I really dig Reason.tv, but they’ve outdone themselves here. Truly the best clip I’ve seen all day.
O’Reilly: Why NPR and PBS Do Not Deserve Our Money
October 28, 2010 By
“Teacher’s Unions Gone Wild”
October 27, 2010 By
That being said, I’m not a fan of unions. I’m pretty sure an organization that keeps incompetent employees from being fired is contrary to how a free market is suppose to work.
HT: Breitbart.tv
British-Style Eugenics
October 5, 2010 By
Glenn Beck, among others, has been reporting on Virginia Ironside’s recent comments about smothering suffering children on the BBC:
Needless to say, the outrage is pretty widespread. I always figured a mom would want her kid CURED to end the suffering, not dead. Seems I’m not alone.
However, something else in the Guardian’s article about this controversy caught my eye:
Her latest comments were made as doctors prepared to lobby for a change in the law to allow people to help the terminally ill to die.
Well, a quick google search yielded this: “Doctors and nurses launch campaign for right to help terminally ill to end their lives”. Basically, a doctors’ group in the UK wants to legalize assisted suicide. Now, it could be argued that a person deserves the right to decide when to end their own life. I’m not denying that. I’m just a little scared as to what doors this will lead us to open next.
Reason.tv: What We Saw at the “One Nation Working Together Rally”
October 4, 2010 By
To be honest, I can see why socialism, at least on paper, appeals to people. It looks like it could end poverty and suffering, and who doesn’t want that? None of these people seem like crazy “pinkos” out to destroy the United States; they’re just people who want a better future.
However, to jump on this bandwagon, one must ignore history, and I simply cannot.
Airport Lobbies Possible Terror Targets in European Plot, Official Says
October 4, 2010 By
I suspect a day is coming when you won’t be allowed in an airport parking lot, much less the airport itself, if you aren’t actually flying somewhere.
source: ABC News
Seriously?: Proud Socialists March at Left-Wing Protest in DC
October 2, 2010 By
Only 21 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, and Socialism and Communism are looking like a real threat to the U.S. Pity how quickly people forget the failures of these systems.
HT: Breitbart.tv
Non-News Item Of The Day: People Are Dissapointed With Obama
September 27, 2010 By
LINK: Poll: Rocky road seen ahead for Obama (Politico)
Yeah, that’s hardly a shocker considering all that’s gone on since his election. You don’t get reactions like the Tea Party when people approve of what you’re doing.
Now, will Obama actually be booted from office in a couple of years? Honestly, I doubt it. My expectation right now is that the Republicans will gain the majority in the House and Senate, not make the changes people want, thus causing the voting public to swing back to the Democrats to fix what’s wrong. Ultimately, I think we’re stuck with the current state of the country, and neither side will change anything.
60 Minutes: The People Behind The Mosque
September 26, 2010 By
I’ll have some thoughts on this later. Right now, check out the video.
Israelis Killed Ahead Of Peace Talks
September 1, 2010 By
The peace talks are a farce. They always are. It’s all part of a plan to make Israel look like the bad guy, all the while working to drive the Jewish people out of their land.
Court Allows Agents To Secretly Put GPS Trackers On Cars
August 27, 2010 By
If you’re not diggin’ the video, you can read the story here.
What can I say here? I’m honestly baffled that we’re at a point where a person’s right to privacy is so limited. The government can now follow you around just to make sure you don’t violate any laws? Seriously?
Mexican Marines Find 72 Bodies in Northern Mexico
August 25, 2010 By
Reason? Drug demand in the U.S. I’m about as straight edged as a person can be, so legalization of any currently illegal drugs wouldn’t impact me, but I think legalization is a good idea just to end the slaughter going on south of the U.S. border.
LeBron James: Runaway Slave?
July 12, 2010 By
According to Jesse Jackson, that’s what Dan Gilbert thinks. Not that this story is worth anyone’s time, but it really annoys me to see everything labeled as racism.
San Fran Soda Ban
July 11, 2010 By
Soda Lover? Live in San Francisco? You might want to bring your own when on city property.
Viewing Public To Obama: “You Play Ball Like A Girl!”
April 6, 2010 By
It seems even the more polite reviews are saying the same thing as people on the street.
It’s easy, and tempting, to make fun of the President here. However, regardless of who it is, I see this whole throwing out the first pitch bit as unnecessary punishment for having people know your name, as everyone from the President to local news anchors take part in this tradition (as noted by any article on Obama’s pitch, started 100 years ago by President Taft).
You take some poor guy who A) was never an athlete, or B) was an athlete, but has let his skills decline, put him on a pitcher’s mound (or, in some cases, in front of a pitcher’s mound), with hundreds of people watching, and have him put his athletic skills on display (phrase most use to psyche themselves up for this: “just get it across the plate, just get it across the plate…”). How cruel is that?
“Hey, can you come out and throw the first pitch at our game next month?” “Sure, I’m not busy. I’ll gladly spend a Saturday afternoon being stripped of my manhood!”
Podcast #0: The Intro
April 2, 2010 By
I won’t lie to you here, there’s really nothing special going on in this podcast. I just felt like recording an intro before I get things going next week.
Blog Business: Changes are coming
February 21, 2010 By
You know, I’ll probably never develop a brand if I keep changing stuff…
So, here’s the deal: In the next day or two, I’ll be changing the url of this site to justinology.org. Reasons:
1) I’m not really a classic libertarian. I believe in small government, but foreign policy trips me up. I don’t think the U.S. should be the world’s police force, but to think the radical Islamists will leave us alone if we leave them alone is a grave error. To quote Blaise Pascal, “Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction.”
2) Because of the above, I’m scared people will be misled by the site’s name and address. Though, in all truthfulness, I don’t think I qualify as a conservative anymore, either. I guess I fall somewhere between libertarian and conservative.
3) I want a name that’s non-specific enough to allow me to merge my other blogs into this one (I’ve got six total, though the personal blog will continue to stand alone). Why pay for web space I don’t need?
It’s not like I’ve had a major shift in political beliefs or anything. I guess the change is mostly one of convenience; I want to expand my topics a little, and do that with just one blog.
