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Re: I Am, As of Today, Thoroughly Enthralled With American History

Brooks Garrett — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:37:40 -0000

Thanks for the link!

Re: Look What I Just Found In My Access.log

Brooks Garrett — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 10:55:30 -0000

Sorry, I was bored ;-)

Re: Why America is Screwed [Pic]

Brooks Garrett — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:32:51 -0000

Too many civils was died? Are they alive now? Bah.

Is that a box of happy on one of those screens? I so want my box of happy. . .

Re: The Verdict on iPhone Update 2.0.2

Brooks Garrett — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:35:21 -0000

One word big guy.

Android.

Re: Information Shadows

Brooks Garrett — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:02:53 -0000

By far one of the coolest reads I've seen. Thanks for that.

Re: Smoke and Flames

Brooks Garrett — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:24:01 -0000

Aww, I've been promoted to Buddy status ;-)

Thanks for the linkage.

Re: What Really Happened in Georgia

Brooks Garrett — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 21:54:40 -0000

Does anyone else remember the Second World War? The war of Alliances?

So, Georgia instigates Russia, Russia retaliates. Had both sides pushed to full conflict, can we guess which side America would have been on?

Hint: Georgia is the Second largest force in the "Coalition of the Willing". You do the math. Georgia didn't have to worry about how hard Russia "kicks". They knew America was behind them.

Thankfully diplomacy and common sense prevailed.

Re: Media: “No Plot Against Obama”

Brooks Garrett — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:40:04 -0000

Linkage to an Article

One glaring problem here. Was there a "Plot"? Yes. Was it Credible?

Not even close. You have 4 meth heads with one super powerful rifle which was sighted in allegedly to 750 yds. The problem? That super powerful rifle was a .22lr plinker.

These guys have had absorbed a few too many fumes.

Re: A New Take on McCain’s VP Pick

Brooks Garrett — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:42:06 -0000

So picking the guy who called you young and inexperienced and "not ready" for office is so much wiser?

It is a party pick. He may not have dated her or spent time getting to know her mother, but she does have a strong track record on conservative ideals, is from a region where we want to drill, and is not only a pro-lifer in politics but in life.

I think she is refreshing in that she not only does what she says and lives what she professes, but also is willing to take on stupidity and corruption head first.

Lastly, WTF does her 17 year old pregnant daughter have to do with anything?

Family != Political Leverage.

Re: Revealing Biases Against Obama

Brooks Garrett — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 10:35:26 -0000

Humorously enough, when I told my boss I would not be voting Obama her reaction was "Because you are a racist."

Why is it so hard to understand I do not vote Obama because I don't like his energy policy (though improving), his 2A policies (Constitutional Scholar my Bum), or the fact he wishes to take from me (since I can afford it) and give it to those who "need" (not work) for it.

If I voted for Obama, it would be to simply elect a black man, and that in my opinion WOULD be racist.

Re: Thoughts on the First Debate

Brooks Garrett — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 00:39:10 -0000

I saw a different debate. It seemed to me Obama was reaching to speak over McCain, often speaking during McCain's time to correct or "clarify" his position. It left me with a feeling of desperation on Obama's part that he could not wait his turn to rebuke the other Senator.

Re: The Second Debate Sucked

Brooks Garrett — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:34:21 -0000

wait, What? McCain is responsible for the current economic crisis? I thought it was the Dem. party that pushed the need for mortgages for everyone. No down payment? No problem. Down on your luck? No Problem.

The over regulation in the first place is what put us here. I also lay blame on the current administration and Congress for not addressing the issue 4 years ago and adjusting dangerous regulations, but to talk about sources we need to go TO the source. That source lies squarely within the left wing agenda to insure everyone gets a nice house, even when they can't afford it.

From Thoreaux's On The Duty of Civil Disobediance:

"Governments show thus how successfully men can be imposed upon, even impose on themselves, for their own advantage. It is excellent, we must all allow. Yet this government never of itself furthered any enterprise, but by the alacrity with which it got out of its way. It does not keep the country free. It does not settle the West. It does not educate. The character inherent in the American people has done all that has been accomplished; and it would have done somewhat more, if the government had not sometimes got in its way. For government is an expedient, by which men would fain succeed in letting one another alone; and, as has been said, when it is most expedient, the governed are most let alone by it. Trade and commerce, if they were not made of india-rubber, would never manage to bounce over obstacles which legislators are continually putting in their way; and if one were to judge these men wholly by the effects of their actions and not partly by their intentions, they would deserve to be classed and punished with those mischievious persons who put obstructions on the railroads."

Re: The Second Debate Sucked

Brooks Garrett — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:35:29 -0000

In the end, the market will take care of itself, if only those who wish to redistribute wealth and "equalize" the market would stay out of its way.

Point further in case, the "gouging" statute and the current fuel shortage in North GA.

Re: I Am, As of Today, Thoroughly Enthralled With American History

Brooks Garrett — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:37:40 -0000

Thanks for the link!

Re: Look What I Just Found In My Access.log

Brooks Garrett — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 10:55:30 -0000

Sorry, I was bored ;-)

Re: Why America is Screwed [Pic]

Brooks Garrett — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:32:51 -0000

Too many civils was died? Are they alive now? Bah.

Is that a box of happy on one of those screens? I so want my box of happy. . .

Re: The Verdict on iPhone Update 2.0.2

Brooks Garrett — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:35:21 -0000

One word big guy.

Android.

Re: Information Shadows

Brooks Garrett — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:02:53 -0000

By far one of the coolest reads I've seen. Thanks for that.

Re: Smoke and Flames

Brooks Garrett — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:24:01 -0000

Aww, I've been promoted to Buddy status ;-)

Thanks for the linkage.

Re: What Really Happened in Georgia

Brooks Garrett — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 21:54:40 -0000

Does anyone else remember the Second World War? The war of Alliances?

So, Georgia instigates Russia, Russia retaliates. Had both sides pushed to full conflict, can we guess which side America would have been on?

Hint: Georgia is the Second largest force in the "Coalition of the Willing". You do the math. Georgia didn't have to worry about how hard Russia "kicks". They knew America was behind them.

Thankfully diplomacy and common sense prevailed.

Re: Media: “No Plot Against Obama”

Brooks Garrett — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:40:04 -0000

Linkage to an Article

One glaring problem here. Was there a "Plot"? Yes. Was it Credible?

Not even close. You have 4 meth heads with one super powerful rifle which was sighted in allegedly to 750 yds. The problem? That super powerful rifle was a .22lr plinker.

These guys have had absorbed a few too many fumes.

Re: A New Take on McCain’s VP Pick

Brooks Garrett — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:42:06 -0000

So picking the guy who called you young and inexperienced and "not ready" for office is so much wiser?

I think she is refreshing in that she not only does what she says and lives what she professes, but also is willing to take on stupidity and corruption head first.

Lastly, WTF does her 17 year old pregnant daughter have to do with anything?

Family != Political Leverage.

Re: Revealing Biases Against Obama

Brooks Garrett — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 10:35:26 -0000

Humorously enough, when I told my boss I would not be voting Obama her reaction was "Because you are a racist."

If I voted for Obama, it would be to simply elect a black man, and that in my opinion WOULD be racist.

Re: Thoughts on the First Debate

Brooks Garrett — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 00:39:10 -0000

Re: The Second Debate Sucked

Brooks Garrett — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:34:21 -0000

From Thoreaux's On The Duty of Civil Disobediance:

Re: The Second Debate Sucked

Brooks Garrett — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:35:29 -0000

In the end, the market will take care of itself, if only those who wish to redistribute wealth and "equalize" the market would stay out of its way.

Point further in case, the "gouging" statute and the current fuel shortage in North GA.