Category Archives: Individual Liberty

Non-Privacy Policy

I despise Supermarkets that demand you use “frequent shopper” loyalty cards to get their bogus “discounts” – effectively a surcharge if you refuse to allow your purchases to be recorded into “big data” for whatever future purpose. I have started … Continue reading →

Posted in Collapse of America, Individual Liberty, Privacy, Unauthorized Food | 1 Comment

We’re just here to help – let us in or we’ll kill you

http://edition.cnn.com/2012/05/03/justice/new-york-chamberlain-death/ The connection here is WUUA-FM in Glen Spey, New York is an all Ukranian radio station that shares its licensee name with the office Stephen Demchuk quoted in the story. Another officer shot and killed the man who told … Continue reading →

Posted in Collapse of America, Individual Liberty, Privacy | 4 Comments

Are you John Galt?

The third and final film of Ayn Rand’s book “Atlas Shrugged” opens this weekend. Keep an eye out for former radio host Rusty Humphries. If you go, be careful not to aim your cellphone toward the screen, or face felony … Continue reading →

Posted in American Politics, Collapse of America, Individual Liberty, Libtertarian Politics, Privacy | 5 Comments

Culture Shocks

Barry Lynn is an ordained minister who believes with every ounce of his being that government should stay out of the religion business. His religious affiliation is with the left leaning United Church of Christ. (The college I graduated from … Continue reading →

Posted in American Politics, Collapse of America, Glenn Beck, Individual Liberty | 24 Comments

The truth about aspirin

My nephew’s wife is a neurologist who runs a stroke clinic at one of the two major hospitals in Charlotte. I believe she’s in her mid 30s. From time to time, medical subjects come up, and I’ve been consistently clear … Continue reading →

Posted in Art's Big Adventure, Individual Liberty, North Carolina | 7 Comments

It’s John 3:16 week

A few months ago, I mentioned that the Wachovia Wells Fargo PGA golf tournament is held very close to my new home. This is the first year I’ve been here to experience what that actually means. Of course, the main … Continue reading →

Posted in Art's Big Adventure, Free Speech, Individual Liberty, North Carolina | 3 Comments

NY Times: The Health Benefits of Nicotine (1997)

The unscientists at the FDA are proposing national regulation discouraging the use of e-cigarettes that deliver nicotine without the cancer causing smoke. Back in 1997, when Journalists still presented both sides of an issue, the NY Times investigated whether the … Continue reading →

Posted in American Politics, Individual Liberty | 9 Comments

Local radio and LPFM

The trickle of new LPFM radio stations are arriving on the air. I’m starting to go through the new arrivals to see what I can find about them. As Clear Channel and Cumulus essentially withdraw from any significant local programming … Continue reading →

Posted in Individual Liberty, Low Power FM, Radio Biz, Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Your city needs a free MRAP

There aren’t even 13,000 cities in the United States.

Posted in Collapse of America, Individual Liberty, War and not War | 5 Comments

Southern Non-Food porn

It’s jarring if you lived in Yankee prison for 15 years. I’m stopped at a long traffic signal and this sign catches my eye: Cigarrettes only $3.10 a pack?  Mayor Bloomberg is having a heart attack right now. The small … Continue reading →

Posted in Individual Liberty | 9 Comments