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“[State controlled] education is a weapon, whose effect depends on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed.” – Joseph Stalin

“Hopefully it will be so cold in Frankfort this Session that Legislators will be forced to keep their hands in their own pockets.”

– Bernie Kunkel

A Response To The Tax Hikers       By Theresa Fritz Camoriano 

You suggest that those who oppose a tax increase need psychological treatment for their “problem”.  However, you forget that government obtains money from the people by force.  While our churches, friends, and families try to persuade us or voluntarily help us, and businesses offer us deals and try to entice us, the government uses force to take our money and regulate our actions.  Every time you promote a new or enlarged government program, you are asking for more force to be used against your fellow citizens.               (click to read more)

Let Kofi spin in the wind!    by Henry Lamb

Calls for Kofi Annan to resign his post as secretary-general of the United Nations continue to grow. The oil-for-food scandal expands with each new disclosure, and the once-secret sex scandals are now public knowledge. Annan's resignation, however, will not cure these ills; it will only mask the real problems, while providing the appearance of reform. .                (click to read more)

Libertarian sees virtue in risk-taking, disaster help   But this doesn't mean that it's government's job         by Sheri Conover Sharlow,  Libertarian Writers' Bureau

There are two things going on that ought to fire up my Libertarian ire, but I just can't get riled.

Libertarians believe that government has the reverse Midas touch. Everything government touches turns to a steaming, stinky garbage heap, and its cronies have skimmed off any recyclables and compost, which they will force all of us to buy whether or not we want them.               (click to read more)

Traffic Laws and Psychological Conditioning      By Gordon Francis Corbett

      Nobody can deny that traffic laws and their enforcement save many lives annually.

    Nevertheless, the ostensible reasons for some traffic laws do not add up, and that fact leaves us free to speculate about their true purposes.               (click to read more)

Terry’s Tidbits – by Terry Gray

RUBBER BANDFOOLERY

“There have been recent incidences of students at our school using rubber bands as a method of projecting objects at other people.  ...  Students caught with evil rubber bands will be suspended.  This is a case of punishing kids for being in possession of an inanimate object which when used for its intended purpose harms no one.               (click to read more)

Pay Up, Sit Still, and Damage Your Bladder:  Theater Economics          By Jonathan David Morris

You know how sometimes, when you’re so hungry that you’re borderline delusional, all you see when you look at someone is a nice, juicy turkey? Well, all right, I’m probably confusing real life with Looney Tunes again. But the point is, I think that’s how movie theaters see moviegoers nowadays. They’re so money hungry, these theaters, that they don’t see a human when you walk through the door. They see a nice, juicy bird on a silver platter. Only instead of a turkey, you’re a goose of the golden-egg-laying variety.

I came to this conclusion last Monday, when I went to see “Meet the Fockers.” If you’ve been to a theater lately, you probably know where I’m going with this.                (click to read more)

"Democrat Christine Gregoire is scheduled to be sworn in as Washington state's governor next week after winning a controversial manual recount by 129 votes. But according to a new poll taken by Seattle's KING-TV, the state's residents still believe that Republican Dino Rossi won by a margin of 56% to 35%. When asked if Mr. Rossi should concede, those surveyed said 'no' by a 53% to 36% margin. Most significantly, they supported holding another election by a 20-point margin.

"Those numbers reflect a growing sentiment that the state's election process was hopelessly compromised in Seattle's King County, which has a long history of incompetent vote-counting. County officials have yet to adequately explain why they tallied 3,539 more votes than the number of people who voted. A handwriting analyst hired by the state's home-building industry believes there is strong evidence that one person may have signed over 300 provisional ballots cast in a controversial precinct in which hundreds of voters listed the county's administration building as their home address."

- John Fund, Political Diary, 1/4/05

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