Don't Back Down

We the People

  • A Shining Age of Human Liberty

    During the speech last night by Dubya, he gave us some inspirational words – namely that his motivation shall "lead the 21st century into a shining age of human liberty". While of course he wouldn't say anything else, since he's in a position whereby it is his job…

  • Resolving to Elect Better Leaders

    It is no secret that one of the things that elected officials do is pat each other on the back. But they also pat other people on the back. If you have spent any time looking around, you've undoubtedly seen a resolution of some sort of another that…

  • Proposing an Official Language

    I'll admit that I'm a white guy who is all too rapidly approaching middle age and doesn't get a lot of things, and at the risk of sounding even more clueless than usual, one of those is why so many people are against an official language for the…

  • Kill the Penny

    A bill has been introduced to kill the penny, mostly because it actually costs more than a penny to produce a penny. That makes sense, and I'm all for it. It's not like you can do much with pennies these days anyway, so I say go for it….

  • Scott Adams on Flag Burning

    I've always thought the idea of an amendment to ban the burning of flags was a bit idiotic, since you're actually supposed to burn flags in order to appropriately destroy them. But Scott Adams (the creator of Dilbert, don't you know) stepped up to the plate recently to…

  • The Pirates to the Rescue

    Hrm. Perhaps I'm not a Libertarian after all. Maybe I'm a Pirate*. *No, probably not. But at least if we're going to be giving up all our money we can talk well and have eye patches and good parties and the like….

  • Our Armor or No Armor

    In the latest twist of the Iraq saga, Army officials have apparently banned the use of any armor other than that issued by the military. That's just stupid. I appreciate that you don't want someone to feel that they are safe when they are not. I appreciate that…

  • Congressman Robin Hayes just called me!

    I am so proud. I just received a message from Congressman Robin Hayes. Who would have thought that he would called me personally? I sure wouldn't have expected it! Even stranger, when he called, the caller ID came up as a Private Name and Private Number….

  • What happened to the people?

    I heard that America was founded for the people. I don't think that's true now, and I don't think it's been true for a long, long time. We have odds on American Idol. We have groups of people who band together every week to buy lottery tickets in…

  • What about the draft?

    Marty wants to know how I feel about the draft. Well, Marty, unfortunately, I don't know. Or perhaps that is fortunately, because the draft has not been active in my lifetime, at least not to that point where I was able to talk. So I don't really have…