Comments on: Morning Links

By: Andrew Williams

Andrew Williams — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:45:59 +0000

Demetri Martin is awesome. Or as my brother would say:

Satan oscillate my metallic sonatas

By: Andrew Williams

Andrew Williams — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:44:00 +0000

Roger Ramjet, he’s our man
Hero of our nation…

By: Andrew Williams

Andrew Williams — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:42:35 +0000

Calvin and Hobbes as “8th wonder of the world?” Well, it would mean displacing the Berlin Airlift…I’ll have to get back to you. ;)

By: Carol S.

Carol S. — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:02:06 +0000

You already need a script here in Oregon. I understand, but what a PITA

By: DaveG

DaveG — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 08:57:09 +0000

Good to see holocaust deniers, and alien abductees getting some love.

By: Windy

Windy — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 06:52:03 +0000

http://www.articlesoffreedom.us/Home.aspx

By: JThompson

JThompson — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:43:26 +0000

And people shriek about what a cynic I am when I tell them that a few states allowing medical marijuana doesn’t imply an end to the War On Drugs.

I fully expect drain cleaning products, tire cleaners, fertilizer, paint and thinners, and ether to require a photocopy be made of your driver’s license within the next ten years. Or at the very least I expect people to attempt to pass laws to that extent. For the children, of course.

By: bobzbob

bobzbob — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 03:20:53 +0000

It took 8 years of republican idiocy to get us into this mess, why are we suprised it takes more than a year to get us out. I would remind everyone that the last democrat who promised to reduce the deficit and balance the budget, Bill Clinton, did just as he promised. Of course what every politician learned from the 2000 election is that sound fiscal policy is not a politically winning one.

By: Michael Chaney

Michael Chaney — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 02:25:52 +0000

The worst deficit in the Bush administration was 1/4 of Obama’s first. I wasn’t pleased back then, but this is a new level of bad.

By: BamBam

BamBam — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:10:55 +0000

The resulting battles would show R and D being victorious. Why would a corrupt system allow itself to be dismantled? When people “vote”, how many people in the chain of custody do you implicitly trust to have no bias, no motive, no incentive to skew the results? How many elections and ballot measures do we truly know the results to be accurate? The answer is ZERO because there is no way to validate results. You can’t get all of the people who voted together in one room and count the votes. You can only try to do it bit by bit, and hope that all of the people who voted have their vote represented.

For all we know, we’re told numbers that “sound about right” and everyone believes the results without reservation.

By: God's Own Drunk

God's Own Drunk — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:37:24 +0000

@ 41 “People need to be broken of the Democrat or Republican rubber stamp process”

I couldn’t agree more, and since even people who identify themselves as at least leaning either Rep or Dem claim to generally be dissatisfied with the government, you’d think it would be easier to get them to vote 3rd party.

Wouldn’t it be nice if we could just convice the majority of the voting populace, just for one election cycle, if you lean Left vote Green Party and if you lean Right vote Libertarian? It would sure be interesting to see the resulting political battles….

By: Bulucanagria

Bulucanagria — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:21:14 +0000

Frazz’s girlfriend bears a strong resemblence to Calvin’s babysitter Rosalyn. I second Phelps recommendation of the comic. It’s not a clone of Calvin, but the spirit is similar.

By: Phelps

Phelps — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:29:19 +0000

If you liked Calvin and Hobbes, look up Frazz. It’s done in a very very very similar style. As in, you would almost think it was the same guy. Wink wink.

By: BamBam

BamBam — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:25:55 +0000

#18 | I greatly miss Calvin. I have all of the book collections of Calvin and Hobbes.

I miss Space Moose, and own the book Triumph of the Whim.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Moose

BEST COMIC EVER

By: BamBam

BamBam — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:24:09 +0000

#23| Forget pseudoephedrine, ammonia, the real culprit
is dihydrogen oxide. HOH. Known in some drug circles as
“water” or “agua.”

Dihydrogen monoxide should be banned. See Bullshit Season 1 Episode 13
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Bullshit!_episodes

By: Dave Krueger

Dave Krueger — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:37:30 +0000

I’m pretty certain that I could never vote for a candidate affiliated with any party that had corrupted itself enough to become competitive at the national level.

The Libertarian Party must choose between integrity or votes. The American voting public has shown in every election that it has only scorn for liberty.

By: BamBam

BamBam — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:23:21 +0000

Why would anyone believe that Politician X will do what s/he says, unless they have a long track record of principaled statements and voting? There is far too much data to prove this is NEVER the case. It’s like a battered woman saying “maybe if I do this, he’ll love me and then the beatings will stop”. Politicians don’t work in a vacuum and have 0 dependencies. However, things are trending this way — it’s called a dictatorship.

License for internet?
http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/49176.html

By: CRNewsom

CRNewsom — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:45:05 +0000

My wife’s uncle tried to tell me that by voting for a 3rd party (Barr) I was wasting my vote.

I told him that voting for the candidate that was not the most closely aligned with my political beliefs and who I genuinely felt was the best for the country was a waste of my vote.

He started his response with “This is why you’re wrong…”

People need to be broken of the Democrat or Republican rubber stamp process. They need to realize that in order to change the system, you must elect a candidate not of the system. A third party is not the final answer, but it’s a good start.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:39:37 +0000

I still say go vote. Just to say no to the bond issues. Any incumbent that has been in office long enough for you to remember their name has been there long enough so vote for the other candidate. Hopefully this will at least slow them down a little.

By: Kristen

Kristen — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:27:20 +0000

I be mockin’ all y’all that still think voting within the two-party system is ever goinna produce results. “Scared of the other guy winning” ain’t no excuse, y’hear? They’s all the same!