Archive for the 'politics' Category

Wow, Mitt Takes the Gloves Off

Saturday, August 4th, 2007

The whole shock-jock gotcha journalism meme lost it’s lustre for me years ago.  Which is why, it’s so refreshing to see a politician forcefully and forthrightly repsond to it’s implementation.  The DJ, Jan Mickelson, is a jerk throughout.  This video was recorded without Romney’s knowledge and includes some heated discussion off-air wherein Romney gently but […]

FedEx vs. Government Bureaucracy

Wednesday, July 25th, 2007

I’m getting flashbacks to Reagan and his 9 scariest words in the Universe: I’m with the government, and I’m here to help.

Hat tip to Theo (NSFW)

The Bumper of my SUV

Saturday, March 3rd, 2007

This is the story behind Chely Wright’s song, The Bumper of my SUV.  It really did happen and not so far away from my home here in Collierville.
Tennessee is a great state, but like everywhere else it has it’s share of kooks.  I’m reminded of a bumper sticker I saw whilst running an […]

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

Friday, February 10th, 2006

This should put the Google in China controversy into perspective for you:
Search Tiananmen at Google: http://images.google.com/images?q=tiananmen
Search Tiananmen at Google China: http://images.google.cn/images?q=tiananmen

Hat Tip: Michael Robertson

Just How Big is the Oilfield in ANWR

Saturday, January 7th, 2006

Alton Foley, an electrical engineer in Virginia, puts his AutoCAD skills to use giving us an easy to understand image of just how much of the Alaska Wildlife Refuge has been proposed for oil exploration in this post. Here’s the summary quote, but please do go read the whole thing.
If the entire Arctic National […]