Rage Against The Routine

Entries from February 2009

Clarification Please

February 20th, 2009 · 1 Comment

I am confused. A hypothetical to illustrate:
Person A has not one single ounce of racial animus in his heart. He creates a cartoon that has a monkey in it, not realizing for one second that someone may think that a monkey in a cartoon is a secret code for black people. Not […]

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Tags: Funny · Stupid

What He Said

February 8th, 2009 · No Comments


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Tags: Milton Friedman · Economics · Video

Outrage of the Day

February 6th, 2009 · No Comments

Does anyone still maintain that these people are not socialists? Barney Frank with today’s giant lurch towards collectivism:
Congress will consider legislation to extend some of the curbs on executive pay that now apply only to those banks receiving federal assistance, House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank said.
“There’s deeply rooted anger on the part […]

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Tags: Stupid · Economics

Nancy Pelosi, Queen Of The Stupids

February 5th, 2009 · No Comments

Note that if you want to excuse her gaffe as “mis-speaking” you have to be on record as giving George W. Bush the exact same benefit of the doubt, or you are a partisan hypocrite..

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Tags: Stupid · Economics · Video

What It Feels Like To Be a Libertarian

February 4th, 2009 · No Comments

This is depressing as hell, but oh so true.
Political analysts frequently consider what it means to be a libertarian. In fact, in 1997, Charles Murray published a short book entitled “What It Means to Be a Libertarian” that does an excellent job of presenting the core principles of libertarian political philosophy. But almost no one […]

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Tags: Libertarianism · Rants