Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Joseph McCarthy, Popularly Vilified, Was ALSO Right.
Congresswoman Sue Myrick is trying to sound the alarm. She is warning her nation about the dangers of islam. She is getting hammered by the press for it. Good for her.
Throttle Should Be A Cable.
In automobiles:
Throttle should be a cable or a linkage.
Brakes should be hydraulic.
Steering should be mechanical.
Shifters should be a cable or a linkage.
Lights should be wires and relays.
The radio should have a dedicated volume knob.
Always. Anything beyond these is a step into the Realm of Bad Ideas.
oh, and one more:
The default failure mode when sh*t goes haywire should NOT be "Uncontrolled Full-Throttle Acceleration You Can't Do Anything About No Matter What You Try Including Turning Off The Ignition, Shifting to Reverse, and Standing on the Brakes.
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I always thought that drive-by-wire was a [deleted] stupid idea. When I heard of commercial passenger aircraft going to fly-by-wire instead of direct hydraulic controls, I got a case of the creeping willies. Airplanes go through ridonculous amounts of safety testing. Cars are, by comparison, a very slapdash affair. Just ask this guy, who used to design Fords, and would never buy one.
Always. Anything beyond these is a step into the Realm of Bad Ideas.
oh, and one more:
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I always thought that drive-by-wire was a [deleted] stupid idea. When I heard of commercial passenger aircraft going to fly-by-wire instead of direct hydraulic controls, I got a case of the creeping willies. Airplanes go through ridonculous amounts of safety testing. Cars are, by comparison, a very slapdash affair. Just ask this guy, who used to design Fords, and would never buy one.
McDonald v. Chicago Arguments Were Today
While we're on the subject of praying, how about praying that justices@SCOTUS.com lean more heavily toward "shall not be infringed" than we have any reason to hope.
Prayers for Chile
Don't forget that there are people still trapped in rubble, and millions of people are homeless down there. Take a minute to say a prayer for them.
Happy Texas Independence Day!
If you don't like it because you're brown, feel free to go back wherever your color and your politics match.
Quotes Of The Day 03/02/2010
"he is actually forcing them to talk about spending, and he's getting hammered for it" -Laura Ingraham (referring to Sen. Bunning)
"Today we have a clear-cut example to show the American people just what's wrong with Washington, D.C. That is because today one single Republican senator is standing in the way of the unemployment benefits of 400,000 Americans." Sen. Patty Murray
Senator Jim Bunning was trying to insist that "we" take money from the unspent TARP funds to pay for this $10B stopgap measure. TARP has already been raided by the Obamunists to do things that will/did not help the economy. Bunning was upfront that he was FOR extending the unemployment beneifits of all these folks out of a job, just he didn't want to borrow from his grandchildren to do it.
The Democrats would have none of it, and finally Bunning caved. I'm guessing the number of Senators that ever had to pay down a big personal debt while 'doing without' is approximately ZERO. I wonder if the next American revolution will start when we finally have to enforce austerity measures just like Greece is doing now.
Monday, March 1, 2010
Bipartisan, A New Definition.
The supreme Court says that NOT buying/selling wheat on your farm influences interstate commerce, so Congress can regulate it (yes, really).
So why is it a surprise to learn that the mentally-broken Speaker Pelosi thinks "bipartisan" means "you didn't just let us pass whatever we wanted so you are part of the process, even if nobody on your side votes for our bill?"
So why is it a surprise to learn that the mentally-broken Speaker Pelosi thinks "bipartisan" means "you didn't just let us pass whatever we wanted so you are part of the process, even if nobody on your side votes for our bill?"
Boy Kills Brother With Father's Carelessness
If you leave a charged Glock in a car, and you have children capable of accessing the car, no matter how much you protest to the contrary, you are careless. If one of your children finds the gun and blows his brother's brains out all over the inside of your truck, you damn well SHOULD beat yourself up over it for the rest of your life.
Note that this very likely would not have happened if a law-abiding citizen had not complied with a useless "gun free zone" law. The law says no guns at the post office. The father left his Glock (in Condition Zero) in the car, and neglected to remove it when they get home. The rest is history.
Sad, sad, sad. A young life tossed out, a brother with a spoiled innocence, and a formerly-gun-safe man branded forever as a danger, even if only in his own mind. Be sure the Brady Campaign to Prevent GunOwnership Violence will be dancing in this child's blood soon, if they aren't already, trying to use it as an excuse for more anti-gun legislation.
Hat tip to Uncle
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I know we should never say "never" but this would never happen at my home. If I leave a gun in a place where the children have even a remote chance of laying hands on it, it is not ready to fire. Period. I N.E.V.E.R. let my arms out of my direct control without putting them into Condition Four. Also, my children know that to touch my guns when there is no 'bad guy' present will result in Very Big Spankings, and they know that I am psychic (shhhhh. . . .). Also the ones old enough to talk have received n lectures on gun safety, and between the two of them, they can recite the Four Rules on command. THIS is careful. Leaving a Glock laying around in a house with children is not. Sorry.
Note that this very likely would not have happened if a law-abiding citizen had not complied with a useless "gun free zone" law. The law says no guns at the post office. The father left his Glock (in Condition Zero) in the car, and neglected to remove it when they get home. The rest is history.
Sad, sad, sad. A young life tossed out, a brother with a spoiled innocence, and a formerly-gun-safe man branded forever as a danger, even if only in his own mind. Be sure the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun
Hat tip to Uncle
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I know we should never say "never" but this would never happen at my home. If I leave a gun in a place where the children have even a remote chance of laying hands on it, it is not ready to fire. Period. I N.E.V.E.R. let my arms out of my direct control without putting them into Condition Four. Also, my children know that to touch my guns when there is no 'bad guy' present will result in Very Big Spankings, and they know that I am psychic (shhhhh. . . .). Also the ones old enough to talk have received n lectures on gun safety, and between the two of them, they can recite the Four Rules on command. THIS is careful. Leaving a Glock laying around in a house with children is not. Sorry.
You Aren't The Only One Who Hates President Obama.
His doctors, on the occasion of a routine checkup, recommended (again) that he quit smoking.
The man knows it is a fatally poisonous thing to do, but he does it anyway. What does that tell you?
The man knows it is a fatally poisonous thing to do, but he does it anyway. What does that tell you?
61 Dead Children Is NOT A Reason For New Laws
You can't make the world 100% safe. Period, end of discussion*
*except for the following:
Be sure that every story you read will have a sob story in it. A sob story does not constitute a reason for doing ANYTHING. The American Academy of Pediatrics is currently dancing in the blood of the children of ignoramus parents who don't know how to do the Heimlich Maneuver, trying to get warning labels (make that BIGGER warning labels) put on food. No, not that you should be eating raw fruit instead of hot dogs. No, they want warning labels that say a small thing can get stuck in a small hole. This is a grave danger and Something Must Be DONE!
SRSLY? 61 kids probably got shocked to death by lightning last year. 61 kids probably died from falling on ice during the recent winter storms. You're worried enough to go on radio, TV, and the intarwebz, and tell parents to chop up hot dogs into bits? 39,000-ish people died in car wrecks last year. Hell this is a DOCTOR's group making a fuss, how about 500 people dying from "medical misadventures?" You can't go out and say to drive careful, you have to tell us to chop up hot dogs? How about the 61 people who died of kidney failure from all the sodium nitrate in the hot dogs they safely chopped up before eating? Sure it's a noble cause but 61 deaths out of a population of 300,000,000 gives your kid approximately 2x10-7 odds of choking to death on a hot dog. Don't feed your kids hot dogs that turned green from "age" and keep living your life already.
Safety goons: get a life.
*except for the following:
Be sure that every story you read will have a sob story in it. A sob story does not constitute a reason for doing ANYTHING. The American Academy of Pediatrics is currently dancing in the blood of the children of ignoramus parents who don't know how to do the Heimlich Maneuver, trying to get warning labels (make that BIGGER warning labels) put on food. No, not that you should be eating raw fruit instead of hot dogs. No, they want warning labels that say a small thing can get stuck in a small hole. This is a grave danger and Something Must Be DONE!
SRSLY? 61 kids probably got shocked to death by lightning last year. 61 kids probably died from falling on ice during the recent winter storms. You're worried enough to go on radio, TV, and the intarwebz, and tell parents to chop up hot dogs into bits? 39,000-ish people died in car wrecks last year. Hell this is a DOCTOR's group making a fuss, how about 500 people dying from "medical misadventures?" You can't go out and say to drive careful, you have to tell us to chop up hot dogs? How about the 61 people who died of kidney failure from all the sodium nitrate in the hot dogs they safely chopped up before eating? Sure it's a noble cause but 61 deaths out of a population of 300,000,000 gives your kid approximately 2x10-7 odds of choking to death on a hot dog. Don't feed your kids hot dogs that turned green from "age" and keep living your life already.
Safety goons: get a life.
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