The following is extracted from the Libertarian party website ( www.lp.org ). the initial post author is credited below. Non-terror-related wiretaps on the rise The use of court-authorized secret wiretaps skyrocketed in 2004, as state and federal judges approved every single law enforcement request for permission to listen in on private electronic communications. In all, 1,710 applications for wiretaps were approved, an increase of 19 percent from the prior year. This number do...
One of the arguments used by liberals that irritates me the most is the argument of overpopulation. With 6 billion people and counting, these apologists argue, we cannot possibly produce enough food to feed the population of the planet. This is one myth whose time is long overdue. Here's why: The state of Texas has a land area of over 260,000 square miles. There are 640 acres to a mile. This means that the world's entire population could fit inside the state of Texas, with 1/4 acre for e...
In a recent article, one blogger derided those who watch "desperate housewives". Now don't get me wrong, I don't watch the show. In fact, when given the choice last night to watch Rosie O'Donnell as a retard or "desperate housewives", I reached into my cheesy film vault for a 1973 cheesy vampire movie starring Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing and featuring the best wardrobe since "Starsky & Hutch". But the point is, I HAD that choice. And I MADE that choice. "Desperate Housewives" ...
I feel newly freed from a horrendous exile. Last night, I discovered that we can get in a rather fuzzy version of the local Fox affiliate and I took full advantage. There they were, in full fuzz: Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, Maggie, and Santa's Little Helper. All of the characters I have come to know and love...but haven't been able to watch in almost 18 months (you never know what you've got till you lose it, right? Yes, there were times when Homer looked like a piece of navel lint. And B...
I know we have a lot of book lovers on this site; there have been a few blogs dedicated to the topic. So, I thought it prudent to let you know I now have an affiliate link to the Alibris website on my sister site (linked on sidebar). Alibris is one of my favorite websites for finding used and hard to find books; I invite you to give it a try. I don't wanna get too commercial or pandering here; just wanted to let you know about a link I have available here.
In my time on joeuser, I have never seen this. What I thought was just a glitch on my attempt to post a story on a burrito being mistaken for a weapon, has apparently wrecked my blog. All I did was copy/paste into the text box, and now my site is ruined. I am hoping admin can delete the article, because I have no delete options appearing on my screen. Oh, for an "undo" button.
After my last post, my blog has been seriously fried. I am writing this article as a "test" to see if it cleans up.
Fresh off the "what gender is your brain?" thread. I hate metrosexuals. I hate the whole concept. I believe that, unless one is in a retro '80's, "hair band" or is wearing for stage purposes, makeup should not be applied to any part of a straight man's body. The same goes for hairspray, got it(ok, ok, punkers and goths can get special dispensation on this one, allright?). I want to be able to look at a person and have some idea if they are male or female, and, when gender is determined, w...
I have lived in some of the poorest sections of urban America. I have lived in slums with crackwhores, gangsters, pimps, and drug dealers. I have met many welfare recipients in my lifetime. I haven't "stepped over them", I have talked to them, shared a fifth with them, and yes, in my day, scored some weed with them. So when I speak about the problems that need to be solved, I am not COMPLETELY without knowledge in this regard. There's a general misconception that welfare recipients need pr...
It's inevitable. Within the next day or two, I will drop out of the top twenty blogs. I have accepted this as fact. But my observations and those of others have made it clear that this is not a fault of my blogging, but of a bug in the points system. I have brought over 1,000 visitors to my site via blogexplosion in addition to those who regularly view my site, and have written 3-5 articles a day (ok, ok, so I had a few "slump" articles), so I know I shouldn't be below 4,000 points in the la...
As I blogged a few weeks ago, I was finally able to become a dues paying Libertarian. This was very important to me for reasons that will become clear over the next couple of years, but primarily because I feel it is important for third party members to pay dues when they are able so that they can advance the views of the party to which they adhere. Well, today my card came in the mail. So, I am a "card carrying" Libertarian. While I have been a Libertarian for some time now, it's kind of nea...
Although I don't agree with the idea of banning a specific breed of dog, or for that matter, of banning most "exotics" (that's based largely on my position that "banning things" is a damn stupid idea!), I do think there are animals that shouldn't be as readily available as they are. A few years ago, I walked into an Appleton, Wisconsin pet store. We're not unfamiliar with herpetology, and, in fact, are very interested in procuring a ball python at some time in the future. As I looked at th...
I understand a monster better than most. As a child, I was a victim of sexual abuse. I have explained this in previous blogs here. As I grew into an adult, I was crippled by very real, pervasive fears based on the facts that accompany victims of sexual abuse. Many turn into abusers themselves, still many others commit suicide as they see the monster emerging, and almost all, even WITH therapy, will bear scars for life. I shied away from relationships out of fear that I would become the ver...
Third time's the charm, right? <table align=center border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=5> <tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFFF"> <h3>Your Taste in Music:</h3> </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor="#C2F5FF">80's Alternative: Highest Influence</td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#C2F5FF">90's Rock: Highest Influence</td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#C2F5FF">Progressive Rock: Highest Influence</td></tr>...
I was dismayed when TV programming was interrupted last night for President Bush's press conference. After all, it WAS delaying the most hyped episode of Survivor since...the last episode of Survivor. But I personally prefer source information over others' interpretations of the speech, which I knew I could readily access on the blogsphere. He started on our point of commonality: Social Security. Why liberals don't get this one is beyond me, a representative of the first generation in line to...