According to my WordPress dashboard, this is the 1000th post here at Ratlands since I moved to WordPress, so, I wanted it to be something memorable. Here is a post by LawDog that reminds those who need reminding that Gun Free ≠ Violence Free. Go read the post. Watch the video. When folks tell me [...]
Tagged Guns, Nanny State, Personal, qotdA week and a half ago, Dr. J at The Gormogons posted something entitled The Problem with Third Party Payors. I had been meaning to write about the topic for the past couple of months, but never quite got around to it, probably because it is personally embarrassing. Dr. J’s point is pretty succinct: …if [...]
Tagged Economics, health care, PersonalBy now, you’re probably aware that our President recently stated that no one in America succeeds on their own, without help from the Government. (If, by some chance you aren’t, read this, or this.) Actually, I suspect he really does believe this, given that there is no available evidence to suggest that he ever accomplished [...]
Tagged Economics, envy, Nanny State, Obama, Politics, wtf?I define it as “criminal.” Apparently the US Government required US Border Agent Brian Terry and his team to use beanbag rounds in the firefight against the criminals in which he was killed.1 The same sort of folks Eric Holder and the Justice Department “allegedly” armed with assault rifles as part of Operation Fast and [...]
Tagged abuse of power, Guns, lie to me, Obama, Politics, wtf?There was a post a Q and O a few days ago entitled “No progress in the War on Poverty and none expected” which makes a couple of points I think people forget (or are all too happy to ignore): A point that needs to be raised here is the poverty rate isn’t going to [...]
Tagged Nanny State, PoliticsIn graph form, no less!
Tagged abuse of power, health care, lie to me, Nanny State, Politics, taxesSOPA. Crap. ‘Nuff said. Except it isn’t. Massive outrage gets a temporary victory, but this will be back in another form as soon as the furor dies down a bit. Meanwhile, Larry Correia has a great rant about SOPA and all the other stuff we’ve let happen. Go read it. It’s worth it to get [...]
Tagged abuse of power, free speech, lie to me, Nanny State, pointless gestures, Politics, quotes, whiningSo I’m in Topeka, (Kansas)‡ attending training. I’m staying at a hotel that has a “Manager’s Reception” every evening. That means you can get 2 free drinks at the bar. The guy in the room next to me appears to have paid for a few more. About an hour ago he started yelling “Oh fuck, [...]
Tagged Kansas, Nanny State, PersonalQ: Why are gas prices currently on the rise? I haven’t watched the news in quite some time, but I’m picking up snippets around the web that certain folks are trying to blame the currently rising gas prices on instability in the Middle East. The Gormogons have a very nice post explaining why this is [...]
Tagged abuse of power, Economics, euphemisms, inflation, Nanny State, Obama, PoliticsRatlands is using WP-Gravatar