
The financial condition of the […]
Nanny State of Being aka Big Government Big Problems
I’ve vented on this over the phone with a friend, but other than that I’ve pretty much kept it to myself. I’ve definitely given it much thought and it just doesn’t sit right with me. So here’s the situation – hope you can see why this is a problem not just for me […]
Movie Review: Silk (4/5) and Atonement (5/5)
In case you don’t know me, I love movies. To me, a good movie is as much a work of literature as a great novel, containing within its “pages” and scenes a window into the human experience. I’ve watched four movies this weekend. Two of them I may or may not review […]
Australia’s tax dollars at work to brainwash/traumatize kids
This is a neat little game. As an evil conservative, I take pride that it has informed me that my greedy pig-self should have died at age 4.4. When should you have died? Answer the questions honestly! (Hat tip to Cassy Fiano who should’ve died at a disappointingly 7.5 - I […]
Friends coming and going…
I’ve never been too keen on blogging about my personal life. I’m not even all that great about sharing my inner thoughts to those closest to me, let alone to the public, and there are very few people I let get that close to me. I don’t feel the need to have tons […]
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