Month: May 2005

Once again, the Family Freeholder prepares to make our way to Camp Freehold for the weekend. However, this is a special weekend. It’s Memorial Day,…

It seems everyone is up for some monkey-wrenching. Good. For those wicked gun owners who haven’t heard it, the Florida Daily News decided to publish…

(Via Kim du Toit) Andrew McCarthy at National Review has a rather scathing view of the “compromise” over President Bush’s nominees to the bench. As…

Ronald Coleman at Likelihood of Confusion has published some thoughts on the ClearPlay System. For those of you who don’t follow the geekly arts, ClearPlay…

(Via the Drudge Report) Now this is the kind of activism I can get behind. In the best tradition of monkey-wrenching, BJ Ostergren is publishing…

For being irritated about Shit In General. Fred Reed has some thoughts on rednecks and why they’re worth more than the chattering classes. But of…

Varifrank is even less thrilled than I am about than I am about the filibuster cave in compromise. Excellent rant.

If I still sometimes wonder how Rand or Von Mises withstood the days of socialism, I also wonder how today’s freedom lovers endure an era…

(WARNING: Geek Alert) According to a Microsoft security expert, we’ve been going at the issue of password security wrong for 20 years. Start writing the…

I see that seven “moderate” Republican Senators have caved in to a Democrat minority and saved the Senate from the horror of changing its rules.…

Once again, we have returned from Camp Freehold safe and sound. Saturday afternoon was devoted to range time. Son, one of my oldest friends and…

My loyal readers (all three of you) know that I’ve been following the case of Lt. Ilario Pantano, the Marine who has been accused of…

TheSafe Access to Drug Treatment and Child Protection Act of 2005 (HR 1528). It seems that Rep Sensenbrenner is completely off the deep end in…

I’m sorry, but I’m taking back my endorsement of Condoleezza Rice for President in 2008. Via Geek With A .45, theCountertop Chronicles brings us the…

Methuselah’s Daughter has a unique point of view on the subject of packing. I’ve heard similar thoughts before, but have never seen them as well…

It would seem that Newsweek has had an attack of Dan Ratherism: Newsweek Retracts Koran-Desecration Story Protesters took to the streets in several Afghan cities…

Back and somewhat refreshed from the weekend at Camp Freehold, we’re doing a quickie catchup post. As promised, I did some writing this weekend. The…

At least all is not blackness and despair. Murder charges against 2nd Lt. Ilario Pantano, the Marine who shot to death two Iraqi insurgents in…

It’s been a heck of a week, my back hurts and my attitude just stinks. Let’s see, we have the passage of the Real ID…

A lot of electrons have been expended on various Usenet survivalist-oriented grounds and web discussion boards on the “survival mindset”. It seems like a simple…

(Via The Drudge Report) Condi For President in 08 Do you think the Liberals are ready for a minority woman president who supports the Constitution?…

The $82 billion “emergency spending bill” passed the US Senate yesterday (100 to 0) and was signed by President Bush today. (No word yet if…

This blog passed 5000 hits earlier today. Woo-hoo!

(Via Vox Popoli) John Derbyshire believes that conservatives (the old-fashioned kind) are living in false hope. Given a lot of what I see, I reluctantly…

The San Jose Mercury-News is reporting that The officer who presided over a pretrial hearing for a Marine suspected in the murder of two Iraqis…

“Alternative Energy” is going mainstream, according to this Wired article. More and more people are installing solar or wind power systems, agumented by ties to…

Well boys and girls, it would seem that the Real ID act is going to sneak into our lives, attached to a military spending bill.…

In North Carolina, May 10 is probably one of the most politically incorrect holidays you could imagine–Confederate Memorial Day. This day is set aside as…

I know you’re probably asking yourself “Does this guy do nothing but go to gun shows on the weekend?” Well, no, not really. I only…

Let’s start with some good news: wiretaps in the US are up 19%. Do what? Has this guy lost his mind? That means Big Brother…