"Even if the theory of global warming is wrong, we will be doing the right thing in terms of economic policy and environmental policy.”

Yeah, who cares about science, let's just get on with big government programs :)

"A student opened fire at his middle school Thursday afternoon, wounding a 14-year-old in the neck before an armed officer working at the school was able to get the gun away, police said."

And gun control nuts don't want armed security at schools.  Imagine the rampage if there hadn't been a good guy with a gun there.

Just like only Nixon could go to China, only Obama could squelch the anti-war movement.

All hail the empire.

Ah, overprivileged white activism :)

Ah, the dangers of out of control vegetable consumption.

The sad things we used to do to slaves.

"Georgia’s Slavery Act of 1765, for example, explained itself on the rather blatant theory of legalistic oppression that:

Slavery has been introduced and allowed in His Majesty’s Colonies in America and * * * Power over such Slaves ought to be settled and limited by positive Laws, so that the Slaves may be kept in due Subjection and Obedience * * * [.][5]

The Act went on to provide:

[t]hat it shall not be lawful for any Slave unless in the presence of some White Person to carry and make use of Fire Arms or any offensive Weapon whatsoever Unless such Slave shall have a Tickett or Licence in Writing from his Master, Mistress or Overseer to hunt * * * and that such Licence be renewed once every Month, or unless there be some White Person of the Age of sixteen years or upwards in the Company of such Slave when he is hunting or Shooting, or that such Slave be actually carrying his Master's Arms to or from his Master's Plantation by a special Tickett for that purpose, or unless such Slave be found in the Day time actually keeping off Birds within the Plantation to which such Slave belongs lodging the same Gun at Night within the dwelling-House of his Master, Mistress, or white Overseer. PROVIDED ALSO That no Slave shall have Liberty to carry any Gun, Cutlass, Pistol or other Offensive Weapon abroad at any Time, between Saturday Evening after Sun-set and Monday Morning before Sun rise Notwithstanding a Licence or Tickett for so doing, and in Case any Person shall find any Slave using or carrying fire-Arms or other Offensive Weapon contrary to * * * this Act, such Person may lawfully seize and take away such Offensive Weapon or fire-Arms * * * [.]"

Welcome to the People's Republic of Kalifornia.

Oops.  Inconvenient data.

"Concerted global action so far to deal with the threat of climate change has resulted in: higher energy prices; more deaths from fuel poverty; more intrusive regulation; the destruction of rainforests and the squandering of agricultural land on biofuels; higher food prices; famine and food riots – as a result partly of the drive for biofuels; the entrenchment of corporatism and rent-seeking to the detriment of free markets; the ravaging of the countryside with ugly solar farms and even uglier wind turbines; the deaths of millions of birds and bats; the great recession."

It's funny, spent 30+ years in the industry hearing that hacking was bad :)

More of my civil rights activism.

Inconvenient truth.

The right to bear arms is a civil right.

Happy Hawaiian Revolution Day!

For those not in the know, on this day in 1893, the misrule of Queen Liliuokalani was ended in a bloodless coup in Hawaii, and we started on the path to the sovereign and internationally recognized Republic of Hawaii, which eventually sued for annexation to the United States.

While the Queen and her followers attempted a counter-coup in 1895 (with the tacit backing of the US Administration at the time), they all eventually reconciled themselves with annexation, and became proud Americans.  In fact, the native Hawaiians dominated the Territorial Legislature in Hawaii for 30 years after annexation, due to the removal of property requirements for voting, combined with the latent disenfranchisement of asians who weren't allowed to vote if they were born during the Kingdom of Republic period.  During this time of dominance, native Hawaiians worked tirelessly for Statehood, which was granted in 1959.

So Happy Hawaiian Revolution Day to all!