Archive for June, 2008
Death is an appropriate sentence for the rape of a child…
The Supreme Court declared today in Louisiana v. Kennedy that execution is an excessive punishment for child rape, despite the “years of long anguish” for victims. Truly amazing - child rape does not warrant the death penalty.
The court’s 5-4 decision struck down a Louisiana law that allows capital punishment for people convicted of raping children [...]
Press #1 for English? Enough.
America was not built around the premise of balkinization, factionalization, and mondialisation like Europe. America is built around a simple idea - come here, learn English, be assimilated, wave the flag. You don’t have to give up your entire entity from your homeland - but you have to become assimilated into US culture, and you [...]
Why is crude oil (and gasoline) so expensive?
I have been getting emails from readers essentially asking me to do a post on oil - why is it so expensive, and what, if anything should be the GOP’s party platform on energy. While energy economics is not my specialty - I do understand commodities markets, and I believe I probably understand better than [...]
Allah is offended (by the Pledge of Allegiance?)
Apparently, some Muslims in Oregon don’t like the US Pledge of Allegiance. As a result, at one Oregon elementary school, the kids won’t be allowed to recite it at an end of the year assembly. Principal Pam Wilson of Capitol Hill Elementary sent this email to parents explaining her decision to remove the pledge:
“The [...]
Obama to America - I won’t drill…
Sen. Barrack Obama, in addition to wanting to tax the living daylights out of you, has also decided, it is good you pay more for gasoline. Responding to the recent 180 by the President and Sen. McCain on oil exploration, Senator Obama said this:
Offshore drilling would not lower gas prices today. It would not lower [...]
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