As the pre-presidential campaign winds on, Hillary Clinton has revealed her plan for health care: a Nazi state in which failing to carry health care would become a criminal act. All the while, the left has been cheering her on, and accusing anyone NOT on the left of misogyny for daring to question Hillary. For the sake of this article, and sensibilities, I will avoid invoking the "B" word as applies to Ms. Clinton, as there are several other more creative and descriptive labels that apply. None ...

Walter Williams had an excellent article this week where he discussed the issues of the current global warming debate and the hypocrisy of those who endorse it. It would be wrong to label them all "the left", because there are loonies on both sides of the aisle on this one, but the loony crowd does seem to lean a little to the sinister side. In my article "The Pothead Who Came to Dinner", I discussed the hemp argument on alternative fuels and the hypocrisy evident in the fact that the hemp le...

I recently criticized Michael Moore. Apparently I pissed off the church of the bleeding heart by attacking their high priest, because I have gotten a few comments that referenced the anger of the particular readers that I dare attack one of their own. Moore is a holy man to them, whether they admit it or not, his opinion is infallible, and his facts are irrefutable. And anyone that dares refute them risks the wrath of the membership of the church of the bleeding heart. They deny Moore is out ...

I was doing a little research on an unrelated item and I came across this little gem: http://www.enidnews.com/enidnews/homepage/local_story_088004854.html Now, this particular paper's newspaper forums are particularly prone to censorship (can we say "irony", boys and girls?) so I'll post my thoughts here. Although this article is slightly dated, it lauds the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission for its program of sending officers into bars to arrest patrons for public intoxication on t...

Of course the lliberals are going to be all over George W. Bush's commuting of "Scooter" Libby's prison sentence. And while it is a curious move, to say the least, for the leader of a party desperately foundering in the polls, it is inconsistent in every way for liberals to criticize this move. First we must consider what good the incarceration of Libby would serve. While liberals press for early release for violent criminals, it is odd that they would even consider locking up nonviolent crim...

There's been a lot of talk about Guantanamo Bay. I find it quite disturbing that so many from the Republican camp believe that our government can do absolutely anything it wants to Gitmo detainees because they are terrorists, especially and most tellingly, without having to PROVE those allegations in a court of any standing. What disturbs me the most is the issue of human rights. Do you believe in human rights as our founding fathers did? The simple, plain truth of the matter is this: IF you ...

In 2004, President Bush signed into law a statute that adds stiffer penalties to people who use stolen identities to commit a crime ( Link ). In the authoring of the bill and its passage, the high cost of identity theft was repeatedly cited. And yet, President Bush continues to push for amnesty for what may be the single largest group of identity thieves: illegal immigrants. While he demands stiff penalties for AMERICANS who steal identities, apparently if you're brown and born south of the b...

(Thanks, Loca, for the inspiration): I'm a Libertarian and I love my country. I'm a Libertarian and I am a Christian. I am part of the Religious evangelical Left, an almost heard of minority I am a Libertarian and I think it's a compliment when you call me a conservative I am a Libertarian and I think the ACLU was a patriotic organization, and sometimes still does some meaningful things but has badly lost its way. I am a Libertarian and I don't think the United States is the world...

As the public continues to grow disenchanted with the "Big two" parties, one would think they would be increasingly drawn to third parties. Yet, despite the HISTORIC numbers posted by Libertarians in the great state of Texas in 2006, third parties aren't electing candidates in numbers that would reflect that disenchantment. This despite the fact that the cost to run a grassroots campaign is actually DROPPING rather than climbing. Responsible members of these third parties would be doing their pa...

OK, OK, hardline Republicans. In the wake of the debate, where many Republicans didn't appreciate Ron Paul's comments about 9/11, the title of this article alone seems farfetched, but hear me out. Historically, the office of Vice President has been the big two parties' way of dealing with "loose cannons". With a short list of viable Veep candidates to balance the ticket, once all the smoke has died down, assuming Ron Paul doesn't win the GOP nomination, choosing him as the Veep candidate woul...

RE: The recently overturned vaccination edict of Texas Governor Rick Perry. Governor Perry unilaterally issued an "executive order" mandating the HPV vaccine to be administered to all girls going into their sixth grade year. The vaccine, for those living in a cave, is supposed to prevent SOME types of HPV that have been shown to cause cervical cancer. Governor Perry recently won a hotly contested re-election bid. One of his biggest contributors? Merck, the manufacturer of this vaccine. ...

Governor Rick Perry announced today that he will not veto the bill put forth by the legislature revoking Perry's executive order that would have mandated all incoming sixth graders receive the HPV vaccine. In a rare case of doing something right, the legislature was reacting to overwhelming public pressure opposing the order. The executive order was cronyism at its finest; vaccine manufacturer Merck had spent a lot of good money on the Perry campaign; money that would have netted them a prett...

Tonight's soundtrack provided by Neil Diamond: Far, we've been traveling farWithout a homeNot without a STARFree, only want to be freeWe huddle close, hang on to a dream I was born in 1970. While it is a distant memory, I do remember America's bicentennial and the patriotism it inspired. The halcyon days of Bruce Jenner, Mary Lou Retton, and Mohammed Ali. The days when Pete Rose was a hero, not a national disgrace, and when Roger Staubach and Terry Bradshaw were the subject of many schoolyar...

As we begin working towards the 2008 primaries, attention has focused almost exclusively on Barak Obama and Hillary Cklinton, the media darlings of the DNC. While Obama's star might not fade, I believe I can say without exception that Hillary Clinton will not win the Democratic Party's nomination in 2008. The reason why can be found with a close scrutiny of most major news sources: Barak Obama is a member of an untouchable minority, Hillary Clinton is not. Don't believe me? Walk into a com...

I hate living in the future, but sometime's it's a necessity. Since the beginning of the year I have been searching for anyone who endorsed my campaign in 2006, and for Libertarian and independent activists in my district. I'm pleased to report I'm hitting score after score. The legislature's in session right now so activists are a little more out and about than at most times during an "off year". This also means they're invariably a little ticked off that things didn't go their way in the...