Last night I took my family to go see Across The Universe. After having looked at the trailer I was mildly interested – we really went for my daughter who thought it’d be a cool love story. What I found was a 60’s tail wrapped in 21st century production values, a reverent updating of a [...]
Libertarians Are Lazy Whiners.
October 30, 2007 By 10 Comments
I’ve been going back and forth with Lupus about how America and taxes are like a gun in your face – the Federal government is essentially a thug that is extracting your money “by force” and “with a gun in your face.” Although I agree that our current administration IS a bunch of thugs and [...]
Apple Invented The Web As We Know It
October 19, 2007 By 19 Comments
Lots of folks thind that Al Gore invented the Internet – they are wrong! It was Apple Computer! OK, so that’s a bit of an exaggeration – but it is true that Apple, people working for Steve Jobs at both Apple and NeXT are directly responsible for the web as we know it. And I’ll [...]
Libertarianism: Where it fits, where it doesn’t
October 8, 2007 By 7 Comments
In this month’s Discover Magazine, Burt Rutan is interviewed and is brushed as being a Libertarian a mile wide. He made a comment in the interview which I find perfectly describes where the Federal government should, and should not be. He said something to the effect of, “Space flights should not yet be controlled by [...]
Recent Comments