Monthly Archives: May 2009

A Government Mousetrap

Posted on May 21, 2009 by eric

There may be no doubt in some minds that the four fools arrested for trying to blow up a synagogue in the Bronx intended harm. I’m sure they did. But by what measure do agents of the state critically examine … Continue reading →

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Root’s Savage Problem

Posted on May 19, 2009 by eric

The folks over at Reason clipped Libertarian VP nominee, Wayne Root, pretty hard during the last cycle. Just as the final stretch was unfolding in the campaign, the boys caught him at the Republican bar yammering on about Obama being … Continue reading →

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rollins, woodstock may 15, 2009 – spoken word

Posted on May 16, 2009 by eric

Henry Rollins and I will never hangout and smoke pot together. But in the dream I had the night after seeing him perform a two hour ‘spoken word’ at the Bearsville theater near Woodstock NY, we got along marvelously and … Continue reading →

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Bad Drones

Posted on May 5, 2009 by eric

Most conservatives and liberals that I know are unrepentant about their ostensible xenophobia when it comes to calls for border control. The thinking goes that we have a sovereign ‘right’ to control our borders and the only one that matters … Continue reading →

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Captain Kirk for Supreme Court

Posted on May 1, 2009 by eric

” Kirk was a man who marveled and greatly appreciated the endless surprises presented to him by the universe…He didn’t take things for granted and, more than anything else, respected life in every one of its weird weekly adventure forms.” … Continue reading →

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