Thursday, March 23rd, 2006
It just occurred to me
that I’ve never met a poor libertarian.
Or a middle class one with kids either.
Entries from March 2006
Sunday, March 19th, 2006
Ben Franklin kicking it on the current spying debate tip
“Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.”
I was reading Christopher Hitchens’ excellent essay in the April 2006 Vanity Fair in which he referenced this quote from BF and it made me wonder if this is engraved into any marble in DC anywhere. I’d love [...]
Friday, March 17th, 2006
PalmTX mini-review
I’ve had a PalmTX now for a few weeks, here are some thoughts
I bought the TX so that we could access e-mail and the web on our trip without having to lug around a laptop. I also figured that it might be a nice way to organize some of our info for the trip and [...]
Thursday, March 16th, 2006
Way to shore up the low approval ratings
jackass
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060316/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_national_security_5
So, GWB comes out and basically says “Iran, Syria, Korea, you’re next.” That is sure gonna make friends for us in the Middle East, moron. Nope, not gonna help terrorist recruiting at all, you projecting America your personal bully squad to make other countries do what you want. Mr. President, you are playing a dangerous [...]
Wednesday, March 15th, 2006
I’m still alive
and I’m still here
I just haven’t had anything to say for a bit, or rather, anything I’d like to blog about. We’re getting ready for our big excursion to the continent as they say, and that has been keeping me busy.
but:
I’m generally disappointed with the Michelin travel guides for Europe, even penny-pinching Rick Steve’s guides [...]
