Jerry Stratton's Blog, page 76

Sarah Palin: Break up ‘Boomtown’ by scattering gov’t agencies across nation

“Politicians have spoke endlessly about breaking up big banks in recent years, but Palin is crusading to break up Washington. There were a lot of platitudes and red meat at the Freedom Summit, but Palin put forth a significant idea to reduce cronyism and making government get closer to the people.” I should have known not to listen to the media blowhards telling me what Palin said. Getting rid of capitol cities is a great reform idea. Capitols concentrate partisans of big government in one place. I only have to look south to Austin to see the dangers of government concentrated in one place.

Twelve cookies on a plate

There are twelve cookies on a plate. The left says that they can feed the poor without taking your cookies away, only by taking that rich guy’s cookies away.

2015 in photos

For photos and perhaps other quick notes sent from my mobile device or written on the fly during 2015.

First Sergeant Reginald Daniels provides a counter-argument for the flag

First Sergeant Reginald Daniels explains why the flag is important.

God willing and the movie blurb don’t rise

Evil will rise. Son will rise. A lot of rising going on in the movie theater.

The Sum of All Fears et Charlie Hebdo

When Hollywood succumbs to bowdlerizing books by removing Islamic terrorism, they are part of the reason terrorists think that they can act with impunity. Not just because they enable terrorism, but because they keep us from discussing the reasons for terrorism.

False positives, the Internet, and the grievance media

The ability of the modern mass media to search the entire population ensures that most stories are wrong.

Essential revolution: lasting reform

The most important reform is the reform that makes the reformer obsolete.

Essential revolution: fight corruption

The only sure means of fighting corruption is to take away the powers that invite it.

Surviving the anointed

The squirrels of the anointed don’t actually store nuts for use in crisis; rather, they squander our resources and degrade our ability to survive crises.