Archive for the 'Bad Ideas' Category
Monday, September 24th, 2007
So, there you are watching The Godfather on TNT. Michael Corleone is in Italy, and you’re following the dialog by reading the captions. All of sudden, you can’t see the captions, because TNT is playing an advertisement for some other program which will be on a few days from today. Characters from this other show [...]
By: Nick | Category Bad Ideas, Entertainment | 1 Comment »
Monday, August 6th, 2007
Well, now I’ve heard everything. One of the big headlines coming from the big liberal blog convention last week is that they think that bloggers should organize and form a labor union: CHICAGO – Do bloggers need their own Norma Rae? In a move that might make some people scratch their heads, a loosely formed [...]
By: Nick | Category Bad Ideas, Internet, Labor | 2 Comments »
Friday, June 1st, 2007
Since I am currently on the waiting list to receive a kidney transplant, I found this article from The Australian very disturbing: DUTCH broadcaster BNN plans to air a television show next week in which a terminally ill woman will decide who out of three young patients will get her kidney. Viewers will be able [...]
By: Nick | Category Bad Ideas, Entertainment, Health Stuff | Comments Off
Friday, May 25th, 2007
Even after having her plans rejected en mass by the public several years ago, Hillary still has an obsession with Universal Health Care: “As president, I will end the practice of insurance company cherry-picking once and for all by allowing anyone who wants to join a plan to do so and prohibiting insurance companies from [...]
By: Nick | Category 2008 Election, Bad Ideas, Health Stuff, Politics | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, May 9th, 2007
I’ve been of the opinion for many years that the only way the liberals in the United States get their ideas and agendas codified into law is through the courts. Through the use of activist judges on the bench, they have been able to manufacture all kinds of non-existent “rights” for their constituents. The best [...]
By: Nick | Category 2008 Election, Bad Ideas, Courts, Government, Military, Politics, War on Terror | 2 Comments »
Saturday, April 28th, 2007
Apparently, Dan Simpson has never read the Constitution. If he has, then he is showing off his ignorance. Either way, it’s clear that he has no respect for an American’s rights. Because I have little or no power to influence the “if” part of the issue, I will stick with the “how.” And before anyone [...]
By: Nick | Category Bad Ideas, Culture War | 1 Comment »
Thursday, December 14th, 2006
Usually, our environmental wacko friends on the left try to limit their attempts to destroy the American way of life to one thing at a time. Australian Dr. John Reid is trying to destroy the entire thing all at once: Consider just a few examples of the measures people will have to accept: First and [...]
By: Nick | Category Bad Ideas, Environmental Wackos, Political Correctness, Science | 3 Comments »
Friday, April 28th, 2006
In a move which is guaranteed to provide an enormous amount of encouragement to illegal aliens and their supporters, American businesses are are closing on Monday, May 1st, to allow their employees to attend rallies meant to shut down cities across the nation. NEW YORK (Reuters) – From mighty meatpacking plants to tiny taco stands, [...]
By: Nick | Category Bad Ideas, Culture War, Immigration, Political Correctness, Politics | Comments Off
Thursday, April 27th, 2006
A Texas Judge is urging the people of his community to boycott the local Exxon/Mobile gas station until it drops it’s prices to $1.30 per gallon: Bee County judge Jimmy Martinez is asking for a boycott and has pushed a major county resolution encouraging citizens of Beeville, about 90 miles Southeast of San Antonio, to [...]
By: Nick | Category Bad Ideas, Conspiracy | 2 Comments »