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Legislation Via Regulation

by Smitty Because the Constitution is, like, over 100 years old, we can safely ignore the notion of representative democracy. Came across a new “gotcha” 4 small business yesterday. We signed a contract w/ a builder 4 a small local government construction job. 1/3 — Melissia (A) (@ProudoftheUSA) April 7, 2013 2/3 even though State […]

Headline Contrast

DHS To Buy 360,000 More Rounds of Hollow Point Ammunition   NYC Mayor Bloomberg: Government has right to ‘infringe on your freedom’ They told me if I voted for Mitt Romney, etc.  

Rule 5 Sunday: Time After Time

— compiled by Wombat-socho Welcome once again to the weekly obeisance to Rule 5 here at The Other McCain! For those of you new to the site, discretion is advised in following the links below; while many of them are discreet and tasteful, others are most definitely NSFW. Fishersville Mike leads off this week with […]

Would Libertarians Practically Achieve
“A World Without Moral Judgments”?

by Smitty While a tremendous Nick Gillespie fan, I can’t suppress a guffaw at this: I submit to you that few statements are more wrong than saying “libertarians might want a world without moral judgments.” From my vantage point, one of the things to which libertarianism is dedicated is the proliferation of moral judgments by […]

Let Them* Eat Debate (*Krugmanauts)

by Smitty More at KrugmnanDebate.com.

Senator Rand Paul At CPAC Live Blog #StandWithRand

by Smitty 13:36 Metallic “Enter Sandman” bumper music. 13:37 I get 10 minutes. I brought 13 hours of material. I have a message for POTUS: 13:37 No one person gets to decide guilt or innocence. My question was whether Presidential power has limits. 13:38 President Obama signed an indefinite detention bill, for all he says […]

Seven Years In The Valley

by Smitty I’m off to CPAC, but wanted to offer a salute to our left-coast affiliate, Valley of the Shadow, courageously trying to sort out that Pacific bowl of granola, while we yuck it up here. Keep the pimp hand strong, Joe!

Future Kentucky Sen. Puffy Face: Everything She Doesn’t Like Is Rape

She’ll have fun running in Kentucky on this platform: Using graphic language in an opinion piece about “conflict minerals,” potential U.S. Senate candidate Ashley Judd in 2010 accused those who buy Apple products of “financing mass rape.” “Apple is known for the clean lines of their products, the alluring simplicity of their designs,” Judd wrote in […]

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