I’m not much of a beer drinker, but I think I’ll start drinking more Guinness on the rare occasion I do indulge in a brewsky. Joe Carter of The Evangelical Outpost has been doing a series that I mentioned once…
Notable Quotable
“It is sufficiently obvious, that persons and property are the two great subjects on which Governments are to act; and that the rights of persons, and the rights of property, are the objects, for the protection of which Government was…
Imagination v. inspiration
My Utmost for His Highest The simplicity that is in Christ. – 2 Corinthians 11:3 Simplicity is the secret of seeing things clearly. A saint does not think clearly for a long while, but a saint ought to see clearly…
Ding-Dong, The Ban is Dead!!
With a lot less hoopla than I expected, the incredibly stupid 1994 “assault weapons ban” was allowed to expire today. It actually banned nothing that it’s supporters claimed it banned. Automatic weapons were banned in 1934. This ban only included…
Supposed ‘Hummer Buster’
International is coming out with a new “pickup” truck that is supposed to do what the Hummer is incapable of, mainly tow your yacht. If you ask me, Hummers still kill on the cool-factor, and if you can afford to…
Airplane Rides
I had another flight lesson this week, something I’ve written nothing about since I mentioned that I was getting back into flying. My fiancée came up with us for the second time. My instructor encourages me to bring passengers during…
Notable Quotable
“The whole of the Bill (of Rights) is a declaration of the right of the people at large or considered as individuals …. It establishes some rights of the individual as unalienable and which consequently, no majority has a right…
Forget Religion
Andrew, over at Philosophical Poetry, has an interesting post about his recent experience with the Rosary. I especially like how he concludes his story.
Notable Quotable
“The issue today is the same as it has been throughout all history, whether man shall be allowed to govern himself or be ruled by a small elite.” Thomas Jefferson James Madison, the Father of the Constitution, elaborated upon this…
Robots.txt
Do you have search engines finding things you don’t want them to find? Creating a robots.txt file will keep them from indexing folders you want to remain off of their listings. Inside the text file, put a line saying “Useragent:…
Too Crazy to Believe
I missed this story back in June about forced mental health screening. I learned of it today via a link at the bottom of this story. This is just sickening!! The story mentions ties between the Bush Administration and the…