Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Long Before Russell Crowe As Robin Hood, John Cleese As Dennis Moore







Let's Learn About Profiling

Profiling Quiz


Three men walk into a bank.  Which one of the three is most likely to rob the bank ??

                                                  







Be sure to justify your answer by listing below the observed facts and/or reasoned speculations for each of the three men. 










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Monday, December 28, 2009

Gever Tulley

What Have You Done To Make The World Freer For Those Who Seek To Make The World A More Beautiful Place ??

Jeffrey Tucker is the editor of Mises dot org.


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Amusing Ourselves To Death

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Barack Obama bought himself the presidency.  Actually, others bought it for him.  He just had to make the promises.


I do not know if he is cognizant of this.  When and if he comes to the realization, he might swallow his pride and toss that silver back into the temple but that is doubtful.  He'll be needing serious forgiveness to regain his soul.






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War Is A Racket



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smedley_Butler

http://www.veteransforpeace.org/War_is_a_racket.vp.html

http://www.ratical.org/ratville/CAH/warisaracket.html

http://www.rationalrevolution.net/special/library/war_is_a_racket.htm

http://www.rationalrevolution.net/war/major_general_smedley_butler_usm.htm

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

A Quick Glance At The Headlines - Tuesday December 22, 2009

Forbes - The World's Most Powerful People 2009
1    Parasite/Pawn
2    Parasite
3    Parasite
4    Parasite/Pawn
5    Merchants
6    Merchant
7    Merchant
8    Merchant
9    Slave Owner
10  Merchant
11  Nobility
12  Merchant/Politician
13  Merchant
14  Venture Capitalist
15  Parasite
37  Terrorist
39  Nobility
40  Terrorist
41  Merchant
45  Entertainer/Nobility
49  Jurist


Republicans Denounce "Democrats Hands In The Till"
Sen. Christopher J. Dodd, D-Conn., requested the provision, hoping that the University of Connecticut would win the money.
"The taxpayers of Kentucky are not excited about having to underwrite the special deals that were apparently made for Nebraska, Vermont, and, Massachusetts,"
"You will find a number of states are treated differently than other states, That's what legislation is all about. It's compromise." explained Neo-Marxist Reid.
Next week - Democrats Denounce "Republicans Hands In The Till"

Celebrity Deaths Had Heavy Impact In 2009 
Nothing like a celebrity for emotional impact.

Plants Protest Vegetarianism  


Ear For Ear, Nose For Nose - Welcome To Islamabad
One of the men wanted to marry her, but she refused, Jahangir said. They mutilated her "to set an example," he said. 

Free Nobel Prize With Every Oil Change














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Friday, December 18, 2009

I Hope You Don't Have Plans To Start A Taxi Company In Dallas....

...that would be illegal.

Dallas City Code - Taxicabs

Consider the opportunity.  Buy a Trifun, a Chinese made vehicle manufactured by the Estes family of Michigan.  There is a dealer in Grapevine according to the Trifun web site. (he doesn't get a hyperlink until I get a confirmation from him)





The Trifun is economical, safe, reliable, and would be perfect in Dallas.  A hard working cab driver could make a good living.


Here is the downside -
Some of the tastier tidbits from the Dallas City Code:
SEC. 45-1.1.     STATEMENT OF POLICY.     It is the policy of the city of Dallas to provide for and to promote adequate and efficient taxicab service in the city.  To this end, this chapter provides for the regulation of taxicab rates and services, to be carried out in a manner that protects the public health and safety, promotes the public convenience and necessity, and respects the concept of free enterprise. FAIL (Ord. 15127)
SEC. 45-2.1.     OPERATING AUTHORITY REQUIRED.     (a)     A person may not operate a taxicab service inside the city without operating authority granted under this chapter, nor may a person transport a passenger for hire inside the city by taxicab unless the person driving the taxicab or another who employs or contracts with the driver has been granted perating authority under this chapter. In other words, you cannot work at your chosen profession without OUR permission.
 (b)     The holder of a franchise must provide taxicab service to the entire city with a minimum of 50 taxicabs.  A franchise may not be granted for a period longer than 15 years. Small business - You are screwed.
(4)     a description of any past business experience of the applicant, particularly in providing passenger transportation services, and an identification and description of any revocation or suspension of a franchise or permit held by the applicant or business before the date of filing the application. Since you're working for us (Dallas City Council), we demand experience.  New guy - You are screwed.
Mary Ruwart says "In many cities, would-be taxi and van drivers can't conduct business without paying exorbitant fees (over $200,000 in New York City) for the medallions (licenses). In some cases, the city or county won't grant new licenses at any price. Such government intervention creates a great deal of poverty by putting people out of work!"
Minneapolis is removing the barriers to economic opportunity for it's citizens.
Just as requiring licenses for health care providers results in fewer doctors and nurses, greater expense to patients, and a less healthy populous, requiring licenses for transportation providers results in less commerce and more poverty.
  Follow the money - somebody is getting paid.


 
 

Thursday, December 17, 2009

Ben Thompson's Blog - Badass Of The Week




When you leave the armed forces of your country because they aren't kicking enough asses for your liking, I guess it's kind of hard to argue with your qualifications as a badass.




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Tuesday, December 15, 2009

from Dennis Prager

There is no federal budget, no Senate or House bill, no social policy, no health care fix that can do as much good as a society that is filled with decent people. 
http://www.dennisprager.com/columns.aspx?g=0bf33d46-64ac-4727-8e5b-c9b7acb0a568&url=have_we_stopped_trying_to_make_good_people 





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I Sent This Email Today to GOP-USA and GOP-Dallas County

Nationalized Health Care

Tuesday, December 15, 2009 3:08 PM
From:
"tim lebsack"
To:
info@gop.com, info@dallasgop.org

Dear Sirs:

I am concerned regarding the possible nationalization of health care.  I do not want any increase of government involvement in this vital industry.  I much prefer that government obey the Constitution.

If legislation is passed that increases governmental control of the medical / health industry, what will the GOP do ?

When a Republican majority Congress is active will you rescind the acts passed by a Democrat majority Congress ?  Will you eliminate funding for the governmental health care agencies ?

I eagerly await you response.

              Tim Lebsack
               Dallas


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Within seconds these two responses came --


Delivery Failure

Tuesday, December 15, 2009 3:08 PM
From:
"Postmaster"
To:
tim_lebsack@yahoo.com

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The message you sent to dallasgop.org/info was rejected because it would exceed the quota for the mailbox.

The subject of the message follows:
Subject: Nationalized Health Care


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Thank you for your thoughts and comments

Tuesday, December 15, 2009 3:09 PM
From:
"Info Services Temp"
To:
"tim lebsack"
Thank you for contacting the Republican National Committee. We certainly
appreciated your email, and will include your thoughts in our report to
the Chairman. Please do not hesitate to contact us in the future with
any of your thoughts, opinions or observations.



Office of Constituent Services

Republican National Committee

info@gop.com

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I'll let you know if I ever get a response.




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Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Lion Country Safari

I was ill-equipped, unable or unwilling to learn the sport of football -  not good for an East Texan.  Midway through 8th grade, my second year in pads, my post-season weight was 88 pounds.  I decided then and there that the extra mass I would pack on over the summer before High School would be unfair to the opposing squads.  It was time to retire.

Never played Texas High School Football and never visited Lion Country Safari in Grand Prairie but,,,, I can still visit if I travel to Florida.

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Lion Country Safari Inc. was founded in 1967 by a group of South African and British entrepreneurs who wished to provide a safari experience for families who would not normally be able to experience it. The park originally exhibited only lions.

Between 1967 and 1974, Lion Country Safari, Inc. opened 6 animal parks, one near each of the following American cities: West Palm Beach, Florida; Los Angeles, California; Dallas, Texas; Atlanta, Georgia; Cincinnati, Ohio; and Richmond, Virginia.

The first park, in South Florida, is the only Lion Country Safari still in operation. At one time there were parks in Irvine, California (1970-1984); Grand Prairie, Texas (1971-1992); Stockbridge, Georgia; Mason, Ohio (1974-1993) and Doswell, Virginia (1974-1993).

Grand Prairie's Lion Country Safari
Lion Country Safari Today Be sure to look in satellite view.
Lion Country Safari at Wikipedia
Do You Remember Seven Seas ?
White Water / Boardwalk
Attractions Removed From Six Flags Over Texas
I was only able to find brief mentions of Hawaii Kai.








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Friday, December 4, 2009

Nothing Is Free

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Fools On the Hill

by Don Boudreaux on December 3, 2009

Here’s a letter that I sent earlier this afternoon to a reporter for CBS News:
Mr. Bob Foss, CBS Radio News
New York, NY

Dear Mr. Foss:

On today’s 1:00pm national-news radio broadcast you reported that the Senate voted to require all insurance companies “to cover mammograms and pap smears at no cost.”

The Senate can vote as much as it wants to do such a thing, but it might just as well vote to stop the earth from rotating or flies from buzzing.  To be performed, mammograms and pap smears require resources, both human and non-human.  These resources have alternative uses.  So whenever these resources are used to produce a mammogram or a pap smear, other things that these resources could have been – but aren’t – used to produce are not produced.  The value of the goods and services that are not produced is the mammogram’s or pap-smear’s cost.

And because these procedures are inevitably costly, there is an inevitable cost to insurers of covering them.

In theory, government might force A to pay for B’s mammograms and pap smears.  But it absolutely cannot eliminate these costs.
In practice – and especially if “health-care reform” makes the health-insurance industry more competitive – insurers’ cost of covering these procedures will inevitably be reflected in the premiums they charge.  Firms in competitive industries are driven out of business if they don’t cover all of their costs.

You and your colleagues in the mainstream media should stop speaking as if costs can be magically legislated away by the Fools on the Hill.  Such a change in the way you report the news would be a first step toward a more realistic assessment of the limits that constrain government’s power to create heaven on earth.

Sincerely,
Donald J. Boudreaux

Donald J. Boudreaux is Chairman of the Department of Economics at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.



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