July 26, 2005
Various links…
Some from the Carnival, some from elsewhere. All worth reading…
First, the worries about an “American Hiroshima”. Story here and here from WorldnetDaily. (Hat tip to Man in the Middle and this commentor at Wizbang.) Needless to say that this is a little bit freaky. The only thing I can offer here is that maybe Tancredo’s threat that we extend the policy of mutually assured destruction to Mecca might be the right option. You can’t have MAD against stateless terrorists, but if you suggest that the site most important to them will go bye-bye, maybe there might be some leverage.
Steve Pavlina tells us about The Right to be Wrong. It struck a nerve because it reminded me of my AP US History teacher, who was one of the best teachers I’ve ever had. That was the guy who said at the beginning of the year, “I’m going to give you so much work you can’t possibly handle it, so that you can learn time management skills.” He wasn’t easy on us, but we all learned a hell of a lot, and about more than just US History.
Angry in the Great White North tells us of attempts to criminalize smoking while driving… I had to respond with this comment (which extended further to explain why I don’t agree with it):
I have actually crashed a car due to smoking. I was cruising along a fairly crowded road, lit my cigarette, put the lighter away, and looked up to find traffic in front of me at a dead stop. It turns out that three cars in front of me, an unmarked car driven by a postal carrier stopped unexpectedly to deliver mail. The people directly ahead of me responded in time; because I was putting my lighter away, I did not.
Willisms reminds us, with help from Hayek, on why criticizing speech isn’t censorship.
Rhymes with Right tells us why efforts to restrict Southwest Airlines from flying out of Love Field is crony capitalism, and local government is more than willing to participate.
Quincy tells us why “nuance” and “understanding of the Constitution” are not to be used in the same sentence.
Last, Eminent Domain and other government malfeasance, here and overseas:
Hold the Mayo with A Real-Live Worst Case Scenario
Mr. Completely with Venezuela to sieze ‘idle’ firms
INCITE with Kelo Repercussions
Eric with It Would Seem…
Check them out. Good stuff, all around.
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Tancredo isn’t that intelligent, and his point is rather asinine. But more on that, and nuclear terrorism, at my blog.
Thanks for the heads up about Steve’s article. Your teacher reminds me of the one I had for my AP American History class, and the one he had sounds like one I would have enjoyed even more. I can’t count the number of times I’ve been banging my head against the keyboard because of an English paper that’s required to be 4-5 pages, yet I’ve said everything I’ve needed to say in one and a half.
Good round-up. Of course, you realize that bloggers only do round-ups when they are too lazy to post original thought, right? I kid, I kid. :-p
Of course, you realize that bloggers only do round-ups when they are too lazy to post original thought, right?
After spending two hours polishing my thoughts on a rebuttal to a formidable response to a post I had spent over two hours writing, my brain was empty. I had a few quickies brewing, so added in some round-up to go along with those…
So yep, I was lazy.