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Archive for July, 2012

Quote of the Day

Tuesday, July 3rd, 2012

“In the political language of today, people who want to keep what they have earned are said to be “greedy,” while those who wish to take their earnings from them and give it to others (who will vote for them in return) show “compassion.”

Thomas Sowell

75% of Obamacare Costs Will Fall on Backs of Those Making Less Than $120K a Year

Monday, July 2nd, 2012

TANSTAAFL, baby, TANSTAAFL.

Stephen Moore, Senior Economics Writer with the Wall Street Journal explains the reality of socialist “medical care.”

If you are confused over the whole Obamacare/Obamatax thing, just keep these two things in mind.

1.  It contains no provisions to provide any additional doctors or nurses.  It does contain funding for 16,000 new IRS agents in order to fund Obamacare.

2. Massachusetts elected a Republican to the Senate and his primary election promise was to oppose Obamacare.

HT to Gateway Pundit

Monday Book Pick: Tax Payers’ Tea Party: How to Become Politically Active — and Why

Monday, July 2nd, 2012

Tax Payers’ Tea Party: How to Become Politically Active — and Why by Sharon Cooper with illustrations by Chuck Asay

Since the vote for Independence was passed on July 2, 1776, I’m going with a political book the founders would have approved of. This book is about citizen government, i.e. a government that works for the citizens not the other way around. It is a manual on how to get involved in politics at a grass roots level. It encourages people to become knowledgeable on the current political issues and lists ways to effectively communicate with elected government representatives.

Monday Book Pick Archive

Sunday SciFi: Buckaroo Banzai

Sunday, July 1st, 2012

I’ve been a Buckaroo Banzai fan since I saw it, twice, during the opening week back in 1984.  Saw it at the old Juliet Theater in Poughkeepsie.

Got the paperback and the long sleeved Jet Car t-shirt.

Now there is a Buckaroo Banzai RPG.

This is not Doctor Banzai’s first appearance in an RPG. Team Banzai was an official part of the Battletech universe.

This is the first official RPG focused on the Banzai Institute though.

Bottom line, Buckaroo Banzai was a fun movie, a good read, and it’s a damn shame a sequel was never made.

Check it out.