Month: July 2006

  • The Mommy State, for kids

    These sample pages from the book “Why Mommy is a Democrat” give the term “Mommy state” a new meaning. If only leftists were that honest about their socialist/totalitarian ideology with other adults, perhaps people might be more wary before voting for them.

  • "Coca Cola Pleads with Customers to Stop Buying So Much Coke"

    Hoping to avoid shortages of their flagship product, Coca Cola has begun asking consumers to limit their purchases of Coke. “We realize that we have an excellent product and it’s been really hot lately, but please, if you could just cut back a little, it would help a lot,” said company spokeswoman Greta Hansel. “We’re…

  • Iranian state propaganda

    From a TIME article: Time reports that not all Iranianians are taking state propaganda seriously. With these messages, it’s not hard to see why: Iranian state channel … urged Iranians to boycott what it called “Zionist products,” including those made by Pepsi, Nestlé and Calvin Klein, and warned that profits from such products “are converted…

  • Indian censorship: The Band of the Banned

    What do you do when Islamic fundamentalists murder 200 people? Why, you censor anyone who criticizes Islam, of course! At least, that was India’s response, when it forced Indian ISP’s to censor the following 17 websites. None of them advocate terrorism – they just dare to blaspheme against Islam. The Band of the Banned The…

  • Re: Israel's current crisis with the kidnapped soldier

    My comments on the ObjectivismOnline forum thread: Some argue that Israel’s “disengagement” is to be blamed for the recent round of attacks. This is true in a sense, but not in the way most critics claim. The Palestinian terrorist groups and their backers depend on continued violence for their political power and the foreign and…

  • Me on net neutrality

    In response to a criticism of a defense of Senator Steven’s essentially correct “Internet tubes” speech. Rockwell’s and Steven’s basic point is that internet bandwidth is a scarce resource, and the only way to efficiently use it is to allow entrepreneurs to decide how resources should be allocated, and how traffic should be prioritized. While…