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US Customs and Border Protection Proposes Knife Import Ban

June 13, 2009

Customs and Border Protection has moved to ban import of all knives with springs, or knives that can be opened with one hand. This is ridiculous, as these are no more dangerous than any other knife. All it will do is make these knives more expensive, and hurt knife manufacturers, which will destroy jobs (because jobs are all that matter these days, I had to work that in somehow). I’ve handled quite a few knives that have assisted opening, and [...]

Democratic representative introduces amendment to waste paper

May 1, 2009

Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) this proposed amendment: (d) MINIMUM TYPE-SIZE AND FONT REQUIREMENT FOR CREDIT CARD APPLICATIONS AND DISCLOSURES.- All written information, provisions, and terms in or on any application, solicitation, contract, or agreement for any credit card account under an open end consumer credit plan, and all written information included in or on any disclosure required under this chapter with respect to any such account, shall appear- (1) in not less than 12-point type; and (2) in any font [...]

Pitfalls with digital health records

April 8, 2009

The more I hear about digital national health records, the more I worry about them with regards to security. Various interpretations of the new legislation in the 2009 Stimulus bill could mean anything from implementing something like SAFEHealth, a decentralized system, to something like Google Health, which would centralize medical records. I expect that a decentralized system will not be what the government will choose. Proper usage of a decentralized system would be fine, but removes a lot of the [...]

British Store Bans Knife Sales, cites Knife Crime as Reason

March 7, 2009

This is really sad. Obviously, a knife’s only reason is to kill people. They might as well just ban them everywhere, or require a license to cook. EAST Anglia’s largest independent retailer has announced it is withdrawing knives from sale in all its outlets with immediate effect. The East of England Co-operative Society said it will withdraw knives from sale in its 135 supermarkets and food stores and five petrol forecourt shops. It hopes the decision will reduce the risk [...]

What does it mean to be un-American?

March 3, 2009

After reading the Wikipedia article on the subject, which doesn’t really give a definition of what un-American should mean, I figured I might try to think about it myself. What defines being American? Since it only really concerns the government at the present time, it should be fairly easy to define. American We are free from enslavement by the government, and each other (well, unless we screw up, in which case the government can enslave us in prison). We embrace [...]

Demonizing Ron Paul for doing his job

March 2, 2009

WASHINGTON — Rep. Ron Paul vehemently denounced the $410 billion catch-all spending bill approved last week by the House of Representatives. But although the libertarian-leaning Republican from Lake Jackson cast a vote against the massive spending measure, his fingerprints were on some of the earmarks that helped inflate its cost. … His earmarks included repair projects to the Galveston Seawall damaged by Hurricane Ike and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. This makes perfect sense to me. It’s not hypocritical at all, [...]

No Guns, No Knives, No Hoodies, No Kissing, and soon No Talking

February 17, 2009

John Lott’s post aggravated me today. They banned kissing in England’s rail stations. It’s a good thing this can’t happen in America, since we have guaranteed freedom of expression. Oh wait…

Damn It Campaign For Liberty!

February 13, 2009

I’d donate if I wasn’t locked into rich-status! Look at my options compared to hers (I donated a lot more to the campaign in 2007):

America Got Served

November 8, 2008

Obama’s America Serves had some interesting plans laid out yesterday that were quickly changed today… Old Version (11/6/2008) “When you choose to serve – whether it’s your nation, your community or simply your neighborhood – you are connected to that fundamental American ideal that we want life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness not just for ourselves, but for all Americans. That’s why it’s called the American dream.” The Obama Administration will call on Americans to serve in order to [...]

McCain on SNL

November 2, 2008

Hilarious skit.

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