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On Today’s Event…

Patrick Byers — Mon, 02 May 2011 19:33:09 +0000

To an unknown Navy SEAL, who must have had his innocence wrecked by Osama Bin Laden at about age 12 or 13… Pop, Pop, Mission Accomplished.

Free to Choose, Milton Friedman’s Classic Series

Patrick Byers — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 15:40:38 +0000

Milton Friedman’s classic series, Free to Choose, is now available on Google Video for free. See this blog for links to this post and other Milton Friedman videos:

http://miltonfriedman.blogspot.com/

Bill White for Taxes – New Texas Political Site

Patrick Byers — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 20:25:51 +0000

A new site has been launched by opponents of “Obama in Boots” – Bill White for Taxes. See why “Harvard Bill” is not the choice for the great state of Texas.

Obamacare vs. Small Business

Patrick Byers — Thu, 27 May 2010 13:21:05 +0000

Once again, Dems are in it for the “Little Guy,” until the Little Guy starts his own business.

For decades small business owners have been telling anyone who would listen that they need health-care reforms that lower costs. But President Obama and his allies in Congress pushed through a law that will dramatically raise health-care costs and increase the overall cost of doing business. What’s more, the federal mandate requiring that nearly all U.S. residents carry health insurance by 2014 seriously threatens our basic constitutional rights and individual freedoms.

WSJ: Obamacare vs. Small Business

P.S. @jaketapper is now telling us that calling Obamacare “Obamacare” is now considered pejorative. I can’t imagine that being said if either Obama or HCR had more than 50% approval. Mr. O. is clinging to the HCR stone as it sinks, so getting dainty over semantics won’t improve things IMHO.

Mahmoud’s Scientific Plan to Reverse the Ascendancy of the West – Animals in Space!

Patrick Byers — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:59:37 +0000

Did I stumble upon this in the Onion? On the People’s Cube? Nyet, comrades, the plans of our present-day existential enemy to bury us have been exposed by newscientist.com. His excellency, Mahmoud Ahmedinejad has designs to arrest the ascendancy of the West: Launching animals into space!

Iran has launched a rocket containing a rodent, turtles and worms to 500 kilometres above the Earth.

Iranian TV reports that the Kavoshgar-3 rocket carries an “experimental capsule” holding the creatures and other experiments, which will send data back to Earth. It is the first Iranian rocket to carry animals.

Such scientific experiments will help Iran break the “global domineering system” of Western nations, Iran’s president Mahmoud Ahmadinejadis reported to have said on state TV. “The scientific arena is where we could defeat the [West's] domination.”

Rest assured, comrades, this experiment is in no way intended to develop long-range warhead delivery capability, any more than acquisition of nuclear material and centrifuges is meant for anything other than peaceful energy development.

NewScientist: Iran Launches Animals Into Orbit

The Deficit Graph, Edited by Barack Obama

Patrick Byers — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:13:52 +0000

I discovered this nice little piece by Jim Treacher today, but in all fairness to our messianic leader’s astute attribution of responsibility in spending, I felt it necessary to add the following edits to the budget graph:

Pray for Haiti… And Help!

Patrick Byers — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 23:13:39 +0000

UPDATE: More charities added, and I have added links to Charity Navigator after each one (CN Link). Charity Navigator is a group that evaluates the transparency and financial health of thousands of charities in the US. Another accountability service is Servant Match

The death toll for the massive earthquake in Haiti is estimated to be over 100,000. In the face of such an overwhelming tragedy, you may feel there isn’t much you can do to help, but many small donations put to use by a capable organization can help greatly. In addition to your prayers, please consider giving to help the relief efforts – here are a few links to legitimate organizations that will be there to help:

American Red Cross

Compassion International CN Link

World Vision CN Link

Samaritan’s Purse CN Link

Food for the Hungry CN Link

BeyondBorders.net CN Link

World Concern CN Link (As Crista)

News Links:
WSJ: Governments, Relief Groups Ready Haiti Aid

Links courtesy of Hugh Hewitt and Hope in the City

My Resolution for 2010: Work Toward Reducing America’s Government Footprint

Patrick Byers — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 15:57:49 +0000

From Michelle Malkin, filed under Tea Party Sign of the Times.
Hat Tip to Ed Driscoll.

On Tiger Woods

Patrick Byers — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 03:31:29 +0000

Tiger Woods. 14 Mistresses, porn stars included.

Imagine your life for a minute. Add all the success you’ve ever dreamed of. People admire you like you’ve always thought you deserved. Throw in money – money beyond your wildest imagining. Every material possession you could keep in the place where you live, and money to build more houses just to store it all. Cars, houses, and people on the street corner with binoculars trying to get a glimpse of you.

A beautiful spouse, and if things aren’t working out quite the way you like, take on a mistress or two.

Tell you what, make it a baker’s dozen.

And guess what…
You’re not happy.

Tiger Woods – Driven.

Patrick Byers — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:12:55 +0000

The stuff of genius, from @graphicdave: